40 (+8) Years Of Hurt - England World Cup 2006

Can it really be 8 years since I made this? Blimey. I don't think I've watched England play since, other than the other night.

One of many "fan made" videos I created around the World Cup 2006 for various clients, this one was done just for "fun" at the time England fell out of the tournament.

Published under an alias the day after and "seeded", it's one of my personal faves, as the subtle movements on screen match the sentiment and lyrics of the brilliant David Ford track "I Don't Care What You Call Me". It got to over 200k views before being taken off YouTube by FIFA.

40 Years Of Hurt - England World Cup 2006 from Ritch Ames on Vimeo.

The PeteBox

Stay with this past the Pink Panther theme - this is all recording live and in one take. Very clever stuff, must be a right headache remembering where he's saved all those samples, and getting the timing right.

Reminds me of David Ford's State Of The Union - also using sample loops, recorded in one take (embedding requests denied unfortunately) and Go To Hell which looks even more complicated;