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The Duckworth Lewis Method on Frank Skinner
By Will last year, at the end of June, 2 Comments »
I’m a bit of a Frank Skinner fan, and have been pestering his agent for an interview for several weeks to talk about his love of cricket. Alas, you’ll have to wait a little longer for that, but in the meantime you can listen to the Duckworth Lewis Method on his Saturday show.
Their album is available to pre-order. Publicists, agents, similar people – whack me over a copy and we’ll advertise the pants off it.
2 Comments »Music to inspire England in the Ashes
By Will last year, mid-June, 5 Comments »
I’ve recently become a bit of a fan of Spotify, the peer-to-peer music-streaming service which rules all. Even more recently, I see you can create and share playlists, which lends itself perfectly to me to ask you the following: what music can or should inspire England in the Ashes?
Spotify users, create and share a playlist with songs you think might rally the troops this summer. Non-spotties, offer yours below. Suggestions should ideally be English, without wishing to sound like that turbo-powered racist arsehole, Nick Griffin.
I think Elgar needs to be included at least once, possibly as a replacement to the drone of the UK’s national anthem. If we’re talking about the national anthem, and it appears I am, I’m all for Billy Connolly’s suggestion – a comedian and character I would happily forsake two limbs to pick his brains – that it should be replaced by the theme tune to the Archers. And that’s saying something, considering I’ve often veered off the road in sheer depression when inadvertently listening to a programme containing a character called Shula. Cracking theme tune though.
So, Elgar, the Kinks, something from the Rolling Stones, or the Stone Roses and…?
5 Comments »The Ashes Song by Tuffers and the Wooden Urns
By Will last year, mid-June, 4 Comments »
Time will tell whether this Marmite-sponsored song really does become The Ashes Song of the summer, much as Embrace’s Ashes did in 2005. But it’s good fun, takes a healthy dig at the Australians and helps to create that friendly rivalry which will no doubt become fever-pitched in the coming weeks. Proceeds for the single, which is available to download on iTunes, goes to the Cricket for Change charity. A worthy cause and worth your pennies.
Or listen to it below for free (at Youtube), you tight bastards.
4 Comments »The Duckworth Lewis Method (DLM)
By Will last year, mid-May, 2 Comments »
Fear not, you catalogue of champions. This has nothing to do with those two irritating figures of mis-calculation. Instead, The Duckworth Lewis Method are a newly-formed band by Neil Hannon (The Divine Comedy) and Thomas Walsh (Pugwash), to celebrate the great game. Their album will be released shortly before the Ashes, and some of the lyrics take a little pop at Australia and her citizens. “Jiggery pokery; pure Aussie skullduggery”. Well worth a listen. I particularly like Jiggery Pokery.
The Ashes creates bonkers things like this. If you spot any good videos lurking, or have any cricket music you’ve made, drop me a line.
2 Comments »Roots Manuva: Again and Again
By Will 2 years ago, at the end of July, No Comments; be the first!
One for hip-hop loving cricket fans sent in by Raf Rundell, Roots Manuva’s Again and Again.
Click here if you can’t see it above.
No Comments »“Warney, put your wanga away”
By Will 4 years ago, at the end of October, 1 Comment »
Dunno why I’ve not heard or seen this before, but it’s a bit good. The limited lyrics are not Lennon-beating lines of genius, which is probably why I enjoy it so much. They include things like:
“So Warney…put your wanga away
That pecker’s gonna get you into trouble one day”
It’s basically an Australian Chas and Dave
