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Title: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Londonvilla on July 03, 2012, 05:28:33 PM
Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season

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Should we change the plan and just get better recording of existing songs???

Being a Villa fan can often be very confusing especially when you look at the fact that smaller clubs than us have their own song and Villa fans love to sing. I have been at Villa Park where we have song different versions of “claret and blue Army” for over 15 min and the villa away supporters always sing their hearts out, irrespective of the dross that was served up to them by the players. I especially remember a league cup game away at Chelsea where on the tube journey home, I heard Chelsea fans talking about the fact that they had battered us but would have swapped victory if they could have been part of a crowd that would sing solidly for 25 min, which was what the Villa fans had done.

It has always been difficult to find a couple of songs that the Villa fans can get behind which do not include bad language, have not been used by someone else, have no references to Birmingham city, and have a popular tune or a simple chorus.

In saying that we've always been good at having a tune / song for a season or that is in praise of one player (it's up to you Dwight Yorke, Dwight Yorke, or John Carew, Carew he's bigger than me or you, or Paul McGrath my Lord Paul McGrath). This would indicate to me that the Villa fans have the desire, invention, and voices to belt out great songs but what we are missing is the coordination, planning and invention needed to successfully put a song in place.

Bearing all of this in mind, and the fact that I, like most Villa fans feel very positive about our prospects for next season, I had a conversation with a  woman from my office who is also a professional singer, she said that if I could come up with a song then she would get the backing track and record it for me, which I could then use as my ringtone for next season. The big advantage of this would be she could change the lyrics of the song if required. Unfortunately the only song I could come up with was “Doing the Lambert walk” to the tune of “Doing the Lambeth walk.” Her response was to say “was that the best I could do?” I explained that I would post something on the heroes and villains website, (the brain trust) asking people to come up with three or four songs that she could record and then I would post them on the site so that people could download them.

The plan

So what I need people to do is to come up with popular songs that can be our anthem for next season. They can either be popular tunes with choruses that people can sing along to (which are inspiring bearing in mind most clubs anthems do not mention the teams name). Alternatively if you choose to change the lyrics on a popular tune please include the alternative words in your post so that she can insert them into the song. She has a jazzy/rhythm and blues/R&B, type voice .

If we get a decent response I will ask her to record four or five different songs and then I will put them on the site with a poll so that people can vote for which one will be the heroes and villains official Villa anthem  for the 2012/13 season.

I will put all of the songs recorded on you tube which will mean that people will be able to download them (using RealPlayer or similar program as an MP3 straight onto their phones) all for free.

So the question is, are we up for it? Can we be creative? If not us, who? If not now, when? The time is right for us to start this new era with a new song, and so, my fellow villa fans: ask not what your team can do for you — ask what you can do for your team.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Percy McCarthy on July 03, 2012, 05:42:25 PM
You're gonna get your fucking head kicked in.

That's not a nomination BTW.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Londonvilla on July 03, 2012, 05:51:05 PM
Thanks for that ……  not
If you can’t be positive please don’t post
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: pauliewalnuts on July 03, 2012, 06:11:26 PM
Londonvilla, did you miss the entire "let's get The Bells are Ringing back" campaign from last season?

Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: nigel on July 03, 2012, 06:34:27 PM
Only one song for me.

And it's Aston Villa,
Aston Villa F.C.
We're by far the greatest team,
The world has ever seen ...........................................

I will add though regarding "....and Villa fans love to sing. I have been at Villa Park where we have song different versions of “claret and blue Army” for over 15 min and the villa away supporters always sing their hearts out"

Over the past 2 seasons of home games I can't remember us singing for 15 in 90 mins let alone in one go. In fact at times last season Villa Park was like a library
Maybe Paul Lambert will get our vocal chords working again.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Legion on July 03, 2012, 06:52:02 PM
One (insert player's name here), there's ony one (repeat aforementioned player's name)...
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Percy McCarthy on July 03, 2012, 06:52:49 PM
Come on lads, didn't you read his second post? Positive posts only.

Now, great idea London, I nominate 'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now'.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Legion on July 03, 2012, 06:53:07 PM
On a more serious note, couldn't you contact the Brigada bunch as they have a similar agenda.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: mattjpa on July 03, 2012, 08:18:20 PM
And cnut of the night award goes to.... Percy McCarthy. Fair play though son, a bit of arse never hurt anyone. Back to the original post, I can't get karim el ahmadi to the time of rock the kazbah out of my head after reading it on here [copyright Mazrim iirc]
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Rob92 on July 03, 2012, 08:19:32 PM
You're gonna get your fucking head kicked in.

That's not a nomination BTW.

Raised a chuckle  ;D
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: hawkeye on July 03, 2012, 09:29:00 PM
Keep Right On lets add insult to injury and start singing KRO again.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: bertlambshank on July 03, 2012, 09:33:51 PM
Fuck me this is one wired thread.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: brian green on July 03, 2012, 09:34:44 PM
Somebody with eleven posts to his name telling us to be positive is a bit rich.   This old bollox has been going on for sixty five years to my knowledge and took the form in the early days of mangling the english language to rhyme the names of the teams we had recently defeated.   One classic circa 1952 and printed on Sports Argus paper bore the legendary refrain "goodbye Bristol City, farewell Middles Bro, Its a long long way to go to Wembley, but we'll get there I know"   We then drew Rotherham in the next round and the whole thing imploded.

Club songs are like laughter, they are spontaneous or meaningless.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Legion on July 03, 2012, 09:36:14 PM

Club songs are like laughter, they are spontaneous or meaningless.

Very true. Spontaneous or contrived.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Legion on July 03, 2012, 09:38:49 PM
One example:

Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: peter w on July 03, 2012, 09:41:45 PM
Only one song for me.

And it's Aston Villa,
Aston Villa F.C.
We're by far the greatest team,
The world has ever seen ...........................................



How long you been going? i missed the original way we sung the song.

'We're by faaaaaaaaaaaaarrrr the greatest, the world's eeeeeeeeevvvvver seen...'

if you heaven't heard it or forgotten it check out the Villa - Barcelona 83 highlights on YouTube and you'll hear it sung the way only we used to. With a  bit of originality.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: andrew08 on July 03, 2012, 09:42:28 PM
Somebody with eleven posts to his name telling us to be positive is a bit rich.   This old bollox has been going on for sixty five years to my knowledge and took the form in the early days of mangling the english language to rhyme the names of the teams we had recently defeated.   One classic circa 1952 and printed on Sports Argus paper bore the legendary refrain "goodbye Bristol City, farewell Middles Bro, Its a long long way to go to Wembley, but we'll get there I know"   We then drew Rotherham in the next round and the whole thing imploded.

Club songs are like laughter, they are spontaneous or meaningless.

You just took me back to 1975 and Wembley and my Dad singing something similar to that about the '57 run. He hated Albion and I can see him now singing 'goodbye West Bromwich Albion, farewell Burnley to' silly old sod, although he was my age then. Sigh.... I miss him.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Chipsticks on July 03, 2012, 10:56:11 PM
Surely Holte Enders in the sky is 'our song'? It's one of the few main ones I can think of that's exclusive to us and sung at every game.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Dave Clark Five on July 03, 2012, 11:31:03 PM
It's time we sang 'A knock-kneed chicken and a bow-legged hen' again.
That was always very positive.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: KRS on July 03, 2012, 11:47:51 PM
How about a return of the wonderful..."I would rather be a sausage than an egg"
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Dave Clark Five on July 04, 2012, 12:19:48 AM
Call round any old time,
Call at Villa Park.
The board of directors will show you around.
In Aston they're singing 'We're Wembley bound.'
Steeped in tradition are we,
Seven times we've won the Cup.
So come on you fans, from terrace and stands,
Sing 'It's up the Villa, up!'

To the tune of 'Call round any old time', surprisingly enough.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Chipsticks on July 04, 2012, 12:21:58 AM
How about a return of the wonderful..."I would rather be a sausage than an egg"

I once heard "I'd rather be a 'nana than an orange" from one old fellow in the Holte against Blackpool.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Dave Clark Five on July 04, 2012, 12:28:13 AM
Call round any old time,
Call at Villa Park.
The board of directors will show you around.
In Aston they're singing 'We're Wembley bound.'
Steeped in tradition are we,
Seven times we've won the Cup.
So come on you fans, from terrace and stands,
Sing 'It's up the Villa, up!'

To the tune of 'Call round any old time', surprisingly enough.
Chorus starts just over 1 minute in:



Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Vancouver on July 04, 2012, 06:00:32 AM
I admire the enthusiasm but hasn't this been attempted before? And haven't we had some wannabe record a villa song? Anyway, I'm interested to see how this fella can get a fit woman to lay backing tracks so it can be used as a ringtone. Let's take a small step here, so post the picture of the fit woman and let us decide if she is fit before we continue. Preferably in a position so that we can decide if she is commando or wearing tights
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Londonvilla on July 04, 2012, 08:38:06 AM
"I will put all of the songs recorded on you tube which will mean that people will be able to download them (using RealPlayer or similar program as an MP3 straight onto their phones) all for free."

People appear to be missing the point, its just a bit of fun, all I wanted was people to nominated a song just for the 2012/13 season.

All the posts so far have been pretty poor in term of coming up with songs ( which probably explain why we don't have one ) however I hope that people  are thinking about it and the posts in the next few day will come up with a few good suggestion
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Chipsticks on July 04, 2012, 08:44:17 AM
Well if I had to start a new song I'd be stealing Man Citeh's gimmick a little bit.

'He was stuck with Deliah Smith,
But now he's in B6!
Paul Lambert, Oh Oh Oh,
Paul Lambert, Oh Oh Oh,'

Repeat until vocal chords collapse.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Dave Clark Five on July 04, 2012, 08:57:03 AM

All the posts so far have been pretty poor in term of coming up with songs ( which probably explain why we don't have one ) however I hope that people  are thinking about it and the posts in the next few day will come up with a few good suggestion

Thanks very fucking much. If you had been on a coach/train, or in the home end at an away ground, in the 70s with everyone singing 'a knock-kneed chicken' or in the 60s belting out 'call round any old time' you wouldn't think it was poor.

Like a school report. Must improve!
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: bertlambshank on July 04, 2012, 09:06:50 AM
"I will put all of the songs recorded on you tube which will mean that people will be able to download them (using RealPlayer or similar program as an MP3 straight onto their phones) all for free."

People appear to be missing the point, its just a bit of fun, all I wanted was people to nominated a song just for the 2012/13 season.

All the posts so far have been pretty poor in term of coming up with songs ( which probably explain why we don't have one ) however I hope that people  are thinking about it and the posts in the next few day will come up with a few good suggestion
Who the fuck are you?
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Brend'Watkins on July 04, 2012, 09:12:52 AM
"I will put all of the songs recorded on you tube which will mean that people will be able to download them (using RealPlayer or similar program as an MP3 straight onto their phones) all for free."

People appear to be missing the point, its just a bit of fun, all I wanted was people to nominated a song just for the 2012/13 season.

All the posts so far have been pretty poor in term of coming up with songs ( which probably explain why we don't have one ) however I hope that people  are thinking about it and the posts in the next few day will come up with a few good suggestion
Who the fuck are you?

Shouldn't that be

"Who the fucking hell are you,
who the fucking hell are you".

Good song, I'd like to nominate it.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: nigel on July 04, 2012, 09:18:01 AM
Only one song for me.

And it's Aston Villa,
Aston Villa F.C.
We're by far the greatest team,
The world has ever seen ...........................................



How long you been going? i missed the original way we sung the song.

'We're by faaaaaaaaaaaaarrrr the greatest, the world's eeeeeeeeevvvvver seen...'

if you heaven't heard it or forgotten it check out the Villa - Barcelona 83 highlights on YouTube and you'll hear it sung the way only we used to. With a  bit of originality.

Think you're being a touch pick on the amount of a's and e's PW  :D
I was a regular from '70 - '83 then had a break as I was p**sed of with Ellis and other. I was at the Barcalona game.
So I used to be there when Villa Park was a noisy place
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Risso on July 04, 2012, 09:39:32 AM
Londonvilla any chance you could ceased using 'nominated' as a verb?
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Percy McCarthy on July 04, 2012, 09:48:20 AM
Rissbert: any chance you could cease using ceased in the past tense?
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: PaulTheVillan on July 04, 2012, 10:06:08 AM
SALI SALIFOU!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Small Rodent on July 04, 2012, 10:59:19 AM

All the posts so far have been pretty poor in term of coming up with songs ( which probably explain why we don't have one )

If you had an imagination, you could probably come up with one yourself Mr Cowell.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Mister E on July 04, 2012, 11:12:26 AM
"If you've a troublesome sore throat [SORE THROAT],
"Ev'n though you've worn your hat and coat [HAT AND COAT],
"Take TCP and gargle every day
"Until the soreness's gone away [GONE AWAY]"


Eeee, they don't make 'em like they used to. And if you don't like that
"you're going home like Sandy Richardson"
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Can Gana Be Bettered!?!? on July 04, 2012, 11:22:41 AM


YOU MADE THE SUN SHINE BRIGHTER
YOU MADE THE BLUES GO AWAY
WE'VE GOTTA BELIEVE
WE'RE GONNA WIN THE LEAGUE

WOH-OH ASTON VILLA
GRA-VER-LEY HILL RIVIERA
HOLTE ENDERS LIVE FOREVER
THE SUN NEVER SETS ON ASTON VILLA

IN EVERY TOWN TONIGHT
THERE IS A WONDERFUL SIGHT
A BELIEVER LIKE ME AND YOU
WEARING THE CLARET AND BLUE

WO-OH ASTON VILLA
GRA-VER-LEY HILL RIVIERA
HOLTE ENDERS LIVE FOREVER
THE SUN NEVER SETS ON ASTON VILLA

I REMEMBER A EURO NIGHT
WE FELL ON OUR KNEES AND CRIED
THE GREATEST CLUB CUP IN SIGHT
FOR US THE NIGHT THAT NEVER DIES

WO-OH ASTON VILLA
GRA-VER-LEY HILL RIVIERA
HOLTE ENDERS LIVE FOREVER
THE SUN NEVER SETS ON ASTON VILLA

WO-OH ASTON VILLA
GRA-VER-LEY HILL RIVIERA
HOLTE ENDERS LIVE FOREVER
THE SUN NEVER SETS
THE SUN NEVER SETS
THE SUN NEVER SETS
ON ASTON VILLA

Maybe a bit long for fans to remember though and have a quick burst through...(apologies for capital letters - it was a copy and paste job).
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: pauliewalnuts on July 04, 2012, 11:23:20 AM
"If you've a troublesome sore throat [SORE THROAT],
"Ev'n though you've worn your hat and coat [HAT AND COAT],
"Take TCP and gargle every day
"Until the soreness's gone away [GONE AWAY]"


Eeee, they don't make 'em like they used to. And if you don't like that
"you're going home like Sandy Richardson"

Ha ha, brilliant.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: not3bad on July 04, 2012, 11:26:10 AM
all I wanted was people to nominated a song just for the 2012/13 season.

12/13
12/13
This is season
12/13
VILLA!
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: The Laughing Policeman on July 04, 2012, 11:34:31 AM
There's more to Holte Enders In the Sky than the chorus. Remember the 60's and 70's when we used to sing the whole song?
Went walking down the Witton Lane one dark and dusky day,
I spied a poor City fan a-running far away.
I said to that poor City fan "It's time for you to die".
He said "Yes I know sir - Holte Enders in the sky".

He ran down the terraces and fell towards the gate,
Little did he know that death was sure to be his fate,
He had one more short hour to live and then he'd hear the cry
That ev'ry City fan does fear - Holte Enders in the sky.

Their fists were just like granite and their pockets lined with lead,
And if they catch a City fan he's sure to wind up dead.
Cuz Villa fans rule Birmingham and City fans know why,
Cuz they have seen the glory of...
Holte Enders in the sky.

Yippee-eye-ayyyy, yippee-eye-oooohhhh

Holte Enders in the sky.


Towards the end of last season the Brigada lads started doing 'Three Little Birds' complete with reggae rhythm hand clapping.
It sounded pretty good.
Here's Ajax doing it.........

Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Small Rodent on July 04, 2012, 11:42:12 AM
"If you've a troublesome sore throat [SORE THROAT],
"Ev'n though you've worn your hat and coat [HAT AND COAT],
"Take TCP and gargle every day
"Until the soreness's gone away [GONE AWAY]"


Eeee, they don't make 'em like they used to. And if you don't like that
"you're going home like Sandy Richardson"

Ha ha, brilliant.


Wasn't it "You kick a ball like Sandy Richardson"?
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Drummond on July 04, 2012, 11:50:17 AM
11/12 has gone, just like that fucking clown,
12/13 is here, so let's not be so down,
we can rely on bent,
to earn his bloody rent,
Cos we're Aston Villa.

You pick the tune, I just do the lyrics.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Stu on July 04, 2012, 11:50:28 AM
Londonvilla any chance you could ceased using 'nominated' as a verb?

Ahahaha. But yes, Risso is righted.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: TaxDodger on July 04, 2012, 11:53:12 AM
I'm suprised nobody has suggested 'shit support ma'lord' yet.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: not3bad on July 04, 2012, 12:04:28 PM
I'm suprised nobody has suggested 'shit support ma'lord' yet.

Hopefully there will be a lot less "Empty seats Ma'lord".
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: DerHammer on July 04, 2012, 12:13:20 PM
Altogether now.................My old man said...................


y'know the rest
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: KRS on July 04, 2012, 12:49:11 PM
Come on gents...we've got a fellow Villa fan here trying his best to not only get a new Villa song sorted but has got a fit girl to lay down some vocals and may be get his dick wet. Help a fellow Villa fan out lads!
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Lambert and Payne on July 04, 2012, 02:22:27 PM
London Villa, to get this girl on her back, join the connundrum thread! We all give each other shit advice and laugh at the concequences, its a lot easier than making up songs
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Vancouver on July 04, 2012, 10:29:09 PM
Come on now, we should help this fellow out. He is willing to pay out of his own pocket, to record our season song. And not to mention some fit bird will sing it, for free.

That is what you are proposing right?
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: PeterWithesShin on July 04, 2012, 10:50:23 PM
Any chance of seeing how fit this bird actually is? Purely to inspire me, I mean us, to musical greatness.

Or maybe we could to a modern version of Spink rolls the ball.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Chipsticks on July 06, 2012, 09:35:00 PM
So what happened London Villa, d'ya get laid or what?
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: danlanza on July 06, 2012, 09:41:04 PM
Any chance of seeing how fit this bird actually is? Purely to inspire me, I mean us, to musical greatness.

Or maybe we could to a modern version of Spink rolls the ball.
It's going to be Bubbles Devere from Little Britain !!
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Vancouver on July 07, 2012, 10:07:45 PM
There's more to Holte Enders In the Sky than the chorus. Remember the 60's and 70's when we used to sing the whole song?
Went walking down the Witton Lane one dark and dusky day,
I spied a poor City fan a-running far away.
I said to that poor City fan "It's time for you to die".
He said "Yes I know sir - Holte Enders in the sky".

He ran down the terraces and fell towards the gate,
Little did he know that death was sure to be his fate,
He had one more short hour to live and then he'd hear the cry
That ev'ry City fan does fear - Holte Enders in the sky.

Their fists were just like granite and their pockets lined with lead,
And if they catch a City fan he's sure to wind up dead.
Cuz Villa fans rule Birmingham and City fans know why,
Cuz they have seen the glory of...
Holte Enders in the sky.

Yippee-eye-ayyyy, yippee-eye-oooohhhh

Holte Enders in the sky.


Towards the end of last season the Brigada lads started doing 'Three Little Birds' complete with reggae rhythm hand clapping.
It sounded pretty good.
Here's Ajax doing it.........


I can't help but really like this. I would love this to take off.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: bri_the_villain on July 08, 2012, 12:05:45 AM
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: basavfc on July 08, 2012, 06:38:33 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYCXnJbc

From about 1.11,
"the only thing that hepls me pass the time away is knowing I'll be back at Vill park one day"
feel free to add  ;)
UTV
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Chipsticks on July 08, 2012, 06:45:06 PM
What's the name of the song that we use the tune of to sing "come on Villa, come on villa, come on villa, come on"? One of my favourites if sung loudly and passionately.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Dave Clark Five on July 09, 2012, 12:11:09 AM
What's the name of the song that we use the tune of to sing "come on Villa, come on villa, come on villa, come on"? One of my favourites if sung loudly and passionately.
Auld Lang Syne.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: George E on July 09, 2012, 05:55:46 AM
Another great song from back in the day....

you can bring on west ham, leeds or arsenal
bring on scousers by the score
barcelona, real madrid they can have their gallant bid
but they won't beat the Villa any more 
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Bernie on July 09, 2012, 07:28:16 AM
Another great song from back in the day....

you can bring on west ham, leeds or arsenal
bring on scousers by the score
barcelona, real madrid they can have their gallant bid
but they won't beat the Villa any more 
A slight variation from my memory:-

Bring on Leeds and Man United
Bring on the Spaniards by the score
Barcelona, Real Madrid they will make a gallant bid
But they won't beat the Villa any more- ore -ore
They won't beat the Villa any more
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: nigel on July 09, 2012, 08:07:00 AM
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside,
Oh I do like to be beside the sea, ...............
 
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Dave Clark Five on July 09, 2012, 09:48:56 AM

Who's that copper with the helmet on?
Dixon, Dixon.
Who's that copper with the helmet on?
Dixon of Dock Green.

On the beat all day.
On the wife all night.
Who's that copper with the helmet on?
Dixon of Dock Green.

(To the tune of Camptown Races.)
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Dave Clark Five on July 09, 2012, 09:58:24 AM
Bertie Mee said to Bill Shankly
Have you heard of the North Bank, Highbury?
Shanks said no. I don't think so
But I've heard of the Villa..... Aggro.

La, la, la la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la la, la, la, la, la
Heard of the Villa.... Aggro.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: George E on July 09, 2012, 11:07:09 AM
To the same tune ...

Come to Birmingham and you will see
The Ansells brewery, M&B
We don't drink whisky and we don't drink rum
We are the boot boys from Brum
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: not3bad on July 09, 2012, 11:18:48 AM
I like the last few!  I reckon London Villa should offer this fit bird a bit of what Dixon of Dock Green's wife gets every night!
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: George E on July 09, 2012, 11:24:47 AM
Can't remember how this one finished -

Mary from the mountain glen
seduced herself with a fountain pen
off came the lid and the ink ran wild
and she gave birth to a blue & white child
they called the bastard Francis
they called the bastard Francis
they called the bastard Francis .......
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Brend'Watkins on July 09, 2012, 12:32:05 PM
goodbye horse, goodbye horse
he was saying goodbye to his horse
and as he was saying goodbye to his horse
he was saying goodbye to his horse.

Fuck off horse
Fuck off horse

He was saying goodbye to his horse...
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Londonvilla on July 09, 2012, 01:04:19 PM
Just came across this site on-line

http://fanchants.co.uk/football-team/aston_villa/

Should we change the plan and just get better recording of existing songs???
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: nigel on July 09, 2012, 02:00:21 PM
Bertie Mee said to Bill Shankly
Have you heard of the North Bank, Highbury?
Shanks said no. I don't think so
But I've heard of the Villa..... Aggro.

La, la, la la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la la, la, la, la, la
Heard of the Villa.... Aggro.

Bertie Mee said to Bill Shankley
I think Francis has got VD
Shanks said no, I don't think so
But I know that Latchford's a 'Mo

La, la, la la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la la, la, la, la, la

not very politically correct these days  :)

Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season http://fanchants.co.uk/football
Post by: Percy McCarthy on July 09, 2012, 02:39:11 PM
A b-loser once sang to my kids as we passed: 'Villa Villa smell like liver', so my kids tripped him over and kicked his, er, I mean, sang 'b-lose, b-lose always lose'.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season http://fanchants.co.uk/football
Post by: Vancouver on July 09, 2012, 02:49:13 PM
The synic in me wonders if LondonVilla having had no joy here is on another fans forum trying to drum up interest for this little business adventure
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season http://fanchants.co.uk/football
Post by: peter w on July 09, 2012, 03:18:35 PM
"the only thing that hepls me pass the time away is knowing I'll be back at Villa park one day"


This can be used by some wordsmith to the tune of Echo beach - Martha and the Muffins surely? As i'm at work I couldn't open the link so if its already been done apologies.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season http://fanchants.co.uk/football
Post by: hartman_1982 on July 09, 2012, 03:28:20 PM
The song that made me laugh the most was "i'd rather be a speedboat than Kanu" at the Baggies.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season http://fanchants.co.uk/football
Post by: Londonvilla on July 09, 2012, 07:18:44 PM
Hi Vancouver

The fact that you posted this say more about you than me.

"The synic in me wonders if LondonVilla having had no joy here is on another fans forum trying to drum up interest for this little business adventure"

I only post on this site and have no links with http://fanchants.co.uk/football-team/aston_villa/ which is free to uses. Why don,t you just relax and have fun with all of this.

Don't let the "Synic" win
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season http://fanchants.co.uk/football
Post by: Legion on July 09, 2012, 07:22:05 PM
Are you Michael Dennis?
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: KRS on July 09, 2012, 07:48:31 PM
I know its been tried already but surely if you have a talented vocalist then may be you could get her to show the club how "The Bells Are Ringing" should be done...its the one true Villa anthem that the fans want, and seemingly the club, but last seasons efforts were a joke...if it can be done properly to resurrect the song on the Holte then you'd deserve a standing ovation.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Vancouver on July 09, 2012, 09:43:48 PM
Sorry LondonVilla, but we saw all this last year culminating in the bells attempt. It's a good try but you do get tired of another sing song thread esp one that includes fit birds and recording of the tracks. With just a few posts and this idea, which would obviously cost money, you could be forgiven for believing that this is a bit of a scam. Or at the least a far fetched idea. If you can pull it off then I take it all back.

Now, back to the thread. What's your favourite so far and when on earth is the picture of the fit bird to sing it???
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Dave Clark Five on July 10, 2012, 12:43:34 AM
Just came across this site on-line

http://fanchants.co.uk/football-team/aston_villa/

Should we change the plan and just get better recording of existing songs???
What we need is the proper Bells are Ringing being played at full volume over the speakers. Nobody wanted that new version. If you want these things to happen, you have to persist. Nothing would be better than 40000 Villa supporters belting this out before every home game.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Percy McCarthy on July 10, 2012, 06:01:52 PM
Have you seen the Holte End on a Sat'dy afternoon
As they celebrate another Villa win?
Do you remember Andy Lochead scoring diving headers?
Or Willie Willie Anderson running down the wing?

So how can you follow U-ni-ited,
Or Liverpool when they're doing fine?
Let me take you by the hand and lead you through the streets of Aston,
I'll show you something to make you change your mind.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Dave Clark Five on July 11, 2012, 01:13:54 PM
Oh little town of Aston
How still we see thee lie
Beneath thy deep and dreamless sleep we hear the Holte End cry

WE'RE THE VILLA, WE'RE THE VILLA
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Dave Clark Five on July 11, 2012, 01:17:23 PM
Hello, hello, how do you do
We are the boys in claret and blue
We love to sing, we love to fight
We hate the boys in blue and white

We'll sing a song of victory
When Villa win Division Three
The City fans will never mock
When they remember Bruce Rioch.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Brend'Watkins on July 11, 2012, 01:24:51 PM
Hello, hello, how do you do
We are the boys in claret and blue
We love to sing, we love to fight
We hate the boys in blue and white

We'll sing a song of victory
When Villa win Division Three
The City fans will never mock
When they remember Bruce Rioch.

My favourite this one.

"We'll sing a sonnngg of victoreeeee
When Villa winnnn Division Three"
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Virgil Caine on July 11, 2012, 08:45:33 PM
Slightly before Div 3 days can anyone remember a Villa song to the tune of Bye Bye Blackbird? I only vaguely remember a line that went ' when somebody waits for me, what's his name?, Lew Chatterley, etc etc. could be I dreamt it, I am at that age when the mind starts to







Wander
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: The Laughing Policeman on July 11, 2012, 09:24:36 PM
Slightly before Div 3 days can anyone remember a Villa song to the tune of Bye Bye Blackbird? I only vaguely remember a line that went ' when somebody waits for me, what's his name?, Lew Chatterley, etc etc. could be I dreamt it, I am at that age when the mind starts to







Wander
I know what you mean. As soon as I read the words I knew the song but I can't remember the rest of it.
Then again, I could be the other bloke in your dream singing the same words over and over again.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Woody on July 11, 2012, 10:40:51 PM
Lambert's limes got me thinking of Jossy's Giants. I'm sure someone brighter than me could change the words to Lambert's Lions? You tube has it
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: danlanza on July 11, 2012, 10:43:44 PM
Hello, hello, how do you do
We are the boys in claret and blue
We love to sing, we love to fight
We hate the boys in blue and white

We'll sing a song of victory
When Villa win Division Three
The City fans will never mock
When they remember Bruce Rioch.

My favourite this one.

"We'll sing a sonnngg of victoreeeee
When Villa winnnn Division Three"
" Bruce Rioch Bruce Rioch..............
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Bernie on July 12, 2012, 09:03:19 AM
Slightly before Div 3 days can anyone remember a Villa song to the tune of Bye Bye Blackbird? I only vaguely remember a line that went ' when somebody waits for me, what's his name?, Lew Chatterley, etc etc. could be I dreamt it, I am at that age when the mind starts to







Wander
I know what you mean. As soon as I read the words I knew the song but I can't remember the rest of it.
Then again, I could be the other bloke in your dream singing the same words over and over again.
No, you are right, unless I'm also in this bizarre dream. One of the first home matches I went to was v Blackburn (67/68, lost 1-2, I think) and it was changed to "Bye bye Blackburn". It survived into the Doc's era, "...what's his name?-"Docherty""
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Percy McCarthy on July 12, 2012, 09:13:49 AM
So proud to wear the claret and blue,
We're Aston Villa's chosen few,
Inventors of the Football League,
The greatest club in history,
And if we stand together strong,
Who dares our fate deplore?
The burning flame of Villa's name,
Confronts the world once more.
So hold the claret banner high,
Beneath its folds we'll live or die,
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
We'll keep the lions' flag flying here.
We'll never die, we'll never die,
We'll never die, we'll never die,
We'll keep the lions' flag flying high,
Cos Aston Villa will never die.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: not3bad on July 12, 2012, 09:28:41 AM
LondonVilla,  What's your favourite so far and when on earth is the picture of the fit bird to sing it???

Yeah come on LondonVilla, you've had plenty of suggestions so far, but you haven't commented on anything you've seen. 
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Percy McCarthy on July 12, 2012, 09:54:35 AM
One day as I walked up the steps of the Holte End,
As I walked to the Holte End one day,
I spied a poor Blues fan all cut up in ribbons,
All cut up in ribbons and shit on they say.
I said to that Blues fan 'what have they done to you
And why have they treated you in such a way?'
He said 'All I did sir was come up the Holte End
And say Aston Villa were old men at play'.
The Holte End dain't like it
They rose up to fight it,
They kicked him in the bollocks,
They kicked him in the head,
And now that poor Blues fan is pushing up daisies,
He's pushing up daisies he's so fucking dead.
Now let that be a lesson to all of you Blues fans
Who come up the Holte End to sing and to fray,
If you say a word against our Aston Villa,
Then they'll be the last words that you ever say.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Dave Clark Five on July 12, 2012, 09:58:02 AM
Slightly before Div 3 days can anyone remember a Villa song to the tune of Bye Bye Blackbird? I only vaguely remember a line that went ' when somebody waits for me, what's his name?, Lew Chatterley,
I think that may have been the whole song.

When somebody waits for me, what's his name? Chatterley.

I have also been reminded of Zigger, Zagger, Zigger, Zagger, Chatterley.
This was preceded by alternate, repetitive, shouts of 'Ziiiiiiiggggggeeerrrr' and 'Zaaaaaaaaggggeeeerrrrr'. I think that would be a great old song to bring back with a new name to go with it. Great at a pissed up away match with a huge following. Ziggers coming from the left and Zaggers from the right.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Dave Clark Five on July 12, 2012, 10:01:03 AM
When I was young my father said
Son I have something to say
He said, son, you are a Villa fan
And that's the way to stay.
Happy to be a Villa fan
Until your dying day.

There was an amended version where it went

...He said, son, you are a City fan

Ending up with

Bollocks, I am a Villa fan etc etc.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: peter w on July 12, 2012, 10:32:51 AM
Away in a manger
no crib for a bed
the little Lord Jesus
woke up and he said


WE'RE THE VILLA, WE'RE THE VILLA,
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Pat McMahon on July 13, 2012, 06:21:37 AM
One day as I walked up the steps of the Holte End,
As I walked to the Holte End one day,
I spied a poor Blues all cut up in ribbons,
All cut up in ribbons and shit on they say.
I said to that Blues fan 'what have they done to you
And why have they treated you in such a way?'
He said 'All I did sir was come up the Holte End
And say Aston Villa were old men at play'.
The Holte End dain't like it
They rose up to fight it,
They kicked him in the bollocks,
They kicked him in the head,
And now that poor Blues fan is pushing up daisies,
He's pushing up daisies he's so fucking dead.
Now let that be a lesson to all of you Blues fans
Who come up the Holte End to sing and to fray,
If you say a word against our Aston Villa,
Then they'll be the last words that you ever say.

The Holte End Lament IIRC Percy?

One of my favourite songs but I have not heard it since small groups of pissed blokes used to sing it at the back of the Holte in the late 70s.

What is the tune by the way? I have no idea what song it came from
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Percy McCarthy on July 13, 2012, 06:35:06 AM
The tune is Streets of Lareda, probably on youtube somewhere Pat.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Vancouver on July 13, 2012, 08:06:27 PM
Typical, comes in with big ideas then disappears
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Dave Clark Five on July 14, 2012, 12:08:30 AM
Typical, comes in with big ideas then disappears
We have all been very poor and should hang our heads in shame.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Pat McMahon on July 14, 2012, 06:56:51 AM
The tune is Streets of Lareda, probably on youtube somewhere Pat.
Cheers Percy. I have found it on the Chinese equivalent of YouTube. I didn't realise the version we sing was so much quicker than the original.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Vancouver on July 14, 2012, 05:57:01 PM
Typical, comes in with big ideas then disappears
We have all been very poor and should hang our heads in shame.

Suckers for a sob story
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: mrastonvilla on July 15, 2012, 10:35:29 AM
karim el ahmadi sung over and over to the tune of seven nation army by the white stripes would work. And even I could learn the words!
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Dave Clark Five on July 21, 2012, 11:26:52 PM
Clap, clap
Clap, clap, clap
Clap, clap, clap, clap
VILLA!

To the beat of Hold Tight by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich.

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Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: The Laughing Policeman on July 22, 2012, 10:59:55 AM
Chin chiminey, chim, chim charoo. We are the bastards in Burgundy And Cobalt.*


*That's our colours according to one of last nights commentators from Chicago. ::)
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air on July 22, 2012, 01:13:04 PM
The bells are ringing for the Burgundy and Cobalt.........Cobby Alt, Cobby Alt.....
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Pat McMahon on July 22, 2012, 03:03:45 PM
Burgundy? Burgundy?!!? Don't our American friends know anything about wine? Claret is Bordeaux, not effing Burgundy.

You'll be telling me next they put coke in whisky.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: The Laughing Policeman on July 22, 2012, 03:57:59 PM
Burgundy? Burgundy?!!? Don't our American friends know anything about wine? Claret is Bordeaux, not effing Burgundy.

You'll be telling me next they put coke in whisky.
Nah, they put coke up their nose's.
Title: Re: Nominated your Villa song for the 2012/13 season
Post by: Pat McMahon on July 23, 2012, 08:45:18 AM
That is even worse. They have Noses  in America?
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