# Baseball/Geographic driving playlist recommendations please! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 17, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116 "2017-02-17T22:08:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116/1 "2017-02-17T22:08:13Z")
I’m putting together a playlist for my annual Baseball Trip. Looking for songs that have something to do with baseball (I’ve been doing this for a bunch of years, and it’s tough to find good ones I haven’t used yet), travel and driving in general (same), or specific destinations, which this year include: Atlanta GA, Montgomery AL, Pensacola FL, Moblile AL, Biloxi MS, New Orleans LA, Jackson MS, and Birmingham AL. All genres are welcome. GO! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116/2 "2017-02-17T22:25:36Z")
Songs That Involved Baseball in SOME Way: Chuck Berry: “Brown Eyed Handsome Man” Eddie Vedder: “All the Way” Billy Joel: “Zanzibar” Alabama: “Cheap Seats” Warren Zevon: “Bill Lee” Frank Sinatra: “There Used to Be a Ballpark” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116/3 "2017-02-17T22:27:06Z")
“Centerfield” - John Fogerty. “City of New Orleans” - Arlo Guthrie. For the return trip: “Six Days on the Road” - Dave Dudley. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116/4 "2017-02-17T22:32:31Z")
Edit timed out. “Wheels” - The Flying Burrito Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116/5 "2017-02-17T22:44:58Z")
For purely geographic: [ul] [li]Sweet Home, Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd[/li][li]Stars Fell on Alabama - Jimmy Buffett[/li][li]Fat Sam from Birmingham - Louis Jordan[/li][li]Birmingham Breakdown - Duke Ellington[/li][li]Alabama Song - The Doors[/li][li]Alabama Getaway - The Grateful Dead[/li][li]Southern Man - Neil Young[/li][li]Angel from Montgomery - John Prine or Bonnie Raitt[/li][li]Stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again - Bob Dylan[/li][li]Mobile - Randy Newman[/li][li]Mississippi Queen - Mountain[/li][li]Biloxi - Jimmy Buffett[/li][/ul] Baseball ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116/6 "2017-02-17T22:55:08Z")
Meat Loaf - “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116/7 "2017-02-17T22:57:20Z")
Some great suggestions so far - including a lot I’ve already burned, but I don’t want to discourage any ideas. Keep 'em coming! ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116/8 "2017-02-17T23:06:21Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Eddie Vedder: “All the Way” How have I never heard this before? I sure wish I’d had it for last year’s Chicago trip. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116/9 "2017-02-17T23:30:38Z")
Sister Wynona Carr - Life Is A Ballgame Count Basie - Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? The Treniers (featuring Willie Mays) - Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song) I’m jealous of your trip (especially the New Orleans part). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116/10 "2017-02-17T23:39:44Z")
"A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request,’ by Steve Goodman. (Writer of the aforementioned “City of New Orleans.” I know Guthrie’s version is pretty much canonical, but I love Steve’s. Oh, and he also wrote “Go Cubs, Go,” but, as a long-suffering Cub fan, ADCFLR was my anthem until last year.) ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116/11 "2017-02-17T23:46:04Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > "A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request,’ by Steve Goodman. (Writer of the aforementioned “City of New Orleans.” I know Guthrie’s version is pretty much canonical, but I love Steve’s. Oh, and he also wrote “Go Cubs, Go,” but, as a long-suffering Cub fan, ADCFLR was my anthem until last year.) Both of these _were_ on last year’s Chicago playlist! 🙂 Oh, by the way, songs about beer and drinking are also welcome. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116/12 "2017-02-18T00:09:13Z")
["Tinker to Evers to Chance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctzCsCiqSpk) by the Carolyn Sills Combo. Maybe a little [“Talkin’ Softball”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAJHDiO8Fr0) from the Simpsons? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116/13 "2017-02-18T00:24:09Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > Both of these _were_ on last year’s Chicago playlist! 🙂 > > Oh, by the way, songs about beer and drinking are also welcome. Beer and drinking, I like these three from George Thorogood: One Bourbon, One Scotch, and One Beer If You Don’t Start Drinking (I’m Gonna Leave) I Drink Alone ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116/14 "2017-02-18T00:39:23Z")
[Birmingham Blues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riXNeEki07A), Electric Light Orchestra. Also about being on the road, so a double-dip, even if the Birmingham in question is in England, not Alabama. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116/15 "2017-02-18T00:57:13Z")
For more geographic references: Easy Rider (Charlie Daniels) Alabama Rain (Jim Croce) New Orleans Ladies (Louisiana LeRoux) House of the Rising Sun (many versions, I prefer The Animals version) ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116/16 "2017-02-18T01:02:01Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Maybe a little [“Talkin’ Softball”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAJHDiO8Fr0) from the Simpsons? I’m pretty sure that is an adaption of [Terry Cashman’s “Talkin’ Baseball.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReuOZ7SjOqM) I think Cashman has a bunch of baseball related songs, but I’d be surprised if the OP was unaware of that. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116/17 "2017-02-18T01:16:21Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > New Orleans Ladies (Louisiana LeRoux) Which reminded me of: [Lady Marmalade](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4LWIP7SAjY) (LaBelle) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116/18 "2017-02-18T01:16:54Z")
The score from “Damn Yankees”, especially: Six Months out of Every Year The Game Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116/19 "2017-02-18T01:36:16Z")
> [@mcgato](#): > > I’m pretty sure that is an adaption of [Terry Cashman’s “Talkin’ Baseball.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReuOZ7SjOqM) You know, I’ve heard the original before but I totally had forgotten about it, with that Simpsons episode being such a classic. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116/20 "2017-02-18T01:54:20Z")
> [@mcgato](#): > > I’m pretty sure that is an adaption of [Terry Cashman’s “Talkin’ Baseball.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReuOZ7SjOqM) When the original was popular in the early 1980s, Cashman recorded versions of the song for at least some MLB teams; I had a 45 of a [Brewers version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mfl_IoR9Hhw). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-geographic-driving-playlist-recommendations-please/780116.md?page=2)