Song = character mini-meme
At some point during my long hours of listening to music while trying to get to sleep, I remembered this post and my vague intention to find song titles that matched particular footballers. Behold my modest efforts. (I may have thrown a few flisters in there, as well. Heh heh.)
Dan “Crash” Alexa (Primitives)
Khouma “Sulk” Babacar (Radiohead)
Rafa “Give Me A Little More Time” Benitez (Gabrielle)
Artur “Bored Out Of My Mind” Boruc (Manic Street Preachers)
Esteban “Mind Your Own Business” Cambiasso (Delta 5)
Christian “Daydreamer Eyes” Chivu (Nicky Wire)
Ivan “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next” Cordoba (Manic Street Preachers)
Pantaleo “Leviathan” Corvino (Manic Street Preachers)
Philippe “4st 7lb” Coutinho (Manic Street Preachers)
Didi “Black Erotica” Drogba (Ursula Rucker)
Lucio “Do I Scare You?” Ferreira da Silva (Shakespear’s Sister)
Alberto “Paranoid Android” Gilardino (Radiohead)
Zlatan “For A Few Dollars More” Ibrahimovic (Ennio Morricone)
Marcello “Laughing Stock” Lippi (Grandaddy)
Douglas “Genie In A Bottle” Maicon (Christian Aguilera)
Amantino “I Can’t Do Anything” Mancini (X-Ray Spex)
Felipe “Jesus Is Just All Right” Melo (folk singer Shelagh McDonald)
Phil “Silly Ho” Mexes (TLC)
Diego “Not Ready Yet” Milito (Eels)
Riccardo “I’m Like A Bird” Montolivo (Nelly Furtado)
Bedy “Cruel Sister” Moratti (traditional)
Sulley “Coolsville” Muntari (Laurie Anderson)
Adrian “Methadone Pretty” Mutu (Manic Street Preachers)
Costel “High Rising” Pantilimon (Suede)
Fabio “Nobody Loved You” Quagliarella (Manic Street Preachers)
Walter “I Am A Rock” Samuel (Simon and Garfunkel)
Davide “Bullet Proof... I Wish I Was” Santon (Radiohead)
Wesley “Bright Red” Sneijder (Laurie Anderson)
Dejan “Old Tart” Stankovic (Poison Girls)
Francesco “Drama” Totti (Erasure)
Javier “Perfect” Zanetti (Lightning Seeds)
And the flisters... ¦D
Dirt “1401” Bunny (Manic Street Preachers)
Ruby “He Thought Of Cars” Neraluna (Blur)
Conny “Men In Uniform” Roadtoharmony (And One)
Marie “Peacock Lady” Razor2Rozary (Shelagh McDonald)
Dukkeh “She’s In Fashion” Jem (Suede)
Lisa “Black Or Blue” Chanoando (Suede)
El “Good Love” Defe (Bat For Lashes)
Dan “Crash” Alexa (Primitives)
Khouma “Sulk” Babacar (Radiohead)
Rafa “Give Me A Little More Time” Benitez (Gabrielle)
Artur “Bored Out Of My Mind” Boruc (Manic Street Preachers)
Esteban “Mind Your Own Business” Cambiasso (Delta 5)
Christian “Daydreamer Eyes” Chivu (Nicky Wire)
Ivan “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next” Cordoba (Manic Street Preachers)
Pantaleo “Leviathan” Corvino (Manic Street Preachers)
Philippe “4st 7lb” Coutinho (Manic Street Preachers)
Didi “Black Erotica” Drogba (Ursula Rucker)
Lucio “Do I Scare You?” Ferreira da Silva (Shakespear’s Sister)
Alberto “Paranoid Android” Gilardino (Radiohead)
Zlatan “For A Few Dollars More” Ibrahimovic (Ennio Morricone)
Marcello “Laughing Stock” Lippi (Grandaddy)
Douglas “Genie In A Bottle” Maicon (Christian Aguilera)
Amantino “I Can’t Do Anything” Mancini (X-Ray Spex)
Felipe “Jesus Is Just All Right” Melo (folk singer Shelagh McDonald)
Phil “Silly Ho” Mexes (TLC)
Diego “Not Ready Yet” Milito (Eels)
Riccardo “I’m Like A Bird” Montolivo (Nelly Furtado)
Bedy “Cruel Sister” Moratti (traditional)
Sulley “Coolsville” Muntari (Laurie Anderson)
Adrian “Methadone Pretty” Mutu (Manic Street Preachers)
Costel “High Rising” Pantilimon (Suede)
Fabio “Nobody Loved You” Quagliarella (Manic Street Preachers)
Walter “I Am A Rock” Samuel (Simon and Garfunkel)
Davide “Bullet Proof... I Wish I Was” Santon (Radiohead)
Wesley “Bright Red” Sneijder (Laurie Anderson)
Dejan “Old Tart” Stankovic (Poison Girls)
Francesco “Drama” Totti (Erasure)
Javier “Perfect” Zanetti (Lightning Seeds)
And the flisters... ¦D
Dirt “1401” Bunny (Manic Street Preachers)
Ruby “He Thought Of Cars” Neraluna (Blur)
Conny “Men In Uniform” Roadtoharmony (And One)
Marie “Peacock Lady” Razor2Rozary (Shelagh McDonald)
Dukkeh “She’s In Fashion” Jem (Suede)
Lisa “Black Or Blue” Chanoando (Suede)
El “Good Love” Defe (Bat For Lashes)