More info from the KLF FAQ
1.012: Were 1300 Drums (featuring the
Unjustified Ancients of M.U.) really
Bill and Jimmy?
Shortly after Manchester United FC won the 1995/6 English
Football League
and FA Cup 'double', a record was released by a group calling
themselves
'1300 Drums (featuring the Unjustified Ancients of M.U.)', called
"Ooh Aah
Cantona". The song is a 'tribute' to the Man Utd. footballer Eric
Cantona,
revered by some Mancunians as a deity. The song is a
techno-bassy dance
attempt with some sampled crowd noises and keyboard work.
The group appeared
on Top Of The Pops, hiding behind rubber Eric masks, and
with an
Eric-"look-a-like". They held up "Ooh Aah Cantona" posters, the font
of
which seemed familiar. These were also distributed to the crowd at a
game
against Nottingham Forest the same season.
However, to the best
knowledge of the list members, 1300 Drums has NO
CONNECTION with Bill or
Jimmy. Letters to the record company remain
unanswered (in fact some have
been returned marked "Address Unknown"), but
there is no factual evidence to
suggest a link. The most probable
explanation is that 1300 Drums are probably
fans of both Man Utd and KLF,
maybe read the Manual and decided to try out
the advice, and the only reason
they mention the un-JAMs is because Man Utd =
M.U. = Mu.
Just been playing
around on the Top of the Pops website and decided to put in KLF to see what I
could get in Encyclopedia Poptastica
Theres two things
that aren't quite straight here though...
first one the Brit
Awards ceremony, it's mentioned (but not as the Brit Awards), but they seem to
have missed out the incedent with the motorcyclist driving in and taking the
award back to Trancentral (anyone confirm did this happen?). And they
put the sheep incident as only allegedly, I thought there was actual evidence
that the sheep was dumped.
And the second bit
is about a song called "Ooh Aah Cantona", I remember this song but I didn't
know it was by The KLF, can anyone confirm this?
"Since that time,
Drummond and Cauty have made several pseudonymous returns to the singles
charts, including the 1996 tribute to footballer Eric Cantona, "Ooh! Aah!
Cantona", as 1300 Drums Featuring The Unjustified Ancients Of
Mu"