We Stood Up. We Got Crunk. Now What?
by Dave Cariello on Apr 10, 2010 6:00 AM CDT
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If there's one thing I learned from all my experiences last season as a Saints fan it's that we, Who Dat Nation, truly are unique. Our passion, music and creativity; there's no other fan base like us. I know that's been said a million times over but sharing a stadium with Colts fans at the Super Bowl in Miami really hammered that fact home for me.
The most recent entrant into Saints culture has been the incredibly catchy "Halftime (Stand Up and Get Crunk)" by the Ying Yang Twins. Ever heard it? I thought so.
Though it was actually played at home games in the dome during the 2008 season - and quite possibly 2007 if memory serves me correct - only this past season did it become the wildly popular ditty we'll never forget. Back then the special teams players used it to get pumped before kickoffs. Two out of every three reader emails I received would just be asking me if I knew the name of the song. Ironically, I didn't. Now it's the soundtrack to success and good times, forever associated with the Saints first Super Bowl championship.
So now what?
The way I see it, this could go only one of two ways. The song could go the way of "Cha-ching" and sort of die out slowly, only to be used sparingly while taking a stroll down memory lane. Basically, the Ying Yang Twins will hold a place next to Seth Green. Or it could become the long-term anthem of a new generation of Saints fans, as commonplace as "Who Dat!?" and played at Saints games for years to come. What does the future hold for the relationship between the Ying Yang Twins' masterpiece and Who Dat Nation?
I guess there is a third option. We could choose to quit while we're ahead and just retire the song altogether. Unveil a second banner picturing the Ying Yang Twins on opening night to hang next to the championship one and play the song one last time, performed live by the boys themselves. Special guest appearance by Kenny Chesney. Going out on top is always the best.
Honestly, I was getting kind of getting sick of it by the end of last season. Anyone else? Some songs are catchy and always stay that way. Other songs, though initially addictive, just don't have staying power. I'm afraid "Crunk" may be the latter. But you never know because sometimes the association of good feelings with a song trumps all. Only time will tell. With all spring and summer to get it out of my head, I'm sure it will warm my soul to hear it again come the season opening, banner dropping extravaganza. But another full year of the Ying Yang Twins might just wear it out for me.
Thoughts?
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It will ultimately go the way of Tag Team’s “Whoomp! (There It Is)” and Baha Men’s “Who Let the Dogs Out?”. I still see it getting rotation on kickoffs this season, possibly next.
"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper
Maybe, but
The difference with ‘halftime’ is that is associated with winning our first superbowl. I think that will give it staying power.
In Breesus' name we play
by Breesus Christ Superstar on Apr 10, 2010 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I want it to stick!
When I get up to bat playin softball, it’s what’s in my head. Stand up and get crunk. Here we come to get you!
by saints fan in cowboyland! on Apr 10, 2010 9:28 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
I think it'll be in rotation for a few more years, but
like everything (except “Who Dat”) it will be replaced by something new soon enough.
Now I want some Rally’s! But I won’t be back in NOLA until July 4th. :-(
Pigs have flown! Hell has frozen over! The Saints HAVE WON the Superbowl!!
I've been petitioning Wikipedia moderators to let me add this as an official team fight song.
I wouldn’t say that this song is as corny as “Who let the…” Or “Whoomp”. This piece of music is classical with it’s chord changes, tone shifts, and precise musicianship.
Snap, place, kick! And it's good! It's good! It's goo-hoo-hood! Pigs have flown! Hell Has frozen over! The Saints are going to the Superbowl!
by Joseph William Stern on Apr 10, 2010 12:07 PM CDT reply actions
are you serious?
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by Dave Cariello on Apr 10, 2010 7:13 PM CDT up reply actions
You aren’t (fully) alone. I tried to listen to it once. Couldn’t really get into it… listened to a minute or so and then looked for something else.
Same Here
Besides, any group who doesn’t care enough to spell their own name right – sheesh – It’s “Yin – Yang”!
"When you go to heaven after you die, tell St. Peter you're a Saints fan. He'll say, 'Come on in. I don't care what else you've done, you've suffered enough.' " -Buddy Diliberto
The song is still catchy and worth playing but like all fads
it will disappear soon and new songs will appear and get a hold of us
I've already given it a spot in my retired songs collection. Right next to Pat Boone.
Now this guy knew how to get crunk! Is he possibly the Ying Yang Triplet?
Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!
I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.
by Just 'Nother Day on Apr 10, 2010 5:36 PM CDT reply actions
(Get to work, you Photoshop guys!)
Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!
I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.
by Just 'Nother Day on Apr 10, 2010 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions
...and he always had some might fine wine.
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by Dave Cariello on Apr 11, 2010 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions
3 Dog Night - I had the same thought, was just too lazy to type it...
"I have all of the love in the world for Darren Sharper. I just don't have all the money in the world for Darren Sharper." Mickey Loomis
by Hans Petersen on Apr 11, 2010 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions
there I was
an over-fed long-haired leaping gnome
"I have all of the love in the world for Darren Sharper. I just don't have all the money in the world for Darren Sharper." Mickey Loomis
by Hans Petersen on Apr 12, 2010 8:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Eventually it will get replaced
But the difference between this song and “Whoomp, there it is” or “Who Let the Dogs Out” is that we’re the only team playing it. At its height, “Who Let the Dogs Out” was getting played two to three times per game at every sporting event in this country. So not only did it immediately get WAY over-played, but no team really identified with it.
Haltime (“Crunk”) is only being played by the Saints, so it only feels overplayed to Saints fans, not to anyone else in the country. It’ll always sound new (and intimidating) to visitors and visiting teams. Plus, it’s identified only with the Saints, so Saints fans can rally around it, and it has some connection to New Orleans culture (horns, rap). And it’s associated with our first super bowl run, which helps for nostalgia purposes.
I think it stays for a few more years, eventually fades, and is probably always part of the Saints canon (like all those god-awful “Saints win the superbowl” songs).
“Haltime ("Crunk") is only being played by the Saints”
Its popularity was never as widespread as the two aforementioned songs, as it never charted as a single, but it has definitely gotten airplay at other sports arenas besides the Superdome over the past few years. The song was first released in 2004. We just sort of adopted it this past season, based on the crowd’s response whenever it played.
"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper
Never heard it (that I know of)
The only game I saw live last year was in Charlotte, and they didn’t play much in the way of Saints fight songs. If it was ever broadcast at any of the games I saw on TV, I didn’t recognize it. Maybe I just didn’t recognize it as anything but noise. And I doubt that I missed anything worth knowing about, because I hate rap with a passion. And I hate associating it with my team or their Super Bowl run. So, no thank you.
All birds that fly high eventually have to come down to earth to get water.
For Those Who Haven't Heard It... but want to...
That’s a Google search… and there should be a player above the top result.
If it’s the album version, it’s NOT safe for work.
Pigs have flown! Hell has frozen over! The Saints HAVE WON the Superbowl!!
didn’t recognize it as anything but noise.
You’re really old, Nick.
because I hate rap with a passion.Redundant.
And I hate associating it with my teamMmm hmm. And you do realize that most of the players on your team are African-American, or are white boys who enjoy “rap” music, all of whom are about half your (and my) age, more or less? OK, just checking. I don’t think they’ll get nearly as motivated to play football if you make them listen to “Hair Of The Dog” or “Billy, Don’t Be A Hero” or “Purple Haze”, no matter how much you and I might enjoy that. I’m thankful we get to hear Sirius on some kickoff receptions, or pregame, or whenever it is that they play it. Need to let it go on to the guitar part though.
I'm likin' that Hughes.kid.
LMAO! Yeah, probably not a lot of Johnny Cash being played in the locker room, huh?
Fat, dumb, and happy. Hell, two out of three ain't bad!
I Want To Die In My Sleep Like My Grandpa – Not Screaming and Yelling Like His Passengers.
by Just 'Nother Day on Apr 12, 2010 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions
New Christy Minstrels!
“Today, while the blossom still clings to the vine…” Everybody! COME on!!!
I'm likin' that Hughes kid.
Heck yes! Here is my jam … crank it up, DeMario."
"I was not on the boat in question." -Darren Sharper
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