Song For Euro 2008 - Germany
[ Posted on June 18, 2008   |   Filed under ToTP   Tags: ,     » Add comments ]

German fanSo the question is can Portugal win 6 in a row to win this thing, or will Germany live up to the pre-tournament pundits form and take the prize ?

I’ve got a feeling that from tomorrow’s match (the Quarter Final) we’ll see the eventual winners.

Maybe.

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Music-wise they are well represented and I’ve got three decent efforts…

First one is from a pop/rock group who if they sang in English you would see in the UK charts.

Name of the band is Revolverheld (German for “gun slinger”) who have this official song for the DFB and German team:

Revolverheld


» Revolverheld - Helden 2008 (Heroes 2008)

- Video

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Next up is another pop/rock type song from “Die Fraktion” which means in German; “the group” and because of this doing a search to find out more information is difficult. You try searching Google for ‘the group’ and see how many results come up.


» Die Fraktion - Schwarz Rot Gold

- Video

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I may come back and do a sequel to this posting because there’s a few more, but lastly for now this one is by “Elton” and that’s all I know about him. Not Elton John, although he does look a bit like him in the video


» Elton - Allemann

(Any additional info about Elton would be appreciated)

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Lest We Forget…
[ Posted on June 16, 2008   |   Filed under ToTP   Tags: ,     » Add comments ]

This is a YouTube video from a Russian point of view, overlaid with some music, that records the aftermath of the Moscow embarrassment and also has reminders of the reason why we are sitting here watching everybody else instead of taking part.

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Song For Euro 2008 - Switzerland
[ Posted on June 16, 2008   |   Filed under ToTP   Tags: ,     » Add comments ]

Frei and the Swiss manager

So then Portugal went into sleep mode and did a favour for one of the co-hosts & their fans.

I wanted to get everything for or about Switzerland posted whilst they were still in the tournament but found this too late. But I’m going to post it anyway as a send off .

- Discovered a band from Switzerland who sing some of their stuff in English:

They named themselves after a notorious woman from the late 1800’s named Poker Alice.

The band Poker Alice re-recorded a song from 2007 for the Euro 2008 Championships and also redid the original English version first released last year.


» Poker Alice - Alles Klar

» Poker Alice - Raise Your Hands

- video

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Song For Euro 2008 - Croatia pt 1
[ Posted on June 14, 2008   |   Filed under ToTP   Tags: ,     » 1 comment ]

He manages the Croatian team, he wears an earing, he smokes fags, he plays guitar in a rock band.

Meet the man who put one over on England and then the other day taught dem Germans a footballing lesson.

The band Rawbau with Slaven Bilic on the left

Slavan Bilic, who West Ham and some Everton fans remember with fondness has said that he would like to manage in the Premier League and if he carries on the way he is there’ll be a couple of chairman wanting to talk to him.

After they qualified for Euro 2008… … the less said about that the better… Bilic, the lead guitarist in the band Rawbau decided to write a song for the Croatian team himself.

“Coach Bilic told us in January that he had a song that sounded good. The song is very catchy, a classic rock tune and I believe that fans will like it and that it will become their hymn,” said Vlatka Bartulovic, a spokeswoman for Zagreb brewery, who will produce the song.

A sample of the lyrics:

We were together in 98?
World has heard of us
And still the bronze medal shines
When we beat Japan, Holland, Romania, Germany

And now, 10 years later
Again the same hope, same dream
We have the tickets, backpacks, and a crest on our chests (Crest 3x)

Fieeery Madness, when it starts, Fieeery
Let everything burn when through our veins
Red and white starts flowing

Audio:

» Rawbau - Fiery Madness

Video:

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Song For Euro 2008 - Holland pt 1
[ Posted on June 12, 2008   |   Filed under ToTP   Tags: ,     » Add comments ]

I’ve got a tulip barrel load of songs done about the Netherlands. It seems that everybody and his dog had a go at singing something for the Oranje.

I’m going to post some randomly selected tunes from what I’ve collected and split this into two, maybe three parts because there are so many.

The Dutch supporters out on tour..

The Google translation of this one sez:
“Hatsjikideee with “Behind Orange Are” band from Apeldoorn with pretty new Oranjelied!”
Bit of a reggae tinge to it. Not too bad.

Listen:

» Hatsjikideee - Behind The Orange

- Video here

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The translation of this one said:
“EK2008 Cowbell Unlimited which hit the famous “Go Holland Go ‘new Swiss reinvigoration by a Après-Ski turn to give. It is thus transformed into “Höb Holland Höb (après-ski)”
The band have a bit of an “umpah, umpah” thing going with a female lead singer.

Listen:

» Cowbells Unlimited - Go Holland Go

- Video here

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Don’t know anything about this I’m afraid. It has a very traditional Dutch sound.

Listen:

» Crazy2 - Trots op Oranje

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Lastly for now here’s one where in the video a bunch of orange suit wearing middle aged blokes get together a have a bit of a conga through Amsterdam.

Listen:

» De Dikdakkers - Schreeuw

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