Aside from surfing and hot rod racing, anyone know of any songs about-------------
sports?
There is an unreleased Beach Boys song about baseball, and the Four
Seasons did a nifty song about bowling (for a Brunswick commercial) that
was not released to the public.
What about soccer, basketball, hockey?
Nothing? Nothing at all?
And then, though it's off-topic, the greatest rock and roll baseball
record of all, John Fogerty's "Centerfield."
"Mark Dintenfass" <mdintenfass@xxnew.rr.com> wrote in message news:230420160705395982%mdintenfass@xxnew.rr.com...
And then, though it's off-topic, the greatest rock and roll baseball
record of all, John Fogerty's "Centerfield."
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Here's a quote from John Fogerty's autobiography, _Fortunate Son_:
<<I thought I was really tempting fate by doing a rock and roll song about baseball. It hadn't happened before. Okay, there was a song called "Say
Hey (the Willie Mays Song)" by the Treniers, but that really wasn't about baseball. It was about Willie. The two don't fit, never did. I wanted to do it anyway. I deeply love both. I love the way that old times are
revered in baseball, all the record keeping....The first book I ever read
was _Lou Gehrig: Boy of the Sandlots_. Because I could run, I was an athletic kid, but I didn't hit the ball a long way. And I couldn't throw a lick. In the third grade we had to write an essay on what we would do if we were president. At the end of mine, I said that I wasn't just going to
throw out the first ball at the World Series: I was going to pitch the first three innings!
<<The fact that "Centerfield" became an actual radio hit was great, but watching the song get adopted by baseball fans and Little Leagues was incredible. When my boys were in Little League, we got to hear it during
our warm-ups. Awesome.>>
"Jan Dean" <jandean@surfcity.com> wrote in message news:nfeac1$6km$1@dont-email.me...
Aside from surfing and hot rod racing, anyone know of any songs about-------------
sports?
There is an unreleased Beach Boys song about baseball, and the Four
Seasons did a nifty song about bowling (for a Brunswick commercial) that
was not released to the public.
What about soccer, basketball, hockey?
Nothing? Nothing at all?
It's too bad our old friend Taliesyn isn't here. With his extensive knowledge of Canadian artists, if there exists a hockey song he's the one who'd know it.
On Sat, 23 Apr 2016, DianeE wrote:
Stompin' Tom Connors (closer to folk or country than rock) had "The
"Jan Dean" <jandean@surfcity.com> wrote in message
news:nfeac1$6km$1@dont-email.me...
Aside from surfing and hot rod racing, anyone know of any songs about-------------
sports?
There is an unreleased Beach Boys song about baseball, and the Four
Seasons did a nifty song about bowling (for a Brunswick commercial) that >>> was not released to the public.
What about soccer, basketball, hockey?
Nothing? Nothing at all?
It's too bad our old friend Taliesyn isn't here. With his extensive
knowledge of Canadian artists, if there exists a hockey song he's the one
who'd know it.
Hockey Song" in 1973.
Michael
*-* On Sat, 23 Apr 2016, at 07:05:39 -0500,
*-* In Article <230420160705395982%mdintenfass@xxnew.rr.com>,
*-* Mark Dintenfass wrote
*-* About Re: Songs About SPORTS
[ ... ]
And then, though it's off-topic, the greatest rock and roll baseball
record of all, John Fogerty's "Centerfield."
That's the first one I thought of when I saw this thread. I
didn't realize unil I looked it up that it was from as late as 1985.
It's still worth mentioning here, though.
And then, though it's off-topic, the greatest rock and roll baseball
record of all, John Fogerty's "Centerfield."
On Sun, 24 Apr 2016, Ken Whiton wrote:
*-* On Sat, 23 Apr 2016, at 07:05:39 -0500,
*-* In Article <230420160705395982%mdintenfass@xxnew.rr.com>,
*-* Mark Dintenfass wrote
*-* About Re: Songs About SPORTS
[ ... ]
And then, though it's off-topic, the greatest rock and roll baseball
record of all, John Fogerty's "Centerfield."
That's the first one I thought of when I saw this thread. I
didn't realize unil I looked it up that it was from as late as 1985.
It's still worth mentioning here, though.
Isn't it from that period where he was accused of copying Creedence Clearwater Revival? There was a lawsuit about a song from the eighties,
it only happened because of CCR's relationship with its record company.
It was "CCR Style" but that's because he was the foundation of CCR's
style.
So his songs from that period did sound a lot like CCR.
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:02:42 -0400, Jan Dean <jandean@surfcity.com>
wrote:
Aside from surfing and hot rod racing, anyone know of any songs
about sports?
There is an unreleased Beach Boys song about baseball, and the Four
Seasons did a nifty song about bowling (for a Brunswick commercial)
that was not released to the public.
What about soccer, basketball, hockey?
Nothing? Nothing at all?
A stretch, but it should count.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADAoLp_VxfM
And this one was overlooked?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq0pOspesfQ
And then you have the one put out on 4Star label. 4Star 101 by
somebody named Cactus Pryor.
*-* On Sun, 24 Apr 2016, at 18:11:20 -0700,
*-* In Article <ppqqhbdcqmjrapt8dv94u2rpqk6s1vao2m@4ax.com>,
*-* xxx@yyy.com wrote
*-* About Re: Songs About SPORTS
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 19:02:42 -0400, Jan Dean <jandean@surfcity.com>
wrote:
Aside from surfing and hot rod racing, anyone know of any songs
about sports?
There is an unreleased Beach Boys song about baseball, and the Four
Seasons did a nifty song about bowling (for a Brunswick commercial)
that was not released to the public.
What about soccer, basketball, hockey?
Nothing? Nothing at all?
A stretch, but it should count.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADAoLp_VxfM
Another one like that (a sports reference in an otherwise
non-sports-related song) is Chuck Berry's "Brown Eyed Handsome Man".
And this one was overlooked?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq0pOspesfQ
And then you have the one put out on 4Star label. 4Star 101 by
somebody named Cactus Pryor.
????? Cactus Pryor made quite a few records for 4 Star, but
there are no numbers anywhere near 101 listed here:
<http://www.globaldogproductions.info/f/4_star.html>
Aside from surfing and hot rod racing, anyone know of any songs about
sports?
There is an unreleased Beach Boys song about baseball, and the Four
Seasons did a nifty song about bowling (for a Brunswick commercial) that
was not released to the public.
What about soccer, basketball, hockey?
Nothing? Nothing at all?
In article <alpine.LNX.2.02.1604241240170.1168@darkstar.example.org>,
Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote:
On Sun, 24 Apr 2016, Ken Whiton wrote:
*-* On Sat, 23 Apr 2016, at 07:05:39 -0500,Isn't it from that period where he was accused of copying Creedence
*-* In Article <230420160705395982%mdintenfass@xxnew.rr.com>,
*-* Mark Dintenfass wrote
*-* About Re: Songs About SPORTS
[ ... ]
And then, though it's off-topic, the greatest rock and roll baseball
record of all, John Fogerty's "Centerfield."
That's the first one I thought of when I saw this thread. I
didn't realize unil I looked it up that it was from as late as 1985.
It's still worth mentioning here, though.
Clearwater Revival? There was a lawsuit about a song from the eighties,
it only happened because of CCR's relationship with its record company.
It was "CCR Style" but that's because he was the foundation of CCR's
style.
So his songs from that period did sound a lot like CCR.
He always sounded a lot like CCR because, as you say, he was CCR. (Some
CCR recordings are essentially Fogerty solos, including the
instruments.) But the 1984 lawsuit was about "The Old Man Down the
Road" which Fantasy Records said was plagiarized from "Run Through the Jungle." I can't think of any other instance where an artist was sued
for self-plagiarism. Quite a piece of work was Saul Zaentz.
On 4/24/2016 10:31 AM, Mark Dintenfass wrote:
He always sounded a lot like CCR because, as you say, he was CCR. (Some
CCR recordings are essentially Fogerty solos, including the
instruments.) But the 1984 lawsuit was about "The Old Man Down the
Road" which Fantasy Records said was plagiarized from "Run Through the Jungle." I can't think of any other instance where an artist was sued
for self-plagiarism. Quite a piece of work was Saul Zaentz.
Zanz Kant Danz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVL9iTGRQwc
Mealoaf's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" has a play by play that must derive from baseball, even if in this case it's about something else.
Michael
Aside from surfing and hot rod racing, anyone know of any songs about---------------
sports?
There is an unreleased Beach Boys song about baseball, and the Four
Seasons did a nifty song about bowling (for a Brunswick commercial) that
was not released to the public.
What about soccer, basketball, hockey?
Nothing? Nothing at all?
"Jan Dean" <jandean@surfcity.com> wrote in message >news:nfeac1$6km$1@dont-email.me...
Aside from surfing and hot rod racing, anyone know of any songs about---------------
sports?
There is an unreleased Beach Boys song about baseball, and the Four
Seasons did a nifty song about bowling (for a Brunswick commercial) that
was not released to the public.
What about soccer, basketball, hockey?
Nothing? Nothing at all?
Oops, I forgot this one. Heard it in the car today. It's from 1976 but the >artist recorded in the 50s and 60s: >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsWg0bt9kp4
DianeE
On Wed, 27 Apr 2016 19:41:44 -0400, "DianeE"
<TiredOfSpam@SorryFolks.com> wrote:
Oops, I forgot this one. Heard it in the car today. It's from 1976 but the >>artist recorded in the 50s and 60s: >>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsWg0bt9kp4And your link reminded me of this one: >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A454kZoz8E
On Friday, April 22, 2016 at 4:02:39 PM UTC-7, Jan Dean wrote:
Aside from surfing and hot rod racing, anyone know of any songs about
sports?
There is an unreleased Beach Boys song about baseball, and the Four
Seasons did a nifty song about bowling (for a Brunswick commercial) that
was not released to the public.
What about soccer, basketball, hockey?
Nothing? Nothing at all?
Don't know if this applies but now that I've read the thread I can't get it out of my head:
Beach Boys' "Be True to Your School"
"Push em back, Push em back, way back" etc.
Gosh, I overlooked these two Doo Wop numbers:
1961 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMSykL92q9Y
Exotica: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFXd9BWfHbg
Oh, and this cool Rock-Pop number from Hollywood in 1957,sung by 14 year-old Trudy Williams: >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW-tYJiH_BM
"RWC" wrote in message news:gi44ibl0dtvm1vcc65he5ao6l7ckt5on33@4ax.com...
Gosh, I overlooked these two Doo Wop numbers:
1957 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytjzn8T2QP8
1961 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMSykL92q9Y
And the two instrumentals:
Exotica: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFXd9BWfHbg
R&B: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5vuLSBNUYo
Oh, and this cool Rock-Pop number from Hollywood in 1957,sung by 14 year-old Trudy Williams:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW-tYJiH_BM
Probably the majority of songs provided in this thread (almost certainly after your suggestions) are NOT ABOUT sports. A casual reference to a
sport doesn't make a song about sports.
None of your suggestions contain the words ping pong even as a casual reference to the sport. And how in the world can an instrumental be about sports?
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