Comments on: Why Abba is music to football player’s ears

By: jimbo

jimbo — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:21:10 +0000

What about Nena’s 99 Luftballons - that would have given the team a lift!

By: Millster

Millster — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:02:44 +0000

Germany should have stuck with their own and played Rammstein Then the score would have been the other way.

For mine the Socceroos song should undoubtedly be The Presets with “my people” (as picked by FFA for the A-League TV ads). Would be an AMAZING anthem for South African fans to sing out loud…

By: dasilva

dasilva — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:01:40 +0000

you’re the one that i want

hmm
Only if they are singing it like it was a drunken rant after a match

It wouldn’t want my team singing that to psych themselve before a match

By: old goalie

old goalie — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:44:23 +0000

After seeing the Socceroos singing “You’re the one that I want” - written by an Australian incidentally (John Farrar) wityh John Travolta after beating Uruguay I think that should be the Socceroos supporter song

By: jimbo

jimbo — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:29:49 +0000

Slippery,
it was the cheese and kisses’ birthday and of course she wanted to see the Abba movie, being a weeny bopper fan.
I’ve never cringed so much at the movies. Merryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan singing Dancing Queen, please spare me the embarrassment . . .

By: dasilva

dasilva — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:12:17 +0000

Hiddink once said that australian players played with their heart not with the head sometimes. That we play passionately and are too much committment that we don’t stop and think and assess the game. That’s why pumping yourself up before the match with Eye of the Tiger or some AC/DC some etc may not work and probably part of the reason that German team got trash by turkey

By: dasilva

dasilva — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:05:17 +0000

TO be honest I’ll be a little bit disturb if I saw the Soccerroos players dancing to ABBA before the match as well.

Perhaps getting your self pump up before the match is not a great thing. It may work if you’re playing poorly and your team is out of form. PErhaps music to relax your self and calm the nerves and keep your mind focus is better. Something atmospheric with layers.

Some Sigur Ros, Mogwai, Pink Floyd, Radiohead maybe?
Or even some classical musc from the romantic periods.

By: Slippery Jim

Slippery Jim — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:22:13 +0000

“Having sat through Mamma Mia: The Movie with my wife”

Jimbo, I’m assuming it was your anniversary?