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Brass
Krewe
Voodoo
There is music in Mardi Gras, so the music aspect will be encompassed by it.
I moved away about 6 years ago. When I think of New Orleans I think of the Saints, the unique buildings, Bourbon Street, the Quarter...I do not think of Brass or Brass bands. I think of Jazz. I think of the rhythm and spirit of the city. To me Mardi Gras is the biggest event in the city that brings all that together. Being part of a "Krewe" that reps the city no matter where I go has a Who Dat feel to it. Who Dat Nation/Krewe of Orleans. I can tell people I am apart of the Krewe and in 5 years they would know exactly what I am talking about. I do not have the same feeling about Brass. Brass is boring, mediocre. Brass is a very small scale association symbol. I am not trying to knock it. I understand its meaning and significance to New Orleans, but to me Krewe has much bigger potential to being meaningful and uniquely ours.
'Who Dat Nation' is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard associated with the Saints and it was only dreamed up by Hebert like three or four years ago.
"Krewe of New Orleans" I think is a unique New Orleans name with enough history to make it relatable to people who want to visit the city. I dont think it's *so* unique that it rubs it in everyone else's face how different we are.
If they go for New Orleans Krewe, however, I am 100% against it.
Also, just think of all the SYNERGY we would get with KREWE DAT? (this last line was sarcasm... dont worry)
I gotcha. I'm still sort of lukewarm on Krewe. Part of me thinks it's cool but another part thinks it's a bit too 'local' if that makes any sense. Believe me, I'm rarely one to care what the outside world thinks of the city and its teams but I would prefer if they didn't look at it and say: 'wtf is that?'
I got it! The New Orleans You remind of a man.
(What man?)
Oh, the man with the power.
(What power?)
Oh, the power of voodoo
(Who do?)
Oh, you do, you do
(Do what?)
You remind of a man.
(What man?)
Yeah, the man with the power.
(What power?)
Yeah, the power of voodoo
(Who do?)
Yeah, you do, you do
(Do what?)
Uh, we could take 'em out of this rex,
Save us from the man with the hex.
Save us from his evil course,
It's gonna get bad, yeah, it's gonna get worse.
Uh, we could take 'em out of this rex,
Save us from the man with the hex.
With hairy legs and heavy feet,
He cracks up, baby, as he creeks.
You remind of a man.
(What man?)
Oh, the man with the power.
(What power?)
Oh, the power of voodoo
(Who do?)
Oh, you do, you do
(Do what?)
You remind of a man.
(What man?)
Yeah, the man with the power.
(What power?)
Yeah, the power of voodoo
(Who do?)
Yeah, you do, you do
(Do what?)
We can take 'em out of this rex,
Save us from the man with hex,
Save us from the man with hex,
Save us from the man with hex,
Save us, save us
(Save us, save us)
Save us, save us
(Save us, save us)
Save us, save us
(Save us, save us)
Save us, save us
(Save us, save us)
Save us from the man with hex.
I still like Voodoo the best (Krewe = geeky, Brass = ugly stepchild to Jazz), but vow to respect the will of the people
More I think on it I would be happy with any of these 3.
Problems with each name as I see it from other responses:
Krewe: Too quirky and stilted to resonate and causes more questions and fewer "That's a nice names"
Brass: Borrowed name from hockey team, feels like a poor man's substitute to jazz
Voodoo: Perfect name, but is already taken
I'm down with all these names plus the Arc(h)Angels.
New Orleans Krewe - Horrid
Krewe of NOLA - Awesome
One reason to not go with the Brass name is because the name can be altered and made fun of by other fan bases as in scratching out the Br in Brass or adding holes to the end of the name. Just saying
I still haven't decided out of the 3. Tough choice. I'm leaning towards VooDoo out of these 3.
Emeka Okafor - Joe Smith - Carmelo Anthony - Manu Ginobili - Jason Williams
Al Jefferson - James Posey - Aaron McKie - Shaun Livingston
Wow Krewe and Brass have got a good race going, don't they?
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