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January 12, 2012
John Parr Remakes 'St. Elmos Fire' as 'Tim Tebow's Fire': John Parr, the British musician who had a No. 1 hit in 1985 with "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)," has rewritten the lyrics to turn it into "Tim Tebow's Fire." Sample lyric: "Gonna be a man in motion, all I need is my Broncos' team. Take me where the future's lying, Tim Tebow's fire."
posted by justgary at 01:13 PM on January 12, 2012
I'm glad he took time out of what must be a packed touring schedule to give us this.
What's sad is you can really tell how it's mostly just dubbed over vice a new recording.
posted by Bonkers at 01:42 PM on January 12, 2012
He even left a "St. Elmo's Fire" in at the end.
posted by rcade at 01:48 PM on January 12, 2012
This is in the proud tradition of the Super Bowl Shuffle, okay? So stop hatin'.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 02:50 PM on January 12, 2012
Let's be honest, this is more in the tradition of: New England, The Patriots and We....
Dear sweet fluffy lord WHY?
posted by Tinman at 03:44 PM on January 12, 2012
Could Tim Tebow really just be the antichrist?
posted by bender at 05:15 PM on January 12, 2012
This seems like a nice place to mention that according to an NBC poll, 43% of people think Tebow's success is due to divine intervention.
posted by Joey Michaels at 06:24 PM on January 12, 2012
Thankfully, Poll Position seems to be a place where people choose to vote in polls. My fallback excuse was going to be it's probably a phone poll and who the hell has a landline and answers it (other than old folks)?
posted by yerfatma at 06:37 PM on January 12, 2012
Well, there is 3:58 of my life I will never get back.
Attention whore is being attention whorish. And I don't mean Mr, Tebow.
posted by steelergirl at 07:07 PM on January 12, 2012
In case anyone didn't know, the original song (Man in Motion) was written by David Foster, a well respected Canadian song writer.
The lyrics were about Rick Hansen, a fellow Canadian who "wheeled" around the world (from 1985-1987) to raise money ($26million, or $50million in today's dollars) for spinal cord research.
In my mind, it's insulting to take a song about a genuine hero and pervert it to praise that of a sports hero.
posted by grum@work at 07:48 PM on January 12, 2012
Denver Nuggets mascot can't make backwards halfcourt shot until he Tebows.
posted by rcade at 10:24 AM on January 13, 2012
Hopefully this works out as well for Tebow as Prince's effort did for Fav-er-uh.
posted by fabulon7 at 03:13 PM on January 13, 2012
Granted, I didn't see that coming. Well done again, stupid universe! Kudos!
(However, after listening to at LEAST half of that, I am now 50% worried/convinced that the Broncos are going to win the Super Bowl.)
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 06:03 PM on January 13, 2012
Unlike Tebow, that mascot can put it in the hole.
posted by wfrazerjr at 09:04 AM on January 14, 2012