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Conscious Songs about Sports

16/11/2021

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It's easy to find enormous numbers of songs that'll represent this or that kind of sport. But to discover the story-driven gems, which are full of meaning and worthy of staying in your playlists for a long time: that's the real challenge for the real music fan. We decided to tackle the challenge in this text and hurry to share the results with you. 
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​Fountains of Wayne - All Kinds of Time
Featured in one of the most soulful NFL commercials in 2005, "All Kinds of Time" tells the story of a young quarterback concentrating on the game and scrolling through different thoughts in his head. In the seconds the player has to find a receiver to pass to, he has time to think about many things. With ideas on his mind and his considerable family watching his performance on television, the quarterback looks around and finds a teammate.
 
Football is a swift game, so every fan should remember to check a review for a gambling operator, such as Star Sports one here https://bookmaker-ratings.com/review/star-sports-bookmaker-review-rules-support-sign-up-free-bets-site/, before making a bet: they'll have some spare time, as this song teaches.
 
Joe Cocker - Catfish
The song has an unenviable fate: Bob Dylan recorded it in 1976 but didn't officially release the track until 1991, together with the album "The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991". Though Joe Cocker managed to record a cover and release it on his 1976 album "Stingray," nothing can replace the unique classic.
 
Of course, one of the most influential pop singers of his time did not sing about fish. Dylan dedicated the song to one of the National Baseball Hall of Fame members, James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter. The player has established several notable achievements. For example, he managed to win 200 career games by the age of 31. This happened for the first time since 1915. Also, he was good enough to play for 5 World Series teams and become the first high-priced free agent.
 
WATERS - Mickey Mantle
NY Yankees star is a perfect reference for wasted youth and the harshness of life after career or life as it is meant to be lived. Mantle is a terrific player, and his natural gifts only added to that image and helped him achieve success in his career. Unfortunately, a self-destructive attitude towards his health prevented him from improving his game and from prolonging his life: the athlete died at 63 of liver cancer. Alcohol was the cause of his deteriorating condition and, as a result, his death.
 
So the indie band used the image of seven times World Series champion to show in this ballad how we and external circumstances can lead to not-so-pleasant results if we don't pay attention to anything from a young age.
 
Bob Dylan - Hurricane
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, told by the performer already mentioned today, is one that is hard to believe. However, these eight and a half minutes of folk-rock from the legend do not retell the film's plot at all but remind us of the man's real-life fate. A dark-skinned boxer was unjustly convicted of triple murder and spent twenty years in prison.
 
The musician was enraged by the situation and sympathized with the athlete after reading his book and visiting the athlete in prison. Dylan ended up recording the ballad and even holding a fundraiser show at Madison Square Garden to cover the court costs.
 
Dylan had to prepare several different versions of "Hurricane" because the label was afraid of backlash and lawsuits because of the musician's directness and toughness.
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