The Sounds of SCilence
by ucla7477 on Jun 3, 2009 4:29 AM PDT
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PrintBumped. A must read parody. GO BRUINS. -N
Thanks (and apologies) to Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel:
Hello booster, my old friend
I've come to shake you down again
Because an investigation slowly creeping
Is asking where Reggie Bush was sleeping
And the violation that was huge financial gain
Still remains
Within our sound of silence.
In restless conscience I walked alone
The narrow path I've never known
Neath the halo of Coliseum's ramp
I turned my back on Diogenes' lamp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a Yahoo site
That split the night
And touched our cone of silence.
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand dollars, maybe more
Runners taking without speaking
NCAA hearing without listening
People writing checks that fishwraps never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence.
"Fools" said I "you do not know
Silence at SC always grows
Record my words and I'll un-seat you
Take call logs, an OJ might beat you"
And my words like silencer weapons fell
And echoed
In the wells of silence.
And the alumni bowed and prayed
To the football God they made
And the stadium flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said "The words of the offenders
Are written and shredded inside the walls
At Heritage Hall"
And whispered in the sounds of silence.
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Brilliant
May I humbly suggest an encore…
I was just a poor boy, though my story is sceldom told.
I have squandered my principles,
For a pocketful of Franklins, such are scholarships.
All lies and jest.
Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
We could run a string of these...
Probation bound
I fear I am
Probation bound
Banned, where no bowl awaits me
Banned, while my team deserts me
Banned, where my just deserts are waiting
Silently for me.
Or again...
Are you going to SCarlet Letter Faire?
Petey, Mike, Steve Sample, and Tim
Remember me to the thugs who live there
They once were the posse of mine.
yet another
Southern Cal,
you’re breaking the law,
you’re shaking down sports agents daily.
Oh Southern Cal,
get down on your knees,
we’re begging you please to come clean.
Just come clean.
Paying cash to get love from goons with Southern Cal
Up in the Pac-10 (cheating hard)
They shut up to save their face
When they came back to play
Their records were erased
But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.
Excellent!
Obviously the song title is SCecilia.
Thank you
I’m a big Simon & Garfunkel fan but for the life of me, I couldn’t place the song. Sad to say, the line “breaking the law” in Tasser’s parody kept bringing me to Judas Priest’s “Breaking the Law.” Yes, I’m an idiot.
Tasser, really great job. If you expanded your parody a few more stanzas, I think we’re talking front page stuff on BN.
And I can't resist...
Me and Senora Ross Down By the Schoolyard
Bridge Over Troubled Transcripts
50 Ways to Leave Tim’s Program
I Am a Crook, I am a Champion
And here’s to you, Johnny Robinson, the NCAA turns its occasional eyes to you
Buzz'd Up!
Brilliant.
Here’s what I said on Yahoo.
“Singing Yahoo’s Song About u$c*
Yahoo broke this story, the LA Times has chosen to ignore it, and now — From Bruins Nation — ucla7477 — has created a song, so compelling that the MSM sports writers will no longer be able to ignore it. May it run through their heads over and over again until they find the energy and integrity to be real “reporters” and go after the story."
sjh
voted for sjh's comment on yahoo.
Click on buzz up and vote for his comment. The more votes, the more likely it will be viewed by others in the Yahoo sports section.
greg in denver - UCLA guy for life
Buzzed up,
and got myself a brand new Yahoo account in the process.
The quality of posts and comments on BN is superb.
Thanks to all, and bravo, bravo, bravo to ucla7477 for this brilliant parody.
the gap closers don t realize that gap is the grand canyon...
dunno if anyone caught this article from today’s fishwrap. just when i think floyd can’t sink any lower, he surprises me. apparently marcus johnson got a sweet deal to play in afghanistan… =)
http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/basketball/la-sp-tim-floyd-usc3-2009jun03,0,2192765.story
Across The Face
No wonder they keep a muzzle on him
He puts his foot in his mouth whenever he opens it. He’s freely admitting his players will go anywhere just to get out of his festering boil of a program.
And while he’s wallowing in self-pity over players leaving early, he conveniently forgets the number and quality of players CBH has had leave early—to the NBA, not Pakistan.
Not Simon and Garfunkle, but in the same genre
When I was a lad (oops, that’s the beginning of a Gilbert and Sullivan song.)
When I was in school, there was a British singer named Julie Driscoll who sang with a group called Brian Auger and the Trinity. She sang a song called, I think, “Flesh Failures.” It featured this line, which seems to be coming straight from Inheritance Hall: “Silence tells me secretly …. everything, everything!”
And because Julie Driscoll was in fact a babe, I can use the line, “From the mouths of babes.”
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