Oliver Pocher says Bringt ihn Heim
[ Posted by Webbie on June 25, 2008   |   Filed under ToTP   Tags: ,     » Add comments ]

Oliver PocherOliver Pocher is a German actor, comedian and entertainer did a song that would give Skinner & Baddiel’s “Three Lions” a run for it’s money.

Like the Skinn/Badd/Lightning Seeds single it has a very catchy chorus which can be chanted on the terraces (or uncomfortable plastic seating as it is now). There are similarities with 3 Lions but why change a winning formula.

I’ve played this song a few times now and I have to say I love it. Wish there was an English version of it.


In the video he imitates some familiar German footballing faces, such as der Kaiser, Klinsmann (I think), the coach Joachim Löw and Kevin Kuranyi.

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. . . Just occurred to me that it could be a spoof/piss-take of Three Lions, but I enjoyed it.

Audio:


» Oliver Pocher - Bringt Ihn Heim

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Song For Euro 2008 - Germany
[ Posted by Webbie 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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England v Germany Friendly
[ Posted by Webbie on August 22, 2007   |   Filed under MoTD   Tags: ,     » Add comments ]

…from 1975.

To cushion any potential embarrassment possibly created when Ste McL and his 3rd choice picks play in their match tonight against dem Germans - here’s a previous Eng v Ger friendly from 1975 with Bell, Keegan, Hudson, Macdonald, Ball, Shannon and co:



Commentator for the World Of Sport broadcast was the much missed Brian Moore, and the summariser at the end was the late great Sir Alf Ramsey.

“Ah football eh ? At the old Wembley. Under the floodlights and in the mud. Marvelous.” Ron Manager

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