Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: VILLAFOREVA on June 19, 2013, 03:23:24 PM
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There is a new and official Aston Villa song and chant being released this August 17th called 'The Lions Call'. It's been written by two Villa fans who work at Birmingham's Acoustic 1 Radio. You can hear the previews on their podcast page:
http://www.acoustic1radio.biz
or listen to the .mp3 of the song preview here:
http://acoustic1.podbean.com/mf/web/xdz6mk/TheLionsCallStadiumEditPreview.mp3
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It's crap.
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did they get help from Baddiel and Skinner?
very 90s
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That's hideous.
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Run for the hills. Seems very much like organised fun.
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Whilst I know the intentions are good, I think the fans can manage to come up with their own chants without encouragement from a pop recording. There ends my grumpy old man comments.
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Pretty cringeworthy
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I hope they don't use it to replace that whistly tune at the end of the games. I like that.
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It's better than anything U2 have done in the last decade.
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It's better than anything U2 have done in the last decade.
Why bring Beelzebono into this conversation?
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Oh dear. I'm sure it's well intended and if they are Villa fans then I don't want to get down on them but this is another embarrassing attempt to get fans to do/get behind something that they won't.
Cue p155 take from the knuckle draggers..
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It's better than anything U2 have done in the last decade.
Why bring Beelzebono into this conversation?
Hitler etc etc
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Not great is it but at least they tried. For me still have not heard anything better than Spizzenergi's ' The Sun Never Sets...'
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It's better than anything U2 have done in the last decade.
True, but so is this: asiohfoa'iaaaaaaawe489y[a;slhh
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It's better than anything U2 have done in the last decade.
True, but so is this: asiohfoa'iaaaaaaawe489y[a;slhh
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I love that one!
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Why do people keep writing football songs? They're ALWAYS shite! I don't wish these chaps any ill-will, it's just that football songs like this always remind me of local radio adverts or something off Bob the Builder.
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I listened purely out of curiosity and although I haven't heard anything by U2 in the last decade I doubt whether they have done anything quite as bad as that. It is abysmal.
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I would love those metal gods from Aston, Black Sabbath to do a tune for the club, better than that cack.
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".. can you feel the Holte End's sound...?"
No but I may hear it...
Dull
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I would love those metal gods from Aston, Black Sabbath to do a tune for the club, better than that cack.
I really hope they never do!
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I would love those metal gods from Aston, Black Sabbath to do a tune for the club, better than that cack.
I really hope they never do!
A version of War Pigs should do it?
"On the field the oppositon's burning,
As the Villa machine keeps turning..."
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Why do people keep writing football songs? They're ALWAYS shite! I don't wish these chaps any ill-will, it's just that football songs like this always remind me of local radio adverts or something off Bob the Builder.
My take on it too. I could only manage 10 seconds of it before my face filled with blood.
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Disgustingly cringeworthy but I pissed myself listening to it so thanks.
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I listened purely out of curiosity and although I haven't heard anything by U2 in the last decade I doubt whether they have done anything quite as bad as that. It is abysmal.
Don't hold back, Chris.
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Truly, truly awful. Why do people bother? It's a no from me.
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Releasing a chant is small time as fuck as well imo.
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And they're meant to be song writers...seriously!! That's like a milkman delivering bleach.
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As with anything the club does it is there to be shot at by some. They will never make everyone happy.
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I hate people inflicting their acoustic guitar talent & vocals on me. I especially hate the faces they have to pull.
Shoot them
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I'm undecided whether i want to listen to it or not. Why don't they just play 'Theme from an unmade silent movie' before the kick off and be done with it.
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That's pretty cringeworthy. I really liked 'Oh to be a Villain' from last season though.
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That's pretty cringeworthy. I really liked 'Oh to be a Villain' from last season though.
Yes i did as well. It was'nt your typical football song although it was'nt orignally written as one which probably helped.
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Jeez. What next 'Tom Hark' after a goal
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As with anything the club does it is there to be shot at by some. They will never make everyone happy.
Or, in this case, anyone.
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With exercises such as this I think the club should just quietly slip the song into the match day playlist and see how it goes. Previews like this catch people cold and invariably induce a negative response. A case in point, The Gary Nock "To Be A Villan" tune has been a slow burner for me but I'm beginning to really like it and associate it with the club now - such things take time and bedding in. The Spizzenergi tune needs to be cranked up more often, too.
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Why don't they just play 'Theme from an unmade silent movie' before the kick off and be done with it.
Now that really is a rubbish piece of music! I know it's historic and all that, but I've experienced more inspiring episodes of Deal or No Deal. Villa is associated with one brilliant song: Ghost Riders/Holte Enders in the Sky, they should stick a surf guitar instrumental version of that on before the games.
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I'm with Clampy regarding Silent Movie.
As far as this latest effort is concerned, I thought it was embarrassingly banal.
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Why bother? Things like this rarely work and that is awful :o
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Jesus wept! I managed 10 seconds, before I closed down the link.
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The solution to all this is really simple.
- forget recording a new song, it will invariably sound shite, no matter how good the intentions, it just will, so don't waste your time
- forget resurrecting something from the past, it will mean lots to some people, and nothing to others (see discussion above)
- forget forcing this sort of thing on people by calling it official, it'll never work
- not only will it not work, it will, for most people, just be a bit embarrassing.
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I've just listened to this new song in full. I don't think I can add anything to what has been said already. Bad beyond words. It's the worst piece of music I've heard since that cack awful version of the Bells are Ringing. In fact listening to this thing has given me Vietnam-vet style flashbacks of the time I listened to that.
I'd like chants to be spontaenous and natural.
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Particularly don't like the 'Olte end bit. The stadium edit bit in the link is also a worry. Stick with the Gary Nock thing from last season that worked really well.
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Nice to see the music Quality control department at Villa Park playing a blinder again.
That song makes me want to shit.
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My ears are bleeding. Horrible.
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Leave the songs to the lads and lasses who pay hard earned cash to follow the team. Just an idea.
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Back to the drawing board I'm afraid ........
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V. V Bad, but better than anything I could do - but that's not saying much!
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Jesus fucking christ is this a joke?
I really hope that no one has put serious time and effort in this!
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Just played it to three generations of villa supporters and the unanimous verdict was G A S H
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Oh dear
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Of FFS, why? Just why?
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My ears are hurting. This is how the Queen must feel after she's been met by yet another rendition of God Save the Queen in whatever colony she's had to visit. All good intentions, but its just utter dreadful piss.
You've got more chance of the Holte End shitting out hedgehogs in unison than singing this song.
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I must have missed the Premier League rule that the top six go into Europe and the bottom six have to enter the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Look at the feedback on this thread. Did they do ANY research into what the fans think of it? Who comes up with these shit ideas? And worse still, who backs them? A pox on their house!
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I think that's an overwhelming no from the H&V jury then.
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I appreciate the effort but that really made me want to shit into my own hand and throw it at my laptop screen.
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I quite liked it.
Ok. I couldn't get the link to work so couldn't listen to it. But judging by all of the responses on here, I guess that in itself, is a result.
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I managed about 5 seconds. Tragic.
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A passionate tribute to the claret & blue. I loved it!
OK I'm lying.
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As I understand one of the writer's was overheard saying this to the other in the hopes they get noticed once this gets played at Villa Park.
OK... First I'll access the secret military spy satelite that is in geosynchronous orbit over the midwest. Then I'll ID the limo by the vanity plate "MR. BIGGG" and get his approximate position. Then I'll reposition the transmission dish on the remote truck to 17.32 degrees east, hit WESTAR 4 over the Atlantic, bounce the signal back into the aerosphere up to COMSAT 6, beam it back to SATCOM 2 transmitter number 137 and down on the dish on the back of Mr. Big's limo... It's almost too easy.
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Bloody hell. I'd rather listen to Bono speak about any subject for a few minutes.
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Lovely stuff Alan would say. Appalling i would say
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Curiosity got the better of me and i had a listen. I wish i had'nt. Don't tell me they're going to play that before the home games?
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Cringeworthy. Almost as bad as that tragic thing they currently play at the end of games. In fact, all these attempts sound as if they're recorded by the same people.
Aston Villa and Music should leave each other well alone.
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I do hope the writers of this song aren't reading our responses. That would be heartbreaking and utterly demoralising.
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Cringeworthy. Almost as bad as that tragic thing they currently play at the end of games.
I really like that actually (the thing they play at the end of the ganmes).
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I do hope the writers of this song aren't reading our responses. That would be heartbreaking and utterly demoralising.
I hope they are reading our responses, then we won't have this inflicted upon us again when at VP. Just a thought - the OP was a first time poster - any chance that he was one of the creators of this abomination of a song?
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I do hope the writers of this song aren't reading our responses. That would be heartbreaking and utterly demoralising.
If you put it up there that's the chance you take.
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Bloody hell. I'd rather listen to Bono speak about any subject for a few minutes.
That's taking it a little too far. I think you should apologise to the people responsible for this abomination.
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Bloody hell. I'd rather listen to Bono speak about any subject for a few minutes.
That's taking it a little too far. I think you should apologise to the people responsible for this abomination.
I'd rather follow Bono around all day clearing up his little brown parcels.
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I do hope the writers of this song aren't reading our responses. That would be heartbreaking and utterly demoralising.
I hope they are reading our responses, then we won't have this inflicted upon us again when at VP. Just a thought - the OP was a first time poster - any chance that he was one of the creators of this abomination of a song?
I think it's safe to say that he was.
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I do hope the writers of this song aren't reading our responses. That would be heartbreaking and utterly demoralising.
I hope they are reading our responses, then we won't have this inflicted upon us again when at VP. Just a thought - the OP was a first time poster - any chance that he was one of the creators of this abomination of a song?
I think it's safe to say that he was.
I wonder if he's stopped reading yet?
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I'm wondering more if he's stopped singing. I hope so.
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My first reaction is WHY ?
Truly fucking dire. Cheesy as fuck, lame as fuck and pointless as fuck. They should hang their hands in shame
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Starts off poorly, gets progressively worse and the less said about the end the better.
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I do hope the writers of this song aren't reading our responses. That would be heartbreaking and utterly demoralising.
I hope they are reading our responses, then we won't have this inflicted upon us again when at VP. Just a thought - the OP was a first time poster - any chance that he was one of the creators of this abomination of a song?
I think it's safe to say that he was.
The album has been put on hold.
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Starts off poorly, gets progressively worse and the less said about the end the better.
Is there not an EP version of this?
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We have had the funeral bell, now the song that died!
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I get the idea behind that funeral bell thing, but crikey, that was one of those things that probably sounded great in someone's mind, as an idea, but was a different thing entirely when put into practise.
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Nothing like setting the tone for a game with a funeral bell.
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I quite liked the bell.
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I know everyone said it was bad, but i wasn't expecting it to be that bad.
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It would be interesting to see how many people pay their hard-earned to download that. I'd guess single figures.
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I listened to thirty seconds, switched it off and proceeded to fill my ear canals with candle wax.
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Bloody hell thats awful!!!!!!!!!!
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I quite liked the bell.
I've found one quick get the doctor!
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I quite liked the bell.
I've found one quick get the doctor!
It's okay, i'm in therapy. That should help. I still liked it though.
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It's better than anything U2 have done in the last decade.
Magnificent and Moment of Surrender are amongst some of the best songs I've heard in the last decade.
Definitely better than this song anyway.. :)
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I wasn't going to listen, then I tried the first link, but it kept buffering, so I tried the other link and now which I wish it didn't work either.
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Like aural AIDS.
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Well, it's tough to crucify someone when they've put a lot of effort (and possibly money) into something they didn't have to do. However, it's a no from the Pittsburgh jury.
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Is this really official? I hope that is an aspiration rather than a fact.