Back in two shakes of a lamb’s tail.
A tune?
Author Archives: Admin
That’s liquid football.
Last week, with a Golden Discs voucher worth Twenty Five Euros on offer, we asked you to name the finest ever soccer-themed song.
You answered in your tens.
But there could be only one winner (at the end of the day).
In reverse order then…
Ouch writes:
Hard to go against ‘Put ‘Em Under Pressure’, but the Liverpool comeback against Barca reminded me of the line from the Anfield Rap..’ nobody knows quite what to expect, when the red machines in full effect’……Also had John Barnes getting some rapping practice in before cutting loose on ‘World in Motion’…
Ivan Lyons writes:
Strachan by The Hitchers…any song that captures the wonder of watching Mr Strachan perform his art in juxtaposition to a domestic with the missus is special! great chune too!
Liam Deliverance writes:
Italia ’90, two words that conjure up magical memories, summertime and the living was easy, we had hopes and we had dreams. It was like Ireland was 18, she had just finished her Leaving Cert and now had two glorious, sunny, stress free months stretching out in front of her all the way to the horizon. The work was done, the exams taken,results day was unimportant for now.The 80’s were gone, a distant memory. The 90’s were here now, a new era, a new dream. The beautiful game, the beautiful man and his beautiful voice.
yupyup writes:
The greatest ever football song is “Sunshine on Leith” by The Proclaimers because it’s just a perfect fit for football. The song is a very emotional one. It very much evokes hope and heartbreak. It’s rooted in place. Just as the band are of Leith so are the football club that has made it their own.
That connection to place and belonging is what football and it’s tribalism is all about. I’m not a Hibs fan but I tip the hat to them and their use of this song as a football anthem in particular. They are not an overly successful club. They’re from an area that has had it’s deep problems in the past.
They famously broke a 114 year ‘curse’ by winning The Scottish Cup in 2016 and that relief, ecstasy, the underdog having his day is all entangled with the song and for those reasons I reckon it’s a beauty. Watch this and you’ll just want to sing and sway along.
Winner!
Penfold writes:
The greatest-ever football song is “Give Him a Ball (and a Yard of Grass) by the Sultans of Ping F.C because as they put it, “a man can have no greater love than give 90 minutes to his friends”.
Thanks all.
Last week: You’ll Never Sing Alone
Stop that.
Last week, we asked you to name the most memorable scene from 1987 cheeseball classic Dirty Dancing.
On offer was a PAIR of tickets to see it on the big screen again at selected ODEON cinemas across Ireland on May 21 at 6.30pm. tickets here
You applied in your tens.
But there can be only one winner.
In reverse order then…
Scooperman: “The most memorable scene from Dirty Dancing was the sister singing that weird hula song.”
edalicious: “The most memorable scene in Dirty Dancing is SPECIFICALLY the the little hip thrusts he does after jumping off the stage in the big finale. No other man on the planet could do that without looking like a massive perv. Believe me, I’ve tried…”
Winner
Jonboy: “Obviously it’s the scene where they dance to Love Is Strange (How do you call your lover boy? Come here, lover boy!). Apparently it was an unscripted warm-up where they were just fooling around, pretending to flirt, and the director liked it so much he kept it in.”
Thanks all.
Last week: Swayze For You
MORE to folly
Demolition of Tom Kelly flats, Charlemont Street, Dublin 2 in 1994
Tom Kelly writes:
I understand that once upon a time, there was a Mural, (Subject: Tom Kelly) that was located in the Tom Kelly Flats near Kelly’s Corner in Dublin.
Would you or any of your readers have any suggestions as to where I could see a picture of this?
I understand that the Flats have now been demolished. Thank you very much for your assistance.
Anyone?
From top: This week’s Europvision semi final running order. The competition begins tomorrow in Tel Aviv, Israel; Shane Heneghan
The contest that is known for getting far too political will be especially political this year after the victory of one of the least commercially successful Eurovision winners of the past few years from Netta Barzilai of Israel.
When it became apparent that Israel would host this year, the calls to boycott Eurovision were instant. Sinn Féin, Sweden’s left Party and the Australian Greens were all vocal.
A petition in Iceland very quickly gained 23,000 signatures- equivalent to 5% of the population.
The BDS movement hopes people and countries alike will skip this years shin dig and are busy setting up alternative events across the continent.
This is not the first time Israel has hosted the event and not the first time there have been calls for a boycott.
Indeed, Yugoslavia and Turkey refused to send representatives to Jerusalem in 1979 in the politically charged atmosphere just a few years after the Yom Kippur war.
This time around, no nation is boycotting for political reasons. Though Ukraine is staying at home- for reason of internal not external politics.
Local media reports indicate that the numbers travelling to this years contest are way down compared to previous years- though this may have as much to do with geography and the high cost of Tel Aviv as much as politics.
Recently, a group of international celebrities ranging from Marina Abramovic to Stephen Fry signed a letter slamming the boycott and asking for “all our friends and colleagues around the world to express their support for an exciting and successful Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv”.
Their endorsement is crowned by Israeli TV’s booking of Madonna for the interval act. The material girl in the Michael Flatley slot is a Kabbalist and has always been strong advocate for Israel.
Despite the aforementioned petition, Iceland will still participate next week with one of this year’s more eye catching acts.
The BDSM clad metal band Hatari believe “we can bring this critical conversation or make awareness of the situation here with our message and with our agenda-setting powers and hopefully we will make awareness to the world through Eurovision.”
Their song – “Hatrið mun sigra” loosely translates to Hatred will prevail. Take from that what you will.
But perhaps the participant to watch is Italy’s Mahmoud. The half-Egyptian has already caused a stir in Salvini‘s Italy with his song Soldi when it won the San Remo festival. It has since broken to the top of the charts and is among the favourites to win the whole thing.
The song has lyrics in Arabic and whilst not political a victory for this song would not be seen as without significance.
For clarity, Palestine is currently ineligible to take part in Eurovision as their broadcaster lacks EBU membership.
Shane Heneghan is a Brussels-based writer and academic. Follow Shane on Twitter: @shaneheneghan
MORE to folly
Liverpool supporters in the Kop (top) and Spurs fans at White Hart Lane (above)
Every Friday, we give YOU a chance to win a Golden Discs voucher worth TWENTY FIVE EUROS.
All we ask from you is a tune we can play at an unspecified time next week.
This week’s theme: The Beautiful Game
Following a week of enormous success by English teams in Europe, what soccer-based song leaves you swaying in the terraces, scarf held jauntily aloft?
To enter, please complete this sentence:
”The greatest-ever football song is………because………….’
Lines MUST close at 5.45pm EXTENDED until Midnight!