Football Crazy - MOTD connection

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

"Phoenix till they lose"

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

For some reason I got to thinking about the song He's football crazy and it's similarity to the MOTD theme

Does anyone know the connection - is MOTD a direct copy of Football Crazy?

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

There is no connection from what I am aware.

Robin Hall and Jimmy MacGregor sang(?) Football Crazy and dates from about 1960

MOTD dates from 1970 and is called "Offside"

I'm slightly disappointed!

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

I can hear the resemblence to "Kookaburra sits in an old gum tree"...

"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Yet there are no gay footballers either

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Here's an interesting account of early versions of Football Crazy.

I wouldn't be surprised if "Offside" was influenced by football crazy, they sound too similar (Although not exactly the same).

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

so where does Snooker Loopy fit into all of this?

All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Chas & Dave are Spurs fans.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Junior82 wrote:

Chas & Dave are Spurs fans.

Isn't it pronounced "Tottingham"

Anyway, Snookering You Tonight by Captain Sensible (from The Hunting of the Snark and used as the theme to Big Break) was a far superior Snooker related song.

Back to football... Both MOTD and Football Crazy are on a CD "the best footie anthems in the world...ever!" along with Fog on the Tyne (Gazza), Diamond Lights (hoddle and waddle and Grandstand

I'm slightly disappointed!

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

capes wrote:

Junior82 wrote:

Chas & Dave are Spurs fans.

Isn't it pronounced "Tottingham"

Only if you are Ossie Ardilles.

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

"Ossie's going to Wembley, his knees have gone all trembly" - Surely the greatest lyric of all-time, ever, in a football related song. And I'm certainly no Tottingham fan!

I'm slightly disappointed!

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