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Footy Song Bid a 'Dog'
Information: A "Westgate" era interview with Mark Seymour, about his attempt to write a footy song. Author: Nui Te Koha. Date: 24 June 2007. Original URL: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21956730-2902,00.html
Mark Seymour has tried -- and failed -- to write a footy song for the Western Bulldogs. Seymour, the former Hunters & Collectors frontman who penned the AFL's unofficial anthem Holy Grail, said footy tunes were a hard road. "I've been asked to write footy songs before," Seymour said. "I have tried. But I find with footy songs the cheese factor is quite upfront. "I do love the Western Bulldogs song -- the brass, the mass male chorus. It's all really blokey, it's great." Seymour said his latest attempt, The Year Of The Dog, began as a paean to Footscray. Seymour sings: "You're almost home, to the ones who can help you, in the year of the Dog". But it later became the fable for a friend -- a Doggies supporter with a drinking problem.
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