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Cousin Justin
It is easy to forget, with the Pistons and Wings marching towards the title and the Tigers giving the rest of league some hope, that the Bobby Layne curse is over this year for our beloved Detroit Lions. So to remind everyone the ovens will be super hot this year I present a new Cornbread Song:
P.S
This comes from the upcoming Christian Xian Auction that should be posted tomorrow!
Included in this weeks auction of Soul 45s from the 70’s & 80’s is a copy of the classic Detroit Lions theme song Another One Bites the Dust. Cousin Geoff wrote a good post about this here and included a clip of his copy. You see this time of year is what I like to call the stale period when the bread from last year is just old and nasty and you don’t want any of it. Today the news is Fernando Bryant was cut, so that leaves the Lions with 1 CB on the roster. Rumor has it that they will trade away their best defensive palyer Shaun Rogers and their best offensive player Roy Williams. Only the Lions would consider getting rid of players that just last year were considered building blocks to the future. Have faith though weary Lions fan the curse of Bobby Layne is finally over and this is the year! Matt Millen finally has learned the lessons of the past and will go undefeated the next 3 years to bring his record CLOSE to .500. And when they are on the march to the playoffs, you will be glad YOU HAVE THIS 45, SO BID NOW
“Another One Bites The Dust”, by Jimmy “Spiderman” Allen on Cue-2 Records.
Ah, yes. Another Lions season is soon to be underway. Training camp has started and the cornbread is flying off the shelves and being wolfed down already. Our 45 yeard old starting quarterback has already predicted at least 10 wins this year. We brought in about 15 back-up running backs to replace our beloved but injured Kevin Jones, whos legendary last half of the 2005 season is still being talked about. I think we won a game during that time period thanks to Jones’s heroics. The good news is, one of the back-ups, Tatum Bell, was said to have been hitting the holes harder than John Henry hit the railroad steel. It is certain that Bell will rush for well over 2,000 yards and Kitna will throw for at least 5,000 yards. Plus we made our slightly above average defensive end Corey Redding the highest paid player in his position in all of the NFL, so that will certainly translate into him dominating the opponents offense this year, all on his own.
And I’m not even going to talk about our prized #2 draft pick, wide reciever Calvin Johnson. It is said that he parts the defense like the red sea, and already, without even playing a game, he is a no-question first ballot hall of famer, a top three - maybe five best of all time, and there is no doubt that he will smash Jerry Rice’s receiving records like an oversize wrecking ball into a glass house.
I am actually shocked that the NFL is going to go on with the 2007/2008 season, instead of just handing the Vince Lombardi trophy to the Lions right now. The Lions will make the Dolphins undefeated ‘72 season look like a lucky fluke.
Not suprisingly, these levels of optimism have always surrounded our Lions. Despite our annual pathetic group of players we trot out on the field, we always think we can do it. We pack the sold-out stadium each Sunday, crowd around the living room TV, and cheer the old boys on. Oh, there have been some good times, like when Wayne Fontes was the coach and it seemed as if every year we went 10-6 and then lost in the first round. Those were the good old days. And we had Barry Sanders, who, next to Michael Jordan, is perhaps the greatest and most entertaining athlete I have ever seen play.
Way back in 1980, the Lions were about the same as they are now. They were coming off a 2-14 year, but the optimism was running high. They had a defensive back named Jimmy “Spiderman” Allen who recorded a song, set to the tune of Another One Bites The Dust, about how awesome the Lions were going to be that upcoming season - they were Super Bowl bound: “Last year’s team was 2 and 14, but this is the year for New Orleans!”
That’s the old spirit! C’mon Lions - you can do it this time! Super Bowl or bust!
- Another One Bites The Dust (Detroit Lions Song)
I’ve told you about the ‘68 Tigers theme song, Go Get ‘Em Tigers. Well, we made an exciting discovery a few days ago when we pulled this 45 out of a recent collection.
It’s Gino Danelli, singing to the tune of (McFadden & Whitehead & Cohen’s) Ain’t No Stopping Us Now, except it’s about the Tigers. It was also made before the ‘84 championship year, the last time we won it all. It blows “Bless You Boys”, another Tigers theme song, completely out of the water.
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m fired up for the second half of the season. C’mon Tigers, let’s do it now! Here’s a blast from the past to revive the old championship spirit. Let’s restore the roar of ‘84! Cuz there Ain’t no stoppin’ us now…we’ve got the groove! Detroit - Tigers!
(We also found the Detroit Lions song Another One Bites The Dust by Jimmy “Spiderman” Allen, but I’ll save that for September. First the World Series, then the Super Bowl)
What a Terrible performance that was! You could see it happening from a mile away. Why does John L always call plays like a scared little girl when he has a lead. He knows that the defense is gonna give it up at crunch time. The Spartans play good when they are attacking and throwing the ball. Oh well the Lions should come out today and score at least 50. It is stupid how close they were to up 100 last week. The Tigers will probably clinch today though so we got that going for us, which is nice. Go Tigers!
