Basically, 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.
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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Mama said knock you out
hauldog - February 6, 2012
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.
DUM DUM DUM DUM DUMMMMM
clover_black - February 6, 2012
I like it!
Here’s what I had in mind
TheAntiSox - February 6, 2012
it's glorious
clover_black - February 6, 2012
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.
Darth Duane - February 6, 2012
Totally, bro!
cracks open Monster energy drink
Hutch83 - February 6, 2012 via mobile
Imperial March?
red floyd - February 6, 2012
Was going to go with this as well
Sorbo182 - February 6, 2012 via mobile
Machine Gun Blues
The intro…
maze88 - February 6, 2012
Score from Inception.
The part that goes “BWHAAAAAA…BWHAAAAA.”
Mayheminthehood - February 6, 2012 via mobile
Mind Heist.
Part you want starts at about 0:53.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOJqicM6x84
Good choice, btw.
TheOptimist - February 6, 2012
I'm dying
+100000000000000000
ihearhowie2.0 - February 6, 2012
He's Albert Pujols.
He could play Taylor Swift and no one would question him.
moralesforpresident - February 6, 2012 via mobile
Don't Let His Teammates Pick
Ask Kelly Johnson what happened when Adam LaRoche picked his music.
Designerguy - February 6, 2012
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!
highlandhalo - February 6, 2012
I love this!
cath619 - February 7, 2012
How about a nice slow regal walkup...
…with the ascending spiritual wallop of another Albert:
The Truth is Marching In
Followed by the final verdict — last will and Testament:
Over the Wall
Turks Teeth - February 6, 2012
Fanfare For The Common Man
Stirrups - February 7, 2012 via iPhone app
I love that piece.
red floyd - February 7, 2012
Copland or ELP?
Turks Teeth - February 7, 2012 via iPhone app
Either!
red floyd - February 7, 2012
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.
Stirrups - February 7, 2012 via iPhone app
ELP version is a little too John Tesh-y for my tastes.
I’ll take Copland, starring Sly Stallone and Ray Liotta.
Mayheminthehood - February 7, 2012
I did a ballet to the Copland one.
True story. It was cool.
cath619 - February 10, 2012
Get it?
I Got 5 On It
AManNamedLandfill - February 6, 2012
i dig it
C.A._Rep_Los_ANGELS - February 6, 2012 via mobile
this one
Gets my vote
YOUknowulovetheIE - February 7, 2012 via mobile
This one's easy
Mountain Song
yeswecan - February 6, 2012
i remember the scream
well i recall waking up after nights out at “the scream”
Rev Halofan - February 6, 2012
.25 draft night...
Rock Island Line - February 6, 2012
Did Billy Joel play there?
yeswecan - February 7, 2012
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!
Rock Island Line - February 6, 2012
panther!
yeswecan - February 7, 2012
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.
44FAN - February 6, 2012
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
maze88 - February 6, 2012 via mobile
Vernon Wells would be"99 to life."
Downing Rules - February 6, 2012
Wells would be ball and chain
ItCouldHappen - February 6, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybGOT4d2Hs8
but why?
Halowitz - February 6, 2012
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
Halowitz - February 6, 2012
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
Halowitz - February 6, 2012
It will probably be something along the lines of Vlads old walk up music
Sorbo182 - February 6, 2012 via mobile
Or stone cold Steve austins entrance music
Sorbo182 - February 6, 2012 via mobile
I think it'd be really cool and original if he had some reggaeton or Pitbull
……………………..
ihearhowie2.0 - February 6, 2012
Eartha Kitt was NOT the original Catwoman.
That was Julie Newmar.
Stirrups - February 6, 2012
i met Julie Newmar last year
The facelift she got for her third facelift was too noticeable.
Rev Halofan - February 6, 2012
Don't blow my boyhood memories!
(Miss Kitt, notably, batted THIRD as far as Catwoman went..)
Stirrups - February 6, 2012
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
red floyd - February 6, 2012
fixed it
BEST replaces FIRST
Rev Halofan - February 6, 2012
The first Catwoman was actually Lee Meriwether in the movie that preceded the series.
Cal Poly Pomona Angel - February 7, 2012
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.
Stirrups - February 7, 2012 via iPhone app
well done stirrups....
When I read that post I imagined words popping out like BAM and ZAP and of course KAPOW
ItCouldHappen - February 8, 2012
You forgot ZOWIE!!!!!
red floyd - February 8, 2012
Boof! Blam!
alcor805 - February 8, 2012
Gotta be
THIS
Local music, for our brand new local boy.
eyespy - February 6, 2012
I don't know, Zodiak made Hurdy Gurdy man a frightening song to me.
I’d go with Gimmie Shelter
NathanielS - February 6, 2012
Or, given that he's #5, how about "Five to One"
Five to one, baby
One in five
No one here gets
Out alive!
red floyd - February 6, 2012
nice one!
Let’s piss off the kids with classic rock, bay bee
Rev Halofan - February 6, 2012
"Looks Like We Made It" by Barry Manilow
Downing Rules - February 6, 2012
When ever i hear that song
i think of the Zodiac killer and have to look behind me
DAD OF VLAD - February 6, 2012
matching the chill
Angels opponents will get when Albert steps to the plate each time over the next decade.
Rev Halofan - February 6, 2012
hehe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6XkgmQXilM
NathanielS - February 6, 2012
guile theme
NA1NSXR - February 6, 2012
Justice "Genesis"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThKNt-GY1ww
Nizock - February 6, 2012
I think that though Albert may be the Hurdy Gurdy Man
Prince is the Rolly Polly man, these distinctions are important
NathanielS - February 6, 2012
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
Captain Thailand - February 6, 2012 via iPhone app
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
Stirrups - February 7, 2012 via iPhone app
If that becomes a full time job...
I’ll take it.
angelsfan7 - February 7, 2012
I know this is the Godzilla theme remixed, but I always liked the intro to this song as walk-up music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7Fy5w2klbg
AManNamedLandfill - February 7, 2012
Buttercup?
anyone???
2pintsofbooze - February 7, 2012
Banned!
Darth Duane - February 7, 2012
"Ladies and Gentlemen...
Albert – The Apocalypse – Now batting."
(see what I did there?)
Stirrups - February 7, 2012
Pujols Walk Up Music
I was thinking Macho Man by the Village People.
Cal Poly Pomona Angel - February 7, 2012
One of a Kind by Breaking Point
Let’s face it: there is only one Albert Pujols and we have him on our side.
Link
Angelsfan015 - February 8, 2012
I have to go with this one:
Big Vagina
alcor805 - February 8, 2012
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 :)
when 2 players become one great team - February 9, 2012
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