Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Apologies to my readers

Pete's Points
I wish to apologise to my readers.

I had thought that I had read the last story about the headbutting incident with Zinadine Zidane the other day when the penalties imposed by FIFA were announced. Alas I seem to have been mistaken.

Do listen to the track yourselves it is 'trés amusant' - of course you have to be able to speak a little French!

From the Guardian

Zidane headbutt single storms the French charts

Listen to Coup de Boule by La Plage

Paul Arendt
Tuesday August 1, 2006
The Guardian


Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi
Head of steam... that infamous headbutt. Photograph: AFP/Getty.
They may have lost the World Cup in agonising circumstances, but French football fans have not lost their sense of humour. Three weeks after Zinedine Zidane's attack on Italian player Marco Materazzi cost the French team their star player and arguably the match, a chirpy tune about the incident called Headbutt is dominating the Gallic pop charts.

Written in a mere 30 minutes by a trio of disgruntled record producers the day after the final, Headbutt - Coup de Boule in French - has become a viral phenomenon on a par with the Arctic Monkeys. Released online, it invaded email inboxes all over the country in days, passed on by fans of "Les Bleus" in need of a laugh.

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