Re: re. CD about Eric Cantona

xander@sirius.com
Wed, 26 Jun 1996 00:41:23 -0700


>A Cantona CD would be great! He's my favorite player and Man U is my
>favorite team...hard to get some UK stuff here in the states

It exists. I think that Exotica is the label. Whether or not that is
true, you can be certain that former el label maestro, Mike Alway, is the
man to blame. I just got these words in a letter from a friend today.
"LP", of course, refers to the incomparable Louis Philippe.

>Which leads us on to another record I got quite recently. Cantona the
>album. The album was made as a contribute to the ace footballer Eric
>Cantona who was suspended for kicking a spectator during a game. But Eric
>was provoked, and I'm definately on his side. Anyway.
>
>The CD is a collage of sound clips of the telly and interviews with Eric.
>And between sound clips Captain Sensible, Raymond Bizarre, Her, Louis P.
>and others perform music of varying quality. The LP track is, hm, a LP
>track. And that's that really. But really, you don't buy this album for the
>music. You buy it for the concept. Did that make sense? I like to listen to
>this CD, but when it's over I can't remember a single tune, except for the
>"Oh-Ah-Cantona!". But that's what the crowd sings on Manchester United
>games, so it's not to be credited to Cantona the album.

More I cannot tell you. Yet.

Alexander

PS Just how the heck did this topic come up on the a-j list, I wonder?