Dropkick Murphys’ Boston Red Sox Performance & National Anthem
While fairly oblivious to most sports these days, I’m far from it in terms of Boston’s own Dropkick Murphys. Following the Red Sox’s series defining game 6 against the Cleveland Indians this past week I received a brilliant email reading the following, “The Red Sox win over Cleveland tonight means the series goes to game 7 at Fenway tomorrow. We got a phone call tonight from Red Sox management asking us to come down to Fenway to perform on the field before the game starts.” Are you kidding me?
I can only imagine that it went something like this….”Well gentlemen, we need a band to get our fans and our team jacked as hell before the game. A game that will not only define our season but mean millions in additional ticket sales, advertising payments and merchandise payoffs. And it’d help if they were local…” And so on and so forth…
Again, brilliant!
From 2004
Dropkick Murphys: (Official) (MySpace) (Wikipedia)
Dropkick Murphys “The Meanest Of Times”
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Also: (Dropkick Murphys “State of Massachusetts” Video) (Dropkick Murphys “Flannigan’s Ball”) (Dropkick Murphys “Warriors Code” Video)
utilize? I think they should be synonymous With what the Red Sox are all about! I would be willing to pay to have any Videos present or future when the band performs at any Boston sports function (transferal energy baby) I can smell SWEEEP in the air God Bless DKM & VIVA LA CHICKENMAN !
In what way do you think the Dropkick Murphys are synonymous with what the Red Sox are all about?
Boston! The sox and DKM are Boston!
DKM has been singing about Boston and Boston sports for years. They’re working class Irish boys who are proud of this city, it’s people, and our teams. I can’t think of any music act that has come out of Boston…and there are plenty…that represent the pride we all feel for our city.
After reading about their appearance before the game last week I emailed a friend, “I have never wanted to be from Boston as much as I do now.”
There’s something special about the relationship between the band and its city, I’m glad you guys can enjoy it!