# "Sweet Caroline" and Fenway Park **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 17, 2013, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-caroline-and-fenway-park/655926 "2013-04-17T10:18:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-caroline-and-fenway-park/655926/41 "2017-10-12T19:46:37Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Note that the thread was started in 2013. Indeed. I didn’t notice the date on the OP and was wondering, “what’s the deal with solidarity with Fenway? Are they gonna tear it down or something?” :eek: Then I saw the date and it clicked, of course. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-caroline-and-fenway-park/655926/42 "2017-10-12T21:56:16Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Bad timing since the Sox were just eliminated And so was Tom Petty. 😃 Too soon? IMHO, it’s a reasonably good theme for the future. The recent unhappy end of the postseason for the Sox doesn’t really make the choice inapt. Could be a declaration for the future, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-caroline-and-fenway-park/655926/43 "2017-10-13T01:10:02Z")
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Sweet Caroline is just tradition now. Plus I don’t like Won’t Back Down. Granted, I don’t like Caroline either, but it’s so fun to be at Fenway when it comes on. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-caroline-and-fenway-park/655926/44 "2017-10-13T04:00:13Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Aren’t there any other songs from Boston or New England bands or singers they could use instead? Indeed. If only there was some well-known band from Boston… I have more than a feeling that for a long time there has been one. But I just can’t put my finger on who it is. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2017, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-caroline-and-fenway-park/655926/45 "2017-10-13T05:05:19Z")
> [@GESancMan](#): > > Indeed. If only there was some well-known band from Boston… I have more than a feeling that for a long time there has been one. But I just can’t put my finger on who it is. You’re obviously thinking of Anal Cunt. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-caroline-and-fenway-park/655926/46 "2017-10-13T05:10:53Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Bad timing since the Sox were just eliminated. Also, Petty was from Florida and had no connection with Boston beyond playing there a number of times. Aren’t there any other songs from Boston or New England bands or singers they could use instead? Yeah, and since Boston is a city why don’t they pick a song by a band named after a city? Like, I don’t know, Chicago or Miami Sound Machine or The Bay City Rollers or the New York Dolls?? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-caroline-and-fenway-park/655926/47 "2017-10-13T05:32:16Z")
Goover is my new favorite word. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-caroline-and-fenway-park/655926/48 "2017-10-13T12:17:01Z")
> [@GESancMan](#): > > Indeed. If only there was some well-known band from Boston… I have more than a feeling that for a long time there has been one. But I just can’t put my finger on who it is. The Sox have had a close relationship with the Dropkick Murphys for a number of years. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-caroline-and-fenway-park/655926/49 "2017-10-13T13:37:18Z")
> [@GESancMan](#): > > Indeed. If only there was some well-known band from Boston… I have more than a feeling that for a long time there has been one. But I just can’t put my finger on who it is. What song by \*Boston \*makes for a good sing along? Besides, I’d rather have something from _Dropkick Murphys_ or _The Pixies_. Can you imagine 34,000 people singing This Monkey’s Gone to Heaven? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-caroline-and-fenway-park/655926/50 "2017-10-13T14:05:04Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > What song by \*Boston \*makes for a good sing along? > > Besides, I’d rather have something from _Dropkick Murphys_ or _The Pixies_. Can you imagine 34,000 people singing This Monkey’s Gone to Heaven? “If man is five…if man is five…if man is five…if man is five…then the Yankees are six…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sweet-caroline-and-fenway-park/655926.md?page=2)