Does the club need an anthem?

Turkish Trotter · Post by **Turkish Trotter** » Wed May 18, 2011 8:35 pm

Gaz Tomorrow wrote:I think it needs to be a relatively old song, more people will know it that way. I think Houghton Weavers is wayyyy to dated and complicated. It has to be something that will work on the terraces. It has to be Ben E. King - Stand By Me. Simple and would definitely fit the terrace criteria of nto being complex.

Love the song but not as an anthem.
I agree with an old song that everyone knows, but stand by me is more a ballad with not enough beat with the terraces to keep going.

sidewaysmove · Post by **sidewaysmove** » Wed May 18, 2011 8:51 pm

Is this thread a wind-up?
We seem unable to sing any song since we moved to The Reebok!
Perhaps we should practice the basics before bellowing out an anthem!

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Wed May 18, 2011 9:01 pm

sidewaysmove wrote:Is this thread a wind-up?
We seem unable to sing any song since we moved to The Reebok!
Perhaps we should practice the basics before bellowing out an anthem!

And as such, I refer you to Bish's post:

Oh, we keep chickens in our back yard...

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Wed May 18, 2011 9:16 pm

How long have Huddersfield fans been singing Anarchy In The UK? Eh?

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Wed May 18, 2011 9:23 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:How long have Huddersfield fans been singing Anarchy In The UK? Eh?

Ah, I don't know that they do, but if so then there is a link.

Pistols' last ever UK gig before the ill-fated tour of America was at Ivanhoe's in Huddersfield. (just by the ringroad - I could take you to where it stood).

<--- Cheeseysmugness!

Gooner Girl · Post by **Gooner Girl** » Wed May 18, 2011 9:38 pm

People take the mickey out of The Emirates for being a libary but i have sat amongst your lot several times and your away support is pretty pathetic

Reckon you need something to get you fired up...

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Wed May 18, 2011 9:45 pm

Gooner Girl wrote:People take the mickey out of The Emirates for being a libary but i have sat amongst your lot several times and your away support is pretty pathetic Reckon you need something to get you fired up...

what - errrr... let me think.... like - errr...

I know!

how about a guess the surnames of the squad competition before kick-off?

we could shout out the first names on the team-sheet and see how many of them the fans who aren't still outside queuing to buy their merchandise in the shop can remember (without looking at the programme...)

oh... does someone else do that already??

Gooner Girl · Post by **Gooner Girl** » Wed May 18, 2011 9:47 pm

thebish wrote:
Gooner Girl wrote:People take the mickey out of The Emirates for being a libary but i have sat amongst your lot several times and your away support is pretty pathetic Reckon you need something to get you fired up...
what - errrr... let me think.... like - errr...

I know!

how about a guess the surnames of the squad competition before kick-off?

we could shout out the first names on the team-sheet and see how many of them the fans who aren't still outside queuing to buy their merchandise in the shop can remember (without looking at the programme...)

oh... does someone else do that already??

Its ok Bish, i'm sure you can borrow that idea if you want too.

sidewaysmove · Post by **sidewaysmove** » Wed May 18, 2011 9:56 pm

Gooner Girl wrote:People take the mickey out of The Emirates for being a libary but i have sat amongst your lot several times and your away support is pretty pathetic Reckon you need something to get you fired up...

This is my (earlier) point.
If we can't even sing/get fired up, how on earth can we even contemplate taking on an anthem?

Armchair Wanderer · Post by **Armchair Wanderer** » Wed May 18, 2011 10:00 pm

sidewaysmove wrote:
Gooner Girl wrote:People take the mickey out of The Emirates for being a libary but i have sat amongst your lot several times and your away support is pretty pathetic Reckon you need something to get you fired up...
This is my (earlier) point.
If we can't even sing/get fired up, how on earth can we even contemplate taking on an anthem?

All you have to do with an anthem is play it. You don't even have to sing along with it.

It's like "the liquidator" at Chelsea, they just wait for the right time and shout Chelsea. Or "glad all over" at Crystal palace where it's mainly about stamping your feet.

sidewaysmove · Post by **sidewaysmove** » Wed May 18, 2011 10:27 pm

Armchair Wanderer wrote:
sidewaysmove wrote:
Gooner Girl wrote:People take the mickey out of The Emirates for being a libary but i have sat amongst your lot several times and your away support is pretty pathetic Reckon you need something to get you fired up...
This is my (earlier) point.
If we can't even sing/get fired up, how on earth can we even contemplate taking on an anthem?
All you have to do with an anthem is play it. You don't even have to sing along with it.

It's like "the liquidator" at Chelsea, they just wait for the right time and shout Chelsea. Or "glad all over" at Crystal palace where it's mainly about stamping your feet.

You think we could manage something like that?!
We struggle with the "CHEAT" chant when aided with drums! And this is only one word:roll:

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Wed May 18, 2011 11:55 pm

Gooner Girl wrote:People take the mickey out of The Emirates for being a libary but i have sat amongst your lot several times and your away support is pretty pathetic Reckon you need something to get you fired up...

Have you ever sat amongst your own away support?

Nah, didn't think so. What we need is a glory hunter - yeay

Gooner Girl · Post by **Gooner Girl** » Thu May 19, 2011 12:19 am

Bruce Rioja wrote:
Gooner Girl wrote:People take the mickey out of The Emirates for being a libary but i have sat amongst your lot several times and your away support is pretty pathetic Reckon you need something to get you fired up...
Have you ever sat amongst your own away support?

Nah, didn't think so. What we need is a glory hunter - yeay

Yes, I have been to away games and sat with our away support.

Lofthouse Lower · Post by **Lofthouse Lower** » Thu May 19, 2011 7:34 am

Did you get a badge for that?

HM Murdock · Post by **HM Murdock** » Thu May 19, 2011 8:38 am

If i thought everyone would sing along - an anthem would be a great idea. We need something

On a slightly related note, i wish they would get rid of that 'i just can't get enough' when we score - s'alright I suppose, but I'd prefer it if they went back to James Brown 'I feel good'

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Thu May 19, 2011 8:59 am

HM Murdock wrote:i wish they would get rid of that 'i just can't get enough' when we score - s'alright I suppose, but I'd prefer it if they went back to James Brown 'I feel good'

...which, at the time, had its own haters...

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Thu May 19, 2011 9:07 am

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
HM Murdock wrote:i wish they would get rid of that 'i just can't get enough' when we score - s'alright I suppose, but I'd prefer it if they went back to James Brown 'I feel good'
...which, at the time, had its own haters...

"I feel Good" is now the Andranik of BWFC anthems!

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Thu May 19, 2011 9:30 am

thebish wrote:
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
HM Murdock wrote:i wish they would get rid of that 'i just can't get enough' when we score - s'alright I suppose, but I'd prefer it if they went back to James Brown 'I feel good'
...which, at the time, had its own haters...
"I feel Good" is now the Andranik of BWFC anthems!

You may recall I had a prolonged internet "discussion" in another place with someone who thought that singing Amarillo made us look petty.

Prufrock · Post by **Prufrock** » Thu May 19, 2011 6:03 pm

How the fcuk have 18 people voted that the club NEED an anthem? Fook me.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Thu May 19, 2011 8:53 pm

Gooner Girl wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:
Gooner Girl wrote:People take the mickey out of The Emirates for being a libary but i have sat amongst your lot several times and your away support is pretty pathetic Reckon you need something to get you fired up...
Have you ever sat amongst your own away support?

Nah, didn't think so. What we need is a glory hunter - yeay

Yes, I have been to away games and sat with our away support.

Really? What were you reading?