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Help me oh wise Betfairians. I'm trying to compile a top 10 of horse racing songs. They must specifically reference racing, no Wild or Crazy Horses, tunes though they are. So far I have.
1. Bottle of Smoke by The Pogues - The perfect racing song -insurmountable number one
2. Longshot Kick de Bucket by The Pioneers - Classic Ska tune and uniquely about losing.
3. The Fix by Elbow & Richard Hawley - excellent new(ish) but old sounding song celebrating skulduggery.
4. Jockey full of Bourbon by Tom Waits - possibly about the dark side of a jockeys life. Possibly not.
5. Up on Cripple Creek by The Band - nice couple of verses about going racing with a volatile female companion.
And that is all I've got. Please give your suggestions, comments, abuse etc. But please none of those bloody awful Irish tribute songs about Ruby / AP / various horses. And definitely that Cheltenham song from a few years back. Let's keep it classy.
1. Bottle of Smoke by The Pogues - The perfect racing song -insurmountable number one
2. Longshot Kick de Bucket by The Pioneers - Classic Ska tune and uniquely about losing.
3. The Fix by Elbow & Richard Hawley - excellent new(ish) but old sounding song celebrating skulduggery.
4. Jockey full of Bourbon by Tom Waits - possibly about the dark side of a jockeys life. Possibly not.
5. Up on Cripple Creek by The Band - nice couple of verses about going racing with a volatile female companion.
And that is all I've got. Please give your suggestions, comments, abuse etc. But please none of those bloody awful Irish tribute songs about Ruby / AP / various horses. And definitely that Cheltenham song from a few years back. Let's keep it classy.
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Up the junction by squeeze if bobs worth gets beat
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See what you've done there but that's not what I'm looking for so Squeeze do not squeeze into the list despite being an all time classic and even mentioning bookies (albeit in a negative way). Next suggestion please.
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You need to throw in Chicane - Saltwater, that's what they play when the winner comes into the paddock from the Championship races… sends goosebumps down the neck!
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No no and thrice no.
It's not actually about racing. Racing has just appropriated it. Music for atmosphere at sporting events appals me. It's a dreadful Enya / euro pop hodgepodge that makes me want to set fire to my ears. |
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theres a mention of the galway races in waxies dargle, another pogues classic
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Beetle Bomb by Spike Jones used to be one of my favourites as a lad in the fifties and sixties
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Win or Lose - Sham 69
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There's that Cheltenham Charity record. Bit of an acquired taste imo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci7bpYPd6Tg |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETN7Rw8S9dg
The only track that counts! |
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MONSTER!!
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Now we're getting somewhere -
Bonnie - afraid Waxies Dargle just has one line mentioning Galway Races so that's DQ'd. Need a least a whole verse. Silvercoat - Beetlebomb is an excellent tip - Race commentary as song, eat your heart out Simon Holt, straight in at number 4. Rogerthebutler - Sham 69, definite qualifier, thank you. Need to have a listen before I decide its chart position. Ramruma - Cheltenham charity abomination was discarded in the original post - falls at the first. Sintonian - Monster is not about horse racing although at a push it might describe the state of mind of some Cheltenham attendees come Friday night, however it does not qualify. So two new entries gives us 7. We must be able to get a top 10 at least. |
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Annie Power by Snap
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Johnny Boy won't like this but I'm posting it anyway. The jockeys love it.
To Win Just Once .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ver0lMNMgw Btw, Davy Russell looks absolutely scrummy in the Cheltenham Downtown video  |
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Chicane - Saltwater...definitely
Royksopp - In Space Oasis - Fooking in the Bushes is brilliant to swagger into Cheltenham |
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The Police-I cant stand losing....... you
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Jasey - that's not a song and it's not even a very good play on words - DQ'd
Makybe_Diva - You're right he doesn't like this - not about racing - DQ'd and I'd imagine that's the first time Davy Russell has ever been called "scrummy". He'll probably pop another lung if he hears that. Ballydoyle - No, No & No - read the rules. Zilzal1 - V. Poor. Current chart is 1. Bottle of Smoke by The Pogues - The perfect racing song - insurmountable number one 2. Longshot Kick de Bucket by The Pioneers - Classic Ska tune and (maybe)uniquely about losing. 3. The Fix by Elbow & Richard Hawley - excellent new(ish) but old sounding song celebrating skulduggery. 4. Beetlembomb by Spike Jones (thanks to Silvercoat) - Race commentary as song, eat your heart out Simon Holt. 5. Jockey full of Bourbon by Tom Waits - possibly about the dark side of a jockeys life. Possibly not. 6. Win or Lose by Sham 69 (thanks to Rogerthebutler)- Tension in the bookies. 7. Up on Cripple Creek by The Band - nice couple of verses about going racing with a volatile female companion. Let's have some more |
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I know m8 but i have Annie Power on the brain
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU0PdpqDB88
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Actually, this is much better...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxAX74gM8DY |
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Jasey - In that case go and write a song about the beast, get it released next week and I'll get it in the list if it's good.
MWDS - Of course, even got that on an Ipod somewhere. Thanks for the reminder Chart update 1. Bottle of Smoke by The Pogues - The perfect racing song - insurmountable number one 2. Longshot Kick de Bucket by The Pioneers - Classic Ska tune and (maybe)uniquely about losing. 3. The Fix by Elbow & Richard Hawley - excellent new(ish) but old sounding song celebrating skulduggery. 4. Beetlembomb by Spike Jones (thanks to Silvercoat) - Race commentary as song, eat your heart out Simon Holt. 5. Jockey full of Bourbon by Tom Waits - possibly about the dark side of a jockeys life. Possibly not. 6. Win or Lose by Sham 69 (thanks to Rogerthebutler)- Tension in the bookies. 7. Fugue for Tinhorns - Guys & Dolls cast (thanks to MWDS) - Old school show tune by blokes in trilbys. 8. Up on Cripple Creek by The Band - nice couple of verses about going racing with a volatile female companion. Keep em comin' |
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Heresy I know, in a Cheltenham forum but it's about racing from start to finish!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5Sq1Pax7h8 |
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this is about as classy as they come
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEM2uQW477I |
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You Better You Bet - The Who
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Brazilian Haircuts
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZESjueJJJQ |
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rogerthebutler - you're right it is about horse racing but I've got to draw the line somewhere so that is not going in.
Mooono - Jeeeeesus. I've not seen that before and wish I hadn't. I'll put it in at 10 and hope that someone can suggest something to get rid of it. Cozza84 - Nope see earlier explanations. Goretski - That's one of the ones I was specifically excluding in my original post (bloody awful Irish tribute songs about Ruby / AP / various horses) Latest chart 1. Bottle of Smoke by The Pogues - The perfect racing song - insurmountable number one 2. Longshot Kick de Bucket by The Pioneers - Classic Ska tune and (maybe)uniquely about losing. 3. The Fix by Elbow & Richard Hawley - excellent new(ish) but old sounding song celebrating skulduggery. 4. Beetlembomb by Spike Jones (thanks to Silvercoat) - Race commentary as song, eat your heart out Simon Holt. 5. Jockey full of Bourbon by Tom Waits - possibly about the dark side of a jockeys life. Possibly not. 6. Win or Lose by Sham 69 (thanks to Rogerthebutler)- Tension in the bookies. 7. Fugue for Tinhorns - Guys & Dolls cast (thanks to MWDS) - Old school show tune by blokes in trilbys. 8. Up on Cripple Creek by The Band - nice couple of verses about going racing with a volatile female companion. 9. 10.Jockey Style by Da Weighing Room (thanks(?) to Mooono - It's in my head now "sexy horsie" for God's sake.... Please can I have two more if only to rid the chart of the current number 10. |
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The Gambler - Kenny Rogers.
admittedly not horse related, but applicable to us all. |
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bonnie - Sorry got to be specifically about racing so the Gambler is not qualified.
Still only 9 in the chart, surely we can get a tenth before Tuesday? |
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Jackson and Jane by Paul Brady (last seven verses shown below)
He went to the stable, to the mare he did say, 'The hour is approaching and we must away, For a cup at Cootehill you have twice won with fame, And this day we are challenged, and you must run again'. She turned in her stable, 'Kind Sir, don't you know, This cup is my own and I won't let it go, For twice I have won it and I mean to do still And we'll roll it in splendour from the plains of Cootehill: The Jockeys were mounted and all in a row, And if you had a' been there when off they did go, The bets they were makin' ten guineas to four That the cup back to Creeve would return never more. When Jane she heard this, well, her mettle did rise, Over hedges and ditches like lightning she flies, And with aloud 'neigher' these words she did say, You Bellamont sportsmen, I'll show yous the way'. When Jane and her jockey were half round the course, Miss Jane and her jockey began to discourse, Said Miss Jane to her jockey 'Kind Sir let me know, Where are my opponents or are they in view?' He turned in the saddle and he cast an eye round, 'As for Squire Adams, he lies on the ground, I'm afraid that poor Curry by Spanker is threw, And the rest of your opponents they are not yet in view.' When Jane she heard this, she went in at a race, And into the scales the balance was laid, The hall was surrounded for Jackson & Jane, And the cup went with honours back to Creeve once again. |
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"I'd imagine that's the first time Davy Russell has ever been called "scrummy"."
Here is evidence of Davy Russell's scrumminess [ This image is no longer available. ] Do you think they're his own teeth? |
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BSand T Go down gambling
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Winning - Carlos Santana
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