Andy Todd's Jukebox Durie presents...The rock version of the Champions League anthem?

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What is the connection between Robocop and Celtic’s Paddy McCourt?

Is it:

A. They get more and more crap the more you see them (Robocop 3, I’m looking especially at you, but Paddy don’t think I’m not considering substituting you on 70 minutes)?

B. They’ve got an injury list as long as a broken arm?

C. Tony Britten.

The correct answer is C. Tony Britten has worked across a variety of genres, creating music for film, TV, commercials and opera. He was the composer on Robocop (connection 1!) and, in 1992, he made his name when he was asked by UEFA to create an anthem for the Champion’s League. He adapted Handel’s Zadok the Priest for the role. In 2010 the anthem was played more than 7 million times in more than 22 countries – and this year, it will be played at Celtic Park after Celtic qualified for the Champions League (connection 2!).

The anthem is EPIC, but like all anthems it relies far too much on a a large orchestra, a huge choir and a spare kitchen sink to build excitement and power. For an anthem to succeed it must still work even when shrunk down to the bare essentials. You can still play God Save The Queen using just a comb, spoons and a Chelsea pensioner. Can you same thing about the Champions League anthem? Does it work when you keep things simple? You can judge for yourself as this is the rock version of the anthem with just bass drum and guitar.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzk8L8DLjtQ]

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About the Author
After too many years as season ticket holder at Parkhead, Andy Todd renounced the SPL three years ago to support Queens Park. One team is a rank bunch of amateurs who play in a state of the art stadium and the other is…(I think we can all see where this is going).

Andy has been performing comedy for 18 months but is currently ‘between gigs’ while he writes a book on Scottish property law to be published in Summer 2012. Its potential audience will be less than 300 but his mum will be very proud.