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Parody Contest, Round Two, Met Fairy vs. Edgy DC

Met Fairy

10 votes

Edgy DC

19 votes

Edgy MD Dec 18 2011 08:28 PM

Who you gonna pick?

themetfairy Dec 18 2011 08:33 PM Re: Parody Contest, Round Two, Met Fairy vs. Edgy DC

The Ballad of Lastings Milledge! And if it's fair You’ve got your first home run, off of ‘Mando And if it’s fair You’ll want to celebrate, you’ve just got to Know your place Rook, oh, know your place Rook Oh, know your place Rook, oh, skip the high fives! Know your place Rook, oh, know your place Rook Oh, know your place Rook, oh, skip the high fives! You couldn’t help Enjoying your sudden big blast of fame You had to shout And celebrate with fans who called your name Know your place Rook, oh, know your place Rook Oh, know your place Rook, oh, skip the high fives! Know your place Rook, oh, know your place Rook Oh, know your place Rook, oh, skip the high fives! But then the vets Left a note saying what you should not do They were jealous But too spineless to face you and tell you Know your place Rook, oh, know your place Rook Oh, know your place Rook, oh, skip the high fives! Know your place Rook, oh, know your place Rook Oh, know your place Rook, oh, skip the high fives! [youtube:3sv6tdyh]o-6v4H4BtWI[/youtube:3sv6tdyh]

Edgy MD Dec 18 2011 08:37 PM Re: Parody Contest, Round Two, Met Fairy vs. Edgy DC

Nineteen-ninety four! Dressed up with a swoosh, the Mets were easy to ignore! Nineteen-ninety four! Dressed up with a swoosh, the Mets were easy to ignore! Nineteen-ninety four! Dressed up with a swoosh… Ahhhh…… “Torborg, seeya!” — so said Franco and Bonilla Way back in ninety-three They said “Dallas replaced you, your team has disgraced you We stink like a Sting CD!" With Pecota, Valera, the post-Johnson era, Has been The Worst Team That Money Could Buy There’s been sex crime indictments and bleach fight excitements And the Mets think that Green’s the guy! THE METS THINK THAT GREEN’S THE GUY! But it was… Nineteen-ninety four! Dressed up with a swoosh, the Mets were easy to ignore! Nineteen-ninety four! Dressed up with a swoosh, the Mets were easy to ignore! Nineteen-ninety four! Dressed up with a swoosh, the Mets were easy to ignore! Nineteen-ninety four! Dressed up with a swoosh, the Mets were easy to ignore! Some Weston and Kaiser were bid a quick “Goodbye, Sir!” Chico Walker and all Mets like that Joe Mac offered zero to HoJo the hero Went to Denver with a cork in his bat They signed Cangelosi — with his glove and his throws, he Impressed them with grit, wit, and pith And Atlanta’s rotation was the greatest in the nation So they made a deal for Pete Smith THEY FUCKIN’ MADE A DEAL FOR PETE SMITH! But it was… Nineteen-ninety four! Dressed up with a swoosh, the Mets were easy to ignore! Nineteen-ninety four… McReynolds back in left, Joe Orsulak in right And some days we got McKnight And some days we… … got McKnight (Slow, stoner guitar solo) Tim Bogar! That’s where the fun is! (More guitar runs) Rich Parker! That’s where the fun is! (Still more dope-fueled guitar playing) Mama told me, Son, don’t root for Met teams that can’t pitch, hit, or run But Mama… That’s where the fun is… (Completely inexplicable chopsticks piano solo) Ahhh…. O’Brien and Murray, they fled town in a hurry Man, the writing was on the wall Said “Linton and Stinnett, they won’t help us all to win it Though Hillman is nine feet tall” But Dwight brought a smile, and you can live in the denial When he’s starting on opening day When we won our first three outings, I was screaming, I was shouting “Hey, maybe this team can play!” MAYBE THIS TEAM CAN PLAY! But it was… Nineteen-ninety four! Dressed up with a swoosh, the Mets were easy to ignore! Nineteen-ninety four! Dressed up with a swoosh, the Mets were easy to ignore! The season progressing, it was all window dressing (Nineteen-ninety four! ) Unless perhaps your name was Bret (Dressed up with a swoosh, the Mets were easy to ignore!) With Saberhagen dealing, for a day, at least, a feeling (Nineteen-ninety four! ) That it was OK to love a Met (Dressed up with a swoosh, the Mets were easy to ignore!) But they were playing third fiddle, they were stuck there in the middle (Nineteen-ninety four! ) Realignment in the East (Dressed up with a swoosh, the Mets were easy to ignore!) Although perhaps a true Met lover liked the magazine cover (Nineteen-ninety four! ) With an accompanying feature-length piece (Dressed up with a swoosh, the Mets were easy to ignore!) And though it boggles comprehending, our tale still has no ending (Nineteen-ninety four !) ‘Cuz along came a baseball strike (Dressed up with a swoosh, the Mets were easy to ignore!) And though the fan base was jaded, had Facebook been created (Nineteen-ninety four !) Few of them would have done clicked “Like”! (Dressed up with a swoosh, the Mets were easy to ignore!) Josias Manzanillo had but one testiculillo (Nineteen-ninety four! ) But when he pitched, he sure found a way (Dressed up with a swoosh, the Mets were easy to ignore!) And even Hurst (who’s the worst) said something’s wrong… No McReynolds back in left nor Orsulak in right We don’t even… … get McKnight [youtube]OlBifX0H3yg[/youtube]

themetfairy Dec 18 2011 08:42 PM Re: Parody Contest, Round Two, Met Fairy vs. Edgy DC

Well done Edgy - good luck!

Edgy MD Dec 18 2011 08:42 PM Re: Parody Contest, Round Two, Met Fairy vs. Edgy DC

Rod Argent vs. Manfred Mann. Drawing from the third tier of the rock pantheon are we. Good luck.

Mets Guy in Michigan Dec 18 2011 09:55 PM Re: Parody Contest, Round Two, Met Fairy vs. Edgy DC

Edgy gets big points for making a reference to my man Mickey Weston. But I have to say that the Fairy is bringing the heat. "Know your place, Rook" is brilliant.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 19 2011 08:31 AM Re: Parody Contest, Round Two, Met Fairy vs. Edgy DC

Good rounds. I was ready to vote against Edgy's because I thought the swoosh was a 93 thing only but sure enough I remembered wrong.

Edgy MD Dec 19 2011 09:27 AM Re: Parody Contest, Round Two, Met Fairy vs. Edgy DC

Rod Argent and Manfred Mann: [list:ep2oidnr][*:ep2oidnr]Were both respected keyboardists that were versed in the classics and jazz but reduced themselves to rock 'n' roll. [/*:m:ep2oidnr] [*:ep2oidnr]Both founded British Invasion pop-rock outfits in the sixties. [/*:m:ep2oidnr] [*:ep2oidnr]Both founded muscle-flexing classic rawk outfits in the seventies. [/*:m:ep2oidnr] [*:ep2oidnr]Both had bands named for them, even though they weren't the lead singer. [/*:m:ep2oidnr] [*:ep2oidnr]Both did featured guest work on keys for signature tracks by other classic rawkers, with Argent playing piano on The Who's "Who Are You?" and Mann playing Minimoog solo on Uriah Heep's "July Morning." [/*:m:ep2oidnr] [*:ep2oidnr]Both appear parodied in this thread.[/*:m:ep2oidnr][/list:u:ep2oidnr]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Dec 19 2011 10:07 AM Re: Parody Contest, Round Two, Met Fairy vs. Edgy DC

Hyperlinks! Ooh! Brilliance versus brilliance. I had to go with the one that seemed just a little more to fit the sentiments of the lyrics/play off them to more humorous effect. Also, internal rhymes light up my technical-score-card. Also also, it rhymed "Manzanillo" with "testiclillo."

Edgy MD Dec 19 2011 08:58 PM Re: Parody Contest, Round Two, Met Fairy vs. Edgy DC

Top ten similariy scores for Rod Argent [list=1:8ukvcz5h][*:8ukvcz5h]Manfred Mann[/*:m:8ukvcz5h] [*:8ukvcz5h]Paul Revere[/*:m:8ukvcz5h] [*:8ukvcz5h]Alan Parsons[/*:m:8ukvcz5h] [*:8ukvcz5h]Spencer Davis[/*:m:8ukvcz5h] [*:8ukvcz5h]Keith Emerson[/*:m:8ukvcz5h] [*:8ukvcz5h]Al Kooper[/*:m:8ukvcz5h] [*:8ukvcz5h]Ian Stewart[/*:m:8ukvcz5h] [*:8ukvcz5h]Steve Bronski[/*:m:8ukvcz5h] [*:8ukvcz5h]Christine McVie[/*:m:8ukvcz5h] [*:8ukvcz5h]Vangelis[/*:m:8ukvcz5h][/list:o:8ukvcz5h]

Centerfield Dec 20 2011 08:09 AM Re: Parody Contest, Round Two, Met Fairy vs. Edgy DC

Fantastic on both fronts! What a great matchup.

willpie Dec 20 2011 08:21 AM Re: Parody Contest, Round Two, Met Fairy vs. Edgy DC

Weird; in my head, Edgy's entry was the Springsteen version. It sounds wrong to me as the Manfred Mann cover. Both fantastic entries, btw

themetfairy Dec 20 2011 08:37 AM Re: Parody Contest, Round Two, Met Fairy vs. Edgy DC

Thanks guys :)

Ashie62 Dec 20 2011 10:45 AM Re: Parody Contest, Round Two, Met Fairy vs. Edgy DC

Well done.

themetfairy Dec 21 2011 05:45 AM Re: Parody Contest, Round Two, Met Fairy vs. Edgy DC

48 hours have passed, and I concede to Edgy - good round! OK - shrimp and tequila, the breakfast of former champions....

Edgy MD Dec 21 2011 07:05 AM Re: Parody Contest, Round Two, Met Fairy vs. Edgy DC

>> Oh, BOY! I'm your roving reporter, Grover, reporting on a dra-MAT-eek second-round matchup between Edgy DC and themetfairy. I'm here with the nominal winner. So, Edgy, varying font sizes, hyperlinks, anachronistic Facebook references, a little thumbs-up image. You pulled out all the stops. >> Well, metfairy came into the matchup with a lot of momentum. I looked at my hand and found it frankly kind of desperate looking. I had 1994 and 1993. It's like getting dealt Shawn Hare and Jeff Kaiser. And, in a sense, that's what I got. >> I could do Kaiser. >> I bet you could, but... >> So, you decided to blow the whole thing up. >> Well, you know what they say... >> What is it that they say? >> If you can't dazzle 'em with brilliance... >> Mmm-hmm... >> ...baffle 'em with bullshit. >> They say this? >> Yeah. >> Where? >> I don't know. The circles I move in, I guess. >> There seemed to be some gamesmanship going on with you and fairy. "Are you ready?" "Yes, I'm ready." "OK, whenever you're ready." "After you, I insist." You were like those cloying cartoon gophers. >> Yeah, there may have been something there. She invited me to make the thread. Then I make it, but I don't post in it right away. >> And then she does, and... >> And I'm blown out of my sox. I mean, it's enough that I have big long instrumental breaks. But there I am, holding a great big Manfred Mann hit, and she beats me to the punch by working off a kinda contemporaneous song by Mann's most similar musician. >> Musta been a punch in the gut. >> I'll say. It's like --- how can I put this? --- you're going to your buddy's wedding. And you're all psyched, because your date is Tiffany. You're feeling like a big shot. But then your other buddy... he enters first and his date is Debbie Gibson. >> ... >> It's just... if you're making a similar statement, you want to make sure yours is first and strongest. >> You're kind of a real jerk. You know that? >> I've heard. Anyhow, my whole approach sort of fell apart. >> How so? >> I had all that crap in there, and worked hard on the narrative and internal rhyme, but fairy had what I lacked. She nailed the core concept. >>I KNOW! Talk about SCANSION! "Know your place, Rook!" just hammers into that title line. And, as Lunchbucket would remind you, it RESOUNDS with historical AC-curacy! >> Right?! I mean... leadoff homerun for her, and I tip my hat to her. But her post goes up and I look at my refrain --- "Mets were easy to ignore." That just felt awfully forced all of a sudden. >> So, what did you do? >> I ran back to my bench. But what did I have? Darrell Sutherland? >> Ha-ha! You don't know shit about Darrell Sutherland. >> Gro, are you drinking? >> I don't think we're live. The boys in the editing truck will get it. >> Um, OK. >> Back up... ahem. SO, you lacked confidence in Darrell Sutherland. CAHNFIDENCE, yes? >> Yeah, but the real issue wasn't Sutherland, but the panicking. I didn't need to go to my bench. I could've just re-worked a rhyme for my refrain couplet. >> "The Mets had found it hard to score." "There was a looming labor war." >> Yeah, those might've worked. >> And I just came up with them right here off the top of my head. >> Well, I didn't. So, I decided to show faith in what I had and I hit submit. >> This isn't an afterschool special here, Edgy. Then what happened? >> You saw it as well as I did. The early returns all went her way. >> And talk about problems in your core concepts. Lunchie was doubting the credibility of associating the swoosh with '94. >> Lunchie was having a senior moment. But if he was foggy about my concept, what chance did I have with the electorate. He wrote the book on Met pajamas! >> CO-wrote it. Yes. >> Right. Anyhow, she led by as much as three or four through day one. Early on day two, I had closed to within one and perhaps tied. But I was still worried. Diamond Dad hadn't posted in the thread, so I thought his vote was still out there. But the second half of day two, returns suddenly came in for me. I got lucky. I was gonna pad my vote by getting married a few more times. Heh-heh. >> To whom? TIFFANY?! >>Ouch, Gee. >> So, what's next? >> Get my head back in the game, check out the new subjects in my rack, and if my luck holds out, I'll get to perform at Hofstra. >> Where? >> I heard the winner gets to perform his parodies at the 50th Anniversary Mets conference at Hofstra. >> Who told you this? >> Seawolf. >> And you believed him WHY? >> Well, he works in higher ed. >> In admissions. At Stony Brook. >> That's on Long Island. >> And they call ME naïve. >> Oh, man. Crap! >> Hate to burst your bubble there, Whitman. >> Well, great job by fairy. Looking forward to the coming matchups. >> And I to my next paycheck. This is GROVER! Signing off.

Fman99 Dec 21 2011 07:13 PM Re: Parody Contest, Round Two, Met Fairy vs. Edgy DC

Grover, what a card. Turns out having a man's hand in your ass for 40 years will make a guy say some dopey shit. Ask Elton John OH SNAP