Anyone else notice this?
I’m not 100% sure but it sounds like the drum intro to BREATHE being played at Sox games to rile up the crowd. I always thought that would be a good sports song. If it is BREATHE I wonder if any other teams use it.
(whoops, [blush])
No suprise considering its a chicago team and Ministry being pretty crucial to the scene over there back in the 80’s
Yeah, but even though Ministry came out of Chicago and were popular in the underground scene in the late 80’s early 90’s, if you asked your average Chicagoan about Ministry or Al Jourgensen they would say “what, who?.. is that christian rock or something?”
Maybe Al called them up and gave them the song cheap cause he was between records and needed drug money 
Does anyone know how they came up with that sound? A friend says it sounds like a stuck cd. Sounds to me like a sped up guitar loop. What about the sped up drums at the very end? Just wondering. One of the best intros i’ve ever heard.
Does anyone know how they came up with that sound?
“Hey… who here can circle pick the fastest?”
“Wow that’s pretty fast, but how long can you do it for?”
“Oh not that long huh… how much of a break would you need before you can make that run again?”
“Sweet we’ll throw a little chord break in and you’ll make that circle pick run again”
Pepper in samples and kick ass drums and Voila, Thieves is born!
Late,
grmpysmrf
The loop is from the movie “Cry Freedom” if memory serves…
Thanks Chris.
I loved that film. I watched it after reading a compilation of Steve Biko’s writings ‘I Write What I Like’ that he did under an assumed name.
The loop is from the movie “Cry Freedom” if memory serves…
Chris, can you confirm whether or not it is Breathe being played at the cell? Are you getting any royalty checks from the White Sox? I’m just really curious cause it sounds like Breathe but I cant tell for sure with all the other ballgame noise.
Does anyone know how they came up with that sound? A friend says it sounds like a stuck cd. Sounds to me like a sped up guitar loop. What about the sped up drums at the very end? Just wondering. One of the best intros i’ve ever heard.
Shit, i thought it said “Thieves”!! My brain needs to be replaced…
No man, it was my bad… I said thieves and first and then edited the post… not sure how I mixed them up as they are very different sounding songs… I guess the titles of both songs are one-syllable words. But yeah I originally posted Thieves, yer not crazy.
“Breathe you fuckers!!!”
Great for the 7th inning stretch…
“Breathe you fuckers!!!”
Great for the 7th inning stretch…
Indeed. It’s my experience that White Sox fans need to be reminded to do things like…breathing, thinking, bathing, getting up to use the bathroom…stuff like that.
[reply]“Breathe you fuckers!!!”
Great for the 7th inning stretch…
Indeed. It’s my experience that White Sox fans need to be reminded to do things like…breathing, thinking, bathing, getting up to use the bathroom…stuff like that.[/reply]
Ziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
Late,
grmpysmrf
Haterz gonna hate! Especially if they are bitter Cubs fans
Haterz gonna hate! Especially if they are bitter Cubs fans
Come now. I don’t hate the Sox…not the players, or the manager…and Kenny Williams is one of the best GM’s in MLB. But going to the Cell is like going to a suburban mall complete with overweight, goateed, crew-cutted guys in oversized t-shirts (some still extolling the Sox WS Champs from 2005). The only difference between the Cell and Chicago Ridge Mall is that Chicago Ridge Mall has people in it.
Honestly, I root for the Sox…and love the way the team plays. But I’m not a fan of the DH, or being bombarded by advertising at the park. Hence…my allegiance lies on the North Side. [;)]
Come now. I don’t hate the Sox…not the players, or the manager…and Kenny Williams is one of the best GM’s in MLB.
And I don’t hate the Cubs organization either, and find it pathetic that many Sox fans seem to actively root against the Cubs. When I was a little guy I was a fan of the mid-late 80’s Cubs (Dawson, Sandberg, Suttcliffe etc). But as I grew older the Cubs organization went to pot, it became super trendy to be a Cubs fan, and the neighborhood the Cubs play into gentrified into a yuppie paradise. It seemed to me that Wrigley Field was the main star of the Cubs, and whether or not the Cubs won or lost yuppies could hobble over to the Cubby Bear and get drunk.
I had been to several Cubs games as a kid and they lost every single one of them!!! I started going to Sox games with my friend in the late 90’s and it was amazing to see your home team actually win! As a Cubs fan I thought that was something that only happened to other people!
But going to the Cell is like going to a suburban mall complete with overweight, goateed, crew-cutted guys in oversized t-shirts (some still extolling the Sox WS Champs from 2005). The only difference between the Cell and Chicago Ridge Mall is that Chicago Ridge Mall has people in it.
I call bullshit on this. I’ll admit the cell looked god-awful before U.S. Cellular forked over a bunch of money for the naming rights and they were able to renovate it. It looks great now to me, it’s no Camden Yards or anything but hey, there’s hardly a bad seat in the house, there’s good food, and a passionate fan-base. Yeah, you’ve described some stereotypical Sox fans, but what about the stereotypical Cubs fans- the drunk, obnoxious frat-boys who treat the Wrigley bleacher section like a big dive-bar and don’t really follow the game and throws garbage on the field when they get pissed at a call? The White Sox fan base leans a little bit more blue-collar, and the Cubs fan base leans a little more preppie/yuppie but I don’t think it’s fair to overgeneralize either fan base.
And back to the ballpark I get so tired of Cubs and Red Sox fans being all high and mighty because they have historical ballparks. Wrigley is pretty to look at but has tiny, tight cramped seats (some of which are in obstructed view), narrow walkways, bad food, inconvenient restroom access and smells like a century of spilled beer and urine. And while I appreciate the Wrigley’s lack of advertising and pretty ivy I’d still much rather spend a day at Comiskey where I can stretch out, eat a Vienna beef hot dog (not a ball-park brand dog) and not spend 2 innings taking a trip to the restroom. Comiskey may not be nearly as pretty (though it looks great to me since the remodeling) but dammit, it’s functional! And besides every other single ballpark in the country besides Wrigley and Fenway has advertisements!
Honestly, I root for the Sox…and love the way the team plays. But I’m not a fan of the DH, or being bombarded by advertising at the park. Hence…my allegiance lies on the North Side. [;)]
Well to each their own, buddy. There are benefits I see to each team and their respective ballparks. I just think you were painting Sox fans with too wide of a brush, especially when there are more than your fair share of douche-bags that root for the Cubs! Anyway, good luck on your rebuilding… sorry to see Lou go, he was a class act.