| "Holy Grail" | ||
|---|---|---|
| Single by Hunters & Collectors | ||
| from the album Cut | ||
| Released |
1992 |
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| Format | CD | |
| Genre | Australian rock | |
| Label | Mushroom Records | |
Holy Grail is a song performed by the Australian band Hunters & Collectors on their 1992 album Cut. With lyrics referring to popular Holy Grail mythology, the song is an anthemic single inspired by Napoleon's march to Russia in 1812, but also referencing the Hunters & Collectors' flagging attempts to "crack" the American market.
The song has since become an Australian rules football anthem,[1] particularly with mistaken reference to the Premiership Cup and the AFL Grand Final. Channel Ten used the song to open and close its AFL broadcasts between 2002 and 2006. Ironically, the composer of the song, Mark Seymour, does not follow Australian Rules football.[2] In 2009, however, Seymour performed the song as part of the AFL Grand Final's pre-match entertainment.
It was also featured as the theme song to the Australian rugby league movie Footy Legends. The main riff throughout the song bears a significant resemblance to the Boston song "More Than A Feeling".
References
- ^ Stephen Alomes (November 2000). "One Day in September: Grass Roots Enthusiasm, invented Traditions and Contemporary Commercial Spectacle and the Australian Football League Finals". Sporting Traditions 17 (1). http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/SportingTraditions/2000/st1701/ST1701h.pdf. Retrieved 2006-07-18.
- ^ Seymour, Mark: "Thirteen Tonne Theory", page 365. Penguin Viking, 2008
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