Les Murray’s ode to Zinedine Zidane

Australia might not be a footballing powerhouse, but it seems there’s one thing that can make its football look good is the songs penned to celebrate its competition in the football World Cup.

We’ve had SBS run a Eurovision style competition to find a ‘Song for the Soceroos’  in 2006 and then in 2010 there was the disastrous Westfield attempt to get onto the bandwagon with its Pulse of the Nation tune by Rogue Traders, which failed to even chart.

Dr Mumbo now realises what these efforts lacked is an authoritative voice giving the tune gravitas, authority, and of course, rhythm. Step forward SBS commentary stalwart Les Murray, who has lent his voice to this little Europop ditty, which is an ode to Zinedine Zidane. Seriously, you have to see it to believe it.