9 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

Ah yes, 'modern' theme songs, what could go wrong....

 

Totally agree, their’s is crap.  I reckon we already have the formula ( look at how the boys in the room belt it out after a game- I love it)

….. appreciate there will be people that have different opinions on this matter.  As they say opinions are a bit like asssholess, everyone has one

Edited August 24, 20222 yr by Wodjathefirst

26 minutes ago, Wodjathefirst said:

Love our team song, hate the delivery.  What I mean by this is that music that accompanies the words and the way it is sung is so 1950ish for the want of better words. It is so last century, tired , old, way past its use by date. Not inspiring at all. I’m an old bugger and I reckon it’s old!

Please don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t change one word, it’s perfect, in fact I believe it should never ever be changed.  It’s just the delivery.

When our boys ‘sing’ it in the rooms after a big win it is like a war cry, a chant, bearing no resemblance to what is played over the PA system at the G that we try and sing to. 

I love hearing some of our younger crew belting out the words on train going home after a big win. The tempo that they deliver it in is exactly how team belts it out. Sounds great.

Would love to see some professional musicians bring the ‘tune’ into the 21st century. The formula is already there, up the tempo, modernise the music  so that it matches what our boys do. That way it would be a powerful chant that we could get going at the end of the game.

Could you imagine if the music was modified and played on the PA after a win at the G. I could really imagine the vast majority of our supporter base ripping into the ‘chant’ (rather than try and ‘sing’ it).   Combine it with beating our hearts. It could be our new trade mark.  It would be magnificent and intimidating all at the same time.  (Bit like the INXS theme that Port do at the start of their home games, it is just so effective).

If you don’t like the idea and think it should all stay the way it had been, all good. 

 

Yeah, nah.

Best club song going.  No change reauire - full stop.

3 hours ago, monoccular said:

Diamond - was that funding for the movie or for the wolf himself?

It was for the movie

Produced by the PM's son from stolen money.

Di Caprio had to give a bit back.

Just google 1MDB

On 8/24/2022 at 3:57 PM, george_on_the_outer said:

OK @WalkingCivilWar and others from the Demon Army:

the players are doing this after a win:

 

Can the Army start it it the crowd so that it becomes our mark

Looks as though this might become a thing! Some Army members not rapt with the idea, others very keen. 

Just gotta convince the nays to become yays. 😁
 

edit: Yes @Demonstone, I realise the word is ‘yea’ or ‘aye’ but I love the word ‘yay’ because it denotes ‘yes’ but in a very excited manner. 😁

Edited August 25, 20222 yr by WalkingCivilWar

Richmond has the best club song, by a long way

We have the best jumper 

3 minutes ago, Hatchman said:

Richmond has the best club song, by a long way

We have the best jumper 

It is good because it engenders emotive singing from the fans - ‘yellow and black’.

I reckon the words to our song are great, the delivery of it when in ‘chant mode’ (the lads screaming it out loud after the game), is in my opinion unsurpassed.

However, with all due respect to tradition etc, the actual song  and melody or whatever you call it, when it is played over the PA after a win,  again in my opinion,  is pretty second rate, in so far as bringing raw emotions to the fore. 

Totally get it, many people will have differing views, all good.  Mine is just one.

 

On 8/24/2022 at 9:09 PM, Wodjathefirst said:

Totally agree, their’s is crap.  I reckon we already have the formula ( look at how the boys in the room belt it out after a game- I love it)

….. appreciate there will be people that have different opinions on this matter.  As they say opinions are a bit like asssholess, everyone has one

I love our song SO much! It’s my doorbell and my ringtone and my pens and my bottle opener. I hear it a lot! I never tire of it. On that subject, one day I came home earlier than expected and I could hear the Sydney theme song coming from my son’s room. I said “what are you doing playing that song?!” He said, “I was gonna teach myself to play your football club’s anthem to surprise you but when I googled I found this other one that’s better. It’s got a dope banjo solo in the middle.” 😑

Unfortunately, since he’s 17yo the putting him up for adoption window has closed. 

1 hour ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Looks as though this might become a thing! Some Army members not rapt with the idea, others very keen. 

Just gotta convince the nays to become yays. 

This is the type of thing that we need to do oh so much.  To get a new signature or trade mark that is associated to / with Melbourne supporters. Easy to do and very emotive.

One side of me says that there is a real chance this could happen this next game when we crush Sydney. Why? Because, I hope, a lot of noisy supporters will be coming out of the woodwork who want to have fun.

The other side of me thinks not.  Tradition (or perhaps more accurately bad habits) can be very hard to break.  Eg. Irks me when I hear ‘opera’ type clapping after we get a goal. There should be no conservatism allowed in footy!

Edited August 26, 20222 yr by Wodjathefirst

And just so I don’t get shot down in flames, I will be singing our song, crappy tune or not, every time we win a game…..expecting to sing it 3 more times this year

A few years ago when he was still an active Dees’ supporter , Neil Mitchell pushed the idea of a new anthem written by prolific and historically successful tunesmith Mike Brady ( I think )

He played it relentlessly on his program for a week with little audience impact.

I suspect tradition will always overcome new innovations 

Edited August 26, 20222 yr by joeboy

13 minutes ago, Wodjathefirst said:

This is the type of thing that we need to do oh so much.  To get a new signature or trade mark that is associated to / with Melbourne supporters. Easy to do and very emotive.

One side of me says that there is a real chance this could happen this next game when we [censored] Sydney. Why? Because, I hope, a lot of noisy supporters will be coming out of the woodwork who want to have fun.

The other side of me thinks not.  Tradition (or perhaps more accurately bad habits) can be very hard to break.  Eg. Irks me when I hear ‘opera’ type clapping after we get a goal. There should be no conservatism allowed in footy!

I can see it being embraced. Of course some fans are gonna think it’s not a Melbourne thing to do. But I reckon the majority would be all for it. Anyways, Ima do my damndest to convince the Army to do it. And since I’m like a particularly nasty bout of shingles that simply will not go away, I’ll likely succeed. 😁
LOL rn I’m in a chat with my comrades discussing the chest thumping and one girl is saying no because it will hurt her [censored] too much. 🤣

Edited August 26, 20222 yr by WalkingCivilWar
The censored word starts with B and ends in OOBS. Soz for offending anyone’s sensibilities

As it is a chant, a hum without words, won't it get drowned out by the noise after a goal and the club song after a win?  And the chest thumping will hardly be visible to tv camera's or fans at the ground.

I think it works for the players in the rooms but not so sure at a stadium...

Edited August 26, 20222 yr by Lucifers Hero

3 minutes ago, Lucifers Hero said:

As it is a chant, a hum without words, won't it get drowned out by the noise after a goal and the club song after a win?  And the chest thumping will hardly be visible to tv camera's or fans.

I think it works for the players in the rooms but not so sure at a stadium...

Fair point, Luci. I was thinking not after goals but just once after the final siren.   But yeah, not sure how that would look on TV, and sadly that seems to be all that matters now. 

On 8/24/2022 at 4:39 PM, The Jackson 6 said:

I dunno about this idea… it’s the players’ thing and I believe they do it if they keep the opposition below 60 points.
 

Would love to see it once in the crowd with 2 minutes left in a grand final we’re about to win but I feel if we see it done 5 times a week in the crowd it kinda cheapens a concept they clearly bond around.

When the ferals start chanting ‘Coooollongwood’ when the game is stitched up is annoying but oh so effective (I’m jealous).

Picture 50k plus demon fans right near the end of the game and when we win next Friday becoming like a possessed tribe yelling loudly, screaming call it what you like, and at the same time thumping their chests. Possessed demons.  Pure emotion.

We should only do it when we have got the game sown up and / or have won. (In other words, 3 more times this year)

I think our boys would love it.

Yep, I know I’m dreaming but it’s fun. Just like I used to dream for over 50 years that we’d win a flag in my lifetime. Dreams sometimes come true.

 

17 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Fair point, Luci. I was thinking not after goals but just once after the final siren.   But yeah, not sure how that would look on TV, and sadly that seems to be all that matters now. 

The tv camera's might capture it but I suspect it won't show much on tv or at the ground as everyone's chest thumping will be hidden by the person standing in front of or next to them.  And you may all be so busy waving the flags after a win how does anyone do the chest thumping...

Not trying to detract from the idea just being my usual pragmatic self. 

Edited August 26, 20222 yr by Lucifers Hero

15 minutes ago, Wodjathefirst said:

When the ferals start chanting ‘Coooollongwood’ when the game is stitched up is annoying but oh so effective (I’m jealous).

Picture 50k plus demon fans right near the end of the game and when we win next Friday becoming like a possessed tribe yelling loudly, screaming call it what you like, and at the same time thumping their chests. Possessed demons.  Pure emotion.

We should only do it when we have got the game sown up and / or have won. (In other words, 3 more times this year)

I think our boys would love it.

Yep, I know I’m dreaming but it’s fun. Just like I used to dream for over 50 years that we’d win a flag in my lifetime. Dreams sometimes come true.

 

Maybe (maybe) if we win and we’re keeping them to a low score but please, please don’t pull it out after a goal or something like that. It’ll look tacky.

COLLLLLLINGWOOD works because there are just heaps of them and they’re rowdy. That’s not us.  

33 minutes ago, Wodjathefirst said:

 

 

Edited August 26, 20222 yr by Wodjathefirst
Editing a stuff up!

16 minutes ago, The Jackson 6 said:

Maybe (maybe) if we win and we’re keeping them to a low score but please, please don’t pull it out after a goal or something like that. It’ll look tacky.

COLLLLLLINGWOOD works because there are just heaps of them and they’re rowdy. That’s not us.  

I’m with you.  In my opinion only near the end of a game if we are crushing a side or at the end when we win.  
In the scheme of things I am just a pawn with an opinion.  I am relying on the likes of our true leaders like Walkingcivilwar to make these things happen….. and I would follow like a loyal sheep 🐑

I tend to agree with Luci that this should be a player led thing - which would imply after the game - if they want us to join in, we’ll know. 
This notion also has a familiar ring to the “never walk alone” push some time back. Whatever happened to that poster?

 

I'm happy with the yelling of IIIIIIIIITTTTTTT'SSSSSS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

1 hour ago, Wodjathefirst said:

I’m with you.  In my opinion only near the end of a game if we are crushing a side or at the end when we win.  
In the scheme of things I am just a pawn with an opinion.  I am relying on the likes of our true leaders like Walkingcivilwar to make these things happen….. and I would follow like a loyal sheep 🐑

No pressure 😂

1 hour ago, Wodjathefirst said:

When the ferals start chanting ‘Coooollongwood’ when the game is stitched up is annoying but oh so effective (I’m jealous).

Picture 50k plus demon fans right near the end of the game and when we win next Friday becoming like a possessed tribe yelling loudly, screaming call it what you like, and at the same time thumping their chests. Possessed demons.  Pure emotion.

We should only do it when we have got the game sown up and / or have won. (In other words, 3 more times this year)

I think our boys would love it.

Yep, I know I’m dreaming but it’s fun. Just like I used to dream for over 50 years that we’d win a flag in my lifetime. Dreams sometimes come true.

 

Would be epic. And potentially make the news overseas given how successful a movie “wolf of Wall Street” is/was.

Regarding the sore chest, top of the stomach does the trick. 
 

2 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Unfortunately, since he’s 17yo the putting him up for adoption window has closed. 

Just write him out of the will.

I knew a mad Collingwood supporter who reckoned our club song was the best.

I remember at my year seven school camp, myself, my PE teacher (Mark McKeon who played a handful of games for the Dees) and the only other Melbourne supporter in in Year 7 sang the club song at the camp concert. Fair to say it was greeted with stony silence by the audience, although it was 1981 and most of the crowd had probably never heard it before.

I'm cool with our song. It doesn't have to be the hippest or coolest, it's just the most happy and comforting thing to hear after a win. 

Never change.