Almanac Teams (and Music): Let There Be Rock!
And it came to pass, that rock’n’roll was born,
Oh, let there be rock!
Bon Scott thundered these words out on the title track of AC/DC’s fourth album way back in 1977. I loved it. Bon is gone; AC/DC? But what remains is the music influenced by Afro-American musicians, music bestowed back in the 1950’s as rock’n’roll. It’s diversified, influencing modern music. Contemporary pop, opera’s, heavy metal, very much the overwhelming majority of music we’ve heard since the mid 1950’s has been influenced by rock’n’roll. So I thought a team of players who share surnames with leading musicians of the last 60 years would be a goer.
Who would coach/manage, as I can’t think of any Colonel Parkers, or Epstein’s. The theme song? Up for grabs, but just think of the sounds this team could produce.
B: R Palmer, (Robert; Freo/GWS). B Lake, (Greg; WB/Haw). D Morris, (Russell;WB).
HB: J Berry, (Chuck; Rich/Foot). J McCartney, (Paul; Coll/Ade/Nm). K O’Keefe, (Johnny;Fitz).
C: P Kelly , (Paul; Syd). D Thorpe, (Billy; Foot/Rich). B Wood, (Ron; Rich/Ess).
HF: C Lewis, (Jerry Lee;WC). B Lennon, (John; Rich). C Judd, (Phil; WC/Carl).
F: P Jones, (Brian; Carl). George Young, (George; St K.). B Walsh, (Joe; Carl/Ess).
FOLL: D Scott, (Bon; Haw). Brian Wilson, (Brian; Foot/NM/Melb/St K.). A Gallagher, (Liam/Noel; Carl/Foot/NM).
Inter from, B Parfitt, (Rick; Geel). R Page, (Jimmy; SM). I Morrison, (Jimmy; Foot/Ess). M Plant, (Robert; SM). P Harrison, (Paul; Geelong). G ‘Angry’ Anderson, (Graeme; Collingwood). M Hunter, (Marc: Foot).
Many more could have been chosen but I thought this could get the feet tapping.
Over to you Almanackers,
Glen!
About Glen d
Mark Mercury
Jagger O’Meara
Neil (Matthew) Young
Lou (Ben) Reed
Ozzy (Richard) Osbourne
Jimmy Page must start on the ground.
Ripper concept Glen ! Great way to start the week.
Ian (Graham) Moss – Cold Chisel/Essendon
Roger (Terry) Waters – Pink Floyd/Collingwood
Mark (Mark) Williams – Show No Mercy (Song)
Leo S. (Chad) Morgan- Collingwood, 1901. Nicknamed “The Sheik.”
Agree with old mate Dips.
Jimmy Page must be in the first XVIII
I’d like Jimmy Page on the bench at the start of the game. Then, after a few minutes of the team getting warmed up, everyone in the stadium hears guitar riffs coming from the boundary as Jimmy enters the field to replace George Young (Angus was injured?); the fans go nuts and the opposition are blown away.
Muddy Waterhouse
Brad Shepherd
Archie Disco Roach
Jim Little
Maurie Gibb
Great suggestion Mickey and may I add Slim Dusty Martin.
Joni/ Sammy/Tom Mitchell
Emmylou/Tayla/Leon/Bernie Harris
Barry Hall & Oates
Charlie/Daniel Rich
Don/James Taylor/Walker
Tex/Sarah Perkins
Jack/Darryl White
Hothouse/Robbie Flower/s
Jon/Jake Spencer Blues Explosion
I’m putting a band together……
Freddie/Mark Mercuri
Roger/Brian Taylor
Brian/Tony May
John/Simon Deacon
Mark/Michael/Mark Jackson
Jimmy/John Barnes
John/Dean Farnham
Nice team Glen!
Very happy to see Phil Judd get a mention, magnificent performer on the first two, very underrated Split Enz albums.
Sadly the only Finn’s I could find were Frank Finn (Carlton & Footscray, 7 games), Joe Finn (Geelong, 8 games) and Ray Finn (Essendon, 10 games). Far less prolific than their musical namesakes.
Ross Wilson unlucky to be behind Brian Wilson for mine!
Why Dale Morris when you can have the real thing, Russell Morris (Hawthorn/St Kilda)?
Maureen McGovern (“The Morning After” from the Poseidon Adventure movie)
Dead Kennedy’s
Brad “Geronimo” Sheppard
Jack “Otis” Redd’n (Sitting on the Dock of the Bay)
“Reece” (beautiful nightmare) Mastin
The Beatles were Eagles fans: “Oh Darling”
Not enough drummers:
Charlie (Jack) Watts
Ginger (Steven) Baker
Dennis (Mark) Thompson
Paul (Troy) Cook
Jerry (Mick) Nolan
Earl (Ambrose ) Palmer
Al (Mark) Jackson
Thanks for the feedback.
Mickey i saw Chad Morgan perform live upstairs @ the Railway Hotel in N Fitzroy back in the late 90’s: different.
True Dave , how did i forget the ‘Real Thing’, played for the Hawks, then the Saints !?
Luke i chose Brian Wilson, because, he, like the Beach Boys front man was; Brain Wilson !
Glen!
Graham Cox(on): https://australianfootball.com/players/player/graham%2Bcox/8211
Stephen (Alex) James: https://australianfootball.com/players/player/stephen%2Bjames/12077
There’s half a band, although you’d be careful playing them against L. Gallagher (https://australianfootball.com/players/player/les%2Bgallagher/4226).
As it gets closer to the pop singer Taylor Swift’s concerts at the MCG, it got me thinking about an AFL team where a song was either made about a specific player, or that player was also known for singing songs in public.
Many players were played out of position because there were either too many ruckmen, full forwards or rovers.
This is the AFL team of Player’s Songs or Singers:
B: Jack Dyer (Rich), Richard Champion (BB/BL), Graham Farmer (Geel)
HB: Kevin Murray (Fitzroy), Ted Whitten (Foots), Mark Jackson (Melb/St K/Geel)
C: Keith Greig (North M), Lou Richards (Coll), Roy Cazaly (St K/South Melb)
HF: Peter Moore (Coll/Melb), Darrel Baldock (St K), Peter McKenna (Coll/Carl)
F: John Coleman (Essen), Tony Lockett (St K/SM), Peter Hudson (Hawthorn)
R: John Nicholls (Carlton), Ron Barassi (Melb/Carl), Bob Skilton (South Melb)
Captain Coach: Ron Barassi (Carl/NM/Melb/Syd)
Richard Champion sang on the Footy Show and fronted the rock super group Filthy Animals.
Mark Jackson sang “I’m an Individual”.
Peter McKenna sang “Smile All The While”.
Tony Lockett had a song “There’s Only One Tony Lockett” about him.
Roy Cazaly had the famous song “Up There Cazaly”, by Mike Brady, about Cazaly.
Mike Brady also sang songs about:
Graham Farmer – “Big Gun From the West”
Jack Dyer – “The Infamous Captain Blood”
Kevin Murray – “Heart of a Lion”
Ted Whitten – “It All Sounds Like Football”
Keith Greig – “The Ballard of the Paleface Kid”
Lou Richards – “The Kiss of Death”
Peter Moore – “The All Bionic Footballer”
Darrel Baldock – “Goodbye Doc”
John Coleman – “Flying High to Glory”
Peter Hudson – “One Goal to Beat ‘Em All”
John Nicholls – “Those Cold Blue Eyes”
Ron Barassi- “Man of Iron”
Bob Skilton – “Bobby Dazzler”
This team will play a match against Glen’s Let There Be Rock team, from this article. Anthony Rock (NM/Haw) will be the runner for that team.
Entertainment will be provided by Mike Brady, The Rolling Stones – “It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (but I like it), as well as all the AFL club songs.
The match will be played at the MCG, as a curtain raiser to the Taylor Swift concert.
The daughter of the late Jill Singer will report, write and be the television presenter for this match.
Harbajhan Singh will make a special guest appearance.
Let’s hope for a good match and that all the players will be on song!
Further to my previous comment on February 14, 2024, where an AFL team of Player’s songs or Singers was named, I was reminded of this team again following yesterday’s Melbourne Cup. The performance of the winning horse, Knight’s Choice, was on song.
Of course, the winning Melbourne Cup jockey, Robbie Dolan, who rode Knight’s Choice, did well as a contestant on the the television singing show, “The Voice”, 2 years ago. Well done, Robbie!