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'Even saw the lights of the Goodyear Blimp, and it read 'Ice Cube's a Pimp'' This is definitely one of the all-time best rap songs.ДЄ Los Angeles-area native, Ice Cube was bound to give a nod to the Lakers.ДЄnd beating the SuperSonics in the Shawn Kemp-Gary Payton era, when this song came out, was no small feat. 'It's ironic, I had the booze, she had the Chronic, The Lakers beat the SuperSonics' Yet as a man who married one of America's most famous and famously neurotic women, he never spoke of her in public or in print. It was said that he still grieved for his former wife, Marilyn Monroe, and sent fresh flowers to her grave every week. In the 50's and 60's, it was fashionable to refer to baseball as a metaphor for America, and DiMaggio represented the values of that America: excellence and fulfillment of duty (he often played in pain), combined with a grace that implied a purity of spirit, an off-the-field dignity and a jealously guarded private life. He belonged to my father's youth: he was a World War II guy whose career began in the days of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig and ended with the arrival of the youthful Mickey Mantle (who was, in truth, my favorite ballplayer). Yes, he was a cultural icon, a hero if you will, but not of my generation. 'Now, in the shadow of (DiMaggio's) passing, I find myself wondering about that explanation. Here is what Paul Simon wrote about mentioning DiMaggio in an opinion piece in the New York Times just after the Yankees legend's death: That said, Joe DiMaggio was a freaking metaphor for the end of an entire era.

Sure, Joe DiMaggio was only a metaphor for the end of an era in this Simon and Garfunkel classic. Robinson, Joltin' Joe has left and gone away, (Hey, hey, hey.hey, hey, hey)' 'Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio, A nation turns its lonely eyes to you (woo, woo, woo), What's that you say, Mrs. *Warning/parental advisory: Several of the videos include language that may not be suitable for minors and people with sensitivities to profanity. If worthy of making the cut, slides will be added to accommodate.

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The following songs are in no particular order. Instead of a list of songs made about the players, this piece is all about the lines in famous songs that explicitly mention specific athletes (or groups of athletes), immortalizing them no matter how obscure. The list of songs made about athletes is extensive: 'Hurricane' by Bob Dylan (about former boxer Ruben 'Hurricane' Carter), 'Tough Guy' by Beastie Boys (about former NBA enforcer Bill Laimbeer), 'Warriors Code' by Dropkick Murphys (about former boxer Mickey Ward) and many more. Musicians often tailor songs around the competitors. In pregame stretches, in every break during the live action and finished off with tunes on the way out of the stadium, there is no escaping the sound system. That duo interacts for the duration of any game, heavily intertwined the entire time. Music and sports were made for each other.