As part of his regular Wednesday segment on SEN’s Breakfast with Gary, Tim and Hamish, Western Bulldogs captain Bob Murphy delivered his Top 5 footy songs.
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5. Tim Rogers and You Am I– Heavy Heart
"It’s a great song, with a couple of good lines in it that talk about football, girls I kissed in grade four, and it also includes ‘like a waterlogged ball’ that no-one wants to kick around anymore’."
"It’s not specifically about footy that song, but it could be."
4. Holy Grail– Hunters and Collectors
“It just has to be in there.”
“It might have been flogged to death by every country footy team in the history of the game, but sometimes you’ve just got to have the foundations in there.”
3. Leaps and Bounds- Paul Kelly
"For anyone who has parked their car in Richmond and walked to the MCG on a Friday night to watch their team play has to appreciate the sentiment of that song."
"I don’t think the song was originally written with football in mind, but it’s been hijacked a little bit."
2. Monday’s Experts- Weddings Parties Anything
"This is a genuine football song and it’s got a bit of a St Kilda theme to it."
"The great line from Tony Lockett who was asked after a game by a journalist, a bit of criticism, and he quipped well everyone’s a Monday’s expert. That sums it up pretty well.
1. Up there Cazaly – Mike Brady
"It’s an iconic song."
"For some that might be a little bit corny, and maybe a little bit outdated, and we might be a little bit sick of that one too, but it still has the greatest line.
"It captures the whole game in a small paragraph – ‘there are days when you could give it up, there are days when you could fly’."