10 Greatest Sports Songs....

The list completely lacks credibility thanks to the absence of "Willie, Mickey and the Duke." Nothing more need be said.

 

Do I need to hurt you, Ragu?

 

Yeah, I think we have our own little Stephen Glass over here.

 

Dude, that song (and the crap that the guy sang at Fenway for the home opener last year) is utter trash.

 

The song is actually called "Talkin' Baseball" and it was referenced at No. 7:

7. Centerfield, John Fogerty (1985)
A No. 1 hit that's as crisp and sunny as a day on the diamond. This song benched Terry Cashman's Talkin' Baseball as THE modern standard. You can smell the cut grass and pine tar whenever you hear it.


A more noticeable omission -- "The Hockey Song" by Stompin' Tom Connors. For shame.

An inspired choice by a couple of members of the peanut gallery on that page -- "You'll Never Walk Alone." Although Gerry and the Pacemakers recorded the definitive version, and although I'm not even much of a soccer fan, I'd love to attend a Liverpool game sometime just so I can hear the stadium singing that song.

I also have to say I'm thrilled to see one of my two national anthems at No. 2. Up here it would deservedly go one step higher but I'll be content with the runner-up placing.

(Rather than the Ray Charles version of "America the Beautiful" as an honourable mention, I'd go with Kate Smith's "God Bless America," especially if it was on the Jumbotron at a Philadelphia Flyers game. I pretty much loathe the Flyers, but that's a goosebump moment for sure.)

 

Ah, Double J, you beat me to it. The Hockey Song is the first I thought of ... and if O Canada is played at a hockey game ... well, there's something wrong with the world.
But I'm kind of glad the Macarena and Cotton-Eyed Joe didn't make the list. And frankly, We Are the Champions is the worst cliche in the history of sports.

 

Um, what?

 

What about the progeny of Super Bowl Shuffle?

Berry The Bears or Silver And Black Attack?

And just because I wasn't sure if there really was a Berry The Bears song or not, I checked and here's the lyrics to that pre-Super Bowl XX masterpiece ...

Berry the Bears
Bears
Time to Berry the Bears
Try us if you dare
Now it time to tear
Chicago out of our hair
Come out of your lair
It's time - time to Berry the Bears

Pats
James got the moves
Eason's got the arm
Holloway's got the charm
Nelson & Tippett got brains
Hannah can take the pain
It's time - time to Berry the Bears

Berry took this talent and made it a team
Now it's time for all of us to get up and scream

(SCREAM)

(pseudo-rap)
Ok people, now it's time
We soared over the Jets
We raided the Raiders
We Squished the Fish
And now it's time to Berry the Bears

(repeat chorus)



Raymond Berry ... original motherfucking gangsta.

 

Whoopsie, one too many vodka tonight.

If O Canada isn't played a hockey game ... well, there's something wrong with the world.

 

As for Silver And Black Attack, I couldn't find the lyrics, but I did find this priceless description of the song on an ebay auction.

This auction is for a rare 1986 OAKLAND RAIDERS SILVER & BLACK ATTACK DIE CUT LP. This is a must item for any die hard Raiders fan, it has the 1986 team singing a rap song. The players on the record are: Marcus Allen, Howie Long, Lester Hayes, Mike Haynes, Matt Millen, Jim Plunkett, Todd Christensen, Sean Jones, Tom Flores and many more. This is a two sided LP.

Jesus Christ, does Marc Wilson do a drum solo or something? And, yes, they were the L.A. Raiders at the time.

 

Ahh, yes. Totally agree.

 

Yes, makes more sense the new way ...