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Just watching the Sunderland players listening to the fans sing Wise Men Say at the end of the game yesterday. Beautiful
Palace have Glad All Over
Forest have whatever it is
We could do with a song. Not sure it matters what it is. Just something everyone knows
Steps or something
I'll be there
Men of Harlech
We're shit and we know we are?
The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum.
We all agree Vincent Tans a wanker
Everton ... 'There she Goes.'Quote:
Originally Posted by EastbourneBlue
https://youtu.be/CZXLLMbJdZ4?feature=shared
Well, it's better than 'Z Cars.'
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My choice. Still a classic as it was when first played at Ninian Park in the late 1960's.
The Four Tops: Walk Away Renee
https://youtu.be/zvgovAzhJHU?feature=shared
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Some of the songs clubs sing before the kick-off have little or no real connection with the city they represent. Forest singing "Mull of Kintyre" WTF is that all about? Fulham, "Sweet Caroline" - nothing unique about that. Villa and Wolves sing the same song Hi-Ho Silver lining. At least L'pool, Arsenal, have songs that have a real connection with the place they represent. Others have songs that have been long standing songs e.g Palace with Glad all over - which is acceptable. We have 2 songs - one can really only be sung by Cardiff, the other is uniquely Welsh.They are, of course, I'll be there and Men of Harlech. Bout for mr it should be the former it links the City and the Valleys, it has real meaning and it's pert of our heritage.
Mull of Kintyre was number one at Christmas 1977. Forest went on to win the league that year. I assume that is why they adopted it?
We should adopt a Shirely Bassey song as she is a local girl. Diamonds are forever or Bluebirds are forver?
If you tolerate this relegation will be next
"You'll Never Walk Alone" is a show tune from the 1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel. In the second act of the musical, Nettie Fowler, the cousin of the protagonist Julie Jordan, sings "You'll Never Walk Alone" to comfort and encourage Julie when her husband, Billy Bigelow, the male lead, stabs himself with a knife whilst trying to run away after attempting a robbery with his mate Jigger and dies in her arms.Quote:
Originally Posted by Garth Blue
Unless the “real connection” to the city of Liverpool is knifecrime and robbery, I’m missing the link.
YNWA is no different for Liverpool than Mull of Kintyre or Glad All Over is for Forest and Palace. They adopted it because a scouse band did a cover version of the song in the 60’s.
Loads of club’s fans sang You’ll Never Walk Alone in the 60s/early 70s. We did, even the Stretford End sang it, it wasn’t always uniquely Liverpool’s (or Celtic’s). In fact Man Utd fans adopted it after Munich ‘58.
Presumably it stuck with L'pool because it was sung by a Mersey band - at least that is some connection. i would much prefer I'll be there to Hey Jude.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
That maxim didn't work for Rushden.Quote:
Originally Posted by NinianKnight
Not as good as the original by Left Banke.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve the Tea
Anyone remember Leicester away at Filbert St, first game of the season 1970? 1-0 win for us and we sang ‘The Wonder of You ‘ before the kick off, it would have made Elvis proud.
Peter Hooton of the farm wrote that song and he is a massive Liverpool fan (a real one).Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve the Tea
Another band member was a big Everton fan and when they reached a cup final he asked Peter if they could use it to do the Everton cup final song and Peter agreed.
I heard Peter in later life tell the story that his father gave him a bollocking on his death bed because he allowed it to happen 😂
Simply the Best was arguably the most inspirational 'walk-out' song of the Ninian Park era, although Men of Harlech can have few to match it.Quote:
Originally Posted by EastbourneBlue
If the Cardiff fans can wean themselves off using the usual non-inspirational & abusive chants towards Swansea & England and the pathetic Sheep Sh@gging B@stards ... in a match then that might have a positive influence on those contemplating Cardiff City as the next step in their career.
‘Simply the Best’??????? The City are the reason why I hate that song. The useless team of the time coming out to that was a total embarrassment and trades description should have got involved. As someone once suggested on here many moons ago, ‘A hooded man ringing a bell should have led the team out bellowing ‘Bring Out Your Dead’Quote:
Originally Posted by Forest Green Bluebird
Ring of Fire. Sorted.
Appreciated the info. Ta.Quote:
Originally Posted by insider
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Where are the clowns
Lyrics
isn't it rich?
Our form's in the bin,
Dalman's in Monaco
Vincent won’t fly in…
Ken is in London
Selling second hand cars
Where are the clowns?
Isn't it bliss?
Don’t you approve?
Tan's watching golf swings,
While we fail to move.
Where are the clowns?
Send in the clowns.
Just when we hoped
That we’d play the youth,
We sell them off cheap,
And ignore the truth.
One’s sold to Leeds,
And others gone too
Academy dreams?
What did they do?
Isn't it fun?
Dropping like stones,
No real direction,
Just boardroom woes
Where are the clowns?
Send in the clowns...
Don’t bother we have them here
Joe Cocker: With a Little Help from my Friends [Vocal starts after 1 min.]
https://youtu.be/rUVEFkjqiEE?si=t2W5yIcdCuC-fiMa
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Re: Send in the Clowns ...
Well done. Now could you imagine it if fans actually sang that first verse at games?
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Design For Life wouldn't be too badQuote:
Originally Posted by Coyote
Swap out "her" for "his" and there's a ready made chant about Vincent
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Probably better off not singing the actual chorus of that one mind...
Everybody Hurts by REM would get the crowd ready for the game.
But they don’t sing Mull of Kintyre, they use the MOK tune adapted to their own lyrics about their ground “City Ground”.Quote:
Originally Posted by NinianKnight
They used to run out to a terrible tune about Robin Hood, but it got replaced, due to fan pressure to the MOK / City Ground song some years ago.
Not a bad shout.Quote:
Originally Posted by NinianKnight
Always remember this song being played every week at Ninian Park in the early 60’s
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kvaTxDGnWL8
I’m sure some geek on here could come up with new lyrics
Things like a hoof in the dark,
Things like we miss every mark,
Things like we can't defend—
Still, we'll follow 'til the end!
Chorus:
Ba ba ba, ba ba ba!
We are City, proud and true!
Ba ba ba, ba ba ba!
Still turn up whatever we do!
Ba ba ba, ba ba ba!
Singin’ loud in white and blue—
We’re the Bluebirds, through and through!
Or you can change the last two lines to
Singing loudly in blue and white
But Tan and his clowns are nowhere in sight