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11 Men get in tune for the World Cup
Conrad Astley26/ 5/2006
A GROUP of musicians are hoping to bring the atmosphere of the
terraces to canal-side bars as they sing their World Cup anthem
from a barge.
The friends, who play in various bands around Manchester, got
together as 11 Men because they were unimpressed with the
competition's official anthem - Embrace's World At Your Feet - and
recorded their own contribution, Football Mental, at a studio in
Chorlton.
The lads now want to bring World Cup fever to Manchester by singing
the tune from a barge during England's friendly with Jamaica on
June 2.
The barge, which will be equipped with a generator and speakers,
will travel past bars in Castlefield before heading towards the Old
Trafford football ground.
The song, which can be downloaded for free, has already been played
on Terry Christian's BBC Radio Manchester show, and on other
stations around the country.
Bass player Julian Homer said: "It was spurred on because the
Embrace song was so dreary. We thought we could do a better
job."
Download the song from www.myspace .com/11men.
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