Pet peeve with Rose Garden game operations people

Can we please curb the playing of "I Love L.A." whenever LaMarcus Aldridge scores a basket?

Yeah - I get it - his initials are L.A. The Randy Newman song, however, is a tribute to the city of the most hated Blazers rival.

Turns my stomach when they do that.

That's all. K thanks.

-Pop

 

+1!!!

 

Hate to tell you, but it's intentional. They are trying to get you accustomed to all things LA, as in Los Angeles.

KP and Paul want Kobe here in the worst way, and mounted a stealth campaign early last year where they casually mention him (without using his actual name) every time the term "veteran free agent" comes up.

Enjoy your Blazers while they can, because this year is their swan song.

Next year we'll be the Portland ButtRapers.

 

I agree. It's funny in a way how they do that stuff for LaMarcus and Sergio, and Travis' used to be pretty funny with their outlaw-ish western theme.
But I hate LaMarcus' nickname, L.A. and that soundbite they do. I think they play the song after every Laker win in the Staples Center. I've been thinking about that too, and think they should definitely scratch it and find something different.

 

Forget the idea of dissing an entire city - most of whom couldn't give a rat's ass about the Lakers. I do agree with your feeling, but only because the song became one the Lakers theme songs. They used it extensively during one of their title runs, and still use it often.

Why the folks for the Blazers are clueless about this is a mystery to me.

They need to get with the program and dump that song like the garbage it is.

 

Oh, and the great irony of that song, despite its buble gum rock innocent happy sound, is that Randy Newman was conflicted about his "love" for L.A. and was disturbed by shallowness, money-grubbing, lookism, style over substance, poverty next to extreme wealth, etc.

The song was on the album called "Trouble in Paradise" for gods sakes. Like "Born in the USA", most of the fans of the song have little clue what they are singing along with - and at the Staples Center a good chunk of the lower bowl folks are the epitome of what makes L.A. disturbing to many.

 

Fixed.

 

Anyone notice that since the Lakers game, they've been playing a train noise every time LaMarcus scores as opposed to the "I Love LA" song? I'm guessing they got some complaints.

-Pop

 

Mark Mason has also stopped calling him "LA". But he slipped once during the Dallas game, and the game ops person then played the I Love LA soundbite once.

 

LMA-Train!

 

I like the LA Train better too.

 

If you haven't noticed, Lamarcus actually has been playing a lot better since they went to LTrain. I hate the LA thing, I prefer LTrain. I believe that was his nickname in college anyhow.

 

If they are going to go with L Train, I think the music bite should be Train Kept a Rollin' - not the lame Aerosmith version, but the kick-ass Yardbirds version.

BNM

 

Here's another oddity. I heard in the background the Blazers playing O Fortuna from Carmina Burana prior to the game vs. LA and the Warriors also play it. Yes, it has a dramatic beat but the lyrics are hardly a good theme for a sporting event. Maybe it should be played for the opponent?

They assume attendess either 1) don't know Latin or 2) don't google.

 

I have a problem with the stupid marching band drums. Seriously, even during a football game the band doesn't play when their team is trying to run their offense. Why do the blazers have a drumline in the first place?

 

Can we have a rule against HUGE signature pictures?

 

they play that before the introductions, (i believe that's the one with the guys and the rain) to get the crowd riled up. it's a good song in that situation for the beat, and to get the blood running. has nothing to do with the lyrics really, and seeing as how 99% of the RG probably doesn't know latin i don't think anyone really cares.

 

the LA thing bugged the hell out of me too when they started doing it, i mentioned it to some friends and they just sort of shrugged it off (that pissed me off even more). one of my buddies thought we should get the whole crowd to sing along everytime they played it, and he calls himself a blazer fan. i too noticed they've gone to the train sound and love it so much more. finally our ops crew figured it out and made a change.

 

while i'm dishing out praise for the ops crew; i know the indy game was about a week ago but props to them for not playing the stupid cha-lu-pa vid/chant in the middle of a tight game. after going to some other arenas we really don't have it all that bad with our game day crew.

 

We did it you guys! Our protest did something! We win, fuck the man!