So did everyone catch the HNIC Anthem show Saturday night.  Some interesting choices there.  Gary Mosby's song I thought was abit over the top.  I quite liked the composition by the 13 year old Toronto boy until the theme penned by a couple of Quebec guys was played.  Hands down winner.  Go to http://www.cbc.ca and you'll find the 5 anthems there.

BTW, no I don't work for the Mother Corp, just tired of reading about 104.9fm and doing my bit to create some new threads to get it off this board...

Did you see where Randy Bachman had a bunch of entries?  

Anyway, you made me go and listen to them all and I would have to agree.  Hand out the prize.

The ultimate insult to Bachman is his offerings were passed over for a 13 year old's entry!!!

There's a whole bunch of controversy around this contest.  One of the 5 finalists has worked with Bob Rock before, they chose the 5 finalists before the deadline for submissions, they stated they would announce 200 finalists then changed that to 5 with no explanation...the list goes on and on and on.  

There was a huge thread on the CBC anthem site that just got deleted because many of the 15,000 people that entered are outraged at what happened with this contest. There's still lots to read about it here...

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Canadas-Hockey-Anthem-Challenge/17689744258#/wall.php?id=17689744258

I'm surprised none of the other media outlets are exposing this.

I was all gung-ho to vote for Anthem #4 - the Quebec dudes...but I couldn't be bothered to pay $1 for a call, $0.50 for a text, or to register online.

"Our economy is about to crater..." - John McCain as per David Letterman

(even to this day, that phrase makes me chuckle...besides, I need my loonie for Tim's)

Vote now.http://anthemchallenge.cbc.ca/home

I like 2 and 4, 2 is a Burnaby, BC Submission. 5 has the pipes at the end. Tough choice.

"Voting for the final two Anthems begins the evening of October 9th, and
the winning Anthem will be revealed on Hockey Night in Canada on October
11th"

I think 4 will win but voted 2.

If I had to pick one, I would pick # 4. Having said that, they're all quite similar in orchestration, give or take a bagpipe or two (#5). Maybe whatever anthem they pick will come to be regarded as highly as the theme that got away, but we'll have to wait several years to see if the public acceptance ever gets that high.

Has the old theme debuted on TSN yet?  That will sound so out of place for awhile.

What it could look like.

http://technorati.com/videos/youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DCICnWio2TpA

Watch the following videos. Some have put the NBC, Fox News, NFL and other themes together very creative.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osKsOApXsyE

http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=d9225f73-b04d-4fc8-9138-928029c918df

Burnaby musician makes hockey-anthem playoffs Schoolteacher among five finalists for new theme.

I'd do a write in vote for the intro to EA Spots NLH 98 for the Playstation 1.  The last great cartoony hockey vid game for, well.... twisted up up swing jocks after finishing at midnight that don't take it seriously.  EA Sports started 'sim' stuff after that cutting out all the cartoonish impossible moves and generally all the fun.

Well worth hooking up the PS1 to watch the intro.  Freaking great.  And of course...it is on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnOJ8GnheXc

#2 & #4 are okay with me.  But none of the entries really shine like the old one. I wonder if I'll feel the same way after a full season of the new tune, whatever it is.

a colleague at work raised a good point.  With CBC likely to lose the rights to HNIC when the current contract runs out in 5 yrs, it opens the door for CTV/TSN to outbid the Mother Corp, bringing the theme back together with the program.  

Hey if CBC can lose the rights to the Olympics, ANYTHING is possible.

None of the five themes do it for me.  I think instead of a contest they should have gone to anyone of the folks who write themes for other CBC productions or perhaps gone to a Randy Bachman and said compose something catchy and edgy.  The CBC seems to be continually fumbling on this entire process.

Final Two.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2008/10/09/hnic-anthem-finalists.html

Vote.