A Game of Billiards and Music

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Playing Pool is a game that people find enjoyable while listening to a cool sound of music. While other sports players feel that listening to music while playing is distracting, it is the opposite for the majority of playing table pool. Games and music actually get along well and many music writers have proven that to be true.

A game of pool can be a lot of fun. You can play it with friends in a sports alley that has a room filled with pool tables or you can play at home if you have pool table set up. But if you don’t, you can always play right from the computer, having AI your opponent. You can even get yourself an 8 ball pool hack to enhance your game online.

Table pool players said that depending on the type of music, it actually puts some beat into the game and enhance their skill and concentration. Let’s have a look at songs that were created around the theme of playing table pool.

5 Music That Featured Table Pool In Their Music Videos

  1. Stronger Than Me by Amy Wine house. Amy Winehouse herself is a very good billiards player who was even given the title “The Demon of the Pool Table”. This song Stronger Than Me is part of her album “Frank” which was released in 2004. Many billiards hall play this song like a remembrance and in memory of Amy Winehouse.
  1. I Can’t Dance by Phil Collins. I can’t dance is part of the album “We Can’t Dance” which was released in 1991. Half way in the video, Phil Collins wagers his blue jeans. The scene is actually a parody of a Levi Jeans commercial – The Pool Hall commercial
  1. The Pool Shark by Dave Dudley. The song is written by Tom T. Hall and released on February of 1970. The Pool Shark song incredibly spent 14 weeks in the billboard charts. This means this song has inspired many billiards and pool players alike that it has stayed that long in the charts.
  1. Ya Got Trouble from the award-winning Best Musical in 1957 – The Music Man. Sung by Harold Hill and written by Meredith Wilsom. The song is about Harold Hill wanting to convince the Iowa citizens to invest in a boys band rather than a billiards hall.
  1. Bad to the Bone by George Thorogood & The Destroyers. The video showed George Thorogood playing a billiards match with Bo Diddley. The Billiards legend and hall of famer, Willie Mosconi appears in the video.