Friday, June 26, 2009

8TH INNING SING-A-LONG VOTE IS UP!

I don’t know why they need a vote - however, at least this selection of songs shows someone was TRYING to put some thought behind the thing, instead of just going through the Top 25 Most Played playlist on Jeff Wilpon’s iPod.

But let’s run them down, song by song, shall we?

1. “Curly Shuffle” should be reserved for special occasions. Like when we’re in contention and in a big game, or during playoffs. Not every game.
2. “Hooked On A Feeling” - I don’t even understand where this comes from. Did someone cover this on “American Idol”?
3. “I Like It Like That” - Another left field choice. Again, was this covered recently or something? Even my dad would say “Huh?” to this choice.
4. “Mama Said Knock You Out” - I am with MG reader dlbags that this has a coolness factor, because it is LL Cool J, a hometown boy, and given how much I have been screaming for local relevance in song choice I need to give a nod to this. But you can’t sing along to it.
5. “Meet The Mets” - well, at least it’s on the list, but I don’t understand why this just isn’t the song. I don’t understand why it’s not just in the second inning like it has been for a long time. I’d ask “Why do the Mets hate this song so much” but that would be a rhetorical question.
6. “This Land Is Your Land” - I just about fell out of my chair when I saw this on the list. I love this song, everyone knows this song - but it doesn’t fit at the ballpark. On the other hand, the imp of the perverse in me loves the fact that this was written by Woody Guthrie in direct protest to “God Bless America,” and given how much I love forced patriotism at the ballpark (heck, anywhere) it is insane that this song is on here. I would love to hope that this was deliberately seditious but more likely, someone thinks this is lovely and family-friendly.
7. “Twist And Shout” - would have been a fantastic choice at the OTHER ballpark. No longer relevant to this place. Go sing it out in the parking lot, somewhere around the old Shea second base marker.

I am feeling withdrawal symptoms because we don’t have a Mets game to go to until the Dodgers come to town; we traded tonight’s tickets to get us into the House of Evil, and didn’t want to outlay any more cash for this series. It seemed like a good idea at the time; ask me tomorrow morning if it was still a good idea.