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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.
Anyone else suffering from this?
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!)
—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?
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