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CPF 2005 Parody Round #1 - MLBaseballtalk vs Holy Chicken

Best Song Parody

MLBaseballtalk	7 votes
Holy Chicken	17 votes

mlbaseballtalk Oct 31 2005 08:16 AM

Best Song Parody

mlbaseballtalk Oct 31 2005 08:17 AM

Hotel Flushing Carlos Beltran Song is of course Eagles' Hotel California Hotel Flushing In a cool New York winter Beltran signed a deal Warm smell of dollars Rising up through the air Up ahead in the distance Carlos saw the New York lights His pockets were heavy, and he had a grin He had to stop for nine years There he stood in the doorway Counting that one hundred nineteen mill And he was thinking to myself This could be Heaven or this could be Hell Then the season started And he played in a crappy way There were voices coming from the fans and media He could heard them say Welcome to the Hotel Flushing Such a lovely place Such a lovely place (background) Just don’t smash your face Plenty of room at the Hotel Flushing One of these years One of these years (background) You might make it here You might make it here In KC he was awesomely wicked He got that Rookie of the year gems He got a lot of pretty pretty stats That can impress friends Then he went to Houston Sweet summer sweat Had a postseaon to remember But a regular season to forget But Omar called up Scott Boras Please bring me Beltran Omar said We probably haven't had that kind of spirit here since 1969 And still those fans are calling from far away Call WFAN in the middle of the night Just hoping Beltran will hear them say Welcome to the Hotel Flushing It’s a lovely Place It’s a lovely Place (background) Just get on a good pace Beltran’s not livin' it up at the Hotel Flushing What a crappy surprise What a crappy surprise (background) Beltran and his alibies Houston’s ’05 NL Flag’s on the ceiling The Mets’ champagne on ice And the media said You are just a prisoner here Of your own device And in the media's chambers They gathered for the feast They stab it with their steely knives But will they kill the beast? Last thing Carlos has to remember In case he rushes for the door There isn’t a passage back to the place I was before They may have the NL Champions, But at Shea we are programmed to receive You can check out any time you like But you can never leave

Willets Point Oct 31 2005 09:29 AM

I really like it in song parodies when a line from the original song is left unchanged but takes on entirely new meaning in the context of the parody.

KC Oct 31 2005 09:51 AM

Hotel Shea in Flushing works better than just Flushing, no?

Edgy DC Oct 31 2005 10:01 AM

No coaching. It puts the chicken at a disadvantage. Wait, I'm arbitrarily making up rules. Forget what I said.

holychicken Oct 31 2005 10:17 AM

Don't Pitch - Mike Dejean (Song is Don't Speak - No Doubt. Here is a link to the song: [url]http://dan.hosting.ru/music/dontspeak.mp3[/url]) Mike Dejean He got it all together In '04 together, almost I really feel That he's losing his best stuff I can't believe '05 could be the end It looks as though they've let 'em go And if it's real Then I am glad to know Don't pitch They know just what you're throwing It's like you're pitch tipping Don't bean them cause it hurts. Don't pitch They know what you're throwing It's like you're pitch tipping Don't bean them cause it hurts. The memories Well, they were unexciting Most of which altogether Mighty frightening Long hit flies, both left and right With my head in my hands I sit and cry Don't pitch They know just what you're throwing It's like you're pitch tipping Don't bean them cause it hurts. (no no no) Don't pitch They know what you're throwing It's like you're pitch tipping Don't bean them cause it hurts. It's all ended I can stop pretending who you were... Mike Dejean I can see you dying... Did you? Don't pitch They know just what you're throwing It's like you're pitch-tipping Don't bean them cause it hurts. (no, no) Don't pitch They know what you're thinking And I don't need you reasons Don't bean them cause it hurts. Don't bean them cause it hurts! They know what your throwin It's like you're pitch-tipping Don't pitch, don't pitch, don't pitch, oh they know what your throwing And I don't need your reasons They hit you good. They hit you good. They hit you real good Oh, la la la la la la La la la la la la Don't, Don't, uh-huh hush, hush darlin' Hush, hush darlin' Hush, hush Don't bean them cause it hurts Hush, hush darlin' Hush, hush darlin' Hush, hush don't bean them cause it hurts

MFS62 Oct 31 2005 10:41 AM

Wow! Good job by both. Later

Elster88 Oct 31 2005 11:08 AM

]Don't pitch They know just what you're throwing It's like you're pitch tipping Don't bean them cause it hurts. Nooooo-ooh, nooooo, nooooooooooooooooooo.

Elster88 Oct 31 2005 11:09 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 31 2005 03:03 PM

Very nice, both of you. This is one of the rare times when I know both songs well enough to sing the Met-lyrics out loud. Which gets me weird looks from my co-workers.

metirish Oct 31 2005 11:23 AM

Super stuff...I voted.

TheOldMole Oct 31 2005 12:25 PM

Two more winners.

Centerfield Oct 31 2005 01:11 PM

I like the line about the media and their steely knives. Good stuff both of you.

Willets Point Oct 31 2005 02:48 PM

"Hotel California" must be the most parodied song by far in this tourney's history.

sharpie Oct 31 2005 03:04 PM

"Thriller" is probably in second.

MFS62 Oct 31 2005 03:05 PM

I plead guilty to one of each. Later

Diamond Dad Oct 31 2005 04:22 PM Holy Chicken!

More original song choice, and a better lyrical parody for Holy chicken. Parody lyrics tracked the original nicely, and still got accross the Met version. Nice job by both, however. Tough choice!

Nymr83 Oct 31 2005 05:44 PM

this is starting to look like sunday's giant game that i had the misfortune of attending.

Edgy DC Nov 01 2005 09:44 AM

About a half hour remains for mlbaseballtalk to mount a comeback the likes of which has never been seen. Won't you please give?

SwitchHitter Nov 01 2005 11:37 AM

That's as many votes as I got last year for my song about Mike Scott Doc Gooden.

Edgy DC Nov 01 2005 11:39 AM

Our final is 17-6.

Centerfield Nov 01 2005 11:42 AM

Which is identical to Gooden's W-L record in 1986.

holychicken Nov 01 2005 11:43 AM

YAY! I liked your song, MLBaseballtalk. I thought I was in for some trouble.

Nymr83 Nov 01 2005 12:36 PM

SwitchHitter wrote: That's as many votes as I got last year for my song about Mike Scott Doc Gooden. LMAO, no wonder you lost, why not just write a song about Kenny Rogers, Mel Rojas, and Kaz Ishii while you're at it?

SwitchHitter Nov 01 2005 01:38 PM

Well, it started out being about Gooden. It really did. But then Mike Scott sort of took it over. It was still from Gooden's POV,, so I thought it would be okay. Apparently, some folks liked it.