MLB Drops Jovi, Picks Up Rock
From 'Duk on sports.yahoo.com:
The good news? Bon Jovi's two-year reign as the playoff song you love to hate is over.Mr. Hath will be happy. He likes baseball, Jovi? Not so much.
The bad? TBS is replacing those vanilla ditties with Kid Rock's "Born Free" this fall.
Now, don't get me wrong. I completely admire Mr. Kid for the way he realized that his early rap-rock career had a Durst-like shelf life before transforming himself into a record-selling prince of the proletariat by draping his body and average musical skills in the flag. He's become Jimmy Buffett for those who still wear jorts, but still seems like a smart guy who I'd like to have a beer with (which, I suppose, is his exact intent).
And while I plead guilty to having owned one of his CDs during college, my problem is that his voice is completely shot and resembles the wail of a dizzy alley dog. You think you're going to get sick of Conan commercials? Wait until you're hit with Kid Rock doing his poor man's Seger 86 times during a 4-1/2 hour New York Yankees playoff game.
At any rate, go watch the new video/promo to get a head start on burning the tune into your head. It starts with a shot of PNC Park (you know, because plenty of postseason baseball will be played there) and has plenty of Chip Caray clips sprinkled in (though sadly no samples of "fisted").
~ Hath
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2 comments:
Thanks for the info Hath. I for one don't like it. His voice is horrible. I'd rather listen to Bon Jovi a million times over :)
I thought for sure MLB would pick This is our house for this years song. Oh well hopefully the NFL will pick it up :)
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I happen to love baseball. LOVE IT! And with the Tampa Bay RAYS right there in the hunt, with the second best record in all of baseball (they've been first or second all season), I expect I'm going to be watching a whole lot of post-season baseball. As for Kid Rock's song, I'll be groaning long before the post season is nearly finished.
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