lets get rid of go cubs go

[questionmarkgrace]

seriously am I the only one who hates this song?

[jersey cubs fan]

They don't win often enough for it to be annoying.

[Old Style]

I love it.

[fiver]

It's cheesy....I'm not a fan of the lyrics or tune.

[UMFan83]

That will change everything!

 

But seriously, I'm not in love with, nor do I really dislike the song. I say the more tradition the better. Seperates us from any other generic baseball club, much like our historic streak of championshipless futility does. I suppose we should worry about changing that tradition first.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

They don't win often enough for it to be annoying.

I wasn't annoyed with it at all in '08. I actually enjoyed it.

[TruffleShuffle]

let's just get rid of the cubs

[ConstableRabbit]

It's great to sing when we win (and everyone is 6 beers deep) and annoys opposing fans to no end.

 

I say keep it.

[J.R.]

I hate it.

 

But so does Joey Votto. Keep it.

[erik316wttn]

I hate it.

 

But so does Joey Votto. Keep it.

 

If the Cubs win on Friday when I'm there, I'll sing it extra loud so Joey can hear me.

[Guest]

seriously am I the only one who hates this song?

yes.

 

It's a catchy toon that's fun to sing after the Cubs win. It's even better when one is drunk. I won't have it on my iPhone though.

[flyseye]

They don't win often enough for it to be annoying.

 

Sadly, the above pretty well sums it up.

 

The song is a little cheesy, but I liked Steve Goodman, he was a huge Cubs fan, so I vote it stays. Besides, they could have used his " Dying Cubs Fan Last Request" a much better song, but hardly the uplifting anthem you want your kids singing after the rare Cubs wins.

[bhogg]

play it before games.

[Sammy Sofa]

It's too bad that the Eddie Vedder song is 90% horrible because the chorus is awesome to sing along with.

[davearm2]

Pretty sweet when the Cubs were in 1st place and winning at home at like a .750 clip.

 

Kinda pathetic when they've been 10 games under .500 seemingly forever.

[PackLandVA]

I'd dump the waaaayyy overdone "7th inning guest conductor" thing before the "Go Cubs, Go!".

[TruffleShuffle]

They don't win often enough for it to be annoying.

 

Sadly, the above pretty well sums it up.

 

The song is a little cheesy, but I liked Steve Goodman, he was a huge Cubs fan, so I vote it stays. Besides, they could have used his " Dying Cubs Fan Last Request" a much better song, but hardly the uplifting anthem you want your kids singing after the rare Cubs wins.

 

i agree 100%, "a dying cub fan's last request" is awesome. the line about the cubs last winning a pennant the year we dropped the bomb on japan always makes me laugh. sadly, most of the things in that song (written like 30 years ago) still hold true today.

[Irrelevant Dude]

On a related note, please bring back "Jump" when the Cubs take the field. I'm sure it is just because I grew up watching all the games throughout the 80's and 90's, but no other song has the same connection to the Cubs. At least put it in the rotation along with the Tom Petty, U2, and Bon Jovi songs that they play currently.

[CubmanPi]

I'd dump the waaaayyy overdone "7th inning guest conductor" thing before the "Go Cubs, Go!".

I am so on board with this. When the Cubs are winning a lot, they could play just about any song and I'll love it. When they're losing, we don't have to suffer through it. But day in, day out, we are subjected to listening to some idiot in the booth who doesn't belong there. Bill Murray any chance they get should be the only guest conductor allowed. Otherwise, they should leave the singing up to Len or Ron, or (FSM forbid) they just play the organ and let the fans sing it.

[Sammy Sofa]

It's a tradition started by a sloppy drunk who was terrible at his job by the time he got to the Cubs, and it's not even a tradition he started with the Cubs. Is it REALLY some kind of sacred "Cubs' moment?" I'm seriously asking this: why does this need to be treated with any kind off reverence? It's hardly unique to the Cubs and Harry just dragged it uptown from his time with the Sox. Why is it a big deal if it's a rotating series of guests who sing it?

[Careless]

I'm okay with guest conductors as long as they're current or former baseball men. Players, managers, announcers, retired players. Everyone else needs to stay out.

[A New Era]

Because the majority of people who sing it have absolutely no relation to the cubs. It's ok if some chicago actor who happens to be a cubs fan sings it, that makes sense to me. But every tom dick and dumbass that happens to be famous doesn't need to come to OUR town, and sing OUR song.

 

Yeah yeah I know, it's not "our" song. But I would rather have Santo sing it than some actor from california that doesn't that had to be driven to wrigley in a limo because they sure as hell couldn't find it themselves.

[Sammy Sofa]

But why should only Santo sing it? This wasn't a tradition started by a long time Cubs broadcaster or a player or manager or anything like that. It was something that a gun for hire broadcaster brought with him, and it wasn't even something unique that he did.

 

Caray's legacy with the Cubs is ridiculous.

[questionmarkgrace]

just play a tape of harry singing it for the seventh inning stretch.

 

Back to go cubs go, its a poorly written song that may be catchy but remains sappy and terrible. It just seems like such a cub thing to do sing a song after winning. You know because they dont do it that much. I say no songs after wins or if there must be one in the name of tradition make it an old one. All this song does is keep the tradition of losing alive.

[Sammy Sofa]

And the stretch singing? Talk about the epitome of the stereotype of the Cubs fan that doesn't care about the game and just wants to get hammered at Wrigley.