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There's been a positive response to the new MFC logo launch.
Here's a Caroline Wilson written article from last year highlighting working towards a new logo featuring "Melbourne" prominently. Bartlett also makes mention about the need for 'Melbourne' in our theme song.

Link:- http://www.theage.com.au/afl/melbourne-demons/melbourne-presidents-plan-to-turn-the-demons-into-the-yankees-20140608-zs162.html

What's the general feeling among D'Landers about alterations or re-makes to our song?

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I would be very much against any change to our club's song. It is our victory anthem and, as such, only has positive memories associated with it. Even if any alterations were made, very few people would actually remember to sing the correct lyrics as they are so ingrained.

I would hope that changing something as fundamental as our song would at least be put to a members vote.

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Out theme song is awesome. One of the best i the league. It shouldn't be touched.

The song is an American marching song that's an ode to their flag - the 'stars and stripes'...

We adapted it to suit ourselves.

We can do it again if we wish to.

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Out theme song is awesome. One of the best i the league. It shouldn't be touched.

Thoroughly agree! Leave it well alone. Anything different and one would feel he/she were supporting a different team. 'It's a Grand Old Flag......' And song.

I would be very much against any change to our club's song. It is our victory anthem and, as such, only has positive memories associated with it. Even if any alterations were made, very few people would actually remember to sing the correct lyrics as they are so ingrained.

I would hope that changing something as fundamental as our song would at least be put to a members vote.

Tell Bartlett that boys, looks to me the ball was rolling long ago...:

"And there's certainly some passionate people telling us we have to put the word 'Melbourne' into our song. In terms of our overall position and brand we have to look into that.

"It's all very well to come in and say we need to model ourselves on the New York Yankees and redesign our logo and change the words of our song but we need to examine everything and get it right." - Glen Bartlett

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The song is an American marching song that's an ode to their flag - the 'stars and stripes'...

We adapted it to suit ourselves.

We can do it again if we wish to.

'Was' an American marching song.

its now the Melbourne Demons song and thats how it will always be remembered. In summary, stuff America.

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The other songs are shocking, they base their points around where they are from and how good at football they are (supposedly). No different to a rapper.

Melbournes song doesn't need that, it works on sublte references "grand old flag" (oldest club) "high flying flag" (classy club / passionate supporters) it's the emblem for me and for you (it's an awesome club that I and you support / it's an awesome club that I support, and it seems like it'd be a good fit for you, if you haven't picked a team yet)

It's the emblem of, the team we love (die hard passionate truth)

The team of the RED and the BLUE (don't know if anyone else picked up on this, but it MIGHT be a nod of the hat to the club colours, just saying...)

Every heart beats true for the RED and the BLUE (deep down everyone knows Melbourne is the best, reinforcing the passion with another sublte nod of the hat to the colours)

Compared with everyone other jerks second rate anthem:

"We are / we are from *insert club name* and we *generic metaphor for being good at footy*, We always win, you don't want to mess with us, we play in this area where are club is, something something no class, just make sure it rhymes with the tune we are basing the theme on"

Less is more. Ours is much better, hope they never EVER change it

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I would be in favour of adding two words:

It's a grand old flag, Melbourne's high flying flag"

and "It's the emblem of the team we love, Melbourne's team of the red and the blue...."

Simple changes that don't change the rhyme or meter of the verse yet add the name Melbourne in appropriate spots.

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Our song is in the top three in the league and I will personally shoot the person who signs off changing a single word of it.

Could you imagine an updated version, probably sung by Guy Sebastian or some other dickweed who knows nothing about anything, jazzed up to appeal to teeny boppers who couldn't give a rats scrotum about football anyway?

I think that would be the end of me.

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The only footy anthem that makes no mention of the name of the team in the song. I love it either way, but I have no issue with adding the word "Melbourne" to the chorus. Don't forget, the main objective of this 'makeover' is to attract an entirely new generation of supporters. No-one really gives a stuff about old farts like me.

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I would be in favour of adding two words:

It's a grand old flag, Melbourne's high flying flag"

and "It's the emblem of the team we love, Melbourne's team of the red and the blue...."

Simple changes that don't change the rhyme or meter of the verse yet add the name Melbourne in appropriate spots.

What the article states is Bartlett suggesting there's passionate Demon supporters who think 'Melbourne' should be included in the song. It doesn't read wholesale changes as many here seem to be suggesting.

This post by jnrmac is hinting at something the club might be thinking of doing, but as Bartlett says, they have to get it right.

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The only footy anthem that makes no mention of the name of the team in the song. I love it either way, but I have no issue with adding the word "Melbourne" to the chorus. Don't forget, the main objective of this 'makeover' is to attract an entirely new generation of supporters. No-one really gives a stuff about old farts like me.

Oh iv'a I do!!!!!!!!!!

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Would be open to changing the "should old acquaintance be forgot" line with something more dynamic, seems out of place to me, what is it we are likely to forget?

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There's been a positive response to the new MFC logo launch.

Here's a Caroline Wilson written article from last year highlighting working towards a new logo featuring "Melbourne" prominently. Bartlett also makes mention about the need for 'Melbourne' in our theme song.

Link:- http://www.theage.com.au/afl/melbourne-demons/melbourne-presidents-plan-to-turn-the-demons-into-the-yankees-20140608-zs162.html

What's the general feeling among D'Landers about alterations or re-makes to our song?

Hands off!!!!

The song must never change.

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