Matt Murray has been a Kings fan since the late '80s, when Wayne Gretzky grabbed headlines by defecting to the West Coast. Since then, he has been a card-carrying bandwagon member as the club soared in popularity with their sole Stanley Cup appearance to their position near the bottom of the Pacific. But things are looking brighter, as he is anxious to witness the rise of the new Kings.
What do Lucky Luc and Magic Johnson have in common?
They both have a song named after them.
Swedish rock band Mando Diao has included a song called "Welcome Home Luc Robitaille" on their newly released album, Ode to Ochrasy. At first, you might think that the song is about fans welcoming Luc back to L.A. But according to the website, songmeanings.net, the song was written by one of the band members who, after returning home from touring, found an old Luc hockey card. And he started to recall his childhood.
For the lyrics to the song and the Red hot Chili Peppers' song about Magic Johnson, check out the extended entry.
Smile you're on TV again You must put up a happy face Your mother told you to on Christmas day Oh you must do what they say Now you're thinking of happy thoughts Like no one did you harm and it was allLife's so brilliant but why? I'm not so sure
You remember the day
You remember the package
Where he used to spend his years
And now you found him
Or was it him that found you
It feels like you already knewLife is sweet when he is back so I just say
Welcome home, Luc Robitaille
There's so much that you missed
I'm old but I need you as much as yesterday
Oh Mr. Robitaille stay
I threw the others awayThis must be the worst thing I've done
I don't know even why I wrote this song
There's so much more to him than that paper card
Look him crossing the line oh it's so hard
To define the moves inside my head it's all just
Blood blood sweat sweat tears tears behind all fears
Now it seems so clear everything falls into place
This mathematic maze
And now you found me
Or was it me that found you
It feels like you already knewLife is sweet when he is back so I just say
Welcome home, Luc Robitaille
There's so much that you missed
I'm old but I need you as much as yesterday
Oh Mr. Robitaille stay
I threw the others away
I threw the others awaySmile you're on tv again you must put up a
Happy face your mother told you to
And now you see you found him
Or was it him that I found you
It feels like you already knewLife is sweet when he is back so I just say
Welcome home, Luc Robitaille
There's so much that you missed
I'm old but I need you as much as yesterday
Mr. Robitaille stay
I threw the others away
Earvin "Magic" Johnson is the subject of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' song, remarkably called "Magic Johnson." RHCP bassist Flea and Anthony Keidis are huge Laker fans, and wrote a song about the Lakers' point guard. In typical RHCP-style, the energy of the song is frenetic, peppered with basketball-saavy lyrics like:
M-A-G-I-C see you on the court.... Buck has come to play his way and his way is to thwart... M-A-G-I-C magic of the Buck. Other teams pray for dreams but he don't give a %#^&!
The Chili Peppers often play the song in concert, but mostly as a transition in between songs.
