Club anthem?

[andyh]

What about, Smack My Bitch Up ?

[Forge10]

If it’s got to be Black Sabbath, then Paranoid is the choice for me. However, Have you ever seen the rain would be brilliant.

Good call on the track Black Sabbath, I think it might terrify everybody in the crowd though with the sound of unerring dread it creates 🙌🏼

[Nev]

We don't need one. Given the choice between that manufactured and cloying thing Arsenal do or just coming out to a mild round of applause I know what I'd prefer.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

I'd like Plaistow Patricia to be played as we come out.

[wince]

I abstain by Napalm Death. Followed by a mosh pit.

[Mister E]

I'd like Plaistow Patricia to be played as we come out.

Free jellied eels and cockles handed put beforehand ...
... but only the first 6 words to be played.

[kippaxvilla2]

Something by ACL DC.

[Hillbilly]

Adapt the Richmond aussie rules club’s anthem ‘Tigerland’. It’s furken awesome. Every change to the Villa scans the same…

Oh we’re from Villa Park
The fighting Lions, we’re from Villa Park
In every weather you will see us with a grin (oi)
Risking head and shin (oi)
If we’re behind, we’ll never mind
We’ll fight and fight and win

For we're from Villa Park
We never weaken til the final whistle’s gone
Like the Lions of old
We're strong and we're bold
For we're from Villa
(Claret and blue!)
We're from Villa Park

[The Edge]

If it’s got to be Black Sabbath, then Paranoid is the choice for me. However, Have you ever seen the rain would be brilliant.

Whenever I'm out with the lads Have You Ever Seen The Rain by CCR gets played full volume and it goes:  "i wana know have you ever seen the rain coming down on Villa Park"  It fits perfectly but anyone reading this who doesn't know the song won't have a clue what we're on about.

[john e]

Anything would be better than Hey Ho Aston Villa that they played before and straight after the game

I don’t mind crazy train for the walk out because it’s Ozzy so there’s a connection
unmade Symphony is the true iconic walkout song for Villa supporters of a certain age, yes, it so bad it becomes good and it’s totally unique to Villa they should never have stop using it and it would have become like Z cars at Everton

Opposition teams aren’t going to get intimidated by a song walking out of the tunnel, so use something which is historically Aston Villa or has a connection to a local band
Which in fairness we do at the moment

Just got to drop the hey ho stuff

[chrisw1]

Fight and win...

[Dave P]

I assumed Crazy Train was just because of the Ozzy/Birmingham connection.

Shame Ocean Colour Scene support the wrong Birmingham team. I reckon there's a couple of their songs would sound good belted out before a game.

Craddock and Oscar are Villa, Damon Everton. Foxy’s the only nose.

EDIT: Damon’s left, forgot that.

Dan Sealey who was the bassist a few years ago is the husband of my wife's friend.  I sort of know him, I went to their wedding.  Anyway, he's a Villa fan too.

[jon collett]

When I was a ball boy we used to come out to the theme from the A team but certainly didnt play like that!

[Nev]

If we had to have one, Symptom Of The Universe by Sabbath or The Mercy Seat by Nick Cave. The latter builds to a climax but you'd have top get the timing right which would be virtually impossible the way the teams arse about in the tunnel.

[chrisw1]

Whenever Vila fans have a discussion like this it's always middle-aged heavy metal fans who seem to shout loudest wanting Ozzie or Sabbath.  We've got that now and it's ok in that it's a loud noise, but it's a million miles from a club anthem and I honestly imagine it just passes most people by.  I certainly don't sit there and recognise it as a club song.

I guess you could argue there's a difference between walk-out music and a club anthem.  Wolves use Liquidator well, but it's not an anthem.

Proper anthems in my mind are the likes of Blowing Bubbles - West Ham, Blue Moon - Man City, Sunshine on Leith - Hibbs, YNWA - Liverpool, Marching on Together - Leeds, Z Cars - Everton, KRO (shudder) even Delilah - Stoke 

Unfortunately, we don't have that.  The closest we had was TFAUSL, but we let that slip and it wasn't a sing-along anyway.  TBAR and HEITS just don't really stand up against the others mentioned in my view. 

Coventry have taken to singing Twist and Shout and it works well.  I think Arsenal have done well - it's a song adapted from a local band and whilst it's introduction was arguably manufactured the song wasn't.  I don't see how that's any different to any clubs fans introducing a song, just as we are discussing now.

The most organically introduced new song we've had in recent years was probably Don't Look Back in Anger, but that ran its course.  I'd much prefer it to Hi-Ho at the end of a game though, but I get all people don't like Oasis and their M City connection.

I'm not sure what the answer is, but I'm pretty sure as far as an anthem goes it's not some heavy metal wall of noise, local artist or not.