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| From | Sam Smith <samsmith@colorado.edu> |
| Subject | Football: Juluka tune |
| Date | Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:52:51 -0700 |
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This puts me in mind of a Juluka tune called "Ibhola Lethu
<javascript:z('6Ibhola|Lethu')>." It's essentially a rugby or soccer
chant (can't remember for sure), and if Johnny Clegg can be believed (he
actually did the song the last time I saw Savuka play live) the rough
translation is something like "don't even bother arriving, because we're
going to lay you west."
I don't speak Zulu, but this is one more magnificent song - fantastic
even by Clegg/Mchunu standards....
Michael Bennett wrote:
> If we're talking about real football, The Fall have recorded a few
> related songs. Their recent single "Theme From Sparta F.C."
> challenges Chelsea fans, and other soccer number include "The
> Chisellers" and "Kicker Conspiracy".
>
> Then there was Splodgenessabounds, who started as singers of football
> songs before branching out into other topics --
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lights shining sideways when the night is down, or going in
strange places with a dog nosing before you and a dog nosing
behind, or drawn to the cities where you'd hear a voice
kissing and talking deep love in every shadow of the ditch,
and you passing on with an empty, hungry stomach failing
from your heart.
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