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Post by holdsteadycanada on Sept 23, 2010 12:14:31 GMT -5
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Post by verybusymanman on Sept 23, 2010 12:31:40 GMT -5
Hey! It mentions Bemidji! This town just became 5% cooler!
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Post by cre618 on Sept 23, 2010 14:41:10 GMT -5
"You should watch in slow motion, Ron Gant was clearly out."
Genius.
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Post by Sunny D on Sept 23, 2010 15:02:42 GMT -5
OH. YES.
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Post by mick on Sept 23, 2010 15:06:59 GMT -5
This just made me even more excited for the playoffs. This might be our year!
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Post by lee on Sept 23, 2010 16:36:32 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2010 18:34:21 GMT -5
that's an awesome song! all we've got is 'Meet the Mets'
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Post by tvstimmyg on Sept 23, 2010 20:39:49 GMT -5
Thanks Rob. I have a feeling this song is going to get a lot of play through the playoffs. They should make this a charity track on Amazon or iTunes. Profits could go to Playball! Minnesota or another youth baseball program. My dollars would more than happily go there.
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bigrob
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Post by bigrob on Sept 23, 2010 20:43:23 GMT -5
I'll just leave this here.
EDIT: Nevermind. Taking it down.
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Post by tvstimmyg on Sept 23, 2010 22:53:37 GMT -5
Here are the lyrics as far as I can cypher, any corrections are appreciated:
In 1965, I wasn't quite alive yet but I'm told they gave the MVP to Zolio Versalles Oliva hit the singles and Harmon hit the homers Mudcat won 20 games, but they didn't play in the dome yet The Dodgers came to Bloomington to play for the World Series The Twins won the first two, you can even ask Vin Scully But Sandy Koufax proved to be a bit too much to crack And the Twins went down in seven, but they vowed that they'd be back
To Nicolette to Hennepin, from Saint Paul to Saint Cloud The Minnesota Twins are making Minnesota proud And we don't buy our titles, so the summer's where we stay But these are grown men (these are grown men) These are heroes Please don't call them Twinkies
In the fall of '87, I was pretty much in heaven I got my license and a girlfriend, the Twins had won the pennant I prayed more in the dome than I ever did in church Kirby Puckett had the smile, Kent Hrbek had the smirk First we tamed the Tigers, then we were dealt the Cards They came to the Twin Cities to try and make sense of our park It was loud and it was it was close, and it went to seven games But the Twins took home the title and that sweet music played
Edina to Duluth, from the southside to downtown The MInnesota Twins are making Minnesotans proud So, hey let's make some noise, c'mon wave those Homer Hankeys These are grown men (these are grown men) These are heroes Please don't call them Twinkies
In 1991, the Twins were once again on top We faced Atlanta in the Series, they thought that they were hot I've never seen something so lame, as that Fonda 'hawk chop But we were up against the ropes, when Kirby called his shot And as he ran around the bases, smilin' pumpin' fists We all knew that he had won it, it was only just game six And the next night Jack Morris came and made us hometown proud You should watch it in slow motion … Ron Gant was clearly out
From Mankato up to Brainerd, from Burnsville to Bemidji Now we're playin' outdoor baseball and that the way it should be Raise a toast to Kirby Puckett, raise another to Tom Kelly They're the Minnesota Twins, so let's not call them Twinkies We've got Justin, We've got Joe, that's enough reason to party We don't buy our titles, but we've still won two World Series So grab yourself a 3.2 beer, raise a toast to Gardy These are the Minnesota Twins, so please don't call them Twinkies
Please don't call them Twinkies Please don't call them Twinkies Please don't call them Twinkies Please don't call them Twinkies
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2010 23:01:01 GMT -5
"In the fall of '87, I was pretty much in heaven I got my license and a girlfriend, the Twins had won the pennant I prayed more in the dome than I ever did in church"
oh Craig Finn, is there anything you WON'T turn into a religious metaphor?
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Post by laurenjean on Sept 23, 2010 23:10:39 GMT -5
Oh, this is so wonderful. I hope we get to hear this a lot in October.
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lee
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Post by lee on Sept 24, 2010 3:50:30 GMT -5
this is a shameless plug, sort of, but...if you want a downloadable version of this, you could download today's episode (9/23) of my portland state university show, where it was the very first song that i played. you could easily listen to it on yr ipod or whatever after that--i share because i love, okay? i don't get anything for increased downloads, except satisfaction, and i know many of you could get the same from having greater access to this song. here's the link: archive.kpsu.org/station/archives/26059download, then drag and drop. it works, i promise.
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lee
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Post by lee on Sept 24, 2010 3:57:36 GMT -5
And we don't buy our titles, so the summer's where we stay i'm pretty sure this is, "and we don't buy our titles, so there's summers where we stink" true.
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Post by buddymo on Sept 24, 2010 9:39:18 GMT -5
"You should watch in slow motion, Ron Gant was clearly out." Genius. Wrong is what it is. Even Hrbek knows he pulled Gant off the bag. And this song's missing references to the Metrodome's air conditioning. (Yeah, I'm a Braves fan, and I'm disappointed in that verse.)
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Post by jcstark on Sept 24, 2010 13:09:52 GMT -5
God I love Minnesota.
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Post by Eric on Sept 26, 2010 8:12:06 GMT -5
I absolutely LOVE this song. I'm from England so baseball doesn't mean a lot to me, but this song is beautiful, you can really hear the REM presence as well. But I have to say, the line:
"You should watch in slow motion, Ron Gant was clearly out."
Is THE WORST LYRIC EVER TO COME FROM CRAIG FINN'S MOUTH. I was really disappointed with that, It's so.. uncraig-like. And that one line has a terrible flow. It's as if someone has said "Craig, we need you to include a bit about Ron Grant being out", and he's forced it to fit, but it just doesn't work.
The rest of the song is great though. I'm afraid it only gets *** (3 stars) from me, thanks to that one slip-up.
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