If music is Pop Argot's love, fantasy baseball is one of his mistresses. I've been a baseball stats geek since the summer of '81 (funnily enough, I started following the game just as it went on strike) and played games like Strat-O-Matic and Statis Pro ardently throughout the '80s. So fantasy baseball was a natural match for me. I joined a league through a friend from college back in 2002 while living in Boston, and had so much fun that I remain in the league seven years later and 220 or so miles away.So I head to Beantown this weekend to once again get burned by Pat Burrell, cobble a team together, and have drinks and laughs with some good guys I see only once a year. And since the town's got such a deep and abiding love for Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline" where baseball is concerned, I offer 10 variations on the "Caroline" theme (with thanks to friends who helped compile). Play ball!
1. Cheap Trick, "Oh Caroline"
2. Jefferson Starship, "Caroline"
3. Concrete Blonde, "Caroline"
4. Aimee Mann, "Goodbye Caroline"
5. Colin Blunstone, "Caroline Goodbye"
6. OutKast, "Roses"
7. Matching Mole (a/k/a Robert Wyatt), "O Caroline"
8. Talk Talk, "Does Caroline Know?"
9. Brian Wilson, "Caroline, No"
10. Bobby Womack, "Sweet Caroline"
3 comments:
Lawd! Bobby W's "Sweet Caroline" is one of my favorite covers.
Have fun in Beantown, and hands off Varitek -- he's mine.
What about "Carolina", by M-Clan?
Nice blog, man. Interesting. I came through your MGMT Kids post and got hooked ;P
Have a good week!
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Good call - we can do an Extra Innings mini-set with M-Clan's "Carolina," Shaggy's "Oh Carolina," and James Taylor's "Carolina on My Mind." Thanks for the note; I'm so glad you've enjoyed my scribblings. Best wishes in your own blog postings!
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