I agree with BrambleGyan - I just think Prokofiev is too dour for the fun, exciting club we're trying to be. Surely, we want something more in line with Asamoah's dance.
Suggestion : does anybody remember Emerson, Lake and Palmer's 'Fanfare for the Common Man'? It was Aaron Copland's classic with a rock & roll beat underneath. Would that not be better? A bit seventy-ish and sounds dated now. But it sticks in my mind we have someone on these boards who does House mixes (Syd, I'm sure you know who that is). Why not have a go at a more solid, 2010-ish exciting beat with the Fanfare over the top of it?
'Fanfare for the Common Man' - with a mix by someone actually in the crowd. How Sunderland AFC is that?
We have a classy ground, probably the best owner in the Prem., the best chairman in the world, a small-club manager who's looking increasingly like a Harrod's sort of guy, a passionate crowd, and a top class team on the pitch - don't we need something more upbeat and exciting to start a game?
David Milliband is out there trying to sell Sunderland to Tokyo and Beijing, New York and L.A., Rio and Buenos Aires, and all the capital cities of Africa. Do you really think the dour Prokofiev is setting those places alight? I can't see it, myself.
Thoughts anyone?