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2008 Parody Contest Round 1: #18 ABNS vs #15 Metfairy

Who will win the play-in?

A Boy Named Seo	16 votes
themetfairy	11 votes

seawolf17 Jan 09 2008 12:21 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 15 2008 11:10 AM

Post your lyrics here!

themetfairy Jan 09 2008 01:10 PM

By mutual agreement, Seo and I will post our entries on Monday.

Elster88 Jan 13 2008 10:59 AM

No way the tournament gets finished by Opening Day.

themetfairy Jan 14 2008 04:35 AM

Tim McCarver Ooh my old obnoxious one, toxic one. When you gonna give me a score, McCarver? Ooh you got a motor mouth, a motor mouth. Gun it without knowin' the facts McCarver Never gonna stop, give it up. Such a pompous mind. Always get it up for the chance To hyperbolize. Tim Tim Timmy yi woo. Tim Tim Tim Tim McCarver... Look a little closer huh, ah will ya huh. Close enough to notice the game, McCarver. Keep the score a mystery, gets to me Having no compliments for Mets, McCarver Never gonna stop, give it up. Such a pompous mind. Always get it up for the chance To hyperbolize. Tim Tim Timmy yi woo. Tim Tim Tim Tim McCarver... When you gonna give it to me, the count to me. You love the sound of your own voice, McCarver Is it inaccuracy, falsity? Will you just shut up about catchers, McCarver? Never gonna stop, give it up. Such a pompous mind. Always get it up for the chance To hyperbolize. Tim Tim Timmy yi woo. Tim Tim Tim Tim McCarver... The original tune can be heard here - The clock will start when ABNS posts his parody.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 14 2008 08:18 AM

Video Killed the Former All-Star http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSUX9byu6NY (a cover by some high school kids using a harp, mandolin, and stand-up bass!) I heard you on the TV back in '92. I had tuned in for Kiner, but I stayed for you. I was still new, I did not know you were a boob. Oh-a oh You were an all-star when you played for St. Louie In '67 you were damn near MVP But now you're mucking up the game on my TV Oh-a oh I met your critics Oh-a oh What did I tell them? Video killed the former all-star. Video killed the former all-star. Pictures crapped on your fresh start. Oh-a-a-a oh And now I see you in a FOX sports studio. That mustard colored sports coat seems so long ago. All the bloggers say that you completely blow. Oh-a oh You're not the worst one. Oh-a oh 'May be Jack Buck's son. Video killed the former all-star. Video killed the former all-star. In my mind or some sports bar, we can't rewind we've gone too far Oh-a-aho oh, Oh-a-aho oh Video killed the former all-star. Video killed the former all-star. In my mind or some sports bar, we can't rewind we've gone too far. Pictures crapped on your fresh start, put the blame on WOR. You were a baseball star. You were a baseball star. Video killed the former all-star. Video killed the former all-star. Video killed the former all-star. Video killed the former all-star.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 14 2008 08:25 AM

Two blatant Lunchbucket vote panderers!

Benjamin Grimm Jan 14 2008 08:30 AM

Wow. If I were doing a Tim McCarver song it would be unabashedly positive. Watching the Mets in 1983 and the years that followed was so much more fun than in the Lorn Brown/Steve Albert days. The Mets better performance was a huge part of that, of course, but so were Tim McCarver and Steve Zabriskie. They brought life and humor to the Mets broadcast booth, and they reinvigorated Ralph Kiner. My song would probably be, "Timmy Mac, You Brought the Magic Back!'

Centerfield Jan 14 2008 08:44 AM

McCarver: Those are two fine, fine parodies. Voters will be forced to make a tough decision here...voting for one song precludes the voter from voting for the other, regardless of how good that other song might be. Buck: And of course, all of this precipitated by the fact that MetFairy came out of retirement earlier this winter. McCarver: Excellent point Joe. If MetFairy doesn't come back, Seo is on to the next round and this matchup never happens. Her decision to return, potentially a huge play in this tournament. Huge.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 14 2008 09:39 AM

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Wow. If I were doing a Tim McCarver song it would be unabashedly positive. Watching the Mets in 1983 and the years that followed was so much more fun than in the Lorn Brown/Steve Albert days. The Mets better performance was a huge part of that, of course, but so were Tim McCarver and Steve Zabriskie. They brought life and humor to the Mets broadcast booth, and they reinvigorated Ralph Kiner. My song would probably be, "Timmy Mac, You Brought the Magic Back!' I remember really liking McCarver back then, too, but don't remember anything specific. Did he even wear one of those mustard colored sports jackets? The material now and some of the negative stuff was way easier. Isn't it always? Edit: Good job on your tune, Fairy. Best of luck.

AG/DC Jan 14 2008 09:42 AM

Fuck easier. Easier is the enemy of greater, or somethig. That McCarver re-animated the Mets booth is pretty hard to deny. He changed the whole form. That he became a parody of himself is sad but doesn't undo that. So did the Stones.

Fman99 Jan 14 2008 09:50 AM

I voted for Seo. Nice work fellas.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 14 2008 09:53 AM

Love the Wrong Trousers!

AG/DC Jan 14 2008 09:59 AM

I'm huge on The Wrong Trousers. Chick singer needs to work on her pipes and then I'm taking them to the top.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 14 2008 10:14 AM

I'm like, on their myspace page

themetfairy Jan 14 2008 10:29 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 14 2008 12:41 PM

Damn, Seo - that's a good one! ON EDIT - Best of luck to you as well! I saw your parody earlier, but I'm just now getting through the comments. And CF - ROFL!

AG/DC Jan 14 2008 10:44 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 14 2008 12:28 PM

Checking out some other work of the Trousers, the girl can harp, but she makes some ill-advised hair decisions, and isn't quite as clever as she thinks she is. Saying they named themselves after "an old claymation" can make me a person feel... old. Anyhow, if Seo hasn't signed them to his record lable yet, he's dumber than I think he is and I'm not voting for his parody.

G-Fafif Jan 14 2008 11:58 AM

I believe it's Tim McCarver's doing that he didn't inspire more reverence for his salad days when he wasn't "obnoxious" or a "boob". Wonderful job by both parodists expressing the venomous consensus for his more recent output.

Willets Point Jan 14 2008 12:14 PM

I like to guess what the song is when reading the parody and for metsfairy I guessed "Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley. I was wrong.

soupcan Jan 14 2008 12:47 PM

The Knack and The Buggles! Two of my favorite one-hit wonders (yes Edgy I know - 'Good Girls Don't') Great job on both fronts. If this first round is any indication, this year's contest has taken iit up a notch. Or two even!

metsguyinmichigan Jan 14 2008 12:55 PM

Excellent, excellent job from both parties. Impressive.

AG/DC Jan 14 2008 12:56 PM

Yeah, well, the, um, jerk store just called and...

seawolf17 Jan 14 2008 01:51 PM

We've had two epic play-in battles so far.

Mendoza Line Jan 14 2008 06:57 PM

Two classic "can't get this damn song out of my head" songs. Gee, thanks. Both parodies were excellent...fairy's sounded a little more like a natural fit, but I've got to give the vote to Seo based on song difficulty.

themetfairy Jan 15 2008 06:33 AM

Since I'm down by three votes with a couple of hours to go, and since I'll be out this morning, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate Seo on a job well done. My consolation is the fact that now he's stuck with writing a parody based on Kevin Baez while I'll be sitting around eating shrimp ;)

AG/DC Jan 15 2008 07:20 AM

Somebody did Baez once. I'm remembering now. It was the former Johnny Dickshot with "The Guy Said, 'Kevin Baez'"

TransMonk Jan 15 2008 09:31 AM

A search for "Kevin Baez Biography" on Google yields JD's song as the 8th entry: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=kevin+baez+biography

AG/DC Jan 15 2008 09:39 AM

Now that was a barnburner.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 15 2008 11:36 AM

AG/DC wrote: Checking out some other work of the Trousers, the girl can harp, but she makes some ill-advised hair decisions, and isn't quite as clever as she thinks she is. Saying they named themselves after "an old claymation" can make me a person feel... old. Anyhow, if Seo hasn't signed them to his record lable yet, he's dumber than I think he is and I'm not voting for his parody. Dig those Wrong Trousers, too. A friend sent me that clip a few weeks back and I'm responsible for roughly a third of their YouTube plays, I bet. We might go see 'em rock a coffee shop in San Diego sometime.

AG/DC Jan 15 2008 11:43 AM

See 'em. Sign 'em. Teach the chick to sing a little or she's out on her ass. Funny to see me call you stupid when I can't spell label.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 15 2008 12:00 PM

I just thought you were getting on Euro on me. The chick does rock it smoother on their more properly recorded tunes. Those kids [url=http://www.myspace.com/thewrongtrousers]Myspace [/url]page. Listen to "Everything All". She can totally twiddle a harp, though. She won't be out on her ass with those chops.

AG/DC Jan 15 2008 12:03 PM

You're not mean enough to run a record label.