By Stevo, AllHabs.net
MONTREAL, QC.– Ever find yourself listening to a song, whether it is on the radio or your mp3 player, and find yourself reminded of a particular hockey player? Sometimes the title alone, or the lyrics themselves can seem to be perfectly fitting for a given player.
The idea here was to create a Montreal Canadiens soundtrack. My only rules were that I had to use every single active player on the Habs roster, and allowed myself room to expand with some bonus tracks at the end.
Have some fun with it, and don’t be shy to share your own tracks down below! So without further ado, here is the compilation of tracks:
Montreal Canadiens Unofficial Soundtrack
Track List:
- Player: Mike Cammalleri
Track: Offspring – “Bad Habit”
With lyrics like: “Hey man you know I’m really okay, the stick in my hand will tell you the same, but when I’m on the ice, don’t give me no crap, cause the slightest thing and I just might snap” (Minor edits in the lyrics)
YouTube Video - Player: Tomas Plekanec
Track: James Brown – “The Boss”
With lyrics like: “Look at me, you know what you see, you see a bad mutha. Look at me, you know what you see, you see a bad mutha”
YouTube Video - Player: Brian Gionta
Track: (Following his captaincy nomination): U2 – “Stuck In a Moment”
With lyrics like: “You’ve got to get yourself together, you’ve got stuck in a moment and now you can’t get out of it, don’t say that later will be better now you’re stuck in a moment, and you can’t get out of it”
YouTube Video - Player: Scott Gomez
Track: Jelleestone – “Money Can’t Buy Me Happiness”
With lyrics like: “Money can’t buy me happiness, but I’m happiest when I can buy what I want, anytime that I want”
YouTube Video - Player: Andrei Kostitsyn
Track: Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Under the Bridge”
With lyrics like: “Sometimes I feel like I don’t have a partner”
YouTube Video - Player: Lars Eller
Track: Bob Marley – “Get Up, Stand Up”
With lyrics like: “Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up: don’t give up the fight!”
YouTube Video - Player: Benoit Pouliot
Track: Carolina Liar – “Show Me What I’m Looking For”
With lyrics like: “Save me, I’m lost, oh lord, I’ve been waiting for you, I’ll pay any cost, save me from being confused, show me what I’m looking for, show me what I’m looking for…oh lord”
YouTube Video
- Player: Dustin Boyd, Tom Pyatt and Josh Gorges
Track: Def Squad – “Rapper’s Delight”
With lyrics like: “I said a hip hop the hippie, the hippie to the hip hip a hop and ya don’t stop, a rock on baby bubba to the boogety bang, bang the boogie to the boogety beat… … now, so far you heard my voice a but I brought 2 friends along, and next on the mic is my man T, come on T sing that song” (Minor edits in the lyrics)
YouTube Video - Player: Max Lapierre
Track: Nas – “Hate me Now”
With lyrics like: “You can hate me now, but I won’t stop now, cause I can’t stop now, you can hate me now, but I won’t stop now, cause I can’t stop now, you can hate me now, you can hate me NOWWWW.”
YouTube Video - Player: Travis Moen
Track: Des’ree – “You Gotta Be”
With lyrics like: “You gotta be bad, you gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser, you gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger”
YouTube Video
- Player: Jeff Halpern,
Track: (Following every face-off victory) M.C. Hammer – “Can’t Touch This”
With lyrics like: “Can’t touch this, can’t touch this, can’t touch this, can’t touch this”
YouTube Video - Player: Mathieu Darche
Track: OneRepublic – “Apologize”
With lyrics like: “It’s too late to apologize, it’s too late, I said it’s too late to apologize, it’s too late”
YouTube Video - Player: Andrei Markov
Track: REM – “Everybody Hurts”
With lyrics like: “Well, everybody hurts sometimes, everybody cries, and everybody hurts sometimes, and everybody hurts sometimes.”
YouTube Video - Player: P.K. Subban
Track: Tom Petty – “Won’t Back Down”
With lyrics like: “You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down, no I’ll stand my ground, won’t be turned around, and I’ll keep this world from dragging me down, gonna stand my ground… and I won’t back down”
YouTube Video - Player: Roman Hamrlik
Track: Bee Gees – “Stayin Alive”
With lyrics like: “Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive, ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive”
YouTube Video - Player: Jaroslav Spacek
Track: DMX – “Slippin’”
With lyrics like: “Ay yo I’m slippin’ I’m fallin’ I can’t get up, ay yo I’m slippin’ I’m fallin’ I can’t get up, ay yo I’m slippin’ I’m fallin’ I gots to get up, get me back on my feet so I can tear sh*t up!”
YouTube Video - Player: Alex Picard
Track: Offspring – “Self Esteem”
With lyrics like: “I may be dumb, but I’m not a dweeb, I’m just a sucker with no self esteem”
YouTube Video
- Player: Hall Gill
Track: Offspring – “What Happened to You”
With lyrics like: “(Heeeeey) man you’re really losing it, (Heeeeey) and you’ve really done a lot of junk now, (Heeeeey) but you keep on abusin’ it, what in the world happened to you?”
YouTube Video - Player: Ryan O’Byrne
Track: Stretch – “Why did you do it”
With lyrics like: “I’ve been thinking about what you have done to me, the damage is much deeper than you’ll ever see, hit me like a hammer to my head, I wonder were you pushed or were you led? Why did you do it? Why did you do that thing to me?”
YouTube Video - Player: Carey Price
Track: Alexi Murdoch – “Breathe”
With lyrics like: “So don’t forget to breathe, don’t forget to breathe, your whole life is here, no eleventh hour reprieve, so don’t forget to breathe, keep your head above water, but don’t forget to breathe”
YouTube Video
and - Player: Carey Price
Track: BTO – “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet”
With lyrics like: “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet, B-B-B-Baby, you just ain’t seen nothin’ yet, here’s something that you never gonna forget, B-B-B-Baby, you just ain’t seen nothin’ yet”
YouTube Video - Player: Alex Auld
Track: Melanie Fiona – “Give It To Me Right”
With lyrics like: “I don’t want it all the time, but when I get it, I better be satisfied, so give it to me right, or don’t give it to me at all”
YouTube Video
Bonus Tracks:
- Player: Carey Price
Track: BTO – “Taking Care of Business”
With lyrics like: “And I’ll be, taking care of business (every day), taking care of business (every way), I’ve been taking care of business (it’s all mine), taking care of business and working overtime, work out”
YouTube Video - Player: Ryan White (Hamilton Bulldogs)
Track: Carl Douglas – “Kung-Fu Fighting”
With lyrics like: “Everybody was Kung Fu fighting, Huh! Those kids were fast as lightning, hah! In fact it was a little bit frightening, huh! Make sure you have expert timing, hah!”
YouTube Video
- Player: Habs Fan dedication to Jacques Martin
Track: Twisted Sister – “Were Not Gonna Take It”
With lyrics like: “Oh we’re not gonna take it, no, we ain’t gonna take it, oh we’re not gonna take it anymore”
YouTube Video - Player: James Wisniewski (NYI)
Track: Metro Station – “Shake It”
With lyrics like: “Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it”
YouTube Video
- Player: Guillaume Latendresse (MIN)
Track: Eminem – “Ass Like That”
With lyrics like: “The way you shake it, I can’t believe it, I ain’t never seen an ass like that”
YouTube Video
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