Also, while I love the goal song the fact that it came out the summer of ’94 makes me worried that if could be cursed…
šØ Settling the goal song debate, once and for all. šØ
Is it "WHOA"? Is it "GOAL"? Got the final answer, straight from the guy who wrote it. ā¤µļø pic.twitter.com/0Df3zUf2N9
— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) January 29, 2024
by bucky02k
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The actual lyrics are whoa, we all know that, but convinently whoa sounds close enough to goal that it makes more sense to say goal.
Always will be goal for me. The man even says, despite it written woah, it should be goal chanted. Good enough for me. Its not called the whoa song lol
Who ever thought it was goal? Iām a canes fan and even know itās whoa. Does it sound like goal in person?
Itās stood the test of time, Iāll give it that.
Whoa walked so the worldwide fan base song could run
Scoreboard says goal I say goal
I always thought it was woah, I usually end up saying woah once and then switching to goal.
End of the day, Rangers score, we get loud, is there really a wrong way to sing it? Still one of if not the best goal song in the league.
Iāve never said āgoalā and am proud. ā„ļø
it’s always been woah… what kind of scooped bagel mfer is saying goal!?
I’d love to get a beer with Ray Castoldi. I have so many questions for this guy. What a legend
Hey. I see Goal… I sing “Goal!”
This was obvious to anyone with ears.
They were singing it before ’94 though
I don’t know a single person that goes to games that says woah. It might have been woah but it now IS goal and that’s all that matters
It doesn’t sound anything like “goal” in person.
I always thought it was woah, because the recording sounded like woah. Turns out my ears did not deceive me. But the scoreboard at MSG says GOAL. The people near me said goal. It doesn’t sound wrong. It works. Soo, say whatever is comfortable. Nobody will notice or care.
HEY HEY HEY is the important part anyway.
As long as its loud whatever works
Always has been
Iām still confused!
So they ARE saying āwoahā but he is intending for us to say āgoalā?!
https://youtu.be/bTL6rHHfqoY?si=XOebDWBNDXT4I-LA Ray sings āgoalā here so now I have no idea
Fucking absolute banger
I yell/sing/scream both WHOA and GOAL, alternating.
I never knew people said Goal until today
https://www.reddit.com/r/rangers/s/0zRRQKs33r
I asked a while ago and was told it was goal lol
I love when Rangers fans do it a capella on the road. Never fails
I always found it weird to yell goalllll to a song but thatās just me
He literally said in the video what should be chanted by the crowd is āGoalā.
My friends would always laugh at me for saying āwoahā. Well whoās laughing now
Doesnt matter what ur singing really, woahās tend to carry more phonetically so thats what i go with cause the āGā in āgoalā phonetically doesnāt resonated as hard. To each their own
Old man rant:
Some of us are ancient enough to have been around before the insertion of Rayās compositionā¦back when the Rangers like so many other teams in the league all just played Gary Glitterās Rock and Roll part 2.
That song was synonymous with celebrating successful moments in sporting events. It was in every arena.
But in the 90ās, amid his mounting legal issues – some sports franchises thought to move on from it, not for fear of getting cancelled because that wasnāt a thing – but just to distance themselves because Gary Glitter as a pedophile became fodder for a slew of ātruly tasteless jokesā (if anyone also remembers those books or what books areā¦) and his name was (rightfully) getting dragged through the mud.
The moment I first hear Castoldiās new song – I will never forget because it was such a shock. Back then, there wasnāt the same level of savvy PR & marketing and so the new song wasnāt teased or pre-released online in a special event or anything.
It was just unceremoniously played after the first home goal of the ā94-95 season, where were were all expecting to hear Rock and Roll Part 2 and instead they played this other song no one had ever before with no explanation or caveat.
It was jarring. So much so that Iāll never forget that moment.
Also, Iāll say this – while I donāt disagree that singing āgoalā makes total senseā¦since theyāre celebrating scoring a goalā¦I never heard it as āgoalā myself and for nearly a decade – it was always āWhoahā or āohhhhā for people at the garden. Everyone I ever made friends with in my section was on the same page with that.
I only started to hear people sing the misappropriation of the ālyricsā after the ā04 lockout. In the years directly after the lockout, the Rangers had a new starting franchise goalie, a different kind of look to the roster and had more success than the post cup years of the late 90ās, early 2000ās. That succeed brought in a tsunami level wave of all new fans and it always seemed like the pin point of the change for me. Never heard people singing āgoalā at the garden in the 90ās. Ever.
All this being said, chant whatever you want. Just be loud in the garden – thatās priority 1.
Iāve not once even considered it to be āgoalā
Actually it’s Taylor Ham
I thought we’ve known this for awhile except everyone will still be singing goal because that’s just way better.
I mean you can hear that it’s WHOA but there’s not a fan in the Garden not singing GOAL.
Anyway, I’m kinda partial to the Hartford goal horn/song since they started using Airbourne’s Runnin’ Wild.
Whoa seems more natural, Goal sounds very forced.
Bottom line is, chant whichever one works for youā¦.as long as you donāt do the Potvin Sucks chant! That one has run its course.
They show āgoalā on the Jumbotron during that part of the song. Itās not uncommon to swap out song lyrics to fit the use. Since they play it after a goal is scored, it makes sense that is āgoalā but any other time should be āwhoaā š