Fiale Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 I saw on the Stadium Questions forum that someone asked we play Ole Ole Ole Bristol City when the team come onto the pitch. Whilst I agree our current choice is rather boring and fails to engage the crowd, i think Ole Ole Ole is a pretty boring generic song and not exactly unique to us... what would you like to see us come out to that we can make as ours, and also will get the crowd singing ? Personally, I have always thought that the loudest the crowd get and join in with the most is "Drink up thy cider" and it is OURs and unique, think the teams coming out to this would be great and would probably totally drown out the away fans as well as state our intentions to win... So what would you choose ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 Be nice to have something loud and raucous - do Swansea still run out to White Riot? I`ve always wanted to track down a punk/metal version of The Impossible Dream. The lyrics are perfect but it`s just so slow - even the Carter USM version is a bit of a dirge, unusually for them. Ready To Go was good when it was new - I remember THAT game at Sunderland when you had a couple of minutes of `March Of The Capulets` from Romeo and Juliet and then it just segued into RTG as the teams ran out and it was awesome. The biggest problem nowadays is all the guff that happens after the teams are on the pitch, the handshaking and stuff, and anything you play will have lost it`s impact by the time they actually kick off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 The club have never played our "anthem" as the players come out - "Drink up thee cider" because in their eyes it mentions alcohol......I can't see a problem with "One for the Bristol City" as the entrance music. It's unique to us. Personally I always liked "Liquidator" as the run ot music but usually they play it a few mins before hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 20 minutes ago, Robbored said: The club have never played our "anthem" as the players come out - "Drink up thee cider" because in their eyes it mentions alcohol......I can't see a problem with "One for the Bristol City" as the entrance music. It's unique to us. Personally I always liked "Liquidator" as the run ot music but usually they play it a few mins before hand. The play "drink up ther cider" at pretty much every home game. Not as the teams enter the field but just before and usually after the game too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 Something by Massive attack would make sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meh Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 Two Tribes intro -. get some gentle hate going from the off !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 57 minutes ago, Robbored said: The club have never played our "anthem" as the players come out - "Drink up thee cider" because in their eyes it mentions alcohol......I can't see a problem with "One for the Bristol City" as the entrance music. It's unique to us. Personally I always liked "Liquidator" as the run ot music but usually they play it a few mins before Trouble is, Robbored, other teams play that. We never played it until a visit to Molineux in the early 90s. Wolves ran out to it and the City players were so impressed that we had to follow suit the following week. Ever since the 70s, we've had the Wurzels after a match. If we win it's the Anthem Of The West (As Adge called it) but any other result it's Blackbird. If our unofficial name is Cider Army then why not play a Wurzels track prior to kick off as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 One reason I like Liquidator is it was the music City ran out to back in the 70s but for some unknown reason that changed. I know other clubs use it so why not a Wurzels song? "Blackbird" or "one for the Bristol City" would be very unique to our club. Maybe the SC&T could do a vote on it but with a shortlist of 5 options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim S Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 1 hour ago, Robbored said: The club have never played our "anthem" as the players come out - "Drink up thee cider" because in their eyes it mentions alcohol......I can't see a problem with "One for the Bristol City" as the entrance music. It's unique to us. Personally I always liked "Liquidator" as the run ot music but usually they play it a few mins before hand. Robbored, I have to correct you on that. The fact alcohol is mentioned DOES NOT effect when or where the song is played at all. Complete nonsense! We do in fact play it just before the players come out on many occasions. The reason we dont play it as the players walk out is because we only have about 30 seconds to play the song before I read the teams out. Drink up thy cider is a great song and we like to play it in full. There just isnt enough time to play it in that particular moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 I always thought One step beyond would be good. Edit it down to... 'don't watch that watch this' .....'ONE STEP BEYOND' ! dah dah dah , dah dah dah dah dah ! etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 1 minute ago, Tim S said: Robbored, I have to correct you on that. The fact alcohol is mentioned DOES NOT effect when or where the song is played at all. Complete nonsense! We do in fact play it just before the players come out on many occasions. The reason we dont play it as the players walk out is because we only have about 30 seconds to play the song before I read the teams out. Drink up thy cider is a great song and we like to play it in full. There just isnt enough time to play it in that particular moment. I was misinformed then Tim. I was told by a club official that that was the reason - sometime ago I have to say. Why not play a Wurzels song? "One for the Bristol City" or "Blackbird"? Both unique to our club and the West Country. Either would suit perfectly in my view. 30 seconds is all you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 10 minutes ago, Tim S said: Robbored, I have to correct you on that. The fact alcohol is mentioned DOES NOT effect when or where the song is played at all. Complete nonsense! We do in fact play it just before the players come out on many occasions. The reason we dont play it as the players walk out is because we only have about 30 seconds to play the song before I read the teams out. Drink up thy cider is a great song and we like to play it in full. There just isnt enough time to play it in that particular moment. Not sure if many (any) others agree with me here @Tim S but is there any possibility of changing from One for the Bristol City when the team walks out? To me, it's rubbish. I've never liked it. Poor cheesy lyrics, hardly rousing before a game.. it sounds like a song that a team would make before a Wembley final in the 80s rather than an anthem fans know and are proud of. No one sings along to it either. That's just my view but I think it's totally naff and sounds tired. I appreciate the tradition and that it's been played for years.. would be good to keep it (or a section) as part of the playlist in the build up but try something else for when the teams walk out. Anyone else agree or am I on my own here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim S Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 2 minutes ago, Robbored said: I was misinformed then Tim. I was told by a club official that that was the reason - sometime ago I have to say. Why not play a Wurzels song? "One for the Bristol City" or "Blackbird"? Both unique to our club and the West Country. Either would suit perfectly in my view. 30 seconds is all you need. No problem :-) Im sure it was probably long before my time then as I think its a great tune, West Country through and through. I'll stop short of saying its exclusive to Bristol City though because I know Bristol Rugby use it and I know Yeovil Town use Wurzels tunes loads too, so it might even have been heard at Huish Park in the past. As for One For the Bristol City, we do play it as the players walk out - that is the 30 second track I was referring too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim S Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 6 minutes ago, Phileas Fogg said: Not sure if many (any) others agree with me here @Tim S but is there any possibility of changing from One for the Bristol City when the team walks out? To me, it's rubbish. I've never liked it. Poor cheesy lyrics, hardly rousing before a game.. it sounds like a song that a team would make before a Wembley final in the 80s rather than an anthem fans know and are proud of. No one sings along to it either. That's just my view but I think it's totally naff and sounds tired. I appreciate the tradition and that it's been played for years.. would be good to keep it (or a section) as part of the playlist in the build up but try something else for when the teams walk out. Anyone else agree or am I on my own here? As it stands there are no plans to change it. Sorry if you arent a fan of it but many are and also its only 30 seconds of it! Always open to suggestions though.... but it would take something special! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 4 minutes ago, Bullbag said: Ole ole ole ole Bristol City, for me. Ever since I was young we've sang it and it still gives me goosebumps. I don't buy all this 'unique to us' cobblers. Very few songs/chants are solely unique to any club. Funnily enough it is kind of unique to us. We have an upward inclination in the 'city' part that I've not heard anywhere else at all. It's usually sung with the last two syllables (the City part) going down. In that respect I think it's totally unique to us. In fact I can't think of any other teams in the country that sing that song, or if they do with the same frequency as us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 4 minutes ago, Tim S said: As it stands there are no plans to change it. Sorry if you arent a fan of it but many are and also its only 30 seconds of it! Always open to suggestions though.... but it would take something special! It was more to gauge opinion, but is there any evidence to suggest that many people are fans? I just don't think it generates much feeling at all, people seem neutral about it - indicated by the fact that it's literally never sung at games. Hardly YNWA or Blowing Bubbles. A minor thing and a matter of opinion, but I dispute that many people like it.. most seem neutral about it and only want to keep it due to tradition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 Get the Wurzels to do a version of "Liquidator".... or better still get Harry J Allstars to do a reggae version of "Drink Up Thy Cider" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 1 minute ago, Bullbag said: Agree with you there. The only team i've heard singing it is Palace, ole ole ole ole eagles, eagles. Think it sounds great hearing them sing it just like I think it sounds awesome when we sing it. What I like is that we sing it often, several times a match. Despite it being simple, I think it's a great chant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original OTIB Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 Midnight rockers City slickers Gunmen and maniacs All will feature on the freak show And I can't do nothing 'bout that, no But if you hurt what's mine I'll sure as hell retaliate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted September 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 11 minutes ago, Bullbag said: Ole ole ole ole Bristol City, for me. Ever since I was young we've sang it and it still gives me goosebumps. I don't buy all this 'unique to us' cobblers. Very few songs/chants are solely unique to any club. ole ole ole is the most generic piece of crap sang on (and in) any terrace in the world..... just sayin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenred Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 7 minutes ago, The Original OTIB said: Midnight rockers City slickers Gunmen and maniacs All will feature on the freak show And I can't do nothing 'bout that, no But if you hurt what's mine I'll sure as hell retaliate Exactly the tune I was thinking reading this. Would be perfect imho what with Robert Del Naja being a big City fan as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grifty Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 Can we stop the trumpet tune signalling Lone Ranger coming out on the pitch? https://youtu.be/uUpDG680uew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 The Ride Of The Valkyries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 18 minutes ago, Fiale said: ole ole ole is the most generic piece of crap sang on (and in) any terrace in the world..... just sayin... Utter, cringeworthy shite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 52 minutes ago, grifty said: Can we stop the trumpet tune signalling Lone Ranger coming out on the pitch? https://youtu.be/uUpDG680uew I've always thought it should carry on into the full William Tell Overture and all the players should come out riding hobby horses as the tune plays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toblerone Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 For reasons I've never understood they play Led Zep's Kashmir at Salisbury before the teams come out. The old club did it as well. I like it, builds the tension nicely. Everton's 'Johnny Todd' (theme from Z Cars) always made me smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted September 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 :laugh: - Ole Ole is the Mexican wave of football chants, easy, lazy but everyone who does it thinks it's great... hence why it's so popular around the world.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 2 hours ago, Phileas Fogg said: It was more to gauge opinion, but is there any evidence to suggest that many people are fans? I just don't think it generates much feeling at all, people seem neutral about it - indicated by the fact that it's literally never sung at games. Hardly YNWA or Blowing Bubbles. A minor thing and a matter of opinion, but I dispute that many people like it.. most seem neutral about it and only want to keep it due to tradition. I like it, if you are canvassing opinions. It's a keeper for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SedRA Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 1 hour ago, grifty said: Can we stop the trumpet tune signalling Lone Ranger coming out on the pitch? https://youtu.be/uUpDG680uew Yeah, I've never really got that. It sounds very old school, and not in a good way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 2 hours ago, Fiale said: ole ole ole is the most generic piece of crap sang on (and in) any terrace in the world..... just sayin... It's common, but not that common. Which other clubs do you regularly hear singing it when we play them..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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