Watching the Red Wings/Penguins series and I cannot help but notice the EXTREMELY loud segments of music that are played every time there is a stoppage of play. Let me preface this my saying I am not a Red Wings fan, but there seems to be no personality to the Detroit hockey fan… rather, there may be personality, but you could never tell because the music is SO loud it drowns everyone out.
The individual in charge of choosing and playing music must have some obscure and bizarre sense of humor, playing such tracks as:
Hava NaGila
Another Brick in the Wall (not sure what this means, perhaps a good goalie save)
Midnight Train (how clever to stop right before the “south Detroit” line)
Living on a Prayer (couldn’t this apply to either team)
The timing of the songs is also strange, in that the music does not stop until a second or two after the puck is dropped.
Is it a different perspective from within the building?
I’ll sorta bump this for you.
I’ve always lived in Detroit and I’ve been a fan of the Wings since the 80s, when they sucked so bad that they gave away cars at intermissions to try to sell tickets. I’ve never really thought that we had unusual hockey arena music? 
Are you someone who usually watches hockey and think that our music is unusual, or have you just been casually watching the Stanley Cup Finals and are comparing it more to other sports arena music (basketball, etc)?
[Bob Seger] I was reading Rolling Stone where they said that Detroit audiences are the greatest rock and roll audiences in the world. And I thought to myself, shit I’ve known that for TEN years!" [/Bob Seger]
Anyway, as a hockey fan, Detroit’s music doesn’t sound different than other rinks. I don’t think the songs are selected for any particular lyrical content. You hear a mix of rock, pop, old-fashioned organ music at every rink: not to mention Stompin’ Tom in Canada.