Greetings -
Well, it won't be long now .... Practices can "officially" begin in
just a few weeks, so now's as good a time as any to begin thinking about
spending weekend nights in *your* favourite Arena/Rink/Center. And what
better way to get back in the right frame of mind than with a dose of
hockey songs !!! Here's an update of a periodic posting I've made to the
List in years past re: track lists/sources/etc. for hockey-related tapes/
CDs. Pop any one of these on the 'ole CD player for a guaranteed good
time; nothing beats a rollicking chorus of _In Through the Five Hole_ :-)
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Ken Connor <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>Since I didn't 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 where I've 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.
Hours are: Monday - Saturday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. / Sunday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
They'll gladly accept phone orders, and will have a copy winging its way to
you tout suite. They also have a www site: <http://www.hype.com/hhof/>, or
if you'd rather write them, the HoF is located at:
Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame
BCE Place
30 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
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Another disc of hockey-related songs was released by the Canadian punk
label Wrong Records called PUCK ROCK CLASSICS, VOL. 1. It's an entire CD
of hockey songs by 20 different artists [The Hanson Brothers (no, not the
same guys from "Slapshot," but that's their inspiration :-), D.O.A, SNFU,
The Wingnuts, Smugglers, etc.] - it's priceless (but R-rated too, so don't
play this when young kiddies are about). Wrong Records can be reached at:
[log in to unmask] (or) at their www site: <http://www.musicwest.com/wrong>
(or) via telephone at (604) 438-9789. You can order on-line, or via postal
money order (US$13 + $3.50 for shipping) to:
Wrong Records
P.O. Box 3243
Vancouver, B.C
V6B 3Y4 Canada
Puck Rock Classics Vol. 1 / Johnny Hanson Presents:
* Hockey Night Tonight (Hanson Brothers)
* Cancer Sticks and Hockey Sticks (SNFU)
* Joe Murphy (Wheat Chiefs)
* Pencil Neck Geek (Joey Shithead and cub)
* Drinkin' Whiskey, Playin' Hockey (Tankhog)
* Of Orange Pucks and Mighty Ducks (Mr. Nobody)
* Hockey Song (Jughead)
* Head High (Front End Loader)
* What's Wrong With Lumme (Glen Ford and His Piers)
* In Through the Five Hole (Bombshells)
* Gump Worsley's Lament (Huevos Rancheros)
* Pull Your Goalie (Aging Youth Gang)
* Overtime (D.O.A)
* Our Stanley Cup (The Smugglers)
* Boy From Omsk (Swell Prod)
* (Do You) Wanna Go!! (UIC)
* She Devils on Skates (Muscle Bitches)
* Swampwater (Itch)
* Slapshot (Wingnuts)
* Hockey Sucks (Sweaters)
* I'm Gonna Play Hockey (Hanson Brothers)
However, as much fun as these discs certainly are, nothing 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 Swedish, of course :-) with multiple choruses of "hockey, hockey,
hockey!" <g> While most of Canada mourned as P. Kariya skated away from his
final shot at 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 the following; if anyone knows the identities
of missing album/artist names, I'd be grateful for any updates:
Song Title Artist Album/Source
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"Hockey" Jane Siberry Bound by the Beauty
"Hockey Game" ??? Untamed Heart Soundtrack
"The Zamboni Song" The Gear Daddies Mighty Ducks 2 Sndtrck
"Fifty Mission Cap" The Tragically Hip Fully, Completely
"Skatin' on Thin Ice" Kinky Friedman Under the Double Ego
"Big League" Tom Cochrane ???
"Jaromir Jagr" Angstones ???
"Wendel Clark" Rheostatics ???
"Hockey Chick" ??? ???
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Hope someone finds this useful ....
Cheers from Maryland - Jim
Go Blue !!!
Someday we'll win ....
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