25 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

I'm hoping for a Norwegian Black Metal band!

I've been in touch with Fenriz from Darkthrone, it's in the works.

Aside from making it faster, higher and generally weaker they've ruined my favourite part of the song.

Excuse my lack of musical knowledge but about a minute in to the song during the instrumental section there's a really nice fluttering trumpets that matches up to 'we sing this song to you flutter flutter flutter'

In the new version is just tapers off. It's we sing this song to you bleh bleh bleh

It's lacking the character and sparkle of the original. Yuck 

 

2 minutes ago, Beetle said:

I've been in touch with Fenriz from Darkthrone, it's in the works.

Only in Nocturno sings like he did on Blaze! 

Personally would prefer Pest or Varg to do the singing. If Varg did it we could use a pic of one of the burnings he did as the song played. 

49 minutes ago, Drunkn167 said:

https://omny.fm/shows/triple-m-footy/new-footy-songs-melbourne

 

See, basically exactly the same as the older version.

Sure, not a major change, but WTF does Gil have to change it at all.

He is a bloody control freak who just makes changes to boost his own ego.

Get stuffed Gil and leave us alone. 

Probably thinks he can ‘take credit’ for improving ‘the brand’, and cover his own failings  

I will be interested to hear Titus O’Reilly’s take. 

9 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

Only in Nocturno sings like he did on Blaze! 

Personally would prefer Pest or Varg to do the singing. If Varg did it we could use a pic of one of the burnings he did as the song played. 

Bring in Abbath as the new match day mascot as well. The kids would be all over the crab walk.

57 minutes ago, Drunkn167 said:

https://omny.fm/shows/triple-m-footy/new-footy-songs-melbourne

 

See, basically exactly the same as the older version.

Not as big a change as I feared it may be.  

The trumpet/bugle is noticeable different.

4 minutes ago, Beetle said:

Bring in Abbath as the new match day mascot as well. The kids would be all over the crab walk.

SOLD!!! 

He would do the best version!

6 minutes ago, monoccular said:

Sure, not a major change, but WTF does Gil have to change it at all.

He is a bloody control freak who just makes changes to boost his own ego.

Get stuffed Gil and leave us alone. 

Probably thinks he can ‘take credit’ for improving ‘the brand’, and cover his own failings  

I will be interested to hear Titus O’Reilly’s take. 

Doubt this was a hands on decision from Gil.

The problem is the AFL has a huge excess of staff who have to justify their jobs. Someone went to Gil and said they could digitally remaster the songs and make them better, that sounds smart, but it's not what they've done.

Gil's problem is he trusts his massive inflated staff when he needs to confront a bunch of them and remove them and use the extra money and resources elsewhere.

Just said on 9 news that there has been a bit of a backdown and AFL has told clubs they can use whichever song they like.

Why must things that are not broken be fixed my the modern day's sense of superiority?

The AFL should leave well enough alone, lest the fans turn on them en masse, and resent their intervention.

 

Use the old theme song Demons

that new one is stilted and “Forced”

They are too polite...

stuff you AFL...

27 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

Aside from making it faster, higher and generally weaker they've ruined my favourite part of the song.

Excuse my lack of musical knowledge but about a minute in to the song during the instrumental section there's a really nice fluttering trumpets that matches up to 'we sing this song to you flutter flutter flutter'

In the new version is just tapers off. It's we sing this song to you bleh bleh bleh

It's lacking the character and sparkle of the original. Yuck 

 

Yes we lose the trumpet ? 

highlight of the song after a victory

i will miss it every time they play it, if they do....

don’t do it. 

They lack the heft of the originals.

It's funny how so many want to keep the old original versions, tradition lol...well I think we were singing the song before the Ron Tudor recorded versions in the 70's.

To my thinking those Fable versions have always been lame and they're hardly part of heritage, particularly ours.

We haven't won a premiership since they've been around.

I don't care about other clubs but it's time for a proper rehash of the Grand Old Flag...one with some balls.

I'm just relieved they didn't add our second verse like they did for Geelong and Port... they are pretty terrible...

https://omny.fm/shows/triple-m-footy/new-footy-songs-geelong

https://omny.fm/shows/triple-m-footy/new-footy-songs-port-adelaide

I sit in on a guitar group that play in the local bar in the village I live in. Have done so for years. After a lot of red wine and talking I got them to do a Spanish guitar version of Grand Old Flag. I get it played when we win, usually very late at night when we have all had enough. 

Had a few lost Aussies that had wandered into the bar and not believed what they were hearing. 

5 hours ago, Deemania since 56 said:

Bloody atrocious! A national anthem is our song - as it is! I want my grandkids to take their children to the  'G, to sit in the Sthn Stand and to listen to the victory song of the Dees being belted out as a representation of the historical recurrence of such an outcome. A new song, yeah, yeah, just won't do that, baby, baby. We should not allow Gill to dictate to us in this matter; should he go ahead, we should then be ready to substitute the historical song for the existing song on every occasion. It is our choice as members, supporters and sectional interests of the general public. The diction is too good to miss, as well. Men of Harlech stand together .... imagine.  

You're spot on, the Dill needs to have his eye lids pinned open and be placed in front of a massive screen playing Zulu on loop until he UNDERSTANDS!!!

so, more money down the drain that could have gone to grass roots footy

surprised they didn't get meatloaf to do the vocals

Just now, daisycutter said:

so, more money down the drain that could have gone to grass roots footy

surprised they didn't get meatloaf to do the vocals

..and they are really screwing grassroots footy now 'daisy'.

Amazing what they have been doing to the local umpires, the ones they tell us there wouldn't be a game without and have umpires appreciation days or whatever...

This AFL are a greedy bunch and they're making off with our money.

...but don't get me started.

1 hour ago, DeeSpencer said:

Doubt this was a hands on decision from Gil.

The problem is the AFL has a huge excess of staff who have to justify their jobs. Someone went to Gil and said they could digitally remaster the songs and make them better, that sounds smart, but it's not what they've done.

Gil's problem is he trusts his massive inflated staff when he needs to confront a bunch of them and remove them and use the extra money and resources elsewhere.

Wrong.  It is his over inflated ego he trusts

1 hour ago, Hot as Hell said:

Why must things that are not broken be fixed my the modern day's sense of superiority?

The AFL should leave well enough alone, lest the fans turn on them en masse, and resent their intervention.

 

Exactly

Every recent AFL chief has felt he needs to make changes 

1 hour ago, rjay said:

It's funny how so many want to keep the old original versions, tradition lol...well I think we were singing the song before the Ron Tudor recorded versions in the 70's.

To my thinking those Fable versions have always been lame and they're hardly part of heritage, particularly ours.

We haven't won a premiership since they've been around.

I don't care about other clubs but it's time for a proper rehash of the Grand Old Flag...one with some balls.

You are right rjay.

I would like our own MFC version rather than an AFL sanctioned one. I don't particularly like the bulldogs version (perhaps too much change) but it is their own.

For those old enough to remember perhaps we need the MFC equivalent of the "National Anthem Debate".

Now for the next line... our anthem is based upon a jingoistic US song... Dare we dream

3 hours ago, Gorgoroth said:

I'm hoping for a Norwegian Black Metal band!

Darkthrone?

Edit - Damn, just saw Beetle beat me to it!

 

lol @ the Bulldogs version.  Their fans are going to be furious.

All of them suck though.  No bass, no balls,  unorganic.  Sad times.

Great job Gil and the AFL.  You [censored] morons.

12 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Darkthrone?

Edit - Damn, just saw Beetle beat me to it!

Yeah he did,

 

we we did decide that Abbath would be the best \m/