Comments on: End of an anthem

By: Fagstein » The theme that wouldn’t die

Fagstein » The theme that wouldn’t die — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:38:23 +0000

[...] being dead, then maybe-not-dead, then absolutely positively dead (as I tried to explain previously), the Hockey Night in Canada theme is once again maybe-there’s-hope, as the CBC brings in a [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:07:51 +0000

Oh well, there goes our last best chance for national unity. First Radio-Canada altogether drops its Soirée du hockey (who also used the anthem) and now the CBC drops the song as well. Fifty years from now our kids will have no reaction to the famous da-da-da-dah-duh-dah… da-da-da-dah-duh-DA-dah…

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:15:15 +0000

Bob - actually the CBC has NHL rights locked up for several more seasons. TSN and the CBC have both signed deals with the NHL within the past year or two, and CTV is out of the picture for the next 3 or 4 seasons at least.

By: Christelle

Christelle — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:02:11 +0000

It’s a big mistake if they take it away!!!!!!

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:17:13 +0000

And the worst bit of it is that they might have a contest to determine the new song. SO, I get it now:

1) Hold contest with a prize of, say, $5000 or something silly like that
2) have winner sign away all rights (as we’ve seen other siites are doing)
3) profit!!

And of course, Ron McClean and his sidekick can get paid obscene amounts of money. Beautiful move, I applaud them for their audacity.

By: wolfa

wolfa — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:06:40 +0000

I guess RDS should license the theme song now, as they have many of the viewers already.

By: protogenes

protogenes — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:16:43 +0000

The people in charge at CBC obviously have no sense of history, and in another country their actions here would be tantamount to treason.

By: HabsFan29

HabsFan29 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:09:26 +0000

Forget sad, just stupid.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:33:11 +0000

CBC television just feels so adrift. What could they possibly be thinking? They’re in a pitched battle for Hockey Night rights with CTV/TSN, and their biggest asset is the tradition and history of hockey on the national broadcaster. Now, they decide that the history is dispensible? If that’s the case, why will anyone care if Saturday night hockey switches broadcasters. I know I’ll applaud it, since I can’t stand that “Saturday Night” Nickelback-inspired theme they will no doubt use as the new theme.

I just don’t know who the CBC expects to lobby for them if they keep alienating their biggest fans.