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BenC1357
15 Aug 2006, 04:20 AM
FYI, so everyone is always informed...Oh, and Todd is Howie's replacement as game day operations coordinator.
Todd-
I wanted to ask you and Curt about in game music. You weren't in the meetings we had before the season, but one of the items discussed was that who ever runs the game production would try to limit the amount of in game sound over the PA while the Cauldron is doing a cheer. Howie said he would work on it for us and at the beginning of the season the improvement was very noticable. The last two games the opposite has been very noticable. Many times (I counted 4 Saturday night) the Cauldron will be in the middle of a chant and some form of crowd cheer type noise will come over the PA. I fully understand if the PA has to be used for promotional/advertising announcements, but it's discouraging when the sound is another cheer when we are already doing one. I would assume, although I don't know, that it would be just as easy to turn on our microphone and project our noise as it would be to play those sounds. I think all it would take is the person running the controls to listen or look to the Cauldron and see if we're singing before they turn something else on over the top of us. Is this something we can work together on going forward for the rest of the season?
Take Care,
Ben
In response:
Ben,
Thanks for your input. I personally didn't hear or see the overlap, but I also had other things to worry about during the game. Curt and I were in a meeting this morning and he mentioned that he had received this e-mail. I also brought it to the attention of the folks that run our scoreboards, sound, etc. They said they would see what they could do for the next game. Hope that helps.
szazzy
15 Aug 2006, 06:25 PM
Sounds good to me, but if they just got rid of that one that says "GOOOOOO" in the deep voice, that would be a huge improvement.
Maybe down the road, if the front office wants to play something, we could record a couple of our better chants. It might be a good way to teach the crowd what we're actually saying.
j_m_t
15 Aug 2006, 06:31 PM
Sounds good to me, but if they just got rid of that one that says "GOOOOOO" in the deep voice, that would be a huge improvement.
i thought it says gooooooooooooooooal interesting, very interesting (not really that interesting)
IowaBoy
15 Aug 2006, 06:36 PM
Sounds good to me, but if they just got rid of that one that says "GOOOOOO" in the deep voice, that would be a huge improvement.
Mrs. IowaBoy commented that she really disliked that.
kcscsupporter
15 Aug 2006, 07:59 PM
Mrs. IowaBoy commented that she really disliked that.
i have yet to meet one person who doesn't really dislike it. it is not inspiring, it's not motivational. if it came down to choosing one to get rid of, i'd choose that one over the current affair sound.
vividox
15 Aug 2006, 08:21 PM
i have yet to meet one person who doesn't really dislike it. it is not inspiring, it's not motivational. if it came down to choosing one to get rid of, i'd choose that one over the current affair sound.
Yeah, I definitly didn't like it either. I wasn't at the game but you could definitly hear it over everything on MLSnet.com.
szazzy
15 Aug 2006, 08:25 PM
Ben any chance you can send them a note about that in your next email? I have a feeling that similar to the sound effects they got rid of, they might look at it and realize how stupid it sounds when it's not just part of the routine.
No one joins in with it.
ralfonso
15 Aug 2006, 10:05 PM
Heh, I like the "GO" thing simply because it's so freakin' weird.
:)
szazzy
24 Aug 2006, 06:37 PM
Am I going to get to hear GOOOOOOOOOO this week?
I love it! Can't get it out of my head!
KCBearcat
24 Aug 2006, 08:15 PM
Am I going to get to hear GOOOOOOOOOO this week?
I love it! Can't get it out of my head!
I can't get it out of my head either... thanks a lot, jerk... ;)
Redfoot
24 Aug 2006, 11:33 PM
I can't get it out of my head either... thanks a lot, jerk... ;)
Same here as soon as I read Szazzy's post I started hearing goooo, goooo, goooo in my head. Whoever thought a weird voice saying go would pump people up was on drugs.
IASocFan
24 Aug 2006, 11:57 PM
I hope you have these issues settled by Sunday. Our current plans call for a road trip to KC!!! :)
brodi60901
25 Aug 2006, 11:37 PM
Make that two Iowa families for Sunday.
szazzy
30 Aug 2006, 04:13 PM
Make that two Iowa families for Sunday.
did you enjoy the rain?
I know I enjoyed the GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO chant.
IASocFan
30 Aug 2006, 04:43 PM
did you enjoy the rain?
I know I enjoyed the GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO chant.
Rain was pretty light to someone that's been thoroughly drenched in freezing rain more times than he'd like to admit. We had an umbrella and blankets, so even my wife ( a normally fair weather fan) had no complaints about staying until the end.
Not impressed by any of the PA chants. I loved the Cauldron. But, I can never get into the "who's your daddy?" songs. My wife injured her leg and can't stand for a very long period of time, yet; so we sat about the 30 yard line.
szazzy
31 Aug 2006, 11:24 AM
Not only did we get multiple rounds of GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (seemed like even more than usual), but they even decided to bust out Sweet Home Alabama in the 80th minute, when the game should've been at its most exciting point.
This is a problem to me, Ben. I know you weren't there but someone needs to figure out why they thought that was a good idea again.
Roush
31 Aug 2006, 11:31 AM
But, I can never get into the "who's your daddy?" songs.
That doesn't have anything to do with a little professional courtesy towards your fellow men in black, does it? :p
That being said, I've found myself cringing at some of the complaints from 114 about the officials this year, because there have been some very solid calls and non-calls.
Last night, however was not one of those nights. I about had a stroke when Yonan called Davy for the tackle on Dema in real-time. I made the mistake of going home and watching it on my DVR in slow-mo with Shep Messing's commentary.
On a completely unrelated note, I need a new television, because mine fell out of my window last night. (Okay, not so much fell as thrown in absolute revulsion at Shep...) :)
vividox
31 Aug 2006, 11:45 AM
Not only did we get multiple rounds of GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO (seemed like even more than usual), but they even decided to bust out Sweet Home Alabama in the 80th minute, when the game should've been at its most exciting point.
This is a problem to me, Ben. I know you weren't there but someone needs to figure out why they thought that was a good idea again.
Haha, I noticed that too watching it on MLS. I was completely stunned when they started playing Sweet Home Alabama. What the hell did that have to do with anything?
vividox
31 Aug 2006, 11:54 AM
On a completely unrelated note, I need a new television, because mine fell out of my window last night. (Okay, not so much fell as thrown in absolute revulsion at Shep...) :)
That is halarious. Sucks for your TV but damn. Shep really is that irratating.
One of the more benign things he said last night was a challenge that Zotinca came in on Dunivant for. The ball was right there and Dunivant went to the ground and Zotinca stepped on Dunivants leg in the classic thats-how-broken-legs-happen-in-soccer way. First of all, Shep and JP both were questioning Zotinca doing it on purpose when it was blatantly obvious that Zotinca was simply stepping to keep balance, and then Shep said that Zotinca was causing a dangerous play because his studs were up. Tell me Shep... I would really like to know... HOW THE ******** ARE YOUR STUDS UP WHEN YOU ARE STEPPING DOWN?
szazzy
31 Aug 2006, 12:08 PM
I did like that we started turning the Gooo into Bo last night. Made it halfway tolerable.