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[seawolf17]

Why do I listen to Mike & The Dog? Because at 5:30 yesterday, after they were done interviewing Tim McCarver and went to commercial, I switched over to 1050 to see if they were interviewing anyone, and Michael Fucking Kay was talking to some moron on the phone about Alex Fucking Rodriguez, two and a half hours before a fucking NEW YORK METS playoff game. Jerkass.

[Guest Edgy DC]

http://www.guitarfestival.org/history/images/2004/RandyBachman2_pop.jpgThe problem with "Takin' Care of Business" --- a more or less OK song that rocked the first 1000 times you heard it --- is that, surprise, they're missing the irony of it.

The title comes from Elvis favorite slogan, which he and his posse eventually shortened to "TCB." It wasn't necessarily about working hard, but going onstage, glamming it up, giving the people what they wanted, and getting to live the eternal party in Vegas the other 23 hours of the day.

BTO grabbed this and ran with it, lording over the depressed commuting masses that they didn't choose to "be a musician" like Randy, Chad, Robbie, and Fred, who "love to work at nothing all day."

Sure, it's OK and it rawks the stadium a little bit, but I'm a little leery of even impliictly celebrating the notion of a crew that just gets the job done and parties the rest of the day.

We've been through that with a greater team than this one, and the returns diminished quicker than I was ready for.

[Frayed Knot]

* The thing about 'Sweet Caroline' is that it's the stadium mgmt that's doing that and not the fans. On this, I think we all agree; don't "choose" something that's already an established tradition somewhere else!

* A handful of fans at Shea have tried starting a Yanqui-style "roll call" on a couple of occasions over the last year or two. It rarely lasts or generates any kind of following - nor should it. THAT is the perfect example of fans attempting to steal something that's unique to another group of fans.

* I first remember seeing "K signs" being done for Nolan Ryan - probably from when he was out in Anaheim. It wasn't new to Gooden and the mid-80s Shea, but it's also a generic enough tribute that I'm not sure anyone can really be accused of "stealing" it.

* Sandman - This has been beaten into the ground already. The whole "controversy" was stupid from the git-go ... 'nuff said.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Frayed Knot wrote: THAT is the perfect example of fans attempting to steal something that's unique to another group of fans.

It's also the perfect example of the audience at large not buying in.