The Last Heel Click

Sonicwind75 04/22/2024 - 04:06 pm (view)

Recalled it was sampled in a Nas song.  Did a little sleuthing.  It was a Nas song called "Hate Me Now" that featured Puff Daddy.  Imploring the crowd to hate somebody seems a bit overly dramatic for a keyboardist but perhaps there is some other connection to the song. 

In general there has been a weird overuse of Carmina Burana's O Fortuna in sports and commercials in past decade or so.  Maybe it is a fallback choice if there isn't anything else.   

Sidenote, while the O Fortuna part has become a bit pop-culture cliched; the overall piece is very interesting and rather expansive in scope. I played percussion in a production of it while in college.  There is a rather jovial movement set in a tavern.  In the score it calls for the clinking of beer steins.  Let's just say we did a lot of research to determine the best sounding beer steins. 

crunch 04/22/2024 - 04:42 am (view)

ooof...this is just as likely as anything.  professional organists are weird humans.

SheffieldCornelia 04/22/2024 - 04:36 am (view)

Maybe it is only played when the hitter thus far in the game is "oh for two"-na at the plate?

crunch 04/22/2024 - 04:13 am (view)

who was AB when it was being played?  it could be something as corny as playing it for nick fortes because fortes/fortuna...fortes...marlins...fish...tuna...sigh.

while the cubs organ player isn't a frequent groaner weaponizing the organ song selection, they all dabble in it.

crunch 04/22/2024 - 04:09 am (view)

in 2016 hendricks threw 190 innings for 45 earned runs.

in the shortened 2020 season hendricks threw 81.1ip for 26 earned runs.

in 2024 hendricks has thrown 21ip for 28 earned runs.

fullykräusened 04/22/2024 - 04:19 am (view)

I knew some of my fellow TCR folks would have something to say about this! I'll keep listening for the tune at games, and see if I can figure out the significance. 

crunch 04/22/2024 - 04:55 am (view)

i wish i wasn't familiar, but anyone who went to raves in 1991/92 had various techno mixes of the song by an act called Apotheosis blasted at them for a good year and a half.

it's a bit...much...and very very popular at the time.

woo, being young.

Cubster 04/22/2024 - 04:51 am (view)

O, Fortuna mystery. The music is striking. It reminds me of ELP’s cover of Fanfare for the common man.

 I wasn’t familiar with this so I started some research to possible pop references but no real answers.

Three items struck some potential. 

1- 1983: The album Carmina Burana by Ray Manzarek, keyboard player for The Doors, produced by Philip Glass and Kurt Munkacsi; arrangements by Ray Manzarek. A&M Records.

2- The Trans-Siberian Orchestra covered it in 2006. 
Here is the You Tube live performance:

3- The Ohio State Marching band has a cover of this. Maybe an OSU connection?

It’s still a mystery to me. (Obscure Fleetwood Mac reference intended). Maybe there is a movie score it was in?

fullykräusened 04/21/2024 - 04:55 pm (view)

Okay, this is completly off the discussion. I have noticed several times that organist John Benedeck has been  playing a phrase from the first movement of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana ("O Fortuna"). He has done some hilariously hip music for opposing players over the last couple of years (succeeding the immortal Gary Pressey), but I don't get this one. I ask the very diverse TCR community to help me out! What's the connection? I can't find any pattern, but maybe it's for two-strike counts. ("O, Fortuna")

crunch 04/21/2024 - 04:58 pm (view)

i say we rip the bandaid off.

hendricks pitches every inning, every day, every game...in a row...until he's on the IL.