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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | OK... This is a long shot, I know...
Back in the early t'mid 90's there was a band that sorta reminded me of The Radiators... A party/garage band of older guys from Kansas City or St Louis (or near those parts, midwest anyways)...
They did a really fun offbeat/ syncopated version of "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" on the one album I know they made (and of course, can't think of the title)... Seem to remember a "car" themed or "Hot Rod" tune as well, but, could be making that up...
Anyone?... Anyone? |
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Location: NJ | Steve Goodman did a spiffed-up, "jazzy" version (w/JethroBurns on mando) on "Affordable Art" . . . |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | The GOO GOO DOLLS also did a version in the mid '90's for MLB. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | These guys were part of the whole 90's midwest garage rock revival....
Their version of TMOTTBG was VERY distinctive as they "re-phrased" the verses to land on the off beats ...
The effect was similar to Cheryl Wheeler's Potato Song . When she sings the chorus, it takes a moment to realize she is just starting the word "potato" on successive syllables .... POtato / TAtopo/ TOpota...
anyway these guys didn't change the words, they just moved the lyrics and breaks to the off beats.... |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Wikipedia makes this reference to the song..
One recording artist in the early 1990s released a version of the song that simply skipped the first two words, but kept the tune the same, thus highlighting the simplicity of the lyrics, and the fact that most of its words are of single syllables: "Out to the ball game take me / Out to the crowd buy me / Some peanuts and Cracker Jack, I don't /" etc. This recording was included in a traveling exhibit of baseball art, called Diamonds Are Forever. It may be the version you're thinking of.
Other than this, ??? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | That may well be a reference to the band/version I'm thinking of, though I don't believe they omitted lyrics, just moved the stress&breaks... |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I can't believe this is so hard to find. It's driving me nutz. |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Jeff, here you go .
:p :p Gotcha! :eek: :rolleyes: |
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The Skeletons
MP3 of the song from Bob Dylan\'s radio show
YouTube "video" featuring TMOTTBG and Waitin\' for a Slow Dance
All Music guide for The Skeletons
In the Flesh! CD
Track Listing:
1. Outta My Way
2. Older Guys
3. Laugh at Me
4. Waitin' for a Slow Dance
5. I'm Little But I'm Loud
6. Thirty Days in the Workhouse
7. I Play the Drums
8. Primitive
9. For Every Heart
10. Take Me Out to the Ball Game
11. Trans Am
12. Tell Her I'm Gone
13. Very Last Day
14. Sour Snow
15. Blood Surfin'
16. Gas Money
17. She Drives Me Out of My Mind
18. B/Gas Accord
19. Crazy Country Hop |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | There\'s even some of their stuff in iTunes. |
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| So what you're really saying Bongo Boy is that you remember something from 20 years ago but you can't remember what it is you remembered.
Welcome to the club. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | THE FUCKING SKELETONS!!!!!!!
Gold Star for DVD!!
Wow- I searched iTunes and YouTube and couldn't find them! Thanks, I'll be undistracted at work today.
I'd tell Schroeder to bite me, if I could remember his name. |
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Strugglin' to Remember a Band's Name. Help!