Good news, people who are fans of hockey and also fans of not singing along to songs written by convicted pedophiles: The Nashville Predators have dropped Gary Glitter’s “Rock and Roll Part 2” from their goal celebration and have replaced it with “Gold on the Ceiling” by the Black Keys! (Do you think Jack White is jealous? I'm voting yes. That's why he was so grumpy at that baseball game, he really just wanted to be at a hockey game.)
Via Jim Diamond's Rinkside Report:
“We try to take as much input from our fans as we can get, whether it be new food items, clubs, goal celebrations, merchandise items, and a lot of our fans gave us some input in this area, so of course we wanted to look at it,” Predators president and chief operating officer Sean Henry said. “But even if we had zero input from our fans, a lot of people have a tough time just stepping up and saying, ‘This is wrong.’ Being associated with someone like that was just wrong. It was wrong for us so we wanted to make a change. It’s great that I think our fans are going to embrace it for all the right reasons.”
If you don’t already know, it sounds like this:
While this is real awesome, it would be even cooler if the Perds also got rid of the Tim McGraw’s “I Like It, I Love It” because UGH! THAT SONG IS HORRIBLE. It’s bro-country from 1995, dudes! We don’t need that representing us, we’re Music City! We are better than that! So I recommend that “I Like It, I Love It” be replaced as soon as possible, perhaps with a house remix made by Eric Nystrom, who is also a DJ. He can craft a party jam out of the sounds of Patrick Kane crying or something. It’d be great!
Anyway, kicking Gary Glitter to the curb was a step in the right direction. And if the Predators insist on keeping the McGraw tune, I suppose it’s no worse than the brain-aneurysm that is “Chelsea Dagger,” which we have to hear each time the Blackhawks score a goal. But really, is anything worse than “Chelsea Dagger”? No.
By the way, if you're looking to replace McGraw, here's my suggestion:
