Cam McGrone: the Very Model of a Modern Don Brown Linebacker
So some (ahem) 2.5 years ago, when Brian did McGrone's recruiting profile, he called him "the very model of a modern Don Brown linebacker".
This immediately resulted in me taking a half-hour plus off work that afternoon to craft the entire rest of song ('The Major-General's Song, from G&S' The Pirates of Penzance) in a comment on said article (about which Brian then sagely tweeted something like "the inevitable result of a passing Gilbert & Sullivan reference on a Michigan blog").
It's been an interesting couple years since then, but I thought that in honor of our newly-departed LB and DC that I would finally put my voice where my words were. Not perhaps as funny as it was a while ago, but then again, 2020.
Then again again, this is a Michigan blog and you are my people. There are enough people that will find this hilarious to fit in a Suburban, and for that I thank you.
Here's to a better decade ahead, for all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mxIwAV2aKU
December 30th, 2020 at 12:12 AM ^
This is fucking awesome.
Seth put this shit on the front page
December 30th, 2020 at 12:25 AM ^
True! That is where uh over 2/3 my mgopoints came from.
THANKS SETH
December 30th, 2020 at 1:47 AM ^
It's leading the front page tomorrow morning. Obviously.
December 30th, 2020 at 10:15 AM ^
Seth, thank you—you’re far too kind.
December 30th, 2020 at 10:39 AM ^
I propose another bump in points for State Street Apostle.
This is Pure Gold!!!
December 30th, 2020 at 11:29 AM ^
He better get a million for that, it was superb.
December 30th, 2020 at 9:14 AM ^
This needs to go straight to the user-curator Hall of Fame! (after stopping on the front page, of course)
December 30th, 2020 at 11:31 AM ^
Logged in to say this is fucking brilliant. I don’t even know how you made this. Lyrics, vocals,music, and video were spot on. A+ in Internet 404. Doctorate-level Internetting actually.
December 30th, 2020 at 12:21 AM ^
Wow, a lot of work went into that! Good Job.
December 30th, 2020 at 12:29 AM ^
Thanks much for noticing!!!
December 30th, 2020 at 1:59 AM ^
I hear your voice in the chorus(es) also, but how many others pitched in?
December 30th, 2020 at 10:07 AM ^
Just me sorry...I ‘borrowed’ an orchestral version with backing vocalists but it just made it sound more awesome to have a chorus with it!
December 30th, 2020 at 2:44 PM ^
No G&S production should be without a rousing chorus or 2, 3, 4, 5...
December 30th, 2020 at 8:54 AM ^
Great job, thanks for brightening up this week for us
December 30th, 2020 at 2:43 AM ^
This is, quite possibly, The Greatest Thing Ever. +1 but they should just straight up award you 2 billion MGoPoints like they did Stephen King Jr.
December 30th, 2020 at 5:31 AM ^
Or better still, give you the authority to delete one of the more annoying posters from MGoBlog in perpetuity.
December 30th, 2020 at 10:10 AM ^
How DID he ever earn those? I seem to remember some thread where someone was like “how many points can you have” and someone with even more than SKing said ‘THIS MANY’ and it was amazing but not even a name you might recognize...
December 30th, 2020 at 5:56 AM ^
SSA that was all-world. clapping wildly gif goes here.
and if seth posts it later this morning on the front page i'll say it again. wonderful.
December 30th, 2020 at 8:14 AM ^
Sorry that I did not make this more clear here as I mentioned in the YouTube description, but I simply stole the backing track from some book of Gilbert and Sullivan solos… Apologies if you thought I did that too!
December 30th, 2020 at 8:29 AM ^
"Stole" is such an ugly word. I prefer the term "Benefited from intense and wisely done research."
December 30th, 2020 at 10:14 AM ^
Perfect—given that the best parody of this song is Tom Lehrer’s “The Elements”, another appropriate Lehrer reference is
”plagiarize! Plagiarize! Plagiarize!
...only be sure to always call it, please, research.”
December 30th, 2020 at 11:40 AM ^
How did you sample those back up vocals? It sounded like you have a church choir on speed dial.
December 30th, 2020 at 12:20 PM ^
Well the ones singing the parody words were me, but the ones singing the real words that i was trying to drown out were on the original backing track too.
December 30th, 2020 at 2:40 PM ^
I neglected to click on "show more" for the your additional comments about making the soundtrack, my bad. You drowned out the original choristers quite effectively as it sounds like they are singing your parody lyrics.
December 30th, 2020 at 8:53 AM ^
I like to use the term "Tactically acquired."
December 30th, 2020 at 11:04 AM ^
Sampled. Sampled is the word.
December 30th, 2020 at 1:43 PM ^
Brilliant.
December 30th, 2020 at 8:28 AM ^
Username checks out.
December 30th, 2020 at 12:13 AM ^
Upvote for successful attempt at humor. Well done.
December 30th, 2020 at 12:30 AM ^
hey thank you so very much!
December 30th, 2020 at 12:32 AM ^
Absolutely brilliant. You should sing and write music for a living!
December 30th, 2020 at 12:39 AM ^
Thank you!!!
(Maybe I kinda do ;)
(well...not parodies obviously!)
December 30th, 2020 at 1:01 AM ^
Just Wow
December 30th, 2020 at 1:42 AM ^
This is the greatest thing I have ever seen on this site.
December 30th, 2020 at 1:44 AM ^
Amazing stuff. Congrats!
December 30th, 2020 at 2:09 AM ^
Logged in after a long ass time away solely to upvote. Amazingly well done.
December 30th, 2020 at 2:10 AM ^
This is awesome. You are definitely a DUDE.
December 30th, 2020 at 10:21 AM ^
Hey whatever happened to that Denard gif you used a bunch? Would love to see that come out of retirement.
December 30th, 2020 at 2:33 AM ^
Bravo, good sir!!
December 30th, 2020 at 3:43 AM ^
Definitely had to log in to applaud this post and the great work on the song
December 30th, 2020 at 5:18 AM ^
This is extraordinary.
December 30th, 2020 at 6:33 AM ^
Superb. Absolutely superb.
December 30th, 2020 at 6:43 AM ^
Well done!
Voice and song remind me of the Gale Boetticher character from Breaking Bad.
December 30th, 2020 at 6:58 AM ^
Our cheerleaders. Woof!