Starting Line Up/Introduction Music

[wadefan#1]

I hate  U2

[SqueallyDRyan]

you have to love the off season.  I vote that we keep u2's "where the streets have no name" and will continue to do so every year when this comes up

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

I'd go with the first 40 seconds of this Foghat song, the best rock song intro out there.  (Yes, I'm old.)  Of course, the title would prevent MU from ever using it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWfaUDzgNOQ

I guess I'm OK with Streets; hell, I never get there early enough to see the intro!  I always have to go for that second schooner at the Brat Stop....

[krocheck]

I think this stems from a larger problem I have w/ MU being cookie cutter in general. I’m so proud to be an alum but it just kills me sometimes the way the university conducts business. I’m sorry but I don’t feel like that intro is different or special than any other top program in the country. Yes, there is only so much you can do w/ just an intro but would love Marquette to grow a pair and do something original.

I seriously doubt very many other programs in the country use 'Streets' by U2 as their intro.  While most programs do have into videos during pre-game, the number that do it in a pro-level arena with the a/v facilities provided there (as bad as they are in the BC) are fairly small, though steadily growing.  Until the Joyce center's remodel, they were using two pull-down projection screens with generic computer projectors.  Its sounded ok ... couldn't see it that well.  MU is not cookie cutter.  Pick a more modern song that a number of other programs flock to because its modern and hip ... that's cookie cutter.

On that point, Todd Scheel (fxinmotion.com) and his guys are the in-game-entertainment gurus.  Now, I have personal opinions that they have fallen short of expectations the last few years, but there was a time they used MU to experiment with new in-game music, t-shirt cannons, ball blasters, etc.  As far as in-game goes, Scheel used MU in part to create the cookie-cutter that you perceive ... you just don't know it.

Keith

[flash]

I love our inroductions as they are right now with streets.  I would be upset if they changed it.  I always get the chills when i hear that song. 

[bobnoxious]

Stick with U2, I know way to many people who associate that song with being at an MU game.  I would however be open to a change if they went with the right song.............


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vfHNOrb3Yc

[chapman]

Didn't they change it at the start of the '08-'09 season?  Can't remember to what exactly, some hip-hop song.  People here repeatedly went off about how lame the new intro was and there was either a petition or a couple calls made begging for the return of Streets.  Some preview article/Youtube video dropped the hint that Streets was to return and it did.  Since it's pretty much a given that they can't be trusted to change it to something better, I say we keep Streets.

[MUDPT]

This would be the best song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-7MeqSIj4E

Creep out whoever we were playing.

[dgies9156]

C'mon, the only introduction I want to here is the one we had in the olden days... when the public address announcer introdues the Marquette WARRIORS, "this week, ranked 4th by the Associated Press and 5th by the USA Today/ Coaches Poll."

Yes, for those of you old enough to remember, I know it was UPI rather than USA Today! I'll trade ALL ther music for rankings like this again!

[MonsterWebWarrior]

I thought Syracuse had a pretty lame one at the time, but it didn't matter because their crowd was ready to go before intros even started.

The song was apparently written by one of the assistant coaches.  It even has a remix version that they used for the UConn game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQyvHRIC3e0&feature=related

[brewcity77]

C'mon, the only introduction I want to here is the one we had in the olden days... when the public address announcer introdues the Marquette WARRIORS, "this week, ranked 4th by the Associated Press and 5th by the USA Today/ Coaches Poll."

Yes, for those of you old enough to remember, I know it was UPI rather than USA Today! I'll trade ALL ther music for rankings like this again!

I'd kill for that on a weekly basis. I saw an interview with Al recently where he mentioned that at one point, they were ranked in the top ten for 6 straight years. Today, that's unfathomable. Even great teams like Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, and UConn have times when they slip into the teens, or even out of the poll. To be that consistently good for that long is amazing.

[Hards Alumni]

how about the first 1:05 of Critical Acclaim by Avenged Sevenfold?

If that doesn't stir your blood, nothing will.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTHv7UCiXf4