Comments on: Pop World Cup 2010: Group D – Australia 1 Germany 1 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany Lollards in the high church of low culture Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:42:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Matt DC https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-677604 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:35:49 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-677604 Tightest game yet!

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By: Garry https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-677598 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:13:52 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-677598 A bore draw. Both teams will need extra verve to progress.

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By: weej https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-677478 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:17:48 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-677478 A poor performance from the Australians here, and the Germans seem content to settle for a no-score draw until they get a couple of surprise goals in the second half.

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By: Tom https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-677366 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:59:55 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-677366 Last few hours of voting on this one – good turnout already here though.

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By: CarsmileSteve https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-677194 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:00:59 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-677194 who would have thought we see a day where the germans relied so heavily on english skill and creativity?! as pete rightly points out, all holloway road all the time this one.

shame the sax break fades out, but i think the germans have it…

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By: Birdseed https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-677069 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:56:07 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-677069 Germany has always been accused of playing a boring game, but beneath often lurks both quality and quirkiness, as here. Whereas australia picks up what must be the most hateful formation of the past decades – late-90s french house – with its irritating and useless faux-funk sweeper crippling any buildup. Easy win for Germany!

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By: Matt DC https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676684 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:17:07 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676684 The big teams do appear to be putting in fairly subdued early performances but here’s hoping they’ll pick up as the tournament progresses.

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By: lex https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676682 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:13:40 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676682 Oh Jesus Christ no, no, no.

I’ve come across Sneaky Sound System before. Blog-house as reimagined by the clientele of a Walkabout pub in Shepherds Bush. Nein danke.

But the GER track is just HORRIBLE. The voice, what the actual fuck. He sounds like an actual tramp and his song stinks accordingly.

AUS would win by default but I can’t bring myself to endorse Sneaky Sound System even by accident, so I’ll sit this one out.

Like the ENG/USA match, these are two teams I’d have thought had a ton of potential, so again it’s sad to see it going to waste.

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By: Steve Mannion https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676651 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:36:14 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676651 I think the Aussies take this but it’s a narrow win in a game with only a few chances. I’m expecting big things from both sides in the remaining games and perhaps they’re saving better for later.

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By: jeff w https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676615 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:32:42 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676615 First of all, it’s so nice to see this game played out on the first truly quality pitch of the tournament (i.e. on my hi fi as opposed to my phone).

When the Aussie team was playing in the Pop Premiership, I picked them out as one of my favourites of that particular week and going back to the song three years later it still sounds fresh. On the other hand, it will take a good team to beat any graduate of the Joe Meek league. My thanks to Germany’s manager for making me listen to this outside of its usual context (viz The Alchemist of Pop – Home Made Hits and Rarities 1959-1966).

Conclusion? Erm, I’m still on the fence.

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By: Pete https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676445 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:24:44 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676445 I took against Heinz in Telstar, the Joe Meek story, so take against him here too. And while, yes, he was born in Germany nearly everything else in the Germany entry is actually a Holloway Road entry instead.

The Aussie track is perfectly acceptable against the the Germans and an easy win for me.

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By: koganbot https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676425 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:40:51 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676425 The Aussies strangely have a captain who sounds as if she’s spent her formative years gamboling in the pale quirk fields of southern Sweden. One fears that a reasonably solid opposition would run right through her; fortunately for Australia, this is the year in Germany where the bulky have given way to the quaint. So, while quirk girl helms an enthusiastic bunch who can run circles around the German geriatrics, the latter have little more than faith in their style, which they lack the technical ability to execute.

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By: Jonathan Bogart logged out https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676341 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:51:46 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676341 The crowd reaction on this one is instructive! (Though of course the punters who roar the loudest aren’t always the ones who decide the match.)

Generally you want to watch a match like this several times over to get a feel for the strengths and weaknesses of the opposing sides, but here a single viewing was enough for me to make up my mind.

Germany’s pulling out one of the creakiest formations in the playbook, one with which both America and England have had success, though not in many decades. And although they put a typically Teutonic spin on it — the well-drilled repetition of the defensive side puts me in mind of more recent German teams, especially the great Czukay and Florian squads of the 70s — it is ultimately too limited and ineffectual a game against an Australian side that bulldozes them in both energy and imagination.

Which isn’t to say the Australian team doesn’t have its weaknesses; they’re too pleased with themselves by half, relying heavily on a star striker with more flair than stamina, and against a team less stolidly traditional than the Germans’ I could see them falling apart by the half. But this game is what’s being played, and Australia dominates the pitch in one of the biggest blowouts yet in the series.

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By: Garry https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676318 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:19:29 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676318 Oh, and I should add ARIA nominations are not necessarily the best judge of quality. That said, TISM and Ed Kuepper both have well-deserved and unexpected gongs.

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By: Garry https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676317 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:15:46 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676317 As an Australian, I’m a bit worried about the Poperoos chances overall, and think emulating the German’s tactics of fielding veterans should have been considered. That said, in this case, I feel the German’s rough and ready gameplay here may be undone by the Australian slickness.

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By: Matt DC https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676316 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 14:09:31 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676316 This is an easy win for the Germans as far as I’m concerned. The Australia track is a bit ‘peppy excercise video soundtrack’ for my liking and in my opinion the Aussies should spend less time warming up and more time playing.

This isn’t the game I expected Germany to play but very enjoyable nonetheless.

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By: Elephant Rob https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676219 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:27:38 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676219 Hmm. Either the refs have been bought off (they are called Sneaky after all) or I had too much to drink at half-time: somehow I voted for Australia before I even heard the tracks. Ah well, it’s probably my fault, even though I thought Germany played a very unexpected game.

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By: swanstep https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676211 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:21:55 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676211 Well done ChrisB. That’s more like it. SSS are so farkin’ Sydney it’s almost painful, but this match is still over (3-0) by half-time.

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By: mm https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676208 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:07:04 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676208 Not the most engaging match for me. Think I might go for a prolonged toilet break and just look at the hallways of the stadium.

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By: Tom https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676167 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:25:56 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676167 No no it’s fine! I organised the League of Pop and I couldn’t even remember it being there, though I guess this explains why I knew the track! Accidental crossovers are fine – if anyone puts forward a track that’s already been at the PWC06 or Europop08 I’ll disallow it, but I’d let them know as early as I could so they could pick another.

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By: ChrisB https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676165 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:23:10 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676165 I had no idea! I didn’t expect SSS to be completely unknown, but I couldn’t find anything that would indicate having them suit up would be less than fair play.

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By: Tom https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676158 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:56:18 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676158 #4 I’d forgotten that! Since Chris wasn’t involved in that at all it certainly shouldn’t be held against him.

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By: Linkblogging For 19/02/10 « Sci-Ence! Justice Leak! https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676154 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:39:14 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676154 […] And I have an entry in the Pop World Cup. Vote Heinz! […]

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By: jeff w https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676153 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:39:07 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676153 Two songs I already know!

“Pictures” has an Orgafun pedigree IIRC. Ah yes, here we go:
http://community.livejournal.com/poptimists/330161.html

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By: Martin Skidmore https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676134 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:23:40 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676134 Germany have a very old fashioned back line here – mimicking the classic ‘Louie Louie’ style. I’m afraid their ’60s throwbacks may defend doggedly, but the slightly more modern glittery flashiness of the Australians wins out for me, though they probably need to beef up for other ties ahead.

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By: lonepilgrim https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676127 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:03:12 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676127 Australia start brightly but seem to lose their way a bit midfield. Their back four seem a bit fragile too suggesting they might break down under pressure. Germany on the other hand put in a solid team performance with a dynamic front man calling the shots and some incisive play from Herren Guitar und Sax.

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By: admin https://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/02/pop-world-cup-2010-group-d-australia-v-germany/comment-page-1#comment-676120 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:58:35 +0000 https://freakytrigger.co.uk/?p=17233#comment-676120 tom, add [tmi] at the end of the line with the [audio ...] embed in it, so that the ‘stats and download’ stuff appears at that point rather than at the end of the post.

(i’ve edited this post obv so you can see what i’ve done if you click edit)

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