Duluthian Andy Saur suggests the Vikings need a...

MPR's Bob Kelleher, reports on Andy Saur's Viking quest:

A Duluth man is on a quest to change the music the Minnesota Vikings play in the Metrodome before kicking the football. Andy Saur says the Vikings should be playing a Led Zeppelin song rather than the one they use by Guns N' Roses. His efforts have gotten nationwide media attention, but he admits he's still in for a long struggle. (see link above for full story in print).

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Makes sense to me, do you think the Vikings should change the song?

Kat Eldred, Minnesota Public Radio Duluth Life Host

Comments: 9

Julia Schrenkler Nov 10, 2006, 3:29pm EST

Okay, I'll give it up that "Immigrant Song" is perhaps more appropriate to the Vikes. And if the hometown crowd all howled the ahhh-aaahhhhhh it might scare the uniforms off the opposing team. The song does rock, but it is almost too melodic and pretty.

All that said, the opening to "Welcome to the Jungle" still makes me crank the volume after all these years. That just plain rocks and it is mean, mean, mean.

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Brett Baldwin Nov 10, 2006, 3:35pm EST

I'm sorry, but I have to link to this.

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Kat Eldred Nov 10, 2006, 3:40pm EST

Julia, I've got the visual of you rocking out stuck in my brain!

Brett, The Viking Kittens' link is purrrrrfect!

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Julia Schrenkler Nov 10, 2006, 3:48pm EST

Brett there's nothin' like the cartoon image of marauding kittens to strike fear in the hearts of big, bad football players! aaa aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh aaaaaaaa! Internet classic, man.

I don't really rock out, Kat, but I do like to crank the volume and remember the days when I'd floor the pedal. (Don't do that anymore, I'm all responsible and boring now.)

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Michael Wells Nov 10, 2006, 4:07pm EST

The way the Vikings have been playing, I think a Sugar Cubes song may be more appropriate.

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Julia Schrenkler Nov 10, 2006, 4:18pm EST

I think I lost the pool - five comments down and no one has suggested "I Fought The Law" yet...

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Nathan S. Nov 13, 2006, 1:27am EST

At this point I think that the someone should right a new song, the title should be, "we will get your hopes up by playing well at first and then crush your dreams by making stupid mistakes." That seems to be the running theme the last few years.

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Julia Schrenkler Nov 15, 2006, 9:18am EST

Nathan you crack me up. There must be a song like that somewhere... if there isn't, let's write one. What do you think of the title "Bait and Switch"?

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Nathan S. Nov 15, 2006, 2:16pm EST

That would work as a song title.

All that aside I think that his idea to change songs is great. I mean "Welcome to the jungle" doesn't really fit. Have you ever seen a Viking in a jungle??? I haven't.

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