Title: Anyone else remember this??
Description: :p
trisco - June 10, 2007 12:56 AM (GMT)
Wow, I am showing my age...
Anyone remember this? A LOT of people won't I imagine
http://www.vinylsingles.co.uk/clips/chalkdust.mp3 SuperBRAT - June 11, 2007 08:43 PM (GMT)
What is it? i thought for a moment it was gonna be that sinlge where they did a pee take of Johnny Mac!
petalp - June 11, 2007 09:06 PM (GMT)
SB, it was a song about johnny Mac!! The song was called Chalkdust by The Umpire Strikes Back.. I think that the umpire ends up shooting Mac at the end of the song after one of his outbursts! :yikes:
More pop stuff about Mac below :)
Pop-culture appearances
McEnroe's fiery temper has got him featured in fields other than tennis on more than one occasion. In 1982, on the tail of his final victory against Borg, British impressionist Roger Kitter made a record called Chalk Dust: The Umpire Strikes Back in which he played a parody of McEnroe losing his temper with an umpire during a match. The record was made under the nomenclature "The Brat" and reached the UK Top 20; by this time the British tabloids had dubbed him "SuperBrat". He is also sampled and referenced on Dionysos' album Western Sous La Neige which features multiple tracks that talk about writing in the blood of bad referees. His random bursts of rage were also parodied in the satirical British programme 'Spitting Image', where he and wife Tatum frequently screamed and threw things at each other.
In the House of Pain's 1992 hit single "Jump Around," lead rapper Everlast mentions John McEnroe in the second verse: I'll serve your ass like John McEnroe, if your girl steps up I'm smackin' the ho.
In the 2003 Halloween cartoon for Homestar Runner, 3 Times Halloween Funjob, Homestar dresses as John McEnroe. An Easter egg at the end of the cartoon shows a puppet version of Homestar doing an impresson of one of McEnroe's infamous displays of bad temper.
McEnroe has also been given roles in TV and film where he playfully acknowledges his well-known belligerence such as in his appearance in a 2005 car commercial for the SEAT Altea where he angrily shouts his trademark "Clearly inside the line" line at an officer who has ticketed him for parking incorrectly. He also portrays himself in the 2002 film Mr. Deeds where he lauds the title character for getting angry and assaulting an antagonist, and has a scene in the film Anger Management starring Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler, most of which was cut- leaving only a short shot of him sleeping on the floor of the psychiatrist's office. The full scene is in the DVD special features.
McEnroe also has appeared in Nike's recent tennis commercials with his brother Patrick and tennis star Maria Sharapova. He appeared in another commercial where he taught Pete Sampras how to throw temper tantrums on the court.
McEnroe appeared on the December 16, 2006, episode of the UK talk show Parkinson.
McEnroe is also a guitar player.
petalp - June 11, 2007 09:09 PM (GMT)
Did you also know that Johnny Mac was banned from the Oscars too? :unsure:
His wife was nominated for best song in a film.. and Mac was going to perform the song on stage with her, with him playing the guitar..
The organisers refused to allow him to do this as they said that his appearance would be 'too distracting' (or something to that effect).
It was a shame as apparently he had been rehearsing and rehearsing for this moment.. :(
Thumbs down to the Academy!! boo!! hiss!!
trisco - June 11, 2007 10:56 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (petalp @ Jun 11 2007, 10:06 PM) |
SB, it was a song about johnny Mac!! The song was called Chalkdust by The Umpire Strikes Back.. I think that the umpire ends up shooting Mac at the end of the song after one of his outbursts! :yikes:
More pop stuff about Mac below :)
Pop-culture appearances
McEnroe's fiery temper has got him featured in fields other than tennis on more than one occasion. In 1982, on the tail of his final victory against Borg, British impressionist Roger Kitter made a record called Chalk Dust: The Umpire Strikes Back in which he played a parody of McEnroe losing his temper with an umpire during a match. The record was made under the nomenclature "The Brat" and reached the UK Top 20; by this time the British tabloids had dubbed him "SuperBrat". He is also sampled and referenced on Dionysos' album Western Sous La Neige which features multiple tracks that talk about writing in the blood of bad referees. His random bursts of rage were also parodied in the satirical British programme 'Spitting Image', where he and wife Tatum frequently screamed and threw things at each other.
In the House of Pain's 1992 hit single "Jump Around," lead rapper Everlast mentions John McEnroe in the second verse: I'll serve your ass like John McEnroe, if your girl steps up I'm smackin' the ho.
In the 2003 Halloween cartoon for Homestar Runner, 3 Times Halloween Funjob, Homestar dresses as John McEnroe. An Easter egg at the end of the cartoon shows a puppet version of Homestar doing an impresson of one of McEnroe's infamous displays of bad temper.
McEnroe has also been given roles in TV and film where he playfully acknowledges his well-known belligerence such as in his appearance in a 2005 car commercial for the SEAT Altea where he angrily shouts his trademark "Clearly inside the line" line at an officer who has ticketed him for parking incorrectly. He also portrays himself in the 2002 film Mr. Deeds where he lauds the title character for getting angry and assaulting an antagonist, and has a scene in the film Anger Management starring Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler, most of which was cut- leaving only a short shot of him sleeping on the floor of the psychiatrist's office. The full scene is in the DVD special features.
McEnroe also has appeared in Nike's recent tennis commercials with his brother Patrick and tennis star Maria Sharapova. He appeared in another commercial where he taught Pete Sampras how to throw temper tantrums on the court.
McEnroe appeared on the December 16, 2006, episode of the UK talk show Parkinson.
McEnroe is also a guitar player. |
I'm gonna poss go over to my parents the next few days, get all my old tennis vids and magazines, some real classic matches and magazines... and also the classic song from Chalk dust - The umpire strikes back!
PP was right, it is a song about Johnny Mac. Great stuff. :D
SuperBRAT - June 12, 2007 08:02 PM (GMT)
Cheers for all the info. :)
I remember the song, I tried to find it on you tube a while back. When I opened your link nothign happened. My PC must be to blame.
Yep, I'm well aware fo the Johnny Mac reference in Jump Around. It's one of my faves, i play ti at home and jump around a lot! roflmao