Showing posts with label Bobby Fischer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bobby Fischer. Show all posts

Monday, 21 January 2008

song for Bobby Fischer

Joe writes: I was away this weekend so I felt sure another blog would beat me to it and post Cue Fanfare by Prefab Sprout in tribute to Bobby Fischer.

I recommend The Guardian's Bobby Fischer obituary for the story of a truly remarkable life, written by a fellow chess player.

I also recommend Prefab Sprout's debut album Swoon, from which Cue Fanfare is taken. It's raw but dazzlingly intelligent and ambitious (a bit like Bobby Fischer I guess), and it's probably my favourite Prefab Sprout album.

Prefab Sprout - Cue Fanfare (iTunes)