The St. Louis Blues are trying to resurrect an old tradition by encouraging fans to sing “When the Blues Go Marching In” prior to their final regular game of the season on Saturday against Washington. The push included a video explaining the history and significance, but the whole thing was surrounded by a bit of irony and even hypocrisy given how the Blues have treated other traditions over the past couple years.
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To be clear, there’s nothing wrong with what the Blues are trying to accomplish. Charles Glenn singing “When the Blues Go Marching In” prior to games is always a treat and trying to get the fans involved is great goal.
That being said, it’s difficult to ignore how hypocritical the Blues are being when just this season they messed with the team’s iconic goal song on multiple occasions. A permanent change was never made, but the notion that the Blues wanted to try out options other than the classic organ rendition of “When the Blues go Marching In” after goals was pretty insulting to fans.
Now, the Blues are leaning heavily on buzzwords such as history or tradition … when they tried to ruin the very tradition (involving the same song) earlier this year. Little explanation was given when the organ suddenly went silent in favor of a song you could hear at any arena at any given time. Thankfully, that experiment ended and the classic sounds of the organ still ring out after a Blues goal.
If the Blues truly buy into what they’re selling with the video they released, why not come out and say the goal song won’t be changing due to its tradition and history? The organization is more than aware of the backlash they created and this would have been a great opportunity to put out that fire and highlight one of the best goal songs in the NHL.
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