swhoya
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Post by swhoya on Apr 10, 2008 23:22:54 GMT -5
Not to bring up a sore subject, but I just got out of a cab that had "Sweet Caroline" blaring out of the radio, and it got me wondering....
how long is it going to take for me to hear that song and not want to punch someone or sob uncontrollably?
If ever?
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The Stig
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Post by The Stig on Apr 11, 2008 0:29:18 GMT -5
First thing I did after I got home was deleted it from my iTunes.
I don't think I'll ever be able to listen to it again without a twinge.
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hsaxa2010
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Post by hsaxa2010 on Apr 11, 2008 1:04:35 GMT -5
Sometime within the week after the game, I heard it playing in Red Square and was upset at how ignorant some people can be; this song will always haunt my memories
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Post by strummer8526 on Apr 11, 2008 8:18:16 GMT -5
Maybe I missed something significant, but what happened involving this song?
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GUHoya07
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Post by GUHoya07 on Apr 11, 2008 8:28:38 GMT -5
It's pretty much Davidson's fight song. The band plays it and all of their fans sing along and its extremely obnoxious. Just like the Red Sox.
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DrumsGoBang
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Post by DrumsGoBang on Apr 11, 2008 8:33:22 GMT -5
Don't ever talk ill about the Diamond!!!
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Post by strummer8526 on Apr 11, 2008 9:11:06 GMT -5
"This first song ::intro plays:: is of course 'Sweet Caroline.' I wrote that song after a big show at the Forum. Gary and I had been drinking pretty heavily, and we were driving...Yeah, well we were driving down this dark road, and I hit a kid, so we got out, and sure enough, he was dead. So we just took off...pretty fast. Two hours later, I wrote 'Sweet Caroline.'"
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2008 9:41:36 GMT -5
"It gets crazy on the road, and awful lonely. That's why I love pornography. This next song is all about my love of hardcore, barely-legal pornography. Gary knows what I'm talking about."
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SFHoya99
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Post by SFHoya99 on Apr 11, 2008 9:43:34 GMT -5
This next song, you all might like. Few people know that I am fueled creatively by my massive hatred of immigrants.
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Apr 11, 2008 10:15:12 GMT -5
The less that song is heard, the better.
Davidson can have it.
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Post by HoyaDestroya02 on Apr 11, 2008 12:25:41 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2008 12:57:25 GMT -5
"This next song, I wrote after I killed a drifter to get an erection."
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Cambridge
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Post by Cambridge on Apr 11, 2008 12:57:25 GMT -5
It'll always be the Red Sox song. Davidson is just a lazy thief.
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Hoya06
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Post by Hoya06 on Apr 11, 2008 13:05:24 GMT -5
These "quotes" are pretty funny, whats the back-story with them though?
Neil Diamond was the first concert I ever went to. 3rd grade. Thanks mom and Dad
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moe09
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Post by moe09 on Apr 11, 2008 13:09:14 GMT -5
The one about him running over the kid is from a Will Ferrell skit on SNL. The pornography one is a reference to the fact that he wrote the song "Sweet Caroline" about Caroline Kennedy when she was only a little girl.
Hands, touchin hands
Reachin out
Touchin me
Touchin you
I think you can figure it out. Only perverts like the people at Davidson would make this song their "fight song."
EDIT: Oh, and Red Sox fans I guess.
The other quotes, I assume are also from the Will Ferrell sketch, but I'm not positive.
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Jack
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Post by Jack on Apr 11, 2008 13:15:39 GMT -5
It'll always be the Red Sox song. Davidson is just a lazy thief. "Always" dating all the way back to 2002. Ugh. And now Neil Diamond is playing Fenway in August. I will rank the acts that have played Fenway (taking into account their age at the time they played there): 1. Bruce and the E St Band 2. Rolling Stones (Big drop) 3. The Police (Big drop) 4. Dave Matthews (huge drop) 5. Jimmy Buffett 6. Smashmouth 7. The Cowsills (finally) 8. Neil Diamond And all of the above quotes come from the SNL Storyteller's sketch Gary (John Goodman): Leave me out of this one man Neil (Ferrell): I will leave you IN! |
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Cambridge
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Post by Cambridge on Apr 11, 2008 13:30:51 GMT -5
Jack, never meant to suggest it had a long tenure, but regardless of its pedigree it is forever linked to the Sox and there is no way it gets played at other sporting events without the Sox. You can't tell me that it wasn't a BoSox fan at Davidson who started the tradition there. Other teams have merely followed their lead of the Sox on this one. And it's been longer than 2002. According to the NPR interview with the former music director of Red Sox it goes back to 1997. It just became an every game thing in 2002 at John Henry's request. Obviously that doesn't add much to its authenticity, just clearing up the facts. Here's the link that explains. www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4930465It'll always be the Red Sox song. Davidson is just a lazy thief. "Always" dating all the way back to 2002. Ugh. And now Neil Diamond is playing Fenway in August. I will rank the acts that have played Fenway (taking into account their age at the time they played there): 1. Bruce and the E St Band 2. Rolling Stones (Big drop) 3. The Police (Big drop) 4. Dave Matthews (huge drop) 5. Jimmy Buffett 6. Smashmouth 7. The Cowsills (finally) 8. Neil Diamond And all of the above quotes come from the SNL Storyteller's sketch Gary (John Goodman): Leave me out of this one man Neil (Ferrell): I will leave you IN! |
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Post by TigerHoya on Apr 11, 2008 13:37:03 GMT -5
Jack, never meant to suggest it had a long tenure, but regardless of its pedigree it is forever linked to the Sox and there is no way it gets played at other sporting events without the Sox. You can't tell me that it wasn't a BoSox fan at Davidson who started the tradition there. Other teams have merely followed their lead of the Sox on this one. And it's been longer than 2002. According to the NPR interview with the former music director of Red Sox it goes back to 1997. It just became an every game thing in 2002 at John Henry's request. Obviously that doesn't add much to its authenticity, just clearing up the facts. Here's the link that explains. www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4930465"Always" dating all the way back to 2002. Ugh. And now Neil Diamond is playing Fenway in August. I will rank the acts that have played Fenway (taking into account their age at the time they played there): 1. Bruce and the E St Band 2. Rolling Stones (Big drop) 3. The Police (Big drop) 4. Dave Matthews (huge drop) 5. Jimmy Buffett 6. Smashmouth 7. The Cowsills (finally) 8. Neil Diamond And all of the above quotes come from the SNL Storyteller's sketch Gary (John Goodman): Leave me out of this one man Neil (Ferrell): I will leave you IN! Even though they're a Sox farm team, I could've done without the Greenville Drive doing it every game too. I mean, they already have a field with dimensions the same as Fenway (except the monster is a bit shorter) |
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swhoya
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Post by swhoya on Apr 11, 2008 13:37:29 GMT -5
I was unaware of the Red Sox link.
Before I was just in danger of shedding a tear when I hear the song. But now with the combination of the two I'll probably forever lose my lunch. Could make for some awkward situations.
My new Axis of Evil: Stephen Curry, the Red Sox, and Neil Diamond.
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Post by LizziebethHoya on Apr 11, 2008 14:13:59 GMT -5
They played it at the Tombs last Friday night. Everyone was singing and dancing along....besides me and another girl who was at Raleigh. We basically just stood there wanting to die.
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