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"Our Team, Our Time"

Gwreck Apr 17 2006 04:30 PM

It's the new Mets "song!" (Link is available on Mets.com). This one is pretty bad.

metirish Apr 17 2006 04:31 PM

Damn, I don't have a sound card at my work PC, I bet I'm really missing out.

Yancy Street Gang Apr 17 2006 04:33 PM

I guess I'll hear it sooner or later. The only Mets song we need is Meet the Mets.

GYC Apr 17 2006 04:36 PM

I think I'm going to kill myself.

Nymr83 Apr 17 2006 04:38 PM

this is worse than "who let the dogs out" was back in 2000.

Gwreck Apr 17 2006 04:39 PM

New York Mets! Our team, our time New York Mets! Our team, our time Our team, our time We get the hits, hits! We score the runs, runs! We shut you down, down We're number one...one...one New York Mets! Our team, our time New York Mets! Our team, our time New York Mets! Our team, our time New York Mets! Our team, our time Our team, our time Pedro Martinez will strike you out Billy Wagner coming through, he's throwing heat, no doubt David Wright, Jose Reyes makin' sure you're not safe Just in case, Carlos Delgado, he's at first base Cliff Floyd, Carlos Beltran, playin' the outfield Come to Shea Stadium, our team's the real deal New York Mets! Our team, our time New York Mets! Our team, our time Our team, our time

OlerudOwned Apr 17 2006 04:42 PM

This tops "Someone Stole John Leguizamo's Tickets!"

Yancy Street Gang Apr 17 2006 04:42 PM

We wrote dozens of better songs in this forum a few months ago.

Edgy DC Apr 17 2006 04:43 PM

It's seriously old school, but the lyrics are offaly awful --- weaker than the "Get Metsmerized" lyrics. And it doesn't have any vocal solo by Teufel. It's no "Chocolate Strawberry," that's for sure. Now there was a song. I'm going to submit one of my own.

Yancy Street Gang Apr 17 2006 04:47 PM

Here you're talking trash to your opponents: Pedro Martinez will strike you out Billy Wagner coming through, he's throwing heat, no doubt David Wright, Jose Reyes makin' sure you're not safe Just in case, Carlos Delgado, he's at first base But here you're inviting the fans: Cliff Floyd, Carlos Beltran, playin' the outfield Come to Shea Stadium, our team's the real deal I'm no songwriter (although I did win a championship!) but isn't it best to have a consistent voice?

mlbaseballtalk Apr 17 2006 04:49 PM

They should just replay Lets Go Mets Go! Perfect song that is "timeless" (SC=1986) since there are no specific references And it would tie in with 1986 homages going on all year long Steve

mlbaseballtalk Apr 17 2006 04:54 PM

Of course just KEEP the vintage Meet The Mets! And while we are talking about independant songs used at NY ballparks, lets loose that "Riding On A Subway" song for Shea. Somehow I think the author was thinking more of Yankee Stadium with the lyrics "The Stadium's gonna rock tonight as we make history" When has Shea ever been refered to as "The Stadium" and when does anyone ever say "Yeah I'm going to Yankee" when referring to Yankee Stadium Just my .02 anyway Steve

OlerudOwned Apr 17 2006 04:54 PM

Ugh, according to the press release, it's going to be played at Shea this season (starting tonight). They couldn't have found a more ethical version of mass torture?

Edgy DC Apr 17 2006 04:55 PM

I protest. And my e-mail will reflect that.

ScarletKnight41 Apr 17 2006 04:58 PM

OMG - it's worse than Let's Get Metsmerized!

seawolf17 Apr 17 2006 05:01 PM

Yeah, that's awful. Yikes.

Willets Point Apr 17 2006 05:19 PM

Seawolf, what's the little crocodile dude have to do with Yoshii?

SI Metman Apr 17 2006 05:24 PM

My ears are bleeding. I promise to eat my vegetables if you stop playing the song.

Lundy Apr 17 2006 06:58 PM

I dunno...it's alright, there have been worse. I don't think it's as bad as some of you are saying. It's got a beat, you can dance to it...

mlbaseballtalk Apr 17 2006 07:07 PM

Lundy wrote: I dunno...it's alright, there have been worse. I don't think it's as bad as some of you are saying. It's got a beat, you can dance to it... Its bad because they had to do a press release on Mets.Com for it, its bad because it will be heard AD NAUSEM throughout the year Yes it does have a beat, but it sounds like a parody song that someone at a local radio station would whip up to a well known song's beat In other words, for all the press that they are giving it (okay so far just the WebSite and at Shea, but this seems like part of the 2006 marketing campaign), it sounds like something cooked up in 30 seconds to be a fun bumper or parody piece on a local radio station

Elster88 Apr 17 2006 09:28 PM

Lundy wrote: It's got a beat, you can dance to it... The Doc can DANCE?!?!

Johnny Dickshot Apr 18 2006 07:44 AM

The culprit seems to be the guys who wrote "Now that's Hip" and this guy:

SI Metman Apr 18 2006 07:49 AM

You mean it wasn't Kevin Federline?

mlbaseballtalk Apr 18 2006 08:51 AM

="Johnny Dickshot"]The culprit seems to be the guys who wrote "Now that's Hip" and this guy: UGGGGGGGGGGHHHH! Now thats NOT HIP! No wonder like I said it sounded like something cooked together for a local radio parody bit

Edgy DC Apr 18 2006 11:06 AM

I think we need to bombard the Mets offices to reject this thing. Mets debut new team song BY NEIL BEST Newsday Staff Writer April 18, 2006 A new song for the Mets? As any long-time fan knows, that is potential sacrilege, for "Meet the Mets" forever will be regarded as the official anthem of the Amazin's. Thomas Scandaliato understands that, even if he co-wrote the new song in question, "Our Team. Our Time," which was to debut before last night's game against the Atlanta Braves at Shea Stadium. "I love 'Meet the Mets!'" he said yesterday from the offices of TJS Marketing Group in Smithtown, an advertising agency of which he is president. "Are you kidding? If I replaced that, I'd be shot." "Our Team. Our Time" echoes the Mets' marketing slogan for this season and repeats the title phrase in its lyrics no fewer than 11 times. Its hip-hop beat makes it a tad more contemporary than "Meet the Mets," in which fans are encouraged to "bring your kiddies" and "bring your wife." Scandaliato wrote the song unsolicited, collaborating with friend Steven (Boogie) Brown of Breakthru productions in Orange, N.J. They had a free-lance artist named Aghi record it then presented it to the Mets. They liked it. "It was fans inspired to express their excitement in a song about this year's team, and we thought it was a pretty good effort," said Dave Howard, the Mets' executive vice president of business operations. "It was a pretty cool song." The new song will be played periodically before or during games, and eventually will be made into a video that can be shown on the scoreboard. It could eventually catch on the way "Let's Go Mets" did for the 1986 championship team. But it never will replace "Meet the Mets." Said Howard: "That's the original, the classic, the timeless theme song."

Yancy Street Gang Apr 18 2006 11:43 AM

They went to an advertising agency in Smithtown? I'll at least give them credit for that.

metirish Apr 18 2006 11:44 AM

] You mean it wasn't Kevin Federline? It's now just K-Fed, cool huh?

Johnny Dickshot Apr 18 2006 11:51 AM

I was singing "Let's Go Mets Go" in my head this morning and Randy Newman's "I Love LA" kept interrupting it. I think they're the same song.

Hillbilly Apr 18 2006 12:26 PM

Needs more base.

Centerfield Apr 18 2006 12:30 PM

I always liked "Bring it Home Mets". I think it was the theme on Channel 9 in 1986.

cooby Apr 18 2006 12:31 PM

metirish wrote: ] You mean it wasn't Kevin Federline? It's now just K-Fed, cool huh? Better than F-Ked

abogdan Apr 18 2006 02:48 PM

I'm in awe of how bad this song is.

Willets Point Apr 18 2006 02:54 PM

]No one mentioned this was a rap song, and not just any rap song but an Old School circa 1985 rap song. Edgy from page one: ]It's seriously old school, but the lyrics are offaly awful --- weaker than the "Get Metsmerized" lyrics. And it doesn't have any vocal solo by Teufel. It's no "Chocolate Strawberry," that's for sure. Now there was a song. I'm going to submit one of my own.

Vic Sage Apr 18 2006 02:59 PM

There's a better song about this year's Mets with a similar title... Our Time by Stephen Sondheim (from "Merrily We Roll Along") Something is stirring, Shifting ground … It's just begun. Edges are blurring All around, And yesterday is done. Feel the flow, Hear what's happening: We're what's happening. Don't you know? We're the movers and we're the shapers. We're the names in tomorrow's papers. Up to us, man, to show 'em … It's our time, breathe it in: Worlds to change and worlds to win. Our turn coming through, Me and you, man, Me and you! Feel the flow, Hear what's happening: We're what's happening! Long ago All we had was that funny feeling, Saying someday we'd send 'em reeling, Now it looks like we can! Someday just began … It's our heads on the block. Give us room and start the clock. Our time coming through, Me and you, pal, Me and you! Me and you! Me and you! Me and you! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B0000014VA/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/104-9990785-3285532?%5Fencoding=UTF8#disc_1

G-Fafif Apr 18 2006 03:08 PM

I swear this dreck seems to have been derived from a relatively inoffensive ditty played at the Garden for the Liberty. L! I! B-E-R-T-Y! New York Liberty! Something like that. Then there's the obvious Go New York Go influence, though "the young guns who came to save us/like Greg Anthony and Hubert Davis" is freaking Kander & Ebb by comparison.

Rotblatt Apr 18 2006 03:25 PM

I was cringing as NY1 aired part of it this morning. U-G-L-Y If we're going to go hip-hop, why don't we get some real NY artists to crank one out for us? I bet the Wu could come up with something pretty sweet. RZA & The Genius are from Brooklyn, I think Method Man's from Long Island & Ghostface is from Staten Island--all Mets strongholds. And, in fact, they do reference the Mets in their track "Chrome Wheels" from 2001 (thank you Google). ]I love my brother to death, nigga p*ssy to the rest Shared a pair of Guess and an Eddie Bauer vest A b*tch named Celeste I met her when I was goin to cash a Def Jam check She had some big ass breasts I had to catch her like a shortstop on the Mets Nice.

*62 Apr 18 2006 03:34 PM

I actually made it through at least two seconds of the recording. Even for hip-hop, it's awful.

mlbaseballtalk Apr 18 2006 03:48 PM

The problem also is, this is NOT a song. Lets Go Mets Go was a song, Go NY Go NY Go was a song. This sounds like something cooked up by some local radio personel writing a bit for either a song parody or a self-penned tune. Basically who ever did this is a poor man's Joey Salvia! Salvia is Michael Kay's board op/engineer on 1050 ESPN Radio and is responsible for a lot of 1050's musical interludes (show theme songs, bits, some commercials for the stations, ect) Essentially songs that aren't meant for serious air play on a radio station the way the aforementioned ones (also Meet The Mets, the Yankees song from the same era, ect) Steve

abogdan Apr 18 2006 03:56 PM

Go Ninja, Go Ninja Go

Gwreck Apr 18 2006 03:57 PM

Speaking of Mets songs...does anyone have an MP3 out there of "Get Metsmerized?" I'll be happy to trade my MP3 of the 12" remix of Let's Go Mets...

RealityChuck Apr 19 2006 09:37 AM

="Vic Sage"]There's a better song about this year's Mets with a similar title... Our Time by Stephen Sondheim (from "Merrily We Roll Along") Absolutely false. Anything is better than Sondheim, including "MacArthur Park" and its even more terrible cousin "Rosecrans Boulevard" The song is trivial but not horrible. And, let's face it, as much as I like Meet the Mets, it's only real value is tradition. "Bring the kiddies, bring the wife" is as bad as any line in the new one, and if it were being adopted today, this forum would be saying pretty much the same thing they're saying about the "Our Team Our Time."

Edgy DC Apr 19 2006 10:23 AM

]Anything is better than Sondheim, I'm going to disagree. ]including "MacArthur Park" and its even more terrible cousin "Rosecrans Boulevard" No, and "MacArthur" gets too much shit as it is. ]The song is trivial but not horrible. It's embarrassingly shallow and poorly worded. No cleverness. No romance. Nuttin' except the old-school beats. But lacking self-awareness, it doesn't sound retro so much as cheap. ]And, let's face it, as much as I like Meet the Mets, it's only real value is tradition. This isn't true. Neither should tradition be poo-pooed. ]"Bring the kiddies, bring the wife" is as bad as any line in the new one, Let's not judge it by a single dated lyric. ] and if it were being adopted today, this forum would be saying pretty much the same thing they're saying about the "Our Team Our Time." Nah.

Vic Sage Apr 19 2006 04:30 PM

I find myself in general disagreement with almost everything Chuck says, with comforting consistency. If i'm ever unsure or confused about how i feel about a particular matter, its going to be valuable for me to hear Chuck's position. He is a nearly perfect reverse barometer for me. And i'm sure i can perform an equally valuable service for him.

OlerudOwned Apr 19 2006 04:37 PM

Everything bad is happening because of this song.

Edgy DC Apr 19 2006 08:38 PM

Funny you should make that point. E-mail From: edgydc@yahoo.com I'm not a crank, and I defend the Mets in so many ways, but it seems you have chosen to promote yourselves with a bad bad song. I guess I'm OK with the old-school rap sound, but its total lack of cleverness and self-awareness makes it not sound hip and retro, but rather dumb and cheap. I run a forum dedicated to appreciation of the Mets, and we're all --- young, old, and in between --- almost universally appalled at this song that you think we want to hear. Only a crazy man would point out that the streaking hot Mets have been 0-2 since the launch of this song, so I'm not going to suggest that. Thank You Thank you for sending your questions or suggestions. Your experience is important to us! The New York Mets will review your email and get back to you very soon. I figure Bannister's already read it --- they make the rookies go first in this sort of thing --- and right about now Xavier Nady is going over it and adding his comments in the margins.

metirish Apr 19 2006 08:42 PM

Heilman will no doubt write you back on this, he seems the thoughtful type.

Elster88 Apr 20 2006 08:39 AM

"Only a crazy man would point out that the streaking hot Mets have been 0-2 since the launch of this song, so I'm not going to suggest that." I thought they launched it the day of the first Atlanta game.

mlbaseballtalk Apr 20 2006 09:10 AM

Elster88 wrote: "Only a crazy man would point out that the streaking hot Mets have been 0-2 since the launch of this song, so I'm not going to suggest that." I thought they launched it the day of the first Atlanta game. Like Edgy said, only a crazy man would make such an A) erroneous claim and B) Make such a stupid correlation in a non-sarcastic forum as an email to the Mets complaint department

mlbaseballtalk Apr 20 2006 10:50 AM

Its now gone national on Colin Cowherd's national ESPN Radio talk show Though he said its not as bad as Tower of Power's "Here We Go Steelers" but he did say "The 80's called, they want their Members Only jackets back!" Sadly, Members Only I think is still a Mets sponsor!

Vic Sage Apr 20 2006 10:53 AM

The correlation is not "stupid", its intentionally humorous. That it was done in the "non-sarcastic forum" of the Mets complaint dept email is, in fact, what MAKES it humorous. Explaining humor is as tedious as being repeatedly exposed to mlbaseballtalk's posts.

mlbaseballtalk Apr 20 2006 10:57 AM

Vic Sage wrote: The correlation is not "stupid", its intentionally humorous. That it was done in the "non-sarcastic forum" of the Mets complaint dept email is, in fact, what MAKES it humorous. Explaining humor is as tedious as being repeatedly exposed to mlbaseballtalk's posts. No it degrades your particular agrument sent to an organization that would value a more serious, professional sounding reason for ever using the song ever again, as oppossed to a knee jerk angry response correlating the song to negative Instant Karma that the organization has recently incurred. THOSE are the responses chucked into the circular file first.

Edgy DC Apr 20 2006 02:01 PM

I don't know that to be true. I certainly appreciate a fun and warm joke when I field e-mail from strangers writing about our site and our magazine. A display of self-awareness (I am, after all, the butt of my own joke) shows that it's somebody I can talk to or is worth listening to.

Yancy Street Gang Apr 20 2006 02:04 PM

I'm with Edgy on this one. I think if I were reading comments on that song, I'd be more likely to throw away a letter from someone who was too passionate about it, someone who took it overly seriously. I wouldn't be like that if it was a letter from a mother trying to get medicine for her sick child, but this is just about a gimmicky song. The dose of humor is an indication that we're dealing with a rational person.

mlbaseballtalk Apr 20 2006 02:06 PM

Yancy Street Gang wrote: I'm with Edgy on this one. I think if I were reading comments on that song, I'd be more likely to throw away a letter from someone who was too passionate about it, someone who took it overly seriously. I wouldn't be like that if it was a letter from a mother trying to get medicine for her sick child, but this is just about a gimmicky song. The dose of humor is an indication that we're dealing with a rational person. Yeah good points. Maybe I just went over the top due to Vic's swipe at me

metirish May 05 2006 04:45 PM

This new theme song is being dumped apparently, people at tonights game will hear a jazzed up version of "Meet the Mets", fan complaints is the reason given for the change. I read this in the Daily News but can't find a link online.

Edgy DC May 05 2006 04:54 PM

Things are going too well right now (except, of course, for Juan Samuel's face). The other shoe has to drop.