NRL theme song for 2005? we need a new one!

[izzo]

"What about my league it isnt fairi cant support the nth sydney bears but gallop doesnt care"

 

[shiznit]

id like to see something quite hardcore. to show the brutalness of the sport. i liked how 9 used that Godzilla song by P Diddy for the playoffs this year.
even use Rage against the Machine's 'Sleep now in the fire' or there matrix song.
something with catchy gutar rifts and so on.
and keep out of the 80's. thats thr problem with league these days. we live in our past glory's rather then look to our future.

 

[brenno]

Get Dj Tiesto, thought he did a decent job at the olympic opening ceremony, i wouldn't have sat through most of it otherwise. Not everyone's cup of tea but, new milennium, new generation & younger fans. Time of to get over the eighty's song's and the done to death one's like ACDC etc. That's if the NRL decides to go with a new theme song. The current one i think might be good for one more year or so. It's proven to be pretty popular.

 

[Thunderstruck]

I disagree on R&B/Hip hop song for NRL, the hip hop culture is simply nowhere near as strong, if it's even in it, as in the NBA and NFL. They should stick to rock music and pick a good one at that, the current song is crap for an intense hard hitting impact sports. They need more drum beats.

 

[Southernsaint]

"Cochese" by Audioslave would go well with football images...

You could have that Scribe song "How many dudes you know roll like this??" (sorry, don't remember the name) for the rap market...

 

[Moffo]

How about Song 2 from Blur?

Or alternatively, clocks from coldplay?

 

[Surandy]

What about Jet - "Are You Gonna Be My Team?"

 

[nz_novocastrian]

"Cochese" by Audioslave would go well with football images...

You could have that Scribe song "How many dudes you know roll like this??" (sorry, don't remember the name) for the rap market...

That would be 'Not Many'

I still like Thats my team, wouldnt wanna see it go. Or they could try mess with the NPC's old them "Show your true colours"

 

[redVgirl]

god NO not that bloody p.diddy godzilla song! they have played that at every sydney origin since the late 90s i swear to god. ITS BEEN DONE!

i disagree with a hip hop feel, it doesnt work with footy. and as much as i love barnsey 'no second prize' is quite a slow depressing song....not exactly one to get you hyped up. although that scribe song is great and i think it could work in some ads, it may be a bit obscure for the mainstream audience...especially the older league fans.

as for gettin out of the 80s, im all for going a bit more modern....but theres a reason why the 80s songs tend to work. because they have a bit of nostalgia to them! picking a theme song just coz its in the charts now...i dunno it just doesnt have the same feeling. classic songs are classic for a reason.

anyway i think 'thats my team' will probably go around a few more years, it is a good song ill admit.

 

[shiznit]

yeah i can understand the logic behind classic songs but you dont have to drudge through the same old suspects to get classic songs.
just look at the line up's weve had the last few years for the grand final.
Billy Idol, Meat Loaf and now Chris Isaak :roll: talk about old fart syndrome.
why not use something like Metalica, Rage Against The Machine, even something local like Pacifier/Shihad, Grinspoon, The Prodogy (i think there australian). just something that has balls in it.

 

[shiznit]

just had a thought....
'where's your head at' by Basement Jax with a montage of big hits and highshots.
hahaha they could use 'wheres your head at' as the theme. even have heaps of fans faces painted in the teams colours. showing there emotions.
you can have a shot of say a parra player getting gang tackled by 2 roosters then goto a shot of a fan with blue and gold facepaint with his hands over his face in despair.

 

[lodown]

just had a thought....
'where's your head at' by Basement Jax with a montage of big hits and highshots.
hahaha they could use 'wheres your head at' as the theme. even have heaps of fans faces painted in the teams colours. showing there emotions.
you can have a shot of say a parra player getting gang tackled by 2 roosters then goto a shot of a fan with blue and gold facepaint with his hands over his face in despear.

Wheres your head at, and highshots thats brilliant

include a bit of Biffo on it to.

 

[***MH***]

i can't believe im going to say this.......

get britney spears to do her cover of "i love rock'n'roll" for "I love rugby league". there's a big market out there that would go for this shit so why not exploit it.

 

[Kiwi]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

AFL has used the holy grail song for how long? Everytime I hear that song I think of the AFL, how are we gonna generate that if we keep changing it? Hell whenever I hear that's my scene I always sing that's my team.

 

[griff]

That's my Team has done it's dash, time for something new.

That's my Team makes current supporters feel good, and builds on the identification people feel with the team they support. But for people that aren't already fans, or who are RL fans but don't go for a particular team, it does nothing.

They need something that will bring in new fans, not something that makes people who are already fans feel better about themselves. After all the scandals they need to appeal more to women as well.

I would get somebody to re-mix Simply the Best the way they did with A Little Less Conversation by Elvis. Brings together the old and the new and will appeal to new fans.

 

[LESStar58]

There is only one song I would have

ROLL ON- THE LIVING END!

 

[WarriorDog]

What was the theme song in 2002? Can anyone remember?

I like "thats my Team"..retain it for another year..I aint sick of it yet

 

[simostorm]

Thunderstruck is also used by the Storm,
Thats my team is great and could go around for another year.

 

[edabomb]

Izzo's suggestion may not be too far off the mark!

I wouldn't be surprised to see the League marketers move away from guitar-based tunes like That's My Team, Simply The Best etc, to try and embrace the dance/RnB music that dominates the charts most of the time? Theoretically, appealling to the widest base of (younger) people with disposable income through their music, to try and hook them to our game (and not AFL/Super 14s) makes good marketing sense...

I'd prefer them not to change, and to stick with "meat'n'potatoes" kind of music for League, but I just wouldn't be surprised, that's all

The NRL is trying to appeal to a slightly different demographic than the American sports which use RnB music to promote their sports. IMO they will stick with the slighlty older rockers, That's My Team has been the best theme in ages.

 

[bartman]

What about Jet - "Are You Gonna Be My Team?"

That'd be great!