Prospect Previews updated: Starters #3 & #4

by mjh on Jan 2, 2008 8:08 AM CST

here you go: http://rangersfarmreport.mlblogs.com

Tired of characters, so I'm going to fill with links to the five best music videos ever, as judged by me:

#5: The best rock band of the 80's secures their own commercial demise through this response to being forced to make a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tZO94Mhfzk

#4: Somehow I am able to take one of the five silliest people in the world seriously here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jym-RtHHG0s

#3: Another band that became progressively worse as time went on, and now it's simply gone on for far too long. But this was 1983 and they were a revelation. It was such a huge departure from what the music industry was giving us back then: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1bgr2HJLB8

#2: I know he didn't write the song, but this video comes off like a death-bed mea culpa to me. I love how his life flashes before his eyes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go

#1: The gold standard for music videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sbqIyeed4g

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Easily the best video

http://youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

"As of now they're (The Astros) world series favorites. Period." - Sharky

by DJCahill on Jan 2, 2008 8:00 AM CST reply actions

Unfortunately

I dance exactly like that. Which is why I don't.

"When I was a pup, we got spanked by presidents 'til the cows came home! Grover Cleveland spanked me on two non-consecutive occasions!" LBrooks

by WyoRanger on Jan 2, 2008 1:13 PM CST up reply actions

dance like...

the singer or the barkeep?

Juevos Daniels: biggest stones in the business.

by tricer on Jan 2, 2008 1:19 PM CST up reply actions

FYI

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rick+rolled

"As of now they're (The Astros) world series favorites. Period." - Sharky

by DJCahill on Jan 2, 2008 1:22 PM CST up reply actions

CLASSIC!

by tklawless on Jan 2, 2008 1:29 PM CST up reply actions

+2

Miles changes his signature too much.

by inactive lsb user on Jan 2, 2008 1:42 PM CST up reply actions

+3

Rick roll'd again, damnit!

by TheBZA on Jan 3, 2008 8:33 AM CST up reply actions

The Replacements?

Really?

by brettgardner on Jan 2, 2008 8:00 AM CST reply actions

damn straight

eom

by mjh on Jan 2, 2008 8:03 AM CST up reply actions

Best rock band of the 80s?

by Darrell McKown on Jan 2, 2008 9:30 AM CST up reply actions

I'll take U2.

by brettgardner on Jan 2, 2008 9:31 AM CST up reply actions

G'n'F'n'R

they came late, yet they dominated the scene when they arrived

"No, Donny, these men are nihilists, there's nothing to be afraid of."

by Walter Sobchak on Jan 2, 2008 6:53 PM CST up reply actions

Johnny Cash

I struggle to think of another musician that made such a powerful recording so long after their heyday. Makes me wonder what Lennon would be doing now if he were still alive since he was obviously completely willing to self-examine publicly.

Cranberry Sauce

by t ball on Jan 2, 2008 9:54 AM CST reply actions

gotta love a band that can laugh

at themselves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI2IyHXJo5M

Juevos Daniels: biggest stones in the business.

by tricer on Jan 2, 2008 10:15 AM CST reply actions

oops

Hadn't made it all the way through your list when I posted that. I didn't realize you had already posted one from those guys (and didn't really suspect it at all).

Juevos Daniels: biggest stones in the business.

by tricer on Jan 2, 2008 10:27 AM CST up reply actions

that song

is the song that one Richard Santo Aurilia has always had his home-park PA dude play for his approach to the plate

by mjh on Jan 2, 2008 12:19 PM CST up reply actions

Who ordered the change-up?

Neftali via Scott Lucas -
http://www.rangers.scottlucas.com/archives/2008/01/new_years_photo.html

Pages and Pages of Great Pics

by shroomer on Jan 2, 2008 10:31 AM CST reply actions

look at his feet

it's a change-up/Bret Favre jump pass hybrid.

Juevos Daniels: biggest stones in the business.

by tricer on Jan 2, 2008 10:39 AM CST up reply actions

It's Instructs, right?

Go and Instruct!

by tklawless on Jan 2, 2008 1:30 PM CST up reply actions

Who's left for #1 & #2?

Hurley & Main.....in which order?

by tklawless on Jan 2, 2008 1:52 PM CST reply actions

Mats

I love The Mats, but the Pixies were the best band of the '80s.

by BCanfield @ Lone Star Ball on Jan 2, 2008 3:11 PM CST reply actions

legit

argument; but that would be the entire debate my good man

Mats v. Pixies

it's not about who sold the most, it's about who made the best music

for me, it's the Mats, but I won't fight with a Pixies guy over a minor distinction between two greats

by mjh on Jan 2, 2008 7:46 PM CST up reply actions

What about....

Talking Heads vs. Pixes vs. Replacements?

I think that would be the card for a best of the 80s match-up.

Or, you could make a case for Gang of Four based on Entertainment! alone.

by ghostofErikThompson on Jan 2, 2008 9:21 PM CST up reply actions

The 80s

The fragmentation of pop music reached a point of no return in the 80s. So many niche artists/bands, so little time to listen. I've enjoyed pandora.com lately as a way to branch out after many years of being completely away from pop music because of my work (classical musician).

Cranberry Sauce

by t ball on Jan 2, 2008 11:38 PM CST up reply actions