Flowers & Football Tops

Glasvegas

About Flowers & Football Tops

"Flowers & Football Tops" is a song by Scottish Indie rock band Glasvegas, taken from their self-titled debut album. The song first appeared in a different recording as the B-side to the band's second single release "Daddy's Gone" in November 2007 on Sane Man Records, and was rerecorded and released as a single in the UK on 23 February 2009. The song was written and composed by the band's singer and guitarist James Allan, who explained that the song is about the murder of Kriss Donald to The Daily Record: "Sometimes when you read things or see things on TV, you can't help but put yourself in the position of people's misfortune. That was on my mind when I heard about the murder of Kriss Donald. It's about a kid who never made it home." The title is a reference to the practice common in Britain of laying shirts of the deceased's preferred football team alongside wreaths of flowers. The flowers and footballs tops may be laid at the graveside, or - as is often the case with a violent death - at the place where they died. 


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2008
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Baby
Why you not home yet
Baby it's getting late
I wish you would be home by now.
Door bell rings
Who could it be at this time
Police on my left and right
My son's not coming home tonight

Baby, they don't need to show
It's over, I know, I know
Baby, they don't need to show
Flowers and football tops, I know
Baby, baby, baby, why you?

No sweeping exits
No Hollywood endings
Flowers and football tops
Don't mean a thing.

My baby is six feet under
Just another number
My daughter without her brother

Baby, they don't need to show
It's over, I know
Baby, they don't need to show
Flowers and football tops, I know

My baby is gone

(You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy
When skies are gray
I hope you noticed
How much I loved you
How could they take my sunshine away)

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Glasvegas

Glasvegas are a Scottish indie rock band from Glasgow. The band consists of James Allan (vocals), Rab Allan (lead guitar), Paul Donoghue (bass guitar) and Jonna Löfgren (drums). The band received critical acclaim for their debut album Glasvegas which was released in September 2008, reaching No. 2 in the UK Album Charts and was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in September 2009. more »

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Written by: JAMES ALLAN, JIMMIE DAVIS

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10 facts about this song

Song Composition
"Flowers & Football Tops" is the opening track for Glasvegas' eponymous report album that was released in 2008.
Song Length
With a duration of slightly more than 7 minutes, "Flowers & Football Tops" is one of the longer tracks on the self-titled Glasvegas album.
Inspiration
The song is linked to heavy themes, such as loss and mourning. It is inspired by the tragic death of Kriss Donald, a 15-year-old boy from Glasgow who was abducted and murdered in 2004.
Song Elements
The song samples "You Are My Sunshine," a popular song that was written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell in 1939. This greatly contributes to the song's underlying poignant and mournful tone.
Lyrical Structure
Unlike many mainstream songs that stick to a standard verse-chorus structure, "Flowers & Football Tops" does not have repetition and each section of the song carries new lyrics.
Acclaim
The song, like the album it comes from, received high critical acclaim. The Guardian, a British newspaper, referred to it as "pulsating with the big-beat drama of very early Jesus and Mary Chain."
Chart Performance
Despite its popularity among critics, "Flowers & Football Tops" was not released as a single and therefore did not chart.
Live Performances
When performed live, frontman James Allan often dedicates it to anyone in the audience who has lost someone, making it a deeply personal experience for many fans.
Songwriting
Lead vocalist and songwriter James Allan wrote this song. His lyrics are deeply evocative and filled with the raw pain of loss.
Music Video
Although "Flowers & Football Tops" was not released as a single, a live performance of the song is included in the band's DVD "Glasvegas: Live At Glasgow Barrowlands".

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