Friday, July 06, 2018

Football's Coming Home

"There was one moment of alarm when Broudie telephoned and said there was a problem. 'I thought "Oh shit!"' Blaskey says. 'This song was meant to be our saving grace, everything was resting on it.' It turned out that, in a moment of unassuming genius, he was concerned he had written two choruses. 'I think that's where the magic of the song actually was,' Blaskey continues. 'Frank and David's delivery and lyrics were phenomenal, but for Ian to come up with a song with two choruses …'"

Nick Ames at The Guardian recounts the story of "Three Lions," by Baddiel, Skinner & Lightning Seeds.

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