Barking Spiders Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I've really enjoyed all the matches I've see in this WC, and I've watched most and have been pleased to see a much transformed England side doing very well. However, I've been less pleased to hear the dire Three Lions song doing the rounds one more time. I may be slightly prejudiced as I've never been a fan of Frank Skinner, David Baddiel or the Lightning Seeds but even that 'song' is less then at the sum of these three parts. Now I quite like World in Motion, the vocal contribution of the players making a New Order song half decent for once. So, which footie songs get you toe tapping and which make you want to bash your own brains in with a lumphammer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Anything where they have to chant, Inger-laaaand. Which is pretty much all of them, well English ones anyway I seem to recall liking a Scottish one with the bloke from Gregory's Girl singing. Early eighties. Talking of Gregory's Girl, Clare Grogan 😍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianP Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Surely vindaloo qualifies on both counts 😀 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDaddy Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Friday's gig, we were on straight after the football. Three Lions was our opener, and it took the roof off the place 😎 It was purely mercenary, we'd only learnt it a Wednesdays rehearsal, but it did job of getting the audience immediately onside 😁 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Extremely irritating - 'The England band' and their following murdering eight bars from 'September'. It seems to go on all game, every game. All together....1234 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thodrik Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I'm Scottish and even I think the Three Lions is a great football song. My choice for the 'least optimistic and most realistic' football song ever: Del Amitri: Don't Come Home Too Soon. Its 1998, Scotland have qualified for the World Cup and they are in the opening ceremony against the defending champions Brazil. Hopes are high after Scotland qualified in impressive fashion, finishing ahead of Sweden (who finished 3rd in 1994) in their group. Hopes are high to the point that some people think that Scotland might have a hope in hell of winning a game and maybe even getting out of the group (Norway and Morocco were the other teams in the group). The unofficial song, 500 miles by The Proclaimers whips the nation into a frenzy. Finally the SFA team up with Del Amitri to release the 'official' anthem, a complete dirge of song written from the perspective of 'usually we are rubbish but maybe this time we won't be really rubbish, but we probably will be'. Including class lyrics like: 'And I don't care what people say, We can laugh it all away, But if I have a dream at all For once you won't be on that stupid plane' Add that to the music video. featuring Colin Hendry doing some keepie-uppies in Prestwick Airport. That famous Nike advert with the Brazil team, this was not. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T68AXsUAEI 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Anyone remember this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 47 minutes ago, lowdown said: Anyone remember this? Unfortunately Yes. Back Home, 1970, is still the best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyquipment Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I like that lightning seeds song. It’s got a nice chord progression in the verse. The chorus is fine too. Quite fun on the bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleabag Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 They're all irritating 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scalpy Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Opened with the chorus before seguing into the usual stuff on Saturday. Rationale was we were bound to be asked to play it so we knocked out 16 bars to preempt any drunken punters! Worked a treat- great gig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Riva Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 1 hour ago, pete.young said: Back Home, 1970, is still the best. Channeling my best Ron Manager, “Back Home; Esso coins, dad getting the petrol; Banks upset tum; Bonetti the cat; Uwe Seeler; broken dreams; best England team ever; jumpers for goalposts; hmmm, Wembley Trophy football...” Yep, definitely Back Home! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 7 hours ago, Old Man Riva said: Channeling my best Ron Manager, “Back Home; Esso coins, dad getting the petrol; Banks upset tum; Bonetti the cat; Uwe Seeler; broken dreams; best England team ever; jumpers for goalposts; hmmm, Wembley Trophy football...” Yep, definitely Back Home! “Esso Coins”....I forgot about those.... 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 I like hearing Three Lions. Means we're still in the World Cup. I hope I hear it bursting forth from televisions, radios and jukeboxes well into Sunday evening and most of Monday too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, upside downer said: I like hearing Three Lions. Means we're still in the World Cup. I hope I hear it bursting forth from televisions, radios and jukeboxes well into Sunday evening and most of Monday too. Don't think you will though. England have done well and congratulations are deserved but so far they haven't met any teams of the calibre of Croatia (when they're on form), Belgium and France , both on the form they've showed in the knockout phases. England don't yet have anyone quite of the class of Modric, de Bruyne or Mbappe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Barking Spiders said: Don't think you will though. England have done well and congratulations are deserved but so far they haven't met any teams of the calibre of Croatia (when they're on form), Belgium and France , both on the form they've showed in the knockout phases. England don't yet have anyone quite of the class of Modric, de Bruyne or Mbappe. But 30 (now 52) years of hurt never stopped me dreaming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Barking Spiders said: Don't think you will though. England have done well and congratulations are deserved but so far they haven't met any teams of the calibre of Croatia (when they're on form), Belgium and France , both on the form they've showed in the knockout phases. England don't yet have anyone quite of the class of Modric, de Bruyne or Mbappe. Or Messi. Or Ronaldo. Or Neymar. Remind me again, what happened to their teams? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Happy Jack Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Anyway, if the football coverage of the England matches is anything to go by, by far the most popular football song is God Save The Queen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, Happy Jack said: Anyway, if the football coverage of the England matches is anything to go by, by far the most popular football song is God Save The Queen. Now that's a proper dirge. Dull, fawning load of old toss. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 Except that Argentina , Portugal and Brazil sides were centred around their superstars. Neymar has shown he's no team player. Belgium and Croatia play like teams should. England have some real finds, in Macguire, Trippier and Pickford in particular. I'm sure many big sides will be whipping out their chequebooks for those boys. However, too many chances have gone missing in the last few games that should've been buried. I'm thinking of Rashford's against Belgium and two by Sterling against Sweden. With one of them Sterling had Kane to his left in front of an open goal yet Sterling was fannying about trying to score himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted July 10, 2018 Author Share Posted July 10, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Rich said: Now that's a proper dirge. Dull, fawning load of old toss. Too true. God Save The Queen is a total pile of poop . The words are embarrassingly archaic and deferential and the tune is a funeral paced drone. By several thousand miles it's the worst national anthem of any major country. Two that are great are The Marsellaise and Russia's. Then again those countries had have a great tradition of top class composers. Edited July 10, 2018 by Barking Spiders typo changes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Allons enfants de la patrie! La jour de gloire est arrivee! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Or, with alternative lyrics by Allan Sherman: Louis XVI was the King of France in 1789. He was worse than Louis XV, he was worse than Louis XIV, he was worse than Louis XIII. He was the worst since Louis I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Just to steal the joke from the Off Topic page: 'Whilst there is no official England Song for this World Cup, they are bringing back '3 Lions on my Yurt' for the Qatar World Cup in 4 years time'. Well it amused me....😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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