YEAR IN REVIEW: EDSBS REJECTED PUBLISHING IDEAS, VOL. 1

by Orson on Dec 13, 2006 9:47 AM EST

We thought this was the bomb: combine two of the year's hottest things into a single product, pitch it to ESPN, and back the Brinks truck up, baby. Who could lose when you combine the perpetually hott Al Groh, who likes Foreigner, and this year's surprise home entertainment classic Guitar Hero 2? We thought we'd be a senator twirling a gun in days.

Better still, it turns out Coach Groh was a fiend for GH2, and blew off steam after big games by playing co-operative games with the UVA night janitor. (You already knew he did this.) In fact, we brought Al in and he ripped the whole thing off in like two hours flat, dishing out tips and pointers like Esteban in a sleeveless sweatshirt.

Sadly, the folks at ESPN turned the whole thing down, leaving us with a roomful of mockup covers, "AL GROH TAUGHT ME TO PLAY LIKE A FACEMELTER!!!" t-shirts, and two hours of useless video. A warning to young, bright-eyed entrepreneurs out there: it ain't all bitches and benjamins, man.

You might as well listen to Al's intro for his fave, "The Urgent" by Foreigner. We know, it's actually just "Urgent," but Al kept insisting on calling it what Foreigner wrote on this playlist he jacked backstage at a show in Philly in 1987, which was "The Urgent." Follow the bass drum--it's the key to playing the funk.

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We've got five hundred of these printed up in the garage if you want 'em. We're using them to keep warm at the moment.

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I always let Lou do the talking until I get a solo. It’s sort of a rule of mine.

by RaginCajunRebel on Dec 13, 2006 9:54 AM EST reply actions

I walk over to someone’s desk this morning and what’s playing on his PC? None other than Ray Parker Jr. busting out some Ghostbusters! Oh yeah and right after that, Foreigner’s Urgent comes blasting out of those crappy little laptop speakers. What a way to start a Wednesday!

by tOSU_radar on Dec 13, 2006 10:03 AM EST reply actions

Fuck Lou! Guitar solo’s are where it’s at. Everything else is just filler.

by Johnny on Dec 13, 2006 10:03 AM EST reply actions

Nice Simpsons spot.

by OhioDawg on Dec 13, 2006 10:16 AM EST reply actions

Too bad Al Groh doesn’t have an ‘80s Camero mustache…he’d be a perfect candidate for Mustache Wednesday.

by Geaux Irish on Dec 13, 2006 10:33 AM EST reply actions

Does Al even need a guitar? Can’t he just use his belt to summon the powers of Foreigner?

by Dinknflicka on Dec 13, 2006 11:21 AM EST reply actions

Where are those AL GROH TAUGHT ME TO PLAY LIKE A FACEMELTER!!! t-shirts in the EDSBS store?

by Nick on Dec 13, 2006 11:52 AM EST reply actions

Bobby Bowden playing the keytar would give Groh a run for his money.

by BDoc on Dec 13, 2006 12:10 PM EST reply actions

Wait a second… is that from the ‘83 tour? Yeah, I saw dose guise in da Meadowlands wit Bryan Adams, dat was a kickass show! I totally copped dis feel off dis passed out broad while dey were playin’ Urgent. Everytime I hear Urgent on the radio I thinka dat girls boobs and uhhh… covered in vomit.

by John on Dec 14, 2006 4:02 AM EST reply actions