Jai Alai
by @debs
Skirmish: Unusual sports (@atornberg)Liner Notes
A book taught me that Jai Alai (Cesta Punta) exists. As you can see, I've learned loads. @savvyaz tells me I pronounced it wrong. Mongo is appalled.
Lyrics
Jai Alai
Jai Alai
You’ve never heard of it
But I swear it exists
Jai Alai
Jai Alai
Jai Alai
The first thing you need to know about Jai Alai Is that I don’t anything ‘bout Jai Alai But I’m in too deep now and we’re singing about Jai Alai
It’s a sport
With a thing
That you move
With a thing
And you try
And you try
To do a thing
With the thing
And it’s played
In a place
That is really the ideal space
With appropriate surfaces
For doing the thing
It's a sport You get hurt Someone made it up somewhere on earth Someone gave it a name and then started doing the thing
There are teams There are leagues There are people out there who dream Of the day they'll win it all and take home the thing
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Oh my god, this is the one with those funky throwy ramp thing and the ball that's way harder than you'd ever expect it to be that you fling at insane speeds! I've only ever known how to pronounce it, I've never seen it written before.
The song is super fun! The mispronunciation absolutely adds to the little tongue-in-cheek, fun energy to the song. Your harmonies are absolutely beautiful.
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Fun description of a sport I’ve never heard of! Love it!!
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Very funny and this is how I feel about several sports. I like the ode to this sport you clearly don't understand or care about. The fact you mispronounced the name of the sport makes it even better!
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🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love this thing! I do know it's pronounced Hi Iie, but I don't know why I know that because I don't know anything about the game. And now because of your song, I still don't! LOL The only reason I know how it's spelled is because it appears a lot in the NY crossword puzzles. Your sweet voice and instrumentation are perfect on this. I've got to listen to it again now.
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Oh my goodness this is hilarious and perfect. I love your vocals and harmonies so much! Calling everything "thing" is very relatable. Growing up in north Florida there were TV ads for Jai Alai all the time. Except the announcer yelled, "HIGH Lie, HIGH Lie, HIGH Lie." The fact that I'm pretty sure you mispronounced it throughout the song makes me love it even more. I think you should share it on Jai Alai message boards and pages where wives, girlfriends and family lurk. They will love it, too. 💗
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I thoroughly enjoyed this although I am familiar with the game having heard the name a lot growing up and can picture the throwing scoop things. However I thought it was more like lacrosse not racquetball. So you could say that the song prompted me to go learn more about it? A win. My favorite parts are the general descriptions as if from an alien (to the sport of course) viewpoint. Delightful! The thing and the thing and the thing. Yes!
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Wow this is fantastic! It would make a great challenge for next year too lol. Find a sport you know nothing about and write a song about it with as much or as little research as you want lol. 💯 👂 🍬