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The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

Wayne Garrett - "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" - Paul Simon

12 votes

Ron Hodges - "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" - Meat Loaf

13 votes

Dave Kingman - "King Kong" - The Kinks

5 votes

Ed Kranepool - "I've Been Everywhere" - Johnny Cash

9 votes

Felix Millan - "Aqualung" - Jethro Tull

9 votes

Felix Millan/John Stearns - "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" - Jim Croce

9 votes

Ray Sadecki - "Love is All Around" (The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song) - Sonny Curtis (Live perforfmance by Joan Jett)

10 votes

batmagadanleadoff May 02 2020 11:05 AM Edited 4 time(s), most recently on May 02 2020 06:22 PM

RULES CHANGE We've changed the format of the quarter-finals. Instead of NCAA March Madness style head to head bracket single elimination contests, as promised, we're going with another wild west jungle round free for all. This change was necessitated by the apparent dropping-out of one of our quarter-finalists, thus reducing the round to seven instead of eight contestants. Also, I wasn't quite satisfied with the lack of transparency in determining the seedings for a bracket style round. That I initially used a wholly objective and formulaic method to determine the seeds wouldn''t guarantee that youse would necessarily believe me -- and a jungle round would eliminate any griping over the seeds. I think we'll go jungle rounds the rest of the way. Anyways, there are seven of youse. The top four vote-getters advance. Any ties will be decided by further rounds of voting. When voting, please choose your four favorite parodies. Once submitted, your votes are final and cannot be changed. Please choose four. Not three. Or two. Or one.

batmagadanleadoff May 02 2020 11:10 AM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6VrKro8djw Wayne Garrett - Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard - Paul Simon Ol' Wayne Garrett's Name Up on the Scoreboard (Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard) The general manager rolled outta bed And he ran to old Shea Stadium When the papers found out they began to shout And alerted the ginger nation Aspromonte saw I was just too raw! Jim Fregosi saw I was just too raw! Then Yogi looked down and spit on the ground Every time my name gets mentioned The GM said, "oy, if I get that Foy I'm gonna stick him as my starting third baseman" Am I gonna play? I don't know when I'm going Old Ed Charles was gray I'm splitting some time But it isn't fair Goodbye Frego-si, I'm startin' to own ya... Seein' ol' Wayne Garrett's name Up on the scoreboard Seein' me disprovin' you down at the ballyard Whoa, In a couple of years I start to quiet their fears While the Mets had a storied peak And so in seventy-three When they gave it to me We was all on the cover of Newsweek And I'm on my way I ain't no Bobby Pfeil Heard Ted Baxter say I'm hitting just fine And he loves red hair Goodbye Fregooo-si, I'm startin' to own ya... Seein' ol' Wayne Garrett's name Up on the scoreboard Seein' ol' Wayne Garrett's name Up on the scoreboard

batmagadanleadoff May 02 2020 11:13 AM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C11MzbEcHlw Ron Hodges - Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meat Loaf Well I remember every little thing As if it happened just a year ago Summoned up to Shea when there was only one catcher on-site And I never dreamed my shot Would come along quite so quickly And all the Blues in Memphis They were wishing they were me that night The Eastern Division grew close and tight Nobody was that good No team was going right We were sitting in the basement with a ghost of a chance Sitting in the basement with a ghost of a chance C'mon, hold on tight Oh c'mon, for dear life Though it's kinda hopeless stuck down in sixth place I could see a smile light up on Tug McGraw's face Ain't no doubt about it We were hardly dead We were less than seven out With a month ahead Ain't no need to resign, man Someone alert that ol' Sign Man Ain't no doubt about it You gotta believe It ain't over 'til it's over When ya got Matlack, Koosman & Seav' Pirates, don't ya hear our steps? We're now recovered from our injuries I'm mostly sitting on the bench But watching's fun, just the same Bucs, we're gonna let ya know Oh, you're gonna come to regret us I opened up my eyes I got a big surprise Yogi made some moves And suddenly I'm in the game Grote and Dyer, they were done for the night “Ronnie,” Yogi said, “you're gonna do all right” And we headed into extras with a ghost of a chance Headed into extras with a ghost of a chance C'mon, hold on tight Oh c'mon, for dear life Though I was sorta nervous on that Thursday night I could see paradise by the scoreboard light Though being third-string could certainly bite (Could certainly bite) Paradise by the scoreboard light Could only do what I could And let my pitch-framing skills do the rest Ain't no doubt about it We were doubly blessed 'Cause we were barely one game out and we were barely... It's beginning to feel like Sixty-Nine And Sixty-Nine was mighty fine It's beginning to feel like Sixty-Nine And Sixty-Nine was mighty fine It's beginning to feel like Sixty-Nine And Sixty-Nine was mighty fine It's beginning to feel like Sixty-Nine And Sixty-Nine was mighty fine *** Dave Augustine, the Pirates' promising outfield prospect in the box Zisk takes a slight lead off first as Sadecki looks in for the sign Young Ron Hodges behind the plate late in his rookie season In June he was at Double-A, now he's in the heat of a pennant race Augustine fouls one off, over into the box seats behind first base The ball is caught by a fan who looks very familiar to me Why, yes, that's Archie Bunker from Astoria, right here in Queens I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Bunker before tonight's game Archie and his son-in-law Mike are guests of our sponsor Rheingold Natural Rheingold worked with local taverns to provide two tickets To patrons of one of the local taverns that supports Mets baseball And Archie's name was drawn from an entry sent in by Kelsey's Bar You know, I've got to tell you, that Mr. Bunker is a real character He had some very provocative things to say to me when we met He's also quite a bowler and asked if he could be on my new show “Bowling for Dollars,” airing weeknights on WOR-TV, Channel 9 I told Mr. Bunker I'm not the one who makes those decisions But I will say he seems ready-made for television Augustine, who had called time, steps back into the box He had gone over to the on-deck circle for some pine tar Now everybody in the crowd, including Archie Bunker Perches forward in his chair for the next pitch This has been a tense affair from the word ‘go' tonight We're in the top of the thirteenth inning, tied at three with two out Again, Zisk at first, Augustine at bat with a count of two-and-one The veteran lefty Ray Sadecki on the mound The youngster Ron Hodges puts down his fingers for the sign Fasten your seat belts... *** Stop right there! We're gonna know right now Dave Augustine clocks it Off Sadecki He hits it a ton It's surely going Will we ever recover? Will a two-run homer keep us from first place? Dave Augustine's fly ball seems destined for space Is it going? Is there a way it's not going? Can we get it Before it goes? Will Augustine's fly ball somehow not clear the fence? Might there still be an outcome that eludes common sense? We're gonna know right now If we can go any further And still win this And then maybe the pennant Well, keep an eye on it Maybe, maybe keep an eye on it Keep an eye on it We could pick up ground by Friday morning Well, keep an eye on it Maybe, maybe Cleon's tryin' it Jones is at the track The track they put out there for his warning Well, keep an eye on it Maybe, maybe it's dyin', it's — The ball is not out! It could be a new day that is dawning We're gonna know right now That it's in play Off the top of the wall Yes it's in play No it didn't leave Shea It took a crazy high bounce into Cleon Jones' glove Seems our chances at first place have been given a shove We're gonna know right now If we can go any further We might love this We might love this forever What's it gonna be, Zisk? Come on, you can hardly run What's it gonna be, Zisk? Score or not? What's it gonna BE, Zisk? Safe... or... OUT? Keep an eye on Zisk Richie isn't fast enough for this Well, keep an eye on Zisk Maybe we'll nab him with a relay We're gonna know right now Will we love this? Will we love this forever? Where's the relay? Will Cleon reach Garrett? If Garrett grabs the relay Will he get it to me? Can I block the plate fully And withstand Richie Zisk? We're gonna know right now If we go any further If we'll love this If we'll love this forever Keep an eye on Zisk Will we love this forever? Keep an eye on Zisk Will we love this forever? I caught the ball from Wayne Garrett For a play at the plate Then I tagged Richie Zisk, whose speed did not rate I heard the ump John McSherry call him “OUT!” and not safe And we would love this to the end of time I swore, we'd love this to the end of time Then I delivered the game-winning hit John Milner scored on my drive We ended the night just a half a game out In the playoffs we were soon to arrive I'd play eleven more years And they weren't the worst But nothing could match The thrill of coming in first Backup 'til the end of time It's just what I would do (woo-wooo!) Yet you'll see in the rotunda My number The number I wore Was Forty-Two It was long ago and it was far away And that ball, somehow, well, it never left Shea It was long ago and it was far away Augustine, you can see, is a footnote today It was long ago and it was far away No, I'm not related to Gilbert Ray

batmagadanleadoff May 02 2020 11:15 AM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAKZBkEAA6c Dave Kingman - King Kong - The Kinks I'm King Kong and I'm ten feet round Got a big thick gun and every woman is scared I'm King Kong drag my Meathead a' ground I'll blow up your ERA so you better beware Everybody wants power Everybody wants fame Everybody wants money La-la-la-la-la, King Kong La-la-la-la-la Little Milan's weak but Sky King's strong Everybody wants to be King Kong, oh yeah I'm King Kong I got much girth honey I can mash any fastball that gets in my path I'm King Kong and I'm big and strong Bust through your egg like Mork with my schlong Everybody wants power Everybody wants fame Everybody wants money La-la-la-la-la, King Kong La-la-la-la-la Little Grote's weak but I'm big man's strong Everybody wants to rake like Kong, oh yeah I'm King Kong and first base I been workin Hitting long taters making all pitchers scared Got a bush like Horshack down there for the jerkin I'm King Kong gots a thatch of ape hair Everybody wants power Everybody wants fame Everybody wants money La-la-la-la-la, King Kong La-la-la-la-la Wayne Garrett's weak but I'm retard strong Everyone wants to be King Kong, oh yeah

batmagadanleadoff May 02 2020 11:17 AM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNj6spCtUE0 Ed Kranepool - I've Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash I was walkin' my dog winter seventy-nine or so When along came a guy wearin' a Met hat on my suburb road "Hey,you're Ed Kranepool” he said with a big smile And so I sat on a fence and then I settled down for a while He asked me if I'd thought Joe Torre was all that or should be canned And I said, "Listen, I've played with every Met in this here land." I've known every Met, man I've known every Met, man Played when Mr. Ed ran And played when Mork from Ork ran Of playin' I've a'had my share, man I've known every Met. I played with Seaver, Swoboda, Fisher, Dan Frisella Amos O., Luplow, Cisco, Donn Clendenon Bruce Boisclair, Mike Vail, Ken Boyer, Choo Choo Coleman Foli, Fregosi, Frank Lary, Bud Harrelson Staiger, Sadecki, Strohmayor, Chico Walker Apodaca, Aspromonte, and Ayala, I'm a playa. I've known every Met, man I've known every Met, man Played when Dick Van Dyke ran And when Mary Tyler Moore ran Of playin' I've a'had my share, man I've known every Met. I've played with Koosman, Ryan, Jackson, Gary Gentry Singleton, Stanton, Kingman, Marv Throneberry Willie Mays, Jerry May, Sammy Drake, Duffy Dyer Ron Locke, Jay Hook, Joey Moocke, Big Duke Snider Pumpsie Green to Dallas Green, Art Shamsky, Leslie Rohr Dick Smith, Charley Smith, Cleon Jones, you want more? I've known every Met, man I've known every Met, man Played when June Cleaver ran And when Hawkeye Pierce ran Of playin' I've a'had my share, man I've known every Met. I've played with Ron Taylor, Hawk Taylor, Chuck Taylor, Chuck Hiller Bob Miller, Bob Miller, John Milner, Johnny Miller Ron Hunt, Don Hahn, Warren Spahn, Bill Short Don Zimmer, Jim Gosger, Rod Gasper, Mike Bruhert Orosco, Gary Kolb, Joe Grzenda, Felix Mantilla Tommie Agee, Eddie Bouchee, see what I mean'a. I've known every Met, man I've known every Met, man Played when Donna Reed ran And when Archie and his clan ran Of playin' I've a'had my share, man I've known every Met. I've played with Ashburn, Lockwood, Rusty Staub, Pignatano Larry Stahl, Lenny Randle, Cannizarro Tug McGraw, Moorhead, Tommy Moore, Yogi Berra Ed Glynn, Doug Flynn, Eddie Charles, John Pacella Ed Bressoud, Cal Koonce, Hendersons Two, Harry Chiti Carl Willey, Ralph Terry, Pat Zachry, what a pity. I've known every Met, man I've known every Met, man Played when Patty Duke ran And played when Jeffersons ran Of playin' I've a'had my share, man I've known every Met. I've known every Met.

batmagadanleadoff May 02 2020 11:19 AM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0jMPI_pUec Felix Millan - Aqualung - Jethro Tull Sitting on the Mets bench Eyeing shallow right with bad intent Squatting in his batting pose Easy contact, slappy bat control, hey, F Millan Stroking on his porn ‘stache Poking singles with his swinging ash, hey, F Millan Bunting from his choke-up Sacrificing the lead runner up, oh, F Millan October cold, first game of the Series Takes a grounder the only way he knows Fucks it up bad, as he bends to pick the ball up It rolls down underneath, a costly E Feeling alone, the next man up is Rudi Campy steals on Matlack and Grote F. Millan, my friend, don't you start to feel uneasy When Rudi drives in the second run unearned Do you still remember The Partridge Family And the song that clings into your brain “Come on and get happy”? But your error dooms the Mets best chance And even Keith's mellow sounds Won't sooth the hurt And madness ‘till the spring Moving along, an August game in Pittsburgh Takes a double-play ball, a 6-4-3 Ott slides in bad, he takes you off your feet and You slug him in the face to start a fray Three Rivers turf, man that surface hurts Separating your shoulder on a body slam F. Millan, my friend, don't you start to feel uneasy When your broken collarbone won't ever heal Feeee, Fee, Fee, Fee. Fee-Fee, Fee-Fee, Fee-Felix Fee-Fee-Fee, Fee-Fee-Fee, Fee-Fee, Felix F. Millan, my friend, don't you start to feel uneasy When your broken collarbone won't ever heal Swinging at the first one Hit behind the runner, to drive in a run Warning-track power strong “I Think I Love You” is his second-favorite song, hey F. Millan Choking up on on his bat Batting average is his favorite stat, hey F. Millan Feeling like a poor schmuck Good career with a lot of rotten luck, hey F. Millan Oh, eff Millan

batmagadanleadoff May 02 2020 11:23 AM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

[YOUTUBE]EwPRm5UMe1A[/YOUTUBE] Felix Millan/John Stearns - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce Song Title: "That Big, Dumb Jerk, Ed Ott" Well in the days of Yogi Berra There was a shortstop named Millan And his baseball card Got the fans all hard And so his legend still lives He was small and He was wiry Lord, He choked up on the bat He was a contact hitter And there are some still bitter ‘bout How Ed Ott put out The Cat! That big … .. dumb … … jerk, Ed Ott Thinking o' him still gets me hot! Bigger than a freshman's bong Dumber than a wooden log Now, Millan came from Atlanta In the time of Willie Mays With our keystone tenant Man, we won the pennant Turning beaucoup double plays! He was a stubborn contact hitter He got MVP support! Though he had less power Than a wilting flower Man, Ed Ott was a shitty sport! That dull … … foul … … douche, Ed Ott Five stupid letters is all he got! Duller than a game of Pong Stinky like a Georgia bog It was an August doubleheader The year was mostly gone But the Mets still battled So Mister Ed got rattled It was the sad end of Millan Ott slid into second It was a standard, legal tag But he twisted Felix Into a double helix And they called for a body bag! It was that ug- … … -ly ... … fuck Ed Ott Took him out with cheap-assed shot! Ugly as Lou Grant in a thong And meaner than a demagogue Well, the Mets had Archie Bunker They had Oscar Madison But some bad years beckoned As Flynn played second And Millan went to Nippon But Stearns, he still remembered And payback is his law I bet Ott felt cruddy As Dude avenged his buddy When he crushed Dave Parker's jaw ‘Cuz he's a horse- -shit Guy, Ed Ott You say, “Name an asshole,” he's all I've got! Ignorant and woebegone Denser than the London fog And he's a bad … … dude … John F. Stearns Ott fucks with us, and Ott, he learns Felix you were treated wrong But Stearns, he wrote the epilogue

batmagadanleadoff May 02 2020 11:27 AM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 02 2020 06:22 PM

[YOUTUBE]zWQHhKrdtSA[/YOUTUBE] Ray Sadecki - Love is All Around (The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song) - Sonny Curtis (Live perforfmance by Joan Jett) "Ray is All Around" Who can coax the Reg out with a slurve? Who can take a mop-up frame, and make Pops Stargell look Papa Smurf? Well it's you, you old rocksteady Better get loose, here comes another doubleheady Ray is all around-- you need, he'll fake it He can set 'em down, do what it takes, kid He'll keep the ball right on the wall How will you get out on the mound? You started lots for Gil But Yogi treats you like you boned his hound You used to ride with Gibson Now, ride Norway pine like you're watching Ibsen Tugger's knocked around? Ray will no-breeze it. Matlack's melting down? Hey, he can freeze it. He'll keep the ball right on the wall (He'll keep the balls right to the wall) Still, when Seaver's running out of steam You'll keep a real cool head And save a mess like you're Oxy Clean Everyone at Shea adores you At least this constant warm-up never bores you Stone is getting rocked? Ray can smooth-jazz it Kooz's getting fucked? He'll mop that jizz, kid He'll keep the ball right on the wall Who can make that slo-pitch curveball dance? Who... if you give him half of a fucking chance? Your old veteran lefty shogun Save more staff than an Extra-Magnum Trojan McAndrew's working blue? Ray won't get rude, then Seaver's throwing poo? Well, we're just screwed then But he'll keep your balls inside the wall (If it'll stay atop the wall)

Willets Point May 02 2020 12:18 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

I voted for the Ron Hodges one even though I despise Meat Loaf songs. That is that power of a masterful parody.

ashie62 May 02 2020 12:31 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

Loving the King Kong Kingman

batmagadanleadoff May 02 2020 12:33 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

=ashie62 post_id=36294 time=1588444267 user_id=90] Loving the King Kong Kingman

Did you vote for three instead of four?

Edgy MD May 02 2020 12:51 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

Yeah, props to whoever did the Kinks one for thinking outside the heavy rotation.

Benjamin Grimm May 02 2020 02:40 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

Wayne Garrett was my favorite.

Johnny Lunchbucket May 02 2020 04:12 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

Felix Millan inspires the most songs. Props to the high degree of difficulty on the Meatloaf/Ron Hodges tribute. Pretty solid second round all around

kcmets May 03 2020 08:55 AM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

That Joan Jett video made made my eyes well up and my adam's apple grow two sizes. I'm a mess haha...

batmagadanleadoff May 03 2020 01:03 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Felix Millan inspires the most songs. No more than "the ball off the top of the wall" game.

Edgy MD May 03 2020 02:40 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

Yeah, apparently only two or three things happened in the seventies. I really had something better cued up for Bobby Myrick, but apparently he never appeared under Yogi Berra's stewardship.

LWFS May 03 2020 06:36 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

I'll just say this, and leave it there-- it's hard to write with great, had-to-be-there detail and the right, insouciant-but-still-not-sneering tone about things you weren't, y'know, ALIVE for. [Goes into nearby corner of room] [Bitches sotto voce into it]

batmagadanleadoff May 03 2020 07:00 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuq-CQt7wwU

batmagadanleadoff May 04 2020 02:05 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

Reminder: Voting for the quarter-finals ends tomorrow at about 1PM.

Edgy MD May 04 2020 02:14 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

VOTE! TELL YOUR FRIENDS!!

batmagadanleadoff May 04 2020 02:23 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

Not a lot of commentary on this round's enrties.

Edgy MD May 04 2020 02:51 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

Yeah! That's an Ibsen reference up above, folks. Show some respect!

Johnny Lunchbucket May 04 2020 03:17 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=36361 time=1588623812 user_id=68] Not a lot of commentary on this round's enrties.

It's been difficult to vote on em as much as talk about em.



The dramatic, viruostic pomposity of Aqualung as applied to a slap hitting second baseman is really the joke itself. The Croce Millan one has a funnier description of the fight.



I've Been Everywhere works with the subject matter well and efficienly parameters the TV thing



Paradise seems like finals material in the semifinals. It's like Seaver on 3 day's rest or Harvey in the bottom of the 9th. We'll see whether they blew their load.



Surprised to see Simon & G make another appearance after Cecilia failed to burn up the charts in Round 1. If it advances and it looks like it might, bonus points for risk.



I confess to have never really watched a single episode of MTM.



Props for the appropriateness of King Kong but worried the voting public would overlook the song.



Asking ashie whether he followed the rules in the contest assumes he even read them in the first place.

Chad ochoseis May 04 2020 06:43 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

Serious love for the Ibsen reference, and for the Sadecki song in general. It really captured the true essence of Ray Sadecki, utility pitcher.

kcmets May 04 2020 06:50 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

I had... The GM said, "oy, if I get that Foy I'm gonna stick him as my starting third baseman" ... in my head all weekend.

Edgy MD May 04 2020 06:54 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

Come on, guys. Don't make me vote a second time with an alternate identity. I hate having to cheat.

metsmarathon May 04 2020 09:43 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

haven't we already had an ed kranepool i've been everywhere parody before?

batmagadanleadoff May 04 2020 09:50 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

Oh, great! Another three-ballot voter!

LWFS May 04 2020 09:51 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

haven't we already had an ed kranepool i've been everywhere parody before? It felt REALLY familiar. Like, it encompassed everything, and worked really well, and fit in the TV references... but it didn't feel quite as... tailored as some of the others. I dug the Foy line from "Me and Julio," which felt lived in and had a bounce to it. Though others-- Sadecki, Aqualung-- have their moments, Julio and Paradise are my standouts.

batmagadanleadoff May 04 2020 09:55 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

haven't we already had an ed kranepool i've been everywhere parody before? It felt REALLY familiar. Like, it encompassed everything, and worked really well, and fit in the TV references... but it didn't feel quite as... tailored as some of the others. I dug the Foy line from "Me and Julio," which felt lived in and had a bounce to it. Though others-- Sadecki, Aqualung-- have their moments, Julio and Paradise are my standouts. Paradise is about as great a parody as I've ever seen on this forum. It hits all the right notes. The Mets history, the minutiae.... the details. And it works in the TV reference in a meaningful way. The Archie Bunker/Phil Rizzuto interlude is much more than just TV name dropping and a contrived TV nod. I can't believe there are four voters here who left it off their ballots, thinking that there were four better parodies in this round than Paradise

Fman99 May 04 2020 10:44 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

They could just all be super-haters of that song and/or artist. I could accept that.

Edgy MD May 05 2020 10:07 AM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

Yeah, "I'm not familiar with the source song" = bad reason to vote against a song. (Use the Internet! Learn!) "The source song makes me want to kill somebody I love" = perfectly reasonable justification for voting against a song. We're in the home stretch, here folks! Fifty-four minutes until voting closes! Get your elderly neighbors into the car and get them to the polling places!

Edgy MD May 05 2020 11:24 AM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

Well, it seems we have a three-way tie for that fourth spot!!

kcmets May 05 2020 11:57 AM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

67 ÷ 4 = 16.75... so that might have been averted if...

metsmarathon May 05 2020 12:35 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

Edgy MD wrote: "The source song makes me want to kill somebody I love" = perfectly reasonable justification for voting against a song. is this why modern(-ish) boy bands get no love?

Edgy MD May 05 2020 12:55 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

Collectively, probably not, but I suspected "The Call" had to do some upstream swimming.

batmagadanleadoff May 05 2020 01:54 PM Re: The 2020 MeTV Crane Pool Cup Song Parody Contest Quarter-finals

Edgy MD wrote: Well, it seems we have a three-way tie for that fourth spot!! Correctamundo! Shoot on over to the quarterfinals tiebreaker thread as we sort out this humdinger of a dog-fight for the fourth semi-final slot. Advancing 13 Ron Hodges - "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" - Meat Loaf 12 Wayne Garrett - "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" - Paul Simon 10 Ray Sadecki - "Love is All Around" (The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song) - Sonny Curtis (Live perforfmance by Joan Jett) To be Determined 9 Ed Kranepool - "I've Been Everywhere" - Johnny Cash 9 Felix Millan - "Aqualung" - Jethro Tull 9 Felix Millan/John Stearns - "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" - Jim Croce Not Advancing 5 Dave Kingman - "King Kong" - The Kinks