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CPF Parody Contest - Round 2 - Centerfield vs. Yancy Street

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Centerfield	12 votes
Yancy Street Gang	12 votes

Yancy Street Gang Nov 02 2005 11:16 AM

Here we go...

Yancy Street Gang Nov 02 2005 11:30 AM

I Think It's Don Grant Now Subject: Cleon Jones Tune: I Think We're Alone Now (Tommy James and the Shondells) Cleon behave, That's what the Chairman would be saying And watch who you lay He won't understand And so we're Holed up in the back of a van Hidin' from the gaze of Donald Grant Doesn't want me with a woman who's white But then she puts her arms around me And we tumble into bed And then we say I think we're alone now, There doesn't seem to be any -- hey what's that sound? I think it's Don Grant now, He steps into the van -- oh no we've been found! What have you done? The Chairman wags his finger. You'll pay for your fun Now we know that you're a sinner I'm standin' with my wife and Donald Grant Apologizin' any way I can Tryin' to make amends Put all this right But Grant puts his arm around me And we go into his office And then he says I think you're all done now, We no longer want to keep you around So pack up your things now Your glory days are past so get out of town. I think it's Don Grant now Chairman of the Board doesn't want me around. I think it's Don Grant now Puritan exec kicking me when I'm down [INSTRUMENTAL BREAK] Doin' it in the back of a van Hidin' from the gaze of Donald Grant Gettin' it on with a woman who's white And then Grant sets his sight upon me And he calls a press conference And then I'm through I think it's a shame now Back in '69 I was toast of the town But thanks to Don Grant now I have a scarlet letter that ends my renown. I think it's Don Grant now Chairman of the Board doesn't want me around. I think it's Don Grant now Would this have happened if my skin wasn't brown? I think it's Don Grant now (Don Grant now) Chairman of the Board doesn't want me around. I think it's Don Grant now (Don Grant now) Would this have happened if my skin wasn't brown? I think it's Don Grant now (Don Grant now) Chairman of the Board doesn't want me around. I think it's Don Grant now (Don Grant now) Would this have happened if my skin wasn't brown? I think it's Don Grant now (Don Grant now)... The full song, Tiffany's version You can hear 30 seconds of the original version here

metirish Nov 02 2005 11:33 AM

Bravo....excellent stuff...

HahnSolo Nov 02 2005 11:37 AM

Absolutely brilliant.

Centerfield Nov 02 2005 11:42 AM

Scenes from Todd Hundley’s Career (to the tune of Billy Joel's Scenes from an Italian Restaurant) Hit from the right, Hit from the left I bat behind the Gilk, in front of Jeff We trail Atlanta once again In our old familiar place Trying to stay...in the race... (ooh ooh ooh) Hit from the left, Hit from the right It all depends who’s on the mound tonight Cuz I can hit the ball real hard Yes, I’m your home-grown superstar (musical interlude) Things are okay with me these days Got a new star, got a new catcher I got a good staff, got some new kids And the team’s doing fine We lost touch long ago You rehabbed...I did not know You’d be back so soon after missing so much time. Do you remember that day when we said we wouldn’t trade for Mike? Said we got a catcher on the roster we all like But then the Fish called and asked for Preston, Yarnall and Goetz Shake hands, done deal, now Mike Piazza’s on the Mets (Whoa, Whoa, Whoa-oh oh oh oh) Hot Rod Hundley knew how to have fun and he lived as the toast of the town Hitting homeruns there wasn’t a soul that could keep Hundley down Nobody hit the ball harder He was the best since Gary Carter He was the guy that would reward all the fans for their tears Surely Todd Hundley would be a big star here for years Hot Rod Hundley reached the end of his run when he chose to go under the knife But he didn’t know then how much that move would change his whole life The Mets told him there was no hurry “We don’t want Mike so don’t you worry” But we all know that the Mets do nothing but lie Oh, it wouldn’t be long before Hundley was waving goodbye. Well they traded for Mike and Todd didn’t like it but he said he would move to leftfield The Mets understood that the move was for good but Todd said “That wasn’t part of the deal.” They started to fight when he couldn’t throw right and move had lost its appeal (Whoa, Whoa, Whoa-oh oh oh oh) Well it worked for a while in a very nice style But it’s always the same in the end Carrying two backstops is over the top even though they may claim to be friends. At the end of the day, he was traded away and he was never Amazin’ again. (Whoa, whoa, whoa) Hot Rod Hundley knew his days in the sun would soon be a thing of the past By 2003 he decided to hang up the mask In the outfield he’d looked like a joker Was traded away for a no-good choker We never thought that’s how Hundley would end his career We always thought that he’d be a big star here for years.... (musical interlude) Hit from the left, hit from the right I caught your highlights on TV last night Now I watch you from afar I was your home-grown superstar.

Centerfield Nov 02 2005 11:45 AM

Wow, good stuff Yancy. I think I'm in trouble.

Yancy Street Gang Nov 02 2005 11:46 AM

Nice job by you too, CF. Game on!

ScarletKnight41 Nov 02 2005 11:48 AM

Man - this round could choose the entire championship. Wow!

metirish Nov 02 2005 11:50 AM

Bloody WOW CF...amazing...this is a tight one folks..

SwitchHitter Nov 02 2005 11:53 AM

Both are excellent

metsmarathon Nov 02 2005 11:54 AM

well, hell. i feel sorry for whoever has to face these guys in the next round!

Edgy DC Nov 02 2005 11:56 AM

Armando bashing. Ten yards.

HahnSolo Nov 02 2005 11:58 AM

This is a Final Four caliber battle right here. I'm gonna have to think about my vote for a while.

MFS62 Nov 02 2005 12:02 PM

The worst news we other contestants could hear is that they're both holding back their "good" stuff for later rounds. Those were great- final four quality. Later

Centerfield Nov 02 2005 12:03 PM

Not to get ahead of myself, but what do we do in the case of a tie? Do we burn another guy writing a tie-breaker song? That would be kinda cool. Then we'd be short-staffed going into the next round just like teams who burn their pen playing extra-innings in the playoffs.

Yancy Street Gang Nov 02 2005 12:05 PM

Maybe for a tie-breaker the voting could first be extended another 12 (or whatever) hours before requiring a new sing-off.

Diamond Dad Nov 02 2005 12:06 PM Great Stuff

Holy tough first round match, Batman! Kudos to both. Very nice musical choices, and terrific memories generated by the lyrics. Excellent.

Valadius Nov 02 2005 12:06 PM

I think a player not already on the board should be selected at random, and both people have to write a song about him.

Elster88 Nov 02 2005 12:14 PM

Every time I start thinking I'll enter next year, another two posters put out their lyrics and I immediately realize why I won't enter. Nice job to both combatants.

Edgy DC Nov 02 2005 12:30 PM

We had a lot of discussion about tie-breaking last year. I think we decided that a random subject would be simultaneously assigned to both of the contestants, and they'd have a write-off.

Willets Point Nov 02 2005 12:54 PM

Shit! I can't choose between these two. Holy fucking amazing! I'm off to check the brackets to see if I'd meet either of these guys should I be fortunate enough to win the next round.

old original jb Nov 02 2005 01:08 PM I'm not voting.

I'll wait for the tiebreaker, because I can't decide which one is better. Nice work.

MFS62 Nov 02 2005 01:15 PM Re: I'm not voting.

old original jb wrote: I'll wait for the tiebreaker, because I can't decide which one is better. Nice work. For the late voters like jb, what time does the poll close? Later

Yancy Street Gang Nov 02 2005 01:15 PM

It'll close at 11:42 a.m. tomorrow. (24 hours after CF's post.)

SwitchHitter Nov 02 2005 02:34 PM

That's 10:42 my time, right?

Edgy DC Nov 02 2005 02:35 PM

Yancy pulls into an 8-7 lead.

Centerfield Nov 02 2005 02:48 PM

Not to be overlooked in the heat of battle is Yancy's "I'm not musically inclined" act he gave us during sign ups. Essentially, Yancy ran down to first, hobbled around, had the trainer come out to look at him, insisted he could stay in the game despite the concern of his manager, and now with these two parodies, has immediately swiped second and third.

Yancy Street Gang Nov 02 2005 02:55 PM

Well, I'm pleased that I seem to be holding my own, but I do feel that I'm in over my head. My muses must be in a good mood this week,

ScarletKnight41 Nov 02 2005 02:56 PM

I was thinking about Yancy's trepidation about entering the contest. But I couldn't have phrased a post about it as well as CF just did. Two masters duking it out - Parodies Like They Oughta Be!

Johnny Dickshot Nov 02 2005 03:15 PM

This has really been a great contest so far, and just starting. I haven';t had an easy decision to make yeet.

Edgy DC Nov 02 2005 03:18 PM

Eight apiece.

MFS62 Nov 02 2005 03:22 PM

Centerfield wrote: Not to be overlooked in the heat of battle is Yancy's "I'm not musically inclined" act he gave us during sign ups. Essentially, Yancy ran down to first, hobbled around, had the trainer come out to look at him, insisted he could stay in the game despite the concern of his manager, and now with these two parodies, has immediately swiped second and third. This is like the guy you meet in the pool hall who claims he "isn't that good". And then he misses a few easy shots in a "for fun" game. He isn't that good until you start playing for money, that is. Yancy looks like a gamer to me. Later

Yancy Street Gang Nov 02 2005 03:26 PM

Are we playing for money?

Centerfield Nov 02 2005 03:46 PM

I think what little chance there was of that happening before this thread disappeared the minute you posted that parody.

Yancy Street Gang Nov 03 2005 11:55 AM

Looks like I squeaked out a close win. 11-10 as of 11:55 a.m.

Centerfield Nov 03 2005 11:59 AM

Congrats Yancy. That was a hell of a buzzsaw I ran into in the first round. Gonna have to gripe to the selection committee about that one. No way a #2 seed should have to face that kind of opponent. How cool is it that I'm a #2 seed out in the first round? I feel like Syracuse.

Yancy Street Gang Nov 03 2005 12:05 PM

Thanks, CF. My entry was serendipity for me. If you'll remember, when I entered this contest I said something about the only song I know being "I Think We're Alone Now" which is a song about sneaking off to have sex. When I was dealt Cleon Jones it all fell into place, especially since the can/hand rhyme translates into van/Grant. The fact that my absoultely best song was only able to win by only one vote speaks to the quality of my competition. I can only hope to be as lucky with my third (!) song.

ScarletKnight41 Nov 03 2005 05:55 PM

Congrats Yancy. Wow. Who'da thunk it?

Yancy Street Gang Nov 03 2005 08:31 PM

Not me, that's for sure.

Willets Point Nov 03 2005 10:23 PM

Just like the Red Sox the defending champ falls in the first round. Is Yancy en fuego like the White Sox? Congratulations to both of youse for great parodies.

Nymr83 Nov 03 2005 10:40 PM

Edgy DC wrote: Armando bashing. Ten yards. ten yards?? try ten points!! armando/looper/rojas bashing is an automatic vote for me...j/k