Now, at the height of the internet age, we call them “memes” or refer to them as “going viral.” But long, long before most of us had even heard of such nerdterms, Saints fans, players and coaches were going viral regularly with any number of black-and-gold memes, whether in the form of quotable quotes, syntax-challenged fight songs or repurposed grocery bags. As the Saints celebrate their 50th year, we look back at some of our favorite Saints “memes” – from before they were even called that.
Although the jazz standard pre-dates the team by decades, it was a natural for it to become the first fight song for the fledgling Saints when they were founded in 1967.