![]() Same guy again:The song is terrible! It has only 34 words in it and it's over 6 minutes long! That's less like 5.5 unique words per minute. Same guy from the back:No it's not! It peaked at like 52 in Germany and didn't even chart in the UK! And that was like 4 years ago." Phillips:Yeah well he's got this song called "Put Your Hands Up In The Air" which is a huge hit over there in Europe. Some guy in the back (interrupting):Hold up, you mean the guy who looks like he got his head stuck in a blender? Here let me pull up his picture on the screen. Phillips:Now I was in Brussels last weekend and I heard this super groovy song by this guy called Danzel. Room:(Indistinct murmurs again about what songs "kids these days" are listening to on their "myPhones") Now, I know you all are asking: what song should we choose? A cool song that all these young kids can put their hands in the air and wave them like they just don't care to. I like what Wisconsin has going on, I really do. Room:(A few in the back instinctively put out their cigarettes) ![]() The closest thing we have to a "tradition" is yelling out "no smoking" at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Room:(Indistinct murmurs about the "State School" chant and losing games in the 4 th quarter) Shoot, Indiana does some weird thing with a rock! And what do we have? Iowa probably does something related to pigs or corn or some crap. Room:(Indistinct murmurs about facilities and a functional sound system) Jim Phillips: You know what Northwestern football needs? The clock strikes 10, and the meeting begins. Around the table are various middle aged, balding men in suits and ties. Jim Phillips sits at one end of the table, wearing a white button down shirt and black pants. In Anderson Hall, a meeting is beginning. It's a cold, gray, February day in Evanston. (Note: The following interactions are NOT REAL. Why has "Put Your Hands Up In The Air" avoided the axe? Why was it chosen in the first place? "Hell's Bells" is no longer played every time THAT BRINGS UP.A THIRD DOWN. ![]() Plus, Northwestern has shown that it is willing to try different things. I don't know why this "song," and calling it such does a disservice to music, was selected as something that Northwestern fans are supposed to pretend they enjoy. Nothing about it relates to anything that should be played at a football stadium. There is nothing about it that relates to Northwestern. "Put Your Hands Up In The Air" was a pretty unsuccessful club song from Belgium that never got off the ground. The issue is that their selection makes no sense. Northwestern football games need something to develop atmosphere. It's just something that the powers that be decided they would do. The "Hands Up In The Air" is one such "tradition." There's just one problem: no cool tradition has ever started because it was manufactured. I appreciate Northwestern trying to develop a football culture.
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