Sweet Caroline

[Cocos Disciples]

Gotta take the lyrics off the board, making me crazy. It makes it feel like it is a forced thing, but the beauty of it was that we choose to do it. It's annoying.

[schillingouttheks]

What?

[KeepTheFaith1229]

It's forced, but we choose to do it? You make tons of sense.

[RedSoxRooter]

http://genealogy.2folks.com/photo_gallery/Friends/Karaokee/Neil%20Diamond%20-%20Sweet%20Caroli.mp3

[yeszir]

He's talking about how its shown on the jumbotron.

 

It's not like the fans randomly break out into song in the 8th. The team plays the song. I don't see why this is such an affront to our singing integrity.

[Goalstopper]

I wonder who thought of this idea? and there reason behind it? it has nothing to do with baseball;)

[Matt]

It's comes from the movie Beautiful Girls, which takes place in New England. During a scene in a bar, a group of people sing Sweet Caroline.

[rician blast]

The team plays the song.

 

the team plays it? Was that Loretta on guitar and Mirabelli on keys? Damn these guys are multi-talented.

[Mr Crunchy]

neil diamond takes it in the ass

[rician blast]

neil diamond takes it in the ass

 

and in the head

[Cocos Disciples]

In all the previous years, there were no lyrics on the jumbotron, they played it, we sung it. They've taken all the joy and quirkiness out of it. It's like singing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame," it's basically forced.

[Papelbon58]

I wonder who thought of this idea? and there reason behind it? it has nothing to do with baseball;)

i think I heard that it was a sound operator in the 70s who really liked Neil Diamond, played it a couple times and it stuck

[Papelbon58]

hmmmm, maybe they put the words on the jumbotron for the first time Fenway faithful who dont have Neil Diamond CDs or records laying around their house

[Mr Crunchy]

its become the anthem for the biffs and buffys who now fester in fenway park

somehow this franchise existed for 100 years without it

 

nothing like watching 2 men in designer jeans swaying to the sounds of neil diamond with their fingers interlocked like the lovers that they are unless its journeys ""dont stop believing"" that theyre dancing and singing to....

 

what happened to this country??

[HeadOfSoxNation]

its become the anthem for the biffs and buffys who now fester in fenway park

somehow this franchise existed for 100 years without it

 

nothing like watching 2 men in designer jeans swaying to the sounds of neil diamond with their fingers interlocked like the lovers that they are unless its journeys ""dont stop believing"" that theyre dancing and singing to....

 

what happened to this country??

 

Steve Perry is a god :thumbsup:

[Mr Crunchy]

Steve Perry is a god

 

did you go to school with greg lougannis??

[HeadOfSoxNation]

did you go to school with greg lougannis??

 

 

Hahaha...my uncle always called him "Greg Looseanus"

[TheKilo]

In all the previous years' date=' there were no lyrics on the jumbotron, they played it, we sung it. They've taken all the joy and quirkiness out of it. It's like singing "Take Me Out To The Ballgame," it's basically forced.[/quote']

 

 

What's the big deal? Like someone said, maybe they're up there for people who don't know the words.

 

 

Really not important in the big scheme of things.

[RedSoxRooter]

I thought this was kinda cool. I went out to youtube to find a video of fans singing along and found it.

 

sweet caroline at fenway

 

Then I found these too!

sweet caroline during a Yankee game

 

yeszir singing sweet caroline

 

Pedro's cheers

 

Damon's jeers

http://youtube.com/watch?v=REEdyXMyU5w&search=fenway

 

there's a ton more out there too!

[RedSoxRooter]

Damon's first at bat. This is great.

[See Red]

From what I've read as to the origins of Sweet Caroline, Amy Tobey, who's assignment was to decide what music would be played at Fenway from 1998 to 2004 heard it at other ballparks, liked it, and started using it late in the game if she felt the Red Sox were going to win, whether they were ahead or behind. The fans loved it, and the new ownership eventually decided to play it at every home game.

 

I've also read, though, that it was played as a tribute to someone who worked at Fenway having a baby and naming it Caroline.

 

Whatever the reason, I love it. It's been my ringtone on my phone for some time now!

[yeszir]

yeszir singing sweet caroline

Holy f*** do I wish that were my sister. Or no, wait....no I don't. I just wish I knew that girl.

[MANNYHOF24]

Holy f*** do I wish that were my sister. Or no, wait....no I don't. I just wish I knew that girl.