Expos American Pie parody

I've put the great CHOM radio American Pie Expos parody up on my website
for download. It's a great lament to our team and the Washington fans
who think we had few fans and no history should give it a listen.

<www.humboldt.edu/~jcb10/ExposPie.mp3>

Lyrics:

THE CHOM EXPOS LAMENT

Here are the lyrics to the Expos "American Pie" lament (including a
bonus verse that didn't make it to air because of time considerations).
Special thanks to Jeff Alexander of Deux Montagnes.

Credits for the recorded version are as follows:
Lyrics - Jeff Alexander
Lead vocal - Bilal Butt
Piano and drum programming - Jean-Marc Pisapia
Guitar - Mark Stafford
Bass - Blair Bartrem
Background vocals - Bilal Butt, Jean-Marc Pisapia, Mark Stafford
Produced by Mark Stafford

Long, long time ago, I can still remember when I went to Jarry Park to
see
>them play
>And I knew, given half a chance, this team could make Montreal dance and
> maybe make a pennant run one day
>But post-World Series made me shiver with each press conference Bud
> delivered
>Bad news on the sports page, I couldn't shake my seething rage
>I can't remember if I cried when it hit that we'd been taken for a ride
>Something went dark deep inside the year the Expos died.
>
>So bye-bye to the Montreal nine
>Drove my Yugo to the Big Owe just to watch Razor Shines
>The Ex Zone fans were drinking one-dollar Dry's
>Singing, "Jeffrey Loria I despise, Jeffrey Loria I despise."
>
>Do you remember the early tales of Rusty Staub and John McHale?
>Stoneman pitching shutouts left and right
>And when Bob Bailey and Bobby Wine pulled off a triple play in '69
>This new team was quite a sight
>And then they moved to the Big Owe and Gary Carter stole the show
>57 thousand came to see - them beat the rival Phillies
>Raines and Leflore were stealing bases
>Falling just games short in pennant races
>But there's no more hope of championship chases
>The year the Expos died.
>
>So bye-bye to the Montreal nine
>Drove my Yugo to the Big Owe just to watch Razor Shines
>The Ex Zone fans were drinking one-dollar Dry's
>Singing, "Jeffrey Loria I despise, Jeffrey Loria I despise."
>
>Party hearty with Warren Cromartie
>A division crown that they won smartly
>In the strike-shortened season of '81
>They set their sights on Dodger Blue
>With the series tied two games to two
>And the World Series waiting for the team that won
>October 19 was dull and gray on the day to be named "Blue Monday"
>We got up to celebrate, but this was not our fate
>Steve Rogers came on in relief
>And we watched the homer in disbelief
>And our hopes were dashed in tears of grief
>The year the Expos died
>
>So bye-bye to the Montreal nine
>Drove my Yugo to the Big Owe just to watch Razor Shines
>The Ex Zone fans were drinking one-dollar Dry's
>Singing, "Jeffrey Loria I despise, Jeffrey Loria I despise."
>
>Then for 12 years they were up and down
>With some great teams, but not a champion's crown
>That's just how it used to be
>With Oliver, the Kid, Rogers and Hawk
>Eli, Bryn Smith and the Rock - and 4,000 hits in '84 for Pete
>Then while the ownership changed its name, El Presidente pitched a
perfect
> game
>'El Perfecto' he was crowned, then the Big Owe roof fell down
>And while '92 saw Alou begin to lead his team to many a win
>The dark clouds started rolling in
>The year the Expos died
>
>So bye-bye to the Montreal nine
>Drove my Yugo to the Big Owe just to watch Razor Shines
>The Ex Zone fans were drinking one-dollar Dry's
>Singing, "Jeffrey Loria I despise, Jeffrey Loria I despise."
>
>And there were the Expos in first place
>But the '94 season was lost in space
>And no CBA to start again
>So come on, Claude be frugal, Claude be free
>Brochu dump all your salaries
>Cause fire sales are a GM's only friend
>Walker, Grissom, Wetteland, too
>All given up for Fernando who?
>No team could bear this loss
>All their star players tossed
>And as the losses mounted and more stars sent away
>The fans stopped coming to see them play
>And I looked on in deep dismay
>The year the Expos died
>
>So bye-bye to the Montreal nine
>Drove my Yugo to the Big Owe just to watch Razor Shines
>The Ex Zone fans were drinking one-dollar Dry's
>Singing, "Jeffrey Loria I despise, Jeffrey Loria I despise."
>
>A New York art dealer with piles of dough
>Bought the team and promised a whole new show
>But he just smiled and turned away
>And I went down to the Big Owe, but all there was was a *&^#@$ dog show,
> and the man there said the team just wouldn't play
>And in the streets, the sports fans sighed
>The reporters raged and the commissioner lied
>He swore there'd be contraction
>But we just saw inaction
>And the three men I admire the least
>The Father, Son and Bud the Greased
>They bought the Marlins in the N.L. East
>The year the Expos died
>
>So bye-bye to the Montreal nine
>Drove my Yugo to the Big Owe just to watch Razor Shines
>The Ex Zone fans were drinking one-dollar Dry's
>Singing, "Jeffrey Loria I despise, Jeffrey Loria I despise."

"John C. Baker" <jcb10.TakeThisOut@axe.humboldt.edu> wrote in message
news:jcb10-CE60A3.13465621112004@news.isp.giganews.com...
> I've put the great CHOM radio American Pie Expos parody up on my website
> for download. It's a great lament to our team and the Washington fans
> who think we had few fans and no history should give it a listen.
>
> <www.humboldt.edu/~jcb10/ExposPie.mp3>

Thanks, JCB. I wish there wasn't a reason for this song, but it is well
done and curiously sentimental, as was the original.........