Shufflin' Outta Control

For those of you living under a rock, the Bears are going to the Super Bowl (even Bermes knows that). I am still in shock about it, as I am sure most Bears fans are. I know my place in Bears fandom --- I am more like a “married-into-fan,” but a loyal fan nonetheless. I think I get extra points for producing a little Bears-fan-Spawn.

As part of my job as a good Fan/Wife of Crazy Fan/Mother of Bear Baby Spawn I watch the Super Bowl Shuffle. Not growing up in Chicago, I had never really seen it, and only heard many references to it. Well, my brother happened to find it on DVD and gave it to Jake one year for Christmas, making him the happiest man in all the land. So of course we watched it. Then, we watched it again. Then, we watched it before every game. Then, I would hear it late at night -- It’s synthesized beat and piercing whistle echoing through the house.

I hate to admit it, but this music video disturbs me more and more every time I watch it. I don’t know if it is supposed to be serious or funny, but it does neither equally well. I understand that it is a “classic” and that was the greatest Bears team, headed by the almighty Coach Ditka, but come on … the gyrating hips and bad rhythm is just too much. And, I do feel bad making fun of it, because like Walter Payton said, “And we're not doin' this because we're greedy. The Bears are doin' it to feed the needy.” Although he also said, “Runnin' the ball is like makin' romance.”

Really? Is it? Would Thomas Jones say that?

There are more sexual undertones – the gyrating hips are all part of a bigger picture, and not just a dance style of the 80s. A Willie Gault line is, “Now I'm as smooth as a chocolate swirl, I dance a little funky, so watch me girl.”

Do you think when the “Super Bowl Shuffle” producers and lyricists were sitting in a room together they thought: Okay, this is for charity, but let’s sex it up baby! These men are hunks! Put them in tight pants and give them instruments to pretend to play! Girls will go wild! And, don’t forgot those hips!

I must say though, I would LOVE to see this year’s Bears to make a video. I would be very disappointed though if the production value was raised at all. I would like it to be the same beat, and moves. Enjoy the Shuffle for yourself … and try to tell me your not a Bears fan after that!

Super Bowl Shuffle


DISCLAIMER:
I don't mean any harm in this post to the Bears (past, present, and future), Bears Fans, and the city of Chicago and the surrounding areas. This was done purely in fun, but apparently my husband didn't think so. He gave me this message after reading it:


"I am really disappointed in that blog and you. You publicly bashed the Shuffle...I cant forgive you for that. EVER. I will not speak to you until the morning is over and I boil and drink the venom of cobra."

DIE HARD