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BamaJ

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I may be posting this in the wrong place, but I am trying to find a shirt I saw several years ago and didn't know if anyone would be able to point me to where I may find one. The shirt had the lyrics from Deacon Blues on the back of it, where they say, "They got a name for the winners in the world.....They call Alabama the Crimson Tide..." Anyone remember this? I've googled and can't find it. Any help is appreciated.

Thank you!
 
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BamaJ

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Well, that's why we shouldn't assume folks. It's a legit question. If you're insinuating that I'm a closet Aubie, look at my join date. I've been here far longer than most of you. I just don't post all the time. Thanks for the insight though guys! You've been very helpful.
 
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BamaJ said:
Well, that's why we shouldn't assume folks. It's a legit question. If you're insinuating that I'm a closet Aubie, look at my join date. I've been here far longer than most of you. I just don't post all the time. Thanks for the insight though guys! You've been very helpful.
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For someone that's been around so long, I suspect you get what the reference here is.
 
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I saw a t-shirt my freshman year before the Iron Bowl. On the shirt, an Alabama football play had a Barn player by the ankles, with the Barn players face in the dirt and the Tide player was pushing the Barn player forward like a plow. The caption said, "Time to plow."
I'd pay some money for one of those shirts today.

Avoid the rush. Start hating the Barn early this year.
 
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squib said:
That song always seemed to me to be taking a pot shot at Alabama.
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Really? Methinks you have misinterpreted the song!

They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide (the winners in the world)
Call me Deacon Blues (the loser's name)
 
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RedWave said:
Really? Methinks you have misinterpreted the song!

They got a name for the winners in the world
I want a name when I lose
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide (the winners in the world)
Call me Deacon Blues (the loser's name)
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Here is what the guy that wrote it said:

"When asked about the line, "They call Alabama the Crimson Tide, call me Deacon Blues," Donald Fagen told Rolling Stone magazine: "Walter and I had been working on that song at a house in Malibu. I played him that line, and he said, 'You mean it's like, 'They call these cracker 4$%^&#*s this grandiose name like the Crimson Tide, and I'm this loser, so they call me this other grandiose name, Deacon Blues?' and I said 'Yeah!' He said, 'Cool, let's finish it.'"
 
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squib said:
Here is what the guy that wrote it said:

"When asked about the line, "They call Alabama the Crimson Tide, call me Deacon Blues," Donald Fagen told Rolling Stone magazine: "Walter and I had been working on that song at a house in Malibu. I played him that line, and he said, 'You mean it's like, 'They call these cracker 4$%^&#*s this grandiose name like the Crimson Tide, and I'm this loser, so they call me this other grandiose name, Deacon Blues?' and I said 'Yeah!' He said, 'Cool, let's finish it.'"
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Yep , it wasn't because the guys inSteely Dan were any great Alabama fans or anything. Sure has been good for us, though ! I'd thank them personally if I could!
 
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NoNC4Tubs said:
Definitely not so...
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So did you not read where Steely Dan thought it was funny that a bunch of rubes in the south had created this fancy sounding name to call themselves and therefore decided they would write a song about a loser who made himself feel better by wanting to be called Deacon Blues?

Also FYI, Springsteen's "Born in the USA" is not a patriotic song either.
 
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