Are there songs that bring back memories of particular UK teams for you?

[bigbluelou]

Music is frequently tied to memory, so when I hear certain songs, I am often reminded of days gone by. I am whisked away in my mind to another time and place.

In my case, most of those memories are from the 70's through 90's, so unfortunately there isn't much newer music that my mind associates with any of Cal's teams. But my mind races to the following UK teams when I hear certain songs. The song doesn't even have to relate topically to winning or sports. My brain just connects them for some reason.

For example:

• 1978 team: "Year of the Cat" (Al Stewart)
• 1978 team: "Life's Been Good" (Joe Walsh)
• 1978 team: "We Are The Champions" (Queen)
• 1984 team: "Drive" (The Cars)
• 1984 team: "Jump" (Van Halen)
• 1984 team: "Sunglasses at Night" (Corey Hart)
• 1992 team: "I'm Too Sexy" (Right Said Fred)
• 1992 team: "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Nirvana)
• 1993 team: "Livin' On The Edge" (Aerosmith)
• 1993 team: "Creep" (Radiohead)
• 1996 team: "Change the World" (Eric Clapton)
• 1996 team: "I Believe I Can Fly" (R Kelly)
• 1997 team: "King Nothing" (Metallica)
• 1997 team: "Father" (LL Cool J)
• 1998 team: "Iris" (Goo Goo Dolls)
• 1998 team: "Turn the Page" (Metallica)
• 1998 team: "My Hero" (Foo Fighters)
• 2003 team: "In Da Club" (50 Cent)
• 2003 team: "Beer For My Horses" (Toby Keith w/Willie Nelson)
• 2003 team: "Like a Stone" (Audioslave)

PS: For some reason I cannot shake two songs that remind me of uavel teams. Wish I could forget these songs and those teams.

• 1980: "This is It" (Kenny Loggins)
• 1986: "Break My Stride" (Matthew Wilder)

 

[Smashcat]

1993 team: "Creep" (Radiohead)

 

[Blueathletics]

Bogans SR year - 2002-2003

 

[preacher_tom]

 

[USSLair]

One shining moment - 2012 team

 

[jrpross]

Black Eyed Peas; I've got a Feeling always reminds me of the 09-10 year. Don't like the band or song particularly but I have fond memories from it now.

 

[bigbluelou]

Bogans SR year - 2002-2003

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Love that song. Used to "sing" it to my nephew when he was in was preschool. He would just stomp around to the beat. Loved him trying to say "...get ta stompin in my air force ones, stompin in my air force ones!"

 

[bigbluelou]

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Which team?

 

[bigbluelou]

Black Eyed Peas; I've got a Feeling always reminds me of the 09-10 year. Don't like the band or song particularly but I have fond memories from it now.

Forgot about that, and you're right. Reminds me of that team too.

 

[CatGotMyTongue]

One shining moment - 2012 team

Gay

 

[CatGotMyTongue]

1996 team local Lex radio used The Distance by Cake with sound bytes of UK players talking. I didn't mind the song, but hearing that ahole Jared Prickett on there pissedme off. I hated that jive honkey.

 

[MWes11]

Pretty self explanatory...

 

[MbergCat]

Black Eyed Peas; I've got a Feeling always reminds me of the 09-10 year. Don't like the band or song particularly but I have fond memories from it now.

The exact one I came here to post. That's the only song I've ever tied to a team.

 

[Col. Angus]

"We Are Young" by Fun! Always reminds me of 2012. Was the hit song at the time.

 

[bigbluehomer]

"Rubberband Man" by the Spinners. First game I saw in Rupp Arena and this was the song playing when UK took the floor for warm ups led by Larry Johnson, about.....oh....40 years ago. LOL!.

 

[BlueInBrooklyn]

No.

 

[UKCats2000]

'Gettin' Jiggy with It' by Will Smith with the chorus changed to: 'Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, Na-zi' by local Lexington station during the '98 run.

 

[anon_013cn8yrfncx2]

NO but when I hear "On Broadway" I remember the 96 title game. CBS lead the broadcast with that song!

 

[KyCatFan]

"We Are Young" by Fun! Always reminds me of 2012. Was the hit song at the time.

That was one of the ones I was thinking of. I wish I had the opening sequence to that game where they showed the players and then led into the We Are Young song or it might have been the other way around with the song first. I only have it recorded from the start of the game. It was a cool intro before the game.

I swear one year the local news in Louisville was using Number 1 by Nelly when they were showing highlights during the tournament I believe. That song stuck with me but just can't recall the year. Sounds like something for a title year but there was no title for a while after that came out. Maybe I am confused since I did make my own highlight reel video of a UK game with that song in it in the past.

 

[KyCatFan]

NO but when I hear "On Broadway" I remember the 96 title game. CBS lead the broadcast with that song!

I believe it was the first time the championship was held in the New York area since the 50's. Even though it was in New Jersey I guess they did On Broadway since it is nearby and the atmosphere for the game went with the song. Plus you know you made it big when performing on Broadway.

 

[martinsm30]

1969:
1989: Pitino's Bombinos

 

[WildcatFan1982]

2009-2010 team

No one on the corner has swagger like us

 

[GonzoCat90]

I still can't hear JayZ and Kanye's "... in Paris" without thinking about that '12 team.

 

[wyldkatzky]

I was a young kid at the time, but I did love me some "Monster Mash" when Mashburn played.

 

[Louis_Skunt]

Teach me how to Dougie....
Reminds me of John Wall and Cousins dancing.

 

[ukfan79]

Boyz II Men, It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday

One of the Lexington news stations did a tribute to the 92 team after the loss to Duke.

I was 13 at the time and watching that made me bawl even more. I cried for a week or more I think after that loss.

 

[TIE543]

Always think of the 2015 team when I hear this song.

 

[docholiday51]

Forever Young -Dylan or Stewart,take your pick (refers to any of Cal's teams)
Are the Good Times Really Over for Good -Merle Haggard (the Gillispie years)
My Way any version (the Rupp years)
Kung Fu Fighting (the Hall years especially 1978)
Strokin' Clarence Carter (The Pitino years)
Patches Clarence Carter (the Tubby years)

 

[buckkiller]

96 Domination by Pantera
2012 destroy everything by Hatebreed

 

[Catsgloves1]

One Shining Moment for title years.

 

[thebluestreak]

"We Are Young" by Fun! Always reminds me of 2012. Was the hit song at the time.

This. Not because it was hit song at the time but because of this brilliant video. Just watch it, you're welcome in advance.

 

[kev69]

The exact one I came here to post. That's the only song I've ever tied to a team.

Same here.

 

[JasonS.]

 

[CatGotMyTongue]

Boyz II Men, It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday

One of the Lexington news stations did a tribute to the 92 team after the loss to Duke.

I was 13 at the time and watching that made me bawl even more. I cried for a week or more I think after that loss.

I wouldn't have posted this. Just saying.

 

[the nail at the foul line]

Reminds me of Billy G years.

 

[bigbluelou]

Reminds me of Billy G years.

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I watched this while doing my morning constitutions. I believe the quality of my production exceeded this...thing. (Doesn't he have a few of these out? Seems like I've seen this or one similar to it before, but I'm honestly afraid to go search.)

 

[WACB]

 

[The_Godfather]

For 2012 I also think about this song from Neon Trees because it was in this commercial being played on CBS non-stop during the tournament.

 

[Nuke99m]

In honor of Tubby

 

[bluebornwildcat]

Black Eyed Peas; I've got a Feeling always reminds me of the 09-10 year. Don't like the band or song particularly but I have fond memories from it now.

They literally played this song 10 times that night at big blue madness. Which was quite fitting, it was a good night. Place was electric.