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John Cougar Lunchbucket

10 votes

G-Fafif

12 votes

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 04 2009 12:01 PM

Keith’s Mustache It wasn't very large It was just enough to coat the lip And the corners of his mouth It was a shade of black He got from the back Of a tiny little can With a sign on the front that said "Just for Men" And it covered his cigar Sending smoke signals from a Met All-Star And I’d stare at Keith’s mustache The girls were screamin’ “He’s so damn hot!” He was leadin’ the whole Met team In ’83, and sometimes he Did crosswords all day long Gave great quotes too, he was so cool And very masculine And all I wanted was a ‘stache like that I thought he was pretty good They talked about keepin' the team together And I figured that they should 'Cause about this time they were gettin' some guys Who could really swing the wood Fans’d come from all over n' dance around like... LET’S-GO, LET’S-GO-METS! LET’S-GO, LET’S-GO-METS! And Keith played such an awesome game Had some Gold Gloves won and a couple of years He could go to the Hall of Fame With his facial hair And his clubhouse chair And a book about the Civil War He could score with Elaine in a West Side bar ONE TWO THREE FOUR! CAN I GROW MY WHISKERS MORE? People seemed to love our team They got up and danced and made a lotta noise But it wasn't 'fore very long We started struggling and we couldn’t repeat Then in eighty eight We won once again but this was when The Dodgers did us in These good times became somethin' That were no longer happenin’ So the team broke up And it looks like Keith is off to Cleveland... I guess you only get one chance in life To grow an awesome mustache... (trim it down!) (trim it DOWN!) Well the years went rollin' by And Keith retired, wrote a book And made some ads with Clyde Where Graybeard got rejected and He’s now on SNY And he’s still got that pushbroom thing With Gary and with Ron And all of a sudden I thought the time Had come for me to try To grow my whiskers like Keith’s mustache And if I am not wrong You will soon be lovin’ me too... Yeah, the years go rollin by… * * * There seems to be multiple versions of this tune, tho my song is based on the version heard here: (edit -- so delayed the vid was removed!) Here's a poor substitute:

G-Fafif Mar 04 2009 12:10 PM

TEDDY MARTINEZ (An Ode to Non-Starters) Ahh ... they are u-til-i-ty players Ahh ... ten-u-ous as roster stayers Teddy Martinez Picks up a glove To play short Or wherever's there's need He has some speed Pays close attention Plays now and then And again he will ride The Met pine Biding his time They're u-til-ity players They don't get much chance Rarely in the lineup Never to advance Hot Rod Ka-ne-ehl He would get nicked With a pitch At Casey's behest Withstood the test Like Joe McEwing Doing enough To maintain His Super sub role The one Woodward stole Dee-fensive replacements Who bunt or might pinch-run Used in case of inj'ry Or a long slump by someone Ahh ... they are cursed as vers-a-ti-le Àhh ... la Bogar and Bobby Pfeil Teddy Martinez Fills in in left And in right And sometimes at third A real Relaford Yet after a while Swapped to the Cards For Jack Heidemann And for Mike Vail Please forward Ted's mail Scrubeen'es like Martinez They'll do anything Miller, Bailor, Newhan... Anticipating spring Lyrics here YouTube here

Edgy MD Mar 04 2009 12:19 PM

Hard.

sharpie Mar 04 2009 03:23 PM

Yeah, hard. JCL picked a more obscure and more difficult song to use so I went that way, plus he stuck to his subject more.

Fman99 Mar 04 2009 03:53 PM

Tremendous. Went with G's Beatles ode giving points for quantity of players referenced.

themetfairy Mar 04 2009 04:22 PM

Great stuff by both competitors!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 04 2009 07:18 PM

Wowee-wee-wow. Teddy Martinez-as-EveryMet mirroring Eleanor-Rigby-as-EveryWoman tipped the scales for me... who put that poignance in my parody contest?

MFS62 Mar 05 2009 07:57 AM

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Teddy Martinez-as-EveryMet mirroring Eleanor-Rigby-as-EveryWoman tipped the scales for me... who put that poignance in my parody contest? Poignant means pregnant with feeling. And since the ode to Keith left me feeling only five months poignant, the Teddy parody did it for me. Later

A Boy Named Seo Mar 05 2009 10:29 AM

These are both awesome. That Keith's stache writing was especially brilliant. My vote narrowly went to JCL.

G-Fafif Mar 06 2009 12:03 PM

TIME! The rules-mandated 48 hours have passed since this round began and I do believe I've hung on, once more, by the skin of my 17-seed teeth. I'm not surprised it was close given the absolutely splendid competition; I'm also not waiting one more minute than legally necessary to watch yet another of my once-comfortable leads almost completely melt like MacArthur Park did in the rain, all its sweet green icing flowing down, et al. Teddy 12 Keith 10 Cap tip to JCL for another in a series of gripping parody battles. Looking forward to seeing Soup or Seo in the finals.

A Boy Named Seo Mar 06 2009 12:09 PM

Wonderful parody, G. A very well deserved victory.

metirish Mar 06 2009 12:12 PM

I was wondering why there was no new entry over at Faith & Fear , G-Fafif has been sitting around all morning clock watching.

G-Fafif Mar 06 2009 12:17 PM

metirish wrote: I was wondering why there was no new entry over at Faith & Fear , G-Fafif has been sitting around all morning clock watching. My slowness on the blog today owes more to persistent queasiness the likes I haven't felt since the last time Jerry signaled for the bullpen door to open than parody fever. But fever is definitely a part of the delay.

G-Fafif Mar 06 2009 12:19 PM

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Wonderful parody, G. A very well deserved victory. Thanks, Seo.

themetfairy Mar 06 2009 12:49 PM

Feel better G. And congratulations. It was a battle of greatness!

G-Fafif Mar 06 2009 12:52 PM

Thanks TMF. I've been in four battles of greatness to date and my reward will be holding up end of a fifth.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 06 2009 01:06 PM

Yes, congrats. There is no shame in having gone down to Eleanor Rigby or Teddy Martinez. I thought I had a good first verse but didn't go anywhere afterward. I had a story-song with no story, I sorta knew that would be my downfall. Congrats!

G-Fafif Mar 06 2009 01:10 PM

Thank you, sir. Zappa never had it so good.