Singing/chanting

[robbieando]

Originally posted by AussieAnge
Robbieando,

You are on to something, you obviously know the tunes from Rangers' songs

How about..

"hello hello we are the sydney swans
hello hello we are the sydney swans
we're gonna sing with all our might
for the boys in red & white
'cos we all follow the Swannies?

Yep, its a pretty popular Rangers turn, but JF knew it from somewhere and we both got it going a few times in Melbourne early in the season. I like my verson because its simple and it still has the Swans edge to it.

Talk to JF, he know a hell of alot more chants than I do.

[Bron]

We are in the Brewongle right behind the race. I've tried to start "c'mon you reds" and some others.

I reckon it would be easier to do some player specifics like we talked about before the game at Stade Oz last week. e.g. "hey Jude" (to the beatles tune) when Jude gets it, yell "hall" (like "ball") when BBBBH gets it, yell "ball" when jason gets it. This should be easier because people don't need to know the words, just one or two and as it's about the player it should be easy enough to work out. You've just got to do it each time. We can post these on this site too and work up something for maybe half a dozen players.

Once the crowd gets more into it ... in a few years ... we can get into more complex chants

[Craig]

Well I believe that singing should be left to the soccer and cricket. Both games are far slower than footy and better suited to singing.

I think you will find most people want to go the the game to watch the footy, not to perform group karoake.

I watch people in the cheer squad and half the time they have their back turned to the play (this is not after a goal but during actual play).

I think the current Sydney chants are great (with the exception of the 9 clap one) and seem to work. The atmosphere when Willo or Maxi are running down the wing, when Leo Barry leaps and when BBBBH kicks a goal is fantastic.

I'm all for a better atmosphere and lose my voice every game from yelling so much. We don't need songs, we need an educated crowd, a crowd who knows when to shout 'BALL' and a crowd who is there yelling for the footy, not because they want to join the choir.

[chewyonyourboot]

I am intrigued..How does "in your collingwood slums" go? I'd like to sing that on Grand final day

[Mark]

"Hello hello, we are the Sydney boy's
Hello hello, you'll hear us by our noise
Where up to our necks in Magpie Blood
Surender or you'll die
Because we are the famous Sydney boy's"


Imported, mindless, sectarian rubbish is just what we need !!!!

Get a life, i support football, i have no desire to be up to my neck in fellow supporters blood!

I can only hope you have not lived amongst, or seen the damage of this sort of bile.

[Diego]

Originally posted by Mark
Get a life, i support football, i have no desire to be up to my neck in fellow supporters blood!

I can only hope you have not lived amongst, or seen the damage of this sort of bile.

What kinda of bile do you speak of? It seems you really are against any sort of barracking.

Judging by your location I understand why.

[Mark]

No problem with Barracking, and as far as i am aware nor does anyone "where im from"

Just dont think we need to import mindless sectarian "up to our necks in blood" rubbish from overseas.

If you do, suggest you go and have a look, and see how you like it !

[robbieando]

Mark, I do know the issue behind the chant however I would like to point that the chant itself is a Rangers one and as we all know is viewed as an anti Catholic song. I'm a Rangers fan and a Catholic and I don't have a problem with.

If you don't like it don't join in with it, plain and simple.

Maybe I should teach the crowd "The Sash" instead????

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Originally posted by Diego

They have some really good and funny songs though and we sang them on the way back on Saturday night.

The thing is, I think they are funny. Before the match at the Brewery I had had a couple and started taunting a couple of Lions fans at the next table with "You voted for Pauline, you voted for Pauline, da da, da hey"
A few of the Northern Spirit soccer regulars laughed, as that is the sort of bawdy stuff we sing all the time. Several others (including Anniswan, it must be said) did NOT find it so amusing! Hence I stopped singing anything at all.

Are we all too PC these days to see the humour in a chant or song? I mean, I've copped a gobful from Paul at the office because of singing the Barmy Army classic "Today is Monday, Monday is a Finger Day!". (I follow the club around the country at my own expence, yet only get called up when somebody has had a whinge to the club office about something I do ).

Seriously the problems in chants and songs not catching on is something that is harder to those in the northern States. Whilst even at Swans matches in Melbourne it will be just the Cheer Squad starting up chants and songs, in Sydney and Brisbane (and even Adelaide when you think of it) there are chants that are constantly competing with each other, started by chant-leaders all around the ground. On Saturday night, there were chants being started by people all over the ground. Often we were quiet whilst others were up chanting. And rest assured, there were plenty of cases where the opposite was also the case.

Maybe if we got some sort of Brass band like they have at Dutch and England soccer matches, that would be a good way to introduce the singing culture into the daily repetiore at Swans matches? Thoughts?

JF

PS:- Does anyone know the URL to the thread we had after the Carlton game where I listed some of the songs we sing?

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Originally posted by AussieAnge
I think we've got to keep the momentum going. We're onto something here.
We sit in the MA Noble and I know most of our group will sing along and we can gradually involve the people around us.
Robbieando is onto something, we can work on that song to "sydneyise" it but it can be done.
As the saying foes "rome wasn't built in a day", let's start with "we love you sydney..." and move on from there.
I presume that the pre-season game against the Bombers will be played at North Sydney oval in Feb, we can start it there. That will be a good forum for introducing new stuff as it is small and folk can hear what is being sung.

Ange, we actually had a good little group under the McCartney Stand roof at the NSO match last year. And we sang mainly soccer songs, to the point that the Fox Footy cameras were attracted to it like bees to honeys.

You guys in the MA Noble have an important job, as it is when you guys start something, it sticks. (aka the SYYYYYYDDDDDDNNNNNEEEEYYY chant at the Eagles match in 1996). Why not try something simple like "Ole Ole Ole Ole Syd-neh! Syd-neh!". I know that if it gets started properly, it will catch on.

Start small. There are enough of us around these days who ARE willing to try and get something going songs-wise. Feeble boring chants of "Aussie/Sydney Oi Oi Oi" are an indication of the sad state of the barracking culture in this country.

I'm happy that there are people wanting to seriously try and change things. More please.

JF

[anniswan]

Originally posted by JF_Bay22_SCG
The thing is, I think they are funny. Before the match at the Brewery I had had a couple and started taunting a couple of Lions fans at the next table with "You voted for Pauline, you voted for Pauline, da da, da hey"
A few of the Northern Spirit soccer regulars laughed, as that is the sort of bawdy stuff we sing all the time. Several others (including Anniswan, it must be said) did NOT find it so amusing! Hence I stopped singing anything at all.

que???

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Originally posted by Craig
I watch people in the cheer squad and half the time they have their back turned to the play (this is not after a goal but during actual play).

Yeah, but why is that? Because I'm trying to animate the fans behind me into chanting.

It is one thing to just get 300 in the Cheer Squad bay starting up. But it is another to start up 71000.

The "!! !!! !!!! SYDNEY" one is proof that if you get something started, people WILL join in.

JF

[JF_Bay22_SCG]

Originally posted by chewyonyourboot
I am intrigued..How does "in your collingwood slums" go? I'd like to sing that on Grand final day

It goes to the tune of "Three Blind Mice"

In your Collingwood Slums
In your Collingwood Slums
You look in a dustbin for something to eat
You find a dead rat, and think its a treat
In your Collingwood slums

In your Collingwood slums
Your mum's on the dole
and your Dad's in the nick
You can't get a job,
'caus your so friggin' thick
In your Collingwood slums

In your Collingwood slums
You p**s in the shower, and @@@@ in the bath
You shag your grandmother and think its a laugh
In your Collingwood slums!

[Craig]

Originally posted by JF_Bay22_SCG
Yeah, but why is that? Because I'm trying to animate the fans behind me into chanting.

It is one thing to just get 300 in the Cheer Squad bay starting up. But it is another to start up 71000.

The "!! !!! !!!! SYDNEY" one is proof that if you get something started, people WILL join in.

JF

All I'm saying is pick your timing a bit better. An exciting bit of play is not really the time to chant, it's more of a yelling and screaming thing. Turn your back after a goal, during a ball up, during a throw in etc and start your chants. More people will join in then and you might actually get to see the good bits of the game, not on replay when you get home.

I'm 100% for as much noise as possible, as I said previously I lose my voice after most games.

Chanting is ok when it's simple. But songs that require learning long winded sentences is another thing. I don't like the clapping as it's boring, the Sydney bit is awesome.

[Swansinger]

Nice thread , Ange - yes we need to keep these ideas alive.

It might be an idea to ask , why do we sing ?
Is it for our own amusement?
Or to encourage the lads?

"Syyyyddddnnnney" has to stay - gets the fans going and has become entrenched.
And several players have said they love it , too.

How about some player - specific singing?
Maybe Tadhg would love to hear "The Ballad of Billy Reid" -
no , maybe that's not a good idea.
But "Norris Lurker" and I did an embarrassing duet of
"Hey Jude - na na nananana" at the Dogs match.

And , you know , maybe that's the key :
Some fans are too self-conscious to make fools of themselves with a bit of singing.
Which is not a problem when you reach my age , cos I'm past caring what anybody thinks about me!