Project Anthem

[villa `cross the mersey]

Anyone remember us singing "Mull of Kintyre" back in the day ?

Was the time of the Balloons - recall us singing it at the Baseball Ground.

I know it does not have Villa featured in i,t but neither does Delilah mention Stoke or KRO mention the Scum.

Mull of Kintyre would be a brilliant basis for an anthem: the lyrics would just need tweaking BUT it has all the attributes of a classic.

Mull of Kintyre? Dear Me... that's going to have the opposition crapping their pants isn't it!
Besides, that's a Charlton "anthem" isn't.... and shite too.

I love Ghostriders... but it's sang too fast nowadays and is not the same.

As for anything scaring the oppo - is there really a Premier Lge player whose going to be put off be some singing.. maybe the odd mascot might be a tad tearful, but a player?
If the idea is to put off the opposition how about we all take an empty crisp packet and pop them together.

Perhaps we could all carry a laser pen in to the ground - now that would put em off

PS M O K was only a suggestion - and we did sing it back in the day - what`s your idea of an anthem then?

[pav]

It maybe because we'd had a few, but we agreed that the chorus of Any Dream Will Do would make a good football anthem...

May I return to the beginning
The light is dimming, and the dream is too
The world and I, we are still waiting
Still hesitating
Any dream will do

So, as well as now having the oft mentioned forward line we will be singing show tunes in the stand?

makoun and technicolor jumper

[Jimbo]

Land of Hope and Glory.

[Dave]

The thing that bugs me about Ghostriders is that it's a real loose connection between the Cash song and what is sung on the terraces, the tune is barely recognisable.  I can't be the only one that thinks that, surely?

I'm with you on this.  The tune sung on the terraces sounds nothing like the Cash song.  I know the tune is viewed as a classic for the Villa fan of a certain vintage but I just can't quite feel its anthemic qualities. 

As I asked earlier, is it supposed to be?

I might be wrong but I thought the signings of HEITS predates the Cash version by a fair while.

[Holte L2]

Has to be bells are ringing.
What are the full verses? I always forget-i know I shouldnt. Time to memorise them!

[Legion]

One version:

The bells are ringing for the claret and blue,
The fans are singing for the claret and blue,
Everybody is knowing,
To the Villa we are going,
Cause the Villa are showing,
We're the best in the land.
BEST IN THE LAND!!

[myf]

The song Brigada have been singing to 'Just can't get enough' is class, IMO.

The Bells Are Ringing is your best bit, I reckon.

What words are sung by Brigada?

[Chipsticks]

Should probably go with someone "local", such as Ozzy Osbourne, Led Zeppelin, or Duran Duran.

.....or we could just nick You'll Never Walk Alone...

[Dave]

Should probably go with someone "local", such as Ozzy Osbourne, Led Zeppelin, or Duran Duran.

Rodgers & Hammerstein were from neither Liverpool nor Manchester and Tom Jones wasn't from Stoke.

I don't think it really matters where the writer/singer is from.

[glasses]

Should probably go with someone "local", such as Ozzy Osbourne, Led Zeppelin, or Duran Duran.

.....or we could just nick You'll Never Walk Alone...

Or Ocean Colour Scene?

[DeKuip]

Anyone remember us singing "Mull of Kintyre" back in the day ?

Was the time of the Balloons - recall us singing it at the Baseball Ground.

I know it does not have Villa featured in i,t but neither does Delilah mention Stoke or KRO mention the Scum.

Mull of Kintyre would be a brilliant basis for an anthem: the lyrics would just need tweaking BUT it has all the attributes of a classic.

Mull of Kintyre? Dear Me... that's going to have the opposition crapping their pants isn't it!
Besides, that's a Charlton "anthem" isn't.... and shite too.

I love Ghostriders... but it's sang too fast nowadays and is not the same.

As for anything scaring the oppo - is there really a Premier Lge player whose going to be put off be some singing.. maybe the odd mascot might be a tad tearful, but a player?
If the idea is to put off the opposition how about we all take an empty crisp packet and pop them together.

Perhaps we could all carry a laser pen in to the ground - now that would put em off

PS M O K was only a suggestion - and we did sing it back in the day - what`s your idea of an anthem then?

As I said I love Ghostriders, but that, nor any other "anthem' is going to scare the oppo. I've never been to a ground and been scared by someone's anthem, and can't imagine a player ever has.

Not exactly an anthem but I also used to like the old one where we all put our hands in the air and just went "Woooaaahh" (or however you might write that, sounds crap written down!) for ages - remember doing for almost the entire half in the Smethwick End once, and  occasionally it broke into "Villa, Villa, Villa" before back to the humm which started quiet a got louder, and louder on and off.

[PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt]

I think for the fans to sing.....'The Bells are Ringing' should definitely be our anthem. Sung really really slowly.

Would be fantastic if it could be started as the players come out of the tunnel by the sound of church bells actually ringing....with the crowd then taking over the singing.

 

[usav]

The thing that bugs me about Ghostriders is that it's a real loose connection between the Cash song and what is sung on the terraces, the tune is barely recognisable.  I can't be the only one that thinks that, surely?

I'm with you on this.  The tune sung on the terraces sounds nothing like the Cash song.  I know the tune is viewed as a classic for the Villa fan of a certain vintage but I just can't quite feel its anthemic qualities. 

As I asked earlier, is it supposed to be?

I might be wrong but I thought the signings of HEITS predates the Cash version by a fair while.

I don't know the history of it Dave.  I do know that the bloke who started the thread linked it to the Cash song though, hence my point.

[flybo]

One version:

The bells are ringing for the claret and blue,
The fans are singing for the claret and blue,
Everybody is knowing,
To the Villa we are going,
Cause the Villa are showing,
We're the best in the land.
BEST IN THE LAND!!

thats the one love it when the holte sing it . i think it has to long since it was last song at a home game

[Dave]

The thing that bugs me about Ghostriders is that it's a real loose connection between the Cash song and what is sung on the terraces, the tune is barely recognisable.  I can't be the only one that thinks that, surely?

I'm with you on this.  The tune sung on the terraces sounds nothing like the Cash song.  I know the tune is viewed as a classic for the Villa fan of a certain vintage but I just can't quite feel its anthemic qualities. 

As I asked earlier, is it supposed to be?

I might be wrong but I thought the signings of HEITS predates the Cash version by a fair while.

I don't know the history of it Dave.  I do know that the bloke who started the thread linked it to the Cash song though, hence my point.

Fair point.

It's clearly all his fault then (winky)