It’s no secret that, inside every pro athlete, there’s a wannabe musician waiting for his big break. Past musical endeavours of professional athletes include (in reverse order of quality) the “misguided musical stylings” of Bronson Arroyo, the Jesus freakery of Ben Utecht, and the actual honest-to-God punk rock of Scott Radinsky. While the music sometimes is less than, well, listenable, who among us wouldn’t take the opportunity to cut an album or jump on stage to jam with the band?
However, just because some people are presented with said opportunity doesn’t mean they should take it. Last night, oft-pummeled UFC pixie Chuck Liddell teamed up with Boston Red Sox pitcher Brad Penny and Washington Foreskin Redskins tight end Chris Cooley to belt out the worst rendition of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” since, well, Journey’s 1981 album, Escape. Thankfully, TMZ was there, and we’ve got the video after the jump.
According to that omnipresent chronicler of celebrity derring-do, TMZ.COM, the athletes were at Hollywood’s Key Club when they were invited onstage by what appears to be a time traveler from 1987:
Sadly the video cuts off before the scantily-clad ladies seen above enter the picture, but the full video can be seen at TMZ.com…if you dare. Seriously though, isn’t it time for Journey to fade back into obscurity? Ever since 2005, when the White Sox used “Don’t Stop Believing” as their mulleted rallying cry, the song has become a sort of kitschy, ironic party favorite. It’s time to move on, drunken karaoke singers of the world.
2:26 am on May 14th, 2009
Jesus freakery.
You must have got that from that pantheon of polical pundancy Bill Maher.
We must be a nation of Jesus freakery just based on this tidbit:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Not to mention the "In God We Trust" on the dollar bill.
I personally am not an overly or overtly religious or spiritual in any way, but I do believe that there is and has to be a creator and I believe in the principles this country was founded on.
So you persons on the left,
stop bashing people for their beliefs or if they're beliefs are different than your own.
I know that every citizen of the United States has the right to free speech and expression granted by the 1st amendment of our Constitution, but try and institue a little tolerance and good taste and stop with the agendized vitriole.
2:30 am on May 14th, 2009
Oh, I forgot that the 1st amendment also says something about religion.
Not that it is applicable to anything I typed/posted above.