“Cricket” by the Kinks
Needs some hockey in here…
SoulThieves - Redwings Suck
Stompin’ Tom Connors - The Hockey Song(by way of bing.com, this was the most entertaining looking video sample. Go Avs!)
James Kochalka Superstar - Hockey Monkey
Gear Daddies - Zamboni Song
Lummox - Hockey Fight(link is blocked here so i don’t know if it has a song sample)
And of course some hip-hop too…
Kid Sensation ft. (the) Ken Griffey Jr - The Way I Swing
Buck 65 - 463
Pharoahe Monch - Official (practically every single line is a sports metaphore; full lyrics)
never mind
And, of course, “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim” is about pool (whose classic song is “Ya Got Trouble” from The Music Man).
The Bonzo Dog Band sang about sports in general in “The Odd Boy.”
Martin Mull had “Jesus Christ Football Star.”
Other songs in Damn Yankees include “The Game” (“You’ve got to think about the game”).
The classic “Van Lingle Mungo” by David Frishberg. (If the title means nothing to you, the song is about baseball.)
How about Kenny Chesney’s Touchdown Tennessee about (what else) UT football.
“Talkin’ Baseball”, and the Simpsons version, “Talkin’ Softball”, by Terry Cashman.
“One Night in Bangkok” is about chess… and other things.
MODERATOR MUSES: Hmmm. One could argue that this goes in the Game Room forum, since it’s about sports and games. However, I’m going to rule that it’s about songs, and so leave it here.
You’re in My Heart (The Final Acclaim) by Rod Stewart
Also “Go Cubs Go” by Steve Goodman–a terrible song that I haven’t heard nearly enough this year
“Basketball”–Kurtis Blow
Great Big Sea’s “Helmethead.”
Stompin’ Tom Connors - The Hockey Song (‘The good old hockey game, is the best game you can name…’)
Weird…I did read tds’s post, but missed the reference to ol’ Stompin Tom…
“Still the Same” by Bob Seger wasn’t exactly about cards and gambling, but they do form the basis for one of the verses.
The Baseball Project does nothing but songs about baseball, while the Zambonis do the same for hockey.
Coincidental minors; no worries.
I accidentally did the same thing in another thread just recently. My bad ElvisL1ves.
The Last Game of the Season (or The Blind Man in the Bleachers) by David Geddes is about a football game.
Lucky In Love by Mick Jagger mentions Mick as being unlucky at cards.
“Backfield in Motion,” Mel and Tim [Football as a metaphor for infidelity]
“Who Killed Davey Moore?” Bob Dylan [Boxing]
And “Mrs. Robinson” by Simon and Garfunkel famously has a verse about Joe DiMaggio, although wether that makes it ‘about’ baseball is debatable
…with backing vocals by DAVID LETTERMAN!
Also:
“Me Like Hockey” by the Arrogant Worms (hockey, duh)
“Chips Ahoy” by the Hold Steady (horse racing)
“Dead Flowers” by the Rolling Stones (mentions horse racing)
“You’re So Vain” by Carly Simon (also mentions horse racing)
and I don’t remember “Super Bowl Shuffle” by the Chicago Bears in this thread. Apologies if it’s already there.
Edit: Yes - it’s in post #10.
Extra edit: Scary fact - “Super Bowl Shuffle” was nominated for a GRAMMY!
“The Runner” by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band