Football and Music

I swore to myself that I’d never look at this subject every again, but just… can’t… resist…

The horror that is football and music has a bigger horror that even it is scared of:

Football and Christmas music.

I was actually looking at the Tags page and was surprised to discover that I had covered this subject more times than necessary. So this is definitely. Absolutely. The very last time.

You are asking what is this football/xmas music like. Is it as bad as you imagined ? Yes. It is.

After this you will not be taking part in any more seasonal celebrations.

» Starting with Newcastle United and Harry Roden asserting that Santa is a Geordie:

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» But Aston Villa would beg to differ on that:

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The Harry Roden song above is a re-worded version of Jingle Bells. The re-recording of a traditional Xmas classic is an obvious choice because recognisable tune = more record sales. The Aston Villa one did dare to be different with an original composition » And this next one from a Liverpool Captain also goes with a specially written tune. Doesn’t make it any better though:

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» Back to the familiar and oh joy, another version of the Jingle Bells tune. This time from Spurs:

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» Enough with the that. Let’s try to rescue things with Sunderland doing the 12 Days Of Christmas:

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» That didn’t work out too well… Let’s try another carol, this time from Leyton Orient:

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» Beginning to feel less festive aren’t you ? Right then let’s have Chelsea in a Winter Wonderland:

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This football and seasonal music madness wasn’t exclusive to our shores you know. Bayern Munich were affected too. Just like Spurs they also had the curse of this one musical act constantly associated with them.
The artist was one Andrew White (or Weiz in Germany) who was like The Hoff – as in an American who found fame in Germany… well not all of Germany, just the Bayern region really…
These tracks, in keeping with the theme, was a Christmas one and although it says Andrew White and the Bayern team, I’m not certain how much involvement they had. Yes that’s right – double your pleasure:

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As mentioned he had a number of collaboration, check the Bayern Munich tag for more.

- Next we go to Italy and a song done by a collection of footballers playing in the Italian League at the time. This as you will see was done for charidee (mate), but that doesn’t excuse them from putting out this effort.
You need to go and read the post for the full background, I’ll try to sum it up here for the lazy though:

Hallelujah (Alleluia) is a pop song for charity (in support of Caritas) released in Christmas 1986 and sung by a group of players (accompanied by a chorus of kids) from the Italian league (plus Ruud Gullit , who had played the following year), which met for the occasion under the name of Football Stars.

» As you can see from the cover Michel Platini took lead vocals…

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Right then I see by the number of angry faces out there that I must take my leave very soon.
To soothe your very furrowed brows here’s light entertainment from the late football and music icon Frank Sidebottom:

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Wait, wait… last ones. Promise you’ll like them:

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» Half Man Half Biscuit – All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit

Sick of all these Xmas songs now ? Well don’t forget:

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Half Man Half Biscuit – It’s Clichéd to Be Cynical at Christmas