Play Ball!
| Play Ball! | |
| Created by: | alex_plainlater |
| Tracks: | 27 |
| Length: | 01:15:22 |
| Keywords |
1. baseball 2. sport 3. game |
| Created on | 6/23/08 12:38pm |
| Level | 3 |
| Points | 1577 |
| Total visitors | 23 |
| Unique visitors | 16 |
description:
The Giants aren't doing so hot this year, but it's still fun to go hang out at the ballpark - so here's some mood music for the game -
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| 1 | Ruth Brown : Baseball Boogie |
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R&B baseball music
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Length: 00:03:00 |
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| 2 | Sister Winona Carr : Life Is A Ball Game |
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Baseball as a metaphor for life . . .
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Length: 00:03:00 |
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| 3 | Nat King Cole : The First Ball Game |
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It started in the garden of Eden . . .
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| 4 | John Fogerty : Centerfield |
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an indispensible baseball anthem
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Track 4 from Centerfield
Length: 00:03:52 Year: 1985 |
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an indispensible baseball anthem SHOW LESS
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| 5 | Humphrey Bogart : Bogey On Baseball |
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a short radio spot with Bogart talking up the pleasures of watching a ballgame
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Length: 00:00:30 |
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a short radio spot with Bogart talking up the pleasures of watching a ballgame SHOW LESS
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| 6 | Treniers : Say Hey |
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a tribute song to Willie Mays
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| 7 | Larry Hosford : Home Run Willie |
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Another tribute to Willie Mays
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| 8 | Sam & Dave : Knock It Out Of The Park |
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A home run of a tune
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| 9 | Los Straitjackets : Take Me Out To The Ball Game |
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Fast pounding version of the old familiar standard
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Length: 00:02:30 |
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| 10 | Bill Kirchen : Three Strikes & You’re Out |
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Again with the baseball metaphors to sum up a relationship -
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| 11 | The Grandsons : Hit Da Long Ball |
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Let's get a hit!
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| 12 | Big Bill Broonzy : You’ve Got To Hit The Right Lick |
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Baseball's been around a long time & this song goes way back -
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Length: 00:02:30 |
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| 13 | Richard “Popcorn” Wylie : Move Over Babe, Here Comes Henry |
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A baseball history song, celebrating Hank Aaron's breaking the Babe Ruth record -
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| 14 | Mckinley Mitchell : That Last Home Run |
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Another celebration of the Hank Aaron record-breaking run
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Length: 00:02:30 |
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| 15 | George Carlin : Baseball & Football |
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One of Carlin's classic riffs -
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Length: 00:02:30 |
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| 16 | Dan Bern : They Don’t Got Baseball |
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Celebrating *one* thing the U.S. has that Europe doesn't -
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| 17 | Dave Ross : Ichiro |
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This is (I think) a Seattle radio guy cooking up a tribute to the hometown hero -
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Length: 00:02:30 |
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| 18 | Steve Goodman : A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request |
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The real fans are the ones who stick with a losing team, and they're the ones who can best appreciate a win -
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| 19 | Henry Sapoznik : Take Me Out To The Ball Game |
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A classic rendition of an old classic
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Length: 00:02:30 |
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| 20 | Jane Morgan : Baseball, Baseball |
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A very 1950's celebration of the game -
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| 21 | Count Basie : Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? |
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Long before Barack Obama, Jackie Robinson made history by breaking the color bar -
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| 22 | Phil Foster : Let’s Keep The Dodgers In Brooklyn |
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Another great fight for a lost cause -
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| 23 | Chuck Brodsky : Bonehead Merkle |
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Telling the story of one of baseball's all-time screw-ups
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Length: 00:02:30 |
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| 24 | Les Brown : Joltin’ Joe Dimaggio |
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Long before he became a nostalgic reference in a Simon & Garfunkel song, Dimaggio was an American hero - this takes you back to those good old days -
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Long before he became a nostalgic reference in a Simon & Garfunkel song, Dimaggio was an American hero - this takes you back to those good old days - SHOW LESS
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| 25 | Palm Springs Yacht Club : Take Me Out To The Ball Game |
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Third time around on this mix for another version of this tune, but, hey, it's the standard!
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Length: 00:02:30 |
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| 26 | Bluebirds : Baseball Blues |
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A little vocal harmony in support of the players -
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| 27 | Kathy Kallick : Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? |
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A current-day performer looking back on the old Jackie Robinson hit
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any chance of Sendspacing thiis? I love ie it!
7/3/08 1:38pm
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This mix has that ballpark spirit. I will buy you some peanuts and cracker jacks.
I bet Dan Bern does a nice job with that one. Not that I condone betting on sports.
I bet Dan Bern does a nice job with that one. Not that I condone betting on sports.
6/26/08 2:37pm
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