Today Mrs CTel discusses sport and dance for indie kids, through the medium of Colourbox.
Colourbox was one of the legendary 4AD label's earliest and most under-recognized acts. It was among the first artists outside hip-hop to rely heavily on sampling techniques; ultimately, their arty blue-eyed soul reached its commercial and creative peak through their work with AR Kane on M/A/R/R/S' seminal "Pump Up the Volume" project, a reflection of the group's long-standing interest in the burgeoning underground dance music scene of the 1980s. Colourbox was primarily the work of London-based brothers Martyn and Steven Young. In 1986 they released "The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme" (relating to the World Cup in Mexico in 86).
Mrs CTel says:
This is to do with Football. Music and sport in an official or unofficial capacity shouldn’t mix. It’s not cool – even New Order only just scraped a place on the line dividing kitsch from credibility. But this track’s massive saving grace it that except for the title (whisper it if you must) it doesn’t have ANY reference to the F word. Blissfully free of lyrics, it delivers a wonderful performance quite out sync with England’s woeful international efforts, except perhaps in its own lack of chart success. But hey, that IS cool in music terms. It starts off hard and keeps up a great momentum all the way through. Trust me on this one.
Colourbox - The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme 7" Mix YSL
Colourbox 4AD website
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Colourbox was one of the legendary 4AD label's earliest and most under-recognized acts. It was among the first artists outside hip-hop to rely heavily on sampling techniques; ultimately, their arty blue-eyed soul reached its commercial and creative peak through their work with AR Kane on M/A/R/R/S' seminal "Pump Up the Volume" project, a reflection of the group's long-standing interest in the burgeoning underground dance music scene of the 1980s. Colourbox was primarily the work of London-based brothers Martyn and Steven Young. In 1986 they released "The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme" (relating to the World Cup in Mexico in 86).
Mrs CTel says:
This is to do with Football. Music and sport in an official or unofficial capacity shouldn’t mix. It’s not cool – even New Order only just scraped a place on the line dividing kitsch from credibility. But this track’s massive saving grace it that except for the title (whisper it if you must) it doesn’t have ANY reference to the F word. Blissfully free of lyrics, it delivers a wonderful performance quite out sync with England’s woeful international efforts, except perhaps in its own lack of chart success. But hey, that IS cool in music terms. It starts off hard and keeps up a great momentum all the way through. Trust me on this one.
Colourbox - The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme 7" Mix YSL
Colourbox 4AD website
Buy product
6 comments:
Nice post lovelies.
This time (more than any other time) she got it right.
However, having attended all of England's home games in Euro 96 (inc ahem, v Scotland) I can assure you that cool or not cool, 'Football's Coming Home' - in the context of the moment - was a simply marvellous song.
Football songs - like the game itself - are all about EXPECTATION long before the first ball is kicked. Be it On the March With Ally's Army or having the World At Your Feet, the reality is that the song has gone to the finals whilst the team is on the plane home with a wobbly bottom lip.
DVD,
as a scot, cannot agree with you about Football's Coming Home, absolutely atrocious song in any context for everybody else but the English. Will give you World In Motion. Like our national team our attempts at football songs are pitiful, apart from the original version of I Have a Dream.
This is and will always be a gloriously uplifting piece of music and will, along with the "Hand Of God", always remind me of Mexico 1986.
Football's Coming Home is, in a word, shite! and killed Ian Broudie's career north of the border. Any song which let's David Baddiel *ahem* sing is not to be encouraged or lauded.
Some crackin' posts recently V.V.
Keep it up ... The Fanclub Fan
Couple of things:
1. An indie dance classic - staple of the Temperance Club at the Hacienda - spot on!
2. B side actually far better - Philip Glass - homage to the composer of the same name. Don't listen to the A side ever these days but the B is often there.
Fab blog btw
i believe this inspired The Official Saint Etienne World Cup Theme (4 years later, on the flip of Only Love Can Break Your Heart)
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