Oh, cruel fate! a/k/a the Patriots serenade

[Tunescribe]

When the Pats leave the locker room to take the field before Ozzy's "Crazy Train" blares forth, the team plays "O Fortuna" from the Carl Orff classic Carmina Burana. Sounds inspirational every time, right? Well, it helps that it's sung in Latin. It literally means "Oh Fate" and is a lament about the inescapable power of fate, a central theme to Roman and Greek mythology, in which fate is a force that rules both gods and mortals.




Translation to English (the last line is a doozy, try not to slit your wrists):

O Fortune,
like the moon
you are changeable,
ever waxing,
ever waning,
hateful life
first oppresses
and then soothes
as fancy takes it;
poverty
and power
it melts them like ice
fate – monstrous
and empty,
you whirling wheel,
you are malevolent,
well-being is vain
and always fades to nothing,
shadowed
and veiled
you plague me too;
now through the game
I bring my bare back
to your villainy
fate is against me
in health
and virtue,
driven on
and weighted down,
always enslaved.
so at this hour
without delay
pluck the vibrating strings;
since Fate
strikes down the strong man,
everyone weep with me!

 

[upstater1]

 

[Kontradiction]

 

[Pape]

 

[Chevy]

Once you hear it ...




Although I have to say - "Oh, Fortuna!" followed by fireworks and Ozzy screaming "All Aboard!" still gives me chills.

 

[Kontradiction]

Side note - they should get rid of Crazy Train. I’m sure that gets the white folk in the stands pumped up, but I’m not sure about the players.

 

[Chevy]

I’m sure that gets the white folk in the stands pumped up, but I’m not sure about the players.

Huh ... that was interesting

 

[signbabybrady]

Side note - they should get rid of Crazy Train. I’m sure that gets the white folk in the stands pumped up, but I’m not sure about the players.

I liked it during the first three titles. They've long been ready for a new pregame routine.

 

[Wax Frog]

Once you hear it ...




Although I have to say - "Oh, Fortuna!" followed by fireworks and Ozzy screaming "All Aboard!" still gives me chills.

I adore mondegreens!

 

[Water Boy]

Side note - they should get rid of Crazy Train. I’m sure that gets the white folk in the stands pumped up, but I’m not sure about the players.

I agree that its a little tired at this point. For fans and players regardless of skin color.

 

[Joker]

I agree that its a little tired at this point. For fans and players regardless of skin color.

OK...then let's UPDATE it to Concrete Jungle....

 

[ctpatsfan77]

As an aside, the version the Pats uses cuts everything from "ever waxing" to "villainy."

 

[PatsFanInVa]

As an aside, the version the Pats uses cuts everything from "ever waxing" to "villainy."

I don't even miss those parts of Crazy Train

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

OK...then let's UPDATE it to Concrete Jungle....

Suggest they play this for throwback games

 

[Bill Lee]

Reminds me of:

The Story Behind "Here Comes The Bride" — Music - A Wedding By The Lake

Everybody knows the “Bridal Chorus” (“Here Comes The Bride”) from the opera Lohengrin by composer Richard Wagner. It has been played at many weddings over the years and has an interesting story.

www.aweddingbythelake.com

Everybody knows the “Bridal Chorus” (“Here Comes The Bride”) from the opera Lohengrin by composer Richard Wagner. It has been played at many weddings over the years and has an interesting story. When you hear the introduction, you know that the bride is on her way down the aisle. Everyone is ready to greet the bride, usually dressed in white, and a wonderful, loving wedding is about to take place.​

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The Original Context Of The Opera: Mass murder! Say what???​

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The tune comes from the opera Lohengrin, where the "Bridal Chorus" is actually sung to the heroine Elsa and her new husband, Lohengrin, by her handmaidens after the wedding, not before! After that song, Lohengrin murders 5 wedding guests and then leaves Elsa.​

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Lohengrin is not a happy opera, as you probably could have guessed from all that murdering Lohengrin did. The marriage lasts all of two songs, after which Lohengrin abandons Elsa, and opera being opera, Elsa dies of grief. So the organ music you hear at a wedding is less celebratory and more like an ominous, foreshadowy, something bad is going to happen sort of thing. They might as well play the theme from Jaws.​

The music director for the church where my wedding was held told us right up front not to ask for it, she wouldn't play it.

Since the marriage ended up in divorce, it turns out it would have been appropriate.

 

[TheRainMaker]

That TD song they used to play for a long time during the Brady years was very obnoxious. I don't know if they still play it.

 

[Jim Beankie]

When the Pats leave the locker room to take the field before Ozzy's "Crazy Train" blares forth, the team plays "O Fortuna" from the Carl Orff classic Carmina Burana. Sounds inspirational every time, right? Well, it helps that it's sung in Latin. It literally means "Oh Fate" and is a lament about the inescapable power of fate, a central theme to Roman and Greek mythology, in which fate is a force that rules both gods and mortals.

Translation to English (the last line is a doozy, try not to slit your wrists):

O Fortune,
like the moon
you are changeable,
ever waxing,
ever waning,
hateful life
first oppresses
and then soothes
as fancy takes it;
poverty
and power
it melts them like ice
fate – monstrous
and empty,
you whirling wheel,
you are malevolent,
well-being is vain
and always fades to nothing,
shadowed
and veiled
you plague me too;
now through the game
I bring my bare back
to your villainy
fate is against me
in health
and virtue,
driven on
and weighted down,
always enslaved.
so at this hour
without delay
pluck the vibrating strings;
since Fate
strikes down the strong man,
everyone weep with me!

I think this might've caused the Thornton injury (and the 6 SB wins). Everyone weep with me!

 

[h0c2000]

When the Pats leave the locker room to take the field before Ozzy's "Crazy Train" blares forth, the team plays "O Fortuna" from the Carl Orff classic Carmina Burana. Sounds inspirational every time, right? Well, it helps that it's sung in Latin. It literally means "Oh Fate" and is a lament about the inescapable power of fate, a central theme to Roman and Greek mythology, in which fate is a force that rules both gods and mortals.




Translation to English (the last line is a doozy, try not to slit your wrists):

O Fortune,
like the moon
you are changeable,
ever waxing,
ever waning,
hateful life
first oppresses
and then soothes
as fancy takes it;
poverty
and power
it melts them like ice
fate – monstrous
and empty,
you whirling wheel,
you are malevolent,
well-being is vain
and always fades to nothing,
shadowed
and veiled
you plague me too;
now through the game
I bring my bare back
to your villainy
fate is against me
in health
and virtue,
driven on
and weighted down,
always enslaved.
so at this hour
without delay
pluck the vibrating strings;
since Fate
strikes down the strong man,
everyone weep with me!

The pats versions has a big cut


O Fortune,
like the moon
you are changeable,
ever waxing,
ever waning,
hateful life
first oppresses
and then soothes
as fancy takes it;
poverty
and power
it melts them like ice
fate – monstrous
and empty,
you whirling wheel,
you are malevolent,
well-being is vain
and always fades to nothing,
shadowed
and veiled
you plague me too;
now through the game
I bring my bare back
to your villainy
fate is against me
in health
and virtue,
driven on
and weighted down,
always enslaved.
so at this hour
without delay
pluck the vibrating strings;
since Fate
strikes down the strong man,
everyone weep with me!

 

[Actual Pats Fan]

That TD song they used to play for a long time during the Brady years was very obnoxious.

...along with the helmets & uni's

 

[TheRainMaker]

...along with the helmets & uni's

How painful was it looking at those home uniforms last night?