Angels need a new song for the 7th Inning
by DaBigKahuna on Apr 8, 2009 5:11 PM PDT
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Am I the only one who thinks that we gotta get rid if "Build me up Buttercup."
There's one line in it that sums up the Angels '08 season.
"Why to you build me up just to let me down"
How can we rally support when they're just gonna let us down? It's the wrong message to send!
Our luck isn't gonna change while this song is still around,
I say kill it... KILL IT NOW!!
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nah, it's okay
but, depends on replacement song
Vlad cheated me. I thought he was 12.
by vlad IS my man on Apr 7, 2009 9:59 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
how can you even concede that it is ok? sure, it’s cute in “something about mary” but that’s it.
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by Downing Rules on Apr 7, 2009 10:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly. We Need a Song by the Replacements ...
maybe “Dose of Thunder”. That would work!
by LazorkoRules on Apr 7, 2009 10:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
"Bastards of the Young"
Or, considering the usage, “Kiss Me on the Bus.”
by mattwelch on Apr 8, 2009 5:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thumbs down
Songs about songs cannot be the best song ever. Unless it’s “I Write the Songs,” sung by the guy who didn’t write it.
by mattwelch on Apr 8, 2009 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thumps up
that or “I Will Dare.”
A good song is a good song is a good song, mattwelch. ; )
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
This should be Billy Mac's theme song
he of course in the role of the bus driver.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
sweet caroline should be his song
There is an "Angel in the outfield" and his name is GA! ps. he is lazy but not a bum GO HALOS!
by wallispdub1 on Apr 8, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gary's Got a Boner...
ode to GMJ sitting on the bench?
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Apr 8, 2009 5:18 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
Rec'd
I think it would be a good one to bring around if any of our outfielders go down to injury, because then he SURELY will.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
ATTENTION ARTE AND THE ANGELS FRONT OFFICE
THAT SONG IS RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BRING BACK REPEATING “TAKE ME OUT” FOR A SECOND TIME!
BAD MOJO RISIN’ WITH BUTTERCUP, HALO FANS NO LIKEY!!!!!!!
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by Downing Rules on Apr 7, 2009 10:20 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
Not sure it's Arte's choice
I seem to recall this was foisted on owners somehow, one of three allowable songs.
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by scareduck on Apr 8, 2009 12:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rec'd
Did the front office even listen to the lyrics? It’s a song about a friggin’ LOSER!
Angels fan since '67
by red floyd on Apr 8, 2009 8:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Take me out?
The Franz Ferdinand single?
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 3:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
very likely worse
Recipient of the 2008 "The Iron Man" award from scottnak of Halos Heaven!
by 44FAN on Apr 7, 2009 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
we need something with a good, repetitive, easy-to-sing-with chorus
any suggestions?
Kotch would've had that.
by howiestheman on Apr 7, 2009 10:56 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
how about...
take me out to the ballgame?
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by Downing Rules on Apr 7, 2009 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
How about "The Glory" by Kanye?
That song always gets me jacked…and it actually has something to do with winning.
by NoDakHalo on Apr 7, 2009 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Louie, Louie?
Sean Rodriguez...the Rodriguez for a new Millennium
by HaloDutch on Apr 8, 2009 5:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
OK I got it!
“Send me an Angel” by The Scorpians would be cool
by lightupthat420 on Apr 7, 2009 11:40 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
send me an angel roooocks get play that im down with that i love that song
FOUR F'S FIND UM FEEL UM FUGUM FORGET UM.
by sexassassin on Apr 8, 2009 1:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
rick astley
<a href=“”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yu_moia-oVI" >" target="new">
We'll DO IT LIVE!!!!!
by blochead on Apr 7, 2009 11:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Did HH just get rickrolled?
Angels fan since '67
by red floyd on Apr 8, 2009 8:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about another Bon Scott tune like TNT or Whole Lotta Rosie
I was amazed to hear that Bon was lead vocalist for the Valentines song “Build Me Up, Buttercup.”
by PieceOfAase on Apr 8, 2009 12:44 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I agree with DaBigKahuna – the Buttercup song is a loser song for losers. I always go the bathroom when that song comes on because I hate it so much.
by Angelino Angel on Apr 8, 2009 1:16 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ha Ha
There were so many fanposts/comments on this subject last year. Next will be the “what should be the song” fanpost.
The song is pretty lame.
I vote for a Neil Diamond song ;)
Angel Pitching, Angel Defense - get past that.
by vladtheimpaler on Apr 8, 2009 1:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
If they are going to play anything but take me out to the ballgame, then continue using buttercup. My opinion … the damage is already done and a “tradition” has been started. Heck, it’s even listed on “buttercup’s” wikipedia page that the Angels “have been using this song for the 7th inning stretch since 2008.” Like it’s a part of history now or something.
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 8:34 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
In honor of Bill MacDonald, How about Winger's "Seventeen?"
by PieceOfAase on Apr 8, 2009 9:24 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
WINGER! Classic garbage 80’s pop rock.
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 9:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about Ringo Starr's version of "You're Sixteen"?
Ain't no stoppin' us now. We got the groove!!
by Fan Since 1981 on Apr 8, 2009 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I emailed Public Relations.
This song is an abortion. I heard it played in Boston when I was there. It makes me think of patsy’s and Red Sox.
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
by hauldog on Apr 8, 2009 10:45 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
actually
boston has sweet caroline…. “good times never seemed so good”
point un case
"Baseball was, is, and always will be to me the best game in the world." - Babe Ruth
by AnaheimHalos61 on Apr 8, 2009 12:18 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
*in
"Baseball was, is, and always will be to me the best game in the world." - Babe Ruth
by AnaheimHalos61 on Apr 8, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I am aware they play Sweet Caroline in bASSton
They also played Build me up when I was at Fenway.
But did you know Neil Diamond wrote that song after a show at the Forum? It was dark night and he had been drinking a lot, and he hit a kid, and so they got out and sure enough he was dead so they took off pretty fast. Sure enough two hours later he wrote Sweet Caroline.
In all honesty it is written about an underage girl.
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
by hauldog on Apr 8, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Neil Diamond wrote "Sweet Caroline" about Caroline Kennedy, daughter of John F. Kennedy.
Where did you get your story from?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/nov/21/usa.musicnews
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by 44FAN on Apr 9, 2009 1:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well the first part is an SNL with Will Ferrell skit it is hilarious
The second part is accurate. When he wrote that song Caroline Kennedy was 11.
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
by hauldog on Apr 9, 2009 11:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trash music
for trash fans.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Patsy Cline?
or pasty whites?
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 12:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Patsy
It is thought that the popularity of the name may have waned due to the dictionary meanings of the word “patsy” being “dupe” or “scapegoat”.1 With regard to the use of the term, “patsy” to mean “scapegoat,” the usage comes from the early 20th Century vaudevillian, Billy B. Van, whose character, Patsy Bolivar, was more often than not an innocent victim of unscrupulous or nefarious characters.
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
by hauldog on Apr 8, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
someone toss out that stale old buttercup already!
we need something by the doors, “la woman” maybe or “break on through”
Bienvenidos El Chupacabreu!
by AHaloInSF on Apr 8, 2009 11:21 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'd go for that.
Break on through would pump me up in the late innings!
Keep those hammies limber, boys.
by Rally Manatee on Apr 8, 2009 5:12 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
If they're looking for some 60's song, how about...
California Girls – Beach Boys
Twist and Shout – Beatles
Johnny B. Goode – Chuck Berry
Catch Us If You Can – Dave Clark Five
Runaround Sue – Dion & the Belmonts
Or there’s always the old stand-by…Me So Horny – 2 Live Crew
I was uncool before uncool was cool.
by WiHaloFan on Apr 8, 2009 12:26 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Johnny B. Goode is straight-up 1950s.
Get your ancient rock right, bro.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damn...you're right.
Good catch.
I was uncool before uncool was cool.
by WiHaloFan on Apr 8, 2009 4:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Half Chuck Berry fan
Half “Back to the Future” fan.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Apr 8, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh. Beat me by seconds!
Speaking of which, recognize this place?
by Stirrups on Apr 8, 2009 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where is that?
Do you live near that crossing?
I was uncool before uncool was cool.
by WiHaloFan on Apr 10, 2009 10:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's in Oxnard, just off the beach amidst some suburbs.
Last Christmas our family drove up north of Santa Barbara to be with relatives and I took the sons (college aged now) on a detour off the highway for a little surprise. We pulled over and looked around, noting landmarks from that final scene in BTTF III and how things had grown since that scene was shot there. Took some pics. Had some good laughs.
No, I live just 5 minutes from Angels Stadium in Santa Ana.
by Stirrups on Apr 10, 2009 11:00 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Any track from my band's last album entitled...
The Halo is Lit Tonight!
Keep those hammies limber, boys.
by Rally Manatee on Apr 8, 2009 5:14 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
hahaha I was JUST talking about this....
I swear, about two minutes ago I was telling my GF about this and she thought playing that song was totally lame.
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Apr 8, 2009 5:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
1961
The Angels commenced play in 1961; why not a song from that year?
http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1961.htm
They already play one of them (Big Bad John, which they already play for Lackey).
by jjackflash on Apr 8, 2009 5:27 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
speaking of which
[overheard last night in the team store around the 9th inning last night, while looking at the hat linked below]
Random Teenage Boy: “I don’t know why they have an LA hat, since the Angels are from Anaheim. They just used to be the Anaheim Angels.”
Teenage Boy #2: “No, I think they used to be LA.”
#1: “I’ve lived here all my life and they’ve always been here.”
by jjackflash on Apr 8, 2009 5:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well he wasnt
technically wrong. At least he knows his geography? Southern California geography at least?
by linkbruin on Apr 8, 2009 5:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
couldn't find a link
it was a dark blue “LA” hat. I would have bought it if it were the one with the halo, but it wasn’t.
by jjackflash on Apr 8, 2009 5:47 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
little note of trivia
I think the Halo was not added on top of the hat until 1962 at the earliest.
by Rev Halofan on Apr 8, 2009 6:41 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
According to the Baseball Hall Of Fame...
…the official hat had the halo starting in 1961.
I cannot find the really cool and comprehensive baseball uni website, so I went to the offical source.
by Stirrups on Apr 8, 2009 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So I have to admit
The song is definitely catchy. I’m pretty sure I know most if not all of the worlds. But then it was in There’s Something About Mary, which I didnt see until about 5 years ago. I then realized the song is about a loser. Its the catchiest song ever written about a guy who is at best a loser and at worst some sort of serial stalker. Since then I’ve just been letting my friends know that his is a song about some creepy, stalkerish guy. Grassroots movement against it.
But seriously, the song has gotta go
by linkbruin on Apr 8, 2009 5:32 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Metal Health by Quiet Riot
Sean Rodriguez...the Rodriguez for a new Millennium
by HaloDutch on Apr 8, 2009 6:08 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks Rev
For putting it on the front page!
Baseball more than any other pro sport is steeped in tradition and superstition. It’s all about the Mojo/ Karma or what ever you call it.
CAN THE SONG!
"No pay me bunt" Vlad
by DaBigKahuna on Apr 8, 2009 6:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Buttercup - seriously!!!!
Gary Glitter or Queen would be better! Get rid of Buttercup already!
by Trickie Vickie on Apr 8, 2009 7:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
gotta be accessible lyrics, melodic, for 43,000 to do a sing-a-long
better yet, apropos for the Halos, or baseball.
Name your substitute. (I have been Googling lyrics for “angels” songs all day…so far I got nothin’)
by Stirrups on Apr 8, 2009 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
how about,
what about a different song for different circumstances?
for instance, Eye Of The Tiger if we’re down
and something cheery if we’re winning
by AngelFan1 on Apr 8, 2009 8:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
How about SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT
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by Downing Rules on Apr 8, 2009 10:39 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
England Rugby team already has that one bagged...
…sung by the fans at every game
I see red people
by The Limey on Apr 9, 2009 4:12 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about "My Frankie Lies Over The Ocean"
Bring back..
Bring back..
Bring back my Frankie to me!
by Stirrups on Apr 8, 2009 11:13 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i like Reach Out (I’ll be there) – Four Tops, or Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch – The Temptations as songs that sound similar to Buttercup but have more positive lyrics.
But, if we’re going for cheese factor they should take it real old school and have a song sung by the Singing Cowboy Gene Autry himself. Maybe Blueberry Hill, or Back in the Saddle Again, or You Are my Sunshine.
Or, maybe update the Angels Fight Song?
by caangelsaokay on Apr 9, 2009 1:38 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
SONG SUCKS
seems like we are trying to be Boston by playing that crappy song
by 707Angel on Apr 9, 2009 7:51 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Come On Now
We Have Bad Seasons, But At Least We Aint As Bad As The Red Sox, Or Even Worse The Cubs…..But Look At It This Way, Baseball Is Not Only A Sport, Fans And Players Are Like Family, Everyone Lets Someone Down Sometimes
by JoeyBeers623 on Apr 9, 2009 11:50 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I say
we make our 7th inning song whatever Nick Adenhart’s favorite song was..
time to let the young guys show the world why we kept them!
by b0rd3rline on Apr 9, 2009 12:06 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
Best Idea yet!
Nick Adenhart RIP - Always an Angel
by DaBigKahuna on Apr 9, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
heellllll yeaaaaa
RIP ADENHART FOREVER.
by sky_HIGH on Apr 10, 2009 1:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
what about
calling all angels by train?
There is an "Angel in the outfield" and his name is GA! ps. he is lazy but not a bum GO HALOS!
by wallispdub1 on Apr 9, 2009 2:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i'm pretty sure thats the pregame video song
by linkbruin on Apr 9, 2009 6:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
You are correct
I have the 2002 World Series Game 7 Inning 9 Third out call memorized.
“Erstad says he’s got it…Erstaaaad…MAKES THE CATCH!!!! AND THE ANAHEIM ANGELS…ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF BASEBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!”
sigh good times
l 34 l
l N.J.A l
l R.I.P l
-- Figgi4life
by Figgi4life on Apr 9, 2009 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it is..
but it seems so fitting
There is an "Angel in the outfield" and his name is GA! ps. he is lazy but not a bum GO HALOS!
by wallispdub1 on Apr 9, 2009 11:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
very fitting
“I need a sign to let me know you’re here…”
Let us know you are with us, Nick! However, in our hearts we are certain you will be with us every time we go to the park!!!!
RIP Nick Adenhart - Angel fans will never forget you!
by Downing Rules on Apr 10, 2009 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about the Angels marketing department
or whatever department is in charge of the music selection and have them give the fans a choice of 3 to 5 songs to choose from, then play the song during the 7th inning.
The winning song gets to stay in the voting selection for a week….something like that.
When I'm not at the stadium, I'd rather be watching my Halos back in Costa Rica!
by Dono Romantico on Apr 9, 2009 10:29 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Times Like These - Foo Fighters
Would be appropriate for tonight.
by King Fish on Apr 10, 2009 10:47 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Back In The Saddle- Gene Autry
"When they signed Fukudome, I knew they were trying to get me fired". - Ron Santo, January, 2008
by BeerCub on Apr 10, 2009 12:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
heres an other thought
what about just singing take me out to the ball game once followed up with a moment of silence and a video montage of nick’s hi-lights?
There is an "Angel in the outfield" and his name is GA! ps. he is lazy but not a bum GO HALOS!
by wallispdub1 on Apr 10, 2009 1:26 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
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