bri-bobs walk-up song?

This song has created more chatter than the new Madonna album.

To sum up:

1. It’s a horrible song.
2. It sucks.
3. Brian Roberts likes it because he probably likes really shitty music.

It’s by some crappy band from Texas, which I learned yesterday.

"Yesterday I was lying, today I am telling the truth." -- Bob Arum

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by SC on Jul 7, 2008 12:19 AM EDT 0 recs

Madonna has a new CD out?

HOW did I miss that? Off to Wal-Mart, BRB,,,,,

"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby

by duck on Jul 7, 2008 9:28 AM EDT up 0 recs

it's fucking terrible

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by SC on Jul 7, 2008 8:16 PM EDT up 0 recs

I'm shocked.

Completely shocked.

"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby

by duck on Jul 7, 2008 9:30 PM EDT up 0 recs

The new Madonna isn't so good

but Confessions is pretty good, of course not as good as her ‘80s output

"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones

by exitfare on Jul 7, 2008 11:17 PM EDT up 0 recs

Bri's taste in music

It is a terrible song, but I don’t know if his taste is all that bad. At the very least, it’s eclectic. Didn’t he walk up to Biggie last year?

by blawk359 on Jul 7, 2008 9:28 AM EDT up 0 recs

He walked up to Hypnotize for years

But I think I heard that someone else picked it out for him.

"We’re not concerned about what other teams think. I know teams come in here thinking we’re playing the Orioles. And then 9 innings later, they got the loss, they know what we’re about." ~Adam Jones

by Stacey on Jul 7, 2008 1:28 PM EDT up 0 recs

It is really, truly godawful

It’s been his AB music for well over a month, and it is not good at all. I personally like Kevin’s choice of walking out to Godsmack best out of the team.

by punkrawka on Jul 7, 2008 5:47 AM EDT 0 recs

someone should use "Angel of the Morning"

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by SC on Jul 7, 2008 6:24 AM EDT up 0 recs

I'm surprised players don't change their music more

If I was up there, I feel like I’d be changing it almost daily. Maybe the guys in the booth ask them to limit the changes.

by punkrawka on Jul 7, 2008 7:40 AM EDT up 0 recs

You love you some Juice Newton, don't ya?

"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby

by duck on Jul 7, 2008 9:28 AM EDT up 0 recs

how can you NOT?

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by SC on Jul 7, 2008 8:17 PM EDT up 0 recs

"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby

by duck on Jul 7, 2008 9:35 PM EDT up 0 recs

A lot of us are music fans

but I doubt these players have time to go on Last FM or on blogs or read Spin or whatever so they all probably like shitty music. I want to critique every shitty song I hear players walk up to, but these guys really don’t have a clue anyway.

Plus, this song seems to be working for B-Rob.

Quick fact: Barry Zito is one of the few players I know that likes what some of us would consider “good” music, as he is a fan of NOFX and a number of Bay Area punk bands. Also, Scott Radinsky, former pitcher, used to play in Epitaph Records bands Pulley and Ten Foot Pole.

"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones

by exitfare on Jul 7, 2008 7:51 AM EDT 0 recs

Pulley's self-titled CD was money

After that, less so, at least for my own tastes.

by punkrawka on Jul 7, 2008 7:52 AM EDT up 0 recs

not to mention...

jack mcdowell played rock music. ben broussard, bronson arroyo and bernie williams also have cd’s out. i understand bernie does, like, elevator music style classical guitar. parties w/ tesh and such.

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Jul 7, 2008 9:19 AM EDT up 0 recs

Arroyo's CD was all covers, I believe

And Theo Epstein, Peter Gammons and some other PHN douches like to jam with Buffalo Tom, who are an excellent, excellent band. The nicest guys ever, too.

"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones

by exitfare on Jul 7, 2008 2:00 PM EDT up 0 recs

NOFX gives me gas

Zito can go jam with Jack Johnson.

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by SC on Jul 7, 2008 9:24 AM EDT up 0 recs

Seriously?

I would’ve pegged you for someone who could at least appreciate NOFX. Have you heard the Decline? 18-minute punk songs are kinda hard to come by.

by punkrawka on Jul 7, 2008 10:31 AM EDT up 0 recs

If I were 14

I’d be all over NOFX

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by exitfare on Jul 7, 2008 1:59 PM EDT up 0 recs

NOFX just never did it for me

I was into the Epitaph/Fat Wreck/etc. stuff when I was 13-18 mostly, but NOFX and Bad Religion in particular did not connect with me. Although I legitimately dislike Bad Religion, while NOFX just gives me gas. But I suppose it’s better that kids listen to that and maybe approach thinking (though most of them just drink beer and get weird haircuts) than listen to 311 or something.

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by SC on Jul 7, 2008 8:20 PM EDT up 0 recs

You don't like Bad Religion?

Any reason why?

I mean other than that they’ve been writing the same song with different lyrics for the past 20some years?

by getxstoked on Jul 7, 2008 8:42 PM EDT up 0 recs

Bad Religion only ever wrote two songs

the “fast one” and the “slow one”

Like come on, Greg Graffin, you’re 45 or whatever, ditch the punk

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by exitfare on Jul 7, 2008 9:13 PM EDT up 0 recs

he tried!

He recorded a horrible “folk” album.

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by SC on Jul 7, 2008 9:59 PM EDT up 0 recs

Ian MacKaye ages gracefully

while Graffin looks like a fool. He also dates women half his age.

"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones

by exitfare on Jul 7, 2008 11:16 PM EDT up 0 recs

Ask yourself....

wouldn’t you, given the chance?

"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby

by duck on Jul 8, 2008 8:13 AM EDT up 0 recs

It's illegal

to date someone 14.5 years old

"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones

by exitfare on Jul 8, 2008 8:44 AM EDT up 0 recs

OK, when you get as old as he is

And yeah, statutory isn’t cool. That’s how I got my coaching gig – the last coach (in the early 90s) forgot that…

"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby

by duck on Jul 8, 2008 11:34 AM EDT up 0 recs

I find political music to be annoying most of the time

Plus I don’t think the lyrics have been all that different. But as far as political punk goes, I’ll take BR over Anti-Flag, who continually play to the lowest common denominator and think they’re non-conformists because they have mohawks or whatever. I’m SMOKING, nyeeeh. FUCK THE GOVERNMENT

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by SC on Jul 7, 2008 10:01 PM EDT up 0 recs

Once exception on political music

Rage Against the Machine. I’m no socialist, but I love their stuff.

"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby

by duck on Jul 8, 2008 11:34 AM EDT up 0 recs

I am a socialist

and I don’t like their stuff. We compliment one another.

"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones

by exitfare on Jul 8, 2008 1:10 PM EDT up 0 recs

Or at least cancel each other out....

"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby

by duck on Jul 8, 2008 1:38 PM EDT up 0 recs

I hate RATM

I hate them based solely on musical merit. I DO find it hilarious that a bunch of anti-capitalists have made a fortune marketing CDs on a major record label though.

by punkrawka on Jul 8, 2008 2:10 PM EDT up 0 recs

Someone should really tell Zack

that “UGH!” is not a political statement

You can't fix stupid. Stupid is forever.

by sluggo 2.0 on Jul 8, 2008 2:45 PM EDT up 0 recs

He knows.

That’s why he compliments it with, “rrrrrrrRRRRRRAAAAARRRR!”

He’s a member of the Incredible Hulk party.

From the Land of Pleasant Living...

by OEutaw on Jul 8, 2008 3:51 PM EDT up 0 recs

Sorry, I love Tom Morello's playing

saw them live on their first tour, opening for House of Pain, and was mesmerized – all those sounds out of almost zero equipment (wah, distortion box, amp head, that’s it) – like he was the anti-Edge or something.. Thankfully, HoP didn’t play. Great night all around.

"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby

by duck on Jul 8, 2008 3:50 PM EDT up 0 recs

Tom Morello’s playing is neat, but he, uh, sorta lacks range. Like how he’d always play THAT FUCKING SOLO even if it was an Audioslave ballad. Wheeee!! Waaaah!! Whee waah whee waah WHEE WAAH WHEE WAAH!

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by SC on Jul 8, 2008 4:34 PM EDT up 0 recs

the edge?

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Jul 8, 2008 4:38 PM EDT up 0 recs

Total studio creation

Stick an acoustic in his hands, and he becomes rather pedestrian. Think of every U2 rocker you like. I Will Follow. Streets Have No Name. Any one you want. Now, take away his chorus pedal, flange pedal, reverb and ESPECIALLY his digital delay pedal, and you ain’t got much left.

"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby

by duck on Jul 8, 2008 6:22 PM EDT up 0 recs

this was my point...

though an unfair one. it still takes skill to manipulate delay the way he does, as it’s easy to bust on srv/hendrix impersonators, though using a wah wah like that is difficult.

i dunno. playing acoustic well isn’t easy either, similary doing stuff on electric coming from playing electric is not necessarily a seamless process.

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Jul 9, 2008 3:32 PM EDT up 0 recs

To me...

he’s the guitar equivilent of Hilary Duff – sure, there’s SOME talent there (unlike Britney), but without the studio tricks, they become less awesome quickly.

"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby

by duck on Jul 9, 2008 5:00 PM EDT up 0 recs

But I LIKE that solo!

Every time!

"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby

by duck on Jul 8, 2008 6:22 PM EDT up 0 recs

I AGREE WITH YOU

I was a big big Rage fan in high school, but now don’t listen to them very often. But whenever I hear them now I realize they had an awesome, unique sound. NIN and Tool, on the other hand, no longer grab me like that.

by Awesome Mike Awesome on Jul 8, 2008 9:22 PM EDT up 0 recs

Wow, there's a subject you're not bound to type

too many times, huh?

They were an amazing band live. Just amazing.

"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby

by duck on Jul 8, 2008 10:19 PM EDT up 0 recs

I should say I agree that Rage had a cool sound. Everything they did sounded angry. The vocals, the guitar, the drums sounded pissed off. I guess Timmy C’s bass was angry, too. Sure, why not.

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by SC on Jul 8, 2008 10:59 PM EDT up 0 recs

I like angry

so that’s cool with me.

Angry bass? Sure sounds that way in “Know Your Enemy” at the end….

"I wasn't here for the losing years. But it feels a little like the days with Earl in charge and John Lowenstein smashing birthday cakes in the middle of the clubhouse with a bat." - John "T-Bone" Shelby

by duck on Jul 8, 2008 11:18 PM EDT up 0 recs

His hair was pretty pissed off

It screamed “I am Pippy Longstockings!”

by Dr Orpheus on Jul 9, 2008 3:19 PM EDT up 0 recs

I DO find it hilarious that a bunch of anti-capitalists have made a fortune marketing CDs on a major record label though.

You can rage within the machine.

Wolf, wolf, wolf.

by birdman on Jul 9, 2008 1:10 PM EDT up 0 recs

I'm getting to the bottom of this...

Birdland Suggestion Box…

Hello. My name is Todd Helsdon. Brian Roberts has changed his AB music fairly recently. Those of us who religiously follow the Birds are wondering WHAT exactly he changed it to, and more importantly, WHY?

Thank you,
Birdland Resident-Todd Helsdon

Update coming as soon as they get back to me.

"Chickens are hard to catch." Jennifer Scott (Luuuuuuuke's Mom)

by dayzd toe on Jul 7, 2008 1:54 PM EDT 0 recs

re:

Dear Mr. Helsdon,
Thank you for your interest in the Orioles.

A few years ago Brian gave us a CD with a song on it that he wanted to use. We played it all the time until about 3 years ago he switched to “Hypnotize.” Just recently, he asked if he could switch back. We unfortunately do not know the name of the song or the artist and don’t believe he had a specific reason why he wanted to switch back to the old song.

Sincerely,

Heather O’Donnell
Operations Assistant
Baltimore Orioles

"Chickens are hard to catch." Jennifer Scott (Luuuuuuuke's Mom)

by dayzd toe on Jul 8, 2008 1:39 PM EDT up 0 recs

Thanks!

Thanks for sharing that, dayzd. The legal eagle in me is wondering, however, if the O’s pay royalties to the publishing companies for the songs they use in AB walkups. My understanding is that the team is required to pay, since it’s a public performance of a tune, so someone must know what the song is, if the artist is a member of BMI/ASCAP, Harry Fox, etc.

by blawk359 on Jul 8, 2008 1:46 PM EDT up 0 recs

yeah...

so much for getting to the bottom of that.

"Chickens are hard to catch." Jennifer Scott (Luuuuuuuke's Mom)

by dayzd toe on Jul 8, 2008 2:58 PM EDT up 0 recs

i don't think that's correct...

my understanding is, sort of like sampling, you can play a certain amount of a song (not sure it’s percentage or actual seconds) w/o triggering the requirement to pay royalties. if you think about it (or i do) try to count out the seconds in a walk up.

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Jul 8, 2008 3:07 PM EDT up 0 recs

Fair Use

You’re probably thinking of the concept of “fair use” which only applies to non-commercial use. The Orioles using the music for ABs is commercial (not educational, for news purposes, critique, etc.), so I think they owe royalties. If a hip hop artist samples even a hi-hat from another song, technically they owe royalties because it’s for commercial use.

by blawk359 on Jul 8, 2008 3:26 PM EDT up 0 recs

de minimis

the de minimis defense has been used successfully in instances where the party seeking protection would profit from the use, but the more i think about it, the more i think it’s highly unlikely that the o’s don’t pay the performing rights societies.

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Jul 8, 2008 4:40 PM EDT up 0 recs

Story

I read a good story (I think it was in the MSBA magazine) about royalties for public performance with regard to figure skating. Off the top of my head I forget the facts, but recall the skating organization and the broadcasting network (if televised) having to pay royalties. Granted, that’s for playing the WHOLE SONG, but it’s an example of public performance requiring royalties.

An example that would be somewhat analogous would be a skating routine to a medley using 10-15 second snippets (probably about what is played for the walkup).

Here’s the next one: How much does John Denver’s estate get for 81 performances of “Thank God I’m A Country Boy” at O’s games? There’s the gift that keeps on giving.

by blawk359 on Jul 8, 2008 4:55 PM EDT up 0 recs

$5?

i mean, the per play royalties are pretty miniscule, no? didn’t CARP just raise them from, like, .05 to .07 or somesuch?

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Jul 8, 2008 5:14 PM EDT up 0 recs

Hey, I answered my own question!

after seeing no one else knew as well, i decided to spend 3 minuites with google and, sure enough, there it was.

Its called “We All Make Mistakes” by Submersed, a now defunct band out of texas with strong christian overtones. apparently bri-bob’s a hardcore christian (as a google on christian mlb’ers came up with a full page dedicated to him), which i never knew.

popular opinion seems to be that he picked this song because of the whole ‘roids thing, but who knows…

if you want the song and cant find it, lemme know. i’ll send it.

oh, and b-robs music before hypnotize was shake it fast, not the same song, as per espn (2004)

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by daveh873 on Jul 9, 2008 11:15 AM EDT 0 recs

According to Heather

from the O’s, he used to use the same song and “switch back” to it recently. I’m not sure who to believe… I mean, aside from the fact the O’s own PR didn’t know the song to which Brian Bob walks up to.

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-Kevbo

by dayzd toe on Jul 9, 2008 12:06 PM EDT up 0 recs

No one's gonna read this now

But no way Brian used this song before this season, because the album that it’s on just dropped last November.

by punkrawka on Jul 11, 2008 12:58 PM EDT up 0 recs

Aren't all MLBers

hardcore Christians and Republicans?

"We might as well just win this game." -Adam Jones

by exitfare on Jul 9, 2008 12:07 PM EDT up 0 recs

A disproportionate number, at least, compared to the population at large

by punkrawka on Jul 9, 2008 1:39 PM EDT up 0 recs

hardcore christian, republican...

guntoting, BICYCLISTS!

foghat goes with everything--birdman, 5/16/08

by j.q. higgins on Jul 9, 2008 3:29 PM EDT up 0 recs

Wow

I didn’t recognize that song. Submersed had exactly one great song - “Hollow” - which is an INCREDIBLE song that actually prompted me to buy the album… the rest of which was trash. But everyone who likes good hard rock and has never heard “Hollow” should check it out… and you’ll be astounded that the same band made both that and B-Rob’s crappy walk-on music.

by punkrawka on Jul 9, 2008 1:38 PM EDT up 0 recs