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[Motorin']

11 minutes ago, Eddiegoofball said:

It's not terrible but it doesn't have the right sing-a-long quality for the fans and it's not BIG enough. Our current song, while iconic to the fanbase is dated, corny and kinda sounds like a supermarket jingle from 1990. Doesn't mean I don't love it, but I wish we could find a way to update it.

 

I love the original Shout song by The Isley Brothers and wish we could "update" our version with something a little closer to that which is more bombastic and fun. Think Animal House, but of course we have to wrap this up in 30 seconds so no time to make it a little bit softer. I'd love if our Shout song started off with that legendary refrain; "Now WAIT a minute!" before the music explodes, BillsMafia is shouted out, the Bills make me feel allllllright, then several Shouts (make it louder now) with plenty of glorious "whoos" in the background like the original song, then our favorite call and response delightfulness ensues, then a homestretch frenzy of Shouts and then it ends with the Bills make me wanna shout, instead of what sounds like the music of an old Super Duper commercial. Just my thoughts.

 

Nice try by Benny, but we can do better

 

Super Duper, lol

[machine gun kelly]

Talkin Proud, Talkin Proud.  Now that one I hated in 1980 or so.

[Nextmanup]

This is part of why I hate the whole "Bills Mafia" thing in the first place.

 

That moniker came to fruition through Bills outsiders and those outside of WNY, speaking about Bills fans. I have no idea how they came to use that term, but it was their term, not ours.  

Why do we want to be associated with "mafia" and "thug life" and so on?

 

I hate this stuff!

 

Buffalo isn't Compton or Oakland or South Chicago, or .......

 

 

[78thealltimegreat]

6 hours ago, Sundancer said:

Bills tweeted it. Time for a new day. Keep Shout in the rotation but this should be the new song. Excellent old elements plus the new “Bills Mafia” stuff 

 

 

 

 

There’s some girl on twitter or Tik Tok that’s getting alot of attention for her Bills mafia wrap but her name escapes me right now but it was pretty good 

[machine gun kelly]

Just now, Nextmanup said:

This is part of why I hate the whole "Bills Mafia" thing in the first place.

 

That moniker came to fruition through Bills outsiders and those outside of WNY, speaking about Bills fans. I have no idea how they came to use that term, but it was their term, not ours.  

Why do we want to be associated with "mafia" and "thug life" and so on?

 

I hate this stuff!

 

Buffalo isn't Compton or Oakland or South Chicago, or .......

 

 

You’re right!  I didn’t either but just gave up fighting it.

 

It literally has nothing to do with us.  We are more like just in terms of loyalty, nothing else like a military division, or an old fraternity, or the Masons, even though I’m not one.  The connotation of a criminal family although loyal is akin to a gang.  That’s not us, but we won’t be able to stop this one.  I just thought it was easier to try and just embrace it and look at the good parts of it.

 

I hated the mafia thing in the beginning, but I’ve come around.

[Wacka]

Had to endure the Fly Eagles Fly crap at the Philly game last year.  The Iggles fans sounded like they had mouths full of marbles except for the refrain. Like the Shout they trued to change it around 90 and that  only lasted a week or two. We get to yell Lets Go Buffalo!

[BigDingus]

These boards are filled with... shall we say, elder statesmen. They wont take too kindly to changing up the song.

 

Even if the original song is pretty cringe by today's standards, it's tradition.

 

So good luck convincing people it's worth changing up, especially to a rap song 🤣

[Bad Things]

Wow.

So much creativity in this new song.  It always blows me away how an artist can still come up with new new songs and melodies. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Too bad this new "song" sucks the big one.

 

Edited January 2, 2021 by Bad Things

[Bob in STL]

I guess I am an “elder statesmen”.  
 

I have heard a few versions of the story on how Bills Mafia came to be.  I kind of wish it hadn’t become popular but it looks like it is here to stay for awhile.  I know no harm is meant by the term.  
 

Growing up Italian-American, mafia is a word we just did not use, and a discussion best avoided.  There are some great films our there that glorify that lifestyle but the reality of it is brutal, and not at all representative of our people.  
 

Being an oldie, I am not offended by many of the things that offend people today.  Pop culture comes and goes, and evolves and devolves. 

Some clever beats and the reuse of “hey,hey- hey, hey” sounds cool.  Combining the terms Bills Mafia, with Butcher and rap/hip hop culture, is not a great look for Buffalo but I have no doubt it will be appealing to many as it is modern and resonates with the younger crowd.  

Edited January 2, 2021 by Bob in STL

[Draconator]

Couldn't find it after a internet search, but during the early 90's, Bobby Jones, Jerry Livingston, Mike Caputi, and others did a version of R-E-S-P-E-C-T. That's the best Bills song I've ever heard. 

[Bad Things]

... boy that guy really "butchered" that song.

Guess we know how he got his moniker. 

[BigDingus]

31 minutes ago, Nextmanup said:

This is part of why I hate the whole "Bills Mafia" thing in the first place.

 

That moniker came to fruition through Bills outsiders and those outside of WNY, speaking about Bills fans. I have no idea how they came to use that term, but it was their term, not ours.  

Why do we want to be associated with "mafia" and "thug life" and so on?

 

I hate this stuff!

 

Buffalo isn't Compton or Oakland or South Chicago, or .......

 

 

 

Just have fun with it. Nobody is confused or thinking we're a real mafia... Just because some rap song pops up, doesn't change anything.

 

Bills fans aren't relegated to the ones currently living in Buffalo, there are so many Buffalo natives that now live elsewhere, can't discount them from the fandom. 

 

Hell, I've never lived in WNY, but been obsessed with the Bills since 1991. I think instead of being concerned about the "mafia" term, the way Bills fans act in WNY would be more concerning...

 

Getting BJ's at games, throwing dildos onto the field, destroying furniture like its it's a personal vendetta, lighting themselves on fire... those things seem to reflect on the fans FAR more than the mafia moniker 😉

23 minutes ago, Bob in STL said:

I guess I am an “elder statesmen”.  
 

I have heard a few versions of the story on how Bills Mafia came to be.  I kind of wish it hadn’t become popular but it looks like it is hear to stay for awhile.  I know no harm is meant by the term.  
 

Growing up Italian-American, mafia is a word we just did not use, and a discussion best avoided.  There are some great films our there that glorify that lifestyle but the reality of it is brutal, and not at all representative of our people.  
 

Being an oldie, I am not offended by many of the things that offend people today.  Pop culture comes and goes, and evolves and devolves. 

Some clever beats and the reuse of “hey,hey- hey, hey” sounds cool.  Combining the terms Bills Mafia, with Butcher and rap/hip hop culture, is not a great look for Buffalo but I have no doubt it will be appealing to many as it is modern and resonates with the younger crowd.  

 

I'm not knocking anyone, just saying it's gonna be an uphill battle trying to sway anyone to upend tradition, no matter what the case. 

 

I don't even like the song the OP posted, just saying this probably ain't the place to gauge if others do. Most people on here are more hardcore & dedicated fans, not the casual crowd this could appeal to. 

[Buffalo716]

Griselda is really putting buffalo on the music map!

 

 

[LeGOATski]

That sucked.

 

I'm sure some musician out there could come up with something modern and catchy. I know it's definitely easier said than done, but that's why some people can make good money doing it.

[LeGOATski]

23 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

Griselda is really putting buffalo on the music map!

 

 

The chorus from "City on the Map" might actually work, with clean, Bills-centric lyrics and a basic musical arrangement behind it.

 

Can they get 50 Cent in on this, too? 😄

 

Yeah, I put the city on my back
Got it poppin' on these n****s, put the city on the map (yeah, see what I did)
Next tour's a quarter mil' run (we eatin', uh-huh)
They hated on the team, but we still won (hah)
Uh, I put the city on my back (yeah)
Got it poppin' on these n****s, put the city on the map, ah

[Bad Things]

Can someone redo that video, but with those bloody stadium train horns drowning him out?

[Buffalophil1948]

I might be old but I'm just not into this new style of music. SOMG, never heard it and really don't want to hear it again

[T&C]

1 hour ago, Buffalo716 said:

Griselda is really putting buffalo on the music map!

 

 

I think they ripped off the Monkees... changing one letter to make it legit.

 

[Not at the table Karlos]

5 hours ago, machine gun kelly said:

Karlos, I’m settled bud, you’re topic is the new shout song.  Hell NO.  Now I’m not crazy about anyone that displays meat cleavers and called the Butcher as the advocate for our team.

 

A song positive about the Bills, great.  Not my thing, but maybe some young people like it.  That’s ok.  You asked if we liked it.  My answer is no. Change you’re title if you’re really asking, hey what about another fun song for young people on the Bills.  If you really think anyone over 40 is going to like it, not mention those over 60, um no.

 

Its ok as we can have fans of all generations.  If this pumps you up on some tweet, great, not in Rich Stadium, ever.

Not my thread lol. 

[Royale with Cheese]

9 hours ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

Benny is a local rapper that’s known on a national scale. He used to be my weed man. 

Your weed man’s name was Benny the Butcher?  My weed man’s name is Jeff...just Jeff.  He watches a lot of Fox News.  I’m guessing Benny doesn’t.

 

Edited January 2, 2021 by Royale with Cheese

[BillsfaninChicago]

Ok this sheds some light for me. I was wondering why the Bills online store was selling “Benny the Butcher” shirts. I am such a square I thought he was an actual butcher.

[Bad Things]

18 minutes ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

Not my thread lol. 

He was referring to you telling him to "settle down".

 

C'mon now... keep up.

[purple haze]

5 hours ago, machine gun kelly said:

Karlos, I’m settled bud, you’re topic is the new shout song.  Hell NO.  Now I’m not crazy about anyone that displays meat cleavers and called the Butcher as the advocate for our team.

 

A song positive about the Bills, great.  Not my thing, but maybe some young people like it.  That’s ok.  You asked if we liked it.  My answer is no. Change you’re title if you’re really asking, hey what about another fun song for young people on the Bills.  If you really think anyone over 40 is going to like it, not mention those over 60, um no.

 

Its ok as we can have fans of all generations.  If this pumps you up on some tweet, great, not in Rich Stadium, ever.

I'm over 40.  I like what I've heard of him.  To me, his style is more old school Hip Hop compared to a lot of what's on the radio.  

This clip just seems like a clip.  There probably is a song coming.  But different strokes... as it's said.  Look at Benny as a character;

like  Alice Cooper is a character.  Or David Bowie and his various personas.  Or WWE characters.  

 

The Shout Song isn't going anywhere,  nor should it, but the Pegula's might want to consider paying for an updated version.  

[PromoTheRobot]

4 hours ago, BigDingus said:

These boards are filled with... shall we say, elder statesmen. They wont take too kindly to changing up the song.

 

Even if the original song is pretty cringe by today's standards, it's tradition.

 

So good luck convincing people it's worth changing up, especially to a rap song 🤣

 

What are you insinuating?

 

[Sundancer]

4 hours ago, BigDingus said:

These boards are filled with... shall we say, elder statesmen. They wont take too kindly to changing up the song.

 

Even if the original song is pretty cringe by today's standards, it's tradition.

 

So good luck convincing people it's worth changing up, especially to a rap song 🤣

The white folk aren’t going for it, but it’s time for a new song. 

[jkx2]

10 hours ago, machine gun kelly said:

That was awful.  Why would anyone want to replace the Shout Song, our fav. Some since 1988 to this?

 

Hard No.

Even "Talken' Proud" from the 1970s was better than that.

[maddenboy]

11 hours ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

Umm. To be honest I’m not really sure. Maybe “Dr Birds” but that’s with the group he’s in called Griselda. I never know the names of songs and I more just saw him around the neighborhood and got meh bud from him.  We lived on Nevada and he lived a block over on Montana. 

 

wow.  that's close to home.  I grew up right there on East Ferry, between Nevada and Montana.  2 lonnnnnnnnng ass blocks.  When I was 9 I saw, in real time, somebody get shot on Nevada.  Aah, the good ol days.

 

And to the substance of the Topic, I like the Shout song because it harkens to the early 90s when we almost won it all.  If/when/when we do win it all (this year) I'ma play the shout song as loud as I can, on repeat.

 

But then, it will be time for a new song for this new team.

 

BTW, IIRC, Shout is only to be played for touchdowns, not FG or Safety or whatever.  Am I correct?

 

Lastly, the Shout song is available as a clip on the Bills' official app.  Have it queued up and ready on gameday.

Edited January 2, 2021 by maddenboy

[Buffalo716]

2 hours ago, BillsfaninChicago said:

Ok this sheds some light for me. I was wondering why the Bills online store was selling “Benny the Butcher” shirts. I am such a square I thought he was an actual butcher.

No he's a nationally famous rapper from Buffalo lol

[T&C]

25 minutes ago, maddenboy said:

wow.  that's close to home.  I grew up right there on East Ferry, between Nevada and Montana.  2 lonnnnnnnnng ass blocks.  When I was 9 I saw, in real time, somebody get shot on Nevada.  Aah, the good ol days.

 

And to the substance of the Topic, I like the Shout song because it harkens to the early 90s when we almost won it all.  If/when/when we do win it all (this year) I'ma play the shout song as loud as I can, on repeat.

 

But then, it will be time for a new song for this new team.

 

BTW, IIRC, Shout is only to be played for touchdowns, not FG or Safety or whatever.  Am I correct?

 

Lastly, the Shout song is available as a clip on the Bills' official app.  Have it queued up and ready on gameday.

I ditched it a month ago because most of the alerts weren't Bills news... just random ***** that they felt they had to pass along. Turned into a garbage app.

[Nelius]

Yeah the video is unfortunately kind of lame but I'm surprised to see all of the Benny hate / unawareness. He and the rest of Griselda are doing great things for Buffalo, and they put out some of the best hip hop of the year. Like 90's golden era hip hop, none of that soundcloud mumble crap. 

[MJS]

Super lame. So the contribution is saying "We the Mafia" over and over, then part of the shout song, then back to "We the Mafia"?

 

This is in no way a fight song.

[Buffalo716]

5 minutes ago, Nelius said:

Yeah the video is unfortunately kind of lame but I'm surprised to see all of the Benny hate / unawareness. He and the rest of Griselda are doing great things for Buffalo, and they put out some of the best hip hop of the year. Like 90's golden era hip hop, none of that soundcloud mumble crap. 

Absolutely benny and the rest of griselda have a catalog that rivals any rappers out rn.

 

They definitely bring back that 90s nyc sound

 

 

 

 

[Nelius]

Isn't this all actually just to promote his Buffalo Bills themed t-shirt through One Buffalo? I think the song was just some extra promotion and not intended to be that serious. Per everything else on Twitter the shirt that he's wearing is the focus.

 

Yeah it's on the one Buffalo site. It's a tshirt commercial.

Edited January 3, 2021 by Nelius

[Heitz]

12 hours ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

Umm. To be honest I’m not really sure. Maybe “Dr Birds” but that’s with the group he’s in called Griselda. I never know the names of songs and I more just saw him around the neighborhood and got meh bud from him.  We lived on Nevada and he lived a block over on Montana. 

 

Love you called out Dr Birds!  This guy gets it!    Burden of Proof is solid start to finish and WWCD is 🔥

More than anything, it's just great that the Bills are embracing culture, Benny and the Griselda crew are IT in rap right now.  Underground, but still blowing up in music, art, fashion and more.  These guys have been on the grind for yeeeeears and it's really paid off over the past few.  In the past the Bills would have shunned this (but not TO, or Rex, or other nonsense), so, IMO, it's rad to seem them support the guys that happening on the national scene...
 

 

5 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

Griselda is really putting buffalo on the music map!

 

Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, Benny the Butcher and their producer Daringer are just killing it - everyone that listens to rap knows that Buffalo is the real deal and it's cool to see.  BOOM BOOM BOOM!  

 

 

BTW everyone, that's not the full song, unless songs are now 26 seconds long... o_O

[Buffalo716]

Just now, Heitz said:

Love you called out Dr Birds!  This guy gets it!    Burden of Proof is solid start to finish and WWCD is 🔥

More than anything, it's just great that the Bills are embracing culture, Benny and the Griselda crew are IT in rap right now.  Underground, but still blowing up in music, art, fashion and more.  These guys have been on the grind for yeeeeears and it's really paid off over the past few.  In the past the Bills would have shunned this (but not TO, or Rex, or other nonsense), so, IMO, it's rad to seem them support the guys that happening on the national scene...
 

 

 

Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, Benny the Butcher and their producer Daringer are just killing it - everyone that listens to rap knows that Buffalo is the real deal and it's cool to see.  BOOM BOOM BOOM!  

 

 

BTW everyone, that's not the full song, unless songs are now 26 seconds long... o_O

Yeah I've been listening to them for years. Before they blew

 

Absolutely authentic sound

[Nelius]

1 minute ago, Heitz said:

Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, Benny the Butcher and their producer Daringer are just killing it - everyone that listens to rap knows that Buffalo is the real deal and it's cool to see.  BOOM BOOM BOOM!  

 

 

Their second hand vinyl sells for $2k+ on Discogs right now. These guys built a cult following and did it right. They'd be fine with just their core base but now they're breaking through on a national level. It's so cool to see.

[Putin]

12 hours ago, 4_kidd_4 said:

 

 

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I’m all for a fresh take, especially by local talent. 

 

But we’re not all the, ahem, “Mafia”.

Speak for your self 

[4_kidd_4]

34 minutes ago, Putin said:

Speak for your self 

 

Uh. That’s exactly what I did.

[Not at the table Karlos]

3 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

Your weed man’s name was Benny the Butcher?  My weed man’s name is Jeff...just Jeff.  He watches a lot of Fox News.  I’m guessing Benny doesn’t.

 

He was 2 Chain Benny Mane back then if I remember right. Then the rapper who’s known as 2 chains now took his name.  I don’t think I ever had a guy that had a normal name. They all had aliases. 

[Buffalo716]

10 minutes ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

He was 2 Chain Benny Mane back then if I remember right. Then the rapper who’s known as 2 chains now took his name.  I don’t think I ever had a guy that had a normal name. They all had aliases. 

2 chain Bennymane and B.E.N.N.Y

 

Lots new him as Benny from Montana

 

Edited January 3, 2021 by Buffalo716