Despite Being Rickrolled, Mets Not Likely to Play Astley

Lost in the shuffle of the Mets' loss Tuesday to the Phillies in the home opener was the beginning of the team's runoff for official Sing-A-Long song. Last season the Mets used "Sweet Caroline," which is a good song and all...but it's already being used by the Red Sox. Realizing that rubbed some people the wrong way, the Mets included the Neil Diamond classic in this year's online balloting but provided several ~~lame~~ other choices. Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You Up' won. Sensing mischief afoot, the Mets said they would play five other songs and see how the Mets fans react.

Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz told us the Mets, "will determine the winner by the applause and crowd reaction when the songs are played." Judging fan reaction Tuesday -- fans booed heavily when the Astley hit was played -- the Shea faithful won't be hearing "Never Gonna Give you Up" again. Unless they really don't like "Movin' Out." This could also be the last time the Mets allow for write-ins. More than five million people -- some of them Phillies fans, no doubt -- tried to Rickroll the Mets

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By Tom Boorstein in News on April 9, 2008 2:31 PM

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Tim N.

#23... so was cocaine.

Gwinny

Behold the power of Fark...

knockatize

Bring back the Curly Shuffle! That was huge in the 80's.

smh

Cotton Eye Joe is awesome. It's a terrible techno-billy remix from some no-name europop producers in Sweden. Talk about a truly American folktale!

Kevin Walsh

They should use "Tubthumper": "I get knocked down but I get up again..."

www.forgotten-ny.com

TKaisen

The fans were not booing the Rick Astley song, they were booing the team off the field after that debacle of an inning.

smitty

I don't understand the YMCA and Cotton Eye Joe thing either and I hope they banish them next year. Ok, the kids dig YMCA, but Cotton Eye Joe is just irritating and has nothing to do with New York at all.

Son of Spam

"Everybody clap yo hands!"

clapclapclapclapclapclapclapclapclapclapclap

This, and this alone will keep me from going to Shea ever again. Well, maybe that and the current state of the bullpen.

Tim N.

How about "I'm a Loser" by the Beatles?

aa77

CKNY you sound bitter.

must be a Mets fan

ohhleary

So, the Mets went and tried to undermine the results of most democratic voting method? Sounds like Hillary's behind this.

CKNY

"I thank God that he made me a Yankees fan."

God made you a douchebag and in turn, you are naturally drawn to the Yankees.

aa77

cotton eyed joe needs to be banished from Yankee stadium forever!

I hope that is one tradition that doesn't move to the new ballpark.

I would take rick astley over that silly hill-billy song any day.

aa

Vertigone

"I thank God that he made me a Yankees fan."

Because Cotton Eyed Joe and YMCA are wicked songs to hear between innings!

ChampionOfTheSun

The Mets already have song for fans to sing along to. It's called "Meet the Mets." And most Mets fans know it.

CR

dr zippy - The Ramones were Yankees fans. There was once a Yankees/Ramones logos mash-up shirt made - maybe about 15 yaers ago - I believe it was licensed and legit and all that. I'm still kicking myself or not buying it, and I'd kill to even see it again.

Sommelier

"Build Me Up, Buttercup"?!?!

I thank God that he made me a Yankees fan.

babyhitler

You guys should try rickrolling at birthdays. It's pretty fun. Instead of "Happy birthday to you" you get an earful of Astley.

dr zippy

I wonder why the Mets didn't even consider a Ramones song. The band is from Queens, they were most influential in the New York music scene, and they have dozens of fast two-minute songs to choose from. Instead we have dreck from Bon Jovi, Billy Joel and the Rembrandts???

Come on, Fred Wilpon, you can do better than that!

petebfd

can anyone think of anything better than the friends theme song? "i'll be therrre for you, when your life sucks or something, something, dancing in a fountainnnnn!!!" man, i love friends.

JRod5417

Hey, what's wrong with "Never Gonna Give You Up"? That song is hot in a geeky, retro sorta way.

smitty

That song was the best of all the other choices, which were horrible.

THE FRIENDS THEME SONG???? Really, they couldn't think of anything better??