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From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: ~ Sweet Caroline ~
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(image above of Neil Diamond at Fenway Park...I did not find a good audio visual of that event so posting another and one of fans singing it in the 8th inning at Fenway Park) How ‘Sweet Caroline’ became Fenway’s beloved (and detested) ballpark anthem Neil Diamond sings "Sweet Caroline" during the middle of the eighth inning of the Red Sox baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston Saturday, April 20, 2013. –Winslow Townson for The Boston Globe By Kevin Slane October 8, 2017 For a younger generation of Red Sox of fans, Fenway Park is synonymous with “Sweet Caroline.” Yet the famous tradition of the entire stadium belting out Neil Diamond’s 1969 hit during the 8th inning — a custom both beloved and loathed, depending on who you ask — is a fairly recent phenomenon. The cheesy song didn’t arrive on the scene until 1997, the same year that Wally the Green Monster and the giant Coke bottles made their debut. So how did a nearly 50-year-old song with no apparent local ties become an integral part of the Fenway game experience? And can it survive a perpetual tide of scorn from both music snobs and sports purists alike to preserve its eighth-inning dominance? To examine the song’s future, it’s best to return to the beginning. Where it began It all started with a baby named Caroline. During a 1997 game at Fenway, Amy Tobey, who was one of the employees in charge of music at the ballpark during that season, played “Sweet Caroline” because someone she knew had recently given birth to a baby of that name, according to MLB.com. Tobey became superstitious about its use over the next several years, only playing the song between the seventh and ninth innings when the Red Sox were winning the game. In that way, the song served the same purpose as “Gino Time,” a video mashup of American Bandstand dancers grooving to the Bee Gees’ “You Should Be Dancing” that started playing at the TD Garden (then known as the Fleet Center) in 1996, but only during the last TV timeout of games the Celtics were almost assured to win. But when Dr. Charles Steinberg became the Red Sox executive vice president of public affairs in 2002, he quickly seized on the song as an integral part of the Fenway experience. Former Red Sox senior advisor Charles Steinberg plays the guitar in his Fenway Park office in 2012. —John Tlumacki/Globe Staff “The Red Sox would play it once in a while,” Steinberg told MLB.com. “They would play it from time to time. It wasn’t an anthem. In 2002, they were still doing that. I could hear that the fans were singing responsively. “So I said to Danny Kischel, who was working the control room at the time, I said, ‘Are you going to play ‘Sweet Caroline’ today?’ He said, ‘Oh no, we can’t play it. It’s not a ‘Sweet Caroline’ day.’ I said, ‘What’s a ‘Sweet Caroline’ day?’ He said, ‘We only play ‘Sweet Caroline’ when the team is ahead and the crowd is festive and the atmosphere is already very upbeat.’” Steinberg theorized that the song may have “transformative powers,” and would thus be able to lift the spirits of a crowd even when victory wasn’t imminent. He also believed that standardizing the song by always playing it in the middle of the eighth inning would give it staying power. “I wanted it to be the middle of the eighth, because you want your more festive songs to occur when the home team is coming up to bat,” Steinberg said in the interview. “So we started playing it each day in 2002.” As the song’s popularity at Fenway Park began to grow, its creator became increasingly tied to the team — and to Boston itself. Diamond cemented that tie in 2007 by revealing that the song was about New England’s own Caroline Kennedy, for whom he performed it on her 50th birthday. “It was a No. 1 record and probably is the biggest, most important song of my career, and I have to thank her for the inspiration,” Diamond told the Associated Press. “I’m happy to have gotten it off my chest and to have expressed it to Caroline. I thought she might be embarrassed, but she seemed to be struck by it and really, really happy.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpFdVmtCb6w&start_radio=1&list=RDtpFdVmtCb6w https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/20/showbiz/music/neil-diamond-sweet-caroline/index.html Neil Diamond reveals story behind 'Sweet Caroline' By Lisa Respers France, CNN Updated 3:18 PM ET, Mon October 20, 2014 "Sweet Caroline" has been a huge hit for Neil Diamond. It was a great story. For years the lore has been that Neil Diamond's 1969 song "Sweet Caroline" was an ode to the then young daughter of late president John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline. On Monday, the singer revealed the truth behind the hit. "I was writing a song in Memphis, Tennessee, for a session. I needed a three-syllable name," Diamond said during an appearance on "Today." "The song was about my wife at the time — her name was Marsha — and I couldn't get a 'Marsha' rhyme." "Sweet Caroline" has since become a staple track, and in 2013 Diamond announced that he would donate the royalties to One Fund Boston to help those affected by the Boston Marathon bombing. The song has been played at every Boston Red Sox home game for more than a decade, and there was a spike in downloads after the April 2013 tragedy. Diamond is releasing his first album in six years, "Melody Road," and said on "Today" that he "was a nervous wreck going into this new album." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vhFnTjia_I Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond Where it began, I can't begin to knowing But then I know it's growing strong Was in the spring Then spring became the summer Who'd have believed you'd come along Hands, touching hands Reaching out, touching me, touching you Sweet Caroline Good times never seemed so good I'd be inclined To believe they never would But now I Look at the night and it don't seem so lonely We filled it up with only two And when I hurt Hurting runs off my shoulders How can I hurt when I'm holding you One, touching one Reaching out, touching me, touching you Sweet Caroline Good times never seemed so good I'd be inclined To believe they never would Oh no, no Sweet Caroline Good times never seemed so good Sweet Caroline I believe they never could Sweet Caroline https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-songs-that-have-to-do-with-the-Red-Sox |
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From: Ebe, [DNS_Address]
Subject: James Taylor performs "Angels of Fenway" from Red Sox Dugout
10120
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Dropkick Murphy - Tessie
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"Tessie" is both the longtime anthem of the Boston Red Sox and a 2004 song by the punk rock group Dropkick Murphys. The original "Tessie" was from the 1902 Broadway musical The Silver Slipper. The newer song, written in 2004, recounts how the singing of the original "Tessie" by the Royal Rooters fan club helped the Boston Americans win the first World Series in 1903. The name Tessie itself is a diminutive form used with several names, including Esther, Tess, and Theresa/Teresa. By Boston Public Library - https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/2349890699/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29325611 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv_cu0S-q_8 |
10121
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Three Dog Night - Joy To The World
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David Maciel, Red Sox fan since 1966. Giants and Pirates fan since 1968. Answered Nov 23, 2017 · Author has 594 answers and 255.4k answer views After every home victory, you can hear three songs played over the PA, in this order: Dirty Water (The Standells,) Tessie (Dropkick Murphy,) and Joy to the World (3 Dog Night.) Lyrics Jeremiah was a bullfrog Was a good friend of mine I never understood a single word he said But I helped him a-drink his wine And he always had some mighty fine wine Singin' Joy to the world All the boys and girls now Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea Joy to you and me If I were the king of the world Tell you what I'd do I'd throw away the cars and the bars and the war Make sweet love to you Sing it now Joy to the world All the boys and girls Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea Joy to you and me You know I love the ladies Love to have my fun I'm a high life flyer and a rainbow rider A straight shootin' son-of-a-gun I said a straight shootin' son-of-a-gun Joy to the world All the boys and girls Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea Joy to you and me Joy to the world All the boys and girls Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea Joy to you and me Joy to the world All the boys and girls Joy to the world Joy to you and me Joy to the world All the boys and girls now Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea Joy to you and me Joy to the world All the boys and girls Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea Joy to you and me I want to tell you Joy to the world All the boys and girls Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea Joy to you and me Joy to the world All the boys and girls Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea Joy to you and me Joy to the world All the boys and girls Songwriters: Hoyt Axton |
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10122
From: Eve, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Merry, Merry, Merry Frickin' Christmas
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Adam Gilfix, works at DELL EMC Answered Sep 21, 2015 There was a 2004 Red Sox World Series championship tribute song written by "Frickin' A" FRICKIN' A LYRICS. "Merry Merry Merry Frickin' Christmas (World Champion Red Sox Anthem)" Schools out Christmas break Back to Boston, the Red Sox in four straight First the Yankees then St. Louis The curse, reversed, the Bambino really blew it Derek Jeter's lost his mind Trippin’ on a broom stick, better luck next time Have a Merry, Merry, Merry Frickin' Christmas All you New York Yankees fans can kiss this The tree the gifts the mistletoe kiss Swing, a miss, Steinbrenner’s really pissed Have a Merry, Merry, Merry Frickin' Christmas Joe Torre, he's a weirdo Gave me a picture of himself in a Speedo Hey A-Rod, you gotta feel the sting You could have come to Boston to wear a World Series ring We all know you're chokin' on your lunch, Try a knuckle sandwich and the Varitek punch Its gonna be a Merry, Merry, Merry Frickin' Christmas All you New York Yankees fans can kiss this The tree the gifts the mistletoe kiss Swing, a miss, Steinbrenner’s really pissed Have a Merry, Merry, Merry Frickin' Christmas 2004 the best Christmas yet A World Series ring I was sick of hearing 1918 Its gonna be a Merry, Merry, Merry Frickin' Christmas All you New York Yankees fans can kiss this The tree the gifts the mistletoe kiss Swing, a miss, Steinbrenner’s really pissed Have a Merry, Merry, Merry Frickin' Christmas |
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