Sunday, January 29, 2012
Interesting Song about Coach Weber
Here's an interesting rewrite of any old song in memory of Bruce Weber, courtesy of IllinoisLoyalty.com's Redriver:
A long long time ago
I can still remember
How that TEAM used to make me smile
And WE knew if WE had OUR chance
That WE could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
But February made me shiver
With every LOSS HE'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about THE LOSING SLIDE
But something touched me deep inside
The day the BUBBLE died
...
So bye, bye MR. STUBBORN GUY
TURNED MY TV TO THE selection show but the GAME WAS A LIE
And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singing this'll be YEAR WE QUALIFY
This'll be the YEAR WE QUALIFY
Did you write the book on MOTION
And CAN YOU UNDERSTAND HIS DEMOTION
If the AD tells you so?
Now do you believe in goin' to the hole?
Can Brandon save your mortal soul?
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?
Well, I know that you're in love with him
'cause I saw you dancing in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those orange and blues
There was a big time teenage Simeon stud
With a sweet spin move and a jumpshot too
But I knew we were just a dud
The day the BUBBLE died
I started singing
Bye, bye Mr. Weber guy
Took his team to the NIT, BUT the fans asked why?
And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singing this'll be the year we qualify
This'll be the year we qualify
Now, for six seasons we've been on our own
And we've grown use to the screamin' tone
But that's not how it used to be
When the Luther played for the championship crown
with his pals, D. Williams and Dee Brown
And a voice that came from you and me
Oh and while the coach was looking down
The phone man stole his jeweled clown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned
And while Jerrance waited with no remarks
The team practiced for a lark
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the bubble died
We were singing
Bye, bye Mr. Short Bench guy
turned the tube to the tourney but we were a little nigh
And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singing next years team will qualify
Next years team will qualify
Helter skelter in a summer swelter
The championship run was just an old shelter
four and one and falling fast
Leonard's foul my achin ass
The players tried for a forward pass
With the Chester on the sidelines in a cast
Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While merrymen played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance
'Cause the players tried to take the field
The selection committee refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the bubble died?
We started singing
Bye, bye Mr. Hard Luck guy
filled out my bracket, but my team was shy
And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singing next years team will qualify
Next years team will qualify
Oh, and there we were all in one place
A fandom lost in space
With no time left to start again
So come on Mike be nimble, Mike be quick
Mike Thomas sat on a candlestick
'Cause firing Coach means we'll have to spend
And as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in hell
Could take another bubble shell
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the bubble died
He was singing
Bye, bye Mr. mid-major guy
tried to tell the merrymen, but they could only deny
And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singing my oh my, we didn't qualify
My oh my, we didn't qualify
I met a girl who wore orange and blue
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I hoped for a big ten tourney run
Where no one could deny us, oh what fun
But the competition said no way
And in the streets the students screamed
The old men cried, and the fools dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The referee's whistles all were broken
And the three young men I hoped for most
Parker, White, and Okafor, the post
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the bubble died
And the merrymen they were singing
Bye, bye Mr. Weber guy
Mediocre is better that half the teams, no one can deny
And them good old merrymen were drinking whiskey and rye
Singing you'll be sorry we fired that guy
You'll be sorry we fired that guy
Bye, bye Mr Weber guy
We'll cheer for you 'till the day we die
And them good old boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singing oh my, oh my, why oh why?
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