The Cam Newton saga set to music: ‘Son of a Preacher Man’
Kudos to the fine folks at EDSBS and the Orlando Sentinel for unearthing this musical nugget, which we at AJC.com feel duty-bound to pass along to you, dear surfers. There’s no new information regarding Cam Newton relayed herein, but it is, you’ll have to admit, pretty darn amusing.
The talented artist’s name — not his given name, we assume — is MoonPie. (We can also assume this isn’t the Mike “Moonpie” Wilson who played offensive line at Georgia back in the ’70s alongside Cowboy Joel Parrish.) I have e-mailed the song stylist requesting further information about him (and also his rather astonishing hat), and I will break into regularly scheduled programming to update y’all if/when Mr. Pie responds.
UPDATE: MoonPie responds!
Mr. Bradley,Thanks for your e-mail.I would love to play in the Atlanta area.I am a musician, but more of a singer/frontman.I have an act called Kenny LoveChild & the Party (you can YouTube that as well) which is more professional and much less comic. If you have any contacts, let me know.I am a GAMECOCK. But I just love college football.Honestly the hat came off the “closeout” rack at the local Family Dollar several years ago.
I’m sure you’ve heard the Dusty Springfield song “Son of a Preacher Man” a zillion times, and if you’re as cool as Dave O’Brien you doubtless have the LP from which it sprang on 180-gram vinyl. If you don’t, I’d urge you to click over to iTunes and download “Dusty in Memphis” now. It’s a classic. (As was Dusty’s 1987 re-emergence on the Pet Shop Boys song, “What I Have Done to Deserve This?,” which can be found on the likewise tremendous PSB long player “Actually.”)
And it probably should come as no surprise that a sporting tribute (of sorts) would have an Auburn connection. As we know, the famous Mark Teixeira song of summer 2007 was the fabulous work of two AU students who called themselves “Tito and the Gun Show.” Forced to make a value judgment, I’m not sure the updated “Son of the Preacher Man” contains anything quite so memorable as “If I were a woman I’d prob’ly marry ya” from the Teixeira magnum opus, but the line about Danny Ford is in, as we say, the ballpark.
But enough. Here, courtesy of YouTube, you go:
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Fan of the Game
November 20th, 2010
11:41 am
What Seminary did Rev. Newton got to?
Fan of the Game
November 20th, 2010
11:42 am
Meant go to, no disrespect intended, he has already done enough of that.
Judge and Jury
November 20th, 2010
12:50 pm
Since it’s an off week, wouldn’t this be the perfect time to take an in-depth look at UGA and have a serious discussion about the problems at UGA and why the arrest rate of players is the highest in the country? it’s common knowledge that UGA is a party school, but have any dawgtard players every actually graduated with a real degree? Jan Kemp exposed the school and the coaches almost three decades ago, but there is no sign that anything has improved; if anything, the arrest rate shows that things are getting more outrageous every year while the clueless Mark Richt has absolutely no control over his players. And then there is the infamous “red panties” incident that will haunt UGA for decades.
UGA has become a major embarrassment to all Georgians, and we want some answers starting now.
Verbatim
November 20th, 2010
12:53 pm
Attention, everyone, especially dawgtards. We will now observe a moment of silence in memory of Saint Jan Kemp, who exposed the shameful practices at UGA that were initiated and carried out by slimeball Vince Dooley. Dooley’s image as a coach and a nice guy were forever shattered during the trial, not to mention the one million dollars that dawgtards had to pay Saint Jan. These practices of recruiting morons and coddling them for four years, them tossing them out like garbage, are still going on, but at least the world knows what’s happening in Athens now.
And now, the moment of silence…
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Thank you, you may resume your normal activities now.
Judge and Jury
November 20th, 2010
1:04 pm
Think about the football team THUGA puts on the field. 96% of the players are academically provisionally accepted-with Adams and his cronies knowing full well that they will use up all their coaching and tutors and elligibility and then have their asses kicked out on the street and soon be pushing grocery carts around Atlanta looking for a warm place to sleep.
This is exactly what I mean. It’s low class, cheating, and just downright sleazy. This is the kind of football factory program that Mark Richt runs.
It’s sickening.
Cobb Dawg
November 20th, 2010
5:49 pm
Judge and Jury, nice try. But you can’t divert attention away from the AU cheating scandal. Save yourself some time and effort. The FBI and NCAA will settle things no matter what you say and write. And I think you and some other Barners are going to be very sad about it.
MikeP
November 21st, 2010
12:15 am
By Cobb Dog: “The FBI and NCAA will settle things no matter what you say and write….”
Kind of slow on the uptake, aren’t you Cobb Dog? Check out any major newspaper in Alabama. The FBI says they have no interest in college recruiting and have found no connection to Auburn or Cam Newton in the gambling investigation they are currently conducting.
If the NCAA thought anything was out of sorts at Auburn they would have advised the university to sit Cam Newton out. They have not done so. It’s bitter Dawgs and bammers that are in for a disappointment.
PS: In the future this will be known as the Mississippi State cheating scandal so get used to the new terminology.
SEC Fact Finder
November 21st, 2010
6:06 pm
Mike P….I hate to burst your bubble, and pull your kind hearted head out of the sand, but you are way off on this… this is much much deeper and more troubling than most can even imagine. It may take a while but this is going to be devasting to college football.
Davis Mac
November 24th, 2010
6:26 am
Awesome.
Davis Mac
November 24th, 2010
6:28 am
Coach Trooper “MONEY BAGS” Taylor will end up being the root of this entire soap opera…