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The Fall hurts, but it means we've been to the top. The Tale of Mediocrates
Posted on 4/29/24 at 10:49 pm
Posted on 4/29/24 at 10:49 pm
I'll take a fall like '24 for a magic '23
100 times out of 100
The misery of 2020 was worth every unforgettable moment of 2019.
If you don't want to feel the pain of The Fall, there's plenty of teams that will afford you that. Of Almost greatness. Of pretty good. Doing your best.
Much like the ancient fans of Mediocrates, the Perennial.
Me, I'd rather be a Tiger Fan.
For those who would rather listen
Almost
His name was Mediocrates,
His flesh is long since rotten,
You'll find him in no history book,
His name and bones forgotten,
By all but me, but then, you see,
Back then they would remember,
For Mediocrates,
Was a perennial contender,
In every game you'd hear his name,
Among the final field,
But vanquished every single time,
When champions stood, he'd kneel,
Some victors' names, they'd stake their claims,
Then be gone, like a ghost,
Mediocrates was ALWAYS there,
With those that won...almost,
His fans? they'd always clap their hands,
Be there and feel the thrill,
But for that shout of Victory,
In their throats, always stilled,
To run the race, fall on your face,
A hundred times kiss ground,
Is less than to have run but once,
If ONCE, you wore the crown,
For once you've gained the mountaintop,
The only way is,
Down
For a while you may linger,
On the ledge with clutching fingers,
And mundane or most spectacular,
your fall,
But Mediocrates, his fans,
Mere footnotes, measly also-rans,
They never got to feel that plunge,
At all,
Champs may fall from top to bottom,
But the rings, oh they've still got 'em,
That sweet fleeting moment,
None can take away,
And though losses, now, we've counted,
That mount HAS BEEN surmounted,
Wounds will heal and we'll,
Be BACK up there someday,
which is more than Mediocrates can say,
Lord Tennyson once said, (I've read),
Though not of games of ball,
"Tis better to have loved, and lost,
Than never loved at all."
So I take heart, a Tiger fan,
A Tiger fan am I,
And In my recent memory,
We held that trophy high,
Not some distant, dusty banner,
Half forgotten in a hall,
Or Mediocrates's trophy,
Which was never won at all,
This year may not be ours, true,
Might be beaten blue and black,
But at least we've got the chops,
To tell the mountaintop,
"We're Back."
100 times out of 100
The misery of 2020 was worth every unforgettable moment of 2019.
If you don't want to feel the pain of The Fall, there's plenty of teams that will afford you that. Of Almost greatness. Of pretty good. Doing your best.
Much like the ancient fans of Mediocrates, the Perennial.
Me, I'd rather be a Tiger Fan.
For those who would rather listen
Almost
His name was Mediocrates,
His flesh is long since rotten,
You'll find him in no history book,
His name and bones forgotten,
By all but me, but then, you see,
Back then they would remember,
For Mediocrates,
Was a perennial contender,
In every game you'd hear his name,
Among the final field,
But vanquished every single time,
When champions stood, he'd kneel,
Some victors' names, they'd stake their claims,
Then be gone, like a ghost,
Mediocrates was ALWAYS there,
With those that won...almost,
His fans? they'd always clap their hands,
Be there and feel the thrill,
But for that shout of Victory,
In their throats, always stilled,
To run the race, fall on your face,
A hundred times kiss ground,
Is less than to have run but once,
If ONCE, you wore the crown,
For once you've gained the mountaintop,
The only way is,
Down
For a while you may linger,
On the ledge with clutching fingers,
And mundane or most spectacular,
your fall,
But Mediocrates, his fans,
Mere footnotes, measly also-rans,
They never got to feel that plunge,
At all,
Champs may fall from top to bottom,
But the rings, oh they've still got 'em,
That sweet fleeting moment,
None can take away,
And though losses, now, we've counted,
That mount HAS BEEN surmounted,
Wounds will heal and we'll,
Be BACK up there someday,
which is more than Mediocrates can say,
Lord Tennyson once said, (I've read),
Though not of games of ball,
"Tis better to have loved, and lost,
Than never loved at all."
So I take heart, a Tiger fan,
A Tiger fan am I,
And In my recent memory,
We held that trophy high,
Not some distant, dusty banner,
Half forgotten in a hall,
Or Mediocrates's trophy,
Which was never won at all,
This year may not be ours, true,
Might be beaten blue and black,
But at least we've got the chops,
To tell the mountaintop,
"We're Back."
This post was edited on 4/30/24 at 5:42 pm
Posted on 4/30/24 at 8:04 am to fr33manator
Some of your best work.
This post was edited on 4/30/24 at 8:05 am
Posted on 4/30/24 at 1:30 pm to fr33manator
Nice work. But LSU Baseball should never be connected with those lyrics. Never.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 5:25 pm to redfish99
Stfu you entitled, frontrunning douche
Posted on 4/30/24 at 5:27 pm to fr33manator
How about we just don't fall as far going forward? Maybe just a trip down the stairs instead of jumping off a cliff idk
Posted on 4/30/24 at 5:34 pm to LSBoosie
quote:
How about we just don't fall as far going forward? Maybe just a trip down the stairs instead of jumping off a cliff idk
Well, Boosie, that's the goal,
But fate's dice have their own roll,
Sometimes it doesn't quite work out that way,
I'd rather take the Pennant,
Than always almost win it,
And fall flat, but get back on top someday.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 6:05 pm to redfish99
quote:
But LSU Baseball should never be connected with those lyrics. Never.
Redfish, I wish, I wish, I wish,
I didn't write it either,
For I bleed gold and purple,
A Tiger proud believer,
But this team isn't last year's,
Though they've heart and skill and pluck,
If they are to see Omaha,
They'll need a lot of luck.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 6:56 pm to Geaux Tahel
quote:fr33 has been doing this for years, this is his jam
AI is getting good
Posted on 4/30/24 at 7:46 pm to fr33manator
quote:
If you don't want to feel the pain of The Fall, there's plenty of teams that will afford you that. Of Almost greatness. Of pretty good. Doing your best.
Motherfrickin right.
Posted on 4/30/24 at 8:09 pm to fr33manator
quote:hey fr33, i plugged it into Udio (AI song making), it breaks down after about 1m of generation but here's a link mediocrates in style of kenny rodgers
fr33manator
didn't you have one about the 2019 season and fans who've passed on? there are a few other threads of yours i'm trying to dig up and plug into this thing
Posted on 4/30/24 at 8:12 pm to fr33manator
Spot. fricking. On.
My man!
My man!
Posted on 4/30/24 at 8:19 pm to wileyjones
Wow
I don't know what to say. It's both cool and frightening.
There's
Saban and the Nat (would be great in the style of James Earl Jones)
The GOAT
There are many others. Really interested in what that thing can do
I don't know what to say. It's both cool and frightening.
There's
Saban and the Nat (would be great in the style of James Earl Jones)
The GOAT
There are many others. Really interested in what that thing can do
Posted on 4/30/24 at 8:34 pm to fr33manator
bama christmas in style of a carol with pop influence
I got 3 strikes so i'm in timeout for a while, gotta avoid proper names like LSU I guess. But play around with it, i'm betting you can make some dynamite stuff.
I did some bob marley style ones which were fun
I got 3 strikes so i'm in timeout for a while, gotta avoid proper names like LSU I guess. But play around with it, i'm betting you can make some dynamite stuff.
I did some bob marley style ones which were fun
Posted on 4/30/24 at 8:38 pm to wileyjones
I couldn't figure it out. I tried to give it lyrics but it just kind of did it's own thing
Posted on 4/30/24 at 8:47 pm to fr33manator
idk if you saw this, but at the top area (that looks like a search bar) you do the song style (90s pop or whatever) but then you have to go below and can do some other options, hit 'custom lyrics'.
if you give more than 300 characters or so it screws up and sounds like random syllables, gotta do a couple lines at a time and you can extend the song after its generated
if you give more than 300 characters or so it screws up and sounds like random syllables, gotta do a couple lines at a time and you can extend the song after its generated
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