The Undertones v The Human League
Two of the competing cities in the UK City of Culture bid 2013, and have ancient history. The rock n roll poster boys for Derry The Undertones in their song My Perfect Cousin have a dig at Sheffield's finest synth pop export the Human League with the verse:Ìý
"His mother bought him a synthesiser/Got the Human League in to advise her/Now he's making lots of noise/Playing along with the art school boys/Philip's trying to attract his attention/But what a shame - it's in vain - total rejection." Ìý
Even my perfect cousin won't take on Phil Oakey.Ìý
So how about a Battle of the Bands for City of Culture? ÌýThe bidding cities are down to do a face to face pitch in a few weeks time. Scrap it and get The Undertones Versus The Human League, then throw in Black Sabbath for Birmingham and Beth Orton for Norwich. Now that would be a cultural face off.Ìý
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