Theme Songs

by Dave on May 31, 2007 12:03 PM PDT in News

For your lunchtime/afternoon consideration let's talk a little bit of music. I was thinking the other day about how it would be kind of cool to connect Blazer players (and other prominent figures) with theme music, much like they do in baseball. I don't mean you'd play different songs during starting introductions, but you might play a short clip when a guy is shown on the big screen, when he checks in off the bench, or of course on highlight reels.

Which theme songs would you match with prominent Blazer figures?

My contribution in honor of the good fortune/karma/luck Kevin Pritchard has brought to the organization would be to make his Stevie Wonder's "Superstition". (You can't beat that riff anyway.) Maybe that's lame though. I'm pretty sure you can do better.

--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)

P.S. How about all of you NCAA basketball geniuses stop bogarting us on the point guards available, drop down a couple posts, and give us a list? I'm pretty sure KP's magic book of draft prospects includes a point guard evaluation or two just in case...

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Darius Miles

Nowhere Man - The Beatles

by OCBlazerfan on May 31, 2007 12:07 PM PDT reply actions

Greg Oden

Thunderstruck - ACDC

by OCBlazerfan on May 31, 2007 12:13 PM PDT reply actions

Someone mentioned this one a while back

so I can't take credit, but for Jarrett:

The Jack -- ACDC.

by EngineerScotty on May 31, 2007 12:17 PM PDT reply actions

KP/Greg Oden/Kevin Durant

Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order

by MattD on May 31, 2007 12:21 PM PDT reply actions

Since you brought it up, Dave...

check out this most awesome rendition of Superstition ever. Solo guitar, no less.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWCKL_MHRoU

I've kind of said this before, but for Nate, Leader Of The Band... "He earned his love through discipline, a thundering velvet hand."

by ken @ Blazer's Edge on May 31, 2007 12:36 PM PDT reply actions

Hehe

The lyrics work, but I think the song would either put people to sleep or simply depress them.

by bocious on May 31, 2007 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions

Oops

Responded to the wrong post. Ignore that.

by bocious on May 31, 2007 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions

lol, nevermind

I was, in fact, responding to that post, but only the second part of it that referenced "The Leader of the Band." I must be going blind.

by bocious on May 31, 2007 7:51 PM PDT up reply actions

Sergio Rodriguez,

Heart's Magic Man, after all, he is El Mago!

by EnglandDan on May 31, 2007 12:39 PM PDT reply actions

Not particularly clever, but....

With a theme from Gustav Holst, The Planets:

Jamaal Magloire: Mars, the Bringer of War
Brandon Roy: Venus, the Bringer of Peace
Sergio Rodriguez: Mercury, the Winged Messenger
Zach Randolph: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Mike Rice: Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
Kevin Pritchard: Uranus, the Magician
Nate McMillan: Neptune, the Mystic

by ranma on May 31, 2007 12:39 PM PDT reply actions

Zach

Times they are a changin' - Bob Dylan

by OCBlazerfan on May 31, 2007 12:45 PM PDT reply actions

Speaking of Dylan...

for Miles, "Blowin' in the Wind."

by ken @ Blazer's Edge on May 31, 2007 12:50 PM PDT up reply actions

As far as title alone

I don't think that applies to Miles. We're looking at tornado force winds before anything on Miles is blowing.

I want my front court aLaMOde!!

by shenanigans on May 31, 2007 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Brandon

Some Kind Of Wonderful - Grand Funk Railroad

by OCBlazerfan on May 31, 2007 1:06 PM PDT reply actions

I have to say it.

Sorry guys....... Joel Theme from The Nut Cracker. Ouch!

by OCBlazerfan on May 31, 2007 1:08 PM PDT reply actions

Or AC/DC

It's a family site, so you know - the song about large spherical objects.

Ball Don't Lie

by bothteamsplayedhard on May 31, 2007 1:11 PM PDT up reply actions

I thought that song

was about large dance parties.

by EngineerScotty on May 31, 2007 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions

That's what we told

our parents so that we could listen to it.

by OCBlazerfan on May 31, 2007 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions

Here's one:

Tom Penn, Code Monkey by Jonathan Coulton

http://www.jonathancoulton.com/lyrics/code-monkey

by ranma on May 31, 2007 1:13 PM PDT reply actions

Hey Dave,

Could this be expanded to other NBA guys? Or would you like to keep it at home?

by OCBlazerfan on May 31, 2007 1:16 PM PDT reply actions

Example

(sorry, I clicked "post" before typing my final thought) Danny Ainge "I'm a Loser" - The Beatles. The team could play it durring warm ups :-)

by OCBlazerfan on May 31, 2007 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions

What the heck

knock yourself out. After all you never know who will be acquired via trade.

--Dave

by Dave on May 31, 2007 4:46 PM PDT up reply actions

B-Roy

Mr Roboto

by seattleblazer on May 31, 2007 1:17 PM PDT reply actions

For Mr. Allen...

and his big, big $$$$$

"How Do You Afford Your Rock n' Roll Lifestyle?"

(and we thank you for spending all that money)

Ball Don't Lie

by bothteamsplayedhard on May 31, 2007 1:26 PM PDT reply actions

While we're talking Cake,

How about "Never There" for Miles. Or "Satan is My Motor" for Sergio.

I want my front court aLaMOde!!

by shenanigans on May 31, 2007 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions

Although it's not a Cake original

they did a wicked cover of Gloria Gaynor's classic "I Will Survive" (adding an F-bomb or two which wasn't present in the original), which we should all dedicate to Darius:

Just go, walk out the door
Just turn around now, you're not welcome anymore

by EngineerScotty on May 31, 2007 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions

For the entire team

"Higher Ground" by Stevie Wonder (Chili Pepper's cover is an acceptable substitute).

by DonkeyShins on May 31, 2007 1:52 PM PDT reply actions

Here we go:

Paul Allen - "Golden Ticket", Harmony Rockets
This is a side project of the very fine band Mercury Rev,
and the song is a The-Wiz-style dance-floor cover of a song from
the first movie version of Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory.

I never thought my life could be
Anything but catastrophe
But suddenly I begin to see
A bit of good luck for me

'Cause I've got a golden ticket . . .

Greg Oden - "Living Space", John Coltrane
I said in an earlier post that Greg Oden plays pasketball the way Trane plays sax.
They have a similar physical presence, but their games are even bigger.
This song best shows how: Complex, colossal, larger-than-life, tireless.

Darius Miles - "You [xxxx]ed Yourself", Quasi
Self-explanatory. Listen to more Quasi. Portland band, you know.

You [xxxx]ed yourself
You chose your fate
You changed your mind
When it's too late
Your self-deceit, your worst mistake

Martell Webster - "Where Is My Mind", Pixies
With your feet in the air and your head on the ground . . .

Travis Outlaw - "Flash Gordon", Queen
FLASH!!! AHHHH-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!

Brandon Roy - "Tomorrow Never Knows", The Beatles
If you don't know this song inside and out yet, it's time you do so.

Zach Randolph - "The Beast And Dragon, Adored", Spoon
The title alone fits.
Song's got a sludgy, strong thumpity-thump to it.

I got a feelin it didn't come free
I got a feelin and then it got to me
When you don't feel it it shows they tear out your soul
And when you believe they call it rock and roll

Jarrett Jack - "Right Now, Right Now", The Reverend Al Green
JJ just reminds me of old soul; I thought Sam Cooke first, but settled on Al Green.
Lyrics involve rapid change and unexpected gifts, and the struggle to adapt to beauty.

LaMarcus Aldridge - "What Is The Light?", The Flaming Lips
Full title: "What Is The Light (An untested hypothesis suggesting that
the chemical [in our brains] by which we are able to experience
the sensation of being in love is the same chemical that caused
the "Big Bang" that was the birth of the accelerating universe)"
Funky, positive, smile-inducing, big.

What is the light
That you have
Shining all around you?
Is it chemically derived?

Cause if it's natural
Something glowing from inside
Shining all around you
It's potential has arrived

Looking into space, it surrounds you . . .

Nate McMillan - "Bring The Noise", Public Enemy and Anthrax
Nate's just got PE all over him--VERY Chuck D kinda presence.
And I nearly went with Anthrax's "I Am The Law" or "I'm The Man".
Compromise: Pubic Enemy AND Anthrax.
Very intense.

Jamaal Magloire - "Strongest Man In The World", Menomena
More Portland music.
I am made out of fire . . .

Kevin Pritchard - "Fresh Feeling", eels
Birds singing a song
Old paint is peeling
This is that fresh, that fresh feeling

I'd make a safe bet
You're gonna get
Whatever you need . . .

Ime Udoka - "O-o-h Child", Dusty Springfield
Dusty. GOTTA love Dusty.

Ooh-oo child, things are gonna get easier
Ooh-oo child, things'll be brighter

Some day, child
We'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun
Some day
Things will get brighter

Sergio Garcia - "Conduit For Sale!", Pavement
I'm trying! I'm trying! I'm trying! I'm trying! I'm trying! I'm trying! I'm trying! I'm trying
Something about his play just reminds me of early Pavement:
Raw, intuitive, nervy, unpredictable, seeing things you weren't even thinking about. FUN.
--
Awright--that's a Mercury Rev side project, Coltrane, Quasi, Pixies, Queen,
Beatles, Spoon, Al Green, Flaming Lips, Public Enemy w/Anthrax,
Menomena, eels, Dusty Springfield and Pavement.

Yeah, I could go with that. For ANYTHING.

Blazers have a five-on-three...and they pull it back and wait for help.

by QualityPie on May 31, 2007 2:20 PM PDT reply actions

A few songs

I tried to think about "highlight clipability"

Zack - Good Times Bad Times - Zep (the intro guitar riff would be nice, plus the lyrics, very apropos)

B Roy - Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like That) - Digable Planets

Greg Oden - La Grange (ZZ Top - he's already got the beard)

That's all I got for now...

Draft Oden

by zenbowl on May 31, 2007 2:28 PM PDT reply actions

Themes

Team: Princes of the Universe - Queen
Gods of War - Def Leppard
Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash

Aldridge: A-Team intro
Won't Back Down - Fuel

Roy: Welcome to the Machine - Pink Floyd

Darius Miles: Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
Lose Yourself - Eminem

Oden: Savior - 30 Seconds to Mars

Durant: Shoot to Thrill - AC/DC

Zach: Stop the Rock - Apollo 440

Sergio: Licence to Thrill - Billy Idol

Martel: Sooner or Later - Breaking Benjamin

Outlaw: Bad to the Bone - George Thorogood

Nate: Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top

Dan and Raef: Fanfare for the Common Man -
Copeland

Jack: Master of Puppets - Metalica

Ime: Home Sweet Home - Motle Crue

Jones: Hit That - The Offspring

Qyntel Woods, Mike Vick:Who Let the Dogs Out - Baha Men

by Steve The Hedge on May 31, 2007 3:02 PM PDT reply actions

Darius

"I'm Fat"
-Wierd Al

Brandon Roy 007

by TimG on May 31, 2007 3:40 PM PDT reply actions

You borrowed (better than stole) my topic

but you're getting a much better response so it's OK :-)

I brought it up awhile back because I love that Travis has a theme that they play in the RG whenever he scores. It's the theme from a spaghetti western (maybe The Good, the Bad & the Ugly) - perfect for an "Outlaw". I can only suggest "oldies" as I don't recognize 90% of the music mentioned above. But that's not necessarily bad as many longtime ticket holders don't know it either.

And slightly off topic (but it's music & Blazers together) - does anyone else remember when we were making our extended playoff runs in the early '90s, the songs that KEX morning disc jockey would "write"? (He'd write new lyrics for older songs, record them and play them daily.) I still find myself singing "Taking care of Phoenix" and "Beat L.A." ; there were other great ones and if I could remember what they were I'd sing those too. Sigh. I'd love to hear them again.

by jorga on May 31, 2007 3:45 PM PDT reply actions