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  1. 01-20-2012, 09:50 PM #1
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    Songs/Music associated Blackjack

    Do anyone want to bring up any songs about blackjack?
    There are dozens of popular songs about poker but few about Blackjack.

    Ray Charles - "Blackjack"


    I sat there with two tens
    I thought I'd have some fun
    The dealer hit sixteen with a five
    Just enough to make twenty one
    Hey hey hey yeah yeah
    How unlucky can one man be

    Composed by Hans Zimmer - 'End Credits/Las Vegas' from "Rainman" soundtrack


    Sting - "Shape of My Heart"


    Almost surely unintended, but some of the lyrics of this song is relevant to the realities of Blackjack AP:

    He deals the cards as a meditation
    And those he plays never suspect
    He doesn't play for the money he wins "Obviously not true for most APs, which is a profit-seeking activity"
    He don't play for respect
    He deals the cards to find the answer
    The sacred geometry of chance
    The hidden law of a probable outcome "Refers to EV?"
    The numbers lead a dance
    I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
    I know that the clubs are weapons of war
    I know that diamonds mean money for this art
    But that's not the shape of my heart
    He may play the jack of diamonds
    He may lay the queen of spades
    He may conceal a king in his hand
    While the memory of it fades
    I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
    I know that the clubs are weapons of war
    I know that diamonds mean money for this art
    But that's not the shape of my heart
    And if I told you that I loved you
    You'd maybe think there's something wrong
    I'm not a man of too many faces
    The mask I wear is one "Refers to use of physical disguises."
    Those who speak know nothing
    And find out to their cost "Hunch players and ploppies with their bad advice"
    Like those who curse their luck in too many places
    And those who fear are lost "Refers to those who lose discipline after experiencing negative variation."
    I know that the spades are the swords of a soldier
    I know that the clubs are weapons of war
    I know that diamonds mean money for this art
    But that's not the shape of my heart


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  2. 01-22-2012, 05:35 PM #2
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    There is scarcely a song

    I've listened to tens of thousands of songs, and can't think of one about blackjack. There are BJ songs, on the other hand, but not blackjack songs.
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  3. 01-22-2012, 06:26 PM #3
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    There are plenty of Poker songs. But, the good ones are always sad. I carry Leonard Cohen's The Stranger Song on my iPod.
    "I don't think outside the box; I think of what I can do with the box." - Henri Matisse
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  4. 01-22-2012, 07:28 PM #4
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    This definitely deserves a vote:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hJjx7jTHA8
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  5. 01-22-2012, 07:59 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by bronco60 View Post
    This definitely deserves a vote:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hJjx7jTHA8
    Kelly much? Bonus points for Woody Harrelson.
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  6. 01-22-2012, 08:26 PM #6
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    How about this one..

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  7. 01-22-2012, 09:10 PM #7
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