Albert Pujols Angels Walkup Music (in a perfect world)
by Rev Halofan on Feb 6, 2012 3:45 PM PST
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PrintBasically, most athletes have terrible taste in music as revealed in their lousy walkup music, just like most team chairmen have terrible taste in Buttercups. Let's face it, your job is to throw, hit, catch and toss the ball mister major leaguer. You're good at it, great even. But your taste in music sucks, bro. Put it this way - you can kick my ass, but my iPod would melt yours if they were to meet on the astral-audio plane. And I am not even a music snob. The Angels would do well to have a sophisticated musicologist curate songs to match the strengths of the team's players at their moment of stepping up. This is the first in a series.
LINK ... Albert Pujols is the Hurdy Gurdy Man. Here he comes singing songs of love. Nothing sums the greatest batter of his generation more than that simple phrase. Instead of the Hippy Dippy Donovan original, the 1970 Eartha Kitt cover of this classic has just the right amaount of brassy big band boom that a slugger deserves along with a tender yet remote vocal that is just distanced enough from reality that you wonder how this batter is even really real and with us all on the material plane.
Watch the greatest Catwoman and Lady Bird Johnson killer here and imagine her transfixed on jersey number five stepping into the batter's box as one of 45,000 fans waiting for the miracle that is always a little more likely to happen when our Hurdy Gurdy Man Pujols approaches.
What song do YOU think the Angels should curate to heighten the live entertainment value of an Albert Pujols plate appearance?
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Terminator 2 theme song.
he’s a machine sent from the future to lay waste to AL West. Also, you won’t find a more epic, soaring score than that… Maybe Jurassic Park. MAYBE.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
Hmmm...a few suggestions.
BOOM by P.O.D. specifically the hook:
HERE COMES THE BOOM!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufb6T-av-rU#t=01m26s
Calm like a bomb, rage against the machine (kind of apropos)
Again just the hook.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbGJeXShopk#t=01m25s
Thunderstruck by AC/DC. Either the the begging chant of “THUNDER!” or the middle with “You’ve been thunderstruck!”. Will go great with the thunder sticks that they are supposedly thinking about bring back for the 10 year WS anniversary.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RukUetw0hAM&ob=av3e
Name of the game by Crystal Method, even edited it just sounds bad ass ;-).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A12-KN5UijA
I’m sure I’ll think of more.
by Darth Duane on Feb 6, 2012 4:37 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
Totally, bro!
cracks open Monster energy drink
"Bloody your hands on a cactus tree/
Wipe it on your dress and send it to me."
by Hutch83 on Feb 6, 2012 7:13 PM PST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
Imperial March?
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
by red floyd on Feb 6, 2012 4:39 PM PST reply actions 2 recs
Was going to go with this as well
We're still gonna fly flags
by Sorbo182 on Feb 6, 2012 7:33 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
Score from Inception.
The part that goes “BWHAAAAAA…BWHAAAAA.”
"You say this game go 9 innings...you lie!"
by Mayheminthehood on Feb 6, 2012 5:04 PM PST via mobile reply actions 4 recs
Mind Heist.
Part you want starts at about 0:53.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOJqicM6x84
Good choice, btw.
#34 Forever
Plugging the upside since 2006.
Never give up, never surrender!
I'm dying
+100000000000000000
RIP Nick Adenhart
by ihearhowie2.0 on Feb 6, 2012 7:55 PM PST up reply actions
He's Albert Pujols.
He could play Taylor Swift and no one would question him.
by moralesforpresident on Feb 6, 2012 5:29 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Don't Let His Teammates Pick
Ask Kelly Johnson what happened when Adam LaRoche picked his music.
by Designerguy on Feb 6, 2012 5:50 PM PST reply actions 1 recs
I know I'm a bit of a folkie, but I suggest "You Can Call Me Al" by Paul Simon
which features these lyrics:
He sees angels in the architecture,
Spinning in infinity,
He says, Amen! and Hallelujah!
Don't call me Bugs. Although Bugs Bunny could do it all on the baseball field.
I love this!
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
How about a nice slow regal walkup...
…with the ascending spiritual wallop of another Albert:
Followed by the final verdict — last will and Testament:
Fanfare For The Common Man
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
by Stirrups on Feb 7, 2012 12:11 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
Wrong question
The traditional orchestral arrangement is the stirring clarion call of a solo champion stepping onto the stage.
But the ELP arrangement is probably more accessible to today’s fans.
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
by Stirrups on Feb 7, 2012 12:11 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
ELP version is a little too John Tesh-y for my tastes.
I’ll take Copland, starring Sly Stallone and Ray Liotta.
"You say this game go 9 innings...you lie!"
by Mayheminthehood on Feb 7, 2012 12:17 PM PST up reply actions
I did a ballet to the Copland one.
True story. It was cool.
"And that’s why to hell with the traffic, Diane, we’re staying until the end of the game, and that’s final." ~brokenyard, 8/18/11
this one
Gets my vote
me and the wonder dog got high!
by YOUknowulovetheIE on Feb 7, 2012 11:58 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
True Story
I wanted to see Jane’s Addiction at the Ford Amphitheater, but I didn’t have any money. Naturally, I caught a ride with some friends who did have money, slipped away from the crowd and up into some pine trees, eluded a security guard and his flashlight, then finally came to a steep embankment looking down on the back of a frozen daiquiri vendor. I gathered my nerve and slid down the embankment, just as JA started their set with….you guess it. Comin down the mountain!
by Rock Island Line on Feb 6, 2012 7:40 PM PST up reply actions
I'd almost forgotten about Eartha Kitt and the incident with Lady Bird
that was a really big deal at the time.
Walk up music? Seems like Pink Floyd’s “Money” is appropriate.
"One time, when we got back to the locker room, all of our clothes were gone," Trout recalled. "They left me a Lady Gaga costume and I had to wear it."
I first said Machine Gun Blues by Social D (bcuz he IS The Machine)
Then I was like, how about “She Builds Quick Machines” by Velvet Revolver. Keep the machine names going lol
Representing the Angels in Sin City.
by maze88 on Feb 6, 2012 7:07 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Vernon Wells would be"99 to life."
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Feb 6, 2012 9:31 PM PST up reply actions
Wells would be ball and chain
When I flip a coin I dont say heads or tails, I say Halos or Spurs
by ItCouldHappen on Feb 6, 2012 9:40 PM PST up reply actions
Whose toast is this? Who fuckin cares?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wceYlIbC_b8
HE WAS A GOD
HE WAS A HIT MAN
HE WAS A HENCHMAN
A CARTOON CHARACTER
ONTO THE UPPER DECK IT COMES
But seriously, I think it should be the grind at the end of Windowlicker
You know, the robot ears music from Grandma’s Boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP_3goBZj1Y
It will probably be something along the lines of Vlads old walk up music
We're still gonna fly flags
by Sorbo182 on Feb 6, 2012 7:35 PM PST via mobile reply actions
Or stone cold Steve austins entrance music
We're still gonna fly flags
by Sorbo182 on Feb 6, 2012 7:37 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
I think it'd be really cool and original if he had some reggaeton or Pitbull
……………………..
RIP Nick Adenhart
Eartha Kitt was NOT the original Catwoman.
That was Julie Newmar.
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
Don't blow my boyhood memories!
(Miss Kitt, notably, batted THIRD as far as Catwoman went..)
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
The first Catwoman was actually Lee Meriwether in the movie that preceded the series.
by Cal Poly Pomona Angel on Feb 7, 2012 10:46 PM PST up reply actions
Incorrect. Time to bone up on your Bat-trivia!
That movie was actually filmed AFTER the second season’s episodes, but aired before the second season began.
Ms. Newmar had already had her role broadcast in season 1, and had shot all her role in season 2, before they even started shooting on that movie. In fact, she was supposed to also play Catwoman in that movie but was already booked elsewhere by the time they decided to shoot it.
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
by Stirrups on Feb 7, 2012 11:45 PM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
well done stirrups....
When I read that post I imagined words popping out like BAM and ZAP and of course KAPOW
When I flip a coin I dont say heads or tails, I say Halos or Spurs
by ItCouldHappen on Feb 8, 2012 11:53 AM PST up reply actions
I don't know, Zodiak made Hurdy Gurdy man a frightening song to me.
I’d go with Gimmie Shelter
Unlike this cat, my love for the LAA will never die.
Or, given that he's #5, how about "Five to One"
Five to one, baby
One in five
No one here gets
Out alive!
If the Halos don't care about the way they play, then why should I?
When ever i hear that song
i think of the Zodiac killer and have to look behind me
Forget Tebow
Andy Lee is the second coming of Jesus
-ME
matching the chill
Angels opponents will get when Albert steps to the plate each time over the next decade.
hehe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6XkgmQXilM
Unlike this cat, my love for the LAA will never die.
I think that though Albert may be the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Prince is the Rolly Polly man, these distinctions are important
Unlike this cat, my love for the LAA will never die.
Cocaine is a hell of a drug, Catwoman.
I like the Donovan version better… but not for Albert. His song is:
O Fortuna, from Carmina Burana.
Now, I wouldn’t read too much into the lyrics, because you might start thinking it has something to do with the ravages of life affecting a 10-year contract.
Instead, when you listen to it, just imagine you are the opposing pitcher that just walked the bases loaded for Albert, and you hear this song start to play. It is what a nightmare sounds like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWiyKgeGWx0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
"Yoy! And double Yoy!"
by Captain Thailand on Feb 6, 2012 11:36 PM PST via iPhone app reply actions
waaaay too long of a buildup for a batter
Come one… If you wanna go over the top, go BIG or go home!
Also Sprach Zarathustra
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
by Stirrups on Feb 7, 2012 12:02 AM PST via iPhone app up reply actions
If that becomes a full time job...
I’ll take it.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring." Rogers Hornsby
I know this is the Godzilla theme remixed, but I always liked the intro to this song as walk-up music.
by AManNamedLandfill on Feb 7, 2012 3:02 PM PST reply actions
Buttercup?
anyone???
"You realize that Ive been posting on AN since 07 on this name and I am one of the most rec'ed posters there right?" - Some tool named Designatedforassignment from Athletics Nation
"Ladies and Gentlemen...
Albert – The Apocalypse – Now batting."
(see what I did there?)
Dear Texas: "One, two...........THREE!" The next number IS THREE!!!
Pujols Walk Up Music
I was thinking Macho Man by the Village People.
by Cal Poly Pomona Angel on Feb 7, 2012 10:49 PM PST reply actions
One of a Kind by Breaking Point
Let’s face it: there is only one Albert Pujols and we have him on our side.
"Grantland Rice, the great sportswriter, once said 'It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you play the game.'
Well, Grantland Rice can go to hell as far as I am concerned." - Gene Autry
this is the DEFINITE song for him:
Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)…like the beginning of the song or mid way in it is the perfect fit for him :)
by when 2 players become one great team on Feb 9, 2012 3:03 PM PST reply actions
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