Katy Perry's "Roar" is etched in my brain now

convertedpatsfan · Feb 11, 2015

Whenever I hear it, I think about this victory and it immediately cheers me up. I ****ing hated that song before this game but now it's permanently associated with it.

I didn't even watch the halftime show, so I missed all the left shark hysteria. But I could hear it while making nachos in the kitchen and now it's stuck in my head.

I loved U2's "Beautiful Day" before, but when they performed at Super Bowl 36 and the Patriots defeated the Rams for their first championship, it would forever be part of my playlist. Am I going to load up on Katy Perry songs now???

And as Bill Simmons wrote in his mailbag "Welcome to the Super Bag" before the game, "Roar" would have been the best-case scenario song for the Pats.

Q: Before the second Pats-Giants Super Bowl, I emailed you asking what Madonna halftime song would be most appropriate for the Patriots narrative, similar to U2’s “Beautiful Day” in 2001 and Tom Petty’s “Free Falling” in 2007. Your answer, “Like A Prayer,” became a great description of the game-winning Hail Mary that Gronkowski almost caught. (Sadly, that prayer was not answered.) So what Katy Perry halftime song will become New England’s musical parallel this time around?
—Dave B., San Francisco

BS: Great question. And sadly, I have a 9-and-a-half-year-old daughter and knew the answer almost immediately. My best-case-scenario Katy song: “Roar.” Check out these lyrics:

I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath
Scared to rock the boat and make a mess

So I sat quietly, agreed politely
I guess that I forgot I had a choice

(THAT WAS THE PATS DURING THE FIRST FIVE DAYS OF DEFLATEGATE.)

I let you push me past the breaking point
I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything

(YEAH, NFL, WE LET YOU PUSH US PAST THE BREAKING POINT!)

You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Already brushing off the dust

You hear my voice, you hear that sound
Like thunder gonna shake the ground

(THAT’S THE SECOND BELICHICK PRESS CONFERENCE.)

You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Get ready ’cause I’ve had enough
I see it all, I see it now

(TRANSLATION: WE’RE UP 13-3 AT HALFTIME!)

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire
’Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
’Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You’re gonna hear me roar

(“ROAR” RHYMES WITH FOUR, AS IN … FOUR SUPER BOWLS!)

Anyone else suffering from this?

patriot1136 · Feb 11, 2015

It's such an inspirational song

Oswlek · Feb 11, 2015

I can't even get it in my head now while reading. When I think of HT music that gives me Patriot goose bumps, these are what come to mind:

(I can't find the actual vid for the performance during the NE/Pitt game, but this is the song.)

bresna · Feb 11, 2015

I thought it was great too but I was disappointed in the end - I was so hoping for a wardrobe malfunction.

PatCat · Feb 11, 2015

As if my daughter doesn't listen to it enough lol.

Silver Blue&Red · Feb 11, 2015

My wife has been singing that song all day, every day since the SB ad nauseam. I was out of the room, eating too, during halftime. I don't listen to that type of music myself, but I kind of associate it with that game now. I never knew the words before you posted them. It is pretty cool that they have some significance tho.

shmessy · Feb 11, 2015

convertedpatsfan said:
Whenever I hear it, I think about this victory and it immediately cheers me up. I ****ing hated that song before this game but now it's permanently associated with it.

I didn't even watch the halftime show, so I missed all the left shark hysteria. But I could hear it while making nachos in the kitchen and now it's stuck in my head.

I loved U2's "Beautiful Day" before, but when they performed at Super Bowl 36 and the Patriots defeated the Rams for their first championship, it would forever be part of my playlist. Am I going to load up on Katy Perry songs now???

And as Bill Simmons wrote in his mailbag "Welcome to the Super Bag" before the game, "Roar" would have been the best-case scenario song for the Pats.

Q: Before the second Pats-Giants Super Bowl, I emailed you asking what Madonna halftime song would be most appropriate for the Patriots narrative, similar to U2’s “Beautiful Day” in 2001 and Tom Petty’s “Free Falling” in 2007. Your answer, “Like A Prayer,” became a great description of the game-winning Hail Mary that Gronkowski almost caught. (Sadly, that prayer was not answered.) So what Katy Perry halftime song will become New England’s musical parallel this time around?
—Dave B., San Francisco

BS: Great question. And sadly, I have a 9-and-a-half-year-old daughter and knew the answer almost immediately. My best-case-scenario Katy song: “Roar.” Check out these lyrics:

I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath
Scared to rock the boat and make a mess

So I sat quietly, agreed politely
I guess that I forgot I had a choice

(THAT WAS THE PATS DURING THE FIRST FIVE DAYS OF DEFLATEGATE.)

I let you push me past the breaking point
I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything

(YEAH, NFL, WE LET YOU PUSH US PAST THE BREAKING POINT!)

You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Already brushing off the dust

You hear my voice, you hear that sound
Like thunder gonna shake the ground

(THAT’S THE SECOND BELICHICK PRESS CONFERENCE.)

You held me down, but I got up (HEY!)
Get ready ’cause I’ve had enough
I see it all, I see it now

(TRANSLATION: WE’RE UP 13-3 AT HALFTIME!)

I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire
’Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
’Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You’re gonna hear me roar

(“ROAR” RHYMES WITH FOUR, AS IN … FOUR SUPER BOWLS!)

Anyone else suffering from this?

Frankly, whenever the Pats play in a Super Bowl, I never even have time or inclination to watch the halftime show. Too much going on with the site, the espn live chat, texting friends and relatives, etc.

That being said, reading those lyrics, I definitely can see your point. I just don't think Katy Perry is great football music. However, if Joan Jett does a cover of it.............

Cramden · Feb 11, 2015

I haven't been able to listen to Tom Petty since 2008.

BTTA · Feb 11, 2015

I find most of these massive productions to be gimmicky. The musician as celebrity by definition means we lose a connection to how that person's life experience informs their music. It is as if they are hiding behind the production rather than being brought forward by it.

Give me a small stage and crowd, and little distance between the performer and the audience any day.

Bella*chick · Feb 11, 2015

Cramden said:
I haven't been able to listen to Tom Petty since 2008.

For me, 2008 is associated with Alicia Keyes and a song by Muse. To this day, I can't hear those two songs without a flashback. Keyes was singing during pre game festivities and Muse was played on commercials on NFLN for the Superbowl.

PrairiePat · Feb 11, 2015

Wait, you watched the halftime show??

hambone1818 · Feb 11, 2015

The halftime show jumped the shark a long time ago, this year the internet jumped the left shark.

Katy Perry sucks, but she's nice to look at. Song still sucks though.

Off The Grid · Feb 11, 2015

The next HalfTime Show worthy of the Super Bowl will be the first one worthy of the Super Bowl.

They always go with either:

01 ~ Pop.

or

02 ~ Rock & Roll, but a Band that peaked 20, 30, or even 40 Years before the Event.

Fortunately, I'm generally shattered by HalfTime, so most anything entertains me at that point.

Kontradiction · Feb 11, 2015

I don't care for her music, but she sure did look yummy. That and the shark that didn't GAF. That was pretty funny too.

BSR · Feb 11, 2015

Oswlek said:
I can't even get it in my head now while reading. When I think of HT music that gives me Patriot goose bumps, these are what come to mind:

If there is a greater half time show than that U2 performance, I've never seen it. In my opinion, far and away the best ever.

IcyPatriot · Feb 11, 2015

BSR said:
If there is a greater half time show than that U2 performance, I've never seen it. In my opinion, far and away the best ever.

Absolutely agree ... Where the streets have no name extended version as the 9/11 victims names were scrolled. The entire show was the best....I have Prince as my 2nd favorite.

Ross12 · Feb 11, 2015

"Firework" is the one stuck in my head, partly because it was the last song, but mainly due to the fact that it was already somewhat stuck in my head from seeing "The Interview" and it's prominence in that movie. So hearing it again in this setting shortly after has really cemented it in my brain as a Pats victory song.

varjao · Feb 11, 2015

You should be suspended for posting this song lyrics here.

Use the spoiler tag

Hi

livinginthe past · Feb 11, 2015

Possibly.

But only if we substitute 'roar' for 'rear'.

TBR · Feb 11, 2015

I was too pissed off with how they ended the half so I left the room and didn't watch the halftime show

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