This Week's Playlist #23 - The Basketball edition
Week #23 - The Basketball edition
TL;DR: I'm running a weekly newsletter with 5 songs and a short description, and a matching Spotify playlist if you want to subscribe.
For the non-Spotify readers, there is a Youtube link for each of the songs on the cover.
Week 23!
How is everyone?
I thought I'd do a basketball special this week.
Those who know me noticed I'm a huge basketball geek, and next week will see the end of an amazing NBA Finals series between the Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics.
Also, we're on the 23rd episode of this newsletter, so we can celebrate the jersey number of the GOAT of basketball.
Alan Parson Project - Sirius: I had to start this week's playlist with the now-iconic intro of most of Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls home games.
Public Enemy - He Got Game: Another classic here, from one of the best movies about basketball.
2 Many DJs - I wish I was a tiger: A brilliant mashup by the amazing Belgian DJs of Skee-Lo's lamenting how bad he's at basketball (and other gems I let you discover).
Pearl Jam - Go: I'm adding the grunge heroes here for several reasons. First, on top of starting in Seattle (I was a huge Sonics fan), Pearl Jam began under the Mookie Blaylock name (who was an active NBA player then). Their first album, Ten, is allegedly named after Mookie's jersey number.
On a more personal story, Pearl Jam was one of the first rock bands I ever listened to. It was the soundtrack of a VHS of NBA highlights my parents bought me while living in Lebanon.
Michael Jackson - Jam: What a better song to end this playlist than the one with the 2 GOATs in the video :-) And it took me until today to discover the making of clip, which is as good as the video.
Until the next time, Godspeed!
Thomas
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