I think I saw at least 5 versions of this video, but this one is the official:

         

dir: Dougal Wilson according to twitter.com

         

gem.

         

Awesome video... shit song.

         

Oh yes reminds me of School PE lessons in the Second Year

Buss'ed miles from the school, into some god forsaken frost crusted, rain-sodden windswept bog, that was laughably called a sports-field, once a week for half a day's torture, butt naked to all intents and purpose. 'mean u could hardly call the paper thin top and shorts, 'Sports Apparel' now could you! Usually doing fifty fucking star jumps or some other moronic mindless physical exertions coz "Robo your useless even in goals" or made to run a ten mile's cross country tru' stagnant stinking water filled ditches, stinging nettles, cow pats and thistles and "Go on boy! It will make a man of you" No actually it was more likely to result in icicles hanging from your perished goolies or an A&E admission suffering from hypothermia Funny how the pugnacious bastard PE teacher Mr O'Neill and the Head Mr Hurley were the only ones allowed to wear track suits

We used to have a few retarded nob'eads that actually liked doing cross-country running, and would enter inter-school competitions. They were cack in regards to attaining any meaningful position on the league tables. Auld Hurley would get up in assembly after one of these, and make the pronouncement in all solemnity "A round of applause for Dwyer Minor (or some such fuck) who has achieved the position of a hundred and fifty nine. Now I know some of you lads might think this is a very low ranking but thirty schools took part and three hundred boys entered, so all told, it is a splendid achievement!" Yeah rite! So's was the fella behind him!

Mr O'Neill on entering the changing room would bawl "Right Sick Lame and Lazy form a line to the right of me, with your notes or excuses! Robo you here again! Your never out of this queue, I don't think I've seen you in sports kit once this term! What's it this time? Oh a sick note from your mother.... A pulled muscle in your shoulder is it? You just got your mother to write this didn't you? It's like the Queen when she does not want to keep an appointment or go somewhere, she has her secretary write a note to say "I'm very sorry Her Majesty has a cold!" Well I'll find some thing for you to do, that won't tax your shoulder" ....... Usually it was been made walk back the four or five miles to the school from the sports field, in the hope if you weren't fast enuff you'd miss your dinner. I dain't care, it woz preferable to having me nackers freezing off, hobbling round the bluddy soccer pitch like all the other dildos.... and actually I continually forged my mom's signature. She was quite fierce my mom 'specially if she'd had a drink, an' the school policy in 'our family contact matters' was...' best kept to the uttermost minimum'

Mr Hurley the head woz a nob too, he had allegedly served in the RAF. 'Course 'e did! The nearest flying action that sheepskin Irvin Jacket he used to sport, (casually thrown over his shoulder on the way from the car park to his office) ever saw. was most likely as part of a 'Leather World' crated repro consignment flown in from Spain!

Oh yes sorry the video........ Brilliant! Stonking! It brought all those memories back dain't it!

         

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that was quite a gem.

edit. sorry progosk, you said gem first.. i guess we agree.

         

Wonderful.

Also: Chariots of Fire

         

LOVE the ending...

         

What a great antidote to the heartfelt stadium slop soundtrack. I would be giggling to myself if I had to see them play this song live after watching this video... Classic Dougal innit.

         

Bitchin'!

         

Still doesn't work for me.

         

Dougal is awesome :D

         

So, so, so good.

File alongside his videos for four-tet, coldplay, dizzie... so british, quaint, warm, humourous. What a great director.

         

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