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The Hold Steady love the Twins

Posted almost 5 years ago
Baseball season is upon us, and even though it snowed in Minnesota yesterday our baseball team won their home opener. How can this possibly be music news, well at the seventh inning stretch, Twins fans were given the pleasure of listening to the Hold Steady perform their rendition of Take Me Out To The Ball Game.Frontman Craig Finn has a great appreciation for the Minnesota Twins, and anyone who has been to one of the Hold Steady's shows has probably heard him talk about the greatness of his beloved hometown team.After an interview Finn did with the Minneapolis/ St. Paul's Star Tribune, he was contacted by the Twins musical director Kevin Dutcher. Seems Dutcher was a fan of the Steady's latest, Boys and Girls in America, and wanted to see if the bandmembers would be interested in some sort of collaboration. And, of course, they were.So over the weekend, Finn and the rest of the Hold Steady — guitarist Tad Kubler, pianist Franz Nicolay (a big Red Sox fan), bassist Galen Polivka (a Brewers man) and drummer Bobby Drake — got together in a Long Island City studio to record a decidedly Twins-centric version of "Ball Game," complete with shout-outs to the Twin Cities ("Hey Minneapolis/ Hey St. Paul/ We don't even care if we don't get the call!" Finn sneers)The result was nothing short of incredible, and the Hold Steady have made the song availible for download on their myspace site. Feel free to take a listen for yourself.
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Comments (19)

  1. Lester Jonze
    Lester Jonze says What's it like going to a baseball game dressed for 20 degree weather? It seems like an odd concept.
    Permalink posted 04/04/2007
  2. Rawkkiddoh
    Rawkkiddoh says Tell me about it, thats why they built the dome. Funny though, the big puch here in Minnesota is to have a non-domed stadium for the Twins to play at. I would like to see how many people would show up for the home opener then.
    Permalink posted 04/04/2007
  3. Dale
    Dale says Probably as many as showed up for Opening Day for the Rockies, back when they were at least interesting: sold out people freezing in their seats to watch baseball. You've got to be a special brand of crazy for that.
    Permalink posted 04/04/2007
  4. Rawkkiddoh
    Rawkkiddoh says Indeed you do, if I am going to sit in freezing weather for 3 hours I better have a snowboard attatched to my feet
    Permalink posted 04/04/2007
  5. cbowers
    cbowers says Nice solo. I love a good band with hometown pride. Thanks Rawkk.
    Permalink posted 04/04/2007
  6. angeldawn
    angeldawn says God I need a beer and some peanuts now! HEY, happy 6 month today R-Kiddo!
    Permalink posted 04/04/2007
  7. Cobalamin Clothing
    Cobalamin Clothing says mmm...if he makes a joke at the show in barcelona at least i'll get it!
    Permalink posted 04/04/2007
  8. Rawkkiddoh
    Rawkkiddoh says cbowers, I agree makes me feel special to hear them sing about minnesota angel, thanks I almost forgot it has been 6 whole months Cobalamin, make sure to tell me if the Twins are brought up
    Permalink posted 04/04/2007
  9. Augusts1
    Augusts1 says Cool version of that song! Well, here's to another post of yours that I didn't get a notice on. WTF? I gotta email mog about this. Congrats on your mogiversary Kev!
    Permalink posted 04/04/2007
  10. Cobalamin Clothing
    Cobalamin Clothing says no problemo amigo! ;)
    Permalink posted 04/04/2007
  11. watchbatteries
    watchbatteries says Yeah, there's a video of Finn doing this over on MTV (I got it via Deadspin, and yeah MTV and the Hold Steady? They got the wrong Vagrant band). I don't know....Craig Finn's voice kinda takes the fun out of it for me (then again I'm not one of those Craig is a poet !1!!!! guys, but he does have a penchant for interesting songwriting). I also like the fact that the PA guy is gonna play Massive Nights, which is about getting schwasted, perfect for the kids.
    Permalink posted 04/04/2007
  12. zoot
    zoot says a super version of a classic baseball song. thnx 4 posting it. the twins have a great team this season. good luck!
    Permalink posted 04/04/2007
  13. brickbat
    brickbat says my best friend sent me the link for the video on mtv yesterday. fucking awesome. just another reason to love the hold steady. that, and that free harrisburg,pa show. le sigh.
    Permalink posted 04/04/2007
  14. sunscream
    sunscream says LMAO
    Permalink posted 04/05/2007
  15. Rawkkiddoh
    Rawkkiddoh says Watchbatteries and brickbat, I am going to have to go over to the MTV web site to look for the video. Zoot, as much as I like the twins, I am a white sox fan at heart!
    Permalink posted 04/05/2007
  16. Cobalamin Clothing
    Cobalamin Clothing says dammit! i bought the ticket on-line and stupidly put the wrong city, madrid insted of barcelona...€ 18.50 ($ 24.75) i hope the will change it for me...but their offices are closed for eastern... fuck fuck fuck P.S.what's the price of this kind of shows there?...
    Permalink posted 04/05/2007
  17. chulsmith
    chulsmith says coba ::: it's about that here in paris. maybe a bit cheaper. i think i paid 13 euros or something. maybe 16. whatev... brickbat ::: saw the vid yesterday, too. cool shit. coop/cbowers ::: we're gonna win, twins! we're gonna score. we're gonna win, twins! watch that baseball soar! crack out a homerun, shout a hip-hooray! (you're turn)...
    Permalink posted 04/05/2007
  18. Rawkkiddoh
    Rawkkiddoh says Cheer for the Minnesota Twins today! Cobalamin, the price of a hold steady show would be around 15.00
    Permalink posted 04/05/2007
  19. Cobalamin Clothing
    Cobalamin Clothing says i should be moving to the USA to go to shows, surf, skate and snowboard as soon as i finish university! darnit!
    Permalink posted 04/06/2007

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