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"8th Inning Sing-Along"

Gwreck Aug 18 2006 09:20 PM

First time I've ever seen this at Shea. Middle of the 8th, sponsored by XM Radio. "Fans, please get up out of your seats and join us in singing along to the 8th inning singalong sponsored by XM Radio!" And what do they play? Sweet Caroline. And what did everybody do? Sing along. Loudly. Like the Mets created this idea. Sheep blindly following what the scoreboard says to do. Baaaaa. Attention Morons: We DON'T NEED ANYBODY ELSE'S TRADITION!! This is worse than the idiots doing "roll call" at Shea. The idea is intriguing -- a sing-along could be fun -- but how about we get our OWN FREAKING SONG. Suggestion: Glory Days, Bruce Springsteen. Fun, well-known, upbeat, easy chorus, baseball content, and not somebody else's freakin' tradition. [/rant]

metirish Aug 18 2006 09:32 PM

WOW that sucks, I would like to hear them go with "celebrate" from a band from Ireland called "An Emotional Fish"...great bloody song... ] She insists that she's a lunatic, closer to the bone She hardly ever visits upstairs, ride the telephone Well I guess beauty does what beauty does best It's beautiful See that's the trouble with reality, it's taken far too seriously I do hope God is good to me and Santa Claus to the children Celebrate This party's over I'm going home Celebrate This party's over I'm going home His essential complications are hung up and confused It's a planet full of traffic lights and traffic light abusers But that's no stranger than strange Or any other stranger He claims it's dangerous to be innocent 'cause you're the victim every time Histories of insanity intruding on the sane Celebrate This party's over I'm going home Celebrate This party's over I'm going home Histories of insanity intruding on the sane Even if your problem is the problem do we have to play those games? But all these dizzy numb For anyone to shoulder See that's the trouble with reality, it's taken far too seriously I do hope God is good to me and Santa Claus to the children Celebrate This party's over I'm going home Celebrate This party's over I'm going home Celebrate This party's over I'm going home Celebrate This party's over I'm going home

Willets Point Aug 18 2006 09:33 PM

CPF'ers have already selected quality songs for Shea singalongs, including "I Touch Myself" by the Divinyls and "Breakout" by Swing Out Sister.

Nymr83 Aug 18 2006 11:46 PM

]This is worse than the idiots doing "roll call" at Shea. nothing is worse than that, but yeah we do need our own song, i like the idea of a sing along though. how about Billy Joel?

Edgy DC Aug 19 2006 08:23 AM

"She, Sheila" by The Producers. Really, can we do better than "Der Kommisar"? I don't think so.

KC Aug 19 2006 08:30 AM

Well - the house is a rockin dont bother knockin Yeah - the house is a rockin dont bother knockin Yeah - the house is a rockin dont bother come on in Kick off your shoes start losin the blues This old house aint got nothin to lose Seen it all for years start spreadin the news We got room on the floor come on baby shake sumpin loose Well - the house is a rockin dont bother knockin Yeah - the house is a rockin dont bother knockin Yeah - the house is a rockin dont bother come on in Well - the house is a rockin dont bother knockin Yeah - the house is a rockin dont bother knockin Yeah - the house is a rockin dont bother come on in Walkin up the street you can hear the sound Of some bad honky tonkers really layin it down Theyve seen it all for years and got nothin to lose So get down on the floor shimmy til you shake sumpin loose Well - the house is a rockin dont bother knockin Yeah - the house is a rockin dont bother knockin Yeah - the house is a rockin dont bother come on in I said the house is a rockin dont bother come on in

ScarletKnight41 Aug 19 2006 08:32 AM

How about The Curly Shuffle?

seawolf17 Aug 19 2006 08:38 AM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: How about The Curly Shuffle? Yes!

Iubitul Aug 19 2006 08:38 AM

ScarletKnight41 wrote: How about The Curly Shuffle? You asked for it, we've got it...

SwitchHitter Aug 19 2006 08:43 AM

The best singalong song is Clementine. To the tune of Beethoven's 9th.

Diamond Dad Aug 23 2006 08:40 AM Curly Shuffle

They've used it twice recently and both times the Mets came from behind to win. I say we stick with it!

Johnny Dickshot Aug 23 2006 08:50 AM

The singalong was Sweet Caroline again last nite... pathetic. They played the Curly Shuffle during a pitching change. The 80s video quiz writers were reading the CPF: 1. In a Big Country -- Big Country 2. What's Love Got to Do With It -- Tina Turner 3. Everybody Wants to Rule the World -- Tears for Fears The contestant was not, who guessed No. 2 was called "She works hard for the money."

HahnSolo Aug 23 2006 08:51 AM

What's "roll call"?

Edgy DC Aug 23 2006 08:54 AM

The best thing about "The Curly Shuffle" is that it was a failed single months old when the Mets picked it up. Hammering home proven product until all ballpark experiences are smoothed out into a flat sameness is lame-o.

seawolf17 Aug 23 2006 09:17 AM

I love "Sweet Caroline," but it has no business being played over the PA at Shea Stadium. Leave it in Fenway, and bring back the Curly Shuffle permanently.

Frayed Knot Aug 23 2006 09:18 AM

HahnSolo wrote: What's "roll call"? It's the 1st inning act started by those in the Yanqui Stadium OF bleachers where they chant out each starting player's name until said player acknowledges them with a quickie wave (not sure that pitcher & catcher always comply). A handful of Met fans tried starting it during a few games this season - but it's truly a stolen act and didn't go over well ... nor should it.

Rotblatt Aug 23 2006 09:23 AM

Yeah, the Sweet Caroline thing last night bothered me, although I did find out via my uncle that the song is about Caroline Kennedy, which I hadn't known, so at least I learned something. The Curley Shuffle, on the other hand--great fun! I like the Boss idea, but I'm not sure if Glory Days is the right song . . . I'm a big fan of "I'm on Fire" but it's pretty low key. What about "Born to Run"? Not only is it a great song, it's also got some good sing-along "ohs." Plus, with Reyes, Beltran & Wright locked up long term, we truely are "born to run." Of course, there's always: "Beat on the Brat, beat on the brat with a baseball bat, oh yeah! Oh yeah! Oh-hoh!"

Willets Point Aug 23 2006 07:02 PM

Considering Shea history, a Beatles sing-a-long would be a great tradition.

seawolf17 Aug 23 2006 07:11 PM

Willets Point wrote: Considering Shea history, a Beatles sing-a-long would be a great tradition. Can I nominate "I Saw Her Standing There"? "Woooooooooooo!"

Gwreck Aug 23 2006 10:02 PM

I'm pleased to report that the Curly Shuffle replaced Sweet Caroline tonight in the 8th inning.

ABG Aug 24 2006 07:50 AM

Smart Red Sox fans even think it's dumb to play at Fenway.

Willets Point Aug 24 2006 09:18 AM

The thing that's fun about it at Fenway is that it's a fan thing. The PA announcer announcer doesn't say it's time for a singalong, the song just plays and people singalong. I think its a Boston thing actually. When I first moved to Boston in 1998 when I went to bars inevitably the song would be played and people would singalong so that they start singing along at Fenway is not surprising. I've read recently that singalong with Neil Diamond songs is big in Ireland and Britain. The bars I went to in 1998 had a lot of people from Ireland working in Boston for the summer so they may have brought their tradition to the states. So I think it's kind of fun that way, but again because the fans at Fenway originated it as opposed to some forced enthusiasm. The rest of the story.

G-Fafif Aug 24 2006 11:12 AM

seawolf17 wrote: ="Willets Point"]Considering Shea history, a Beatles sing-a-long would be a great tradition. Can I nominate "I Saw Her Standing There"? "Woooooooooooo!" Or, for Trachsel, "I Saw Him Standing There." A point of dissent regarding "Sweet Caroline." The Mets used it in lieu of "Lazy Mary" during the seventh-inning stretch on two consecutive Jewish Heritage Days ('cause ya gotta match the ethnic theme to the music, apparently). I've heard it at Cyclone games (Neil Diamond being from Brooklyn). And we lustily sang along with it in bars years and years ago long before "Fever Pitch" came out. I don't consider its use as an XM promotion a total Red Sox ripoff in context. If the Mets start leading us in a chorus of "Tessie," that's a whole other matter.

Centerfield Aug 24 2006 11:29 AM

I brought this up in the Film Review Forum. There is a scene in Beautiful Girls, released in 1996, where the crew sings along to Sweet Caroline when Timothy Hutton's character plays it on the piano. The movie is set in rural Massachusetts and everyone there is a Boston fan. I wondered if the tradition had its roots in that scene.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 24 2006 11:35 AM

Tessie. I won't cut fresh flowers for you. Tessie. I won't keep the wine cold for you.

Rotblatt Aug 24 2006 11:37 AM

Uh, I now have Sweet Caroline in my head. It's getting kind of annoying.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 24 2006 11:39 AM

="Rotblatt"]Uh, I now have Sweet Caroline in my head. It's getting kind of annoying. That's been happening to me, too. Where it began...

Centerfield Aug 24 2006 11:44 AM

...touching hands, reaching out...

seawolf17 Aug 24 2006 11:52 AM

touching me... touching youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

Willets Point Aug 24 2006 12:01 PM

so good, so good, so good

metirish Aug 24 2006 12:06 PM

Oh, sweet Caroline

Willets Point Aug 24 2006 12:08 PM

By the way, Neil Diamond has built his career on earworms.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 24 2006 12:13 PM

Nothing kills a sing-along like mention of earworms.

Iubitul Aug 24 2006 03:19 PM

="Yancy Street Gang"]Where it began... I can't begin to know when

Willets Point Aug 24 2006 03:30 PM

But then I know it's growing strong

Iubitul Aug 24 2006 03:37 PM

Oh, wasn't the spring,

Benjamin Grimm Aug 24 2006 05:24 PM

Then spring became the summer

Willets Point Aug 24 2006 08:58 PM

Who'd believe you'd come along

cooby Aug 24 2006 09:01 PM

Wow if I had known you guys were singing Sweet Caroline in here, I would have read this thread hours ago. Carry on!

duan Aug 25 2006 02:32 AM

One of the guys who plays football with us is Dave Frew - guitarist and co-writer of the below. He's just finished an extension on his house and so I'm sure he could really do with the extra publishing royalities that would ensue! If there's anything you can do to make it happen MetIrish - he'd be enternally in your debt! metirish wrote: WOW that sucks, I would like to hear them go with "celebrate" from a band from Ireland called "An Emotional Fish"...great bloody song... ] She insists that she's a lunatic, closer to the bone She hardly ever visits upstairs, ride the telephone Well I guess beauty does what beauty does best It's beautiful See that's the trouble with reality, it's taken far too seriously I do hope God is good to me and Santa Claus to the children Celebrate This party's over I'm going home Celebrate This party's over I'm going home His essential complications are hung up and confused It's a planet full of traffic lights and traffic light abusers But that's no stranger than strange Or any other stranger He claims it's dangerous to be innocent 'cause you're the victim every time Histories of insanity intruding on the sane Celebrate This party's over I'm going home Celebrate This party's over I'm going home Histories of insanity intruding on the sane Even if your problem is the problem do we have to play those games? But all these dizzy numb For anyone to shoulder See that's the trouble with reality, it's taken far too seriously I do hope God is good to me and Santa Claus to the children Celebrate This party's over I'm going home Celebrate This party's over I'm going home Celebrate This party's over I'm going home Celebrate This party's over I'm going home

Benjamin Grimm Aug 25 2006 05:16 AM

I don't think the fans at Shea would sing along with a song that they don't know.