What would be YOUR intro music for your at bat?
by Sigualicious on Dec 13, 2008 4:58 PM PST
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This may have been asked before but I'm somewhat of a noob. If you played for the Giants what music would you have playing during your intro? Dr. Dre's "The Next Episode" will always remind me of Barry Bonds.
I'd pick "The Lonely Bull" (El Toro Solo)"by Herb Alpert and the Tiajuana brass. Kind of an oldie but it has lots of swagger and I think it would help me hit more homeruns!
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If I was playing for the Giants, I’d pick YYZ by Rush just to drive the McCoven nuts.
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 13, 2008 5:05 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Sounds good to me.
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by WalrusMan on Dec 13, 2008 5:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nooooooo!
Rafael Rodriguez: Your number 8 organizational prospect before stepping a foot on American soil and has "looked just super so far," according to Felipe Alou...according to Baggs.
by BrianBokake on Dec 15, 2008 6:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The last time this was asked, this site didn’t have as many commenters, so it’s worth asking again. Actually, I should loot all of the archives from 2005 for material.
by Grant on Dec 13, 2008 5:16 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
(Also, my answer would be “Green Machine” from Kyuss)
(Because I’m that much of a badass.)
by Grant on Dec 13, 2008 5:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Best Kyuss album? I say Welcome to Sky Valley. Demon Cleaner is a badass tune.
/deer head
Bay City Ball
by xanthan on Dec 13, 2008 7:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And the Circus Leaves Town was always my favorite, mainly because of the last two songs. Spaceship landing effing rocked. El Rodeo was pretty sweet too. I liked Sky Valley, but the three-songs-per-track thing really bugged me. Sometimes I just wanted to listen to Demon Cleaner, and didn’t want to manually find the spot where it started.
Me lose brain? Uh oh.
by neurofarm on Dec 14, 2008 11:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
AtCLT was always waaaaay underrated for my tastes. One of my favorite Kyuss songs ever is “Catamaran.”
I have never been able to choose between Blues, Sky Valley, and Circus. After 10+ years, I still can’t choose.
by Grant on Dec 14, 2008 12:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow..
8 comments on that. Kind of puts into context how lame this site used to be compared with how lame it is now.
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by WalrusMan on Dec 13, 2008 5:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly. When Jeff Fassero’s name was being thrown around as a potential closer, that only garnered seven comments. That would be good for 600 rant-filled comments now.
by Grant on Dec 13, 2008 5:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I believe I remember that schtick..
And you may have used it on several other occasions too.
But, does that then make us more or less lame that we’d have a 1:80 comment ratio to times past.
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by WalrusMan on Dec 13, 2008 5:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe xanthan could work up a chart on that.
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by Lyle on Dec 14, 2008 2:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
you should have saved this topic for the next TakeAGiantAStepNGo thread hijack
I would pick Evenflow by Pearl Jam or Green Day’s When I Come Around
by FluLikeSymptoms on Dec 13, 2008 5:20 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Surfin’ Bird by The Trashmen
by walkoff baltimore chop on Dec 13, 2008 5:22 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Scratch that. I want the Greatest American Hero theme as my intro song.
by walkoff baltimore chop on Dec 15, 2008 11:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve never really thought about walk-up music, but I think The Rover by Led Zeppelin would be the epitome of bad ass for a closer’s entrance music.
by deuce deuce on Dec 13, 2008 5:27 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I never really thought of it that way..
But makes a lot of sense. That guitar and drum based intro is great.
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by WalrusMan on Dec 13, 2008 5:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I could die a happy man if I heard a major league closer come out to that song.
by deuce deuce on Dec 13, 2008 6:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
can’t beat those first chords of jumpin jack flash, if the sound system is good
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by foothillsfan on Dec 13, 2008 5:48 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah , those castanets.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Dec 13, 2008 8:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I always used to say The Punk and the Godfather by The Who, that part where Daltrey’s all “OKAY!” and they do the main riff or whatever, but I don’t know if that really represents ~who I am nowadays.
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by jponry on Dec 13, 2008 5:49 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
You only became what we made you.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Dec 13, 2008 8:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I can think of several..
Probably just from the last thing that’s stuck in my mind I’d go with about 2:15 into Communication Breakdown from 1/11/1969. This brings in the “Communication Breakdown, it’s always the same…” chorus and then on “insane” Plant goes from the high note down to a guttural growl, then Page takes off on a fast guitar solo.
If we’re just talking studio…
Won’t Get Fooled Again-The Who (just like JT when it starts with YEEEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHH)
The Rover-Led Zeppelin (mentioned but it would be great for anyone, I think better for a intro music because past the opening it’s not as hard hitting)
Achilles Last Stand-Led Zeppelin (as you start walking up the early notes start to fade in and then you’re hit with the full song)
Trampled Under Foot-Led Zeppelin (I’ve always found this to motivate me)
Celebration Day-Led Zeppelin (the first shouted lyrics by Plant can pump someone up)
La Grange-ZZ Top (start with the drums after the intro)
Lots of songs-Van Halen (anything with a driving guitar riff really)
Yea, betrays my musical tastes a bit. I know that Omar’s walkup music was something along the lines of “Anything by Led Zeppelin or (insert another band here, maybe Metallica)” and Baggs made a joke about getting pumped up to the Battle of Evermore.
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by WalrusMan on Dec 13, 2008 5:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
ain't talkin' bout [g]love, is a fine, fine choice
how bout a little Billy Squire:
either the stroke, if you’ve got a nice LH swing
or in the dark, if you’re trying to get off the schneid.
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by The Gene Hackman on Dec 16, 2008 11:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Billy Squier; underrated
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Dec 16, 2008 3:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Or if your name's Teixbathia
“Everybody Wants You”
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Dec 17, 2008 1:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm
when i played in college i was a closer and my song was POD – Lights Out, but that’s not an at-bat. I liked it because having a lincecumesque body, i didn’t get a ton of respect until after i pitched.
I guess its between these 2 songs:
- Tiffany – I Think We’re Alone now
- Offspring – Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)
by Giant Voodoo on Dec 13, 2008 5:57 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
You had me at “Tiffany.”
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by Lyle on Dec 14, 2008 2:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Leading off for YOUR SF Giants
“Start Me Up”
by wilriv21 on Dec 13, 2008 6:01 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Reminds me of Robert DeNiro singing in his van in The Fan.
If God had intended us not to rosterbate, he would've made our arms shorter.
Padre renuente de Luis Perdomo, porque él es todo el que se deja hasta junio.
by Mike Hawk on Dec 13, 2008 6:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Please no shoe throwing
A second choice is “I Love LA”
by wilriv21 on Dec 15, 2008 12:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Unbanned because the “show throwing” comment was timely/funny.
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by Goofus on Dec 15, 2008 12:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What show throwing comment? I see no show throwing comment.
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by WalrusMan on Dec 15, 2008 1:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
oops “shoe”
In my defense, the “e” and “w” are next to each other.
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by Goofus on Dec 16, 2008 8:41 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No defense.
You’ve been typing for years. You’ve been chewing for years too and your cheek is right next to it, do you still bite your cheek?
Damn bad example.
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by WalrusMan on Dec 16, 2008 8:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No, but I can’t eat and type at the same time, because I end up dropping crumbs between the keys and have to eat a few keys to get to my food.
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by Goofus on Dec 16, 2008 10:52 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
eat the alicia keys first
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by The Gene Hackman on Dec 16, 2008 11:01 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Only youuuuuu....
Jeez , Pops.
Grab a mitt and catch a clue.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Dec 17, 2008 1:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
“Awww you missed it! He struck him out with the splitter!”
Rafael Rodriguez: Your number 8 organizational prospect before stepping a foot on American soil and has "looked just super so far," according to Felipe Alou...according to Baggs.
by BrianBokake on Dec 15, 2008 6:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I love how Eric Byrnes came up to The Outfield’s Your Love (great 80s classic)
Also, Adam Dunn walking up to Sister Christian by Knight Ranger was pretty awesome
by FluLikeSymptoms on Dec 13, 2008 6:05 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
HA!
That is an amazingly awesome ’80s song.
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by tk on Dec 13, 2008 6:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm picturing Dunn in a tutu doing a mincing little pirouette at the plate to that.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Dec 13, 2008 8:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It's Raining Men by Gerri Halliwell
No seriously I’d go for Hip Hop by Dead Presidents.
by Salemicus on Dec 13, 2008 6:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
It's Raining Men
Great workout song. Thought it was sung by The Weather Girls
by wilriv21 on Dec 13, 2008 6:10 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
It was, originally
But for even more cheese there’s the cover by Ginger Spice.
by Salemicus on Dec 13, 2008 6:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve never heard anyone use Search and Destroy by the Stooges, and that’s always baffled me.
It’s kind of a wussy song, but “Spirit in the Sky” has that badass sounding rif at the beginning.
No MLBer would ever use it, but “TKO” by Le Tigre would be great closer music. Same thing with The Clash’s “Clampdown”.
I’d probably go with either “What’s Golden” by Jurassic Five or “I Get Wet” by Andrew WK.
by oldjacket on Dec 13, 2008 6:11 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
+1
“I’d probably go with either "What’s Golden" by Jurassic Five”
end of discussion
by sfgiants114 on Dec 13, 2008 6:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The ultimate white mans rap
But it is a tight song
Playoffs!!??
by PAWarrior on Dec 14, 2008 1:01 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Guilty as charged. To make things worse, I like Hieroglyphics, MF Doom and Blackalicious too. My wife is from the East Bay, an she makes fun of my taste in hip hop all the time.
by oldjacket on Dec 14, 2008 9:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nothing wrong with those groups!
/deer head
Bay City Ball
by xanthan on Dec 14, 2008 11:35 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Six - All That Remains
I’m not really one of those METUL METUL \m/ kinda guys but it would be a pretty good 10 second bit of music I guess.
by Sammy Danger on Dec 13, 2008 6:15 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Galvanize by the Chemical Brothers. Even though it’s been co-opted by annoying crap on television. It’s still a great song.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 13, 2008 6:29 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Velouria by the Pixies
Badass opening chords.
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by tk on Dec 13, 2008 6:34 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
It's "my song" anyway
velouria.net is my site, Velouria has been my handle for most of my Internet-using life before I decided to go with the initials …
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by tk on Dec 13, 2008 6:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Two minutes into No. 13 Baby...
…is one hypnotic li’l instrumental.
Just sayin’.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Dec 14, 2008 3:24 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ecstasy of Gold, Ennio Morricone, but the remixed version from these Nike commercials:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uiWyly2oMc
Personally, I think this would be the greatest closer song ever.
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by Chulk on Dec 13, 2008 7:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Good one. The theme from that movie (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly) wouldn’t be bad either. I also kind of like Metallica’s version of Ecstasy.
by Sigualicious on Dec 14, 2008 12:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
metallica-ew.
absolutely anything by ennio morricone.
“Gringo like Me” with Peter Tavis. Hot damn.
Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Dec 14, 2008 1:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
On a similar note
My choice would be the theme from “Hang ’Em High” by Ennio Morricone.
Sergio Romo: striking out professional hitters since 2005.
by Lyle on Dec 14, 2008 3:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
THE RIDE
By David Allan Coe
You probably know it as MYANMAR, but it will always be BURMA to me!
by NuschlerFace on Dec 13, 2008 7:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I love that song
if you’re big star bound let me warn ya it’s a long hard ride!
by FluLikeSymptoms on Dec 13, 2008 8:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He was dressed like 1950
Half drunk and hollow-eyed!
You probably know it as MYANMAR, but it will always be BURMA to me!
by NuschlerFace on Dec 15, 2008 10:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
One of these probably...
California Soul – Marlena Shaw
Chelsea Dagger – The Fratellis
Don’t Speak (I Came to Make a Bang) – Eagles of Death Metal (from a kickass Nike soccer commercial)
Omar...I'm done with you. Hello Darren Ford! Come to papa.
by PacBellBoozer on Dec 13, 2008 7:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
hands down
it would be Simon Says by Pharoahe Monch… i’m sure you have all heard the opening to it and not known what that song is called.
Dodgers fans eat their young.
by redhornet78 on Dec 13, 2008 7:53 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Nope, never heard the opening to it.
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by WalrusMan on Dec 13, 2008 8:06 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Mountain Song, by Jane’s Addiction, starting at :23 in
either that or Rush… by talib kweli
"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."
by i did my job on Dec 13, 2008 8:05 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
either that or Rush... by talib kweli
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by WalrusMan on Dec 13, 2008 8:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Noooooooooo!
Rafael Rodriguez: Your number 8 organizational prospect before stepping a foot on American soil and has "looked just super so far," according to Felipe Alou...according to Baggs.
by BrianBokake on Dec 15, 2008 6:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If I was a UFC fighter, I would enter to Fergie’s Clumsy, because it would be hilarious to me. Also, it might make my opponent shit his pants. How much of a psycho would you have to be to enter with that song?
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by marcello on Dec 13, 2008 8:14 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I really like that Mudvayne song.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 13, 2008 8:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Me too. Although, I’m sort of obsessed with Mudvayne in general.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized God doesn’t work that way, so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness. - Emo Philips
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by marcello on Dec 14, 2008 2:03 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I just picked up the new CD. Good stuff, but I like Lost and Found more.
by chilibean_3 on Dec 15, 2008 10:33 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed. L.D 50 is my favorite though.
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by marcello on Dec 15, 2008 1:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Death Blooms would be cool to come out to… But I really don’t like post-L.D. 50 at all.
by AmorVincitOmnia on Dec 15, 2008 1:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I can understand that. LD 50 is great, but I’m a huge fan of the rest also.
by chilibean_3 on Dec 15, 2008 2:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’d enter the octagon with this song
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 13, 2008 8:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I really like Randy Winn’s flashing lights lights lights choice of walk up music.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Dec 13, 2008 8:17 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Anarchy In The UK
Great opening riff, followed by “rrrright now,” then some insane laughter followed by “I am the Antichrist.” That should be enough to either scare the pitcher or get myself on base with an HBP.
Brian Sabean's dad- will make a few phone calls to help his son find a new job after next season
by rxmeister on Dec 13, 2008 8:18 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Hyrule Field Orchestrated by Koji Kondo
Just to give the opposition the knowledge that I’ll be running for a long time.
by Link on Dec 13, 2008 8:23 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
hell yeah, zelda music.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Dec 13, 2008 8:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Gammondorf disapproves.
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 13, 2008 8:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Remember the Name – Fort Minor
or
Ayo Technology (instrumental) – Timbaland
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by SoFa King Mike on Dec 13, 2008 8:33 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
wtf
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by WalrusMan on Dec 13, 2008 8:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
thanks walrus
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by SoFa King Mike on Dec 13, 2008 9:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The guitar riff from 3’s and 7’s by Queens of the Stone Age or the beat from “The Next Episode”
I see the future, and it is Pablo
by CB30 on Dec 13, 2008 8:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Queens of the Stone Age have some really good songs for intro music.
by chilibean_3 on Dec 15, 2008 10:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Heh.
“The Zoo” by The Scorpions.
Good guitar hammering intro , then you get to stride to the plate. Try it.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Dec 13, 2008 8:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
nice.... although
I like the chorus better than the intro.
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by zenbitz on Dec 15, 2008 9:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Definitely this
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Wearing the crown by 2011. Or at least the LOOGY hat
by baetown415 on Dec 13, 2008 8:51 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Isaac Hayes
Theme from Shaft.
Kevin Correia: much more Seoul than Pyongyang
by VidaWantsYourCar on Dec 13, 2008 9:13 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Oh man.
Every Curtis Mayfield song ever.
by oldjacket on Dec 13, 2008 9:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
+10
Curtis Mayfield rules.
I mean, Theme From Shaft is nice, but.. Curtis Mayfield.
by wcw on Dec 13, 2008 10:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Could you imagine...
Striding up to “If theres a Hell Below” The Spoken intro would probably get you in trouble, but the guitar intro would be pretty sweet.
by uber on Dec 15, 2008 2:07 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The Game
By Motorhead.
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by BruteSentiment on Dec 13, 2008 9:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
The opening synth from Europe’s Final Countdown.
/deer head
Bay City Ball
by xanthan on Dec 13, 2008 9:37 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
For serious:
I’m probably going to date myself, but I was always partial the guitar riffing in KMFDM’s Flesh off of Nihil.
I like industrial, sue me!
/deer head
Bay City Ball
by xanthan on Dec 13, 2008 9:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You’ll be hearing from one of the many lawyers that frequent this site.
by oldjacket on Dec 13, 2008 11:59 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
omg
this was the first thought I had as soon as I saw the title. Someone else put this too. I guess this proves its the best song ever. Actually I think Id choose Apocalyptica – Hall of the Mountain King
by lincypoo i wuv u on Dec 13, 2008 11:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Europe
Read a great review of a Europe concert once, and the fact that they opened AND closed with The Final Countdown. To paraphrase the author, this was not a good look.
Kevin Correia: much more Seoul than Pyongyang
by VidaWantsYourCar on Dec 14, 2008 8:47 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That’s pretty funny. “Well, since we only have one song you know and it’s probably the only reason you bought a ticket, we’ll play it twice and double your value.”
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Dec 15, 2008 12:44 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
/bangs head
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
by zenbitz on Dec 15, 2008 9:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Metal Machine Music Part 2, natch.
GROUGTHINK ALERT
by groug on Dec 13, 2008 9:39 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
hell yeah
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PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Dec 13, 2008 10:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I would pick... The World's Greatest by R.Kelly
I think Bonds used it for a while and I loved it. You have to be one cocky SOB to play that song, luckily that’s pretty much Barry in a nut shell.
On a side note, R.Kelly is a piece of work.
Proud father of Eric Surcamp!
by The Thrill on Dec 13, 2008 9:39 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
But the man can hold his breath...
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Dec 14, 2008 3:20 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Born in the U.S.A." or Sufjan’s “Chicago.”
by cheno on Dec 13, 2008 9:49 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Sheff’s Darth Vader music is pretty awesome
by sam23 on Dec 13, 2008 10:04 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Great choice. I love Primus.
/deer head
Bay City Ball
by xanthan on Dec 13, 2008 10:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Primus sucks.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Dec 15, 2008 9:54 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
What—you dont like Primus?
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Dec 15, 2008 10:45 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
‘Primus Sucks’ is a joke phrase that fans of the band use to show their support!
/deer head
Bay City Ball
by xanthan on Dec 15, 2008 10:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Looks like I’m not a true fan.
/Boos self
by chilibean_3 on Dec 15, 2008 10:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Primus = Matt Cain?
Josh Phelps is the new Scott McClain.
by EliminateMe on Dec 15, 2008 2:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Priums= 3rd starter at best.
Clearly.
Rafael Rodriguez: Your number 8 organizational prospect before stepping a foot on American soil and has "looked just super so far," according to Felipe Alou...according to Baggs.
by BrianBokake on Dec 15, 2008 6:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought the band all their fans agreed Primus sucks.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Dec 15, 2008 10:51 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Primus sucks sucks
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
by zenbitz on Dec 15, 2008 11:04 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Not sure if that’s a double negative or double positive…
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Dec 15, 2008 11:12 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
if you didn’t like Primus before… you probably won’t like them now
by FluLikeSymptoms on Dec 15, 2008 11:29 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ballad of Bodacious
"Forget it Donny, you're out of your element"-Walter Sobchak
by icanplaythird on Dec 14, 2008 4:06 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Too Many Puppies
Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Dec 14, 2008 1:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
poetry and prose
Castillo got the DFA. Guestimate for Castillo DFA to come before the 2009 season = 2.
by kennv on Dec 17, 2008 8:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Frederic Rzewski playing the thema
from his own 36 variations on the People United Will United will Never be Defeated.
Yeah, I’m a classical geek.
ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524
by rfloh on Dec 13, 2008 10:18 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Bah, should be
the People United will Never be Defeated.
ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524
by rfloh on Dec 13, 2008 10:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I like the other name better
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
by shikantaza on Dec 14, 2008 7:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You should also wear a cape and a monocle.
/deer head
Bay City Ball
by xanthan on Dec 13, 2008 10:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
And a bespoked suit
a waistcoat, and a top hat.
ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524
by rfloh on Dec 13, 2008 11:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
YES!
that is an AMAZING song.
the husband and I are trying to learn it on the piano right now.
Still-proud, adoptive mama of Notgardo Alfonzo, who's back from the 50-game purgatory. He promises never to do it again. I couldn't get him to promise to hit, though. We're working on that with bribes of M&Ms, kind of like potty training.
by tk on Dec 13, 2008 10:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I was wonering whether anyone would have heard of it
since it’s not “traditional” classical music.
Have you head the original, non classical, El Pueblo Unido Jamas Sera Vencido, by Sergio Ortega and Quilpayun, that the variations are based on?
ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524
by rfloh on Dec 13, 2008 11:13 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh yeah, if you really like the work,
you might want to get the DVD of Rzewski playing it live in 1997 at the Miami International Piano Festival.
ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524
by rfloh on Dec 13, 2008 11:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
thanks!
we saw Rzewski playing it live in Berkeley a few years ago. One of those Major Life Experiences. And I have heard “El Pueblo Unido …” once but I couldn’t get into it. Will try again.
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by tk on Dec 15, 2008 4:19 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Put mine below...
… but if I was going to go classical, I think I’d have to say either Holst, Mars, Bringer of War – the climax about two-thirds of the way through – or something from the fifth movement of Mahler’s Second.
by Kalk on Dec 14, 2008 7:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I picked that because
it is one of my favourite pieces of music. And also because it isn’t “traditional” classical: the composer is a white man, but not a dead white man.
To make lots of noise, I’d pick maybe, Bach’s Prelude in E flat major, BVW 552, from his Organ mass. Preferably in a flashy bombastic performace by E Powers Biggs.
ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524
by rfloh on Dec 15, 2008 9:14 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sure. It’s a good piece, and I’m extra biased in favor because marching through midtown Manhattan on May Day 2006 with half a million people screaming “el pueblo, unido, jamás será vencido” was as much fun as I’ve ever had. But over a PA, it seems like bombast is required, and I have a soft spot for the melodramatic stuff anyway.
by Kalk on Dec 15, 2008 5:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Haruka Kanata by Asian Kung Fu Generation
or
Helter Skelter by the Beatles
by Natto on Dec 13, 2008 10:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Hit me baby one more time… Britney
I think players would actually fear you
by lincysgiants on Dec 13, 2008 10:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
The opening theme to “Who’s The Boss”.
But only on days when the Giants were playing the Dodgers..or on days when Zito was scheduled to pitch.
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 13, 2008 10:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
That actually works really really well with Zito.
"And you just don't get it, you keep it copacetic..."
by Blicks on Dec 14, 2008 6:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Most badass at-bat music ever? EVAR?
Still-proud, adoptive mama of Notgardo Alfonzo, who's back from the 50-game purgatory. He promises never to do it again. I couldn't get him to promise to hit, though. We're working on that with bribes of M&Ms, kind of like potty training.
by tk on Dec 13, 2008 10:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I can’t believe I just fell for that for the 17,865th time.
"Forget it Donny, you're out of your element"-Walter Sobchak
by icanplaythird on Dec 14, 2008 4:07 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
me too
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Dec 14, 2008 5:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Me 3.
You probably know it as MYANMAR, but it will always be BURMA to me!
by NuschlerFace on Dec 15, 2008 7:16 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
try the intro to 'Non-Alignment Pact'
We had this earlier this year, and my answer is exactly the same:
You know, Pere Ubu’s classic, ominous, evil-sounding squeals before the song (great as it is), even gets going. I mean, something so weirdly portentious, the Enter Sandman geeks will probably spend the first at-bat trying to claw out their eardrums.
by wcw on Dec 13, 2008 10:36 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Oh my GOD.
A Pere Ubu fan, are you kidding me?
Are you KIDDING?
How about “Final Solution” for a closer?
Still-proud, adoptive mama of Notgardo Alfonzo, who's back from the 50-game purgatory. He promises never to do it again. I couldn't get him to promise to hit, though. We're working on that with bribes of M&Ms, kind of like potty training.
by tk on Dec 13, 2008 10:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Or how about "Navvy"?
I’ve got these arms and legs that flip-flop! flip-flop!
Josh Phelps is the new Scott McClain.
by EliminateMe on Dec 14, 2008 4:53 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My feet are my friends
… they just wanna go (to first base).
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by tk on Dec 15, 2008 4:20 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
The closer for my college’s team always came out to “Blinded by the Light”, which I always thought was a pretty awesome choice.
I was THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME (for 3 days in 1995).
by Mike Benjamin Hit King on Dec 13, 2008 11:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Europe
The Final Countdown
formerly April3rdLifeBegins
by YaSquare on Dec 13, 2008 11:35 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
this is an easy one
Pantera – By Demon Be Driven
Of course, if we really needed me to get on base, I’d use this one.
Proud adopted parent of future big league slugger Thomas Neal
by nostocksjustbonds on Dec 13, 2008 11:45 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Cut the Cake
Average White Band…Oh Yeah
Playoffs!!??
by PAWarrior on Dec 14, 2008 1:05 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Crazy Baldheads
Bob Marley
"Forget it Donny, you're out of your element"-Walter Sobchak
by icanplaythird on Dec 14, 2008 4:08 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Opening to Thunderstruck
AC/DC
Proud supporter of the Fightin' Hydrants.
by Little Napoleon on Dec 14, 2008 6:15 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
good
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
by zenbitz on Dec 15, 2008 9:58 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
over-used
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Dec 15, 2008 12:46 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Sun Ship- John Coltrane
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
by shikantaza on Dec 14, 2008 7:24 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Wild Thing - Tone Loc
I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!
by Giant among Angels on Dec 14, 2008 7:59 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Bombshell by Operation Ivy
Props to Joe Nathan for using the fake song from Markie Mark’s “Rockstar”.
and if this didn’t work I would go with “Night Man Cometh”
"Why you gotta be cardin' my hos?" - Charlie Hayes
by stevieg on Dec 14, 2008 8:42 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Believe it or not I got Op Ivy in the dash right now
"Forget it Donny, you're out of your element"-Walter Sobchak
by icanplaythird on Dec 14, 2008 12:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Either Wonderboy by Tenacious D, or This.
It's spelled "M-A-R-C-H-I-N-G-B-A-N-D."
I support inroywetrust in his support of The VD Special in his support of me supporting Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by Takimoto on Dec 14, 2008 9:26 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
“this” song would be hilarious for a closer.
I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!
by Giant among Angels on Dec 14, 2008 11:25 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Tenacious D? Really?
And “This” was already named, see tk’s post.
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by WalrusMan on Dec 14, 2008 12:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yes, tenacious d. it’d work better as a closer song, but still
It's spelled "M-A-R-C-H-I-N-G-B-A-N-D."
I support inroywetrust in his support of The VD Special in his support of me supporting Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by Takimoto on Dec 14, 2008 1:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Scott Farcas Takes It On the Chin, by Less Than Jake. Great opening to the song.
Additionally, I think the Giants need to open every Giants-Dodgers series by playing Why You’d Want To Live Here, by Death Cab. (I’m in Los Angeles today, it smells like an airport runway…)
"He called the sh** POOP!" -- Adam Sandler
by JRPhillips on Dec 14, 2008 9:40 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Y Control
By the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I love the way that song starts.
Me lose brain? Uh oh.
by neurofarm on Dec 14, 2008 11:21 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
+1
Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Dec 14, 2008 1:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Is there really any other band..
Other than Journey that a group of 20-21 year old guys want to drive down the beach blasting out their car windows?
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by WalrusMan on Dec 14, 2008 12:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
N*Sync maybe?
Sergio Romo: striking out professional hitters since 2005.
by Lyle on Dec 14, 2008 3:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Olaf, metal!
Girls think sexy!
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by tk on Dec 16, 2008 5:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
my love for you is like a truck
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on Dec 17, 2008 10:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Berserrrkerrr!
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Dec 17, 2008 1:27 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
“Push it to the limit” by Rick Ross (best workout song ever made) or “bulls on parade” by rage, starting at the buildup right before he yells “come wit it now!”
"I didn't know (after seeing a spectacular over-the-shoulder catch) whether to shit or go blind." - Former Giants Outfielder Harvey Kuenn on Willie Mays
by stealth snail on Dec 14, 2008 1:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
“Push It To The Limit” – Good Song
I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!
by Giant among Angels on Dec 14, 2008 2:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
When I hear it, I think of this guy
I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!
by Giant among Angels on Dec 14, 2008 2:21 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If you go Rick Ross, you have to go Hustlin’.
by chilibean_3 on Dec 15, 2008 10:43 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
this
It's spelled "M-A-R-C-H-I-N-G-B-A-N-D."
I support inroywetrust in his support of The VD Special in his support of me supporting Roger Kieschnick in his quest to becoming the best Kieschnick ever to play professional baseball.
by Takimoto on Dec 16, 2008 2:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'd have to go heavy for this...
Procreation of the Wicked – Celtic Frost
or
Ride the Lightning – Metallica
Fairley odd parent to Wendell
by WTF on Dec 14, 2008 1:49 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
X Gon’ Give it To Ya – DMX
God Only Knows – The Beach Boys
Ch-Check it Out – The Beastie Boys
Blazing Arrow – Blackalicious
You! Me! Dancing! – Los Campesinos (not the intro, the pre-verse)
and even though it’s overplayed, “Paper Planes” by MIA. It’d just be worth it for the chorus.
I want my crowd to get happy and excited as shit.
Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Dec 14, 2008 2:02 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
yee to blackalicious
I also feel sky is falling would be a pretty ridiculous song walk up song for a closer
"I didn't know (after seeing a spectacular over-the-shoulder catch) whether to shit or go blind." - Former Giants Outfielder Harvey Kuenn on Willie Mays
by stealth snail on Dec 14, 2008 3:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
yeah well that song
has some pretty robust lyrics.
those who live in glass houses though, I mean I did include DMX.
Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Dec 14, 2008 4:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Really surprised no one has said this yet
I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!
by Giant among Angels on Dec 14, 2008 2:49 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
THAT would be an awesome closer song
"I didn't know (after seeing a spectacular over-the-shoulder catch) whether to shit or go blind." - Former Giants Outfielder Harvey Kuenn on Willie Mays
by stealth snail on Dec 14, 2008 3:25 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ahahah that would be totally awesome
The jumbotron all showing lasers and 80s style filters
Barry Zito - Mildly half-OK! Sometimes.
by Revolution1 on Dec 14, 2008 4:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I love it!
best montage song ever
by FluLikeSymptoms on Dec 15, 2008 11:30 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
No
Sergio Romo will gladly hand you a bench to sit on / GIANTSPACE™ / Adopted brother of the AnVil
by SoFa King Mike on Dec 16, 2008 11:10 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Billy Sadler’s walk up music should be No Control – Bad Religion. (It works on a lot of levels)
Yabu’s should be Get Low – Lil Jon.
by oldjacket on Dec 14, 2008 2:53 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
For At-Bat music, a rotation of these:
Jean Genie – David Bowie
Once In A Lifetime – Talking Heads
Huddle Formation – The Go! Team
For Closer Music, one of these:
TNT – AC/DC
Baba O’Riley – The Who
Young Man Blues – The Who
Barry Zito - Mildly half-OK! Sometimes.
by Revolution1 on Dec 14, 2008 4:25 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
New Kanye and Lil' Wayne
See You in my Nightmares
proud father of the newly acquired Brandon Crawford..
by Azmanz on Dec 14, 2008 4:44 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Na na na na na na na na, na na na na na na BATMAN!
Since they probably would approve of “Pussy Control” or “My Neck, My Back”, I’d probably go with the opening riff of “One Vision” by Queen. That would get me fired up.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Dec 14, 2008 5:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
try
Mischievously implosive purple pitching staff.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Dec 14, 2008 6:14 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’m sure this has already been said but Final Countdown by Europe
or Headstrong by Trapt
or anything from Ruderalis
If God had intended us not to rosterbate, he would've made our arms shorter.
Padre renuente de Luis Perdomo, porque él es todo el que se deja hasta junio.
by Mike Hawk on Dec 14, 2008 6:01 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I think Final Countdown and that song that they always played at Bulls’ games are a little too overplayed for me.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Dec 14, 2008 6:49 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I’d ride the bench so you wouldn’t have to hear it too often…
If God had intended us not to rosterbate, he would've made our arms shorter.
Padre renuente de Luis Perdomo, porque él es todo el que se deja hasta junio.
by Mike Hawk on Dec 14, 2008 8:35 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Pinball Wizard, by The Who – love that opening
Fire, by Scooter – a lot of their songs would work, actually
The Point of No Return, by Immortal Technique – awesome for a closer
by Kalk on Dec 14, 2008 7:23 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Something different...
Okay, in a world where they let ME take a major-league at bat, things have seriously gone off the deep end. Therefore, the only fitting music that could be played as I walked up to the plate would be “Three Blind Mice,” from the theme to The Three Stooges.
No, really, I have updated my blog this year: http://skaldheim.livejournal.com/tag/baseball
by Skaldheim on Dec 14, 2008 8:35 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Megadeth- Symphony of Destruction
Megadeth- Train of Consequences
Rush- Tom Sawyer
Broadway- Omar Vizquel
Tom O' Malley - 1983 SF Giants opening day 3B; 1989 International League (AAA- Mets) MVP; 1995 Japan Central League MVP
by dave mustaine on Dec 14, 2008 9:21 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I was
going to go with Megadeth’s “Into the Lungs of Hell” – great intro, rest of the song doesn’t quite live up to it (kinda like AC/DC Thunderstruck)
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
by zenbitz on Dec 15, 2008 10:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, I almost forgot about Vizquel’s rendition of broadway. That may have accounted for my heartiest ballpark laugh ever.
Rafael Rodriguez: Your number 8 organizational prospect before stepping a foot on American soil and has "looked just super so far," according to Felipe Alou...according to Baggs.
by BrianBokake on Dec 15, 2008 6:26 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ambitions as a rida – 2Pac
Magic Stick – 50 Cent (after a hit in last AB…“if I can hit once I can hit twice”)
by W8ingForATitle on Dec 14, 2008 9:41 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
If I were a closer...
and could hit that number on the gun, I’d go with “99 Luftballons”
Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Dec 14, 2008 10:04 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Or "99 Problems"
I Don't Tolerate Intolerance!
by Giant among Angels on Dec 14, 2008 10:28 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
…and a walk ain’t one?
Josh Phelps is the new Scott McClain.
by EliminateMe on Dec 15, 2008 8:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/darkxallure/99problems_graphsmall.jpg
Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Dec 15, 2008 2:04 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Image FAIL
Leading the Pro-Aaron Rowand contingent on the McC!
You can ridicule me in 2009 if you like...
by ThrillisGone22 on Dec 15, 2008 2:05 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
intimidating closer music
How about “Twightlight Zone” by Golden Earring. The part that says “Soon you will come to know, when the bullet hits the bone.”
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Dec 15, 2008 6:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Nothing is more un-intimidating than the band Golden Earring.
/deer head
Bay City Ball
by xanthan on Dec 15, 2008 7:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
"Radar Love….
::booming bass line and drums here::"
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by WalrusMan on Dec 15, 2008 7:49 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Except for Rush.
Josh Phelps is the new Scott McClain.
by EliminateMe on Dec 15, 2008 8:01 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I think Golden Earring is kind of badass.
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Dec 15, 2008 8:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I just lol’d at my desk.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Dec 15, 2008 11:57 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Eye of The Tiger?
Hasheem "The Dream" Thabeet or Brandon Jennings. A Warrior in 09.
With the 6th Pick in the 2009 MLB Draft, the SF Giants pick Donovan Tate.
Andre Smith in Silver & Black in 2009.
by ejdacanay on Dec 14, 2008 11:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Ech
Still-proud, adoptive mama of Notgardo Alfonzo, who's back from the 50-game purgatory. He promises never to do it again. I couldn't get him to promise to hit, though. We're working on that with bribes of M&Ms, kind of like potty training.
by tk on Dec 15, 2008 4:22 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm
Move on Up – Curtis Mayfield
Cadillac on 22s – David Banner
Gangsta Boy – Jake One & MOP
Watchya Got – Brother Ali <<<< probably my top choice
MURS for President!!!!!!!
by jtoj on Dec 15, 2008 3:00 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I’d go with Alien Ant Farm’s cover of “Smooth Criminal”…then it would be stuck in everybody’s head for a week.
by tyrannoman on Dec 15, 2008 5:54 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Great question...
Rock You Like a Hurricane by the Scorpions
Kickstart my Heart by Motley Crue
Yes, I have a thing for 80s rock.
Ghost Ride It – how has nobody picked that yet!?
We Takin Over by DJ Khaled
by CaliforniaSoulPatch on Dec 15, 2008 8:39 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
startin up a posse- anthrax
i adopt brian sabean... take that dramatic irony!
by Headhunter Rollins on Dec 15, 2008 8:44 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Wiggle Stick by Reverend Horton Heat
I got a wiggle stick, momma. And you’ll like it a lot.
by Charming Devil on Dec 15, 2008 8:57 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Voodoo – Godsmack
Lose Yourself – Eminem, not the beginning though
by igotnothing on Dec 15, 2008 9:42 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Helter Skelter
By the Beatles
Though since someone already selected that, I would also nominate “Hey Bulldog” or “Revolution” (single version).
Or as a sleeper “You Know My Name (Look up the Number)”.
Adoptive parental unit of Kevin " 2007's Most Spectacular Pitcher" Pucetas.
"I'm a Giant now... I like watching the ball get up there" - Wendell Fairley
"I'm really proud to be on this team." - Nate Schierholtz
"Woo hoo" - Tim "The Kid" Lincecum
by obsessivegiantscompulsive on Dec 15, 2008 9:51 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure how well..
YKMN would go over…Great song though.
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by WalrusMan on Dec 15, 2008 10:00 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I know what you mean
I was just thinking of some of the outsized egos that populate the professional sports scene and how appropriate that song is, like I can see it working for Reggie, Manny, even A-Rod, Deion Sanders too, though he never walked the talk.
Adoptive parental unit of Kevin " 2007's Most Spectacular Pitcher" Pucetas.
"I'm a Giant now... I like watching the ball get up there" - Wendell Fairley
"I'm really proud to be on this team." - Nate Schierholtz
"Woo hoo" - Tim "The Kid" Lincecum
by obsessivegiantscompulsive on Dec 15, 2008 10:23 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Welll...
I like to take allot of practice swings so,
Skynrd’s Freebird (live). I’d be like the Steve Traschel of batters.
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
by zenbitz on Dec 15, 2008 10:01 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Late to the party, but:
The opening of Neil Young’s Cowgirl in the Sand is pretty crunchy.
I also like the aforementioned choice of The Who’s Punk and the Godfather.
The dub-y intro to the Clash’s cover of Armagideon Time would be cool.
And just to be weird, Zappa’s Peaches in Regalia.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Dec 15, 2008 10:05 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
since howtheyscored hasn't answered yet
I’ll suggest one for him: Truly Madly Deeply by his favorite band
by FluLikeSymptoms on Dec 15, 2008 11:33 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
I listened to the album Affirmation so much when I was 13.
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Dec 15, 2008 12:37 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
When you were HOW old?! Jebus, I am ancient. :D
Still-proud, adoptive mama of Notgardo Alfonzo, who's back from the 50-game purgatory. He promises never to do it again. I couldn't get him to promise to hit, though. We're working on that with bribes of M&Ms, kind of like potty training.
by tk on Dec 15, 2008 4:23 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Before I strike out on three pitches in my one and only MLB plate appearance, I’d like my intro music to be Use It by the New Pornographers.
My plans for 2009: getting married and attending Tim Lincecum Bobblehead Day.
by Kitspool on Dec 15, 2008 12:00 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Even later to the party,
but I would choose between:
Magnicent Seven – Clash
Wave of Mutilation – Pixies
Blue-eyed Devil – Soul Coughing
Greetings, Marklar! I am Marklar! This is Marklar.
by marklar on Dec 15, 2008 12:18 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Guitar riff intro to "When Doves Cry" by, of course, Prince
The guitar part and then the thumps of BUM-bum-bum-BUM, BUM-bum-bum-BUM,and the first few bars of the piano part. That would be several seconds, which is about all one gets.
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Dec 15, 2008 2:38 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
THRILLER!!!
Right when Renel says my name that part in the very beginning when it blows up starts to play.
And then I hit a homerun and I moonwalk the bases.
by Norm Median on Dec 15, 2008 4:07 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
that part in the very beginning when it blows up starts to play
Kidding. I kid Michael and his fans.
They say some players get out of bed hitting; Pablo Sandoval doesn't wait that long
by bgunn on Dec 15, 2008 4:34 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You should have Vincent Price’s monologue playing instead. It’d be epic.
by Natto on Dec 15, 2008 5:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
+1
Rafael Rodriguez: Your number 8 organizational prospect before stepping a foot on American soil and has "looked just super so far," according to Felipe Alou...according to Baggs.
by BrianBokake on Dec 15, 2008 6:29 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I imagine my at bat and trip around the bases would go something like this version
by Norm Median on Dec 16, 2008 10:38 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
the french national anthem
and i would try to act all aristocratic before my ABs.
either that or the song the ice cream man used to play when i was a kid. then the whole other team would be, like, “ICE CREAM MAN!” and while they were all fumbling for the change in their pockets, we could probably score a run from 3rd base with less than two outs.
"ever so cynical yet whimsical giants related signature"
by The Gene Hackman on Dec 15, 2008 4:14 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Brilliant!
Although you should combine the two. You can also wear a monocle as you step to the plate.
by Lars The Wanderer on Dec 15, 2008 7:09 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
La Marseillaise?
Aristocratic?
ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524
by rfloh on Dec 15, 2008 7:55 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Good point. Right on.
I'm adopting a true Giant and an awe-inspring gamer: tk. "Atta babe."
by Mayor of 311 on Dec 16, 2008 4:02 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you , GH
for my morning guffaw
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Dec 16, 2008 7:55 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
My Morning Jacket – Gideon
Rafael Rodriguez: Your number 8 organizational prospect before stepping a foot on American soil and has "looked just super so far," according to Felipe Alou...according to Baggs.
by BrianBokake on Dec 15, 2008 6:28 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
No , I said guffaw.
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Dec 16, 2008 7:56 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
If only I had gone back in time to change the name of the band or my post. Consarned time space continuum.
Rafael Rodriguez: Your number 8 organizational prospect before stepping a foot on American soil and has "looked just super so far," according to Felipe Alou...according to Baggs.
by BrianBokake on Dec 16, 2008 11:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Get back to where you once belonged.
Get back , Bokake…
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Dec 17, 2008 1:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Get back to where you once belonged.
Get back , Bokake…
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Dec 17, 2008 1:31 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Great song. Though John Lennon singing about bokake would make me say Ono
Rafael Rodriguez: Your number 8 organizational prospect before stepping a foot on American soil and has "looked just super so far," according to Felipe Alou...according to Baggs.
by BrianBokake on Dec 17, 2008 8:47 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Note:
Paul McCartney was singing the lead in that song.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
by WalrusMan on Dec 17, 2008 8:58 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Shit, you’re totally right. Didn’t work for my joke though, so facts were ignored.
Rafael Rodriguez: Your number 8 organizational prospect before stepping a foot on American soil and has "looked just super so far," according to Felipe Alou...according to Baggs.
by BrianBokake on Dec 18, 2008 12:37 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Great song. Though Paul McCartney singing about bokake would make me say Eastman.
Nah doesn’t work.
The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
by WalrusMan on Dec 18, 2008 8:11 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Ono-an-ism?
FIRE BRIAN SABEAN... UNLESS HE KEEPS DRAFTING WELL. .. AND SIGNS UNDERRATED PLAYERS LIKE AFFELDT OR PHELPS. .. OR ALRIGHT WHO'S PLAYING WITH THE ALIEN MIND-SWITCHING RAY?
by zenbitz on Dec 18, 2008 1:50 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Intro Music
Don’t take me for granted-Social D
by mikeivie on Dec 15, 2008 9:44 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
At bat music
No question: “Kill City” by Iggy Pop.
If I was a closer, I couldn’t pitch for the Giants. It would have to be the Cubs or White Sox, because my music would be the first minute or so of “Sweet Home Chicago”. (Watch “The Blues Brothers”; it’s the last song in their concert at the Palace Hotel Ballroom at Lake Wasapamani.)
Wait, lemme answer that again: As closer for your San Francisco Giants, I’ll stick with the Iggster and go for “Lust for Life”, and hope people don’t remember how Jim Rome crapped on that song.
Insert witty signature of your own choosing here.
by Flapjacks McGurty on Dec 16, 2008 10:50 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
400 , 000 people cover that...
…and you choose the Blues Bros?
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Dec 17, 2008 1:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I finally decided
Four Leaf Clover by the Old 97s. Or wait – maybe Time Bomb.
No, I think I gotta go with Four Leaf Clover, with the ominous tom-tom intro.
Josh Phelps is the new Scott McClain.
by EliminateMe on Dec 16, 2008 11:16 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
The National – Mr. November
Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.
by jponry on Dec 16, 2008 11:53 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Bomb. Repeat. Bomb – Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
GROUGTHINK ALERT
by groug on Dec 16, 2008 11:58 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
The Ocean
bam bam baddabam…
baddabam baddabam bamp pa bamp
bam bam baddabam…
baddabam baddabam bamp pa bamp…
bringing you moral turpitude since 1963
by Idaho Nick on Dec 16, 2008 12:09 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
At Bat:
The theme from Mario Bros.
Closer in San Francisco:
I’d have them play Tony Bennett as I walked in, signifying that the game was over.
by dogdays on Dec 16, 2008 1:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Oooo! I just thought of a good one
“World Destruction” by John Lydon and Afrika Bambaata.
The intial drums, guitar and Bambaata yelling “Speak about destrucTION!”
My adopted Giant: "Raptor Jesus" Guzman
by Goofus on Dec 16, 2008 3:46 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Crackup exchange
Bambaataa: “WHO WANTS..TO BE..A PRESIDENT OR KING?”
Lydon:“Me!”
In my more idiotic youth I thought Lydon was the Pistol who had died.
Then I heard PIL…He Is Risen!
Who has the fun?
Is it always the man with the gun?
- The Stranglers
by victor frankenstein on Dec 17, 2008 1:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm old school
So absolutely nothing.
But if I was forced to choose, “2001: A Space Odyssey” (Also Sparch Zarathurstra)
A McC newcomer but not outstanding.
by SFGuy on Dec 17, 2008 1:44 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Doomsday Clock – Smashing Pumpkins
But if I were a closer, I’d take the Top Gun Theme.
"Well, um, actually a pretty nice little Saturday, we're going to go to Home Depot. Yeah, buy some wallpaper, maybe get some flooring, stuff like that. Maybe Bed, Bath, & Beyond, I don't know, I don't know if we'll have enough time."
by Azantor on Dec 17, 2008 9:56 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
S.F. Artist!
If I were a Giant,I would pay tribute to the City & its artist by having “S.F. Anthem” by Messy Marv as my music!
by hudson101 on Dec 18, 2008 11:59 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Batting and pitching
For batting, I’d go with the Grateful Dead’s “Shakedown Street,” although I appreciate that Brent Mayne’s already done that.
For coming in from the bullpen, I’d like Van Halen’s “Right Now,” ideally timing the first pitch when the song shifts gears and the guitar riff kicks in.
"[Greg] Vaughn is in a funk so deep, George Clinton wearing a miner's helmet couldn't find him."
- Jim Baker, ESPN.com, May 2002
by achiappanza on Dec 18, 2008 11:50 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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