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We Rally Round the Family

Think I read Barwin or one of the guys reference this as well, I think it's pretty cool.
 
Not referencing any song or singer - just the term Bulls on Parade as a description of our defense in anyway just conjures up pictures of cows in tutus - sort of like the dancing elephants/hippos in Fantasia.
 
The crowd sure as hell got into it, as well as the players. Barwin seems to be leading the charge. I like it.

It's a pretty powerful song by a band called RAGE against the machine. It all works too well!
 
Shaft75 said:
The crowd sure as hell got into it, as well as the players. Barwin seems to be leading the charge. I like it.

It's a pretty powerful song by a band called RAGE against the machine. It all works too well!
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Love the song. Hate the name.


Steel Curtain
House of Pain
Bulls on Parade.



One doesn't fit. It doesn't inspire fear. The song does, but I don't think we'll get Gruden & Tirico to sing it for us on MNF.
 
Bulls on Parade is inspiring to ballerina fans and conjures up visions of David Carr. It must die quickly and never be uttered again. However, Rage rocks.
 
Get your mind off of the gay pride parade and imagine an arena of angry bulls that see nothing but red. Then imagine that hook from the song on repeat and fill your head with rage.

Maybe it will work...

Btw, I'm not to big on nicknames for defenses. But I do like to see my fellow fans get a little nuts with me. For some reason that got the stadium rocking, along with the players. I'm for whatever works.
 
Dutchrudder said:
If you don't know the song "Bulls on Parade", then don't even comment about it. Listen to this, then come back and have an opinion on it.

http://youtu.be/-58-36lSqG4
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Been listening to Rage for three decades, and have seen them three times, save your lecture and stick to shining shoes. It is a lame application for a nickname. As a song to inspire the play on the field and to get the fans raging, yes.
 
Kaiser Toro said:
Been listening to Rage for three decades, and have seen them three times, save your lecture and stick to shining shoes. It is a lame application for a nickname. As a song to inspire the play on the field and to get the fans raging, yes.
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lol! Lecture? Simply asking people to be informed of the song from which the name derives is a lecture? Wow dude, chill out. People fly off the handle all the time about stuff they don't know about, I'm trying to help inform the masses who may think it's a "gay" name or otherwise. Is it really too much to ask that people listen to a 3 minute song before jumping to conclusions?
 
Grams said:
Not referencing any song or singer - just the term Bulls on Parade as a description of our defense in anyway just conjures up pictures of cows in tutus - sort of like the dancing elephants/hippos in Fantasia.
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Cows in tutus??
That image never entered my brain.

...takes all kinds I guess...
 
Holy crap, that song is called Bulls on Parade?!?!

What a terrible title.

I would have figured it was called Rally Round the Family or Pocket Full of Shells.

The song rocks. I've always loved it.

Title = lame.
 
TexansFanatic said:
Holy crap, that song is called Bulls on Parade?!?!

What a terrible title.

I would have figured it was called Rally Round the Family or Pocket Full of Shells.

The song rocks. I've always loved it.

Title = lame.
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I think the idea of the song is that the bulls are on a military type parade, not one with a 50ft Bullwinkle.
 
michaelm said:
I think the idea of the song is that the bulls are on a military type parade, not one with a 50ft Bullwinkle.
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Right, I figured that, but the word parade is simply too interchangeable with the Macy's day thing to simply expect it to carry the edgy connotation.
 
Dutchrudder said:
lol! Lecture? Simply asking people to be informed of the song from which the name derives is a lecture? Wow dude, chill out. People fly off the handle all the time about stuff they don't know about, I'm trying to help inform the masses who may think it's a "gay" name or otherwise. Is it really too much to ask that people listen to a 3 minute song before jumping to conclusions?
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I listened to about 30 sec of it and had to turn itip/hop etc type of music. off.

As the fool stated that neg rep me for not liking it stated it is not the 1930's anymore. I am not that old.
But do not like rap/heavy metal/hip hop etc type of music.
It is not the music it is just the "Bulls on Parade" just conjures up dancing cows in some sort of fairy outfits. Probably from watching too many Disney movies with the grandchildren.

Now if you want to thow in some Pentatonix in there . . . .
 
Too many people in here are backwoods hicks whos only exposure to "parade" is what they see on TV during the holidays.

Ever seen a military leader standing on a podium watching his troops march by in formation? That is a parade. It is the original parade. Floats and homosexuals are something that we added in later for entertainment value.

Also this:

"Bulls on Parade" addresses the American military-industrial complex, a situation in which industry (the arms industry, primarily) urges government to take military action, with the intent of obtaining military contracts, to thereby increase its revenue. The idiom "bulls on parade" refers to a bull market. The symbol may also mean the muscularity of American responses to complex problems; we act like mad bulls on dress parade rather than negotiating or using less violent strategies. Also the verse, "They rally around the family, with a pocket full of shells" could refer to the composer's belief that American politicians in both parties represent the family as an integral part of their policies, but in actuality they use this as a "scarecrow" tactic because they really have pockets full of ammo ("shells") catering to the military-industrial complex.
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Ignoring the negative aspects, the thought of a bunch of "mad bulls on dress parade" solving their problems by brute force is very fitting for this defense.

Put aside your gay pride hang-ups and try to remember that parades are a military matter at heart.

I have no problem at all with the defense being nicknamed "Bulls on Parade". I actually really like it.. because it brings to mind a bunch of bulls stomping through the streets and lording over the lesser folks :D. Plus it has a fitting song attached to it.

Sure you could name the defense "Spiked bulls of bloody painful death hitting darkness" or something similar... but i find those kinds of names to be less "cool" and more "middle aged man trying too hard to be cool".
 
I can't get behind Bulls on Parade, it just doesn't work. It doesn't make a strong enough statement and as has been seen above it takes too much explanation to get someone to understand it.

I agree the song has that fire up aspect to it, the name just doesn't fit. This is my opinion on it. Just in case someone wanted to know and even if you didn't :bubble::shades:
 
grid said:
too many people in here are backwoods hicks whos only exposure to "parade" is what they see on tv during the holidays.

Ever seen a military leader standing on a podium watching his troops march by in formation? That is a parade. It is the original parade. Floats and homosexuals are something that we added in later for entertainment value.

Also this:



Ignoring the negative aspects, the thought of a bunch of "mad bulls on dress parade" solving their problems by brute force is very fitting for this defense.

Put aside your gay pride hang-ups and try to remember that parades are a military matter at heart.

i have no problem at all with the defense being nicknamed "bulls on parade". I actually really like it.. Because it brings to mind a bunch of bulls stomping through the streets and lording over the lesser folks :d. Plus it has a fitting song attached to it.

sure you could name the defense "spiked bulls of bloody painful death hitting darkness" or something similar... But i find those kinds of names to be less "cool" and more "middle aged man trying too hard to be cool".
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This ^^^^^^ Exactly what I wanted to post, but much more eloquenty put. :)
 
Bulls on Parade sucks. Horribly. Really badly sucks.

Oh, and Grams, I gave you some rep to make up for whoever the heck it was that neg repped you for expressing your opinion.

Edit: Well, I tried to rep you Grams, msr.
 
Love RATM. Love the Texans D.

HATE trying to put the 2 together. This is one really valid reason why players should stay off Twitter during the season. This is worse than what Arian Foster did.

Not to mention, when fans or players try to force these nicknames, consider it a lap around the shark. Full-on shark-jumping occurs when the media starts picking up on these stupid names.

John Facenda would have never uttered these words. He'll be spinning in his grave if this stupid name ends up on a highlight reel.

Thorn said:
Bulls on Parade sucks. Horribly. Really badly sucks.

Oh, and Grams, I gave you some rep to make up for whoever the heck it was that neg repped you for expressing your opinion.

Edit: Well, I tried to rep you Grams, msr.
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Got 'em.
 
Thorn said:
Bulls on Parade sucks. Horribly. Really badly sucks.

Oh, and Grams, I gave you some rep to make up for whoever the heck it was that neg repped you for expressing your opinion.

Edit: Well, I tried to rep you Grams, msr.
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I got him for ya :)
 
headsplint said:
No, because of your offensive backwoods, 1927 southern ass comment.
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Lame. Simply lame to neg rep someone for not liking what you like or having a different opinion, it's not like he was nasty about it.


Grams said:
I listened to about 30 sec of it and had to turn itip/hop etc type of music. off.

As the fool stated that neg rep me for not liking it stated it is not the 1930's anymore. I am not that old.
But do not like rap/heavy metal/hip hop etc type of music.
It is not the music it is just the "Bulls on Parade" just conjures up dancing cows in some sort of fairy outfits. Probably from watching too many Disney movies with the grandchildren.

Now if you want to thow in some Pentatonix in there . . . .
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Hopefully my positive rep will offset homeboy's.
 
I don't care for it personally, won't use it, and hope the search continues. We can do better than this.
 
headsplint said:
No, because of your offensive backwoods, 1927 southern ass comment.
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Ahhhh sheeyite!!!! It's on now!!!!

Betta watch that southern stuff...........



Anyway I don't care for Rage Against the Machine in general as I find thier Socialist/Marxist lyrics to be stupid/funny considering they probably make millions of dollars from it. I must admit that I don't know much about them because I'm kind of partial to capitalism, so maybe they give all thier money away. However if you want to sound like you're the leader of a revolution against the worlds remaining super power I doubt you sing about it........
 
headsplint said:
Wow. Offensive much?

SMFH.

Anyway, love the reference. Rage against the Machine is far from "gay" (Excuse the hate mongering.)
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Not saying you say it personally, but why is it OK to say the word "retard" like every other sentence and "gay" is not OK.

I'm not condoning using the word gay in a negative manner, but I've found that interesting as the country has gotten more and more PC. I grew up in the 80's, and that was what every boy said to one another to piss them off. Again not saying it was OK, that's just the way it was.
 
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mexican_texan said:
Or because it's a homophobic, offensive statement?
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Just to be clear - using the word "gay" now causes neg rep.

We just need to get it totally banned then.

I did not call anyone a name, did not rant or berate anyone here about their opinions.

Having to be "politically correct" all the time is just getting to be ............
 
Big Lou said:
Not saying you say it personally, but why is it OK to say the word "retard" like every other sentence and "gay" is not OK.

I'm not condoning using the word gay in a negative manner, but I've found that interesting as the country has gotten more and more PC. I grew up in the 80's, and that was what every boy said to one another to piss them off. Again not saying it was OK, that's just the way it was.
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Should have seen what it was like growing up in the 60s. They didn't even use the word "gay" back then.

"Bulls on Parade"? Really? That sounds queerer than a three dollar bill.

So there.
 
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