Songs to make me feel like I'm at RBiA
by RachelB on Dec 29, 2008 10:07 AM CST
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It finally happened: I actually bought a device capable of playing mp3s that is not a CD player or a computer. I got the G1 phone from T-Mobile, and I'm having some fun playing with it.
That said, I'm trying to download all the songs I can that make me feel like I'm at a Rangers game.
The country staples like "God Bless Texas" and "All My Exes" just make me feel like I'm listening to the country radio station, so we'll rule those out.
I'm thinking along the lines of Johnny Cooper's "Texas to You," the Foo Fighters' "Pretender," and Pat Green's "I Like Texas." The first two I've found - the last doesn't appear to be available on the major music purchase sites yet. Which is kind of a bummer, since that's the "Rangers win" song.
(Oh, and I forgot to mention: I want to acquire all of these songs legally.)
What am I missing? Name some ballpark songs for me.
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Load up the bases
By Whiskey Falls. I did a fanshot of it it not too long ago:
http://www.lonestarball.com/2008/12/10/688248/found-this-completely-by-a
"I´d like to apologize in advance for anything that I may say or do that could be construed as offensive as I slowly go NUTS."
by lonestarJon on Dec 29, 2008 10:13 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
And if you want a classic
“Cheap Seats” by Alabama (even though it about a minor league team):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGBdKyHc5EA
"I´d like to apologize in advance for anything that I may say or do that could be construed as offensive as I slowly go NUTS."
by lonestarJon on Dec 29, 2008 10:22 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I composed an iTunes playlist
Of a bunch of RBIA related songs.
Nerdy?
by John V on Dec 29, 2008 5:23 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Me?
Not really… I do have a new ipod awaiting me when I get back to socal though.
"I´d like to apologize in advance for anything that I may say or do that could be construed as offensive as I slowly go NUTS."
by lonestarJon on Dec 29, 2008 5:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Can I search for it?
That’s pretty much what I’m going for.
by RachelB on Dec 29, 2008 6:12 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Send me an e-mail
I’ll try to help with your list
by John V on Dec 29, 2008 6:25 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The FSN theme
that for some ungodly reason, they love to play at the Ballpark when a Ranger makes a good defensive play.
The last time I went (admittedly a few years ago) they played “Deep in the Heart of Texas” during the 7th inning stretch. I honestly didn’t realize that song had a second verse until my first Rangers game.
by Melmart1 on Dec 29, 2008 10:19 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I probably didn't, either.
And now I bet I could do a pretty good job of going through all 3 or 4 or whatever verses it is from memory. Thanks, Chuck.
by RachelB on Dec 29, 2008 10:25 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
x
The FSN theme that for some ungodly reason, they love to play at the Ballpark when a Ranger makes a good defensive play.
I like it when they do this. Why do you hate it so much?
by FuturePants on Dec 29, 2008 10:57 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Do they still play...
“Cotton Eye Joe” during the 7th inning stretch?
"Hello win column..."
by rangersfan34 on Dec 29, 2008 10:22 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Hmm, a little bit of it,
yes. Thanks!
by RachelB on Dec 29, 2008 10:25 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh.
I loathe “Cotton Eyed Joe.” It makes the Rangers look like some redneck stickball club.
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by ghtd36 on Dec 29, 2008 10:25 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
LOL...
I actually like the song – I always thought of it as a unique Texas twist to the stretch. “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” is the one baseball song that rubs me the wrong way for some reason…
"Hello win column..."
by rangersfan34 on Dec 29, 2008 10:28 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I've heard the cotton eyed joe at Yankees stadium
during 7th inning stretch. I don’t think its just a Texas thing
by mattrpav on Dec 29, 2008 10:34 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Me too...
I was surprised to hear it there of all places.
by Anonymous New Guy on Dec 29, 2008 10:37 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
i love me some
CEJ at Rangers games…!
Bobby Jindal '12
by dstar442005 on Dec 29, 2008 12:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Seconded
That song is elevator music for yokels…
Nah, noob.
by Brian Thomas on Dec 31, 2008 12:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
"I Like Texas" link...
Here you go:
http://www.amazon.com/I-Like-Texas/dp/B000TPJ0VG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1230567915&sr=8-1
"Hello win column..."
by rangersfan34 on Dec 29, 2008 10:26 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Yep, that's all I could find.
It’s instrumental…
But now that I think about it, that might be for the best. I can’t stand Pat Green’s voice.
by RachelB on Dec 29, 2008 10:27 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
If I've got more time today, I'll keep digging...
I don’t even know the song, but I love little research projects like this!
"Hello win column..."
by rangersfan34 on Dec 29, 2008 10:29 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Don't spend more time on it unless you just really want to!
I’m downloading the one that’s in the link (but I’m getting it from walmart’s site ’cause I have some free downloads there).
There’s just nothing like hearing the intro to that song when the Rangers have won it.
Is it showing that I miss baseball season?
by RachelB on Dec 29, 2008 10:34 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Anyone who is your friend
on facebook has known for weeks. :)
by Melmart1 on Dec 29, 2008 10:37 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Found this link...
http://www.music-free-download.net/mp3/Pat-Green/Download_I-Like-Texas—_mp3_956021.html
Not sure how “legal” it is, but it might be worth checking out…
Just back from vacation, so this seems like more fun than getting back into my work right now…
"Hello win column..."
by rangersfan34 on Dec 29, 2008 10:36 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Dang it...
That was supposed to be a reply yo the above post…
"Hello win column..."
by rangersfan34 on Dec 29, 2008 10:37 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Centerfield by John Fogerty
I'd love for part of the "new look" to be a return to the red uniforms of the 1990s. - Ian Kinsler
by ortonius on Dec 29, 2008 10:50 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
"I hate everything about you...
why..do i…love youuuuu."
Three Days Grace.. heh.
by cmkelly29 on Dec 29, 2008 10:52 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Walk of Life by DIre Straits
The opening keyboard riff was in an old TV spot for the Rangers that aired back in the 90’s. Great song. Always makes me think of baseball…even though the song’s about a musician, I think.
Muschamp seems like the kind of guy who used to beat up guys like Bob Stoops in high school.
by TheJeezus on Dec 29, 2008 11:04 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Superstar!
Oh, wait… OMFT isn’t a Ranger anymore… nevermind.
I’d suggest finding the intro song to your favorite player (didn’t Blalock use “Symphony of Destruction” by Megadeth?) and downloading that.
by Inkara1 on Dec 29, 2008 11:49 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Hmn
That’s a great idea. Now I need to know Salty’s song. And Davis’s.
"I´d like to apologize in advance for anything that I may say or do that could be construed as offensive as I slowly go NUTS."
by lonestarJon on Dec 29, 2008 11:51 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Salty has two songs.
Trick Daddy feat. Li’l Jon – Let’s Go
The other one is some gay Kenny Chesney massacre.
It's a crazy messed-up world... It's a doggy-dogg world...
by oc on Dec 29, 2008 12:29 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Anybody know which gay Kenny Chesney massacre it is specifically?
"I´d like to apologize in advance for anything that I may say or do that could be construed as offensive as I slowly go NUTS."
by lonestarJon on Dec 29, 2008 12:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
"Never Wanted Nothin' More"
He also used Rodney Atkins, “Cleaning this Gun” a few times.
by RachelB on Dec 29, 2008 1:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Huh, thanks
Those are kinda odd choices for walkup music. We should get Chuck to get him something with a little more fire…
"I´d like to apologize in advance for anything that I may say or do that could be construed as offensive as I slowly go NUTS."
by lonestarJon on Dec 29, 2008 1:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, and
“She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy”
by RachelB on Dec 29, 2008 2:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Oh dear.
"I´d like to apologize in advance for anything that I may say or do that could be construed as offensive as I slowly go NUTS."
by lonestarJon on Dec 29, 2008 5:41 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
He's the shit and we're the poo poo ... xxplosive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbSNai580Bs
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by Chase Irwin on Dec 29, 2008 2:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I like the Badu version better.
Michael’s used this as his walk-up music a few times.
That beat is further proof that Dre was, is, and always will be the undisputed king of hip-hop.
It's a crazy messed-up world... It's a doggy-dogg world...
by oc on Dec 29, 2008 6:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
"Texas" by Chris Rea
Best BPiA song ever.
I said, “What”?
He said, “Texas”.
I said, “What”?
He said, “Texas”.
They got big long roads out there.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Dec 29, 2008 11:59 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Love that song
That was the song I was going to suggest. When I lived in Kentucky for 2 years no other song reminded me of home in Texas more than this one. And it’s by a British guy!
"We live, we die, and the wheels on the bus go round and round." - Tony Romo
by kentbenfer on Dec 29, 2008 12:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Todd Rundgren – I Saw The Light
Paul Simon – Me And Julio Down By The Schoolyard
Booker T. & The M.G.’s – Green Onions
Cab Calloway – Minnie The Moocher (One of the greatest songs ever)
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters – Finger Poppin’ Time
Sam & Dave – Knock It Out The Park
Deniece Williams – Let’s Hear It For The Boys (Chuck used to play this at old Arlington Stadium when the good guys hit a homer)
It's a crazy messed-up world... It's a doggy-dogg world...
by oc on Dec 29, 2008 12:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
green onions
jams so hard, my favorite “baseball related” song ever
by rhp on Dec 29, 2008 7:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Right here: Benoit's warm up music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z810Yc96LaE
Bobby Jindal '12
by dstar442005 on Dec 29, 2008 12:37 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
the very best music
comes without any association to the Rangers. Not that I’m opposed to the idea though. Last nite was a special music nite for instance. I turn on a replay of Saturday nite’s Austin City Limits and guess who’s on? Tweedy and Wilco. Very nice to hear that in 5.1 stereo with video to boot. Doesn’t get much better than that. Btw, why didn’t anybody mention the homerun theme from the Natural?
"Evolution happened, now get over it." Michael Shermer
by rodcarew on Dec 29, 2008 12:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Theme from
the Natural should be on there.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
by t ball on Dec 29, 2008 1:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
When I was a kid
they used to play “Summertime” by Mungo Jerry, and that was a favorite of mine.
by clark on Dec 29, 2008 5:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Some songs I remember
After the Rangers win, Chuck would sometimes play “God Blessed Texas” by Little Texas. It’s country, so you might not like it. I prefer it to the Pat Green song.
Don’t know the name of it, but between innings or during a pitching change, they play the “Hi-Di-Hi-Di-Hi-Di-Hi” song. I first heard it as a kid at the old Arlington Stadium. They played a video to go along with the song at the Ballpark a couple of years ago.
One overplayed song was “Welcome to the Jungle”….every night when they took the field.
Before the game, they used to play a female version of “Take Me Out the Ballgame”. I think it was Carly Simon, but I’m not sure. It’s more than one verse.
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
by txranger7 on Dec 29, 2008 6:38 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
…the "Hi-Di-Hi-Di-Hi-Di-Hi" song.
This is Cab Calloway’s “Minnie The Moocher.”
It's a crazy messed-up world... It's a doggy-dogg world...
by oc on Dec 29, 2008 6:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It's not that I don't like songs like "God Blessed Texas,"
It’s just that I’ve grown up listening to country music, so some of them don’t really make me think of being at a ballgame.
It did take going to Rangers games, however, to discover that that song is not about the great state of Texas, but is in fact about the hotness of Texas women.
by RachelB on Dec 29, 2008 8:09 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Here is my baseball playlist on itunes
“Times Like These” – Foo Fighters
“Texas” – George Strait
“Keep On Keepin’ On” – Jack Ingram
“Running on Sunshine” – Jesus Jackson (it just seems like a summer song)
“I Walk the Line” – Johnny Cash
“Ring of Fire” – Johnny Cash (both of the Cash songs seem to be used a lot in the ballpark)
“Don’t Stop Believin’” – Journey (yeah, it’s a theme song…ha ha)
“Stronger” – Kanye West
“Home” – Marc Broussard (I just love the sound of it)
“Y’all Ain’t Ready” – Marc Broussard (I think this was the NBA theme song for awhile, but oh well)
“Sweet Caroline” – Neil Diamond (the Red Sox can’t ruin it for me)
“Hit Me With Your Best Shot” – Pat Benatar
“Start Me Up” – Rolling Stones
“Beautiful Day” – U2 (James would approve, Rachel)
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
Random woman: "When are you getting married, Micah?"
Me: "Probably never. In fact, at this point, it's tempting to just adopt more cats."
by baseballismyboyfriend on Dec 29, 2008 8:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
"Don't Stop Believing" is ruining the human race.
It's a crazy messed-up world... It's a doggy-dogg world...
by oc on Dec 29, 2008 8:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I disagree
I love it. :-)
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
Random woman: "When are you getting married, Micah?"
Me: "Probably never. In fact, at this point, it's tempting to just adopt more cats."
by baseballismyboyfriend on Dec 29, 2008 8:38 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It is the greatest song ever made
and because the Cowboys blew it this past week, this needs to be posted
The greatest video on Youtube
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on Dec 29, 2008 9:46 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Boys of Summer
Don Henley
Nothing pithy here. Please move long.
by WyoRanger on Dec 30, 2008 1:37 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Beck
“I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me”
LoneStarBall....You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
by DaheelzCM on Dec 30, 2008 5:52 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Kinsler's Intro Song
Black Betty by Ram Jam
by Oracle Galvez on Dec 30, 2008 1:26 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Long enduring fan theme
Pink Floyd, Comfortably Numb
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
by Ed Coffin on Dec 31, 2008 8:34 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
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