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How could they leave out Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit"?
"When the men on the chessboard get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom, and your mind is moving low
Go ask Alice, I think she'll know
When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead
And the white knight is talking backwards
And the red queen's off with her head
Remember what the dormouse said
Feed your head, feed your head"
Although the intent of the lyrics was not to be about chess, I always thought of Bob Seger's '(K)Night Moves' as a chess song. Workin' on those Knight moves! :)
Although the intent of the lyrics was not to be about chess, I always thought of Bob Seger's '(K)Night Moves' as a chess song. Workin' on those Knight moves! :)
I had to dig up my CT posting and Scarborough CC newsletter article from 5 years ago:
chess in Pop Songs
I had my friend Dylan make several CDs of chess-related background music to play before rounds at the Canadian Open:
CHESS ROCK
Streetheart - Here Comes The Night
Yes - I've Seen All Good People
Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit
Max Webster - Check
Kottonmouth Kings - Checkmate
Crystal Castles - Chess Mess
Queen - Killer Queen
Billy Haley and his Comets - Rock Around The Clock
CHESS MELLOW
Queen - Play The Game
Chess (Musical) - Anthem
Chess (Musical) - One Night in Bangkok
Elton John - The King Must Die
Bob Seger - Night Moves
Dire Straits - Telegraph Road
CHESS SOUL
Van Morrison and Them - Here Comes The Night
Sonny Charles and the Checkmates - Black Pearl
The Checkmates - Love Is All I Have To Give
Aretha Franklin - Think
Etta James - Loser's Weepers
Blues Brothers - Peter Gunn Theme
R.E.M. - Endgame
Couldn't find an MP3 of, or didn't fit in musically:
Suzanne Vegas - Knight Moves
Weezer - Chess
Pink Floyd - Country Song (on movie soundtrack Zabriskie Point, 1970)
Moxy Fruvous - Kasparov vs Deep Blue
Chumbawamba - Spassky Fischer
Annihilator - Knight Jumps Queen
Half Man Half Biscuit - Bad Losers On Yahoo Chess
Didn't make a classical disc, pieces too long.
Didn't make a hip-hop disk, lots of swearing. It might include:
Hip Hop Chess Nation (advice for youth) http://hiphopchess.blogspot.com/2009...abac-reds.html
Jay-Z - This Life Forever
Papoose - Chess
DJ Muggs & the GZA - General Principles
GZA - Queen's Gambit
Rejected as not chess enough:
Prince - Snowman
Bob Segar - Still the Same
Bob Dylan - Only A Pawn In Their Game
John Mayer - My Stupid Mouth
"played a quick game of chess with the salt and pepper"
Bananarama - It Ain't What You Do
Dr. Feelgood - Suzie Q
Lots of songs with chess in the lyrics found at song lyric sites:
Duncan Sheik - Mr. Chess
Our Lady Peace - Ray Kurzweil 1949-97
InMe - Papillon's Stalemate
Nada Surf - Stalemate
"stalemate jump out of a cake"
Smash Mouth - Padrino
"you can be the rook or pawn"
They Might be Giants - Chess Piece Face
"Chess, like love, like music, has the powers to make men happy." Siegbert Tarrasch
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