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  • CureTheSane
    Carpe Noctem
    • Jan 2003
    • 5032

    #16
    Originally posted by Sandridge
    One season in the 80s, Collingwood would enter the ground to "We Can't Be Beaten" by Rose Tattoo. Hate to compliment the Pies but it was very effective!
    Did they win?
    haha
    That's the problem with using that song, imagine at opposition supporters chanting it down the ramps after the game
    The difference between insanity and genius is measured only in success.

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    • churry
      Warming the Bench
      • Mar 2014
      • 238

      #17
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      • dejavoodoo44
        Veterans List
        • Apr 2015
        • 8637

        #18
        Originally posted by CureTheSane
        Did they win?
        haha
        That's the problem with using that song, imagine at opposition supporters chanting it down the ramps after the game
        That's a bit like Carlton a few years back, when they came up with their arrogance before achievement slogan of, "they can hear us coming!" Unfortunately for Carlton fans leaving early, after yet another massive loss, the words, "we can see you going", could occasionally be heard.

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        • Mug Punter
          On the Rookie List
          • Nov 2009
          • 3325

          #19
          Originally posted by CureTheSane
          Yeah I like Sweet Caroline, but it has nothing to do with being inspirational other than a nice sing along.

          I'd rotate songs, for a bit for fun. Need songs that everyone knows.

          Up There With Sydney
          Up There Cazaly
          Boys Will Be Boys - Choirboys
          Pressure - Billy Joel
          Livin' On A Prayer - Bon Jovi
          Heroes - David Bowie
          No Second Prize - Jimmy Barnes
          I Love It Loud by Kiss would be awesome because it has the same kind of beat as We Will Rock You, as well as an easy to sing along bit.
          Likewise, Radio Ga Ga by Queen would sound amazing with everyone clapping along.
          Let's Go Crazy - Prince
          Let Me Entertain You - Robbie Williams
          We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister (if we're down at half times etc)
          I quite like Neil Diamond but I'd like some variety. Clearly not a pre-game fire up but one to loosen the nerves at the first quarter change perhaps?

          Amarillo by Tony Christie would get my vote

          Hermes House Band - (Is This The Way To) Amarillo ft. Tony Christie - YouTube

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          • bloodsbigot
            Regular in the Side
            • Mar 2010
            • 813

            #20
            Can never go wrong with a bit of AC DC.

            Just pick a singer that's a fan of ours and use their song... no wait wait... don't do that. I hate Delta Goodrem.

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            • neilfws
              Senior Player
              • Aug 2009
              • 1826

              #21
              Originally posted by YvonneH
              Off topic a little but what is the point of Sweet Caroline?
              Excellent question on many levels.

              I can only think it's a tactic to confuse the opposition/their supporters, by planting that very question in their heads and having them search for a non-existent answer.

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              • dejavoodoo44
                Veterans List
                • Apr 2015
                • 8637

                #22
                Originally posted by neilfws
                Excellent question on many levels.

                I can only think it's a tactic to confuse the opposition/their supporters, by planting that very question in their heads and having them search for a non-existent answer.
                I can see the logic behind that. Perhaps we should double up on the tactic and run out accompanied by the inspirational tones of the Benny Hill theme? Or maybe take the confusion to the max and make our entrance to Monty Python's, Every Sperm Is Sacred?

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                • Meg
                  Go Swannies!
                  Site Admin
                  • Aug 2011
                  • 4828

                  #23
                  What about the 'Ride of the Valkyries' by Richard Wagner. We could have video accompaniment on the big screen showing the Swans' players thundering in on horseback scooping up the bodies of the opposition.

                  Oops, just remembered the bodies are supposed to be fallen heroes - h'mm, I might have to re-think the imagery!

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                  • RogueSwan
                    McVeigh for Brownlow
                    • Apr 2003
                    • 4602

                    #24
                    Originally posted by neilfws
                    .. by planting that very question in their heads and having them search for a non-existent answer.
                    Who is Caroline and why is she so sweet? Is she the same Caroline as Concrete Blonde's Caroline? Is Outkast singing about the same lady? Or are Status Quo the only one to really know who she really is?
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                    • jono2707
                      Goes up to 11
                      • Oct 2007
                      • 3326

                      #25
                      Many of us are showing our age with these song suggestions....

                      I like Sweet Caroline. It's daggy and fun.

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                      • AnnieH
                        RWOs Black Sheep
                        • Aug 2006
                        • 11332

                        #26
                        I really hate sweet caroline and am quite at the point where it's ruining my personal game day.

                        Put the words to "Up there for Sydney" on the big screen. It's more important that everyone know the words to that song.

                        Sweet caroline is just irrelevant and boring.
                        Wild speculation, unsubstantiated rumours, silly jokes and opposition delight in another's failures is what makes an internet forum fun.
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                        • iigrover
                          Warming the Bench
                          • Sep 2005
                          • 245

                          #27
                          Im all for a bit of a Neil Diamond singalong, but I do think he has a time and a place. I thought it was a bit of fun when they first did Sweet Caroline, but Im over it now. It just hasnt been adopted by the crowd in the same way as Port Power's Never tear us apart. Its all a bit half hearted really. Time to try something else - something very Sydney that the crowd can 'own'. Im not sure what that is though...

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                          • Doctor
                            Bay 29
                            • Sep 2003
                            • 2757

                            #28
                            Sweet Caroline is just SO daggy and is also shamelessly borrowed from the Red Sox, where it at least has some relevance. I like the idea, I would just like us to pick something else that we can make ours. It should be fun and maybe a bit quirky, and not schmaltzy, clich?d or bogan. Preferably also not used by any other major sporting team prominent enough that it looks like we're ripping them off (and yes I know our club song is the Notre Dame Fighting March).

                            As for suggestions, I don't have any right now, but I'm working on it.
                            Today's a draft of your epitaph

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                            • Swansongster
                              Senior Player
                              • Sep 2008
                              • 1264

                              #29
                              What we want is a crowd anthem that makes the hair stand on the back of your neck as the home crowd sings pre-game with scarves in the air.

                              Something to rival Liverpool's "Never Walk Alone" and even Port's "Never Tear us Apart" which I think is awesome too. Must include lyrics that mean something in the fans/players/club relationship.

                              Not saying these are the best two options but possibilities nevertheless when you think of passionate sing-alongs to the chorus. I'm sure the collective wisdom of RWOers can do better but these might work.

                              Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over"

                              "Hey now, hey now
                              Don't dream it's over
                              Hey now, hey now
                              When the world comes in
                              They come, they come
                              To build a wall between us
                              We know they won't win""

                              From the same band Better Be Home Soon" might work.

                              "And I know I'm right
                              For the first time in my life
                              That's why I tell you
                              You'd better be home soon"

                              Or,

                              Hunters and Collectors' "Throw Your Arms Around Me"

                              "And we may never meet again
                              So shed your skin and let's get started
                              And you will throw your arms around me
                              Yeah, you will throw your arms around me"

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                              • liz
                                Veteran
                                Site Admin
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 16773

                                #30
                                When did the Sweet Caroline "tradition" start? I think I only became aware of it halfway through last season.

                                If it had been allowed to die a death at the end of 2015, I think it would have gone down as a quirky little event, specific to a particular season. The fact it has survived into 2016 makes it feel like it's being forced onto the crowd as a regular feature of game day, based on some half-hearted response from a small section of the crowd.

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