Alan Frew defends "Free to Be"
"It was not a mistake," says the National Post.
"Oh yes it was," reply people with ears.
about 2 years ago
Down Goes Brown
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The thought is a good one.
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by PPP on Dec 1, 2009 1:47 PM EST up reply actions
I like offending fans of other canadian teams.
Hmmm
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by Karina on Dec 1, 2009 1:48 PM EST up reply actions
I think we need to consider the possibility.
If the song was intended to be, you know, “good”, then it’s an epic fail. But if it’s meant to be nails-on-a-chalkboard for Habs fans, we may need to re-evaluate.
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by Down Goes Brown on Dec 1, 2009 1:49 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
It might be a success
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by PPP on Dec 1, 2009 1:55 PM EST up reply actions
I could really get behind this movement, crank this fucker during canadian rivalry nights
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 1, 2009 1:58 PM EST up reply actions
OK, I’m done reconsidering.
This song still sucks.
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by Down Goes Brown on Dec 1, 2009 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed
However, it was made with good intentions.
Still going to mute it.
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Now that Frew puts it that way
its badass
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Dec 1, 2009 1:52 PM EST up reply actions
“I don’t care what anybody says,” Mr. Frew says. “I have travelled this world, and if you are going to run into a hockey sweater it will be the Toronto Maple Leafs.”
So what he’s saying is that we’re the World’s team….
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by Karina on Dec 1, 2009 1:48 PM EST reply actions
I ran into three different people wearing Leafs tshirts while in the Bahamas last year. Aside from that I ran into a Rangers fan and a guy with a Canucks hat.
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OH-WHOA-OH
THIS IS PLANET EARTH’S TEAM!?
Dear lord.
"Luke Schenn is Stronger than Strength."
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he wanted to antagonize fans of other teams, but he managed to antagonize the entire country (world?), save for MLSE.
by Belligerent Burkie on Dec 1, 2009 1:55 PM EST reply actions
good
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 1, 2009 1:58 PM EST up reply actions
Not buying it. It’s nails on a chalkboard for me, a Leafs fan for life, as well. There are ways to piss off other fans without making your own cringe. (
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Like, say the stupid “Ole” song that Montreal fans came up with stole from soccer.
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If they weren’t dumb it would make them cringe.
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by PPP on Dec 1, 2009 1:59 PM EST up reply actions
at around 2002 it was the beat to “Safety Dance” after goals… lets hope they find a spot for it in the next montage.
by Johnny Thunder on Dec 1, 2009 2:16 PM EST up reply actions
the words and the thought behind the song are fantastic
i agree 100% with his statement:
I didn’t know you were supposed to write a song for your team that pleases the other guys. It is about antagonizing the other guys.
Reading the article alone gave me pause at my initial reaction towards the song. I think I kind of like the audacity of it now.
that said i’m not a fan of the tune. Perhaps i’ll take Mr. Frew up on his challenge to write my won…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 1, 2009 1:59 PM EST reply actions
oh its still a poorly written dog of a song (although there are a few parts i really like) but the message it throws out there is rather awesome
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 1, 2009 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
If this interview should have been done 2 months ago, I’’d get on board.
We’ve had 2 months to for an opinion that it’s a pompous, ridiculous song, and now you suddenly tell us the intent was to piss everyone else off and we should embrace it? Sounds like some major damage control to me.
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but you see, this is the best way to do it. If the opposing fans had thought that the song was ment for them to hate, they would have hated it for a whole different reason, now they have yet more reasons to be pissed off about it, layered hate!
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 1, 2009 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
yes
“damage control” or not, as i said, the audacity of the song, especially at this juncture (bottom of the barrel in the league, 0fer whatever to start the season) is what makes me kind of appreciate it.
look at this place. other teams sites and or fanbases would have withered up and died after dealing with JFJ as the GM, but then add on the brutal season the Leafs have already gone through…? Instead of folding up shop and jumping off the bandwagon, opposing fans see us singing about being the best thing in Canada.
i really, really like it…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 1, 2009 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
this is why i love you Blurr
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 1, 2009 2:10 PM EST up reply actions
Perhaps i’ll take Mr. Frew up on his challenge to write my won…
A follow up to the smash hit Bacon Yada? Nice!
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by PPP on Dec 1, 2009 3:23 PM EST up reply actions
who is americas team? I vote for the ducks.
They did repsrent team usa at the goodwill games afterall
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
The New York Rangers?
Red-White-Blue?
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American! Fuck yea! Freedom is the only way!
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
And they did
have the Statue of Liberty as a logo for a while…
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hands down, the Rangers are USA’s team.
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by Karina on Dec 1, 2009 2:07 PM EST up reply actions
the Bills
wrong sport, but if you could sum up American culture and way of life into one place, team, or series of emotions, it might come out like this:
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by Johnny Thunder on Dec 1, 2009 2:21 PM EST up reply actions
Toning it down
I thought you said they were North America’s team? Or is that your brother?
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by PPP on Dec 1, 2009 3:24 PM EST up reply actions
Sooner or later, if MLSE keeps this up, I guarantee we’re going to end up with the Leaf’s version of the Senator’s centurion- ya, that one.
Do any of us really trust MLSE to be the guardians of our fandom? Or are we reverting back to LeafsNation as well?
If we had won more Cups than other NHL team in history, and particularly at least ONE since we left the 6-team era, I might be able to get with this and grind it in the faces of the other teams, but the song still sucks. We can do much, much better than this, or we can let a useless corporate entity determine what and how we cheer.
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Any recommendations
‘cause some stupid song ain’t gonna cut it.
"Luke Schenn is Stronger than Strength."
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Bacon-Yada
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by Karina on Dec 1, 2009 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
I think that the MLSE actually went out to find a new song to sell the leafs and they hired someone who used it for his own devices of fuck you other fans, the corporate big wigs had no idea until this interview
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by JaredFromLondon on Dec 1, 2009 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
ruh roh
Not the centurion…
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by PPP on Dec 1, 2009 3:24 PM EST up reply actions
Why was the lead singer of Glass Tiger tapped to write this, though?
You don’t see Twisted Sister or Journey writing songs for the Red Wings or Blackhawks. And you don’t see the NHL getting Def Leppard to perform on the opening night of the seaso…. whoops.
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Apparently
the guy did the TFC “anthem” or something
"Luke Schenn is Stronger than Strength."
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was it commissioned, or did he bring it to MLSE?
i’m asking because i don’t really know…
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by blurr1974 on Dec 1, 2009 2:12 PM EST up reply actions
I have no idea. But the thought that someone “snuck one by” the most ruthlessly efficient sports organization in the world profit-wise is laughable.
Like I said, I could get behind a true fuck you with middle finger raised to other team fanbases, but this song just misses on so many levels. It’s like hiring the Friendly Giant to haze the neighbourhood kids who are bullying your son. You hire the meanest kid in the block and let him loose.
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True story about Alan Frew: He was the entertainment at “Wendel Clark Appreciation Day” at Nathan Phillips Square in August 1994.
So his Leaf fan credentials are solid, at least.
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by Down Goes Brown on Dec 1, 2009 2:12 PM EST up reply actions
He re-worked My Town for the Red Patch Boys for TFC games.
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by PPP on Dec 1, 2009 3:25 PM EST up reply actions
I’ve obtaned exclusive footage from the upcoming “Free To Be” music video:
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They recognized (Alan Frew).
Well now we know he’s just making shit up.
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by puckurgently on Dec 1, 2009 2:30 PM EST reply actions 9 recs
I like this song even more now that I know it was intended to piss people off.
Fairweather fans can go to hell
given that his stated intent was to piss people off
i’d say he’s done a fantastic job. the song even pisses me off!
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by blurr1974 on Dec 1, 2009 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
Until Otherwise Proven...
…that there is sentient life somewhere besides Earth the Leaf’s are the Universe’s Team
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Dec 1, 2009 4:36 PM EST reply actions
Oh oh oh…this is the universe’s song (Go Leafs Go!)
Oh oh oh…this is the universe’s team…
At least it makes sense. What do you mean Toronto isn’t the centre of the universe? ;)
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Yah, Screw Galileo, what did he know?
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Dec 1, 2009 5:17 PM EST up reply actions
This song is the Ryan Hollwegg of anthems.
Yeah, it might piss off the fans of other teams, but far more importantly, Leaf fans recognize that it’s not here for the long haul, not deserving wearing the Leaf emblem, and are counting down the days until its gone.
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by mf37 on Dec 1, 2009 5:06 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
I grew up with the Glasgow Rangers and Celtic [Scottish soccer rivalry], and I didn’t know you were supposed to write a song for your team that pleases the other guys. It is about antagonizing the other guys.
Inspired by the Old Firm bigot brothers?!?!
That just makes me hate it more.
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The song is really just awful. So bad that I hardly acknowledge it and pretend it isn’t there. But I defintely can’t listen it. Not even for a few seconds. It’s just so horrible. The only way it can be justified is that it was meant entirely to stroke the flames of anti-Leafs sentiment, giving non-Leaf fans an emotional investment in the outcome. In wrestling terms, we’re the nation’s “heel” and it’s the equivelent of Nikoali Volkoff singing the Russian national anthem before his matches. It stirs the crowd up, even if they don’t care about the good guy.
If somebody could make this Leafs song go away forever I would be very happy.
by general borschevsky on Dec 2, 2009 9:12 AM EST reply actions
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