Mom took this awesome picture at a game we went to in 2006
Sorry, yall.
It's officially basketball season. Tonight was Big Blue Madness. I only have one song I can possibly choose.
It's the song we sing at the end of every Kentucky basketball game and before every Kentucky Derby.
It reminds me of my home.
It's 'My Old Kentucky Home', written by Stephen Foster.
Oh man, I love that song, even though I've never lived in KY (although my brother-in-law does). I love it when they all sing it at the Derby.
ReplyDeleteOh, me too! I haven't been to the Derby in years; but even watching it at home, it gives me chills every time.
DeleteA where, a when: "If You're Going To San Francisco" - Scott McKenzie.
ReplyDeleteSuch a good song, so nice and mellow. I've heard it played for years and never knew who sang it. Thanks, :)
DeleteI DVR'd it last night and I am planning on watching it this evening. It's going to be a magical season I believe :)
ReplyDeleteI think so too! I'm ready!
DeleteFirst time i heard that one, don't follow the songs much for sports haha
ReplyDeleteHi Pat!,
DeleteIt's appropriated for all of our sports events but it's not really a sports song, it's our official state song.
:)
Chattanooga Choo Choo! I know most of the words. We used to live close to there many moons ago.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah!, I remember you saying that...I don't think I know any of the words to that, LOL.
DeleteAny song that remind a person of home is gold. GOOULDD.
ReplyDeleteI sooo agree with you. Every time I hear this song it just does something to my heart.
DeleteI love your loyalty and have always wished I could hear the song sung at the Kentucky Derby. Another thing to add to my bucket list! I cross one thing off and add two more. That way I can't ever die! LOL
ReplyDeleteHa! I never thought of it that way...too true. :)
DeleteLiving just a few minutes from Churchill Downs, we tend to take the Derby for granted. The last time I went was in 1988, I think. The year Winning Colors won. I always remember the horses!
I've actually worked at the Downs and its offtrack site for a few Derbies. The past few years we've spent Derby Day at the offtrack site in one of the special rooms where they serve dinner and drinks and has its own betting windows. The entire room of about 200 people sings along with the song, too, and you can hear all the people outside singing too. It always brings tears to my eyes.
It is a nice song, though some of the lyrics are...um...troubling? "Maryland, My Maryland," my home state's song, has similar problems. Gotta love the South!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite use of the song is actually in "The Wizard of Oz." You hear the strains a few times when Dorothy's going on about home. It's a strange choice. "Home on the Range" would have made a lot more sense. That song's about Kansas!
The lyrics to our song keep having to be updated because they're so...troubling! The original lyrics are so embarrassing I don't even want to think about it. I'm proud of being from the South except for when I'm nottttt.
DeleteHome on the Range has such a pretty melody, I love that song.