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Just the Songs: Josh Gibson and Bill Russell

Just the Songs: Josh Gibson and Bill Russell

Update: 2024-12-06

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Revisit our two sports-themed songs from this season with some close-listening tips from Lee Overtree of the Story Pirates! Follow along with the lyric sheets for these songs at storypirates.com/historicalrecords

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Introducing: Historical Records

Introducing: Historical Records

2024-09-1902:35

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Hey listeners, Nimini here, host of historical records.

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Get ready to hear about a historical hero through hip-hop.

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Also, parents and teachers, you can download a free activity related to today's episode by visiting storypirates.com/historicalrecords and now onto the show,

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after a few words for the grown-ups.

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Hey listeners, Lee from the storypirates and executive producer of historical records here.

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One of my favorite things about hip-hop is to re-listen to songs so that I can analyze and hear all of the lyrics.

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The words can sometimes come pretty fast and furious, so re-listening and close-listening is essential to truly appreciating these incredible artists and the songs that we're so proud of.

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We have for you two songs from this season about trailblazing sports stars, Josh Gibson and Bill Russell.

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First, let's check out the greatest power-hitter baseball ever saw, Josh Gibson.

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There's a couple of things that I love about this song.

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First of all, have you ever seen in baseball games how individual hitters have walk-up songs?

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It's like a moment of glory for each player and shows his or her style too.

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So I'm pretty sure that Josh Gibson never had a walk-up song of his own, or at least not in the way players do today.

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But I like to imagine that this song is Josh Gibson's walk-up song.

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I imagine him emerging from the dugout, bat on his shoulder and slowly, majestically, making his way to the batter's box to face the opposing team's pitcher.

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And then crack another one gone.

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So while you're listening to this today, I want you to try and visualize Josh Gibson playing baseball.

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We may not be able to exactly see Josh Gibson play baseball anymore, but we can keep his legacy alive by bringing him to life in our imaginations.

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And if you want to follow along with the lyrics, which I definitely recommend, you can find them at storypires.com/historicalrecords.

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After this first track, I'll be back to point out a couple things I love about our song "Bill Russell."

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This is Josh Gibson.

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Enjoy!

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Hey, Lee here again.

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Let's listen to our song about "Bill Russell," another sports hero, but also someone who played a really important role in the Civil Rights Movement.

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I love this song because it's so laid back, like, super chill, even though the lyrics are kind of serious.

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It's a fun juxtaposition.

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So as you're listening, try to figure out what part of the music makes it feel so relaxed.

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Is it the drums?

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Is it that guitar line?

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Or maybe the women who sing that chorus hook?

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See what you think.

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And then listen one more time with a focus on the lyrics and feel how the relaxed music plays against the incredible tales of Bill Russell's accomplishments.

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And remember, you can find the lyric sheet by visiting storypireds.com/historicalrecords.

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Enough for me.

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Enjoy the track.

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Here's Bill Russell.

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What do you see as the meaning of that term "revolutionary?"

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Before Jordan won rings, before Shack and I came in, Magic and Korean, one man on one scene ranked.

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Completely supreme.

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Am I blowing too much steam to say that man was me?

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Bill Russell is the name and the How do you do?

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13 years in the game and still I only lost two times in the finals.

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That's 11 titles.

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No man in this sport has come close to being my rival.

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I was the subject of library, and prejudice, taunts, black and embossed.

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Not two things that you want.

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To be, wait, who me?

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Yes sir.

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How did I thrive under oh so much pressure?

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How did I try and form every measure?

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Why also unite all my people together?

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I just how did my leadership lead to our glory?

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We'll sit down and listen, y'all, because this here's my story.

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He defense the hoop and he defends our rights.

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He's a champion on the court and a champion of the fight.

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He rebounds the rock and rebounds from adversity.

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He goes down the court and he goes down in history.

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My youth, you could say it was a little bit rough.

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Mama died at 12 and dad even gruff grew up third-four.

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There was never enough.

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Molly Hope was the hoop and get tough.

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So who could I do so?

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University of San Francisco, old centers went slow, but me I was nimble.

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They changed the rules to put me through some pitfalls.

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I juke the cheers and still balled through the insult.

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I press continued, was drafted and went to 56 Olympics, got gold in that window.

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Post-unique, who he owed that one?

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NBA rookie and guess what?

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We still won.

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Then I won eight more.

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Celtics made me the coach.

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Why also still playing?

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That's right, I did both.

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Five MVP's are as an absolute baller, lost a few times to Will, but he's three inches taller.

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He defends go-hoo and he defends our rights.

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He's a champion on the court and a champion of the fight.

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He rebounds the rock and rebounds from adversity.

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He goes down the court and he goes down in history.

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I am Bill Russell, most athletic on the court, but I still hustle and I will tussle with any man who stands in the way of progress and asks in the lane and the streets are in the congress.

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61 in exhibition in the Celtics versus the Hawks in Lexington, Kentucky.

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We expected curses.

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When we went to a cafe to try to get some service, instead they acted nervous and refused to serve us.

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A curve yes for sure, but still we had a purpose.

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Sean with these boys got so we let a boy got what they feed to the furnace.

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We made noises, truth to the surface.

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We hit him with our voices.

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I marched with a million men in MLK, met with Muhammad Ali just a mold a better day.

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If they threaten your rights, well then you must get uncivil and never ever ever just shut up and trip.

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He defends go-hoo and he defends our rights.

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He's a champion on the court and a champion of the fight.

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He rebounds the rock and rebounds from adversity.

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He goes down the court and he goes down in history.

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He defends the hoop and he defends our rights.

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He's a champion on the court and a champion of the fight.

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He rebounds the rock and rebounds from adversity.

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He goes down the court and he goes down in history.

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Hey again, thanks for listening.

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We'll be back again soon with more episodes.

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In the meantime, grownups, tell a friend about the show.

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If you and your kids are enjoying it, it really helps us a lot.

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Thanks, bye!

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Just the Songs: Josh Gibson and Bill Russell

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