Welcome to this week’s edition of Friday Playlist where members of the Times-Tribune staff submit their music picks based on a theme.
This week's theme is Sports Songs.
Enjoy:
New Order - World In Motion
Ted Baird
I'm not a big sports fan, but I'm a New Order fan. The song was produced for the England national football team's 1990 FIFA World Cup campaign.
Kopecky - Quarterback
Erin Nissley
I love the tongue-in-cheek lyrics and the catchy guitar riffs.
Daft Punk - Game of Love
Jon O'Connell
I've tapped this particular Daft Punk album at least once for Friday Playlist. I couldn't help myself this round. I'll tone it down after this.
Dan Fogelberg - Run for the Roses
Pat McKenna
Sappy, but it's about sports.
Joe Jackson - I'm The Man
Ed Pikulski
Hula hoops, the yo-yo, skateboards, Kung fu-- a musical treasure of "sports" references!
Vangelis Papathanassíou - Chariots of Fire (Main Title)
Joe Healey
Beautiful orchestral-electro instrumental from the epic 1981 film, "Chariots of Fire," about two British runners competing in the 1924 Olympic games in Paris, a Christian running for the glory of God and a Jew attempting to overcome prejudice.
Warren Zevon - Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini
Chad Sebring
"If you can't take the punches it don't mean a thing."
George Jones - The Race is On
John Cole
My heart's out of the runnin'
True love's scratched for another's sake
The race is on and it looks like heartache
And the winner loses all
Cheech and Chong - Basketball Jones
John Cole & Jim Lockwood
John Cole: "That basketball was like a basketball to me!"
Jim Lockwood: I used to have this on 45 vinyl; the internets says musicians on this record included George Harrison, Billy Preston and Carole King, which I did not know until this very day
Drive-By Truckers - Daddy's Cup
John Cole
Heartfelt rocker about a father, his son and their love for "trading paint."
"It ain't about the money or even being #1
You gotta know when it's all over you did the best you could've done
Knowing that it's in you and you never let it out
Is worse than blowing any engine or any wreck you'll ever have."
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Sports Song
Jim Haggerty
So many sports-associated songs are intolerable that a spoof was in order. For a society that pathetically confuses sports with things that really matter, Weird Al has the perfect cheer: We're great and you suck!
Warren Zevon - Hit Somebody! (The Hockey Song)
Jim Lockwood
The ballad of brawny Buddy pigeonholed all his life as a hockey goon protector of swift skating stars of the sticks. But this Canadian farm boy's lifelong dream is to score a goal, just one goal, even if it kills him. Will it ever happen for our hero? Listen to the end for the answer. Hint: it's either triumphantly yes, or depressingly no. Warren Zevon songwriting and songcraft at its finest.
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Friday Playlist: Sports Songs
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