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Rocks!
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No, really. Its true 
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His name makes me think of the Earthworm Jim theme song. 'Cept in my infinate wisdom, change the Earthworm to Jazzman. It's fun.
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Thanks you, two. You know I dig you both (for different reasons, of course!).
Hey SB2K...you gonna teach me some football chants to sing while I'm watching the World Cup matches?
And perky, just know that at some time I"m gonna give those feathers a good ruffling.
Hey SB2K...you gonna teach me some football chants to sing while I'm watching the World Cup matches?
And perky, just know that at some time I"m gonna give those feathers a good ruffling.
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Unfortunately, JMJ, its the tune, rather than the words that count... I'll see if i can find anyhting suitable around....
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Private Vasquez said:
Heh. Now I have that song running through my head. Thanks.
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Not a problem. It's a good song.
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Liverpool Chants and Anthems...
Ever since the early 60s showing off their vocal talents has always been a big part of how supporters on the Kop get behind the Reds. There are many, many Liverpool chants and songs inspired by the club's great teams; our Kop Ten is just a sample of the very finest…
10:
In 1962 TV brought the World Cup into the homes of football supporters across the country for the first time. Not only were Brazil impressive on the pitch, the Brazilian fans were equally impressive; their musical chanting of Bra-zil, cha, cha, cha inspired not only their team but also Kopites at home. Come the new season, the strains of 20,000 people chanting Liver-pool, clap, clap clap would ring around Anfield, and so the Kop became leaders of the new craze for footie songs.
9:
Ee Aye Addio. In 1965 the Kop went FA Cup crazy as Liverpool lifted the cup for the first time. Finding inspiration in unlikely places, the Kopites growing repertoire of songs took in 'It's a Long Way to Tipperary' (…Wembley Stadium) and the enduring and much copied 'Ee Aye Addio (We've won the Cup)', based on primary school favourite 'The Farmer's in his Den'.
8:
We Love You Liverpool, We Do. The success of The Beatles must have encouraged the Kopites to sing, so it's appropriate that one of the most popular songs to ever be heard on the Kop was based on a 1964 hit recorded by an American group entitled 'We Love The Beatles, We Do'.
7:
We Shall Not Be Moved. Always lending a keen ear to the 'hit parade', as it was called in those days, fans of Shankly's Championship-winning side reshaped this mid-60s protest song into a hymn of triumphant defiance. The song has of course been copied by more or less every set of supporters whether they've won anything or not.
6:
The Reds' stunning win at Anfield over a less than sporting Inter Milan side in the '65 European Cup semi-final prompted a re-working of the Italian song 'Santa Lucia' with the refrain of Go Back To Italy. Other European-inspired songs have had a more romantic feel to them, for instance 'A Scouser in Gay Paris', composed for the 1981 European Cup Final and revived for the 1997 Cup Winners' Cup Semi-Final against PSG.
5:
The Green, Grass of Anfield. The re-working of the Tom Jones smash by the Kop is a great example of their ability to take a hit and completely rework it into a song-paying tribute to Liverpool stars past and present:
Well, the old Kop looks the same/As I stand and watch the game
There's the green, green grass/That Liddell used to play on
Hunt, St John and Peter Thompson/Score the goals whenever Shankly wants them
It's good to watch the greatest team at home/Yes, we'll all go and see Big Rowdy
Cheer the team that serves us proudly/It's good to watch the greatest team at home.
4:
The New Berger Song. Liverpool supporters clearly haven't lost the knack when it comes to refashioning a tune. Patrick Berger received a glowing tribute in a little number based on The Kink's 'Lola':
He's got long hair and he's strong as an Ox/His name is Berger, La, la Patrik Berger
3:
'When the Reds...' Go Marching In. Based on an old gospel tune revived by the trad-jazz bands of the early 60s, 'When the Reds...' was an instant terrace classic, another Kop innovation copied by supporters of countless clubs. It may have even started life as tribute to the great Ian St John.
2:
Scouser Tommy. One of the earliest, and a defining Liverpool song, 'Scouser Tommy' has stood the course of time and has evolved with it, Ian Rush getting a verse all of his own for his 4 goal heroics at Goodison in 1982.
I'll tell you a story of a poor boy/ Who was sent far away from his home/ To fight for his king and his country/ And also the old folks back home
So they put him in the Highland division/ Sent him off to a far foreign land/ Where the flies swarm around in their thousands/ And there's nothing to see but the sand
Well the battle started next morning/ Under the Arabian sun I remember the poor Scouser Tommy/ Who was shot by an old Nazi gun
As he lay on the battle field dying (dying dying)
With the blood rushing out of his head (of his head)
As he lay on the battle field dying (dying dying)
These were the last words he said...
Oh...I am a Liverpudlian/ I come from the Spion Kop
I like to sing, I like to shout/ I go there quite a lot (every week)
We are the team who plays in red/ A team that we all know
A team that we call Liverpool/ And to glory we will go
We've won the League/ We've won the Cup
We've been to Europe too/ We played the Toffees for a laugh
And we left them feeling blue
Five Nil !/ One two/ One two three/ One two three four/ Five nil ! Rush scored one/ Rush scored two/ Rush scored three/ And Rush scored four!
1
You'll Never Walk Alone. The song that the world knows as the Liverpool song sums up so much for the club and supporters alike. It captures the importance of unity crucial to everything achieved by the club, and it remains a source of comfort to those affected by the tragic events that have hit the club. Oh, and it was also a hit for local lad Gerry Marsden.
When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high,
And don't be afraid of the dark.
At the end of a storm,
There's a golden sky,
And the sweet silver song of a lark.
Walk on through the wind, Walk on through the rain,
Though your dreams be tossed and blown...
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,
And you'll never walk alone... You'll never walk alone.
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,
And you'll never walk alone...
You'll never walk alone.
The Kop Top Ten has been produced with thanks to Stephen Done and John Pearman.
Ever since the early 60s showing off their vocal talents has always been a big part of how supporters on the Kop get behind the Reds. There are many, many Liverpool chants and songs inspired by the club's great teams; our Kop Ten is just a sample of the very finest…
10:
In 1962 TV brought the World Cup into the homes of football supporters across the country for the first time. Not only were Brazil impressive on the pitch, the Brazilian fans were equally impressive; their musical chanting of Bra-zil, cha, cha, cha inspired not only their team but also Kopites at home. Come the new season, the strains of 20,000 people chanting Liver-pool, clap, clap clap would ring around Anfield, and so the Kop became leaders of the new craze for footie songs.
9:
Ee Aye Addio. In 1965 the Kop went FA Cup crazy as Liverpool lifted the cup for the first time. Finding inspiration in unlikely places, the Kopites growing repertoire of songs took in 'It's a Long Way to Tipperary' (…Wembley Stadium) and the enduring and much copied 'Ee Aye Addio (We've won the Cup)', based on primary school favourite 'The Farmer's in his Den'.
8:
We Love You Liverpool, We Do. The success of The Beatles must have encouraged the Kopites to sing, so it's appropriate that one of the most popular songs to ever be heard on the Kop was based on a 1964 hit recorded by an American group entitled 'We Love The Beatles, We Do'.
7:
We Shall Not Be Moved. Always lending a keen ear to the 'hit parade', as it was called in those days, fans of Shankly's Championship-winning side reshaped this mid-60s protest song into a hymn of triumphant defiance. The song has of course been copied by more or less every set of supporters whether they've won anything or not.
6:
The Reds' stunning win at Anfield over a less than sporting Inter Milan side in the '65 European Cup semi-final prompted a re-working of the Italian song 'Santa Lucia' with the refrain of Go Back To Italy. Other European-inspired songs have had a more romantic feel to them, for instance 'A Scouser in Gay Paris', composed for the 1981 European Cup Final and revived for the 1997 Cup Winners' Cup Semi-Final against PSG.
5:
The Green, Grass of Anfield. The re-working of the Tom Jones smash by the Kop is a great example of their ability to take a hit and completely rework it into a song-paying tribute to Liverpool stars past and present:
Well, the old Kop looks the same/As I stand and watch the game
There's the green, green grass/That Liddell used to play on
Hunt, St John and Peter Thompson/Score the goals whenever Shankly wants them
It's good to watch the greatest team at home/Yes, we'll all go and see Big Rowdy
Cheer the team that serves us proudly/It's good to watch the greatest team at home.
4:
The New Berger Song. Liverpool supporters clearly haven't lost the knack when it comes to refashioning a tune. Patrick Berger received a glowing tribute in a little number based on The Kink's 'Lola':
He's got long hair and he's strong as an Ox/His name is Berger, La, la Patrik Berger
3:
'When the Reds...' Go Marching In. Based on an old gospel tune revived by the trad-jazz bands of the early 60s, 'When the Reds...' was an instant terrace classic, another Kop innovation copied by supporters of countless clubs. It may have even started life as tribute to the great Ian St John.
2:
Scouser Tommy. One of the earliest, and a defining Liverpool song, 'Scouser Tommy' has stood the course of time and has evolved with it, Ian Rush getting a verse all of his own for his 4 goal heroics at Goodison in 1982.
I'll tell you a story of a poor boy/ Who was sent far away from his home/ To fight for his king and his country/ And also the old folks back home
So they put him in the Highland division/ Sent him off to a far foreign land/ Where the flies swarm around in their thousands/ And there's nothing to see but the sand
Well the battle started next morning/ Under the Arabian sun I remember the poor Scouser Tommy/ Who was shot by an old Nazi gun
As he lay on the battle field dying (dying dying)
With the blood rushing out of his head (of his head)
As he lay on the battle field dying (dying dying)
These were the last words he said...
Oh...I am a Liverpudlian/ I come from the Spion Kop
I like to sing, I like to shout/ I go there quite a lot (every week)
We are the team who plays in red/ A team that we all know
A team that we call Liverpool/ And to glory we will go
We've won the League/ We've won the Cup
We've been to Europe too/ We played the Toffees for a laugh
And we left them feeling blue
Five Nil !/ One two/ One two three/ One two three four/ Five nil ! Rush scored one/ Rush scored two/ Rush scored three/ And Rush scored four!
1
You'll Never Walk Alone. The song that the world knows as the Liverpool song sums up so much for the club and supporters alike. It captures the importance of unity crucial to everything achieved by the club, and it remains a source of comfort to those affected by the tragic events that have hit the club. Oh, and it was also a hit for local lad Gerry Marsden.
When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high,
And don't be afraid of the dark.
At the end of a storm,
There's a golden sky,
And the sweet silver song of a lark.
Walk on through the wind, Walk on through the rain,
Though your dreams be tossed and blown...
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,
And you'll never walk alone... You'll never walk alone.
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,
And you'll never walk alone...
You'll never walk alone.
The Kop Top Ten has been produced with thanks to Stephen Done and John Pearman.
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Thanks SB2K ROX!
So it's within football etiquette if I make up my own chants while I'm watching the matches?
So it's within football etiquette if I make up my own chants while I'm watching the matches?
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Of course. Pick a standard tune. Add a player or team name in it. Usually insult them. Its cool.
A common one: (to the chorus of 'Knees up Mother Brown')
Who ate all the pies?
Who ate all the pies?
You fat bastard!
You fat bastard!
You ate all the pies!
Sang whenever a player is looking a little tubby.
A common one: (to the chorus of 'Knees up Mother Brown')
Who ate all the pies?
Who ate all the pies?
You fat bastard!
You fat bastard!
You ate all the pies!
Sang whenever a player is looking a little tubby.
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Starblayde said:
Similar to my taunt which has become infamous among my baseball fan friends:
"Hey Ump! If you had one good eye, you'd be a cyclops!"
I did some reading, but I'm not sure I know most of the songs, so I'll pick the songs I grew up on (the nursery rhymes and such) and go from there.
Okay, I"m digging this.
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JazzManJim said:
Referees are subject to stuff like:
"Who's the bastard in the black?"
or the perennial
"The referee's a wanker"
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Starblayde said:
Believe it or not, those are fairly cultured compared to some of the things I've heard during a baseball game.
"Hey Ump! You suck!"
"Hey Ump! The game's over here!"
"Hey Ump! You really suck!"
and another little gem I came up with last season:
"Hey Ump! It's called a Strike, you idiot!"
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If your team is kicking ass you'd sing:
"Are you watching,
Are you watching,
are you watching <your local rivals town>?
are you watching <your local rivals town>?"
NB: you can also use: <Local Rivals Stadium> or other such identifiers
"Are you watching,
Are you watching,
are you watching <your local rivals town>?
are you watching <your local rivals town>?"
NB: you can also use: <Local Rivals Stadium> or other such identifiers
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Them Umpires must run off crying, all those nasty, horrible insults...JazzManJim said:
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Re: Most definitely JMJ does..
C'mere cute and let me cuddle you, among other things.
pipercatt said:
C'mere cute and let me cuddle you, among other things.
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Starblayde said:
Them Umpires must run off crying, all those nasty, horrible insults...
I did have an umpire threaten to throw me out of a game because of all the taunting.
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The most fun chant, and the simplest (other than In-ger-land)... is to the tune of 'here we go' (as in In-ger-land)
When an opposing player gets sent off: "Cheerio Cheerio Cheerio..."
and repeat it ad infinitum
When an opposing player gets sent off: "Cheerio Cheerio Cheerio..."
and repeat it ad infinitum
