I was grumblings of the Suns' porous, lackadaisical defense during a recent game when a different debate started between my girlfriend and I.
Which Green Day album is "Brain Stew" is on again?
The answer, of course, is 1995's Insomniac.
But a better question is why such an odd query came up during a Suns/Spurs game at US Airways Center? Because the song itself was played over the PA system five times as the Suns imploded.
Pre-American Idiot Green Day seems like an odd choice for NBA fans, but, hey, they can't play Pitbull's "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" back-to-back-to-back.
So, yeah, "Brain Stew" is fodder for American sports arenas these days. That's how bad things have gotten. The current cannon of arena songs is full of totally overplayed, sometimes totally irrelevant or downright inappropriate songs.
Since we are in the thrush of sports right now -- NFL, NBA, NHL, NCAA football and the MLB just wrapping up -- I present to you the ten most overplayed sports arena songs.
10. "Chelsea Dagger" - The Fratellis (2006)
This one is a regional specialty. The seminal, iPod commercial-ed little ditty from Glaswegian rockers The Fratellis gets played every time the Arizona Cardinals score a touchdown out at University of Phoenix Stadium. I'm no expert, but the 53-year-old bricklayer who drives in from Kingman for every home game probably doesn't want to hear Scottish indie rock when Larry Fitzgerald catches a 38-yard bomb from whomever is starting that week for the Cardinals. Alas, "Chelsea Dagger" is joyously blasted through the speakers. Go figure.