(From Mark Herrmann, in Memphis)
So are you a Bon Jovi kind of person, or a Billy Joel fan? Or are you old school enough to be a believer in the Monkees?
In any case, you get to make the call. The Mets on Monday will begin online voting to determine what should be the Eighth Inning Sing-A-Long Song for the final season at Shea Stadium. "Sweet Caroline" is on the list, but that's so 2004 and so Red Sox. You can vote for it if you want, or you can even place a write-in nominee.
Anyway, here is the ballot (song, artist):
"Brown Eyed Girl" Van Morrison
"Build Me Up Buttercup" The Foundations
"I Love Rock N Roll" Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
"I'm a Believer" The Monkees
"Land of 1000 Dances" Wilson Pickett
"Livin' on a Prayer" Bon Jovi
"Movin' Out" Billy Joel
"Sweet Caroline" Neil Diamond
"Theme from `Friends' (I'll Be There for You)" The Rembrandts
"Waitin' on a Sunny Day" Bruce Springsteen
Write-in...................................
Comments (10)
Better choices:
Parliament-Funkadelic's "Tear the Roof Off the Sucker"
chorus: "We want the funk/Give up the funk"
Kiss, "Rock and Roll All Night"
Nirvana, "Lithium"
Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Give it Away"
House of Pain, "Jump"
Frank Sinatra, "New York, New York"
Chumbawumba, "Tubthumping"
Hmm...
"Tear the Roof Off" would be interesting. I saw them a couple of times when I was in college.
Kiss...niiiiice...
Nirvana...no thanks...
Chili Peppers...hmm...could have been the theme song for last season...
House of Pain...to sing along to?
Frank Sinatra...CLASSIC...BINGO!
Chumbawumba...so 1998.
Give me "Build Me Up, Buttercup," "Livin' on a Prayer," or "New York, New York."
THE CURLY SHUFFLE.
Why the Mets ever got rid of this is beyond me. It was absolutely tremendous. Bring it back!!
"Willie PLEASE Lose Our Number" (w/ apologies to Steely Dan)
"The Choker" (w/ apologies to the Steve Miller Band)
"I'm A Loser" (w/ apologies to the Beatles)
"Look Out (Here Comes Late September)" w/ apologies to The Monkees
"Stop Draggin' Our Hearts Around" (w/ apologies to Tom Petty & Stevie Nicks)
Parliament's tune is a good suggestion (but as a sing-along?), but I'd say go with The Curley Shuffle (lots of good karma). All the songs on the list are sucky- either lame, inappropriate, or over-done (c'mon- NOT New York, New York; enough already). How about something off of that album the Met players put out after '69?
how about, eh,no song, and please, for the love of Gil Hodges, get rid of that absolutely bush-league everybody clap your hands nonsense. Do they play those idiot songs in fenway? Yangee stadium? iN Wrigley?in PHILLY? Noooooo...stop assaulting my senses with canned noise/ I know how and when to applaud
The only choice has to be ..... "LET'S GO METS GO"
We got the teamwork to make the dream work ... Let's Gooo ... Let's Go Mets .... Do it ... Do it ... Do it ... Let's Go Mets Go!
They can play the '86 video on the jumbotron too ... great way to leave Shea with a reminder of the team with the best/most lasting memory from that Stadium.
"I'm Henry the Eighth, I Am"
since it's the last season in the stadium, i'm all fpr Rick Astleys classic 'Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna turn around and desert you!' it's so fitting the express the everlasting love of the fans for the Shea
Chris, you're so right. I'm going to write in my vote for:
"Never Gonna Give You Up" by Rick Astley