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seawolf17 Mar 31 2008 07:25 AM

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/fan_forum/singalong_vote_form.jsp ]What Sing-A-Long Song Should the Mets Play During the Eighth Inning in the Final Season At Shea? Fans, select your favorite from the songs listed below. Your votes will help determine what Sing-A-Long gets played during the 8th Inning during the final historic year at Shea. Fan voting is now open and concludes at Noon on Monday, April 7. Select a song from the list below, or select "Other" to write-in your own suggestion. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations I'll Be There For You - The Rembrandts I'm A Believer - The Monkees Land Of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett I Love Rock N' Roll - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi Movin' Out - Billy Joel Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond Waitin' On A Sunny Day - Bruce Springsteen Other The people's voices must be heard!

AG/DC Mar 31 2008 07:28 AM

Is that a binding poll?

soupcan Mar 31 2008 07:36 AM

Curly Shuffle's not really a sing-a-long though I kinda like 'Build Me Up Buttercup' for that. Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison - Gay. I'll Be There For You - The Rembrandts - Very gay. I'm A Believer - The Monkees - Eh. Not slow enough for this purpose. Land Of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett - No idea. I Love Rock N' Roll - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - Doesn't have enough cross-generational appeal Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi - God no. Movin' Out - Billy Joel - Please, no. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond - My problem with this is that its a Red Sox tradition. Waitin' On A Sunny Day - Bruce Springsteen - Um, no.

soupcan Mar 31 2008 07:39 AM

Why do they need my name, email address and birth date in order for me to vote? This is bullshit - just another way for them to make money. It never stops. Amazing.

AG/DC Mar 31 2008 07:49 AM

="soupcan"]Land Of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett - No idea. Nah. I'm sure you know this. It's just that most people think of it as: "Naaa, na-na-na-naaaaa. Na-na-na-naaa, na-na-naaa, naa, na. Na-na-na-naaaa!"

seawolf17 Mar 31 2008 07:53 AM

http://www.metsblog.com/2008/03/31/vote-meet-the-mets-for-new-sing-a-long/ Metsblog says you should write in "Meet The Mets"... and considering they can't use the song next year anyway because of the "Shea" line, I think that'd be a grand plan too.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 31 2008 08:19 AM

The 1984 version of Meet the Mets mentions Shea by name, but the original version (the REAL version) doesn't.

soupcan Mar 31 2008 08:24 AM

And the '84 version blows chunks anyway.

Gwreck Mar 31 2008 08:26 AM

I think we need to remember the greater good when voting. Write-in choices are nice, but what if there are too many, splitting the vote, and Sweet Caroline winds up winning?

TheOldMole Mar 31 2008 08:39 AM

If we got other Met blogs and fan sites behind the Curly Shuffle...?

themetfairy Mar 31 2008 08:40 AM

Build Me Up Buttercup has always been one of my favorites. It's even my ringtone.

soupcan Mar 31 2008 08:42 AM

And EVERYBODY knows the words - it's perfect Is there a team that already uses it?

Benjamin Grimm Mar 31 2008 08:48 AM

I think I'd vote for "Buttercup" too. The Curley Shuffle belongs in the dustbin of history.

Fman99 Mar 31 2008 09:36 AM

I like "In-a-godda-davida" as a write-in candidate. There you go.

AG/DC Mar 31 2008 09:40 AM

soupcan wrote: And EVERYBODY knows the words - it's perfect. If you want every game to be like your lame cousin's wedding, I guess.

soupcan Mar 31 2008 09:45 AM

Well - they are looking for a 'sing-a-long'.

AG/DC Mar 31 2008 09:53 AM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Mar 31 2008 10:05 AM

Folks don't sing in public to anything in the United States (at least nothing in English), and that's a fact. "Sweet Caroline" is a process of standing around, hooting and hollering, and waving at cameras, until they get their chance to go "Duh, duh, duh!" and "So good! So good! So good!" which isn't even in the song. That ain't singing. "Bulid Me Up, Buttercup" would be a process of standing around, hooting and hollering, and waving at cameras, until they get their chance to echo "Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh!" as the DJ turns down the song for three seconds to cue them. That ain't singing either. Going "HEY!" during "Rock and Roll, Part II" also isn't singing.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 31 2008 09:57 AM

Well, it's not supposed to be music appreciation class. It's supposed to be fun. And if chanting "Oooh!" or "HEY!" entertains the crowd, then that's what they were going for.

soupcan Mar 31 2008 10:04 AM

AG/DC wrote: Folks don't sing public to anything in the United States I do. Honed my singing in public in college on Thursday $1 Import Nights at Maggies on Marshall Street, singing into Molson bottles. 'Mony Mony' would be a good sing-a-long except 'Ride the pony' can be (and was) easily substituted with 'fucking bullshit!' and at the breaks singing 'Get laid! Get fucked!' really slides in there nicely.

AG/DC Mar 31 2008 10:13 AM

Then sing a better song for Pete's sake. Teach it to them. And who doesn't know the words, more or less, to "Meet the Mets"? Japanese fans know how to sing out:

SteveJRogers Mar 31 2008 03:31 PM

They should easily replace the awful "Everybody clap yo hands!" thing and even the classic shot from Network with the Curly Shuffle.

SteveJRogers Mar 31 2008 03:35 PM

soupcan wrote: And the '84 version blows chunks anyway. Hence why it's been removed from inside the ballpark, but for reasons known only to them, the PA system outside Shea still plays this. The instrumental intro is still used to close out the Mets Extra postgame show on WFAN radio as well, but for all intents and purposes the original has been back in use for quite sometime now.

metirish Apr 04 2008 06:40 PM

The eighth inning could get Rickrolled... [url=http://digg.com/baseball/Digg_users_unite_Let_s_Rickroll_the_NY_Mets_all_year]Rickrolled all year long[/url] Are you all familiar with what Rickroll is? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 04 2008 07:28 PM

Serves 'em right.

AG/DC Apr 04 2008 07:29 PM

Brilliant.

Rockin' Doc Apr 05 2008 08:30 AM

AG/DC - - "Japanese fans know how to sing out..." If you can't get American crowds to sing in English, you'll never get them to sing in Japanese.

Fman99 Apr 05 2008 08:37 AM

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Serves 'em right. I love it.

bmfc1 Apr 05 2008 04:57 PM

metirish wrote: The eighth inning could get Rickrolled... [url=http://digg.com/baseball/Digg_users_unite_Let_s_Rickroll_the_NY_Mets_all_year]Rickrolled all year long[/url] Are you all familiar with what Rickroll is? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling My 14 year old son told me that "Rickroll" is an internet meme [fad] that's been around for a year. He said that since more than 8,000 people "Digg'd" it, the song should win. I'm not sure if I understand why this song was the object of the fad. It's a good song. The video is silly (the Pop-Up facts version is good) but there are far worse songs and certainly far worse videos.

Frayed Knot Apr 06 2008 06:21 AM

Do you remember Rick Astley? He had a big fat hit that was ghastly. He said I’m never gonna give you up or let you down. Well I’m here to tell ya that Dick’s a clown -- Nick Lowe

HahnSolo Apr 06 2008 10:48 AM

Wow. What did Rick ever do to Nick?

AG/DC Apr 06 2008 12:01 PM

I don't know, but all threads are leading to that verse.

Frayed Knot Apr 06 2008 07:26 PM

The funniest thing about that passage from the Nick Lowe song is that he puts the same sort of echo-overdub on the 3rd line of that verse that Astley used throughout his song. What struck everyone who first saw that Astley video back when the song was new was how much the person didn't visually match the voice they had been hearing. I think it's safe to say that studio magic had something to do with that.

metirish Apr 06 2008 07:56 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: What struck everyone who first saw that Astley video back when the song was new was how much the person didn't visually match the voice they had been hearing. I think it's safe to say that studio magic had something to do with that. I remember at the time that was a controversy with a whole slew of singers like Astley who all came from the same producer, studio techniques were rumored to be involved.

Triple Dee Apr 06 2008 09:00 PM

And the same songwriters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_Aitken_Waterman

metirish Apr 07 2008 04:35 AM

Triple Dee wrote: And the same songwriters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_Aitken_Waterman Bingo.

bmfc1 Apr 07 2008 06:41 PM

Astley wins, but... from Adam Rubin's blog: Runoff to determine Mets' new 8th inning song The Mets will have a runoff to determine their new eighth-inning sing-along tune. The organization received 5 million votes on its Web site after inviting fans to choose from among 10 selections to potentially replace Sweet Caroline. An issue arose, however, when FARK.com readers bombarded the Mets with gag votes for a write-in candidate: Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up. The Astley tune actually won. Rather than commit to that as the new eighth-inning tune since it probably doesn’t reflect the fan base’s wishes, the Mets will play the top six selections once apiece during the first six games of their home stand. The one that draws the largest crowd response will stick. The other songs that made the cut, in descending order: Livin’ on a Prayer, Bon Jovi; I’m a Believer, The Monkees; Movin’ Out, Billy Joel; Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond; and Build Me Up Buttercup, The Foundations. The Mets suggested the Fark tune winning didn’t necessarily result in the runoff, saying the contest rules stipulated Internet voters would “help decide” the outcome.

SteveJRogers Apr 07 2008 06:48 PM

]Livin’ on a Prayer, Bon Jovi; I’m a Believer, The Monkees; Movin’ Out, Billy Joel; Sweet Caroline, Neil Diamond; and Build Me Up Buttercup, The Foundations. UGH, UGH, UGH, UGH, UGH! I'm shocked that the internet voting, other than the Astley prank going to the extremes, was so predictable. Even the song that they are TRYING to replace made it! Who the hell are voting in these polls? Corn ball tourists from the mid-west who don't know any better because of the spoonfed mass pop culture?

AG/DC Apr 07 2008 07:55 PM

How did the Mets miss the point?

metirish Apr 08 2008 08:28 PM

Song getting played today at Shea was on youtube, not anymore.... ]This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by MLB Advanced Media

themetfairy Apr 09 2008 05:27 AM

The selection was heartily booed by the fans in attendance.

HahnSolo Apr 09 2008 02:15 PM

Why isn't None of the Above an option? where is the voice for the fan who doesn't want to sing along like sheep being led to the slaughter? And lest we forget about Rick Astley, wasn't Together Forever a Shea staple in the late 80s, with video highlight montages on the Diamond Vision?

AG/DC Apr 09 2008 02:20 PM

Do sheep being led to the slaughter sing? I'd like to hear that, though it's probably not a very happy song.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 09 2008 02:23 PM

The day that taser-bearing thugs start forcing the fans to sing along is the day that I start caring about this issue. There is so much noise at Shea, and so many distractions, that I find it hard to get worked up about one or another. Why is the song that they play in the 8th inning any more important than what the Mets do during all of the other inning breaks?

soupcan Apr 09 2008 07:24 PM

AG/DC wrote: Do sheep being led to the slaughter sing? I'd like to hear that, though it's probably not a very happy song. Do you fear the silence of the lambs Clarice?

Gwreck Apr 12 2008 08:47 PM

I'm proud to report that when they played Sweet Caroline today there was a good amount of booing as well. Looks like it's gonna be Bon Jovi. I guess I can live with that over Neil Diamond.

seawolf17 Apr 13 2008 11:25 AM

For love, we'll give it a shot.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 13 2008 12:14 PM

Maybe when the season's over we can leave Shea where it is and implode Bon Jovi.

HahnSolo Apr 14 2008 06:50 AM

I was there yesterday. I was shocked how many people around me knew the lyrics to Buttercup without looking at the scoreboard.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 14 2008 07:58 AM

I was there too. The Buttercup sing-along was fun, but some people hated it so much they booed throughout. The "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" sing-along was a flop, though. Previous versions were fun, but now they have kids singing it. It's cute and all, but the pace is all wrong and it's very difficult to sing along to.

themetfairy Apr 14 2008 08:20 AM

No offense to soup's cute kids, but I agree with Grimm - it was hard singing along with the kids. I do love Buttercup, though. But that's an all-time favorite of mine (and even one of my song parody choices a few years ago). The thing about Buttercup is, lyrically, it describes the relationships of Mets fans who love a team that consistently treats us so badly - ]Why do you build me up (Build me up) Buttercup baby just to let me down (Let me down) And mess me around And then worst of all (Worst of all) You never call baby When you say you will (Say you will) But I love you still I need you (I need you) More than anyone darlin' You know that I have from the start So build me up (Build me up) Buttercup Don't break my heart I'll be over at ten You tell me time and again But you're late I wait around and then I went to the door I can't take any more It's not you You let me down again Baby Baby Try to find a little time And I'll make you happy I'll be home I'll be waiting beside the phone Waiting for you. Why do you build me up.... To you I'm a toy But I could be the boy You adore If you'd just let me know Although you're untrue I'm attracted to you All the more Why do I need you so Baby Baby..... ooh ooh ooh Why do build me up .....

metirish Apr 14 2008 08:23 AM

Why do we need a song for the eighth inning , the whole process is the pits.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 14 2008 08:39 AM

Why? Because on any given day, there are thousands of people in the crowd who don't give a damn about the game, and these other attractions (or distractions) help them have a good time, and make them more likely to return in the future. I see nothing offensive at all about a sing-along, as long as it happens between innings. Same is true of dugout dance competitions, trivia games, Professor Reyes, t-shirt cannons, etc.

AG/DC Apr 14 2008 08:55 AM

Some of them can detract from the experience for more folks than those for whom the experience is added to. I just want the Mets to be (a) different and (b) clever. Most all those things say the Mets and their culture are just like those of every other team. Professor Reyes is an exception, but that fails the clever test tremendously, absurdly suggesting that Mets baseball fandom exists in a cocoon where Spanish in America is still novel and a Spanish-as-a-first-language-speaking shortstop is still exotic. That shit embarasses me to the point of blushing. David Newman, senior vice president, marketing & communications, we need to talk.

soupcan Apr 14 2008 08:58 AM

BUT-TER CUP! BUT-TER CUP! BUT-TER CUP! BUT-TER CUP!

themetfairy Apr 14 2008 09:23 AM

LOL soup <g> Grimm's points are valid. The between inning stuff may be lame, but it's harmless. It's less irritating than the things that go on during innings, such as encouraging the wave or telling people to make noise, etc.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 14 2008 09:48 AM

="AG/DC"]Most all those things say the Mets and their culture are just like those of every other team. I see what you're saying, but how exceptional are the Mets, really? Or is the main distinction that they're the team we love and all the other teams are not? But following up on your point, there's really only one good candidate for an 8th-inning sing-along song: Meet the Mets. Does any other team have such a beloved anthem? It's fun, it's singable, it evokes great memories, and it's all ours. There are 29 other ballparks where they can sing Build Me Up Buttercup but there's only one where they can sing Meet the Mets.

AG/DC Apr 14 2008 09:54 AM

="Benjamin Grimm"]I see what you're saying, but how exceptional are the Mets, really? Or is the main distinction that they're the team we love and all the other teams are not? Less every day, apparently. I wish folks cared more. ="Benjamin Grimm"]But following up on your point, there's really only one good candidate for an 8th-inning sing-along song: Meet the Mets. Does any other team have such a beloved anthem? It's fun, it's singable, it evokes great memories, and it's all ours. There are 29 other ballparks where they can sing Build Me Up Buttercup but there's only one where they can sing Meet the Mets. What I'm sayin'! You can have can play different versions. You can have different artists come in and sing it. It'd be bigger than Lego.

Frayed Knot Apr 14 2008 10:17 AM

"I do love Buttercup, though ... an all-time favorite of mine " Haven't met a female yet who doesn't like that song. I think they should try out 81 different songs in the 8th inning. Then next year they can try out 81 more.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 14 2008 12:00 PM

I wonder if MLB issues directives saying what the between-innings features should be, in some misguided belief that uniformity is desirable. (It is, after all, the approach they took with the team websites.) "Thou Shalt Have a Kiss-Cam" "Thou Shalt Have a Dugout Dance Contest" "Thou Shalt Have a T-Shirt Cannon" In the last 15 seasons, I've only attended games at Shea or in Philadelphia's two ballparks, so I don't have much sense of how much entertainment diversity is out there. I do know that the stuff they do at Phillies games seems a lot like the stuff they do at Mets games.

themetfairy Apr 14 2008 12:35 PM

They're big into uniformity. Remember when every team's website was separate and distinct from each other. Thou Shalt All Be Homogeneous!

Centerfield Apr 14 2008 12:36 PM

I vote for 8th inning lapdances.

metirish Apr 14 2008 12:37 PM

Public floggings on the mound administered by Pete Flynn in the eighth.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 14 2008 12:40 PM

Nobody would see the floggings. Their view would be obscured by the lap dancers.

HahnSolo Apr 14 2008 01:22 PM

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I wonder if MLB issues directives saying what the between-innings features should be, in some misguided belief that uniformity is desirable. (It is, after all, the approach they took with the team websites.) "Thou Shalt Have a Kiss-Cam" Ahh, the Kiss Cam. Two years ago they put a couple on the scoreboard and the crowd lustily booed as they did not kiss. If you read lips, the woman was frantically saying "it's my brother, it's my brother."

metsmarathon Apr 14 2008 02:39 PM

either i was at that game, or it happens all the time...

themetfairy Apr 14 2008 02:40 PM

Centerfield wrote: I vote for 8th inning lapdances. Damn you - I was on the phone while I read that, and I almost burst out laughing!

Grote15 Apr 14 2008 05:07 PM

How bout "It's raining men"

Valadius Apr 14 2008 05:18 PM

Hail!!!

themetfairy Apr 16 2008 10:08 AM

[url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/mets/2008/04/mets-8th-inning-song-down-to-f.html]And Then There Were Three[/url]

Gwreck Apr 16 2008 10:37 AM

Total insanity on those three choices. "Movin' Out" was met with mostly indifference; "Sweet Caroline" was booed as much as anything not performed by Rick Astley. Sad thing is that even if they replace Sweet Caroline, I'm still gonna go nuts with either of those other 2 stupid songs all year.

G-Fafif Apr 16 2008 11:51 AM

Last night the simple announcement that one of the finalists was "Sweet Caroline" brought out the boos. I think Neil Diamond is being blamed for The Collapse. "I'm A Believer" seemed to have a bit of momentum going for it. Wasn't booed, was actually mildly sung along with. Any song played in the midst of a convincing home team victory will probably be helped by the surrounding circumstances.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 16 2008 12:09 PM

I peed to it last night. The 8th inning normally is a good opportunity to do that, else you get caught in a big line on the way out.

seawolf17 Apr 18 2008 11:42 AM

Funny.

HahnSolo Apr 18 2008 12:35 PM

Well, we're more than 10% through the home season. Let's get this 8th inning anthem thing settled, darnit.

Willets Point Apr 18 2008 03:18 PM

You know what would be a good Mets tradition? Singing the entire song of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," verses and all. The song is 100-years old this year, it was written in New York, and ties in with the city's vaudeville/Broadway music traditions. Perhaps they can even hire a cute gal to dress up as Katie Casey to lead the sing-a-long. It would be unique but still rooted in baseball tradition, teach history, and be a lot of fun. Plus it would fill up all of the Seventh Inning Stretch and they could move "Lazy Mary" to the 8th-inning break.

Number 6 Apr 18 2008 03:29 PM

I like that thought, Willets. But we all know it's gonna be freakin' Sweet Caroline. Sure, some people booed it last night, but there were also a ton of rubes singing along. Nothing against Neil Diamond (who also wrote "I'm a Believer"), but it'd be nice to have something original.

TheOldMole Apr 18 2008 07:42 PM

What about "Lazy Mary"?