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February 09, 2004
Barenaked Ladies perform! x 5
It's Sunday, eh!
Sunday morning saw us putting our best Canadian feet forward. We got up and got dressed for the Barenaked Ladies "concert" at the Ice Palace.
Let's see: NHL All Star Game, Barenaked Ladies, etc. That can only mean one thing: we wear the Toronto Maple Leafs jerseys!
That's right. We looked like a scary pair of identical clothes wearing dorks. Me in my Captain's jersey, (Go Mats!) and Fabulous Babe in her jersey and matching Roots hat. (That she's had since before Roots hats became cool thank you very much.) We looked so Canadian we were actually accused of BEING Canadian at one point. (By a chain smoking lesbian no less.)
When we got to the Ice Palace the crowd was pretty mixed. Volunteers from all walks were there but we managed to get about 10 feet from the stage before the show started.
Let me explain that it wasn't really a show. It was them performing the same intro piece 5 times until the wonks at ABC were satisfied that they had what they needed for footage.
It was neat to see them perform though and they are a really tight band. They weren't expecting the cold though and it was one of the few times I watched a Canadian complain about the cold. (Lol!) They would immediately thrust their hands back in their pockets as soon as the cameras were off and hop around the stage in an attempt to stay warm.
The best part was singing along with the song that got trimmed from the American broadcast of the NHL game. Yup, ABC denied Americans the benefits of a great rendition of Stompin' Tom Connors "The Good Old Hockey Game."
I got pretty misty singing along at the top of my lungs while bewildered Minnesotans looked at FB and I. If only Don Cherry had been there instead of the mullet sporting announcer I could have died happy. Alas some things were not meant to be.
*sigh*
None the less I would be remiss in my duties if I didn't include the lyrics. Here you go:
Hello out there, we're on the air
It's Hockey night tonight
The tension grows, the whistle blows
And the puck goes down the ice
The goalie jumps and the players bump
The fans all go insane
The home crowd roars, Bobby scores
At the good old Hockey game
Oh! The good old Hockey game
Is the best game you can name
And the best game you can name
Is the good old Hockey game!
Second period
Where players dash with skates a flash
The home team trails behind
But they grab the puck and go bursting up
And they're down across the line
They storm the crease like bumble bees
They travel like a burning plane
We see them slide the puck inside
It's a one-one hockey game
Oh! The good old Hockey game
Is the best game you can name
And the best game you can name
Is the good old Hockey game!
Third period, last game of the playoffs too!
Oh take me where the hockey players
Face-off down the rink
And the Stanley Cup is all filled up
For the champs who win the drink
Now the final flick of a hockey stick
And on one gigantic screen
Well the puck is in - the home team wins
That good old hockey game
Oh! The good old Hockey game
Is the best game you can name
And the best game you can name
Is the good old Hockey game!
Copyright Stompin' Tom Connors.
5 times! Even though it was getting a little thin to hear "One Week" for the 5th time I never got tired of singing the above chorus.
After that we went by the store, bought a couple of pucks and headed home to watch the game.
Posted by Jim at February 9, 2004 09:42 PM