The Day The Music Died

[will-411]

So for the next couple of years when TSN uses the music, isn't it going to automatically remind you of HNIC? It's basically advertising for the CBC.

This whole situation is laughable; I hope as someone mentioned above it's the start of an entire broadcast revamp for the CBC.

Cory

 

[meatmancgy]

All I want to see revamped is Bob Cole, Greg Millen, Pierre Maguire and Glenn Healy put out to pasture... ah hell, throw in Bob Mackenzie too

 

[leafs4_cup]

So for the next couple of years when TSN uses the music, isn't it going to automatically remind you of HNIC? It's basically advertising for the CBC.
Cory

Definitely true, although slowly but surely a new generation of kids never will have known, or remembered, that it was once a HNIC staple.

There are already a new wave of fans that don't know the NHL was around before Sidney Crosby.

 

[Muffinz]

I hate CBC, can't watch any games with Bob Cole.

By the way, did anyone see the Colbert report where he played it? Pretty damn funny.

 

[Orvy]

I remember when the dumped the "Molson" Hockey Night in Canada label... some people were upset then too. Eventually you got used to the change. Just glad the song found a home with hockey broadcasts somewhere.

 

[meatmancgy]

So... am I understanding this correctly? CTV BOUGHT the song outright?

 

[gamebreakers]

So... am I understanding this correctly? CTV BOUGHT the song outright?

Yup. They now own the full rights to the song

 

[Hama]

Yeah for between $2.5-3 million - so the CBC was in a no win situation to start with. Either pay that much for the song and get skewered for spending that much for it, or don't pay it up and lose it.

Personally I think CTV got sucked in by the composer, no way in the world it should be worth that much to them.

 

[meatmancgy]

Nice move by the composer though... nothing like switching from $50k to $70k/yr into a multi-million dollar payday!

 

[leafs4_cup]

I hate CBC, can't watch any games with Bob Cole.

By the way, did anyone see the Colbert report where he played it? Pretty damn funny.

I just caught that today...pretty funny stuff.

Wonder how they got the rights to play it?

 

[brnnn]

I just caught that today...pretty funny stuff.

Wonder how they got the rights to play it?

Like with the Simpsons, no one is going to sue the Colbert Report/Daily Show for using trademark material for fear of angering the shows' millions of enthusiastic fans. They can get anyone on those shows and Stephen can do whatever he wants and get away with it.

Also, Stephen will be doing a HNIC stick for the new movie Love Guru.

 

[GAZZA]

Hmmm, I think the majority of people would put 'God Save the Queen' ahead of the HNIC theme.

I never liked the Sex Pistols

 

[leafs4_cup]

Like with the Simpsons, no one is going to sue the Colbert Report/Daily Show for using trademark material for fear of angering the shows' millions of enthusiastic fans. They can get anyone on those shows and Stephen can do whatever he wants and get away with it.

Also, Stephen will be doing a HNIC stick for the new movie Love Guru.

I guess it depends how blatant he gets with it. They can't be pleased that he claimed he owned the rights now. Although, some say that ANY publicity is good publicity.