After starting many conversations which asked if anyone knew of a Shieldfield folk song, pop banger or nursery rhyme, none were forthcoming - so we decided to make our own. 

Co-written, sung and recorded all in one day in a workshop led by Ceitidh Mac and Andrew Wilson as part of '100 People' at Shieldfield Art Works on Saturday 22 October, 2022.

All were welcome, no previous experience in music or song writing were necessary.

Song for Shieldfield Take 04

Side. A
Todd dies, Phoebe screams, Helen drinks, Jim cries, Toby had a great holiday, Bouncer whines, Todd returns as a Ghost, Neighbours death music, Self-defence lesson (part . 1), David loves Sophie, Michael gets angry, Pippa calms down, Nothing can stop Sophie and David, Sophie loves David, Cassette tape,  Poisonous berries, Karen is stupid, Adam goes to Hospital, David’s Dead, Emma almost got someone killed, Self-defence lesson (part.2).

Oz Soap Death Tape

When growing up my sister and I would make compilation tapes by recording footage from television direct onto VHS cassettes. The most loved, and only remaining, of these is my sisters Neighbours and Home and Away tape recorded between 1989-1996. The footage was compiled by recording over and over footage on a daily basis and in no apparent order. What became striking to us, when we re-watched this footage years later was my sisters  penchant to record and preserve, almost exclusively, those stories which involved death.

This 2 part recording is a 14 minute sound collage taken from the original 3hour VHS.



Oz Soap Death Tape (Side A)

Side. B
Blake dreams, Alf reassures, Sun comes up over Summer Bay, Meg dies, Blake loves Meg, Michael Cross arrives to Ramsay Street, Angel cries for help, Helen, Jim and Todd discuss good times, Frank moves in on Bobby, Shane is not coming back, Shane is dead, Lance tells Tom that Marty is gonna cark it, It’s not fair, Donald Fisher phones Nick, Why the bad stuff happens, I want to stay forever.

Oz Soap Death Tape

When growing up my sister and I would make compilation tapes by recording footage from television direct onto VHS cassettes. The most loved, and only remaining, of these is my sisters Neighbours and Home and Away tape recorded between 1989-1996. The footage was compiled by recording over and over footage on a daily basis and in no apparent order. What became striking to us, when we re-watched this footage years later was my sisters  penchant to record and preserve, almost exclusively, those stories which involved death.


Oz Soap Death Tape (Side B)

This summer during the Women's football World Cup I was in Berlin and fortunate enough to encounter FussBallaBalla.

Since 2014 ZK/U Berlin (Centre for Art and Urbanistics) an arts organisation based in the residential area of Moabit in Berlin, have been programming free to access football screenings for the biggest games.

Back in August following the Women's football World Cup I caught up with this years FussBallaBalla organisers Lianne Mol and Benedikt Wieferig to ask:

a)What is it that FussBallaBalla does that goes beyond simply screening a game of football?

b)How does this fit into a broader social and political context?

c)Given it's mainstream apeal and problematic pockets of it's history, why is an arts organisation interested in screening football in the first place?

Additional Tracks :

1. Megan Rapinoe speaks to CBSN News (2019)
2. World in Motion - New Order (1990)
3. Football is a Girls Game, Pathe News (1959)
4. Typical Girls - The Slits (1979)
5. Caster Semenya speaks to ENCA (2019)
6. Up Against the Wall, Miss America Protest in New Jersey(1968)
7. West Germany Women vs England Women (1957)

To find out more about ZK/U Berlin or FussBallaBalla, please visit:
www.zku-berlin.org

I am Andrew Wilson