Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Embrace picked for World Cup song Rock band Embrace have been chosen to record England's official football World Cup song. The Football Association is hoping the song World at Your Feet will become a fans' anthem for the England team at the tournament. Embrace's Danny McNamara said the band were excited about recording the track and hoped to repeat the success of New Order's 1990 track World in Motion. The World Cup contest begins in Germany on 9 June. World in Motion, which featured a number of England players including John Barnes, is considered one of England's best footballing anthems. 'Capture the imagination' David Baddiel and Frank Skinner's Three Lions song, recorded for Euro 96 as an unofficial anthem, was also a critical and commercial success and was re-released for the World Cup in 1998. FA marketing manager Tom Harold said: "The official World Cup song has become something of an institution and it is really important that we have an original and exciting track. "We're confident that Embrace's song will capture the imagination of the fans and players alike." Founded in Huddersfield, Embrace have been releasing records since 1997 and have released five albums, including their number one debut Good Will Out. They are currently sitting at number two in the singles chart with Nature's Law, taken from their latest album This New Day. Could be good, they specialise in 'anthemic' tunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Kirkey 0 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Bound to be shite, they've very little talent and the singer couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Hog 336 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Middle of the road-tastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico martin 84 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Middle of the road-tastic. 111234[/snapback] i think it'll be great as they are the master as the old sing-a-long-an-anthem! so who would anyone have preferred then as it could have been a lot worse (eh. darkness, kaiser chiefs, girls aloud!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smooth Operator 10 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 "Rock" band Embrace??? It'll be a load of shite I reckon. A remix of World In Motion with Rio Ferdinand doing the John Barnes rap bit would have been better tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Shearer Is God 0 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 "Rock" band Embrace??? It'll be a load of shite I reckon. A remix of World In Motion with Rio Ferdinand doing the John Barnes rap bit would have been better tbh. 111280[/snapback] They are re-releasing it & the Barnsey rap is back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut 9 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Suppose they're similar to the Lightning Seeds so it may be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 (edited) i think it'll be great as they are the master as the old sing-a-long-an-anthem! 111250[/snapback] Exactalicious. It doesn't need to be a masterpiece of writing or beautifully sung, it needs to be a tune that drunk blokes can easily remember whilst staggering about with their arms round their mates. Edited March 28, 2006 by Dr Kenneth Noisewater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball_tickler 0 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 embrace's best song was written by chris martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6300 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 hoped to repeat the success of New Order's 1990 track World in Motion. 111215[/snapback] We hear that line every two years.... It'll be going some to top World In Motion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6300 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 embrace's best song was written by chris martin 111323[/snapback] No, it's most famous one is... Come Back To What You Know is their best track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 embrace's best song was written by chris martin 111323[/snapback] No, it's most famous one is... Come Back To What You Know is their best track 111347[/snapback] I was thinking exactly the same thing. There's some good tracks on their first album: All You Good Good People; Come Back to What You Know; One Big Family; My Weakness is None of Your Business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14030 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Auuuurgh, that first album of theirs is atrocious. The singer's insistently dull, flat, monotonous voice above everything else. Don't understand why Drawn From Memory isn't recognised as a minor modern-day classic though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Suppose they're similar to the Lightning Seeds so it may be good. 111314[/snapback] Except the Lighning Seeds aren't totally shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaser 1053 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Embrace are superb! Seen em twice and going to one of the forest gigs later this year. Every album has at least one anthemic tune. Looking forward to hearing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico martin 84 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 embrace's best song was written by chris martin 111323[/snapback] No, it's most famous one is... Come Back To What You Know is their best track 111347[/snapback] I was thinking exactly the same thing. There's some good tracks on their first album: All You Good Good People; Come Back to What You Know; One Big Family; My Weakness is None of Your Business 111348[/snapback] me too! you beat me to it Come Back to What You Know never fails to give me tingles like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 Used to change the 'We got fam-ily' chorus in One Big Family to 'We got Robert Lee' when singing along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInspiration 1 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Too boring tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janu 0 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Suppose they're similar to the Lightning Seeds so it may be good. 111314[/snapback] I agree. "Three Lions" is one of my all-time favorite football-anthems. The Lightning Seeds played it at a concert here in Denmark and everyone went mental... Great stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 Suppose they're similar to the Lightning Seeds so it may be good. 111314[/snapback] I agree. "Three Lions" is one of my all-time favorite football-anthems. The Lightning Seeds played it at a concert here in Denmark and everyone went mental... Great stuff 111451[/snapback] I believe it was No.1 in Germany during Euro 96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janu 0 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Suppose they're similar to the Lightning Seeds so it may be good. 111314[/snapback] I agree. "Three Lions" is one of my all-time favorite football-anthems. The Lightning Seeds played it at a concert here in Denmark and everyone went mental... Great stuff 111451[/snapback] I believe it was No.1 in Germany during Euro 96 111452[/snapback] Cheating germans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeball_tickler 0 Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 embrace's best song was written by chris martin 111323[/snapback] No, it's most famous one is... Come Back To What You Know is their best track 111347[/snapback] i kinda meant that, just didnt explain it very well the chris martin song (ashes) is on at St James' all the time before games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I've just downloaded Nature's Law actually which I think is a very lovely song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6300 Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 embrace's best song was written by chris martin 111323[/snapback] No, it's most famous one is... Come Back To What You Know is their best track 111347[/snapback] i kinda meant that, just didnt explain it very well the chris martin song (ashes) is on at St James' all the time before games. 111533[/snapback] "Ashes" isn't Chris Martin's song - he wrote "Gravity". "Ashes" is McNamara's own work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodgate27 0 Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 Should be done by this guy tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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