Your entrance AB music
So this may nto be fanpost worthy but as I was sitting eating my 3 appetizers for $11 at Applebees and Shake it up came on I thought about this subject some more. whenever I'm at a game I always wonder what would I come up to AB with, or run in from the pen?
This has been talked about some during threads over the yrs since I been coming to VEB, but I thought it was a good off season(kinda) topic.
I already mentioned shake it up by the Cars for a Reliever. Maybe not his entrance but something the stadium plays. As for AB I might go with something silly Liek the BGs or maybe Jump around to get the crowd into it by HOP.
So two things what would you run in from the pen to, and Which players music during his AB did you like the most?
I have two. Welcome to the Jungle for Big Mac, and Crazy Train when Walker hit. I have to say though When Big mac batted and Axel warmed up of the system it was such a great feeling in the air.
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my picks
My favorite song that a player uses is “Funky Monkey” by Ludwick, just because it’s so bizarre that of all the songs out there, that’s what he chose (or at least was using for a short time when I went to my one and only game of this year this year).
What would I run in from the pen to? Bulls on Parade by Rage Against the Machine is a good song to get one pumped up. I’d probably go with that.
by mtalken on Oct 3, 2008 8:05 PM EDT 0 recs
Bulls on parade is a great Pen choice
and havent heard that used before or brought up..but i havent been to all the parks.
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
by punchinjudy on
Oct 3, 2008 8:09 PM EDT
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I Googled it
and “Bulls on Parade” is used as an at-bat song by Atlanta’s Kelly Johnson.
by spants on
Oct 4, 2008 12:43 AM EDT
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k, i'm sold
we absolutely have to acquire KJ in the offseason.
the enemy's gate is down.
by SleepyCA on
Oct 4, 2008 3:43 AM EDT
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I'm that gal
Ludwick’s song is “Brass Monkey.”
Forgive my need to correct things.
by spants on
Oct 4, 2008 12:40 AM EDT
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rolen
i thought rolen’s song was creative. Keep rollin’ rollin’ rollin’
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by emrfg8 on Oct 3, 2008 8:30 PM EDT 0 recs
i always thought rolen's would have been better if it had less limp bizkit
and more theme song from “rawhide”.
rollin’ rollin’ rollin’, rawhide!
by mattybobo on
Oct 4, 2008 1:49 PM EDT
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that or ccr's "proud mary"
rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river…
by adiueordie on
Oct 5, 2008 11:11 PM EDT
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Can't say I have a favorite of anyone's
but my walkup music for an at bat (sorry, never was a pitcher, so I can’t envision myself coming in from the ’pen) would be the intro music from U Can Do It by Ice Cube.
Here’s the YouTube of the video. After his dad talks (11 second mark) til the end of the intro (30 second mark). It’d have to cut off RIGHT THEN though for obvious reasons. But, I think it kicks it.
I’ve also been keen to the intro to Sheep Go To Heaven by Cake. Like the first 15 seconds or so. Might use this to mix it up every once in a while.
Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me......with nothin'.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Tackle Box on Oct 3, 2008 8:37 PM EDT 0 recs
The beeps of the Ice cube song
would be cool coming over the speakers.
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
by punchinjudy on
Oct 3, 2008 8:39 PM EDT
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Yeah. Don't think i'd let it play quite that long
and the conversation at the beginning wouldn’t be there either.
Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me......with nothin'.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Tackle Box on
Oct 3, 2008 8:46 PM EDT
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I'm thinking
GNR you could be mine would be sweet to run out to.
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
by punchinjudy on Oct 3, 2008 8:56 PM EDT 0 recs
All Along the Watchtower, the Hendrix version...
…and I mean that for both. Great rock song, the greatest intro riff ever. I used it when I played…a very long time ago indeed. I believe Ankiel uses it now, and Teixeira used to when he was a Ranger…
Other good ones include Peace of Mind (Boston…walk up), Welcome to the Jungle (G&R, pitching), and Voodoo Child (also by Hendrix, works better for a pitcher song)
"Your Holiness, I'm Joseph Medwick. I, too, used to be a Cardinal."-Joe Medwick, to Pope Pius XII.
by redbirdnation8206 on Oct 3, 2008 9:33 PM EDT 0 recs
Highlander!!!
Princes of the Universe by Queen is what I would come up to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnrXiaPVeHY
There can be only one.
"It is easy to be brave from a safe distance." - Aesop
by OKCardsfan on Oct 3, 2008 10:19 PM EDT 0 recs
I forgot
that that song/show even existed, that was an excellent pull. I think a good song to walk out to would be sum 41/ ludacris Get back remix.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-w6CnKOUnU
by Viva Vina on
Oct 3, 2008 10:27 PM EDT
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amazing
i’ve watched that movie probably 200 times, and I’ve never bothered to look for that whole song. After the 2 min point it becomes amazingly gay. Sweet guitar solo at 2:45 and the “bring on the girls” lyrics, notwithstanding.
The bit with mercury walking into lambert and then stepping back is priceless, though.
the enemy's gate is down.
by SleepyCA on
Oct 4, 2008 3:49 AM EDT
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At least it's not this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpy4xNAnWzM
This would be my warm-up music if i were a relief pitcher.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f1cwycSWq0
(this video is pretty sweet)
"It is easy to be brave from a safe distance." - Aesop
by OKCardsfan on
Oct 4, 2008 10:22 AM EDT
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I'm thinkin for AB it would probably be
Stand Up by Jet
or maybe:
Back in the saddle-aerosmith
sweet emotion-aerosmith
no more mr. nice guy-alice cooper
10 AM automatic-black keys
strange times-black keys
tubthumping-chumbawumba
frankenstein-edgar winter
bombtrack-rage against the machine
rock and roll pt.2-gary glitter
run-gnarls barkley
gotta reason-hard fi
shout at the devil-motley crue
jump-van halen
swing-trace adkins (which i think should also be mark reynolds’s AB music)
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by dunc4life on Oct 3, 2008 10:37 PM EDT 0 recs
I frankenstein was my AB music
I would hit a homer every time the pitcher didn’t IBB me.
"Never judge a taco by its price" - Dr. Gonzo
by KennyWang on
Oct 4, 2008 1:34 AM EDT
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Oil Country
I know this isn’t baseball, but I absolutely have to post this.
The Edmonton Oilers have the BEST game intro ever. Period. The video is a little long (just under 10 minutes), but it’s absolutely worth watching. A couple of things to look out for since the video suffers a bit due to the lighting in the stadium at times. First, pay no attention to Don Cherry’s suit. You’re seeing it correctly, but there’s nothing you can do about it. Second, notice how the Oilers enter the rink. The rink and their locker room are separated by the concourse, so they have to actually walk through the crowd in the concourse to get to the rink. Third, watch the ENTIRE video. Especially the anthems. Amazing. Fourth, that guy behind the Oilers bench belting out O’ Canada does that EVERY game. He’s in every video of their anthem I’ve ever seen. Fifth, notice how the crowd reacts to the Star Spangled Banner. Sixth, notice how the crowd cheers every time the word “Free” is sung in O’ Canada.
Honestly, I have no idea, how you could come in to that building as a visiting team player and not play the first 10 minutes without a load in your pants.
Here’s how they do it in Oil Country.
Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me......with nothin'.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Tackle Box on Oct 3, 2008 11:45 PM EDT 0 recs
Too bad
they use the Black Eyed Peas
"Never judge a taco by its price" - Dr. Gonzo
by KennyWang on
Oct 4, 2008 1:37 AM EDT
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My pitcher's music
I was never a hitter, but my favorite warm-up music when I was pitching was “Nice to Know You,” by Incubus.
by Jhusk on Oct 4, 2008 12:38 AM EDT 0 recs
What about
Cum on feel the noise?
I can't believe i gave up a homerun to that punch and judy hitter-major league 2
by punchinjudy on Oct 4, 2008 1:22 AM EDT 0 recs
gotta be metal
I’ve always thought the intro’s to these songs would be great AB music:
sirenia – meridian
savatage – strange wings
megadeth – hangar 18
iron maiden – wasted years
If i was a closer, it would have to be Solitude Aeturnus, concern. Such a perfect “lull them to sleep and then cut their throats” song. ESP at the 5 min+ point.
the enemy's gate is down.
by SleepyCA on Oct 4, 2008 3:39 AM EDT 0 recs
Up the irons
Some Metallica wouldn’t hurt either. e.g. Master of Puppets or Enter Sandman
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by totalloser on
Oct 5, 2008 7:59 AM EDT
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if you're going with Megadeth
I’d go with the song “Take No Prisoners”
go rays
by Cards Fan in Chitown on
Oct 6, 2008 1:31 PM EDT
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For Me...
…it would be the same tune: Mars, the Bringer of War, by Holst.
Now THAT’S psychological warfare!
:=8D
by The MooCow on Oct 4, 2008 8:32 AM EDT 0 recs
I love this topic
I tried a diary on it a couple of years back, but it was roundly ignored. Probably, like much of my material, just too damned long.
For an AB, my favourite is probably Welcome… by GnR. Just really almost an ideal choice. If given the choice, though, I would consider using the old theme from Batman. Get it? Batman? Anyone? Is this thing on?
For a reliever, I’ve always been of the notion that a great relief intro should be a song that begins with a soft intro, building ever so slightly, and then followed by a huge crash. This sort of arrangement is most often found in metal songs, epitomized by Metallica’s “Enter Sandman”, that Mariano Rivera uses. A nice wide dynamic shift is always welcome.
I’ve always thought “Voodoo Child” by Hendrix would be an excellent one. It contains the elements I was just discussing, and I think it would be great for a guy who’s known as a bit of a kook, someone like Tyler Johnson, ideally. I believe that Chris Perez also used the Prodigy’s “Firestarter”, in Memphis this year, and I love that choice.
I’ve also thought that either Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight”, or the Doors’ “The End”, would make good closer intros. They don’t have quite the pump up factor of some of these other songs, but both have a sinister, intimidating quality that I think would be well served as a tone setter for the opposing team.
Victory is sweet, even deep in the cheap seats.
by the red baron on Oct 4, 2008 10:06 AM EDT 0 recs
For me.....
It’d be something rap. That is what get’s me fired up, and what I used to listen to back in my playing days. Coming up with a specific song though, I’m not sure, just be something to get me fired up. Something by Jay-Z maybe?
I just thought of this, but Jump Around by House of Pain would be a good closer song.
by SoonerfanTU on Oct 4, 2008 10:14 AM EDT 0 recs
I was at a Mariners game in 2007
and JJ Putz came out to close the game to AC/DC’s Thunderstruck. The stadium was electric; it was awesome. Remember thier 8-game win streak? That was the 8th game… Anyway some of my picks would be:
Battle of One – 30 Seconds to Mars
Six – All That Remains (Not sure many would appreciate this one…)
Wipe Me Down – Fox
Riot – Three Days Grace
Guarded – Disturbed
Same Old Song and Dance – Aerosmith
Piñata - something children beat relentlessly with bats. Piñeiro - .858 OPS against. Some call it irony; I call it destiny.
by thegodfather on Oct 4, 2008 12:55 PM EDT 0 recs
i always thought thunderstruck would be a great entrance song
by mattybobo on
Oct 4, 2008 1:53 PM EDT
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I know most people probably have no idea
but Thunderstruck is like the White Sox theme song every year. That’s the team intro song when they run out on the field. Also, every bar with a Sox slant pretty much plays it on a loop.
Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me......with nothin'.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Tackle Box on
Oct 4, 2008 2:00 PM EDT
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Smoltz
John Smoltz used it when he was a closer. Awesome entrance. He would walk from the pen door about half way though the OF, then begin to jog the rest of the way. Walking during the slower begining of “thunder” “thunder” “thunder” . he would get his pitches in and as the batter stepped in the box the last line they played was “I was shakin’ at the knees”. classic closer entrance.
by Knighttime on
Oct 5, 2008 1:02 AM EDT
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Batter: Sledgehammer by the Gabes
Reliever: One Big Holiday by MMJ
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by Alxfritz on Oct 4, 2008 1:25 PM EDT 0 recs
closer trotting in from the bullpen; the final countdown by europe
because somebody had to say it.
in all seriousness, i have have to have entrance music that rocked, preferably hard.
maybe immigrant song by zeppelin, aqualung by jethro tull, perhaps the beginning of long time by boston (the kickass part with the organ, the rest of the song is sort of cheesy) or maybe even some part of the goofy, pretend 80’s metal song pain for pleasure by sum 41. i don’t even like sum 41 but i love that song.
by mattybobo on Oct 4, 2008 2:06 PM EDT 0 recs
Man, at first i thought you were serious and had a whole bunch of names ready to call you.
Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me......with nothin'.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Tackle Box on
Oct 4, 2008 2:27 PM EDT
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heh
see, i was so tempted to try to rick roll everybody, but i couldn’t do it.
by mattybobo on
Oct 4, 2008 3:05 PM EDT
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Also
now every time I think of that song, I think of this…
Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me......with nothin'.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
by Tackle Box on
Oct 4, 2008 2:31 PM EDT
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I think
of Gob, from Arrested Development, wearing his billowing white shirt and bungling his magic tricks illusions.
by spants on
Oct 5, 2008 9:55 PM EDT
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My first thought too
Love that scene where Gob sinks the yacht to impress his audience.
by Merry CRasmus on
Oct 6, 2008 10:46 PM EDT
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If Gob
is in the scene, I love it.
The acting on that show was awesome. EVERYTHING about that show was awesome.
by spants on
Oct 6, 2008 11:41 PM EDT
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Immigrant song
Is Blake Dewitt’s AB music. You might hear some when the NLCS shifts to LA.
"Never judge a taco by its price" - Dr. Gonzo
by KennyWang on
Oct 8, 2008 4:59 PM EDT
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I always liked Eckstein
stepping up to “Number One Spot” by Ludacris.
My bullpen song would be between:
“Killing in the Name” by RATM or
“The Pretender” by The Foo Fighters
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by RunninRedbird on Oct 4, 2008 4:14 PM EDT 0 recs
yes!
The irony of seeing a little white guy step in to Ludacris was never lost on me. I also liked when he had Busy Child, just because it was appropriate for him.
by Elle on
Oct 10, 2008 12:33 AM EDT
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Batter: maybe the chorus of Blackened, Metallica.
Reliever: In the Air Tonight, Phil Collins (I’d walk slow, or ride the cooler-cart real slow)
For either, I’d be tempted to do this and am surprised none of the players my age did it.
When I played hockey, I always had Electric Funeral in my head.
by liam on Oct 4, 2008 5:21 PM EDT 0 recs
i see your bold assertion
and raise you one brian barton!
by mattybobo on
Oct 6, 2008 5:19 PM EDT
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hmm... see, i wrestle with this
the guy is sort of a brain, in a very nerdy/geeky area too. maybe i am just working with different ideas of nerddom and geekiness than you are.
no matter what i think brian barton was probably the coolest kid at space camp.
by mattybobo on
Oct 6, 2008 8:37 PM EDT
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What's that song that he plays?
I crack up every time he gets an AB…sounds like a nice enough song but doesn’t exactly fit the mold. Doesn’t get the crowd all riled up, that’s for sure.
by Merry CRasmus on
Oct 6, 2008 10:48 PM EDT
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yeah, it's the only thing i don't like about barton
it’s a sam cooke song i think? it doesn’t exactly fit the exciting sports atmosphere.
by mattybobo on
Oct 7, 2008 12:12 AM EDT
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i'm an engineering student...
and i would have to say that the vast majority of engineers are nerds. i have plenty of nerd in me…after all my avatar is rick ankiel holding a lightsaber….
Smell the Glove
by emrfg8 on
Oct 7, 2008 10:52 PM EDT
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here's my problem
when i think “geek” i think sci-fi, videogames, music/movie obsessions, etc. but when i think “nerd” i think a lot of the same stuff, along with math and science. there’s plenty of overlap but i’ve always thought of them as somewhat different. so i consider barton a definite nerd. but i have no idea how geeky he is (i suspect he probably is a geek as well).
by mattybobo on
Oct 8, 2008 9:35 AM EDT
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My definition:
Nerds and geeks almost always like the same stuff. Nerds just participate in that stuff a little harder and a little more often. For example, nerds and geeks both like Star Wars and make Star Wars references. Only nerds go to the conventions (where they subsequently get made fun of by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog). Further, geeks have an easier time with the ladies as non-geek women will date geeks. Nerds have to find nerd women, which is harder to do.
Brian Barton, no matter whether he is nerd or geek, is also a jock. He’s a rare hybrid. And something tells me he doesn’t have any problems with the ladies. He likes Sam Cooke, for crying out loud! The man is probably a stud.
by spants on
Oct 8, 2008 1:50 PM EDT
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hm. +1. i think you've actually done a better job of saying what i thought i was saying.
especially since i’ve always known i was a geek, but would never (OK, maybe not never) go to a convention. and now that i think even more, nerddom isn’t restricted to math or science; one can be academically be a nerd about anything, be it history, philosophy, physics, chemistry, whatever. i think arguing that thucydides mops with floor with herodotus and professing serious problems with empirical positivism are pretty darn nerdy (this demonstrating that i might actually be more nerdy than i thought…)
anyway. barton is clearly the jock/nerd hybrid that represents the pinnacle of human breeding. he is clearly a eugenic science experiment gone terribly awesome.
by mattybobo on
Oct 8, 2008 3:18 PM EDT
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As an aside,
I know someone who has the Imperial March set on their cell phone as their mom’s ringer.
by spants on
Oct 5, 2008 9:57 PM EDT
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scott linebrink
used the imperial march as closer for SD, IIRC. Not that he had a lot of opportunities, with hoffman ahead of him in the depth chart, but I’ve heard it at a ballpark and I’m 99% sure it was him.
the enemy's gate is down.
by SleepyCA on
Oct 5, 2008 10:26 PM EDT
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I think about this way too often
My current choices are, as a closer, “Nighttime Anytime” by the Constantines or “Say It Ain’t So” by Weezer. Both have the slow build, which is crucial.
As a hitter—well, it doesn’t get any better than Big Mac walking up to the beginning of Welcome to the Jungle.
by DanUpBaby on Oct 4, 2008 6:32 PM EDT 0 recs
had several conversations about this before
If I’m the shutdown closer coming in:
“Who’s Gonna Save Us?” by The Living End or “Remedy” by Hot Water Music
For just regular AB music:
The beginning of “At the Speed of a Yellow Bullet” by Head Automatica
Now the story of a wealthy family who lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together...it's Arrested Development.
by Bowen on Oct 4, 2008 8:35 PM EDT 0 recs
for closer
i’d do vicarious by tool
parabol and parabola would be awesome, but you can’t really take ten minutes to walk in from the bullpen.
one of my buddies used “horse with no name” as a walk up in high school. it was so strange it was awesome.
Smell the Glove
by emrfg8 on Oct 5, 2008 12:17 PM EDT 0 recs
for a leadoff hitter, or just a fast guy in general
Hustlin’ by Rick Ross would be awesome, just play the intro unti he starts rapping like right before the drum line
?
by showmejoe on Oct 5, 2008 1:32 PM EDT 0 recs
for a closer
“Ring of Fire” by Johnny Cash would be cool
?
by showmejoe on
Oct 5, 2008 1:34 PM EDT
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For me...
Duran Duran, “Hungry Like the Wolf”
"I don't believe what I just saw!" ~ Jack Buck
by itsalemmon1019 on Oct 5, 2008 10:24 PM EDT 0 recs
"I wanna destroy you", Uncle Tupelo for the pen
Ani DiFranco’s cover of Hurrican as my AB music
They say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger...
by Valatan on Oct 5, 2008 10:26 PM EDT 0 recs
You are my new favorite VEB member
Awesome pick.
I was thinking Son Volt’s Windfall as a nice AB change of pace.
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Oh, good question...
I’d be tempted to do my favorite “girl” songs:
Pink’s “Get the Party Started” if I was a hitter.
Shawn Colvin’s “You Got Nothin’” if I was pitching.
You can’t go wrong with “Enter Sandman” in either case though, could you?
Anything by Spoon would be good. My kids hate that I like Spoon. They think I should be like the other mothers and cover my ears and tell them to turn it down and turn it off. I can’t. I love it.
She isn't crazy, she's just not impressed.
by jillsinmo on Oct 5, 2008 11:59 PM EDT 0 recs
Closer – Rusty Cage by Soundgarden or 1-800-Ghost-Dance by Hella
At Bat – Christ-Sized Shoes by Shiner or Red by King Crimson
Also I think The Ocean by Led Zeppelin would be pretty good for an at bat.
And Sabbath Bloody Sabbath by Black Sabbath…
Alright, that’s enough, I guess. I could go on and on…
by adiueordie on Oct 6, 2008 12:16 AM EDT 0 recs


