Brandon Calling - A Song for the Blazers

by ClipperSteve on Mar 23, 2008 7:50 PM PDT

Dave graciously let me and the Citizens of ClipsNation off the hook regarding our song bet this weekend. I guess he felt bad winning a game against a team starting Dan Dickau, Josh Powell and Quinton Ross. Go figure.

But a bet is a bet, and I'm not a welsher (nor am I Welsh). So I offer you a song of praise.

With apologies to Mick Jones and the late Joe Strummer and everyone in the legendary Clash, here is the world premiere of 'Brandon Calling', sung to the tune of 'London Calling' by ClipperSteve.

Brandon Calling to the Trailblazer fans
The future is now, so get in the stands
Brandon calling to the NBA World
Another big banner, will soon be unfurled
Brandon calling, now don't look at us
All the phony Z-Bo-mania has bitten the dust
Brandon calling and I don't wanna shout
But after we jumped you, you called a time-out

CHORUS
Greg Oden is coming, and Rudy's zooming in
Phoenix stopped running, the Spurs are growing thin
The West is a terror, but Dallas has fear
Brandon is calling - and I live by the (Williamette) river

Brandon calling at the top of the key
Aldridge is LaMonster, as anyone can see
Brandon calling see we ain't got no flaws
Travis is clearly the best of Outlaws
Brandon calling, yeah, I was there too
Przybilla and Webster are players it's true
Brandon calling from the three point line
We've got talent already, cap space in '09

CHORUS

Brandon calling step back from the ledge
You folks of ClipsNation, just read Blazer's Edge
Brandon calling the name is Brandon Roy
Come out of the cupboard all you girls and boys

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Awesome

That was awesome.

Oden '08 Worth the Wait

by JTDuck22 on Mar 23, 2008 7:53 PM PDT reply actions

Cheese! What a good sport you are.

And a talented tune tyro, I might add.

by annthefan on Mar 23, 2008 8:00 PM PDT reply actions

That was great

Thanks ClipperSteve ^^

by Dheepan on Mar 23, 2008 8:09 PM PDT reply actions

Go figure

Ha Ha Haa

Gotta read the rest.

Luvs ya CliperSteve

"The Team with Caricature!"

by Lizzy Lowblow on Mar 23, 2008 8:19 PM PDT reply actions

Good Stuff -- Thanks, Steve!

One of my all-time favorite tunes, reworked.

We've been struggling to find a good nickname for LaMarcus -- somehow LA doesn't sit right with many in Blazerland. LaMonster might just do the trick.

May you have a healthy year in 2008-2009.

by Corvid on Mar 23, 2008 9:08 PM PDT reply actions

Nicely done.

That actually worked!

Far as a nickname for Aldridge, someone once said 'Big Smoothy' which I always thought was cool.
'L Train' wasn't too bad either, I thought.

We're going to WIN...in RIP CITY! Well, the lights are bright! In the town tonight!

by patrickroy on Mar 23, 2008 9:11 PM PDT reply actions

Bravo

I applaud you.

by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 23, 2008 9:13 PM PDT reply actions

Wow

Well played sir!

by coolguyrob on Mar 23, 2008 9:36 PM PDT reply actions

Stand up job man

Good to see a man hold his word.

On to more pressing issues, what is it going to take to get your 1st pick? And what are you guys looking for? Any player that has your eye in this draft? We'd love to move up and grab any of the three, Bayless, Mayo or Gordon and one of them should be there if you dont win the lotto. Good luck to you as I know that being a clipper fan is not the most enviable position in the world, good to see you stand with them through the good and the bad.

The NBA

Where Kyle Korver happens.

by SpyderRyder on Mar 24, 2008 12:06 AM PDT reply actions

Draft

I don't think you have what we want to get this pick. Clippers need a big time point guard or shooting guard, and while I'd take several of your points over, say, Smush Parker, none of them are really the solution, as you well know.

Clippers are currently 6th. With 13 pretty tough games remaining, they could drop a little more, but not much - Miami, Seattle and Memphis are all just as bad. At 6, all three of your targets will likely be gone (depending on how far Gordon and Bayless drop with first round exits and in workouts). OJ Mayo is a possibility for the Clippers.

The Clippers! The (second) Best NBA Team in LA!

by ClipperSteve on Mar 24, 2008 10:54 AM PDT up reply actions

awesome

that was great. i love that song, and the new lyrics are fabulous.

"and when our backs are against the wall the only two words that matter offensively are 'Brandon' and 'Roy'." --Dave

by chickenmelt on Mar 24, 2008 12:19 AM PDT reply actions

We finally have it!

LaMarcus Aldridge's nickname should be......

" LaMonster "

I'm hip, I'm slick, and all the women want my phone number!

by silkybrown on Mar 24, 2008 1:14 AM PDT reply actions

LaMonster

I also considered LaMonstrous and LaMarksman.

I want a royalty on T-shirt sales.

The Clippers! The (second) Best NBA Team in LA!

by ClipperSteve on Mar 24, 2008 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions

Yes!

ClipperSteve, that was rad!!! Loved the tune and I'll never listen to the Clash again without thinking of the Blazers (yet one more thing inextricably linked to the PTB).

And what's this? A Clippers fan comes up with the nickname for Aldridge that we've all been trying to think of (I like the L Train, but LA or LMA kinda sucks)?! "LaMonster"?! Again, awesome.

The Clipshow should be happy to have you as a fan! Good luck with the lottery and I hope Donald Sterling has a near death experience that makes him realize he owes his team's fans a winner after all these years and he gets his "stuff" together.

by BlazerD on Mar 24, 2008 5:19 AM PDT reply actions

Thanks, Steve

that was great! You're a good sport as well as a good lyricist. I hope your Clipsnation fan base grows quickly - you deserve it. (And you diehard fans deserve a better team - may next season be injury free.)

"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook." - William James.

by jorga on Mar 24, 2008 8:18 AM PDT reply actions

clapclapclapclap

Bravo, sir! Nicely done.

by roseburgian on Mar 24, 2008 8:24 AM PDT reply actions

Quite a nice song! Excellent job.

And thank you. I'll be pulling for the Clippers whenever they don't play us.

"I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled." -P.G. Wodehouse

by T Darkstar on Mar 24, 2008 8:47 AM PDT reply actions

well done!

Bravo!

Can't we all just get along?

by you'vegottomakeyourfreethrows on Mar 24, 2008 12:54 PM PDT reply actions

God Bless You

And Godspeed the Clippers.

The square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.

by tominhawaii on Mar 24, 2008 1:14 PM PDT reply actions

LeMonster

I love it!

Now Stay Healthy!

by iDea on Mar 24, 2008 1:25 PM PDT reply actions

BRAVO! BRAVO! BRAVO!

Hope we can both be better next year. I can't wait for the day when Staples is ruled by the Clippers and the Lakers slink in and out of the back door! Of course that might take a new owner!

by lee3022 on Mar 24, 2008 9:06 PM PDT reply actions