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"Before you know it as the years go by, you're just like other people you have seen, with all those peculiar human ailments. Just another vehicle for temper and vanity and rashness and all the rest. Who wants it? Who needs it? These things occupy the place where a man's soul should be." -- Henderson the Rain King

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

iTunes World Series Player Picks

iTunes has a list of favorite tracks selected by members of the White Sox and Astros. Looking through the list the first thing that stands out is that baseball players apparently listen to crappy music. Some of the less than sterling selections include:
  • Orlando Palmeiro - 3 Doors Down "Kryptonite"
  • Damaso Marte - Britney Spears "Oops I Did It Again"
  • Jeff Bagwell - Toby Keith "As Good as I Once Was"
  • Mark Buehrle - Godsmack "Awake"
  • Geoff Blum - P.O.D. "Youth of the Nation"

Saliva, Staind, System of a Down, Rage Against the Machine, and O.A.R. all show up on the list as well leading me to believe that baseball players are still stuck in that late 90's post-grunge testosterone driven rock era. "You can take away my steroids, but don't touch my music, man". Kudos to Bobby Jenks though for ratcheting it up a notch choosing Motley Crue's "Girls, Girls, Girls". Way to raise the bar Bobby, nicely done.

On the bright side, Lance Berkman chose a Robert Earl Keen song. Not only can the man hit, but apparently he knows a good tune when he hears one.

posted by Jamie at 11:50 PM

5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey, What's wrong with Toby????

3:52 AM

 
Blogger Jamie said...

Have you seen those Ford commercials? Terrible. :-)

11:59 AM

 
Blogger Jill said...

My props to go to Damaso Marte - would you, as a man who lives his life in a manly man's occuptation - ever admit that Britney was your tune du jour?

10:30 AM

 
Blogger Jamie said...

Glad you asked. See here for details.

"All I ask is that you think critically about the music you listen to. It’s not so hard. Next time you put on a record, close your eyes and ignore how cool the band’s logo would look on a t-shirt. Allow the music to be processed by the part of your brain that does your taxes (or your math homework if you’re too young to work for The Man). After a few minutes, ask yourself “is this terrible?” If you’re listening to a System of a Down record, you will either think to yourself “wait a minute, yes, this is terrible,” or you will be unable to think things to yourself because you were kicked in the head by a horse when you were a child."

2:40 PM

 
Blogger Jamie said...

Hmm...link above doesn't seem to work try:

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=3202

2:42 PM

 

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