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#1

Driven almost insane by the Manilow medleys, gangsta rap and
Vietnamese folk medleys that seem to dominate my local casino's sound
system, I recently started bringing my i-pod to VP sessions.
Yesterday I decided some task-appropriate music might be nice, so I
began assembling a playlist of all the tunes I could find related in
any way to gambling, luck, winning, losing, Vegas, etc.

Here's what I have so far (suggested additons are welcome) ...
Luck Be A Lady - Sinatra
I Feel Lucky - Mary Chapin Carpenter
Busted- Ray Charles
Viva Las Vegas - Elvis
Lucky Man- Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Ooh Las Vegas (ain't no place for a poor boy like me)- EmmyLou Harris
Casino Queen (my Lord you're mean)- Wilco
Vegas Baby - The Weepies (better than the band's name suggests)
Every Time I Roll The Dice - Delbert McClinton
The Gambler- Kenny Rogers
Crapped Out Again - Keb Mo
Waitin' For My Lucky Day - Chris Isaak
You Got Lucky - Tom Petty
Hey Baby Let's Go To Vegas - Faith Hill
I'm A Loser - The Beatles
I Wanna Be Rich - Calloway
Leaving Las Vegas (standin' in the middle of the desert waitin for my
ship to come in) - Sheryl Crow
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man - Bob Seger
Lonesome Loser - Little River Band
Take The Money And Run - Steve Miller Band
Son Of A Rotten Gambler - Anne Murray
Tumblin' Dice - The Stones
When You're Hot - Jerry Reed
Easy Money - Waylon Jennings
Money For Nothing- Dire Straits
Poor Boy Blues - Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler
I Lost It - Lucinda Williams
Some Guys Have All The Luck - Rod Stewart
With A Little Luck - Wings
Better Luck Is A Barroom Away - Starlite Rhythm Boys
Money- Barret Strong
That Was A Crazy Game Of Poker - O.A.R.
From Hell To Paradise - The mavericks

#2

jaywilly240 wrote:

Yesterday I decided some task-appropriate music might be nice, so I began assembling a playlist of all the tunes I could find related in any way to gambling, luck, winning, losing, Vegas, etc.

Loser - Beck ["Soy un perdidor"]

Dave

"I'm elusive, baby, so why don't you kill me..."

#3

In addition to some of jaywilly240's suggestions, I have
these in my "Vegas" playlist on my iPod.

Las Vegas- Petula Clark
Downtown- Petula Clark
Money Money Money- ABBA
Gambler- Madonna
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas- Dolly Parton
A Little Less Conversation (remix)- Elvis vs. JXL
Playing with the Queen of Hearts- Juice Newton
Let's Live it up- Brian Setzer Orchestra
Big Spender- Shirley Bassey
Viva Las Vegas- ZZ Top (much better than the Elvis version)

And, of course, anything by Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.,
Frank Sinatra, etc. would be appropriate.
Then, there are songs for specific Las Vegas resorts:
Mandalay- La Flavour (Mandalay Bay)
Walk Like and Egyptian- The Bangles (Luxor)
King Tut- Steve Martin (Luxor)
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo- Gogi Grant (Excalibur)
Kokomo- Beach Boys (Tropicana)
Somewhere Over the Rainbow- Judy Garland (MGM Grand)
New York, New York- Liza Minnelli (New York-New York)
All the Gold in California- Gatlin Brothers Band (Gold Coast)
I Go to Rio- Peter Allen (Rio)
Hooray for Hollywood- Doris Day (Planet Hollywood)
Lady Marmalade- Labelle (Paris)
Pinball Wizard- Elton John (Bally's)
Margaritaville- Jimmy Buffet (Flamingo)
Tubthumping- Chumbawamba (O'Shea's)
I Love this Bar- Toby Keith (Harrah's)
That's Amore- Dean Martin (Venetian)
Yo Ho Yo Ho, A Pirate's Life for Me- Disneyland (Treasure Island)
Viva Las Vegas- ZZ Top (Hard Rock)
Let's Live it up- Brian Setzer Orchestra (Union Plaza)
Tiny Bubbles- Don Ho (California)
Danny Boy- Megan Mullally (Fitzgeralds)
YMCA- Village People (Four Queens)

For a song for Hooters, go to http://www.topfunnysongs.com/
and click on "Boobies Song." :wink:

And, finally, there's "I'll be Seeing You" by Liberace (for the
Las Vegas sign....and the long drive home).

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#4
#5

Wow, a Weepies (agree about the name) reference, never thought I'd see
this when I joined the VP group. The timing of this is incredible as
I visited Atlantic City last week and heard a song (three times) at
the Showboat that brought me to uncontrollable tears ("Ha, look at
that loser - he lost all his money at the tables" - that's what they
were thinking). I even stopped playing DBP to listen to the song and
only caught the female-sung lyrics: "I don't understand, don't
understand." I may never hear this song again or never know who sang
it, but it made a losing trip most bearable. Sorry for the non-VP
story.

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Vegas Baby - The Weepies (better than the band's name suggests)

#6

May I suggest one addition:

"Now you swear and plead and beg us,
that you're not a gambling man;
Then you find yourself in Vegas,
with a handle in your hand;

Know those cards can make you money,
so you hide them when you're able;
In the land of milk and honey,
you must put them on the table yeah..."

Steely Dan

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Great list , add
Ace of Spades - MotorHead

Viva Las Vegas-Dread Zepplin ,the theme song to "American Casino"

Son of a Rotten Gambler - Chip Taylor, who wrote it, also wrote

Wild

Thing & Angel in the Morning, plus Try (just a little bit harder)

&

is Jon Voight little brother. Why i know this useless piece of

info

is beyond me .

OOH Las Vegas - Gram Parsons with Emmie Lou on background. KILLS!!

Sin City - Dwight Yocum , Flying Burrito Brothers.

Deuce - KISS

Money - Pink Floyd

Money Money - Tomi James & the Shandells , Billy Idol

I Want Money - by EVERYBODY, Stones, The Who. Paul Revere & the
Raiders, Savoy Brown ,cant remember who wrote it now or who had

the

big hit, the 60,s were fun.

Crying Time - Buck Owens

Queen of Hearts - Juice Newton

some above may repeats, thats ok ,cant have too much music.

M J

> any way to gambling, luck, winning, losing, Vegas, etc.
>
> Here's what I have so far (suggested additons are welcome) ...
> Luck Be A Lady - Sinatra
> I Feel Lucky - Mary Chapin Carpenter
> Busted- Ray Charles
> Viva Las Vegas - Elvis
> Lucky Man- Emerson, Lake & Palmer
> Ooh Las Vegas (ain't no place for a poor boy like me)- EmmyLou
Harris
> Casino Queen (my Lord you're mean)- Wilco
> Vegas Baby - The Weepies (better than the band's name suggests)
> Every Time I Roll The Dice - Delbert McClinton
> The Gambler- Kenny Rogers
> Crapped Out Again - Keb Mo
> Waitin' For My Lucky Day - Chris Isaak
> You Got Lucky - Tom Petty
> Hey Baby Let's Go To Vegas - Faith Hill
> I'm A Loser - The Beatles
> I Wanna Be Rich - Calloway
> Leaving Las Vegas (standin' in the middle of the desert waitin

for

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "mklpryy24" <mklpryy24@...> wrote:

my
> ship to come in) - Sheryl Crow
> Ramblin' Gamblin' Man - Bob Seger
> Lonesome Loser - Little River Band
> Take The Money And Run - Steve Miller Band
> Son Of A Rotten Gambler - Anne Murray
> Tumblin' Dice - The Stones
> When You're Hot - Jerry Reed
> Easy Money - Waylon Jennings
> Money For Nothing- Dire Straits
> Poor Boy Blues - Chet Atkins & Mark Knopfler
> I Lost It - Lucinda Williams
> Some Guys Have All The Luck - Rod Stewart
> With A Little Luck - Wings
> Better Luck Is A Barroom Away - Starlite Rhythm Boys
> Money- Barret Strong
> That Was A Crazy Game Of Poker - O.A.R.
> From Hell To Paradise - The mavericks
>

#7

At least get the words right :wink:

Now you swear and kick and beg us
that you're not a gamblin' man;
Then you find you're back in Vegas
with a handle in your hand
Your black cards can bring you money
so you hide them when you're able
In the land of milk and honey
you must put them on the table

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "worldbefree22001" <krajewski.sa@...>
wrote:

May I suggest one addition:

"Now you swear and plead and beg us,
that you're not a gambling man;
Then you find yourself in Vegas,
with a handle in your hand;

Know those cards can make you money,
so you hide them when you're able;
In the land of milk and honey,
you must put them on the table yeah..."

Steely Dan

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#8

At least get the words right :wink:

Hopefully it was obvious that
I couldn't remember the song
title and pulled the lyrics out of
my ... deep but clearly flawed memory :slight_smile:

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "swbrad" <swbrad@...> wrote:

Now you swear and kick and beg us
that you're not a gamblin' man;
Then you find you're back in Vegas
with a handle in your hand
Your black cards can bring you money
so you hide them when you're able
In the land of milk and honey
you must put them on the table

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "worldbefree22001" <krajewski.sa@>
wrote:
>
> May I suggest one addition:
>
> "Now you swear and plead and beg us,
> that you're not a gambling man;
> Then you find yourself in Vegas,
> with a handle in your hand;
>
> Know those cards can make you money,
> so you hide them when you're able;
> In the land of milk and honey,
> you must put them on the table yeah..."
>
> Steely Dan
>
>

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#9

It's a Steely Dan song called "Do It Again." Thanks for reminding me.
And thanks to everyone else for some excellent recommendations.

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "worldbefree22001" <krajewski.sa@...>
wrote:

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "swbrad" <swbrad@> wrote:
>
> At least get the words right :wink:

Hopefully it was obvious that
I couldn't remember the song
title and pulled the lyrics out of
my ... deep but clearly flawed memory :slight_smile:

>
> Now you swear and kick and beg us
> that you're not a gamblin' man;
> Then you find you're back in Vegas
> with a handle in your hand
> Your black cards can bring you money
> so you hide them when you're able
> In the land of milk and honey
> you must put them on the table
>
>
> --- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "worldbefree22001" <krajewski.sa@>
> wrote:
> >
> > May I suggest one addition:
> >
> > "Now you swear and plead and beg us,
> > that you're not a gambling man;
> > Then you find yourself in Vegas,
> > with a handle in your hand;
> >
> > Know those cards can make you money,
> > so you hide them when you're able;
> > In the land of milk and honey,
> > you must put them on the table yeah..."
> >
> > Steely Dan
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

#10

Wow, a Weepies (agree about the name) reference, never thought I'd

see

this when I joined the VP group. The timing of this is incredible as
I visited Atlantic City last week and heard a song (three times) at
the Showboat that brought me to uncontrollable tears ("Ha, look at
that loser - he lost all his money at the tables" - that's what they
were thinking).

The timing is a curious thing. This thread began soon after I
downloaded "Turn of a Friendly Card" by Alan Parsons Project to my iPod.

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "William Roberts" <saltnorweg@...> wrote:

#11

--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "worldbefree22001" <krajewski.sa@...>
wrote:

May I suggest one addition:

"Now you swear and plead and beg us,
that you're not a gambling man;
Then you find yourself in Vegas,
with a handle in your hand;

Know those cards can make you money,
so you hide them when you're able;
In the land of milk and honey,
you must put them on the table yeah..."

Great song, but more for a blackjack crossroader than a machine player.

#12

Probably "I Don't Understand" performed by Alecia Elliott.

Slowpoke

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--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, "William Roberts" <saltnorweg@...> wrote:

only caught the female-sung lyrics: "I don't understand, don't
understand." I may never hear this song again or never know who sang
it,

#13

I'm very late getting to this thread and have missed the previous
posts. For reasons too complex to explain here, I've always been
partial to "One Night in Bangkok" from the 70's musical, "Chess." It
actually fits the World Series of Poker better than generic VP, but
FWIW, excerpts from the lyrics follow. If you Google the song title,
you can still find the music video on You Tube.

-- The GMan
..........................................

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***
[COMPANY]
One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster
The bars are temples but the pearls ain't free
You'll find a god in every golden cloister
And if you're lucky then the god's a she
I can feel an angel sliding up to me

[THE AMERICAN]
One town's very like another
When your head's down over your pieces, brother

[COMPANY]
It's a drag, it's a bore, it's really such a pity
To be looking at the board, not looking at the city

[THE AMERICAN]
Whaddya mean? Ya seen one crowded, polluted, stinking town --

[COMPANY]
Tea, girls, warm, sweet
Some are set up in the Somerset Maugham suite

[THE AMERICAN]
Get Thai'd! You're talking to a tourist
Whose every move's among the purest
I get my kicks above the waistline, Sunshine

[COMPANY]
One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful with your company
I can feel the devil walking next to me

[THE AMERICAN]
Siam's gonna be the witness
To the ultimate test of cerebral fitness
This grips me more than would a
Muddy old river or reclining Buddha

And thank God I'm only watching the game -- controlling it --

I don't see you guys rating
The kind of mate I'm contemplating
I'd let you watch, I would invite you
But the queens we use would not excite you

So you better go back to your bars, your temples, your massage
parlours --

[COMPANY]
One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful with your company
I can feel the devil walking next to me

#14

The April 14th edition of the e-newsletter Casino City Times has listed
the "Top Ten Gambling Songs." They even have a link where you can
listen to the songs and watch video. However, I don't know how to post
the link. Maybe someone else could do it. Anyways, here is what the
list looks like.

1. The Gambler..................Kenny Rogers
2. Luck be a Lady Tonight.......Frank Sinatra
3. Riverboat Gambler............Carly Simon
4. House of the Rising Sun......Bob Dylan
5. Blackjack....................Ray Charles
6. Viva Las Vegas...............Elvis Presley
7. The Loser....................Grateful Dead
8. Ace of Spades................Motorhead
9. The Card Cheat...............The Clash
10. Still the Same...............Bob Seger

#15

Try

http://www.casinocitytimes.com/news/article.cfm?ContentId=172416&issue=4-14-08

Dennis
vp-connoisseur

The April 14th edition of the e-newsletter Casino City Times has listed
the "Top Ten Gambling Songs." They even have a link where you can
listen to the songs and watch video. However, I don't know how to post
the link. Maybe someone else could do it. Anyways, here is what the
list looks like.

1. The Gambler..................Kenny Rogers
2. Luck be a Lady Tonight.......Frank Sinatra
3. Riverboat Gambler............Carly Simon
4. House of the Rising Sun......Bob Dylan
5. Blackjack....................Ray Charles
6. Viva Las Vegas...............Elvis Presley
7. The Loser....................Grateful Dead
8. Ace of Spades................Motorhead
9. The Card Cheat...............The Clash
10. Still the Same...............Bob Seger

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#16

Link for top 10 Gambling songs: http://www.casinocitytimes.com/news/article.cfm?ContentId=172416&issue=4-14-08

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----- Original Message -----
  From: mickeycrimm
  To: vpFREE@yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:21 PM
  Subject: [vpFREE] Re: VP Music

  The April 14th edition of the e-newsletter Casino City Times has listed
  the "Top Ten Gambling Songs." They even have a link where you can
  listen to the songs and watch video. However, I don't know how to post
  the link. Maybe someone else could do it. Anyways, here is what the
  list looks like.

  1. The Gambler..................Kenny Rogers
  2. Luck be a Lady Tonight.......Frank Sinatra
  3. Riverboat Gambler............Carly Simon
  4. House of the Rising Sun......Bob Dylan
  5. Blackjack....................Ray Charles
  6. Viva Las Vegas...............Elvis Presley
  7. The Loser....................Grateful Dead
  8. Ace of Spades................Motorhead
  9. The Card Cheat...............The Clash
  10. Still the Same...............Bob Seger

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