At 04:03 PM 10/7/2004 -0400, Beth2459@aol.com wrote:
>Now this may be a bit of a "chicken and the egg" question, but 
>does anyone know when this song became the big "lets play it at 
>the end of the night at clubs and sing along" song? 

I only know this phenomenon as it relates to the Sox: it's played at some
point in the late innings of every  game at Fenway Park, either during the
seventh-inning stretch, or when we need a rally, or when Trot Nixon's at
bat.  Why?  I honestly have no idea, and I don't think anyone else does
either.  I mean, playing "Dirty Water" after the Sox win at home, another
Fenway tradition, at least makes sense.
>
>I remember seeing the movie "Beautiful Girls" and there is a scene 
>when all of the guys are singing along to the song with gusto and 
>I did not think much of it. 

Wait, I saw this movie too -- doesn't it take place in New England?  It
might have to do with the Sox connection.

S