Is it just me or are a lot of musicians secret soccer fans these days? Maybe they aren't but perhaps someone at their merchandise company is. It seems everyone's discovering their inner hooligan and have got a terrace-inspired scarf to prove it. Jersey punker Ted Leo does. Indie-preps Vampire Weekend have one too. And noisy French DJ's Institubes have a 'hooligan disco' one.
My man Bob from Murder By Baltimore informed me this morning that Chicago twang-rockers Wilco --my wife's favorite band-- have one available for sale as well. Some of the other bands may not actually know a thing about the game (Vampire Weekend), but with "You'll Never Rock Alone" written on it something tells me Jeff Tweedy has seen a Celtic or Liverpool match or two in between prescription drug addictions and giving band mates the boot.
And judging from this live clip of 'Handshake Drugs' a shockingly large portion of his audience spends a bit of time screaming at their TV on Saturadys as well. Maybe that 'Kicking Television' song of theirs has a meaning that I never really caught before.
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I got my Mighty Mighty Bosstones scarf this year. Quality.
That's an awesome scarf. I'm not even a Wilco fan (like Uncle Tupelo, though), and I'd buy that.
Gotta get the Klimpter scarf, though. That rules.
Wilco drives me up the wall, but even I have to applaud their scarf.
are we forgetting morrisey/chivas?
i brought Wilco in to play after one of our games in 2000. It didn't draw as well as the BoDeans or Poi Dog Pondering shows, but a respectable crowd stayed for their show nonetheless. i recall Jeff being into the Fire at the time.
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