The White Stripes and Roma
It would seem on first blush that the connection between The White Stripes and Roma of Italy’s Serie A would be tenuous at best. But a piece on the public radio show The World last year showed that there is a link between the two.
No, Meg White is not having Francesco Totti’s baby (a scary thought indeed); instead, the connection is purely musical. For it seems that Roma’s fan club Roma Boys Ultras has taken the White Stripes song “Seven Nation Army” as a battle cry. The idea to use this song as their own came after being taunted with it during an away game in Belgium. The Roma Boys Ultras thought, like many before them, if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. And that’s how it is that the bass line in a song written by a band from Detroit came to be heard in the Stadio Olimpico.
January 25th, 2007 06:53
Welcome back! I guess somebody finished his applications…
January 25th, 2007 23:29
The Italian fans were quite found of singing White Stripes songs at the World Cup too. I have to admit that it was a very catchy and unexpectedly nice soccer anthem.
January 25th, 2007 23:43
Rocky - Yes, all done with the grad school apps. Now just waiting to hear from schools!
Bob - Interesting to hear that the song was sung by Azzuri fans. That radio piece was done before the World Cup or I’m sure they would have included it. What I love about it is the almost randomness of it: I mean, who would expect Italian soccer fans to take up a Detroit rock band’s anthem as their own?