Pre-Match Music Vote

[mrastonvilla]

As-ton Vil-la. Whistle.

Is this your final answer? Sadly, it is impossible to youtube on the basis that you just get hundreds of Aston Villa - final whistle" videos - which to be fair is quite entertaining in it's own way, but no use for pinning down this song.

As-ton Vil-la

Do-do-doo do-do-doo-doo-doo.

What's this, fecking Never Mind the Buzzcocks?

We Love the Villa We Doooooo wooooo.

Annoyingly catchy, but still no idea who sings it or what its based on?

[Clampy]

That tune i was asking about the other day is up on the OS now. It's by some chap called Gary Nock and it's called 'Make Life Better'. The Villa version they play at the ground is called 'Oh to be a Villian'.

As Alan Partridge would say, 'Lovely Stuff'.

[sid1964]

Slip Sliding away - I remember they used to play this in the very late 70s - maybe a very apt tune

Waterfront by Simple Minds!

[amfy]

    - The original version - turns out it's the mars advert

  - The Villa version - nice video!

Thank you Clampy.  It isn't a pre-match anthem - that isn't what it's for (I am liking what we've got now as running out music tbf - perfect) , and listening to the Villa version properly, the chanting bit in particular is a bit cringey, but right after our 10 men had hung on pretty miserably on Saturday, something felt very right about this.

[Billy Walker]

That tune i was asking about the other day is up on the OS now. It's by some chap called Gary Nock and it's called 'Make Life Better'. The Villa version they play at the ground is called 'Oh to be a Villian'.

As Alan Partridge would say, 'Lovely Stuff'.

I like the acoustic version Gary performs in front of the Holte (I'd change the "North Stand" lyric to "Witton End", mind you.)  An all round great effort and fair play to him.

[Clampy]

    - The original version - turns out it's the mars advert

  - The Villa version - nice video!








Thank you Clampy.  It isn't a pre-match anthem - that isn't what it's for (I am liking what we've got now as running out music tbf - perfect) , and listening to the Villa version properly, the chanting bit in particular is a bit cringey, but right after our 10 men had hung on pretty miserably on Saturday, something felt very right about this.

Yeah, the Aston Villa chant did ruin it, they should have just left the whistling in.

[amfy]

I think the first line of the original fits us better too "Lately I've being seeing, things it takes a little faith to believe in" rather than "Lately I've starting singing, At the Villa we have faith we're believing". I don't mean that in a negative way, it's just like the lyrics are asking for faith rather than assuming it, and I feel quite responsive to that. It was that wistfulness when i couldn't hear it properly on Saturday which resonated with me.
Actually - theres quite a bit in the original lyrics I like from a Villa perspective.

[German James]

Riders in the Sky!

[SoccerHQ]

Here here German, I'm amazed that's never a serious contender as at least it would get the Holte signing HEITS as the teams come out.

Pretty sure we came out to the Foo Fighters last Saturday,didn't really work for me. Think we should stick with Black Sabbath.

[Legion]

I'd still go for 'Escape'.

Really don't like the whistling song. Sorry.

[SoccerHQ]

Yeah Escape wasn't too bad either. Or Arcade Fire a while back.

Just don't bring back that Bells are Ringing remix. Awful!

[The Villa Werewolf]

What's happened to the vote? Don't recall it running for the last couple of games.

[Hookeysmith]

The Immigrant song - Led Zepplin - as loud as people ears can take it