Re: Personal Alternatives to "We Are the Champions"?
 

How 'bout a spirited college victory march?

"The Victors"?:p

(Now preparing to duck - Travis Hoffman has got to launch something back on this one!)

Re: Personal Alternatives to "We Are the Champions"?
 

I am soooo going to IRI next year! (loud and off-key) I'm a ramblin' wreck from Georgia Tech and a helluvan engineer! / A helluva, helluva, helluva, helluva, helluvan engineer! / etc...

Re: Personal Alternatives to "We Are the Champions"?
 

OK, if we are going to have a "champions song" (for what it is worth, I am just fine with sticking to "We Are The Champions") and we are taking new suggestions, then we might consider "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" by Pat Benatar.

But if there is going to be a "champion's song" shouldn't there also be a song for those that are smack dab in the middle of the pack, and those at the tail end of the rankings? For the former, I would suggest "Stuck In The Middle With You" by Bob Dylan, and for the latter how about "Funeral For A Friend" by Elton John? :)

-dave /me removes tounge from cheek/

p.s. and for those of you that still think you will be able to sleep at night, I want you to consider the horrible collision of misfortune that will befall all those that choose to attend the 2008 IRI Talent Show, should the truly unimaginable actually happen - a duet performance of Patsy Cline's "Crazy" featuring both Karthik and Travis.

Re: Personal Alternatives to "We Are the Champions"?
 

that is, by far, the most horrifying hint you have ever given us.:ahh:

Re: Personal Alternatives to "We Are the Champions"?
 

All star is very good for this, though we are the cahmpions is better.
We will rock you could also go.
I personally think that Seak and Destroy suits (as in seak a targer - wina regional, and destroy it, as in reach it).

Re: Personal Alternatives to "We Are the Champions"?
 

This is not an alternative, I'm happy with swaying to 'We Are The Champions' and grinning like a kid.

A song that always inspires me and I have heard during competition, though not often enough, is 'Reach' by Gloria Estefan - (the percussion makes me feel downright Olympic):

Some dreams live on in time forever
Those dreams, you want with all your heart
And I'll do whatever it takes
Follow through with the promise I made
Put it all on the line
What I hoped for at last would be mine

If I could reach, higher
Just for one moment touch the sky
From that one moment in my life
I'm gonna be stronger
Know that I've tried my very best
I'd put my spirit to the test
If I could reach

Some days are meant to be remembered
Those days we rise above the stars
So I'll go the distance this time
Seeing more the higher I climb
That the more I believe
All the more that this dream will be mine

If I could reach, higher
Just for one moment touch the sky
From that one moment in my life
I'm gonna be stronger
Know that I've tried my very best
I'd put my spirit to the test
If I could reach

Re: Personal Alternatives to "We Are the Champions"?
 

Indeed.

One of us is bad enough.... :yikes:

Re: Personal Alternatives to "We Are the Champions"?
 

That Feel by Tom Waits off of Bone Machine would be pretty win. As would Dinosaur Jr's Freak Scene or Hoots and Hellmouth's This Hand Is A Mighty Hand.

Re: Personal Alternatives to "We Are the Champions"?
 

It probably feels Olympic because it was the theme for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. Estefan performed "Reach" at the closing ceremonies.

Re: Personal Alternatives to "We Are the Champions"?
 

As long as it doesn't involve any member of the Lavery family. :yikes:

Re: Personal Alternatives to "We Are the Champions"?
 

"Dies Irae" is kind of team 1418's theme song. So that would be pretty sweet to hear at a regional.

Re: Personal Alternatives to "We Are the Champions"?
 

Always Look On The Bright Side of Life, preferably from Spamalot with Tim Curry.

Especially the "the last laugh is on you" part.

Re: Personal Alternatives to "We Are the Champions"?
 

I would say the "Foo Fighters" with Kung Fu Fighting.:)

Re: Personal Alternatives to "We Are the Champions"?
 

"We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister.

Oh wait.. that only applies to online bantering.... :p

In the end, there is no fitting replacement for We Are The Champions.

Re: Personal Alternatives to "We Are the Champions"?
 

The Victory Lap song from F-Zero GX

In seriousness (not that the above wasn't serious) I feel fine about We are champions. It's not like I ever heard the part 'No time for losers' and brokedown into tears at a FIRST event...where, mind you, teams without great robots still have a great time.