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Wanted: 'A $100,000 Anthem': CBC
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by Barry ORegan | June 7, 2008 at 03:17 am
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Our Canadian Anthem is gone, but not forgotten, an Anthem that can't be sung, for there are no words, but hyme'd universally by all Hockey Fans.
An Anthem most Canadians and Americans know better than their own National Anthem.
New Canadians to Canada most likely hear this Anthem more often than our own National Anthem.
Granted there are no words to this anthem, but regardless, once you hear it, you instantly stand on your feet, look around for a TV Set, Beer and a couch.
A Canadian Anthem played as much as our own National Anthem, but do we know any National Anthem in the world coveted as a Ring Tone? I thought not! So beloved, Sports Nuts have em on their Cell Phone "Ring Tones".
This is our Hockey Night in Canada Anthem, an Anthem
that is like Comfort Food to those who love Hockey, this Canadian Anthem has belonged to all Canadians since it first played in 1968, written by a Vancouver woman, Ms. Claman.
The issue at hand is money, always money. Ms. Claman wants some, CBC has some, regardless what Canadians want, "Greed" on both sides, should play no part in taking away what defines us as Hockey Loving Canadians.
Tuning into any Radio station, one can hear a variety of music popular with today's Music scene, from Hip Hop, Rap, Hard Rock, Ska and Sugary Pop.
CBC's Anthem Contest for $100,000, one wonders what our new Canadian Anthem will be?
Whatever this new Anthem will be, it won't be like our old Canadian Anthem, just some Spinmeister's Marketing of their interpretation, which will pale in comparision.
That's a Tune, I don't care to hear! God, Help Us !
"Get your guitars strumming': CBC
Say goodbye to the soundtrack of Saturday night.
By BRETT CLARKSON, SUN MEDIA
The iconic, long-running theme song for Hockey Night In Canada will be replaced by a new tune chosen in a $100,000 contest open to all Canadians, the head of CBC Sports said last night.
"I think it'll generate a great deal of public interest and discussion among Canadians," CBC Sports executive director Scott Moore said last night. "I'll just say to everybody out there, get your guitars strumming."
Thirteen months of negotiations between the public broadcaster and the agency that represents composer Dolores Claman ended yesterday at 5 p.m. after both sides were unable to hammer out a new licensing agreement for the song's usage, Moore said.
The impasse means that come September, a new jingle will greet viewers to the 56-year-old hockey broadcast for the first time since Claman's song debuted in 1968.
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Barry ORegan
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at 12:32 on June 7th, 2008
Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Ya I can just hear it now as it is being sung by some overly falsetto, CBC-manufactured Canadian Idol contestant. What about a campaign to use Stampin' Tom's Hockey Song?
at 18:49 on June 7th, 2008
Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff. this is bad news indeed. i don't want to listen to some rotten contest winner on saturday nights. might as well have an idol singer do it.
...and like a retard i posted without reading the previous one.. still not changing it though and not trying to steal an idol dig..hate that show
at 21:29 on June 7th, 2008
Thanks Guys for the comments , you know Stompin Tom would be a choice over anyone else, why then hell aren't CBC going after Tom? Perhaps Tom is not Young and hip and fu*king Groovy, like those asswipes at CBC, and like Marcel says, just what we need a friggin Canadian Idol Tard trying to wrangle a gig and CBC Wonks, I am sure will devise some televised crap for rating to get this into a national TV event.
They should just pay the damn woman her money and get over it. The other side of the Coin, the woman has been pay big bucks for 40 years for a single tune,.Plus CBC wants to give her a million dollars to give them the song and go away, apparently her ass sucking publicity firm wants more, the turd burglars.
at 18:15 on June 9th, 2008
CTV has purchased the song for somewhere in the $2.5 - $3.0 million Canadian Tire Dollar range.
at 21:35 on June 9th, 2008
Thanks EastVan I just heard. Greedy little Skank aint she? I hope Rev can tax the crap out of her award too.
at 07:51 on June 10th, 2008
I am not so offended Barry. If CTV didn't think they would get a return on that investment they would not have bought it. Anyway, it preserves a bit of hockey and Canadian history. If Dion were in power I am sure the Department of Canadian Heritage would have paid $10 million for it and built it a monument in some riding in Quebec.
at 08:30 on June 10th, 2008
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA Hilarious analogy EastVan
at 10:18 on June 12th, 2008
The songwriter's daughter has blogged @ http://madeleinemorris.blogspot.com
After reading her story it's hard to imagine anyone calling Dolores Claman down. It's a tale of how creators get treated poorly. Only, in this instance, the composer wins in the end.
CBC Sports was being offered the Hockey Theme song for $500 each broadcast - a bargain in advertising. They wanted to grind Ms. Claman further, and, they lost out when CTV stepped up and treated her fairly.
at 10:57 on June 12th, 2008
Nice to see more details coming to light. More evidence that CBC has largely lost touch with the taxpayers that fund it. Time to sharpen the axe Mr. Harper.
at 12:12 on June 12th, 2008
Yep and she got 3 million dollars to boot.