The Best Glasgow Celtic Football Chants Ever
Author : A Fan
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 27,38 MB
Release : 2010
Category :
ISBN : 0557191084
The Best Glasgow Rangers Football Chants Ever
Author : A Fan
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 16,36 MB
Release : 2010
Category :
ISBN : 0557191130
Book Description
The Life of a Song Volume 2
Author : Jan Dalley
Publisher : Chambers
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 31,1 MB
Release : 2018-10-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 1473668263
Book Description
When great songs have been written and released, they often take on a life of their own, reshaped and given new life, transcending genres. THE LIFE OF A SONG is a compilation of weekly columns written for FT Weekend, containing the biographies of 50 songs that have been born, reborn, sometimes hideously mangled, but often reinvigorated by new generations of artists. Here you will find songs that shook the world, songs that heralded the birth of a new musical movement, songs that made the journey from soul to punk and from heavy rock to hip-hop.
The Life of a Song
Author : Jan Dalley
Publisher : Chambers
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 33,52 MB
Release : 2022-08-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 1399800590
Book Description
Discover the stories behind the songs THE LIFE OF A SONG contains the stories of 100 songs exploring each song's biography and how they took on a new life following their release. Packed with intriguing factoids, these bite-sized essays will delight music fans and send you scurrying back to listen to the songs in all their beauty and mystery. Who knew that Paul McCartney originally referred to Yesterday as 'Scrambled Eggs' because he couldn't think of any lyrics for his heart-breaking tune? Or that Patti LaBelle didn't know what 'Voulez-vous coucher avec moi ce soir?' actually meant? These and countless other back stories fill this book. Each 600-word piece gives a mini-biography of a single song, from its earliest form through the various covers and changes, often morphing from one genre to another, always focusing on the 'biography' of the song itself while including the many famous artists who have performed or recorded it. This book collects 100 of the best pieces from the highly successful The Life of a Song columns from the FT Weekend every Saturday. Inside you'll find rock, pop, folk, jazz and more. Each piece is pithy, sparkily written, knowledgeable, entertaining, full of anecdotes and surprises. They combine deep musical knowledge with the vivid background of the performers and musicians, and of course the often intriguing social and political background against which the songs were created.
The Worst Songs in the World
Author : David Pate
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,45 MB
Release : 2024-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1459754581
Book Description
The best-known songs in the world are violent, sexist, and religious — so why do we celebrate national anthems when we should be rewriting them? The story begins in a London theatre in 1745, where the modern idea of anthems started out as triumphant expressions of national superiority. They glorified violence, claimed the support of God for their country, and mostly ignored women. David Pate says it’s time to dump lyrics about cutting throats, watering fields with blood, building walls with the bodies of enemies, and celebrating the sound of machine guns. From the author’s own youth as a schoolboy in Scotland when he was caned for refusing to sing “God Save the Queen” to the ubiquity of anthems in sports and as weapons for extreme patriotism, The Worst Songs in the World looks at the origins of many of the world’s anthems, including the movie theme song that became China’s national anthem and the English tune used for “The Star-Spangled Banner.” This wide-ranging, deeply researched narrative combines politics, personalities, humour, and vivid storytelling to argue for what we should all want: better national songs.
Celtic United
Author : Frank Worrall
Publisher : Mainstream Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,89 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Soccer fans
ISBN : 9781845962760
Book Description
Highlights the similarities between the clubs' fans and teams, builds a picture of the tragedies and triumphs that have befallen both, and looks at the intent behind their formation. This book also discusses the reasons why United and Celtic became the first two British clubs to win the European Cup.
Backstop Land
Author : Glenn Patterson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 33,21 MB
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1838932038
Book Description
'Funny, wise, entertaining and illuminating, this book is one of the best things to come out of the Brexit saga' FINTAN O'TOOLE. 'Read this absorbing book to understand why, since 2016, we have been playing with fire. There is no longer any excuse for ignorance' MISHA GLENNY. Northern Ireland's frontier with the South has been an invisible line since the peace agreement of 1998. Now the battle over the UK's decision to leave the EU risks turning it into a hard border. Yet few people in the rest of Britain (or Ireland) know anything much about this most volatile part of an increasingly disunited Kingdom. This book was written in the feverish summer of 2019, in the aftermath of the 'New' IRA's murder of Lyra McKee, with the fear and anxiety of Brexit looming over a region in which paramilitary forces are still carrying out beatings, and worse, even as the numbers of tourists drawn by the Titanic and Game of Thrones continue to grow. The power-sharing government created by the Good Friday Agreement has not met – a bleak record in a long-running farce – in over 1,000 days. If it wasn't for the wonderful weather you might wonder why anyone stayed there at all. Glenn Patterson brings a lifetime's engagement with Northern Ireland and a brilliant novelist's eye to an informative, darkly entertaining portrait of a fragile country. Welcome to Backstop Land.
The 10 Football Matches That Changed the World
Author : Jim Murphy
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 40,81 MB
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1849547661
Book Description
The assertion that 'football isn't a matter of life or death, it's much more important than that' has been verified repeatedly throughout modern history. It has bolstered tyrants and helped depose them; contributed to conflict and created ceasefires. It has been an incubator of racism at home and helped bring down a racist regime abroad; shaped cities, changed cultures and inspired resistance. Its impact is as dynamic as the game itself. In this fascinating exploration, Jim Murphy takes us on a journey around the world and through the years, from Franco's Spain to Africa's Alcatraz, Robben Island. Charting the match that sparked a Central American war, the Barcelona team threatened at gunpoint, and the game that helped save Rupert Murdoch's media empire, among much else, Murphy lends a fresh new perspective to some of the most iconic moments in international football. Blending a love of the game with an appreciation of its place in global events, this is an authoritative and often humorous mix of sport and history, featuring fascinating first-hand insights from those most involved in the ten matches that changed the world ... and the one that didn't.
Celtic & Ireland in Song and Story
Author :
Publisher : Authors
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 26,17 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN :
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Sectarianism in Scotland
Author : Steve Bruce
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 36,59 MB
Release : 2019-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1474465463
Book Description
Introduction : is Scotland sectarian? --1.nineteenth century --2.thirties --3.present --4.Ulster, football and violence --5.Why bigotry failed.
