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Old 07-18-2021, 04:26 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by jayswin View Post
It's not a big deal in the grand scheme of the world, but how stupid was TSN with that acquisition. It took them like two weeks to take the most iconic theme song in Canada and turn it into this watered down, overused, two many version nothingness.

They were bold and confident in marketing it as this amazing thing they received that they were going to use any chance they got and they destroyed it so quickly.
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Originally Posted by shadowlord View Post
I whole-heartedly agree with this. CTV/TSN was so insistent on making it "their own" that when they re-recorded it they had to add their own little signature musical elements to the theme and totally ruined it from the CBC version.

"Watered down" is precisely the right description of what they did.

For shame, TSN.

I agree. But I have to admit I loved what Neil Peart did with it.
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