It has been a particularly rough season for the Mets. If the season could be condensed into a single song, what would it be?
We might as well have some fun with this since the team isn’t having any.
It has been a particularly rough season for the Mets. If the season could be condensed into a single song, what would it be?
We might as well have some fun with this since the team isn’t having any.
For Omar: “Yesterday”
“Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away/Now I need a place to hide away…”
For us: “Tomorrow”
“Tomorrow! Tomorrow!
I love ya Tomorrow!
You’re always
A day
A way!”
This Used To Be My Playground by Madonna….longing for “Baseball like it oughta be!!!” lol
I second ‘Yesterday’.
Omars song: Fool on the hill.
Jerrys song: Nowhere man (this may be Murphys song next year)
The fans song: were not gonna take it (the whos version from tommy)
Dave Edmunds/Rockpile “Crawling from the Wreckage”
“AT 9:07 ON SEPTEMBER 24th, THE METS HAVE WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE EASTERN DIVISION OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE!!” were the words spoken by Lindsey Nelson in 1969, celebrating the first clinching of a championship by the Mets. There’s some nostalgia for ya!
Sinatra could be out in the parking lot singing “There used to be a ball park right here…”
But I’d dig up a really obscure track by Neil Young: “For The Turnstiles” from his On The Beach album. The last stanza in particular…
All the bush league batters
Are left to die on the diamond
In the stands the home crowd scatters
For the turnstiles
Here’s another obscure one:
Night Game by Paul Simon:
(Paul Simon)
There were two men down
And the score tied
In the bottom of the eighth
When the pitcher died
And they laid his spikes
On the pitcher’s mound
And his uniform was torn
And his number was left on the ground
Then the night turned cold
Colder than the moon
The stars were white as bones
The stadium was old
Older than the screams
Older than the teams
There were three men down
And the season lost
And the tarpaulin was rolled
Upon the winter frost
I would put gurneys “crawling from the wreckage” as the best post so far. Good job by Delcos to give us a fun outlet to express our feelings on the metsies. the last 2 posts are nice but I dont see how they relate to the mets directly.
All good choices
Here’s one that should make the list.
It’s the same old song by the Four Tops
hope the link below works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wYoLQc-x5g&feature=related
A couple of more:
Satisfaction (Stones)
Everybody Hurts (REM)
“Who Says You Can’t Go Home” (answer: well, definitely _not_ Razor Shines).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyFyAqLtHq8
Steve The Original (9) – Excellent piece!
How many know this one:
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/w/warren+zevon/bill+lee_10185826.html
(Geez, it’s so obscure I can’t even find it on YouTube.)
Here’s another good Zevon song which also kind of captures our season:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHDdqubE7zQ
How ’bout “You Shit Me To Tears,” by Australian group, The Tenants?
Bernie William’s version of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”, music only on his classical guitar…
Sinatra singing “There Used to be a Ballpark”…(Thanks Jeff)
And “Yesterday” of course, that says it all…