FOLLOWING ON NICELY FROM YESTERDAY'S POSTING

Let's face it. It could have been written for Mark Morrison.

But this 1996 record pre-dated his bad behaviour.

I should mention that the CD single came with a warning sticker placed down in the bottom right corner which obscured the final word of the title and instead said

'Warning! This Track Contains the Word ****! 50 Times.'.

I've a feeling it got Super Furry Animals a mention in the Guinness Book of Records.....

The single was dedicated to the memory of Robin Friday, 1952 to 1990. Some of you may know who he was, others might not. He was a professional footballer of some immense talent by all accounts, loved by the fans of all the teams he played for, particularly Reading and Cardiff City. By 1977, at the age of just 25 he retired, fed up of being told what to do and how to live his life.

He died of a heart attack in 1990 at the age of 38.

Just after the SFA single was released, Paul McGuigan of Oasis and journalist Paolo Hewitt jointly wrote a very fine bio of Robin Friday, entitled The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw.

You can read more about Robin Friday by clicking on this wiki page.

mp3 : Super Furry Animals - The Man Don't Give A Fuck
mp3 : Super Furry Animals - The Man Don't Give A Fuck (Howard Marks Mix)
mp3 : Super Furry Animals - The Man Don't Give A Fuck (Wishmountain Mix)

Even if you don't like indie-pop, have a listen to the remixes.....they might surprise you.

The main reason I've written about this track today is to give me a reason to mention the really wonderful site Football and Music, which is run by Webbie.

Webbie has been a great supporter of TVV over the years, and has helped promote each of the Paul Haig Days, and in a recent email said:-

I've taken your Paul Haig Day idea and I'm using it for 'Keepingitpeel' on October 25th 2010. Same thing as you did - asking bloggers to post anything from any band who has done a Peel Session. Could you give it a plug ?

Need to get everyone on board to do the same as they did with Paul Haig so any mention by you would be a great boost. Details:

http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/keepingitpeel (click on this line for direct link)

And I'm more than happy to oblige.

So why not join in on Monday 25th October? It's a cracking idea, and I'm already planning a special posting of some Peel Session stuff that I have in the collection.

Thanks again.