HERE WE GO!!!
For anyone who has not had the IMMENSE PLEASURE of hearing the "Here we go!" song, I pity you. :)Yesterday, LHPJ and I went and saw "The Importance of being Ernest" at the Pittsburgh Public Theater. FANTASTIC! I love the play. I had read it and seen the movie adaptation, but this is the first time that I was able to see it live. We went to the Sunday matinee, so I dressed far more casual than I normally would for the theater. I was concerned initially that I was too casual. Then, we got to the theater.
About 1/4 of the audience were wearing Black and Gold - some Steelers jerseys and sweatshirts.
After the play ended, the houselights came up and they started blasting "Here we go!". Suddenly, Terrible Towels were whipped out and began slinging above people's heads. For those who watched the game last night, you should not be familiar with the Terrible Towels.
So, we went home and played with the dogs, then headed over to Silky's (a local bar) to meet up with some friends and watch the game. It was awesome. There are no words for what it was like.
Afterwards, people were running out in the streets, stopping traffic. Some of the more crowded parts of the city had cops in riot gear. People were burning couches and generally being crazy. Well into the night, I could still hear honking horns and shouting people. Terrible Towels were twirling out of car windows. People were crazy.
Pittsburgh is a town that used to be important. Now, the only thing keeping it afloat financially is UPMC and CMU's defense contracts. No one cares about that though. Football is, to use a terrible cliche, the backbone of the city. It is seriously what some people here live for - it is the one thing that makes Pittsburgh a city worth recognizing still (to the general populace, that is).
I'm very excited about the Steelers' win and had a FANTASTIC time last night amidst the craziness.
posted by Schna @ 10:09 AM
9 Comments:
Go Bears!
cute. :)
I was all for the Bears too - but unlike the Steelers, the Bears had to go and LOSE!! :)
Besides, the Bears winning the Superbowl may have produced The Superbowl Shuffle, Part 2, which would have been frightening.
Touche. Your point.
What's football? Oh that's right, we do have a football team here in AZ.
Almost everyone I know here that watches football was rooting for the Broncos the whole time.
Which "here we go" are you talking about? I can think of a couple of songs that might fit.
It's a particular song for the Steelers.
Here we go.
(musical interlude)
Here we go.
(musical interlude)
Here we go. Steelers. Here we go.
Pittsburgh's going to the Superbowl.
Here we go.
(lots of words I don't understand)
Here we go.
(more words that I don't understand)
Here we go.
(more words that I don't know,
then something like "Pittsburgh's gonna bring the Steel curtain down")
Repeat.
It's catchy (read: gets stuck in your head VERY easily!)
I couldn't find an mp3 of it though. There's a "here we go steelers" song that sucks, but this is different than that. Anyone who can find it for me, I would appreciate it.
Do I know you?
yes, you do. :)
Are you still alive???
yes, barely. :)
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