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Song for Earl

In the weekend "What are you looking forward to?" post Earl wondered aloud when Portland would get another honest-to-goodness Blazer song like Bob Miller's in the old days.  If and when we do get another one, here's my suggestion, just for Earl.

The song is AM Radio by Everclear.  It's a natural match because you could get Art to come back and help with the song and the video, him being a Blazer fan.  (And Damir, let me cut you off right now by saying, "HUSH!")(C=  This should absolutely be a video too.  You could show it first at a game or two and then release it virally via YouTube.  This should be a pattern...there should be three or four songs/videos released during the year.  It would be a cool way to draw attention.

Anyway, I assume most are familiar with the song.  The line rhythms here pretty much match up with the Everclear lyrics.  There are some performance notes in the lyrics themselves and a couple after.

A.M. Radio  (Blazer style)

You could hear the Blazers on the AM radio

The DVR and DVD
There was none of that crap back in 1970
Couldn't get the feed off world wide web
Was a whole different game being played back when I was a kid

Wanna get down in a cool way?
Picture yourself on a Blazer game day
A bunch of kids, growin' up fast
Just enjoying their subscription to NBA League Pass (No!)
You would listen to the Blazers on the AM radio (AM radio)
Yeah, you could hear the Blazers on the AM radio (AM radio)

Flashback to '72, all the people in Portland getting used to something new
Geoff Petrie strokin' the "J", not too many wins but we loved them anyway
Home games at the Coliseum...we were too damn poor to buy the tickets to see `em
But we had a good time...list'ning to the Schonz rhyme,
"Bingo Bango Bongo through the Cyclops" every night
I'd be in bed with the radio on, I would listen to it all night long,
just to help the team along
You stayed up late so you could hear it on the AM radio (AM radio)
Yeah, you could hear Bill Schonely on the AM radio (AM radio)
I can still hear momma say, "Boy turn the radio down!"

(Bridge:  In the song they have "All in the Family" theme, I suggest replacing this with famous Schonely calls  "Rip City!  Red Hot and Rolling!  Lickety-Brindle up the middle!" and the like.)

(Turn it up!  Turn it up! Turn it up!)

Things changed back in '75 with Walton and Hollins from the in and the outside
We got Luke from the ABA, Twardzik and Davis in the backcourt ready to play
I remember 1977, that's the year Blazer fans got a little glimpse of heaven
Yelling out loud on a bright June day, "Momma!  Momma, come watch, they're gonna go all the way!"  (All the way...  All the way... All the way...)

All around Portland people danced, we all yelled and cheered when we got the chance, everybody grooved on Ramsay's pants...

If the game's at the Garden but you just can't go...you can still be happy, just listen to the Blazers on the the AM radio (AM radio).  
(Insert Brian Wheeler calls in the background here.)  
You can hear the Blazers on the AM radio (AM radio).

I liked Kermit, I liked Carr, I liked Buck but I never liked J.R. (repeat)
(Fans storm the stage here, chanting)
We liked Kermit, we liked Carr, we liked Buck but we never liked J.R. (repeat ad nauseum)

Other Performance Notes:

In addition to Schonz and Wheels voicing their parts I think Rice, Barrett, and Harvey should be in the background playing the bongos or something.  Pritchard should be there shaking some maracas too.  (Notice I didn't say they should have live mics on any of those percussion instruments.)  Seeing all those goofy guys doing that would be hilarious.  Also they should throw a couple of the young players in there singing, "A.M. Radio" if nothing else.  (Brandon?  Lamarcus?  SERGIO???)  Best of all, there should be a guy playing guitar throughout, seated with his back to the camera.  During the big guitar solo in the middle the camera should swing around him revealing...Paul Allen playing his very own axe.  There ought to be game film clips, old and new, interspersed throughout, of course.

I don't believe something like this would be too hard.  It'd be one day on stage for all of the Blazers participants.  The band/vocalists/producers would have to do most of the work.  It'd hopefully cool/funny enough for the Gen-Y people while, if done correctly, bringing fond memories to the old timers and establishing a connection to the heritage.

There ya go, Earl.

--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)

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ever clear is right but
more like "what its really like to have the blues" is the song thats more appropiate
if it can be conceived it can be achieved

by lyfefindsaway on Aug 13, 2007 9:29 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

That's Everlast not Everclear
But good point.
I am the master of my fate, I am the Captain of my soul. - Charles Wesley

by Earl on Aug 13, 2007 12:33 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

i knew it wqas ever something
im more into marvin gaye..hey thats it "how sweet it is to be loved by you"
if it can be conceived it can be achieved

by lyfefindsaway on Aug 13, 2007 2:07 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Or how about
"I need a little Basketball Healing..."  Marvin Gaye Classic.
I am the master of my fate, I am the Captain of my soul. - Charles Wesley

by Earl on Aug 13, 2007 3:47 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

hey remember that song
it was not too pretty it was called "rip city rhapsody" ummmm im trying to think of some thing postive to say about it...I had the pleasure of knowing jimmy and brian aka "the u krew"... ummm ill have to get back to later with the posites thoughts about the song cause im not coming up  with any thing yet... ohhh ok they had nice hair cuts
if it can be conceived it can be achieved

by lyfefindsaway on Aug 13, 2007 9:40 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I remember
"Rip City Rapcity, we're the Blazers of the N.B.A."
Not their best.  I did like that one about the "The Blazers are in the house", they would go on about who was in the house, all the players, the coach, then they ask "what about the referees?  Nah, they're still out on the porch."

Classic.

I am the master of my fate, I am the Captain of my soul. - Charles Wesley

by Earl on Aug 13, 2007 12:45 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

For the record,
Art is wearing a Blazer Scottie Pippen jersey in the original "AM Radio" video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ue5WQtID2c

Also, those instruments that Rice, Barrett, and Harvey are playing... Would those be "Bingo Bango" bongos?

by rockingharder on Aug 13, 2007 10:01 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

This may be
the single greatest creation to ever come from Blazersedge.

by KobeStoppa on Aug 13, 2007 10:23 AM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Bust-a-bucket?
Can Paul Allen be playing a Guitar Hero version of the song? I think that's way more fitting than him playing the actual guitar...

by Champs2009 on Aug 13, 2007 12:07 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Best Blazer Song Ever
I had this song on casette and it was playing in my casette player 24 hours a day for like 3 years straight.
I am the master of my fate, I am the Captain of my soul. - Charles Wesley

by Earl on Aug 13, 2007 12:36 PM PDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I LOVE IT!!!
I can't wait to here this on 1080 or 750.  This is gonna rock!  I volunteer to do Vocals right now if Art doesn't want to!

Blazer Song!  Blazer Song!  Blazer Song!

Thanks Dave, this made my day.

I am the master of my fate, I am the Captain of my soul. - Charles Wesley

by Earl on Aug 13, 2007 12:35 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Rip City Rhapsody
I have a LOT of positive things to say about Rip City Rhapsody.  The song was ill.  I owned the cassette single and played it in my little ghetto blaster.  And any fan worth remembering at my elementary school knew the entire rap.  Here's my favorite, somewhat illogical line:

"light the blaze and let the score get higher /
but you better call the cops cause the hoop's on fire"  

I guess the "fire deparment" just had too many syllables.

Another nice line (though not if seen as prophetic of Shaq) was:

"Rims are shakin', backboards fallin' /
cause we're Blazer basketballin' "

by sotis on Aug 13, 2007 2:42 PM PDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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