Or CCR, down on the corner..
Sweet Caroline
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Or CCR, down on the corner..
Redheadlvr
Tele-Holic
I'll have to tolerate SC at a minor league game this Sunday (Greenville Drive,farm team for BoSox).
With the exception of my son and myself,my wife,my daughters and their husbands,and my grandsons LOVE to sing SC at the appointed time.
With the exception of my son and myself,my wife,my daughters and their husbands,and my grandsons LOVE to sing SC at the appointed time.
I get that it's overdone and overplayed. But the same could be said for a million other songs that when people are in a good mood, having fun, etc... it's just fun to sing. I think some people here are just too cool for school.
One thing about it... A song doesn't get overdone and overplayed a million times, unless someone had the genius to write a catchy tune to begin with. Be it "Friends in Low Places" or whatever other song with a popular refrain.
I was at a karaoke (sp?) the week before this past Christmas. For whatever reason... people were just in a straight up party mood that night (Wednesday, of all nights). Lots of women were dressed all cute Christmasy (short elf skirts, red outfits with white fuzzy collars etc), people were just collectively in a fun mood, the place was packed and the beer was flowin.' I did House of Pain "Jump" a song as overdone and obnoxious as any ever written (ie, Wisconsin college football 'fight song')... and the whole frikking place was jumping up and down and yelling the words with me--I didn't even have to 'carry' the song (which is good, because by the end my old @ss was exhausted and I was out of breath, lol) You gotta choose your spots-- it was the right song at the right time. (later, I did Georgia Satellites "Keep Your Hands to Yourself," so I was captaining the Irritating Song Train that night haha!)
Anyone, a guy in our party did "Sweet Caroline." There were probably 50 of us on the dance floor singing along with him and YES, DOING THE 'SO GOOD! SO GOOD! SO GOOD!' hahaha
I don't regret it one bit.
We had a blast that night, and all of us would happily re-live it.
To each their own. Me, I like having fun. But consider my avatar-- dressed up like Mike D and I'm 61. I get older and older, but just as immature as ever lmao
One thing about it... A song doesn't get overdone and overplayed a million times, unless someone had the genius to write a catchy tune to begin with. Be it "Friends in Low Places" or whatever other song with a popular refrain.
I was at a karaoke (sp?) the week before this past Christmas. For whatever reason... people were just in a straight up party mood that night (Wednesday, of all nights). Lots of women were dressed all cute Christmasy (short elf skirts, red outfits with white fuzzy collars etc), people were just collectively in a fun mood, the place was packed and the beer was flowin.' I did House of Pain "Jump" a song as overdone and obnoxious as any ever written (ie, Wisconsin college football 'fight song')... and the whole frikking place was jumping up and down and yelling the words with me--I didn't even have to 'carry' the song (which is good, because by the end my old @ss was exhausted and I was out of breath, lol) You gotta choose your spots-- it was the right song at the right time. (later, I did Georgia Satellites "Keep Your Hands to Yourself," so I was captaining the Irritating Song Train that night haha!)
Anyone, a guy in our party did "Sweet Caroline." There were probably 50 of us on the dance floor singing along with him and YES, DOING THE 'SO GOOD! SO GOOD! SO GOOD!' hahaha
I don't regret it one bit.
We had a blast that night, and all of us would happily re-live it.To each their own. Me, I like having fun. But consider my avatar-- dressed up like Mike D and I'm 61. I get older and older, but just as immature as ever lmao
chorus sweet ca- is either a leap of a sixth or an octave down
bum bum bum is tonic, major seventh, leap down to the third
I'm always a little surprised civilians nail those leaps, especially when drunk
my conspiracy theory is that the people who start these sing-a-long parts were in marching band
bum bum bum is tonic, major seventh, leap down to the third
I'm always a little surprised civilians nail those leaps, especially when drunk
my conspiracy theory is that the people who start these sing-a-long parts were in marching band
stormsedge
Poster Extraordinaire
One of the best Sweet Caroline(s) is the Amy and Harold characters in Big Bang Theory finding common ground and belting the tune out in the car together.
jrblue
Friend of Leo's
Enough? More than enough! The crowds singing this insipid song act as though they're doing something "in," special, and cute when they group chant "so good," etc. At this point, it's just massively boring -- as amazing as my dog doing the High Five for a treat.
Manual Slim
Poster Extraordinaire
But they are. You're just not in that group. I mean, I'm not into it myself but is it hard to see and accept that feeling like a part of something can be enjoyable?
FenderAndLester
Tele-Meister
FaithNicole
Tele-Holic
It's why Line Dancing has become more popular. People do like to feel included and part of a group. Line dancing does that. So do songs that inspire the audience to participate in it. Doesn't change that fact that to the band the song is old, tired and overdone. So, we grit our teeth and keep playing them.
Sweet Caroline? We had a couple venues where the entire kitchen staff would come out just for that song.
FenderAndLester
Tele-Meister
Can we also stop with "Shipping up to Boston" already ?
I am wholly over DKM at this point too.
I am wholly over DKM at this point too.
Neil Diamond has royalty checks coming in big time.
Manual Slim
Poster Extraordinaire
I get that part. Play what gets a response and will get you invited back. But, "omg why do people do this?!!" seems to answer itself.
Chester P Squier
Poster Extraordinaire
The song doesn't bother me so much unless groups of people are singing it and are all singing that brass accompaniment part. (I think that's the "bah bah bah" people are posting about.)
See the bottom quote.
Maybe I'm pedantic enough to change my handle to "TDPRI John," but it bugs me a little when people say "wedding" and mean "the reception."
I think most non-musicians (1 and 3 clappers) probably have to be drunk to hit those high notes. The melody to "The Star-Spangled Banner", with its wide vocal range requirements, was originally a drinking song called "To Anacreon in Heaven."
Unless he sold his catalog. See above. If he did sell his catalog, the purchasers are getting a pretty good return on their investment.
burntfrijoles
Doctor of Teleocity
You know, as much as I hate the song, I get it! People are just having fun. I still don't want to hear it. It's not like they are ruining the song. It's plenty lame enough. I guess it's better than replacing it with a tune that is actually a good to great song for people to ruin.
But yeah, I get the fun of it. It's like when my daughter was young and we'd go to a baseball game and they would do the YMCA song and everyone would get up and spell out YMCA with their arms.
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FaithNicole
Tele-Holic
Hang On Sloopy ... Ohioans .. OMG!! hee
Fiesta Red
Doctor of Teleocity
I don’t mind the song.
I first heard Waylon Jennings’s version, then Neil’s.
I detest the singalongs with the additional “so good, so good, so good”…but it gets the crowd engaged.
Whatever. If it’s the worst thing I have to listen to, then my life is GREAT.
I first heard Waylon Jennings’s version, then Neil’s.
I detest the singalongs with the additional “so good, so good, so good”…but it gets the crowd engaged.
Whatever. If it’s the worst thing I have to listen to, then my life is GREAT.
Fiesta Red
Doctor of Teleocity
Do you we have any pictures of the girlfriend? That way we can judge if she was worth it…
#sarcasmfont
somebodyelseuk
Tele-Afflicted
Haven't seen a pub covers band in a couple of decades, but if I never hear 'Can't Get Enough Of Your Love' again, it'll be too soon.
I was playing as a young drummer in a functions band when it (Sweet Caroline) came out. Determined to compete with the latest fad, the disco, the band leader grabbed every gig by the scruff of the neck and went for it. Pounding his Hammond, he’d be flicking through his pad and yelling the next three numbers at us 16 bars before the one we were playing ended. Twice he yelled ‘Sweet Caroline!’ and I, hearing only ‘Caroline’ stormed off into a Quo number! The look I got on both occasions ensured I listened from tgen on.
ThatDudeinThe541
Tele-Meister
This is how I feel every time I'm watching a Timbers game and You Are My Sunshine starts getting sung by the fans. I punch my TV in the face when it happens despite the story behind it.
