Project Anthem

[Lee]

Got to be Ghost Riders!

Don't think the club will get behind a song with three verses about killing Blues fans.

Perhaps we can have two versions... one that is more politically correct.

[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...

I watched the '94 League final the other day and heard us singing YNWA when we were 2-0 up, I was there and don't remember us singing that....I was pissed though. A bit embarrassing looking back now.

PS on another note, does anyone knopw the full version of the Carlos Cuellar song??? I'm in the lower Holte and can't work out much of it!

He's 6ft 3 with curly hair CUELLAR! CUELLAR!
He's 6ft 3 with curly hair CUELLAR! CUELLAR!
he's 6ft 3 with curly hair, his teeth are fucked but we don't care
CARLOS CUELLAR, VILLA'S CENTRE HALF
BOUNCE! nananananana CUELLAR! CUELLAR! nananananananananananana CUELLAR! CUELLAR
he's 6ft 3 with curly hair, his teeth are fucked but we don't care
CARLOS CUELLAR, VILLA'S CENTRE HALF

I think its actually

He's the rock in our back four Cuellar Cuellar
The opposition score no more Cuellar etc

Just quoting the one away at...Reading I think it was, Carling Cup Quarters possibly?

[littlevillain]

i always think of ' The bells are ringing'  as the villa anthem regardless whether its song now or not. For me trying to organise an anthem for a club as old as ours is crap.
People should just start singing the above at every game and it will be alive again.

[hawkeye]

The Bells are Ringing how difficult is that

[1_Pablo_Angel]

He came from Rangers to Villa Cuellar, Cuellar,
he likes to drink the sangria Cuellar, Cuellar,
he's six foot 3 with curly hair
his teeth are fucked but we don't care,
Carlos Cuellar Villa's centre half

[Bill Locky]

Maybe a song could be worked from Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama".
Something along the lines of: Sweet Home Aston Villa, Where the Sky's Claret and Blue.  In the original there's even a line, "in Birmingham we love the Governor", which could be adapted.   

I'm surprised the popular 1970's ditty, "Oh Andy, your the greatest, the Holte End say" (to tune of sailing), has not been adapted to "Oh Randy, your the greatest". 

My favourite however is The Bells are Ringing".   

[willywombat]

The Bells are Ringing how difficult is that
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Great song but has ALWAYS been sung too quickly, also needs a couple of extra verses imo

[willywombat]

Anyone see the Doctor Who episode, 'Gridlock', where all these trapped people sang 'The old rugged cross'? Brought a lump to my throat and I remember thinking at the time what a great Villa anthem it would be. Maybe someone a bit more tech savvy than me could upload it?

[willywombat]

How about 'abide with me'?

[Legion]

John Cage's 4'33". That'll shut them up.

[VillaZogmariner]

How about 'abide with me'?

As much as I love that song, I think that should be reserved for the FA Cup Final only.

[Markerton]

Anyone see the Doctor Who episode, 'Gridlock', where all these trapped people sang 'The old rugged cross'? Brought a lump to my throat and I remember thinking at the time what a great Villa anthem it would be. Maybe someone a bit more tech savvy than me could upload it?

This one?

[ktvillan]

I always propose "Amazing Grace" in thes debates.  It's stirring, anthemic, and we used to sing (very simplified) a verion of it back in the 70s. 

[Dr Butler]

got to be the bells are ringing for me as it was the first song my Dad taught me as a small Villa fan.

UTV

[wif]

It has to be "China In Your Hand" by T'Pau.

When you want to get the juices flowing, there's nothing like a 1980s Power Ballad.