Aston Villa vs Cardiff City Post-Match Thread

[The Edge]

Sorry, Risso, missed your post. It's a far better song than DLBIA, no doubt, but not as many people know it and it wasn't taken up spontaneously. Spontaneity is everything on English terraces, as a hundred failed attempts at contriving club 'anthems' demonstrate. Remember that awful dirge of a song a couple of seasons ago? Aston Villa That's Who. That was a proper toe-curler.

Anyway, aren't there some noses in The Twang?

Not to mention The Bells are Ringing, now that was cringeable

There are noses in the Twang. There is probably nosed & villa in every Brummie band.
But the Villa belting out an Oasis song absolutely boils my piss. They are Man City supporters. We are Aston Villa supporters.. I can't think of another club's supporters who would seem so happy with such an obvious own goal.

[Old Kodjia]

Nearly every song sung at VP originated from songs that hit the charts by non-Villa fans.

It's just a song that is sung at the end of a game, it is not even a chant.  What is all the fuss about?  It's happened naturally, rather than some manufactured nonsense and most seem to enjoy singing along to it.

I bet Nicky Keye must be counting her blessings that she's left.

[peter w]

So Jeff Beck was a Villa fan?

Whoever wrote liquidator supported Wolves/Albion/Chelsea?

Whoever wroth The Sh*s song supported them?

I'm forever blowing bubbles an Iron?

etc etc etc

It's really nothing to get worked up about.

[pauliewalnuts]

Also not a fan of Don't Look Back In Anger, I mean I like the idea of it, and it gets everyone singing... But it just seems a little small-time using a song from a band who are so associated with another club. I mean imagine playing that after we play Man City?

The Twang song would be much more fitting (the lead singer is a big Villa fan too), it doesn't have to be  song from a Brummie band, mind.

I find the DLBIA thing a bit corny to be honest, and a bit odd that we are singing something associated with another club. Although at the same time, the problem with The Twang is that nobody actually knows their songs.

In the wider scheme of things, it doesn't really matter. Who cares, so long as we keep on doing well?

[The Edge]

So Jeff Beck was a Villa fan?

Whoever wrote liquidator supported Wolves/Albion/Chelsea?

Whoever wroth The Sh*s song supported them?

I'm forever blowing bubbles an Iron?

etc etc etc

It's really nothing to get worked up about.

I get what your saying but I don't think you get where myself and countless others are coming from. Non of those songs were written by a band who so vehemently support a rival club. Oasis ARE massively Man City.. Thats the big difference with every other song you mention.

[LeeB]

The Day We Caught The Train is a good shout

No, no it isn't.

[Jimbo]

According to Wikipedia, The White Stripes aren't dyed-in-the-wool Villa fans from Pype Hayes. What on earth were we thinking when we adopted their tune Seven Nation Army for our Benteke song? I'm now glad we sold him, and wish all his goals for us can be unscored.

[The Edge]

The Day We Caught The Train is a good shout

No, no it isn't.

Yes,  yes it is. It has a great chorus and for those who don't know the words the club could put them on the big screen. Anything is better than Villa fans singing an Oasis song and paying homage to a manc band who are massive supporters of a rival club.

[thick_mike]

The Twang song fails because nobody knows it and it's only got one line that you can sing.

Like the video around the HP sauce factory though.

Talking of songs strongly associated with other clubs, I seem to remember us singing You'll Never Walk Alone down Villa Park in the 70/80s...even in games when we weren't playing Man Utd. Have I got that wrong? I was only a kid at the time.

[The Edge]

According to Wikipedia, The White Stripes aren't dyed-in-the-wool Villa fans from Pype Hayes. What on earth were we thinking when we adopted their tune Seven Nation Army for our Benteke song? I'm now glad we sold him, and wish all his goals for us can be unscored.

I don't need Wikipedia to tell me that Oasis are huge Man City fans. I don't have a clue which club The White Stripes follow. That's the bit that is lost on some villa fans.

[Jimbo]

The Day We Caught The Train is a good shout

No, no it isn't.

Yes,  yes it is. It has a great chorus and for those who don't know the words the club could put them on the big screen. Anything is better than Villa fans singing an Oasis song and paying homage to a manc band who are massive supporters of a rival club.

I think you've missed the point by a million miles. The words 'the day we caught the train' aren't relevant in the slightest, whereas 'don't look back in anger' is rather appropriate considering the last five years of unmitigated shit. It's only a song they play at the end of games we win, and they only play it because of a spontaneous reaction to it by our fans at an away game we won after failing to win away for 6000 years. It is not a club anthem. 

[not3bad]

Last week we outplayed a team with a reputation for a good footballing side, this week we stood up to a cynical, over physical side and won the game. I think that shows the Bruce impact on the squad. Warnock is a dinosaur and a better ref would have stopped them by using his cards sooner but I got the impression that he just couldn't be arsed blowing up for half the fouls as it created work for him. You get a measure of their manager when your read that he waited for Grealish in the tunnel to confront him as though it was his own fault that they kept fouling him. This was about 5 minutes after everyone else had gone off as he had come over to the Holte, along with Gollini, to give his shirt to somebody in the crowd. He probably then laid into his own players for not kicking him hard enough. Wanker.

Gabby and Gestede for all their limitations did make a difference when they came on which again reflects well on Bruce because they didn't seem obvious changes to me.

As for Oasis at the end, if the club had asked fans for ideas of what song to play it would have been number 7,296 on the list. As it is, it happened spontaneously and now just seems to work, probably because, unlike the Twang song suggested above, everyone knows the words so can join in if they want. Not looking back in anger seems to me an appropriate approach for a club trying to shake of the effect of 5 years of neglect.

This.

About the Oasis song. Who wrote it, what team they support, what city they're from and whether they're shit or not is all irrelevant. The words 'don't look back in anger' are very apposite given the pitiful state L****r got us into. It was spontaneous. And it is very in-keeping with the understated irony and wit of Villa fans (remember Always Look On The Bright Side of Life?). We're moving forward now, and we're putting all that rubbish behind us without any bitterness.

If anyone can find a song by a Villa supporting Brummie band with a chorus that goes 'don't look back in anger', maybe we can try that one after the next win. Until then...

Missed my 'The Twang' post Jimbo? Villa supporting Brummie band with a chorus that goes "I feel so much better today, I chase the bad things away". The whole song fits much better than Oasis, although isn't as well known. It's chock full of Brummie accents, and the chorus makes an easily repeated terrace chant:

Regards adoption of don't look back in anger is there a possibility people can come up with villa inspired theme to it rather than singing about 'Sally ' and have some football related with aston villa instead . Now this wouldbe superb if lyrical genius amongst us  wrote with villa feeling in mind a simple version  to create an anthem with the same chorus of course but a shorter version of oasis classic

We should totally change the end music after a run of 7 games without defeat. And when the run ends the change of music will look like a great decision.

[The Edge]

The Day We Caught The Train is a good shout

No, no it isn't.

Yes,  yes it is. It has a great chorus and for those who don't know the words the club could put them on the big screen. Anything is better than Villa fans singing an Oasis song and paying homage to a manc band who are massive supporters of a rival club.

I think you've missed the point by a million miles. The words 'the day we caught the train' aren't relevant in the slightest, whereas 'don't look back in anger' is rather appropriate considering the last five years of unmitigated shit. It's only a song they play at the end of games we win, and they only play it because of a spontaneous reaction to it by our fans at an away game we won after failing to win away for 6000 years. It is not a club anthem.

You've missed the point by a billion miles. Oasis are massive Man City fans and any self respecting Villa fan should not be singing their songs on the Holte. It's a load of bollocks.
 

[not3bad]

The Day We Caught The Train is a good shout

No, no it isn't.

Yes,  yes it is. It has a great chorus and for those who don't know the words the club could put them on the big screen. Anything is better than Villa fans singing an Oasis song and paying homage to a manc band who are massive supporters of a rival club.

I think you've missed the point by a million miles. The words 'the day we caught the train' aren't relevant in the slightest, whereas 'don't look back in anger' is rather appropriate considering the last five years of unmitigated shit. It's only a song they play at the end of games we win, and they only play it because of a spontaneous reaction to it by our fans at an away game we won after failing to win away for 6000 years. It is not a club anthem.

You've missed the point by a billion miles. Oasis are massive Man City fans and any self respecting Villa fan should not be singing their songs on the Holte. It's a load of bollocks.
 

Except thousands of Villa fans ARE singing this song after every home game. Yeah, they should all stop enjoying themselves and feeling happy. After all they have their self respect to think about!

[The Edge]

Last week we outplayed a team with a reputation for a good footballing side, this week we stood up to a cynical, over physical side and won the game. I think that shows the Bruce impact on the squad. Warnock is a dinosaur and a better ref would have stopped them by using his cards sooner but I got the impression that he just couldn't be arsed blowing up for half the fouls as it created work for him. You get a measure of their manager when your read that he waited for Grealish in the tunnel to confront him as though it was his own fault that they kept fouling him. This was about 5 minutes after everyone else had gone off as he had come over to the Holte, along with Gollini, to give his shirt to somebody in the crowd. He probably then laid into his own players for not kicking him hard enough. Wanker.

Gabby and Gestede for all their limitations did make a difference when they came on which again reflects well on Bruce because they didn't seem obvious changes to me.

As for Oasis at the end, if the club had asked fans for ideas of what song to play it would have been number 7,296 on the list. As it is, it happened spontaneously and now just seems to work, probably because, unlike the Twang song suggested above, everyone knows the words so can join in if they want. Not looking back in anger seems to me an appropriate approach for a club trying to shake of the effect of 5 years of neglect.

This.

About the Oasis song. Who wrote it, what team they support, what city they're from and whether they're shit or not is all irrelevant. The words 'don't look back in anger' are very apposite given the pitiful state L****r got us into. It was spontaneous. And it is very in-keeping with the understated irony and wit of Villa fans (remember Always Look On The Bright Side of Life?). We're moving forward now, and we're putting all that rubbish behind us without any bitterness.

If anyone can find a song by a Villa supporting Brummie band with a chorus that goes 'don't look back in anger', maybe we can try that one after the next win. Until then...

Missed my 'The Twang' post Jimbo? Villa supporting Brummie band with a chorus that goes "I feel so much better today, I chase the bad things away". The whole song fits much better than Oasis, although isn't as well known. It's chock full of Brummie accents, and the chorus makes an easily repeated terrace chant:

Regards adoption of don't look back in anger is there a possibility people can come up with villa inspired theme to it rather than singing about 'Sally ' and have some football related with aston villa instead . Now this wouldbe superb if lyrical genius amongst us  wrote with villa feeling in mind a simple version  to create an anthem with the same chorus of course but a shorter version of oasis classic

We should totally change the end music after a run of 7 games without defeat. And when the run ends the change of music will look like a great decision.

Lol yeah that's right because what we sing affects the result doesn't it?