Mets-Loving Big Shots (MLBS) 2015

[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

Edgy MD wrote: Yeah, I didn't want to be a crank, but that community singalong of "Piano Man" just didn't sit right.

And this has nothing to do with him being a YLDB.

I've actually consulted CPFs most musically astute minds and we arrived to conclusion:

"Glory Days" when they are winning/tying going into the 7th.

"No Surrender" when they are losing going into the 7th. ("Badlands" when they are losing by a lot going into the 7th).

[Benjamin Grimm]

It should just be "Meet the Mets" no matter the score.

[Edgy MD]

Well, as great as it is, and particularly great as a broadcast opener, "MtM" doesn't really line up with the seventh-inning stretch. You've already met the Mets at that point. Either you've brought your kiddies and your wife, or you haven't.

[dgwphotography]

Bring back the Curly Shuffle already...

[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

Edgy MD wrote: Well, as great as it is, and particularly great as a broadcast opener, "MtM" doesn't really line up with the seventh-inning stretch. You've already met the Mets at that point. Either you've brought your kiddies and your wife, or you haven't.

"Glory Days" has bona fide Mets content.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I just noticed this avatar:



Under that Mr. Met head is Late Show With David Letterman stage manager Biff Henderson.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

The right answer is the fucking Beatles, and it's so obviously the right solution and uniquely Metsian that the idiots running the franchise never see it. What other baseball team could possibly, plausibly claim an affiliation with the greatest band there ever was? None other than the Mets. It's a natural! And it needn't be the most boring thing ever, either, as Piano man surely is. Boring and depressing.

They could mix it up! They could do a whole homestand featuring George Harrison songs if they wanted, get MLBS Ken Dashow involved, play good music! Jesus, even Billy Joel needed paul McCartney to help him become associated with the Mets. The Mets don't even have a piano. They're so fucking stupid.

[Edgy MD]

Ramones/Run DMC/Beastie Boys. Gravitate toward the outer boroughs, not toward the Island.

And yeah, there's never a bad reason to go to the Beatles. But that's a good one.

[Guest themetfairy]

I don't think that Billy Joel is necessarily a Mets fan or a MFY fan. He strikes me as someone who is not into sports at all.

OTOH, he appreciates the Mets' place in New York history and New Yorkers' hearts. During his concerts at Shea he went out of his way to provide context to his songs. I'm fine with the shout outs to his fans who are Mets fans, even if he's not one of us.

[Guest themetfairy]

El Segundo Escupidor wrote: "Glory Days" when they are winning/tying going into the 7th. "No Surrender" when they are losing going into the 7th. ("Badlands" when they are losing by a lot going into the 7th).

Dear G-d - NOT Springsteen!

This is a New York team - keep Jersey out of it!

[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

themetfairy wrote: "Glory Days" when they are winning/tying going into the 7th. "No Surrender" when they are losing going into the 7th. ("Badlands" when they are losing by a lot going into the 7th). Dear G-d - NOT Springsteen! This is a New York team - keep Jersey out of it!

A third of Springsteen's songs are about New York.

Also, Billy Joel:musician::Pol Pot: philanthropist

[Lefty Specialist]

MFS62 wrote: I sat in front of Chris Rock and Spike Lee at an MFY playoff game. And they were rooting for the MFYs. (I wasn't)Rock swings both ways. Later

This begs the question.....what were you doing at a MFY playoff game?

[TransMonk]

You guys are ALL wrong. Especially Billy Joel.

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[seawolf17]

dgwphotography wrote: Bring back the Curly Shuffle already...

YES YES A THOUSAND TIMES YES

[Guest themetfairy]

El Segundo Escupidor wrote: A third of Springsteen's songs are about New York.

Why wouldn't they be. New Jersey is a deathtrap; a suicide rap.

But Springsteen is as associated with New York as Taylor Swift is, and using his music at the Citi would be as ridiculous as Taylor being named a New York ambassador is.

I'm fine with replacing Piano Man - it's too depressing a choice for the time that the team should be rallying to Kill KILL KILL!!!! But stick with a New Yorker for a New York team.

[Ceetar]

we could try a song that's been created since they last won a World Series perhaps?

[Edgy MD]

TransMonk wrote: You guys are ALL wrong. Especially Billy Joel. [youtube]3HUGeA2lur4[/youtube]

I'm way ahead o' you.

Edgy MD wrote: Ramones/Run DMC/Beastie Boys. Gravitate toward the outer boroughs, not toward the Island. And yeah, there's never a bad reason to go to the Beatles. But that's a good one.

[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

Ceetar wrote: we could try a song that's been created since they last won a World Series perhaps?

Get some Vengaboys action up ya!

[TransMonk]

Edgy MD wrote: I'm way ahead o' you. Edgy MD wrote: Ramones/Run DMC/Beastie Boys. Gravitate toward the outer boroughs, not toward the Island.

Missed that...sorry.

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Like it or not, "Piano Man" is a 1) popular song, 2) easy to sing along with (no vocal calisthenics required), and 3) most people remember the lyrics. These are the qualities you need for a sing-a-long. It's why people started to sing-a-long to "Sweet Caroline" in Boston and it's stuck around so long. And Billy Joel (unlike Neil Diamond, who has no connection to Boston/New England I'm aware of) is a proud New York/Long Island guy.

You may not like sing-a-longs on principle, but if sing-a-longs exist this is the type of song you're going to need.

[Edgy MD]

TransMonk wrote: I'm way ahead o' you. Ramones/Run DMC/Beastie Boys. Gravitate toward the outer boroughs, not toward the Island. Missed that...sorry.

Perfectly OK.

On the other hand, Johnny Ramone lived and died a Yankee fan, forsaking his birthright, while Adam Horowitz gets us right back to what this thread was made for:

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[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

Mets � Willets Point wrote: Like it or not, "Piano Man" is a 1) popular song, 2) easy to sing along with (no vocal calisthenics required), and 3) most people remember the lyrics. These are the qualities you need for a sing-a-long. It's why people started to sing-a-long to "Sweet Caroline" in Boston and it's stuck around so long. And Billy Joel (unlike Neil Diamond, who has no connection to Boston/New England I'm aware of) is a proud New York/Long Island guy. You may not like sing-a-longs on principle, but if sing-a-longs exist this is the type of song you're going to need.

Like it or not, I'd rather have Prince Fielder take a diarrhoea-dump in my ear than have to listen to Billy Joel.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

themetfairy wrote: I don't think that Billy Joel is necessarily a Mets fan or a MFY fan. He strikes me as someone who is not into sports at all. OTOH, he appreciates the Mets' place in New York history and New Yorkers' hearts. During his concerts at Shea he went out of his way to provide context to his songs. I'm fine with the shout outs to his fans who are Mets fans, even if he's not one of us.

I like Billy Joel.

Now for some more Long Island rockers who would sound great booming out of Citi speakers,

Twisted Sister, with guys from Massapequa! "We're not Gonna Take it!" when we get screwed on a call, or "I Wanna Rock" when we want the crowd to yell "ROCK" on cue.

Pat Benatar, from Lindenhursts -- "Hit me with your Best Shot" when we really need a big hit.

Stray Cats, from Massapequa! -- "Rock This Town"

[Guest sharpie]

I hate hate hate it when they play Piano Man. I agree with Lunchbucket, should be all Beatles all the time.

[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: Now for some more Long Island rockers who would sound great booming out of Citi speakers, Twisted Sister, with guys from Massapequa! "We're not Gonna Take it!" when we get screwed on a call, or "I Wanna Rock" when we want the crowd to yell "ROCK" on cue. Pat Benatar, from Lindenhursts -- "Hit me with your Best Shot" when we really need a big hit. Stray Cats, from Massapequa! -- "Rock This Town"

"Don't Fear the Reaper" after a loss.

[Edgy MD]

Without dividing on the great BILLY JOEL: HERO OR VILLAIN?* question, I think we can all agree that "Piano Man" is a massive downer of a baby boomer-era song about people using the bar (and its resident cabaret artist) to cope with failed lives, stagnant careers, lost decades, failed dreams, and dead romances. There's a place for such a song, but it's not the sort of theme that lights you up for a late-inning comeback. "Sweet Caroline" certainly doesn't make me feel like a loser.

If we want to work with Billy Joel, can you at least pick and attempted rocker like "You May Be Right"?

Hopefully that'll have the added bonus of keeping Fielder poop out of Segundo's ear.

*I witnessed a drunken fistfight over this question in 1987.

[Elster88]

Johnny Lawrence???

@WilliamZabka: you're alright @ralphmacchio good game @RealMartinKove is choking me out in the parking lot. congrats @Mets take it all the way!!

Edit I got it wrong Johnny is a Dodgers fan he was earlier giving Macchio the business as Macchio rooted on the Metd with a clever tweet comparing the Utley slide to "sweep the leg"

[Elster88]

@ralphmacchio: We all no what happened the 1st time they tried this! Let's Go @Mets !! Finish them! #cranekick #larussowins! #Mets http://t.co/SiZCW36k4R

[MFS62]

Fasten your seat belts. There will be a lot of YLDBs, fans of other teams, and people who go to sporting events to be seen, jumping on the bandwagon.
They can easily be identified when they say things like, "I root for all the New York teams" and wear new Mets hats with flat brims.

Welcome their support, but don't get too friendly. And don't trust them.

Later

[Lefty Specialist]

Always check for Jeter shirts underneath.