No Wooo! Allowed – courtesy of VancityAllie
For those of you who follow me on twitter, or listen to me rant in the Canucks FanZone LiveBlog, you’ll likely know a few pet peeves of mine:
- I hate Chris Pronger.
- I hate Shane O’Brien.
- For effect, I hate Chris Pronger twice.
- I poke quite a bit of fun at Sami Salo.
- And I ain’t down with this “Wooo!” phenomenon after every Canucks goal.
What’s got my Canucks jersey in a knot is the fifth point.
It seems that DJ Dave, who’s usually spot on as the Canucks official game-day DJ, decided to play a David Lee Roth sound clip after a goal. Seeing the “allegedly” instant appeal from the “lower bowl” fans, he has played it after every Canucks goal since. I will admit that I thought it was a nice idea at first, but then spent a few seconds thinking and found myself completely against it.
First, Carolina already has the “Wooo!” chant going for them and I can’t support anything that comes from a non-traditional US hockey market. Second, it has spawned a chorus from the “Wooo!”-birds who think that simply shouting it out at any moment in the game is actually a good thing. Seriously – it goes like this:
- Canucks score – Wooo!
- Canucks touch the puck – Wooo!
- The referee blows his whistle – Wooo!
- Someone wins the 50/50 – Wooo!
- The guy at the hotdog stand roasts a mean frank – Wooo!
- There’s still paper towel in the washroom – Wooo!
See why I hate it?
Now it appears that support of the anti-”Wooo!” movement is pretty thin. Brian has expressed his dislike, and a few people in the twitterverse are also in favour of culling the “Wooo!”-birds, but for every one of us, there’s a Trevor or Derek who drink the Kool-aid and support the “Wooo!”
So I urge you – fight the establishment and bring down the “Wooo!” Talk to your MLA or MP. Sign a petition. Picket outside GM Place. Remember, it’s for a better and just cause!
Slash rant.
7 comments
g says:
January 6, 2010 at 6:46 am (UTC -7)
As you probably know from reading my tweets, I also fully support the anti-Woo movement. It's not so much the post-goal woo that grinds my gears . . . it's the woo-birds. They sound like sad puppies . . . or a desparate plea for attention. Oh wait, I guess those are one in the same. Anyhoo, down with the woo!
Danny Dang says:
January 8, 2010 at 12:37 am (UTC -7)
Woo!
Moon and Cow says:
January 8, 2010 at 3:04 am (UTC -7)
MAC likes this. Though he also appreciates DJ Dave and the Wooo, and Gimlit Manitoba
CanuckleGrrl says:
January 18, 2010 at 7:40 pm (UTC -7)
Agreed…
Thousands of idiot “Woo Birds” chirping it for the entire game.
I have surround sound at home — the woos coming from all corners freaked out my dog.
KILL THE WOO!
Matt says:
February 4, 2010 at 2:39 am (UTC -7)
I agree. The woo is nice after a goal, but not after trivial moments like Daniel Sedin taking a gatorade drink.
Chris says:
February 7, 2010 at 4:29 am (UTC -7)
That's my biggest pet peeve with the “Woo!” If it were simply after a goal, then I could live with it.. but it's not.
Wooohater says:
February 7, 2010 at 6:25 pm (UTC -7)
I agree. The wooo thing is idiotic. Losers do it throughout the games now. The best part about this extended road trip is that we don't have to hear it for a while. At least that was what I thought until I heard Boston fans doing the same thing. If this continues, I'm going to ram a screwdriver into my ears and permanently disable my hearing.