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="Benjamin Grimm":u1hfk7vo]Meet the Mets.[/quote:u1hfk7vo]
I went to the page and voted for that.....
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Gwreck
Jun 26 2009 02:29 PM
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I don't think people can actually sing the Curley Shuffle, they just liked the idea of it being played.
Most of the choices on that list are absolutely terrible.
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metirish
Jun 26 2009 02:31 PM
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All except "Meets the Mets" are terrible....I've no idea what "Mama Said Knock You Out " is.
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Gwreck
Jun 26 2009 02:32 PM
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There's nothing wrong with "Twist and Shout."
Mama Said Knock You Out is the best-known song by LL Cool J.
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Frayed Knot
Jun 26 2009 02:39 PM
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How about sounds of silence?
And, no, I'm not talking about the Simon and Garfunkel song.
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Benjamin Grimm
Jun 26 2009 02:41 PM
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I like Twist and Shout. And I Like It Like That is also fun.
But none of them are Meet the Mets.
Any team can play those other songs, but only man can build a fortieth floor! I mean, only the Mets can play Meet the Mets!
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Mendoza Line
Jun 26 2009 03:05 PM
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What are they doing with the now outdated (and always lame) "hot dogs, green grass, all at Shea" line now that Shea is a parking lot? Are they going to be politically incorrect and bring back "bring the kiddies, bring the wife," (please, please) or is there some new set of lyrics?
I Googled "meet the mets" and checked mets.com and didn't find anything.
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metsmarathon
Jun 26 2009 03:05 PM
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is there a write-in option?
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Gwreck
Jun 26 2009 03:12 PM
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| ="Mendoza Line"]What are they doing with the now outdated (and always lame) "hot dogs, green grass, all at Shea" line now that Shea is a parking lot? Are they going to be politically incorrect and bring back "bring the kiddies, bring the wife," (please, please) or is there some new set of lyrics?
I Googled "meet the mets" and checked mets.com and didn't find anything. |
The "Hot dogs, green grass, all at Shea" line is from the 1984 re-write of the song that is most commonly used on WFAN for the Mets Extra intro and outro. Interestingly, WFAN has edited the portion of the song they use to no longer contain the Shea reference.
Anyway, the lyrics of the original 1962 version are still used at <strike>Shea</strike> Citi Field:
Meet the Mets, Meet the Mets
Step right up and greet the Mets
Bring your kiddies, bring your wife
Guaranteed to have the time of your life
Because the Mets are really sockin' the ball
Knockin' those home runs over the wall
East side, west side, ev'rybody's comin' down
To meet the M-E-T-S Mets of New York town.
Oh, the butcher and the baker and the people in the streets
Where do they go? To meet the Mets!
Oh, they're hollerin' and they're cheerin' and they're jumpin' in their seats
Where did they go? To meet the Mets!
All the fans are true to the orange and blue
So hurry up and come on down
'Cause we've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town.
Give 'em a yell! Give 'em a hand!
And let 'em know you're rootin' in the stands!
Come on and meet the Mets, Meet the Mets,
Step right up and greet the Mets
Bring your kiddies, bring your wife
Guaranteed to have the time of your life
Because the Mets are really sockin' the ball
Knockin' those home runs over the wall
East side, west side, ev'rybody's comin' down
To meet the M-E-T-S Mets of New York town, of New York town!
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Benjamin Grimm
Jun 26 2009 03:18 PM
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When I was there last month, they didn't do the full lyrics of the song, just the more commonly known ones.
They skipped everything from "Oh, the butcher and the baker..." to "... the Mets of New York town." They did include the two lines starting with "Give 'em a yell!" which are also, I think, less well known.
The Mets broadcasts on Channel 9 used to have Meet the Mets as the opening theme song. They only played this part:
| ]Meet the Mets, Meet the Mets
Step right up and greet the Mets
Bring your kiddies, bring your wife
Guaranteed to have the time of your life
Because the Mets are really sockin' the ball
Knockin' those home runs over the wall
East side, west side, ev'rybody's comin' down
To meet the M-E-T-S Mets of New York town. |
For many many years, I thought those lyrics were the entire song. (I still remember that opening montage ended with a closeup of Cleon Jones sliding into home plate. I bet it's on YouTube somewhere...)
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themetfairy
Jun 26 2009 03:25 PM
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="Benjamin Grimm"]When I was there last month, they didn't do the full lyrics of the song, just the more commonly known ones.
They skipped everything from "Oh, the butcher and the baker..." to "... the Mets of New York town." They did include the two lines starting with "Give 'em a yell!" which are also, I think, less well known.
The Mets broadcasts on Channel 9 used to have Meet the Mets as the opening theme song. They only played this part:
| ]Meet the Mets, Meet the Mets
Step right up and greet the Mets
Bring your kiddies, bring your wife
Guaranteed to have the time of your life
Because the Mets are really sockin' the ball
Knockin' those home runs over the wall
East side, west side, ev'rybody's comin' down
To meet the M-E-T-S Mets of New York town. |
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They did the same thing yesterday.
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DocTee
Jun 26 2009 03:41 PM
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Voted. They should show the results like they do with other polls
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Benjamin Grimm
Jun 26 2009 03:48 PM
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I suspect they don't want to be publicly bound to the popular choice.
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bmfc1
Jun 26 2009 04:33 PM
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I think that Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis would work. Every Mets fan knows it--it's the song in the Amstel Light commercial.
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Edgy DC
Jun 26 2009 05:14 PM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 27 2009 07:11 AM
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I'll be honest. "Meet the Mets," while one of the best songs ever, isn't so perfect that it deserves permanent seventh- or eighth-inning enshrinement. It's a promotional song, and thus is aimed at people not at the ballpark to come on out and meet the Mets.
If it's to be played at the park, I think it should be played during the pre-game period to geet the people as they find their seats. While they've already "come down" and paid admission, they haven't yet stepped right up to greet the Mets, so it's still appropriate.
If you haven't stepped up to greet them after seven or eight innings in their ballpark, yo're never going to.
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Fman99
Jun 26 2009 08:09 PM
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Yesterday it was "Meet the Mets" and I could not have been happier.
Silence also would've worked, sure, but that was in short supply in between innings at Citi Field.
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Nymr83
Jun 26 2009 08:15 PM
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they all suck.
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Number 6
Jun 26 2009 11:51 PM
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="bmfc1":2adl4f99]I think that Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis would work. Every Mets fan knows it--it's the song in the Amstel Light commercial.[/quote:2adl4f99]
Is that the ad that starts with an old man screaming something in Dutch? That always has me diving for the mute button.
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MFS62
Jun 27 2009 06:09 AM
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(Blushing) I still like the Macarena.
Later
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bmfc1
Jun 27 2009 07:36 AM
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="Number 6":20mqorid]="bmfc1":20mqorid]I think that Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis would work. Every Mets fan knows it--it's the song in the Amstel Light commercial.[/quote:20mqorid]
Is that the ad that starts with an old man screaming something in Dutch? That always has me diving for the mute button.[/quote:20mqorid]
Same one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea_Dagger
It's played at sports events around the world. But now I see that the Rays are currently using it so forget it... it's not like the Mets to do something unoriginal.
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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Jun 27 2009 07:54 AM
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I actually wouldn't mind "Mama Said Knock You Out." There's an appropriate local tie (LL Cool J's born/raised in Jamaica). And it's fun, bragging, pump-you-up stuff, workable for both leading and comeback situations.
But, hey, we did Brand Nubian and Whodini at karaoke the other night, so early-90s LL Cool J is kind of in my taste wheelhouse.
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Edgy DC
Jun 27 2009 08:24 AM
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<table align="right"><tr><td><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-7l250E5uM4&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-7l250E5uM4&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></td></tr></table>The heady days when rappers were threatening to take you out with their awesome dope rhymes and not with a glock.
Of course, he pulls out his jammy in verse two. At least he made it to verse two!
Then he finishes that verse by knocknig back a 40. And goes on to empty a shotgun on a killing spree.
Metahorically.
The song has no chance.
<blockquote>Don't call it a comeback!
I been here for years
Rockin' my peers
Puttin' suckers in fear
Makin' the tears rain down like a monsoon
Listen to the bass go boom
Explosion, overpowerin'
Over the competition, I'm towerin'
Records shock
When I drop these lyrics
That'll make you call the cops
Don't you dare stare
You betta move
Don't ever compare me to the rest
They'll all get sliced and diced
Competition's payin' the price
I'm gonna knock you out!
Mama said knock you out!
I'm gonna knock you out!
Mama said knock you out!
I'm gonna knock you out!
Mama said knock you out!
I'm gonna knock you out!
Mama said knock you out!
Don't you call this no regular jam
I'm gonna rock this land
I'm gonna take this itty-bitty world by storm
And I'm just getting warm
Just like Mohammad Ali, they called him Cassius
Watch me bash this beat like a skull
Dontcha know I gotta beef wit'
Why don't you rip with me, the maniac psycho?
Cuz when I pull out my jammy, get ready cuz it might go
Blauh!
How do you like me now?
The reverand will not allow
You to get wit' Mr. Smith don't risk
Listen to my gear shift
I'm blastin', outlastin'
Colors like shaft, so you could say I'm shaftin'
Old English fill my mind and I came up with this funky rhyme
I'm gonna knock you out!
Mama said knock you out!
I'm gonna knock you out!
Mama said knock you out!
I'm gonna knock you out!
Mama said knock you out!
I'm gonna knock you out!
Mama said knock you out!
Shadow boxin' when I heard you on the radio
I just don't know
What made them forget that I was raw
But now I gotta new toy
I'm going insane
Frontin' the hurricane
Releasin' pain
Lettin' you know
You can't gain or maintain
Unless you say my name
Rippin'
Killin'
Diggin' and drillin' a hole
Well I'll pass your goal
I'm gonna knock you out!
Mama said knock you out!
I'm gonna knock you out!
Mama said knock you out!
I'm gonna knock you out!
Mama said knock you out!
I'm gonna knock you out!
Mama said knock you out!
Shotgun blasts are heard
When I rip and kill at will
The man of the hour, tower of power
I will devour
I'm gonna tie you up and let you understand
That I'm not your average man
When I gotta jammy in my hand
Damn!
Ooh!
Listen to the way I slay your crew
Damage!
Damage!
Damage!!
Damage!!
Destruction, terror and mayhem
Pass me a .... I'll slay him
Farmers? (WHAT?!)
Farmers? (WHAT?!)
Ready? (READY)
I think I'm gonna bomb a town
Don't you never, ever
Pull my lever
'Cause I explode
And my nine is easy to load
I gotta thank God
'Cause he gave me this chance to rock
Hard... knock you out
I'm gonna knock you out!
Mama said knock you out!
I'm gonna knock you out!
Mama said knock you out!
I'm gonna knock you out!
Mama said knock you out!
I'm gonna knock you out!
Mama said knock you out!</blockquote>
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Fman99
Jun 27 2009 09:56 AM
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My jammy often goes blauh and really, there's not much you can do about it.
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