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posted 17-01-2010 00:12
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A kick in the teeth for all shit-faced tone deaf English patriots everywhere. The FA have decided that they will not be endorsing any of the bland clichéd shout-along tunes that accompany any England trip to an international tournament. Not that that will prevent England's participation in the World Cup in South Africa being accompanied by a plethora of unofficial bland clichéd shout-along tunes, though hopefully Ant and Dec will give it a miss this time, more than any other time, this time.
Having said that, the last time there wasn't an official FA endorsed ditty was 1966, and we all know who won the World Cup that year, don't we children?
44 years of hurt, never stopped me dreaming.
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posted 17-01-2010 11:09
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Surely the main debate now is which lame remake of a 1980s song will be seized upon by TalkSport as their own official World Cup song, following their desecrations of Come On Eileen and Tom Hark.
It'll be Don't Stop Believing, of course.
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posted 17-01-2010 11:11
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the last time there wasn't an official FA endorsed ditty was 1966
Is that really so?
Can anybody list the songs? All I know are World in Motion (1990) and probably Three Lions (1998). Obviously the list will be considerably shorter than ours in Germany (hehe).
Here's Germany's infamous list of official World Cup songs that hat the actual squad "singing":
1994 - "Far Away In America" (Village People!)
1990 - "Sempre Roma" (Udo Jürgens)
1986 - "Mexico Mi Amor" (Peter Alexander)
1982 - "Olé España!"(Michael Schanze)
1978 - "Buenos días, Argentina" (Udo Jürgens)
1974 - "Fußball ist unser Leben" (Udo Jürgens?)
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posted 17-01-2010 11:51
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Kurt Mondschein wrote:
Can anybody list the songs??
1974- Gallows pole/ Send in the clowns
1978- Arriverderci Roma/ Don'r cry for me Argentina
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posted 17-01-2010 12:10
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Kurt Mondschein wrote:
the last time there wasn't an official FA endorsed ditty was 1966
Is that really so?
Can anybody list the songs? All I know are World in Motion (1990) and probably Three Lions (1998).
No, Three Lions '96 was official but '98 wasn't, supposedly because it was offered to the FA and they decided not to run with it again. 1998 was (How Does It Feel To Be) On Top Of The World by England United, written by Ian McCulloch with Johnny Marr and recorded by members of Echo & The Bunnymen, Ocean Colour Scene, Space and the Spice Girls. And it peaked at number 9.
2002 was Ant & Dec's rewrite (well, presumably someone else did the rewriting, but you know what I mean) of We're On The Ball, only really notable for the promotional T-shirt slogan 'TORD GRIP SAYS RELAX', and 2006 was the meat and potatoes anthemry of Embrace's World At Your Feet, which pretty much killed their career.
1986 was the squad doing We've Got The Whole World At Our Feet, which made the tactical error of being released in April and so peaked at 66. 1982 was This Time (We'll Get It Right), backed with England We'll Fly The Flag, which was based on a British Airways ad jingle. 1970 of course was Back Home.
I wish I still had the edition of Shoot! where they went to the recording of what was then still known as E For England and declared it comfortably the worst football song ever.
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posted 17-01-2010 15:42
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Previous FA endorsed England World cup songs:
1970: Back Home - England World Cup Squad
1974: DNQ
1978: DNQ
1982: This Time (We'll Get It Right) - England World Cup Squad
1986: We've Got the Whole World at Our Feet - England World Cup Squad
1990: World in Motion - England World Cup Squad/New Order
1994: DNQ
1998: (How Does It Feel To Be) On Top Of The World - England United
2002: We're On The Ball - Ant & Dec
2006: World At Your Feet - Embrace
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posted 17-01-2010 18:11
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1974 - "Fußball ist unser Leben" (Udo Jürgens?)
No, Udo was blameless for that. It was written and produced by Jack White, legendary maker of Schlager hits.
As Horst Nußbaum, White had been a professional football player, at one time with PSV Eindhoven. He retired from professional football in 1966, but continued to play for the amateur team of Tennis-Borussia Berlin. In December 1976, by now a famous record producer, he turned out for the club’s first team in a German cup game against 1.FC Köln. His side lost 1-5 to the eventual cup winner. In the interim, he had already produced a string of big German hits for such mighty geniuses as Jürgen Markus and Cindy & Bert. Later he also produced Paul Anka, Engelbert Humperdinck, Laura Branagan (including her US top 10 hits Self Control and Gloria) and — naturally — David Hasselhoff.
For those who really need it: Fußball ist unser Leben
This is a link
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posted 19-01-2010 09:02
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Sadly I don't have the facility at work to access this, and I'm pretty sure I'll have forgotten it by the time I get home. I don't know whether I can get over the disappointment.
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posted 19-01-2010 09:03
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Ok, I'm over it now.
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posted 19-01-2010 10:13
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Do we not have our own Andy Cameron who could knock summut up?
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posted 19-01-2010 13:09
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It’s ok gang! My ‘shit-rock’ rock band ‘Ratz Ass’ is going to be reworking ‘Simply the Best’ by the ever lovely Tina Turner.
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posted 19-01-2010 17:56
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GeorgeDragon wrote:
Fear not, there are still songs being released to support England in the World Cup!
Actually, songs still being released to support England in the World Cup was my fear.
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posted 20-01-2010 15:44
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I have a vague memory of Bobby Robson in a Val Doonican type sweater and Tony Adams on an exercise bike performing some horror show on the telly. Did they release one for Euro 88?
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posted 20-01-2010 17:51
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All The Way, produced by Stock Aitken & Waterman. Got to number 64.
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posted 22-01-2010 15:37
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GeorgeDragon wrote:
Fear not, there are still songs being released to support England in the World Cup! Check out `Green Fields of England` by George and the Dragons at www.green-fields-of-england.com or on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_9WJ6WKeS4
I heartily recommend this song and especially the video.
We can only hope that the English team's efforts this summer reach the same level of success as George and the Dragons have with this effort.
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posted 25-01-2010 11:52
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GeorgeDragon wrote:
Fear not, there are still songs being released to support England in the World Cup! Check out `Green Fields of England` by George and the Dragons at www.green-fields-of-england.com or on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_9WJ6WKeS4
After listening to this I am lost for words and it has compelled me to finally post on here.
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posted 25-01-2010 12:31
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It is inspiring like that, isn't it? Well done and welcome.
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posted 25-01-2010 17:06
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Green Fields of England
[copyright M Charles]
Verse 1
Never underestimate the love of an Englishman,
Love of an Englishman for England
Deep within his heart he feels such pride for his country
The precious country, that he loves
Mid 8
From the Angel of the North to the Cornish coast
From Charlton, Hurst and Moore to a Sunday roast
Chorus
`Till I die I`ll love the green fields of England
Green fields of England that is home
Deep in my soul you find the things that I stand for
Grandfather fought for in the wars
Verse 2
And when they`re under fire, we`ll lift them higher
So get behind the Boys, come on and make some noise, for Eng-LAND
From the Beatles and the Stones to the Fawlty Towers
We gave the world football and this time its ours
Chorus
`Till I die I`ll love the green fields of England
Green fields of England that is home
Deep in my soul you find the things that I stand for
Grandfather fought for in the wars
From a sense of fair play to a pint of beer
The best league in the world you`re gonna find it here
From the fish and chips to strawberries and cream
We gonna get behind Capello`s Eng-lish team
Chorus
`Till I die I`ll love the green fields of England
Green fields of England that is home
Deep in my soul you find the things that I stand for
Grandfather fought for in the wars
Chorus
`Till I die I`ll love the green fields of England
Green fields of England that is home
Deep in my soul you find the things that I stand for
Grandfather fought for in the wars
For those of you too lazy to follow the link, here's those stirring lyrics in full. They certainly sum up for me what it means to be English. Fish and chips, strawberries and cream, Ant and Dec - all that sort of thing.
On the video, I love the way the picture of Winston Churchill dissolves into one of John Terry.
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posted 25-01-2010 18:04
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Literal LOL
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MESSAGE BOARD 
