B-Ball Wizard (The Caitlin Clark Song)
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- čas přidán 18. 03. 2024
- With Caitlin Clark breaking records left and right -- and me being a diehard Hawkeye -- a friend dared me to turn The Who's "Pinball Wizard" into a song about her. And who am I to resist a dare? So, blame him.
Lyrics and vocals by Rob Merritt. Engineering by Tim King at Tim King Music (@timkingofficial). "Pinball Wizard" is copyright Pete Townsend and The Who. But I figure, it's been four years since "Dumpster Fire" and Billy Joel still hasn't come after me, so maybe I'll get lucky again.
Clips originally from ESPN, Owen Siebring/Iowa's News Now, CBS, KCRG-TV9, Peacock Network, FS1, Big 10 Network, and "The Legend of Caitlin Clark."
She deserves a song.
Yes, a song better than this one.
@johntatum1951 There are multiple songs out there about Caitlin Clark, including a rap and "The Ballad of Caitlin Clark" by Dan Bern. This song was written to be a fun parody and nothing more. Not trying for artistic greatness here, just having some fun with a well-known tune and using it to celebrate Caitlin.
@@madreindeer Ya Done Good
Rarely ever gave a damn about women's college basketball when the tournaments came along in March, but that's all changed this year. Never seen a better women's player in the college level. When she's on , she's unstoppable.
Same!
or men's player!
Caitlin Clark: The Queen of College Basketball
Haha! Those are my kids getting an autographs at the :38 second mark!
B-ball wizard? Absolutely! Lyrical genius? Also, absolutely!! Rob nails it from the logo again!!
Genius.... Love it... This should go viral!
Or at least ESPN should hear it or something
Go Iowa and of course Caitlin Clark!!!!!!!!!!
Nice adaptation of "Pinball Wizard" from "Tommy." Pete and Roger would be proud.
If we get another shot at LSU I hope to hear a rendition of "We Don't Get Fooled Again!"
We do and you win 😢
I like the song"caitlin c. My idol here in the philippine love it"🌹🌷👍
I predict this will go national and beyond! I was living in Canada until February of 2021, I may have been the only Canadian that knew her then. Not so now.
Out of curiousity, how did you first find out about her?
Great work-your brilliant 💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸. America loves the Iowa ladies and all the folks from that great state
Someone needs to show Caitlin this!
Amazing video and Iowa Hawkeyes rock!! Thank you for the brilliant ode to Caitlin Clark! Always proud to be a Hawkeye!🐤🎉🏆
Fantastic! Soooo clever!
Hope this goes viral, love it
Back in the 1970's when Larry Bird played at Indiana State, one of the students did a song called "Indiana Has A New State Bird." They put it out on a small 45 record. I may still have it buried somewhere in my basement :)
Loved this! I’m from Iowa, right by The University of Iowa. Iowa City. This 👆is OUR GIRL AND TEAM. Goooo Iowa Hawkeyes!!! 🏀🖤💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤
That I was versus Nebraska in the big 10 tournament was fire
We are witnessing greatness we will more than likely never see again.
Well done. Iowa is truly blessed to have a basketball talent like Caitlin Clark!! I wonder if her stature has surpassed the great Dan Gable??
YES!! Love it, Rob!!
Veeeeery cool, Rob! 🎉 ❤
Very Nice ❤
Should be the opening for televised Hawkeye games
I'm ok with this. :)
Agreed
Love this song... well done!
Was not expecting a take on pinball wizard, this is genius lol
Wow love the song
Thanks for the smile!! And, the earworm I’ll be singing all day 😁👍
Love love love!!!!!
Nice! She is great and I love watching her play! Pete could also do unbelievable things with the ball. I get the same thrill watching some of his old games. Gone too soon.
great job lyric wizard print it!!!!!!!
Great song Greatest player
Nicely done.👍
Absolutely brilliant. Rob you're a dang treasure!
I don't believe for a minute that a friend dared you! ;-) But I still think this is awesome! This should not only go viral, but it should get "Super Bowl Shuffle"-like Billboard Hot 100 placement!
I'll screen-shot it, dude! I swear it happened. He's the other guy in the video with me in front of the banner.
Great stuff!
This is great.
Woot! Way to go!
I'm sitting here absolutely stunned by this excellent homage to Caitlin and the Who. Really. This is now my favourite Music Video bar none.
Absolutely beautiful love this song . And showing the NBA style block in the video , Iowa loves their Hawkeyes!! Good job on this song and video!!
This is awesome! Great job! I hope Caitlin sees this video. 😊
❤ Needed this. Sharing this with my fellowship of the badassery “sure plays a mean ball”. 🎉
This is amazing!!! Way to go, guys!!!!
Love it! Great job guys! 😍
Clever! 🏀👍🎸
Wow..
Good stuff..
Brilliant! Now do "Learning To Fly" by Tom Petty. ("I love Caitlin Clark cause she's got wings. Draining deep threes is her favorite thing".
Awesome, Rob!
And the "Specials Lit."
Signed,
The Lamont Cranston Band
Awesome 🏀🏀🏀
😂❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉 love this!
AWESOME!!! I went to put this on the basketball page but someone beat me to it. This is so perfect.
HOLY SHIT, THIS IS BRILLIANT!!!!
Nicely done.
I didn't know Pete Townshend was in Iowa City!
incredible
Nice !!!
Wow! Awesome!
This is awesome!
Love it ❤️
THIS IS THE 🔥AWESOME!!!!
Ya, Rob, this shit is gonna blow up so fast, and way bigger than your others. Great work, good sir!
LOVE IT!!!!!!!! Been a basketball fan forever (roughly 55 years ago I saw my first NBA game) and she is, without a doubt, my ALL TIME favorite player... EVER!
Yes 🙌
I loves this! Keep it coming!
Love it!! 💛🖤💛
So Awesome ! 👍
That was frickin' awesome!!! Wow!!! 😊
"A Basketball Wizard, she surely is" ! She Turns all the Other Teams into Loops, Whilst she Consistently Swishes the Ball through the Hoops !!!!😊😂
LOVE IT !!!!!
Great guitar and drumming!! The Who fan site on FB brought me here
Dang! CC drops her gatorade tumbler then you drop this banger. 🎉😂❤
She has a Gatorade tumblr???!
@@madreindeer She has! The gatorade site crashed and then it was sold out in just a few hours. 🤷🤣
GREAT job ! ! ! ! !
She AND her team mates DO play
MEAN B BALL ! ! !
She's awesome!
I’ve shared this. As others have said, Pure Genius!
Clark made Women’s College Basketball Great Again
Love this! 🏀🖤💛
This was great, good job! You made this down in Iowa City, I recognized it (Cedar Rapids here) vid matched the song, made me smile🤭🤗
YESSS!
Great song! Maybe add how she passes to her team mates when they are fast breaking? She is really good at that. JMO.
Agreed! It's not in the lyrics, but I definitely included one of those passes in the highlights!
I legit tried to find this on Spotify. Please Publish this, I can't be the only one that could use some Caitlin in my head phones ❤
I'm just an idiot who makes dumb videos, so I don't put my "music" (generous label there) on any streaming sites. That said, if there are gluttons for punishment out there who want the track, email me at RobMerrittIowa@gmail.com and I'll gladly send the MP3!
Awesome Fun! Can't see the basket on the other building where she is aiming, but it's all good. Nike sponsored posters very nice.
You can see it on a few of the shots, particularly the last one. It's just very far away.
Go Hawks!!!
That is Awesome, thank you for that!
Bravo 😊 was cool nice job
Brilliant! We totally needed this tribute song for Caitlin!
LOVE this ROB! This Rocks. ;) As, do you.
Damn. That was good... But I'm a Pinball wizard! I actually broke a machine in Iowa City accidentally, first time I've ever broken a machine... I was staying at a hotel and had gone to the McAfee show at the fieldhouse. My bad! 😢
Very clever!!
Very enjoyable.....thank you.
You can’t leave out Kate money Martin.
She's amazing! I wish I could have gotten all of them in.
Fantastic!
THIS CINEMATOGRAPHY AND THIS MIX IS AMAZING 💀😎🔥☀️
CAITLIN CLARK IS A SICK BALLER
I LOVE THE WAY SHE SCREAMS AT THE IOWA CROWD!!!!!!
I'D LOVE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SHE WAS SAYING??!!!!🔥
she shoots way out of the 3 point line. awesome.
Brilliant, Rob!
I would love to have this on Apple ITunes! Awesome!
Since I don't take myself seriously as a musician at all and just make my songs specifically for the videos I do, I don't habe a presence on iTunes or any other music platform. That said, email me at RobMerrittIowa@gmail.com and I'd be happy to send you the mp3!
Amazing
Very clever
I think that back-up "singer" in yellow looks like A real - "Faker."