Coupe de Boule
The Gallic equivalent of a Glasgow kiss is - unfortunately for Marco Materazzi - not a French kiss, but un coupe de boule - a headbutt. Zinedine Zidane’s now infamous assault on Materazzi is the inspiration behind this musical tour de force.
Coup de Boule was penned by three colleagues from La Plage Records in Paris. The company’s bread and butter is advertising jingles, but Zidane inspired them to loftier purposes. The track is available in French and Spanish.
It was written to entertain the composers’ army of idle media friends. Against all expectations it became an overnight success, initially propagated through the Internet, but now distributed in twenty different countries by more conventional means. You can even download a ringtone for your mobile. Who says foreign music is inaccessible?