The performance was during halftime of the Dec 5, 1983 game at the Pontiac Silverdome with the Minnesota Vikings. The Lions actually won that game, 13-2, and Howard Cosell, in his final season with MNF, had to stop talking during the end of that song when the band turned backed towards the press box and played the finale at an amazingly loud volume - the Silverdome was too loud for him to continue!

I remember a lot of us being choked up the first time we did that sing-through. I don't think anyone expected it to be so moving. Gives me chills to hear it again. :) Go Blue!!

Baaaaaaand…… TOOK the fucking field! Wow! that was beautiful! Including the sugary smooth movement! Thanks MMB! I saw you at every home game that year as usual but never saw this until now even though I knew it happened back then and even tho I was in the Silverdome twice that year to see the beloved Panthers beat scum Trump & scum Herschel Walker & the New Jersey Generals and beat the Invaders in the playoff game! AC AC AC!!!!! I shot for The Football Guide for 3 yrs from ‘97-‘99 I think, and my best work was always my artistic & even abstract shots of the band from around you in the stands when you were in your seats and on the field when you were on the field In fact, it was because of trying to get some better shots of you at half time down in South Bend, from the stands, that I ended up shooting from on the field for the first time, at ND stadium, that tiny replica of Meeechigan Stadium! I’ll come back and tell that story soon!

Russian Christmas Music by Alfred Reed

1:25 Carl Grapentine!

What tune is this?