…and I’ll stop there before the estate of Charles Dickens launches a lawsuit.

When I was knee high to the proverbial, I had the privilege of watching Ray Clemence up close. I was there in the Kop, right behind those goals. Within touching distance of a man that to me at that age – looked like a giant.

So I obviously had a bias when it came to him and Peter Shilton. I always thought that Ray should have been in goal for England. It’s a pity that the national team was so inept back then, I’m sure that he would have played some blinders in the 1974 & ’78 World Cups…

Ah but there’s the “who’s the better keeper ?” competition. Was it Shilton or Clemence ?
In the end it was Shilts who went on to win those many, many caps – and some say that he could’ve had at least 50 more if it wasn’t for Clem.

But I still think Ray Clemence was the better. A legend for me to this day.

…

Right that’s enough filler. Now let’s look at the the pair’s attempt to destroy their reputations…

This is another one where I have absolutely zero info on the whys and wherefores.

Recorded and released in 1980… ah. Maybe the 1980 European Championships …?

Ah I may have it.

Right at this moment… I know of no other songs recorded for Europa 80 <-- click the link good stuff. So this might have been... a semi-official release.

Both goalkeepers got a runout in the finals (England P3 W1 D1 L1 and went home) and in their match against Spain (which they won - but it was too late, they were already knocked out so it was a dead rubber) Ray Clemence put in a vintage performance.
From UEFA.com:

...Trevor Brooking and Tony Woodcock scored with firm low shots, the first from a knock-down, the other after Luis Arconada had saved from Terry McDermott - but England had certainly been put on the spot: Spain's penalties were the feature of the match.

Clemence save
Both were awarded for fouls, by Ray Clemence on Jesús Zamora and David Watson on Enrique Saura. Dani put away the first soon after coming on, then the second after 53 minutes, only for the referee to order a retake, either because Dani had paused in his run-up or because other players had encroached in the penalty area. Having put his first two kicks to the goalkeeper's left, he went the other way this time, and Clemence made his only penalty save in international football.

That's great. Found some background info, additional filler. But I've gone off track - back to their attempt to shoot themselves in the foot...

Sadly for us Peter and Ray decided to do a cover version. I think this was a commentary on their friendly rivalry and it is painful. (Not the rivalry, the song). The B side unfortunately isn't much better.

[See post to listen to audio] » Ray Clemence & Peter Shilton - Side By Side [See post to listen to audio] » Ray Clemence & Peter Shilton - We're Gonna Win Again

Oh you knew.

I bet you didn’t know though that there is another bit of bad luck also associated him and that puppet…

Ah you are not going to get me to do a bio are you ? Everybody knows about Rod Hull and Emu don’t they ? Alright I’ll add something:

Back in the day the kid’s telly presenters regularly assaulted the children on their shows.

(Imagine them doing that now, not even allowed in the same room these days…)

But another children’s entertainer took it one step further and not only attacked the kids with that arm, but his fellow celebs too. I remember he used to goose the females with particular vigour.

Then for no apparent reason in 1974 he got a call from somebody at Bristol Rovers asking him to record a single with their football team.

“Ah” You are thinking. “Must be a version of Goodnight Irene, a song associated with the club.”
Sorry. No. This is far from it and I’m sure that any fan with a long memory will want everyone to forget that they did this.

With some other songs posted here I’ve managed to gleam even a tiny smidgen of info as to why they released a single, but with this one. Nothing.

The only thing I found via their Wikipedia entry was that in 1973-74 season Bristol Rovers were runners up in Division Three and were promoted to the 2nd Division. Let’s go and record a song with Rod Hull and Emu in celebration. No just doesn’t sit right does it.

UPDATE: Just listened to the song again (things I do for you) and it was that Bristol Rovers were in Division Two.

Cup run ? Nope. But a slightly amusing/farcical thing at the end here:

…The only major cup competition won by Bristol Rovers is the 1972 Watney Cup, when they beat Sheffield United in the final.[15] The club also won the Division Three (South) Cup in 1934–35, as well as winning or sharing the Gloucestershire Cup on 32 occasions. The team has never played in European competition; the closest Rovers came was when they missed out on reaching the international stage of the Anglo-Italian Cup in the 1992–93 season on a coin toss held over the phone with West Ham United.

Anyhoddles… So back in the mists of time, with the real reason lost to the ages now. Rod Hull and Emu went into the studio with the 1974 Bristol Rovers squad and came out with this:

[See post to listen to audio] » Rod Hull, Emu & B.R. Football Team – Bristol Rovers All The Way [See post to listen to audio] » Rod Hull and Emu – I’d Do Anything

So what have we learnt here today ? I think it’s that Bristol Rovers need to call in a priest or something to get rid of this Emu hex which sits over the club – and you should never climb up on the roof to fix your antenna. Wherever it is…

But we here at F&M dare to ask and also dare to not only answer, but give you evidence too.

*ducks flying objects*

It’s been mentioned before on why he sings. Click on the above links to read more. For you lazy arses though to summarise:

“…as a teenager he sang with band leader Joe Loss. At 17 he had to choose between football and singing. “I won the week’s talent contest at Butlins, and was invited back for September. I said to [the manager] Tommy Docherty, ‘Look, I’ve won this competition, I need to go back in September, if that’s all right with you’, and he said, ‘No you can’t do that ’cause you might be in the team’….”

Then finally in 1974 (he was playing for QPR at the time) Venables could hold it no longer and released a single, a cover version of a song made famous by Emile Ford & The Checkmates and Adam Faith amongst others.

So how did this single do in the Top 40 ?

It didn’t.

He must have been furious with Keegan, who actually did bother the lower end of the charts. Once.

But like the original perm this never deterred El Tel and even though nobody listened, he kept on crooning.

So to his 1974 chart attempt… come on play through the pain… run it off now…

[See post to listen to audio] » Terry Venables – What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For [See post to listen to audio] » Terry Venables – Lucy

Well at the moment they are… but after some recent performances poor old Warnock got the hook and the ambition seeking Mark Hughes is now in his place.

The ex-Man City boss has a decent talent pool now under his command, including ex-City players Shaun Wright-Phillips and Joey Barton. Plus he’s been given a transfer budget and rumour has it he’s looking at the City players Nedum Onuoha and Wayne Bri…

Oh.

But a team of players he signed at his previous clubs will work. Just look at what he did with Roque Sant…

Ah.

Anyways I’m giving a token mention to the events happening now because I’ve little to say about a single released way back when.

- The record label tells me that it was produced by Max Hole and Wayne Bardell, written by Bruce Thomas (later of Elvis Costello and The Attractions), but apart from that there’s no more info.

So the questions are who are/were the Loftus Roadrunners and why should they come to record this in 1977 ?

I looked on Wikipedia to find a summary of that period to see if there was a particular cause of celebration, maybe a cup or a league title or something. But it was more of a nearly something season of just missed out:

…”In 1976-77, QPR failed to recreate their fine form of the previous season in the league, but the cup competitions saw some success. The side reached the semi-finals of the League Cup but lost in a replay to Aston Villa and in their first entry into European football reached the quarter finals of the UEFA Cup losing to AEK Athens FC on penalties. In 1977 Sexton moved to Manchester United to be succeeded by Frank Sibley and Steve Burtenshaw and two years later QPR slipped into the Second Division.”

Still though, the quarter finals of a european cup. Nothing to be sniffed at there. Sadly they haven’t hit these sort of heights ever since.

But maybe with Hughes it could again. I mean look at what he did in europe with….

I’ll stop there.

[See post to listen to audio] » Lofus Roadrunners – Queens Park Rangers [See post to listen to audio] » Lofus Roadrunners – Drive Me Down To QPR

Next up: Some tunes from an ex-QPR player who liked to croon. Yes know know who it is.

Today is October 25th.

Today is a solemn day, but not for long. Because we don’t mope here. We celebrate.

Celebrate and commemorate a life less ordinary and one that touched hundreds… thousands… dare I say it – millions of people.

But not because of what he did, well yes partly… more because of the music he played.

I’m not going to start listing all the bands/artists he played. Just pick a letter and see for yourself.

Peelie impacted and influenced my life more than I could say. This is why I started the #KeepingItPeel project. Initially the idea was that we – the people who listened – that we show our appreciation. Then the podcasts came along because once again the BBC, as the did with the John Peel Day and with a podcast – they abandoned them.

This is why it’s vitally important that all of us continue with #keepingitpeel today and every day. This year and every year.
Not just with the Peel Sessions, but by going out and finding new music. Listening to the new upcoming bands.

Right I’ve prattled on enough. It’s time that I added my contribution to #keepingitpeel today:

As you would expect with a football and music website – plus with John Peel himself being a big football fan, guess what this special edition podcast is about… Yes that’s right. Flower arranging.

My source for this podcast, as it is with all the #KeepingItPeel podcasts is the very excellent John Peel Wiki.

As everyone knows John was a huge Liverpool fan, going as far not only getting married in Liverpool colours, but by giving his children middle names associated with the club.

The podcast today has items featured on the football section of the John Peel Wiki, as well as material taken from or sent by ross ofcourse my collaborator on the #KeepingItPeel pods.
Suffice to say if you are a Liverpool fan you will enjoy this. Even if you are not but still a football fan you’ll still like.

Tracklistings (with explanations if needed):

1. The first 13 minutes of his show from 30th May 1984:

This was the night when Liverpool (after a penalty shoot out with Roma), won the European Cup. Watching along in the studio with Peel at the time was David “Kid” Jensen and Kid asks John about the game and how he feels about it.
Tracks played in celebration:
    a) Kop Choir – You’ll Never Walk Alone
    b) (Church Bells)
    c) The Mighty Wah! – Come Back
    d) The Undertones – Teenage Kicks

2. The first 14 minutes of his show from 24th June 2004:

Once again John is watching another crucial match which went the same way at the 1984 game, this time though it was England and unlike Liverpool’s fortunes from the penalty spot, we all know what happens with England.
Peel has to start his show whilst the game is into extra time. He puts on his favourite song by The Fall at which point Frank Lampard scores, so he then plays the same track again. – Listen to the audio for explanation. Tracks played:
    a) Beny Page – Neck Breaker (12″)
    b) The Fall – Kicker Conspiracy [twice !]

3. Audio clip (from 1992) talking about football and the magazine When Saturday Comes.
4. Show from 24th June 1998 show on BFBS:

John is once again watching football, this time it was the 1998 World Cup. In the clip he mentions Robbie Earl’s goal for Jamaica and plays an excerpt from: Black Congo – Reggae Boyz.   *If anyone has the full track please contact me.

5. Makabe – Pam Pam Cameroon
6. The first two minutes of his show from 27th April 1982:

John starts with a German nursery rhyme/song and then: Ju Ju – You’ll Never Walk Alone.

7. Before Half Man Half Biscuit performed live – John Peel asks Nigel Blackwell about Pat Nevin
8. The Tractors – Pat Nevin’s Eyes
9. Half Man Half Biscuit – Even Men With Steel Hearts (Love To See A Dog On The Pitch)
10. Pink Floyd – Fearless (played on 30th April 2002 show)
11. Billy Bragg – Greetings To The New Brunette
12. Costa Rica Football Team – The Costa Rican 1990 World Cup Song
13. John Hegley – Jimmy Greaves
14. Jeff Astle – Sweet Water (played on 22nd January 2002 show)
15. Barmy Army – Sharp As A Needle (Festive Fifty show)
16. Albert Whelan – Pass! Shoot!! Goal!!! :

Taken from John Peel and Sheila: The Pig’s Big 78s: A Beginner’s Guide

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[See post to listen to audio] » D/load [pod is 1hr 9mins/File size is 63MB] - or » D/load & embed the file on your own site.

If you like this sort of thing (the Peel stuff) then get yourself over to #KeepingItPeel for updates.

Without whom…etc.

A huge thank you to @rossofcourse for his invaluable input.
To all the chaps who contribute/maintain the fantastic John Peel Wiki.
Thanks to Fredorrarci at Sport Is A TV Show for his continuing support.
Also to Chris from Obscure Music and Football for his time.
Thanks to Mark at We Love All That for his support.
And finally to The Vinyl Villain for the inspiration.

Webbie – Football And Music + #KeepingItPeel: 25th October 2011

]]> http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/football-and-peelie/feed/ 1 http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/fm-podcast-french-france/ http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/fm-podcast-french-france/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:11:46 +0000 Webbie - Footie And Music http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/?p=13282 Since all those talky podcasts are starting up again this is the last F&M pod for now.


Showing some love to our Gallic cousins across the water with some French football and music…

In 1998 the Gauls were kings on the world. But that was thirteen years ago. Patrick Viera, the last member of that team hung up his boots at the end of last season.

A new generation has emerged but as we witness in the 2010 World Cup, they can’t seem to play as a team. They have great individual talent and many of them are key members of top teams all over Europe, but whether they can achieve the heights they scaled in ’98 and Euro 2000 is uncertain. After their very public meltdown it is going to take some time for Lauren Blanc and co to rebuild confidence – and reputation of their national team.

What about the French football league ? There are many teams we are all familiar with.. Lyon, Marseilles, Paris Saint-Germain… but for some reason this league and those teams don’t get as much attention (in my perception anyway) as the Spanish and Italian leagues get. I’ve checked and neither $ky or ESPN UK have the broadcast rights to Ligue 1. A terrible transgression.

As I’ve mentioned this edition of the F&M podcasts is showing some love to French football with featured music from Ligue 1 teams and excepts from they previous World Cup campaigns too. So sit back and enjoy… FootieAndMusic Podcast – French France:

Tracklisting:

1. Denise Fabre – Ollé la France (1982)
2. Cataline – Allez Nancy (AS Nancy)
3. Les Supporters – les Sang et Or (Lens)
4. Basile Boli & Chris Waddle – We’ve Got A Feeling
5. Les Emilios – Sang et Or public en Nord (Lens)
6. Le Petit Rocheteau – La Fête à Saint Etienne
7. Roland & Larqué – Tout à Fait Thierry
8. Antoine – Le Match de Football (AC Ajaccio)
9. Unknown – Si Tu Veux Voir du Football (Lens)
10. Sarr Boubacar – La béguine à Bouba (The nun in Boub)
11. Virginie Schaeffer – Le virage du Krimmeri (Strasbourg)
12. Les Seniors – Victoria…Victoria Pour L’Equipe De France (1982)
13. [audio] French commentary of Platini goal in 1986 World Cup
14. Viva Les Bleus – Viva Les Bleus (Mexico 86)
15. Jean Michel Jarre/Apollo Four Forty – Rendez-Vous 98
16. [Audio] Commentary from the 1998 World Cup Final
17. Johnny Hallyday – Tous Ensemble (1998)
18. [Audio] English commentary of Zidane’s penalty at 2002 WC Final
19. [Audio] Italian commentary of Materazzi goal at 2002 WC Final
20. [Audio] French commentary of Zidane’s headbutt on Materazzi at 2002 WC Final
21. Cauet – Zidane y va Marquet
22. La Plage – Coup de Boule
23. Fait Main – Thierry Henry 100%

[See post to listen to audio] » D/load [pod is 58 mins/File size is 53MB] - or » D/load & embed the file on your own site.

Additional Notes:

It is great thanks to our Football and Music Consultant* Fredorarrci who pointed me to this French football and music website over a year ago, but it’s taken me until now to finally do something.
*I've given you a title now but I'm not paying for your services.
Austerity measures and all that. Go and have a riot about it. See if I care.

The majority of songs featured in this edition of the pod were randomly selected from a collection freely available via the following url’s and I encourage you to explore further:

• Les Stars
• Les Bleus
• Les Hymnes du Championnat
• Les Hymnes de Coupe du Monde

» Another plug for our old friends, the French language site: THE VINTAGE FOOTBALL CLUB.
Who are now also on Twitter @vintagefootclub. They are football and music & always worth a visit.

Extra Time:

- There is one more that Fredorarrci recommended a listen but I didn’t manage to include in the above pod. It’s from the former goalkeeper Joël Bats, who is now the goalkeeping coach at Lyon.
In his attempt at singing he didn’t do something about football, nah that’s too obvious. He did it about a snail:

[See post to listen to audio] » Joël Bats – L’Escargot [See post to listen to audio] » Joël Bats – Fantaisie Dune Plume (Fancy Pen)

…and lucky for us there’s a live performance too:


» Link to video

“On turf, we slide
Caressed by the evening breeze
By the horns, we stand
Light heart, full of hope”

» Link

Couldn’t have put it better myself.

]]> http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/fm-podcast-french-france/feed/ 2 http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/podcast-the-toppermost/ http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/podcast-the-toppermost/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:53:55 +0000 Webbie - Footie And Music http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/?p=13242 We are jumping on the Premier League season preview bandwagon in our own special way…


Well ok… bit of a lie, we are not really. But this podcast does cover all the teams that are in the Premier League (the toppermost !) this coming season (2011-2012). All the tracks featured are – as far as possible – old tunes. There are a few exceptions which I’ll explain below, but for the most these are songs sung by the teams themselves. Brace yourself.

The songs are in (club) alphabetical order and a few notes about them:

• The first track (after the theme) starts with an unknown Arsenal player commenting about the Gunners being branded as boring. Can you name this player ?
• Despite their being a large number of Lancashire teams playing in the Premier League there is a severe shortage of music associated with them. And when I say severe I actually mean zero. With the Wigan track I used something previously posted which was more about Wigan Casino rather than the club.
  The link was with the song they produced which included a recording of a crowd at a Wigan match.
• As mentioned most of these were randomly selected and there are a few FA Cup tracks added which in our opinion, are far worse than the club songs. Once again – you have been warned.

  Tracklisting:

  1. [Match Of The Day opening titles]
  2. Arsenal (1971) Team – Good Old Arsenal
  3. (Aston Villa) Dave Ismay and the Holte End – We’re The Holte End
  4. (Blackburn) Unknown artist – Wild Rover
  5. (Bolton) Johnny Boy feat Dave Higson – Super White Dreams
  6. Chelsea 1994 FA Cup Squad – No One Can Stop Us Now
  7. Everton 1984 FA Cup Squad – The Boys In Blue
  8. (Fulham) Haynes Boys – One F In Fulham
  9. Liverpool 1976-77 Squad – We Can Do It
  10. (Man City) Harmony Blend – Blue City (Paloma Blanca)
  11. (Man Utd) The Dollies -Rah Rah Rah For Manchester United
  12. Newcastle United and Bobby Webber – United Newcastle United
  13. (Norwich) Gary Kennon – The Canary Rock’n'Roll
  14. (QPR) Mark Lazarus With Queens Park Rangers FC and Supporters – QPR The Greatest
  15. (Stoke) The Potters – We’ll Be With You
  16. Sunderland F.A. Cup Final Squad 1992 – Aint No Stopping Us Now
  17. (Swansea) Unknown artist – Swansea City FC
  18. (Spurs) The Totnamites – Tip Top Tottenham Hotspur
  19. (West Brom) Ray King – Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
  20. Wigan’s Chosen Few – Footsee
  21. Wolves 1967 Team – Hungry Wolves
  22. [Frank Sidebottom - Guess Who's Been On Match Of The Day (Short)]

  [See post to listen to audio]

  » D/load [pod is 55 mins/File size is 50.3MB]

  Extra Time:

  A repost of one of my favourites – a calypso originally done in the 1950′s which names all the teams playing back then:

  [See post to listen to audio] » Edmundo Ros – Exotic Football Calypso of 1953

  ]]> http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/podcast-the-toppermost/feed/ 0 http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/podcast-dreaming-of-ireland/ http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/podcast-dreaming-of-ireland/#comments Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:14:13 +0000 Webbie - Footie And Music http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/?p=13220 After a bit of a delay… another podcast and this one celebrating the Republic of Ireland.
  

  The focus of this pod is when Jackie Charlton was the boss so we are looking at Euro ’88, Italia ’90 and USA ’94. The golden era for Irish international football.

  Because of the limit I set for the pods (keep the length under an hour) it was very hard to select which tunes to include. I once again called upon our football and musical consultant Fredorrarci from the occasionally visited Sport Is A TV Show because it was he who first found all the Ireland-related European/World Cup songs.

  I read his reply to my email, took in his thoughts and then pretty much ignored most of it. Apologies to you Fredo, but because of the number of songs and time constraints I had to be tough with the selections.

  So here now is the latest FootieAndMusic Podcast – Dreaming of Ireland:

  Tracklisting:

  1. [audio] Jackie Charlton interview before the 1988 European Cup
  2. [audio] Ray Houghton goal v England at Euro ’88 (Danish or Swedish commentary ?)
  3. The Pogues – Fiesta
  4. [audio] Ronnie Whelan’s goal v Soviet Union at Euro ’88
  5. Christie Moore – Joxer Goes To Stuttgart (live)
  6. Dublin City Ramblers – The Boys In Green
  7. Dermot Morgan – What A Beautiful Team
  8. Republic Of Ireland Football Squad – Put’em Under Pressure
  9. [audio] Kevin Sheedy’s goal v England – World Cup 1990
  10. Watch Your House – Ooh Aah Paul McGrath
  11. The Memories – The Game
  12. [audio] From the film The Van – the penalty shoot out v Romania at Italia ’90
  13. The Dubliners & The Pogues – Jack’s Heroes
  14. Charlie O’Neill and the Goal Celebrities – Drive it Jack
  15. Against The Grain – On The Ball
  16. [audio] Ray Houghton’s goal v Italy at the 1994 World Cup
  17. One Hit Wonder – Ole 94
  18. Dr Morgan – That Old Jack Magic
  19. [audio] Jack Charlton and John Aldridge go mental at the officials in the match v Mexico
  20. Born Na Gaeilge – Seo Linn Go Mherica
  21. Paddy Reilly, Ray Treacy And Shamrock Rovers Squad – Thank You Jack

  [See post to listen to audio]

  » D/load [pod is 57 minutes long/file size is 52mb]

  Additionally…

  I really wanted to include all of Fredorrarci’s suggestions but as mentioned… I have though previously posted the World Cup songs by Dermot Morgan here and here.

  Additional to the additional:

  The band The Dublin City Ramblers, like Dermot Morgan sang a few songs about football.
  One of them was included in the podcast and there’s two more here:

  [See post to listen to audio] » Dublin City Ramblers – Que Sera Sera [See post to listen to audio] » Dublin City Ramblers – You’ll Never Beat The Irish

  It is with thanks to @Dunnie77 for the suggestion of the Ireland theme.

  ]]> http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/podcast-dreaming-of-ireland/feed/ 0 http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/the-german-pat-nevin/ http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/the-german-pat-nevin/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2011 07:14:23 +0000 Webbie - Footie And Music http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/?p=13159

  The gentleman above is Mehmet Scholl, the ex-Bayern Munich and German international player.

  Scholl is similar to his Scottish counterpart in that he likes to listen to some half decent tunes. I say half decent because unlike Nevin his selections are not the most eclectic or avant-guarde, but it is still stuff that you would hear on 6 Music.

  Before we continue - Thank you Nick from Fisted Away for the scouting.

  I’m not going to do a full bio on Scholl’s footballing career, but I will do a quick recap:
  Mehmet Scholl is one of the most successful German football players of all time, during his career the attacking midfielder won eight German Championships with Bayern Munich, as well as the UEFA (Europa) Cup and the Champions League trophy. He was also part of the German national team which won Euro ’96.

  It’s obviously the musical angle we are looking at and with a couple of mixtapes (compilation albums) in which Scholl was responsible for selecting the tracks.

  From Wikipedia:

  “In May 2002 and October 2003, he released two successful mixtapes, featuring his favourite bands. The compilation’s title “Mehmet Scholl kompiliert – Vor dem Spiel ist nach dem Spiel” is a reference to Sepp Herberger’s famous expression “nach dem Spiel ist vor dem Spiel” (“after the game is before the game”). In an interview, Scholl said he chose this title because he listens to this music before the game, after the game, in the car on the way to the stadium, and in the car when leaving the stadium.

  The first volume includes songs by The Beta Band, Sportfreunde Stiller, Jimmy Eat World, and The Notwist among others. The second volume includes songs by Oasis, Wir sind Helden, and The Flaming Lips. Once a month, he co-presents the feature Mehmets Schollplatten in the program Nachtmix of the Bayern 2 radio station, which is the culturally oriented channel of the federal public broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk.”

  Since I’m doing the Summer Of Pod at the moment this discovery by Nick is perfect timing. I’ve chosen some (not all) tracks from each of the Scholl mixtapes for your listening pleasure:

  Scholl Mixtape 1:

  Scholl Mixtape 2:

  1. The Beta Band – Dry The Rain
  2. The Chamberdeacons – The Sound Of Silence
  3. Stereophonics – Not Up To You
  4. Briskeby – Propaganda
  5. Peter Licht – Sonnedeck
  6. Jimmy Eat World – On A Sunday
  7. Placebo – Slave To The Wage
  8. Sportfreunde Stiller – Auf der guten Seite
  9. Seesaw – Smoke
  10. Commercial Breakup – Walking Back Home
  11. Maximilian Hecker – Polyester
  12. Tocotronic – Vier Geschichten von dir
  13. The Notwist – One With The Freaks
  14. Readymade – It Could Be Nice
  15. Liquido – Finally Fine
  1. Eels – Feeling Fresh
  2. The Flaming Lips – Fight Test
  3. Oasis – The Masterplan
  4. Sportfreunde Stiller – Friday I’m In Love
  5. Slut – Easy To Love
  6. The Crash – Sugared
  7. Mercury Rev – Holes
  8. Teenage Fanclub – Verisimilitude
  9. Crackout – I Am The One
  10. Wir sind Helden – Guten Tag
  11. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Salvation
  12. Death In Vegas – Scorpio Rising
  13. The Charlatans – Just Lookin’
  14. Cake – Commissioning A Symphony in C

  FootieAndMusic Podcast – Scholl Mixtape One: [See post to listen to audio] » D/load   [58 mins long/file is 54mb]

  FootieAndMusic Podcast – Scholl Mixtape Two: [See post to listen to audio] » D/load   [58 mins long/file size is 54mb]

  You can purchase these compilation albums over at amazon.de > Mixtape 1 & Mixtape 2.

  …and there more…

  
  In 2007 there was a documentary made about the man. It’s called Frei:Gespielt – Mehmet Scholl: Über das Spiel hinaus (Free: Played – Mehmet Scholl: Beyond the game) and is a retrospective on his career.

  There’s an accompanying soundtrack which by the looks Scholl also chose the tracks for this album. On there you can find Decemberists, Mazzy Star, Teenage Fanclub… It is still available at Amazon UK & Amazon USA.

  …but that’s not all…

  There’s one more band not included above but is a favourite of Mehmet’s. They played live at his farewell match (Bayern v Barcelona) plus he managed to convince them to wear the traditional leiderhosen as they performed at Scholl’s farewell dinner afterwards:

  
  » Link to video

  The band are called The Hidden Cameras [int w/lead singer] and I highly recommend you search out any or all of their releases. I didn’t know this band or anything about them until I saw the above clip, after this I had to go and find out more. They are just fantastic.
  Nick from Fisted Away pointed me towards three videos of theirs: In The NA, Underage and The Little Bit.

  I bought their 2006 album Awoo and this is the title track:

  [See post to listen to audio] » The Hidden Cameras – Awoo

  “The only things I’m afraid of is war and Oliver Kahn”   ~   Mehmet Scholl

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  Over the years there have been many wannabe pop stars but today I’m picking one particular story to highlight. This is the tale of Joseph K. Keegan, who you may have heard of, who was a frustrated singer that barely bothered the musical charts.

  But Joseph’s story begins not in music, it starts with football…

  In the latter part of the 60′s the Doncaster born Keegan was spotted playing for his local amateur team Pegler FC and was soon signed by the 4th Division outfit Firewall FC. After playing a few seasons for the bottom dwelling club eventually a scout from higher up the divisions saw his potential and in 1971 moved to the North West to play for that team who put their games on at the south end of Stanley Park… name escapes me right now…

  His impact was instant scoring 12 minutes into his debut. After that midfield player was eventually stuck up the front where he banged in a few more.

  It was during this time that he began to realise his first love, that of music and now had the opportunity to do something about it…

  Joseph, now going by his middle (stage) name of Kevin was signed by MAM Records
  and in 1972 released his first single It Ain’t Easy which was noticed by precisely nobody.

  Keegan took this knockback personally (he might have, you don't know) and never went near another recording studio for another 7 years…

  By now Kevin had moved to German in an attempt to further his pop career and this proto-David Hasselhoff tried again with a single co-written and produced by two blokes who eventually went on to join Smokie.

  Success !   Head Over Heels hit the charts, reaching the giddy heights of number 31. He even got on the telly with an appearance on the Little and Large show.

  Next in 1980 came another single, but pining for home after his exile over in Hamburg for the last three years his ode to the mother country “England” was sensibly (criminally?) ignored.

  Apart from one more time as part as a group, he never tried to sing again and fell back onto his other career…

  Tracklisting:

  1. [audio] Green Cross Code advert
  2. KK – Somebody Needs
  3. [audio] Superstars – Bike crash
  4. KK – Move On Down
  5. [audio] Henry Cooper/Kevin Keegan – Brut 33 advert
  6. KK – England
  7. England ’82 WC Squad – We’ll Fly The Flag For You
  8. [audio] Documentary – Keegan and the 1982 World Cup.
  9. Don Juans – Wor Kev
  10. [audio] Clip from Baddiel/Skinner’s Fantasy Football League programme
  11. KK – It Ain’t Easy
  12. Voorhees – There’s Only One Kevin Keegan

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