Picking up on an old thread ....
Ken Connor <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>Since I did not see it mentioned by anyone -- I may have missed it -- there
>is an excellent collection of pop music one can hear at a hockey game or
>about hockey available from the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. It's called
>"Contact!" and cannot be found anywhere in the US that I have looked. Mail
>order firms in Canada handle it but delivery takes months. This CD includes
>two "Hockey Songs" including a great one by Jughead.
It's also readily available by mail-order direct from the Canadian Hockey
Hall of Fame itself; I called 'em up, gave them my credit card number, and
was listening to the disc (CAN$19.95 - that includes P/P) in less than a
week :-) The CD itself is a gorgeous picture disc in red/blue of a hockey
player in mid-stride, stick at the ready (almost - almost - as nice as the
hockey player design that graces the HOCKEY-L buttons/T-shirts :-). While
Don Cherry is (sadly :-) missing, other Arena announcements/chatter are in-
cluded to accompany the pop song collection they've compiled to round out
the disc. For anyone who's interested, here's a complete track list:
1) ... Introduction of Referee
2) Pat Benetar: "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"
3) ... Crowd Stomp Clip
4) Gary Glitter: "Rock 'n Roll Part II"
5) 2 Unlimited: "No Limit"
6) ... Go team Go Chant
7) Steppenwolf: "Born to be Wild"
8) 95 South: "Whoot, There It Is"
9) Crowbar: "Oh What a Feeling"
10) The Goods: "The Hockey Song" (originally by Tom Connors)
11) ... Momentum Clip
12) Technotronic "Move This (Shake That Body)"
13) Bachmann Turner Overdrive: "Takin' Care of Business"
14) Europe: "Final Countdown"
15) Jughead: "Hockey Song"
16) The Nylons: "(Na Na Hey Hey) Kiss Him Goodbye"
17) ... Play-by-Play Clip
18) The Shuffle Demons: "Hockey Night in Canada Theme"
19) Bob and Doug McKenzie: "Take Off"
For anyone who might be interested in ordering a copy (makes a great gift),
the general information number for the Hockey Hall of Fame is (416) 360-7765.
They'll gladly accept phone orders, and will have a copy winging its way to
you tout suite. If you'd rather write them, the HoF is located at:
Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame
BCE Place
30 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
However, as much fun as parts of this disc certainly are, none of it can
hold a candle to the glorious cheekiness of a disc I picked up in Stockholm
while visiting Sweden in 1989. It's called HOCKEY 'N ROLL, and like CONTACT!
is in part a compilation disc of various Swedish favorites played (evidently)
in Swedish hockey arenas, and was sold as a fund-raiser for the upcoming World
Championships that were to be held in Stockholm later that year. Believe me,
you haven't lived until you've heard the members of the Swedish National Team
singing _Nu Tar Vi Dom_ (their theme song) at the top of their lungs (in Swe-
dish, of course :-) with multiple choruses of "hockey, hockey, hockey!" <g>
While most of Canada mourned as P. Kariya skated away from his final shot in
the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics, I had visions of most of Sweden spontaneously
breaking into a nation-wide chorus of _Nu Tar Vi Dom_, and I had to smile
despite myself :-) :-)
Other hockey-related titles I've skimmed off of rec.sport.hockey whenever
it's been discussed include:
Song Title Artist Album/Source
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"Hockey" Jane Siberry Bound by the Beauty
"I Want to Drive a Zamboni" The Gear Daddies Mighty Ducks 2 Soundtrack
"Fifty Mission Cap" The Tragically Hip
"Big League" Tom Cochrane
"The Hockey Song" Tom Connors Contact! (Can. Hockey HoF)
"Hockey Song" Jughead Contact! (Can. Hockey HoF)
"Skatin' on Thin Ice" Kinky Friedman Under the Double Ego
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Hope someone finds this useful ....
Cheers from Maryland - Jim
P.S. St. Valentine's Day is almost here, and that means keep an eye open
for my annual posting of the HOCKEY-L "Ode to Joy" ....
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