Justin hawkins (The Darkness) To Release Anti-German World Cup Song

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Justin Hawkins to release controversial World Cup song
It mentions the war...
The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins is to release his own World Cup anthem - and it's bound to prove controversial.
Going up against Embrace's official Germany 2006 England song 'World At Your Feet', Hawkins has previewed his own song, 'England', under his solo name British Whale.
The star told The Sun newspaper that he thinks England's bid for glory is being undermined by political correctness, with people being too scared to mention the Second World War triumph of 1945.
In response, 'England' mentions the event in the lyrics.
Hawkins said: "The whole point of an England World Cup song is to assert our national identity and talk about the achievements of a great nation.
"Why can't we commemorate all those men who gave their lives in the name of freedom in the war? And, of course, in this case - to bash The Hun? It's a national sport."
The lyrics include lines like: "Football will be our only weapon / skill and power will be our only shield / we've fought them on the beaches / now we'll play them on the field."
You can hear the song at British Whale's Myspace page here.

Hawkins used the name of British Whale last year for his debut solo single, his cover of Sparks' 1974 glam classic 'This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us'.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 27 April 2006 11:57 (twenty years ago)

oops I got that from http://www.nme.com/news/the-darkness/22914

The myspace link is where you can hear it if you so wish.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 27 April 2006 11:58 (twenty years ago)

I am _so_ fucking glad their last album died a commercial death.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 27 April 2006 11:59 (twenty years ago)

i dunno did better than sat black twang aye dom

― pscott (elwisty), Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:01 (twenty years ago)

Yes, that's right, it was only Englishmen who fought and died for Britain in World War 2

― Kids Will Eat Them Till the Cows Come Home (Dada), Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:01 (twenty years ago)

x post
sat= say obv

― pscott (elwisty), Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:01 (twenty years ago)

Considering he's from Norfolk, surely he should be aware of the American involvement in World War II, as a result of his grandmother sucking off US servicemen for stockings and gravy?

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:03 (twenty years ago)

NEXT WEEK IN KERRANG!: JUSTIN HAWKINS WAVES UNION JACK AT FINSBURY PARK, EE'S A RACIST!

OK, maybe not.

― Bring Me The Head of ESTEBAN BUTTEZ (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:07 (twenty years ago)

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a29/Mega91/e7b78902.gif

(stolen from dog latin)

― Kids Will Eat Them Till the Cows Come Home (Dada), Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:10 (twenty years ago)

BEAT YOUR ASS IN TWO WARS, SAVED YOUR ASS IN TWO MORE

― Washable School Paste (sexyDancer), Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:11 (twenty years ago)

This is what I geet for reviving a thread with News...
The Rolling "Is anyone anticip... ah no hang on. Sham 69 are also making a football record". thread for them and all others.. And the rest.

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:17 (twenty years ago)

This thread's taken a peculiar turn at an early stage. I assume it was meant to be an "omg, how awful that he's bringing up the war" one, rather than a "HAHA YOU BRITISHES SUX AT WARZ! USA! USA!" one?

― JimD (JimD), Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:18 (twenty years ago)

lol brit pop fag site taken over by college rock dorks, tis a tragedy of shakesperean proportions

― acrobat (elwisty), Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:20 (twenty years ago)

An excellent record, in my opinion.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:21 (twenty years ago)

Sorry Mark. I didn't notice that thread.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:32 (twenty years ago)

If it has the support of The Sun then it can't fail, can it?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:32 (twenty years ago)

can't wait for the video

― 25 yr old slacker cokehead (Enrique), Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:34 (twenty years ago)

BEAT YOUR ASS IN TWO WARS, SAVED YOUR ASS IN TWO MORE
-- Washable School Paste (evi...), April 27th, 2006 2:11 PM. (sexyDancer) (later)

What was the other war you beat our ass in?

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:34 (twenty years ago)

THE PUNK ROCK WAR.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 27 April 2006 12:41 (twenty years ago)

The Massacre Of Language

― aldo_cowpat (aldo_cowpat), Thursday, 27 April 2006 13:18 (twenty years ago)

Ryder Cup

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 27 April 2006 13:21 (twenty years ago)

at times like this i feel ever so smug that we would never have anything like this in tennis.

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 27 April 2006 13:24 (twenty years ago)

http://www.stars-on-7-inch.com/index_b/BRAT/BRAT01.JPG

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 27 April 2006 13:29 (twenty years ago)

http://ultamateproductions.homestead.com/files/Da_brat1.jpg

Tennis fan, yesterday

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 27 April 2006 13:37 (twenty years ago)

Rockists!

ihttp://www.adrianpturner.plus.com/photos/caving%20club/Socials/C%20Party/scan0034.jpg

― Kids Will Eat Them Till the Cows Come Home (Dada), Thursday, 27 April 2006 13:41 (twenty years ago)

Pat Cash and a few others had a metal band didn't they?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 27 April 2006 13:47 (twenty years ago)

Lars Fuckin' Ulrich dudes!!!!!!!!!

― Kids Will Eat Them Till the Cows Come Home (Dada), Thursday, 27 April 2006 13:48 (twenty years ago)

tennis has moved on. we live in an age where brandy thanks serena williams in her album sleeves!

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 27 April 2006 13:59 (twenty years ago)

for not pissing on her niece?

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:00 (twenty years ago)

for tennis lessons, i believe.

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:01 (twenty years ago)

Wha? (xpost)

― Kids Will Eat Them Till the Cows Come Home (Dada), Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:04 (twenty years ago)

sparkle, who is the singer of one of the greatest songs of all time ('be careful') even if a lot of people seem to have forgotten it, is the aunt of the girl in the r kelly sex tape whom he pisses on.

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:06 (twenty years ago)

BEAT YOUR ASS IN TWO WARS, SAVED YOUR ASS IN TWO MORE
-- Washable School Paste (evi...), April 27th, 2006 2:11 PM. (sexyDancer) (later)
What was the other war you beat our ass in?

-- Colonel Poo (colonelpo...), April 27th, 2006 9:34 AM. (Colonel Poo)

1812

― Washable School Paste (sexyDancer), Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:10 (twenty years ago)

the americans didn't win the war of 1812, moron. no-one really did. but we did burn down the white houise and thwart your invasion of canada.

― canadian bacon, Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:17 (twenty years ago)

WAR OF PIGS

― Washable School Paste (sexyDancer), Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:22 (twenty years ago)

ummm 1812 ended in a stalemate, but not before the canadian militia burned down the white house

― yuengling participle (rotten03), Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:25 (twenty years ago)

xpost

― yuengling participle (rotten03), Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:26 (twenty years ago)

there's always a flock of canadians standing by to shove the war of 1812 down your throats, isn't there

― yuengling participle (rotten03), Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:26 (twenty years ago)

I think the British had rather bigger fish to fry in 1812 than a bunch of uppity Yanks - Napoleon was up to his old tricks

― Kids Will Eat Them Till the Cows Come Home (Dada), Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:28 (twenty years ago)

tony iommi won the war of pigs

― canadian bacon, Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:37 (twenty years ago)

USA RULEZ WORLD TOUR!!!

CANADA
LIBYA
MEXICO
CUBA
THE PHILIPPINES
MEXICO (Encore)
UNITED KINGDOM
FRANCE
ITALY
GERMANY
SOVIET UNION (Cancelled)
KOREA
CHINA (Rescheduled TBA)
VIETNAM
CAMBODIA (Unannounced)
GRENADA
IRAQ
SOMALIA
BOSNIA
SERBIA
AFGHANISTAN
IRAQ (Encore)*

* Dubya Bush solo date

xpost Canada may have gotten its licks in during the the War of 1812, but when's the last time you won a Stanley Cup? Hell, New Jersey alone has three in the past 10 seasons!

― M. Biondi (M. Biondi), Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:37 (twenty years ago)

I'M GUTTED YOU GUYS KILLED MORE PEOPLE THAN US

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:39 (twenty years ago)

what a strange thread.

― The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:40 (twenty years ago)

xpost Obviously, my satirical intent was lost in the translation. But yeah, nobody kills people like America.

― M. Biondi (M. Biondi), Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:41 (twenty years ago)

VALHALLA ... I AM COMING

― Washable School Paste (sexyDancer), Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:43 (twenty years ago)

fucks sake

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:45 (twenty years ago)

Fuca's Sraits?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War

― Washable School Paste (sexyDancer), Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:50 (twenty years ago)

. A possibly apocryphal story claims Cutlar said to the farmer "Keep your pigs out of my potatoes!" The farmer replied, "Keep your potatoes out of my pigs!"

two great tastes, etc

― Thomas Tallis (Tommy), Thursday, 27 April 2006 14:56 (twenty years ago)

One of the more bizarre thread turns methinks. Maybe a song will come out of it. The ILX World Cup Anthem.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:25 (twenty years ago)

"OLE OLE ROXXOR WE ARE INGERLAND YOU ARE ALL TEH GAY!!!"

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:27 (twenty years ago)

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Ha ha, no-one bangs on about WWII more than the English - not even the Israelis!

― Kids Will Eat Them Till the Cows Come Home (Dada), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:36 (twenty years ago)

Will any radio stations actually play this song though? I really can't see it. So it might get 1 week at no 20 then drift out and noone will ever have to hear it (I hope).

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:37 (twenty years ago)

#20 for a solo single by Justin Hawkins is like expecting a top 20 single placing for that dude from the Longpigs.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:40 (twenty years ago)

no-one bangs on about WW2 more than the english bullshit tabloid press you mean. No-one I know ever mentions it, not even people who actually lived through it.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:41 (twenty years ago)

cf "the "star" ("star" haha, laym0r) told the sun "news"paper"

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:42 (twenty years ago)

I was thinking the controversy(and backing of The Sun) might help it to #20.
x-post

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:46 (twenty years ago)

I'm surprised he didn't do it to the Dambusters theme.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:46 (twenty years ago)

Remember when Hurricane #1 did the official theme tune for The Sun!

No, me neither.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:47 (twenty years ago)

I had forgotten about that 'till now.

Thanks, dom. :/

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:47 (twenty years ago)

(xpost to M Biondi) O RLY? when's the last time the US won a gold medal in men's hockey at the Olympics? 1980. i believe you called it the Miracle On Ice?

― yuengling participle (rotten03), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:48 (twenty years ago)

I'd like to hear German rappers do a Justin Hawkins diss track. Die Fantastischen Vier, where are you when we need you?

― erklie (erklie), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:49 (twenty years ago)

Great thread and all, but it's possible that he's taking the piss.

― everything, Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:52 (twenty years ago)

Now Hawkins unleashes his next opus: a real English footie anthem, and a welcome antidote to the efforts from Embrace, Tony Christie and yes, even the Crazy Frog. The brand new single from British Whale is England, a moving hymn to this very England; to the country, it's people and its football team!

Soon to be heard echoing out across terraces the length and breadth of Germany, it will shortly be made available as a download from the British Whale official website. For now, you can listen to a stream of it exclusively here at Myspace!

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:54 (twenty years ago)

You think?! (xpost - FFS, Crazy Frog?)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:54 (twenty years ago)

That bit where it goes all "Rule Britannia" sounds even more amusingly wonky than a Libertines demo tape!!!!!

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Thursday, 27 April 2006 16:00 (twenty years ago)

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kmachine/btfaq/pics/4crus.jpg

― JW (ex machina), Thursday, 27 April 2006 16:05 (twenty years ago)

http://truemetal.org/metalwallpaper/images/warmaster.jpg

― JW (ex machina), Thursday, 27 April 2006 16:05 (twenty years ago)

more battle metal less darkness plz plz.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Thursday, 27 April 2006 16:06 (twenty years ago)

I'm with Pash here.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 27 April 2006 16:08 (twenty years ago)

http://www.vinylcheese.com/graphics/thor.jpg

― erklie (erklie), Thursday, 27 April 2006 16:12 (twenty years ago)

6 British Whale This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us Aug 2005

8 Darkness One Way Ticket Nov 2005
8 Darkness Is It Just Me Mar 2006

I don't think he's quite as dead in the water as is being assumed...

― pscott (elwisty), Thursday, 27 April 2006 16:13 (twenty years ago)

Yes it's really difficult to get into the British singles's charts now isn't it? Quite an achievement.

― Kids Will Eat Them Till the Cows Come Home (Dada), Thursday, 27 April 2006 16:20 (twenty years ago)

the thing is though the song is actually "brilliant"

― pscott (elwisty), Thursday, 27 April 2006 16:27 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, it's strongly reminding me of the Wombles, which is a relief.

― everything, Thursday, 27 April 2006 16:37 (twenty years ago)

Toryesque rockers can always be counted on to be faintly amusing.

― Fetchin Bones (Fetchin Bones), Thursday, 27 April 2006 17:07 (twenty years ago)

(xpost to yuengling participle)

"O RLY? when's the last time the US won a gold medal in men's hockey at the Olympics? 1980. i believe you called it the Miracle On Ice?"

Oooooooooooooooh! The OLYMPICS! WHOOP-DEE-DOO! Listen, the Cold War's over. America obviously has no need of sportsmanship nowadays.

Yuengling is a fine beer, BTW. Are you in Philadelphia or environs?

― M. Biondi (M. Biondi), Thursday, 27 April 2006 19:16 (twenty years ago)

Who does Crazy Frog support?

British Whale reminds me of Go Kart Mozart, only not as good.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 28 April 2006 06:29 (twenty years ago)

1. I'm so glad the Pig War is finally getting the recognition it deserves. I rode a National History Day project on the Pig War all the way to fifth place at the national competition in 8th grade.

2. Regarding I'M GUTTED YOU GUYS KILLED MORE PEOPLE THAN US
-- Konal Doddz (stevem7...), April 27th, 2006.
America killed more people than you? Pshaw! Britain's a swell place, but it ain't like you guys didn't spend most of the 18th and 19th Centuries killing people on every inhabited continent.

3. I love music.

― O-Keigh (O-Keigh), Friday, 28 April 2006 07:42 (twenty years ago)

Crazy Frog is owned by a German company isn't it?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Friday, 28 April 2006 10:56 (twenty years ago)

America killed more people than you? Pshaw! Britain's a swell place, but it ain't like you guys didn't spend most of the 18th and 19th Centuries killing people on every inhabited continent.

You made up for that last century.

― jimnaseum wastes the taxpayer's money, Friday, 28 April 2006 11:03 (twenty years ago)

O-Keigh that was posted during one of the 12 hours per day when I am Irish. But if you've got exact bodycount confirmed then fair enough.

I fear we are playing right into Hawkins hands here...

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Friday, 28 April 2006 11:04 (twenty years ago)

The "England" chants on this song sound like Pete B of The Internet's Freaky Trigger blog.

― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Friday, 28 April 2006 11:12 (twenty years ago)

It's a dreadful song.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Friday, 28 April 2006 14:06 (twenty years ago)

Justin Hawkins is on Jonathan Ross tonight. Do you think, at all, that this is an attempt to get people to watch him and be interested in what he has to say?

― ailsa (ailsa), Friday, 28 April 2006 17:20 (twenty years ago)

Maybe he's on to make a plea for a cure for baldness

― They're Dairylea Mad, Them Kids (Dada), Friday, 28 April 2006 17:22 (twenty years ago)

I didn't watch it. Did he mention it?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Saturday, 29 April 2006 00:02 (twenty years ago)

http://www.ianrowland.com/Images/Photos/Travels/EdgeOfAlleg/Basil%20Fawlty.jpg

DON'T MENTION THE WAR!

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 29 April 2006 00:07 (twenty years ago)

Well, the Germans deserve it. They've been needling the British for years now with their techno, all of it an obvious attempt to show how good they are with implacable millitary machinery.

― ratty, Saturday, 29 April 2006 02:53 (twenty years ago)

Amazingly, Justin came across as not so bad!

It seems the "England" song has no issue inked, as his current company won;t touch it w/barge pole.

― mark grout (mark grout), Saturday, 29 April 2006 16:13 (twenty years ago)

Pat Cash and a few others had a metal band didn't they?

Chart entry: 13 Jul 91
Peak position: 66
Weeks in chart: 1
Title: "Rock 'n' Roll"
Artist: John McEnroe and Pat Cash with The Full Metal Rackets

― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Saturday, 29 April 2006 16:30 (twenty years ago)

This is really bad.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Saturday, 29 April 2006 16:35 (twenty years ago)

You made up for that last century.

The U.K. and U.S. were tied for little wars of oppression in the 20th Century. The U.S. certainly killed a lot of Vietnamese, but the U.K killed Germans from 1914 to 1918, while the U.S. was only in for the last year of the fight. So in the end: Killed same amount in 20th Century, U.K. killed more before then.

The statistics:
http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstatz.htm#UK

― O-Keigh (O-Keigh), Saturday, 29 April 2006 21:45 (twenty years ago)

This is what a footy anthem SHOULD sound like!!

Its great...and its better than Embrace any day!!

― Steven Saunders, Sunday, 30 April 2006 22:20 (twenty years ago)

A BETTER WORLD CUP SONG...

Most people hate the Embrace track as it's a woeful dirge, and this has caused dozens of bands to create their own songs which they feel are more appropriate.. and fun.
Sadly, that twonk from the Darkness dropped a clunker with (or "wif" as he says it) that crappy tune.

My favourite is The Terraces, "Wunderbar, Engerland!" it's a cover (of sorts!) of the old Ten Pole Tudor track, Wunderbar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIADp5oNOm8

cheers,
matt

― matt kennedy, Wednesday, 10 May 2006 09:45 (twenty years ago)

At least with us not qualifying we don't have to worry about Runrig recording a world cup song.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 15:11 (twenty years ago)

Latest News: Runrig have recorded a world cup song "Remembering 1974"

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 15:14 (twenty years ago)

'Wunderbar Engerland' by The Terraces
http://www.myspace.com/theterraces

The Lyrics:

Ein! Neun! Sechs! Sechs! (1966)

We’re on our way to Germany to have some fun,
Last time we went to Munich, the England won 5-1!

You can keep your lederhosen, sauerkraut and liverwurst,
Let’s sing about a hat trick scored by Mr. Geoffrey Hurst.

There is a song in German and I think it goes so …

Wunderbar!
Wunderbar Eng-er-land!
Wunderbar En-ger-land!
Wunderbar En-ger-land!
Wunderbar En-ger-land!
Wunderbar En-ger-land!

With Beckham, Lampard, Terry, Stevie-G and Michael-O
Who’d want to play in goal for Trinidad or To-ba-go?

Nuremberg and Frankfurt, Gelsenwhotsit and Cologne,
We’re gonna win the World Cup … das football’s coming home!

There is a song in German and I think it goes so …

Wunderbar!
Wunderbar En-ger-land!
Wunderbar En-ger-land!
Wunderbar En-ger-land!
Wunderbar En-ger-land!
Wunderbar En-ger-land!

― TheTerraces, Monday, 15 May 2006 08:52 (twenty years ago)

I see Rooney's been dropped from that song then.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 15 May 2006 08:56 (twenty years ago)

Justin hawkins (The Darkness) To Release Pro-German World Cup Song.

Doesn't really work, does it?

― mei (mei), Monday, 15 May 2006 15:54 (twenty years ago)

four years pass...

growth market imo

― ,,,,,,eeeeleon (darraghmac), Monday, 28 June 2010 11:30 (fifteen years ago)

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