These at-bat songs Wall Street Journal dug up for for the Mets and the Yankees would work terribly together as a Spotify playlist; it’s all the wrong combinations of early ’00s modern rock radio (read: Nickelback and Creed), Reggaeton, Phil Collins, Pitbull, ironic bubblegum pop, souped-up power punk, gangster rap and country. But, man, I can certainly see why this requires a lot of deep thinking, as a player. So let’s play along. What would you choose to be your walk-up anthem? We’ll start by listing ours (as well as a few friends’ picks), as well as all the links to MLB teams’ at-bat music the we could find.
Tom:
danzig – “twist of cain”
you only get like 6 seconds and that opening riff is a demon
Scott:
Lana Del Rey. Gets the crowd all riled up. (The game takes place at Glasslands, right?)
Amrit:
Archers Of Loaf – “Web In Front.” This is in a world where I am the leadoff batter because this is the best leadoff song in the history of mankind. It’s got more juice than Barry Bonds. (Insert more contemporary steroid-baseball reference if necessary, I dunno.) Or my dude Malkit Singh (no relation) and “Hey Jamalo.”
As for me, I’d definitely be one of the Willie Harris-types, spending way too much time deliberating on which song I would hit to while sucking it up something fierce at the dish. If I played for the Mets, I’d definitely pick Billy Joel’s “You May Be Right;” that song pumps me up, for whatever reason, and is a nice tip of the ol’ hat to the Long Island fan base. But, a staple would definitely be Flocka’s “Hard In Da Paint,” even if it’s the clean version that echoes “Paint Paint Paint Paint.”
And a quick survey from the web.
Josh Kolenik (Small Black):
Clams Casino – “I’m God”
because if I’m going up there to try to rip a homer off Tim Lincecum, I’ve gotta feel heavenly.Gangstarr – Full Clip would be my night game choice. DJ Premier intro’s are always fierce
Hima Suri (Das Racist):
Dom Brown’s theme whooos that brown.
Nah I would hit to: aap jaisa koi, indian song
Some more playlists for those who don’t give a shit about the Mets and the Yankees: White Sox, Kansas City Royals, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals.
What’s your at-bat song? This is hard.
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A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario
“DLZ” by TV On The Radio.
A brilliant song for sauntering, and one that I would love to hear at a baseball game.
A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario
or Battles – Ice Cream(the keyboard part after the intro)
I always thought it would be pretty badass for “The National Anthem” by Radiohead to be someone’s intro music (preferably a closer)
NBA on NBC by the man, the myth, the legend: John Tesh. That theme makes anything more awesome.
Here is the Tigers’ list:
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/det/fan_forum/player_music.jsp
All pretty pedestrian and boring. Lots of Latin music beats and Kid Rock and country. Except:
Alex Avila. Black Keys. Good choice. Also, Will Rhymes is into indie music and before he got demoted he walked up to some Coheed and Cambria song. Which is kinda lame but I think he maybe might be able to come up with something a little more creative.
Finally, it isn’t listed there but the one game I went to this season, Magglio Ordonez walked up to “Get Ready” by the Temptations, which was awesome.
Anyway, if I was on the Tigers (my favorite team, natch) I would want to do like Magglio and pick something very Detroit-centric. I don’t think I personally could pull off Motown as my walk-up music, but I think a prety badass song would be “TV Eye” by the Stooges. Very Detroit-centric with a sweet intro and primal scream.
Assassins by Lightning Bolt
Russell Martin has RJD2 – Ghostwriter. That’s pretty sweet.
“Stillness Is The Move” – Dirty Projectors.
for a couple games (while he was in the majors) domonic brown used “who’s that? brooooown” as his walk up music. pretty epic/fitting
yeah i didnt read the “quick survey from the web” til now
also raul ibanez is no longer “times like these,” it’s something depressing about staring down the barrel of a .45. yet he still manages to hit grand slams
Sleater-Kinney!
I’d walk up to No Age’s “Sleeper Hold”. That intro is killer.
Rollercoaster by Sleater-Kinney. When the drums and cowbell kick in, so does the 9th inning rally
Black History Month- DFA
That band gets me so pumped up. Great work out music as well.