let's trip balls and play ball
| let's trip balls and play ball | |
| Created by: | the_moviegoer |
| Tracks: | 15 |
| Length: | 00:54:08 |
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1. Mix Contest 17 2. Mix Contest 17 3. Mix Contest 17 |
| Created on | 11/9/07 5:57pm |
| Level | 6 |
| Points | 2923 |
| Total visitors | 93 |
| Unique visitors | 45 |
| This mix was ranked #3 out of 12 entries for this contest | |
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On June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis, former pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, pitched a no hitter against the Padres while he was tripping on LSD. An excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Ellis:
"Ellis had been visiting friends in Los Angeles and was still high when his girlfriend told him he had to pitch a game against the San Diego Padres that night. Ellis boarded a shuttle flight to the ballpark, took some amphetamines to mitigate the effects of the acid, and then threw a no-hitter despite not being able to feel the ball or clearly see the batter or catcher."
Is that crazy enough for this contest?
In honor of his feat, I present my mix for him. First a song about baseball, then a song about acid, then a song about baseball, then a song about acid, etc, etc.
"Ellis had been visiting friends in Los Angeles and was still high when his girlfriend told him he had to pitch a game against the San Diego Padres that night. Ellis boarded a shuttle flight to the ballpark, took some amphetamines to mitigate the effects of the acid, and then threw a no-hitter despite not being able to feel the ball or clearly see the batter or catcher."
Is that crazy enough for this contest?
In honor of his feat, I present my mix for him. First a song about baseball, then a song about acid, then a song about baseball, then a song about acid, etc, etc.
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| 1 | John Fogerty : Centerfield |
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John Fogerty liked baseball, but not drugs
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Track 1 from Centerfield
Length: 00:03:52 Year: 1985 |
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John Fogerty liked baseball, but not drugs SHOW LESS
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| 2 | The Beatles : Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds |
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I don't know how they felt about baseball, but they liked drugs.
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Track 2 from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Length: 00:03:28 Year: 1967 |
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I don't know how they felt about baseball, but they liked drugs. SHOW LESS
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| 3 | Say Anything : Baseball, but Better |
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Playing baseball on acid is like baseball, but better.
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Track 3 from Menora/Mejora
Length: 00:03:13 Year: 2003 |
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Playing baseball on acid is like baseball, but better. SHOW LESS
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| 4 | Of Montreal : Lysergic Bliss |
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Dock + Girlfriend = Lysergic Bliss
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Track 4 from Satanic Panic In the Attic
Length: 00:04:03 Year: 2004 |
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Dock + Girlfriend = Lysergic Bliss SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Yo La Tengo : Baseball Altamont |
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Conveniently, Yo La Tengo is good music to listen to when tripping.
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Track 5 from Yo La Tengo is Murdering the Classics
Length: 00:01:31 Year: 2006 |
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Conveniently, Yo La Tengo is good music to listen to when tripping. SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Jefferson Airplane : White Rabbit |
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Alice in Wonderland is terrifying.
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Track 6 from Surrealistic Pillow
Length: 00:02:33 Year: 1967 |
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Alice in Wonderland is terrifying. SHOW LESS
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| 7 | Rilo Kiley : My Slumbering Heart |
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"in my dreams, i see myself hitting a baseball in a green field somewhere near a freeway, i'm all tan and smiling and running from 3rd base" Unlike Jenny, no Padres hit baseballs that day. SHOW MORE
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Track 7 from The Execution Of All Things
Length: 00:05:39 Year: 2002 |
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"in my dreams, i see myself hitting a baseball in a green field somewhere near a freeway, i'm all tan and smiling and running from 3rd base" Unlike Jenny, no Padres hit baseballs that day. SHOW LESS
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| 8 | Ween : Transdermal Celebration |
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Not that i can prove this is about tripping acid, but it sounds like an acid trip to me.
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Track 8 from Quebec
Length: 00:03:26 Year: 2003 |
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Not that i can prove this is about tripping acid, but it sounds like an acid trip to me. SHOW LESS
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| 9 | Architecture in Helsinki : Feather in a Baseball Hat |
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AIH is kind of freaky, whether you're tripping or not.
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Track 9 from Places Like This
Length: 00:02:27 Year: 2007 |
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AIH is kind of freaky, whether you're tripping or not. SHOW LESS
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| 10 | Aesop Rock : The Greatest Pac Man Victory In History |
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Hey, you like acid, little boy?
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Track 10 from Bazooka Tooth
Length: 00:04:48 Year: 2003 |
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Hey, you like acid, little boy? SHOW LESS
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| 11 | Bob Dylan : Catfish |
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"Catfish, million-dollar-man, Nobody can throw the ball like Catfish can" SHOW MORE
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Track 11 from The Bootleg Series, Volumes 1-3: 1961-1991: Rare and Unreleased
Length: 00:02:48 Year: 1991 |
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"Catfish, million-dollar-man, Nobody can throw the ball like Catfish can" SHOW LESS
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| 12 | Jimi Hendrix Experience : Are You Experienced? |
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Have you ever been experienced?
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Track 12 from Are You Experienced
Length: 00:04:16 Year: 1997 |
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Have you ever been experienced? SHOW LESS
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| 13 | Simon & Garfunkel : Mrs. Robinson |
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?
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Track 13 from Bookends
Length: 00:04:06 Year: 1968 |
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Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? SHOW LESS
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| 14 | Talking Heads : And She Was |
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Quote from David Byrne: "This is a song I wrote about a girl I knew in high school in Baltimore, Maryland who used to take LSD and lie out in a field behind the Yoohoo chocolate drink factory." SHOW MORE
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Track 14 from Little Creatures
Length: 00:03:40 Year: 1985 |
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Quote from David Byrne: "This is a song I wrote about a girl I knew in high school in Baltimore, Maryland who used to take LSD and lie out in a field behind the Yoohoo chocolate drink factory." SHOW LESS
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| 15 | bruce springsteen : Glory Days |
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About an ex-athlete who is no longer in his prime. This is the closer, because, ironically, Dock Ellis is now a drug counselor.
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Track 15 from Born in the U.S.A.
Length: 00:04:18 Year: 1984 |
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About an ex-athlete who is no longer in his prime. This is the closer, because, ironically, Dock Ellis is now a drug counselor. SHOW LESS
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As soon as i saw the cover art, i knew what this was about. brilliant.
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you get my vote for your insane mix mastery. this is effing great!
11/9/07 9:40pm
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