Worcestershire | Archive | 2006 | May | 4
From the archive, first published Thursday 4th May 2006.
A VALE football fan has put his musical talents to good use by coming up with a World Cup song to cheer on our boys to a famous victory this summer.
Bruno Gallone, aged 43, from Bretforton, has recorded his own song entitled Forever England and has already received plenty of coverage to support the uplifting anthem.
The tune has been played on BBC Radio 5 and is one of a number of songs involved in a poll on radio channel Talksport, in a battle to become the unofficial England World Cup song.
Bruno now works as a director for a children's creative play product company, but used to be part of a band called Reaction who supported such names as Bananarama, Secret Affair and The Jam.
After an extended break from music he decided to begin writing again after his wife bought him an acoustic guitar.
He said: "I first wrote the song last year for the Kaiser Chiefs to use, but they got back to me to say thanks but they would not be recording a world cup song.
"So I ended up in a recording studio with my guitar making the record, which was never the plan, but it has turned out quite nicely."
After receiving air time on national radio, Bruno admits that he has been very pleased with some of the reviews he has been getting.
He added: "It has been described as a bit JCB song and a bit Billy Bragg, which I think is a good thing. It is just an alternative to the official song by Embrace, World At Your Feet, and I hope, with a little bit of luck it could be a hit in the terraces."
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