Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: UK Redsox on December 09, 2012, 07:09:32 PM
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Hearing the Stokies murdering "Delilah" yesterday got me thinking.
Have Villa ever had a "song" ?
I'm not talking about chants, singing totally/slightly different lyrics to famous tunes etc, I mean an actual song with no changes to lyrical content
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The Bells are Ringing.
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Ah. Just read your post a little more carefully before I posted 'Dwight Yorke' in addition to the above.
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The Bells are Ringing.
Aren't the lyrics changed?
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I remember Dirty old town in the 80's.
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The Bells are Ringing.
Aren't the lyrics changed?
See above.
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There is one my grandfather used to sing called (I believe) An Old Jersey of Claret and Blue and also one about Summer Lane but I think the latter had it's original lyrics changed to fit a Villa theme.
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There is one my grandfather used to sing called (I believe) An Old Jersey of Claret and Blue and also one about Summer Lane but I think the latter had it's original lyrics changed to fit a Villa theme.
I think that's the one Eric Houghton used to sing. I also think Percy wrote about it for us.
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I think that Peter Morris mentioned in his wonderful book that at one of the FA Cup finals at Crystal Palace the Villa fans entertained themselves by singing Hello Dolly. If my memory is correct, this was from a popular musical of the era.
Not sure if this was a one off or not, though.
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The only traditional song I know of with no wording alterations years ago was.
its a long way to Tipperary. But the song was hi-jacked and changed to wembley
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When you're smiling.
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The bells are singing.
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Stoke fans have changed the words to Delilah - only slightly, but they've changed them.
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Does We'll Meet Again count?
Villa used to sing 'Long Way To Tipperary' and 'Dirty Old Town'? Never heard of that before.
Was 'We Will Rock You' not an anthem for a while or did I imagine that?
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Does We'll Meet Again count?
Villa used to sing 'Long Way To Tipperary' and 'Dirty Old Town'? Never heard of that before.
Was 'We Will Rock You' not an anthem for a while or did I imagine that?
It was the running out music wasn't it?
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Heaven knows I'm miserable now.
Last season, surely?
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My old man always tells me that villa used to sing `its a long way to tipperary` talk s about it alot in association with the ,57 cup final
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We used to sing 'Strolling', ( by the light of the silvery moon etc..), in the late 60's - early 70's
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All I hear now is "on the piss m'lord" sounds f'kin terrible on the TV makes me cringe!!
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My old man always tells me that villa used to sing `its a long way to tipperary` talk s about it alot in association with the ,57 cup final
Yeah, same with my dad. Something like, "goodbye Bristol City, goodbye Burnley...etc"
I appreciate my example is somewhat sketchy :P
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There used to be a song with one expletive inserted about how you intended to inwardly indent the craniums of the opposition fans.
Because it was such a simple one line song which anybody could easily pick up the words to, all sets of supporters would sing it without any variation.
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"When you're smiling" and "If you've a troublesome sore throat" are the only two I can think of that remain unchanged when sung at VP.
The latter was an advert in the seventies which - for some reason - became a Holte End hit for a few years.
I think the former could be "owned" by us if we wanted to - and I think the words are very apposite. Perhpas the Brigada Boys (who started a few on Saturday) are listening - if so, go at it and make it happen!
Like it or not, when the likes of Stoke sing Delilah or Sheff Utd sing Annie's Song it comes across powerfully in the media.
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Like it or not, when the likes of Stoke sing Delilah or Sheff Utd sing Annie's Song it comes across powerfully in the media.
But on the other hand, both of those red and white stripey nobs are tramps.
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Always look on the bright side of life
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Molly Malone was sung in the 60s wasn't it?
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Molly Malone was sung in the 60s wasn't it?
Yes.
...... as we walked through the streets, broad and narrow, crying
Villa, Villa .......
Simple days.
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If we ever have 'We Will Rock You' as an anthem I will support somebody else.
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When You're Smiling should be the Villa anthem.
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All I hear now is "on the piss m'lord" sounds f'kin terrible on the TV makes me cringe!!
Like it or not that is our song.
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We also sang KRO in 57
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Glad we put a stop to that. It sounds like something the Samaritans would sing. Quite apt I s'pose.
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If we ever have 'We Will Rock You' as an anthem I will support somebody else.
No need Percy as I would blow up the whole PA system and everybody working on it.
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Oh, I don't care what they play on the PA, they've never had a clue. As long as we don't start singing it.
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If anything screams small time it's signing a random song with no connection to the club and calling it an 'anthem'.
Yes Liverpool have You'll Never Walk Alone but all the others I know of are lower league clubs. I'm glad we don't have one.
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Holtenders in the sky?
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If anything screams small time it's signing a random song with no connection to the club and calling it an 'anthem'
Blue Moon?
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The Funeral dirge version of 'The bells are ringing' a couple of seasons ago was the worst thing ever.
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If anything screams small time it's signing a random song with no connection to the club and calling it an 'anthem'
Blue Moon?
All the money in the world won't stop Man City being small time. How many years had it been without a trophy before the oil-billionaires rocked up?
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The Tipperary song was particularly naff. After a bad result eg throwing away a two goal lead to the red filith at home, I wake in the small hours singing it to a glass of water and a clock radio. It was promoted by the Meaning Evil and it attempted to make the names of the teams we had beaten in 57 rhyme.
The couplet which which has the same effect on me as root canal surgery is
"Goodbye Bristol City, Farewell Middlesbro'
It's a long way to go to Wembley
But we'll get there I know"
The attempted rhyming of "Middlesborough" with "know" should merit the death penalty.
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If anything screams small time it's signing a random song with no connection to the club and calling it an 'anthem'
Blue Moon?
All the money in the world won't stop Man City being small time. How many years had it been without a trophy before the oil-billionaires rocked up?
All perfectly reasonable, but it definitely doesn't make them 'lower league'.
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The attempted rhyming of "Middlesborough" with "know" should merit the death penalty.
Useless pub quiz trivia alert. The reason why the Abba song Super Trouper lyrics mentions Glasgow is that it was the only place name at the time the writers could think of that rhymed with show.
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They could have all the money in the known universe but Citeh will always be the light relief of English football. They are Citeh. They are an old auntie who gets pissed at weddings and funerals. Okay she is an old auntie who has won the euro lottery these days but she will never change.
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Keep Right ON?
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When You're Smiling should be the Villa anthem.
I agree. When we used to sing it the lyrics had a small change to them.
When you're smiling
When you're smiling
The Holte End smiles with you
When you're laughing
When you're laughing
The sun comes shining through
But when you're crying
You bring on the rain
So stop your sighing
Be happy again
Keep on smiling
Cause when you're smiling
The Holte End smiles with you
When you're smiling
When you're smiling
The Holte End smiles with you
When you're laughing
When you're laughing
That sun comes shining through
But when you're crying
You bring on the rain
So stop your sighing
Be happy again
Keep on smiling
Cause when you're smiling
The Holte End smiles with you
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Keep Right ON?
We sang that at the 1957 Cup Final I believe.
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We used to sing it up the Holte with a haaaa haaa bit after 'laughing'. Silly buggars.
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We used to sing it up the Holte with a haaaa haaa bit after 'laughing'. Silly buggars.
Best think was the hands in the air.