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jezza1918
03-31-2005, 03:18 PM
hey everyone...i am a first time poster here and am trying to gather people's opinions on something.
i will be in charge of the stadium music for the Mobile bayBears (AA for padres). my goal is to have a song to play right after the national anthem, while the baybears warm up to start off the game. i want to try to find an original song (NOT 'start me up' or 'lets get it started.' i want to play this song every night so people start to indentify that song with the Baybears...any thoughts
thanks
jezza1918
mobile eggroll
03-31-2005, 08:07 PM
not touching this one with a 30ft pole
Elvis
03-31-2005, 11:38 PM
hey everyone...i am a first time poster here and am trying to gather people's opinions on something.
i will be in charge of the stadium music for the Mobile bayBears (AA for padres). my goal is to have a song to play right after the national anthem, while the baybears warm up to start off the game. i want to try to find an original song (NOT 'start me up' or 'lets get it started.' i want to play this song every night so people start to indentify that song with the Baybears...any thoughts
thanks
jezza1918
"Sweet Maxine" by the Doobie Brothers. A GREAT classic rocker that isn't overplayed and is sure to get the blood moving at the ballpark.
However, I must say I'm not much of a fan of canned music at the ballpark, I think a live organist/keyboardist should be mandatory at every ballpark.
ebelf3
04-05-2005, 04:19 PM
I would suggest "Old Black Betty" from the Blow Soundtrack. The song can be easily downloaded from any music sharing program (kazaa, etc.)
Let me know what you think.
DaveP
04-07-2005, 06:35 PM
"Centerfield" by John Fogerty. The best baseball song ever.
coastalsteve
04-22-2005, 06:09 PM
Either Centerfield as mentioned before or Cheap Seats by Alabama (even though the lyrics say AAA, and you are AA).
Haphazard1323
04-25-2005, 01:14 PM
Jezza, I think first of all...it would be a good idea to figure out what type of folk attend the games. Not to sound like I'm labeling or anything...but if there are a certain type of people with similar taste/styles...then you can just take it from there after you have narrowed it down to a particular genre of music that would get the people jumping.
tonjes
04-25-2005, 01:30 PM
hey everyone...i am a first time poster here and am trying to gather people's opinions on something.
i will be in charge of the stadium music for the Mobile bayBears (AA for padres). my goal is to have a song to play right after the national anthem, while the baybears warm up to start off the game. i want to try to find an original song (NOT 'start me up' or 'lets get it started.' i want to play this song every night so people start to indentify that song with the Baybears...any thoughts
thanks
jezza1918green onions by booker t and the mg's. if you don't understand why, watch the sandlot.
Captain Cold Nose
04-25-2005, 01:35 PM
green onions by booker t and the mg's. if you don't understand why, watch the sandlot.
Greatest rock instrumental, ever, by the best session band, ever.
Black Betty is by Ram Jam, from an old Leadbelly tune.
How about Linus and Lucy, by Dave Grusin (?), better known as the Peanuts song?
Capngroovy
05-02-2005, 06:48 AM
Karnevil #9 from Emerson, Lake & Palmer is a good one..."Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends, we're so glad you could attend..."
But then I'm sure Mobile has a good local band that wouldn't mind recording a little something "Bear specific."
RuthMayBond
05-02-2005, 12:02 PM
If that's Mobile Alabama, how about "Sweet Home Alabama"?
mobile eggroll
05-02-2005, 07:07 PM
what was the name of that one song that had the line "put me in coach, i'm ready to play"? try that one if you can remember the name
Captain Cold Nose
05-03-2005, 05:25 AM
what was the name of that one song that had the line "put me in coach, i'm ready to play"? try that one if you can remember the name
Centerfield, by John Fogerty of CCR fame.
Good song, but done and done and done.
Bleacherbee
05-03-2005, 06:40 AM
Everybody Hurts by REM
Bulldog
05-05-2005, 08:17 PM
"Hair of the dog" by Nazerath, I don't think you could get away with it though.
Centerfield would be your best bet.
Yankeebiscuitfan
05-06-2005, 05:29 AM
Boys of summer - Don Henley
shoeless1920
05-06-2005, 07:37 AM
Centerfield.
BigDMan23
05-07-2005, 01:37 PM
hey everyone...i am a first time poster here and am trying to gather people's opinions on something.
i will be in charge of the stadium music for the Mobile bayBears (AA for padres). my goal is to have a song to play right after the national anthem, while the baybears warm up to start off the game. i want to try to find an original song (NOT 'start me up' or 'lets get it started.' i want to play this song every night so people start to indentify that song with the Baybears...any thoughts
thanks
jezza1918
I have an idea but not a name. The old time song, "Were talking Baseball" something like that.
PLay something that will get the crowd ready for a great day at the ballpark.
ADunn44
05-07-2005, 09:43 PM
the theme from the Natural
Bluesteve32
05-07-2005, 10:15 PM
Walk of Life by Dire Straits.
roughrider
05-30-2005, 03:41 PM
Try Sandstorm
E.Banks#14
05-31-2005, 09:30 PM
"JUMP!"
just kidding, that's what the Cubbies do.
zzazazz
06-09-2005, 01:07 PM
Go through the catalog of the band White Stripes. They have some dang catchy music and it's not something you hear everyday unlike most ballpark music.
1995hoo
06-09-2005, 01:12 PM
Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train." Overdone at football games, but not one I hear all that often at baseball games. The PA at UVA football games frequently plays the beginning (the "ALL ABOOOOOAARRRRRRRRDD...ha ha ha ha" part) on third downs and it always gets the crowd revved up.
One thing NOT to do: Do NOT play "Born in the USA" after "God Bless America." The Orioles did that at a game I attended shortly after September 11. Made me want to hurl--haven't those knuckleheads ever LISTENED TO "Born in the USA"???? It's not a patriotic anthem!
PopTop
06-09-2005, 02:29 PM
I have an idea but not a name. The old time song, "Were talking Baseball" something like that.There's an old song with that line it titled Baseball, Baseball ... The most-played version has Jane Morgan on vocals and backed by the George Barnes Quintet.
How about Stars Fell on Alabama? Just about everyone has done it and there are some jazzed-up versions that might work.
There's also an oldie titled It's a beautiful day for a ballgame, by the Harry Simeone Songsters.
And one of my favorites is The Bingo Long Song (Steal On Home) by the great Thelma Houston. If it was my gig, I wouldn't get stuck on just one song, play it by ear, pardon the pun.
YankeesCatcher
06-15-2005, 12:28 AM
"Smooth" by Carlos Santana always sounds good....Or maybe "Enter Sandman" by Metallica, but that would piss off Mariano Riveira, or you could do Slipknot...But that'd be suicide....
YankeesCatcher
06-15-2005, 01:11 PM
Hey I live there....Seriously.....
Seattle1
06-13-2006, 11:25 AM
"Blue Sky" by the Allman Brothers.
wamby
06-13-2006, 12:42 PM
Why not forget the cliches and skip the canned music entirely?
riverfrontier
06-13-2006, 01:47 PM
Gotta love the start of this thread. The guy obviously qualified for the job as director of music. Like a doctor taking an impromptu poll. Orally or rectally? For folks south of the Mason-Dixon line, just drop the 'ly' from the adverbs and you'll understand that last sentence. Anyway, a nice Toby Keith number might sound real good, but I agree with Wamby. Canned music don't sound good.
west coast orange and black
06-13-2006, 03:15 PM
wamby: Why not forget the cliches and skip the canned music entirely?
riverfrontier: I agree with Wamby. Canned music don't sound good.
agreed. visit canthecannedmusic.com
THE OX
06-13-2006, 06:05 PM
A string band version of Alabama Jubilee!
(Suggestion: the Ferko String Band version)
redbuck
06-13-2006, 09:29 PM
Absolutely I think the best baseball song is "Talkin' Baseball"
As for stadium music, I don't mind the rock and roll but I definitely miss the organs.
jrh31584
06-14-2006, 12:49 PM
Absolutely I think the best baseball song is "Talkin' Baseball"
As for stadium music, I don't mind the rock and roll but I definitely miss the organs.
Agreed and agreed. By the way, does anyone know when they started playing canned music at ballparks?
redbuck
06-14-2006, 05:01 PM
Stadium music started at the very first enclosed ballpark in Brooklyn, I believe in 1865 with a band that played the national anthem.
Organs didn't pop up until well into the 1900s. And I don't think canned music really became big in ballparks until the cookie cutter era, really not even into the late '70s. I'm only basing this on research I've done on a few parks but that's what it seems.
RuthMayBond
06-15-2006, 07:36 AM
Organs didn't pop up until well into the 1900s. And I don't think canned music really became big in ballparks until the cookie cutter era, really not even into the late '70s. I'm only basing this on research I've done on a few parks but that's what it seems.My info says the Cubs were the first ML team to install an organ in their ballpark, on April 26, 1941
Gotta love the start of this thread. The guy obviously qualified for the job as director of music. Like a doctor taking an impromptu poll. Orally or rectally? For folks south of the Mason-Dixon line, just drop the 'ly' from the adverbs and you'll understand that last sentence. Anyway, a nice Toby Keith number might sound real good, but I agree with Wamby. Canned music don't sound good.
Good point! I know he posted here for our opinions. If you know music then why ask!!!!! I would recommend keep a mix of every genre from the 50's-00's. I guess in Mobile you could play more country and get away with it. But, no rap crap please!!!!
Elvis
06-15-2006, 04:58 PM
Why not have some live music during games? The Los Angeles Lakers have a live 12-piece band that has played ever since Jerry Buss bought the team. No reason a baseball team couldn't do it too - and it would be such an improvement over the cliched arena rock crap most ballparks play today.