aftershavedave
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you need to work in that £500 you are putting behind the bar somewhere
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A little Ruffians song to the tune of our 2005 HIT...
- Thread starter attila
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you need to work in that £500 you are putting behind the bar somewhere
tomysupercup
North Stand Kollective
Maybe the verse is too a bit too wordy but what about just the Chorus over and over??
CHORUS
We don’t like prawns, we don’t wear suits
We’re Brighton fans, with terrace roots
The Ruffians are on the rise
We’ll drink your beer, and eat your pies!
If thats too wordy I think we're destined to be stuck with the same old songs forever.
Stumpy Tim
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Utter toilet
Absolute SHITE.
Pretty dissappointing too, that someone who the club has indulged, and allowed 'inside' over all these years, should actively seek to stoke an issue that threatens to prove deeply divisive amongst our fans, at this otherwise brilliant moment in time.
I guess he simply feels duty bound to play up to the 'Atilla - 80's class warrior' character.
Pretty dissappointing too, that someone who the club has indulged, and allowed 'inside' over all these years, should actively seek to stoke an issue that threatens to prove deeply divisive amongst our fans, at this otherwise brilliant moment in time.
I guess he simply feels duty bound to play up to the 'Atilla - 80's class warrior' character.
MikeySmall
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I seem to like prawns and wear a suit but I also eat pies and drink beer. Where do I fit in?
attila
1997 Club
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I make up a little ditty for a laugh and I get this
No worries!The club has never 'indulged' me, I've always said what I think (and am quite prepared to deal with the consequences) and this whole thing is so tongue in cheek it is gargoylesque.....it started, indeed, with a tongue in cheek reference to 'ruffians' by a club representative.....what's your problem? Some of us DO want a return to terracing, and the culture that goes with it - we know we're not going to get that (although every other country in Europe can have it) but we're allowed to have a laugh what's happening to the game we love, aren't we? Of course what is happening is brilliant. I'm not dividing anybody. Calm down, calm down...
Oh, and Stumpy, you friendly soul, I'm sure you'll be pleased to knoiw that I'm touring Oz/Nz next year, so I'll see you for a Coopers or ten at the Annandale. Or not, as you choose.
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Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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11 years of having to listen to your record collection pre-match suggests otherwise.
As for the song, I mark it 4/10. Like the reference to prawn sandwiches but too wordy and it needs a different tune. Tom Hark is too commonplace.
The club has never 'indulged' me, I've always said what I think (and am quite prepared to deal with the consequences) and this whole thing is so tongue in cheek it is gargoylesque.....it started, indeed, with a tongue in cheek reference to 'ruffians' by a club representative.....what's your problem? Some of us DO want a return to terracing, and the culture that goes with it - we know we're not going to get that (although every other country in Europe can have it) but we're allowed to have a laugh what's happening to the game we love, aren't we? Of course what is happening is brilliant. I'm not dividing anybody. Calm down, calm down...
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I don't have a 'problem' and I'm pertectly calm, thanks.
I find this entire faux class-war thing INCREDIBLY tiresome, that's all.
Stumpy Tim
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I make up a little ditty for a laugh and I get this
The club has never 'indulged' me, I've always said what I think (and am quite prepared to deal with the consequences) and this whole thing is so tongue in cheek it is gargoylesque.....it started, indeed, with a tongue in cheek reference to 'ruffians' by a club representative.....what's your problem? Some of us DO want a return to terracing, and the culture that goes with it - we know we're not going to get that (although every other country in Europe can have it) but we're allowed to have a laugh what's happening to the game we love, aren't we? Of course what is happening is brilliant. I'm not dividing anybody. Calm down, calm down...
Oh, and Stumpy, you friendly soul, I'm sure you'll be pleased to knoiw that I'm touring Oz/Nz next year, so I'll see you for a Coopers or ten at the Annandale. Or not, as you choose.
Jeez - that's very close to where I actually live. I'm moving back to the UK I think!
Don Quixote
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- Nov 4, 2008
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"Hit"
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
Will be a North Stand anthem for years to come.
attila
1997 Club
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Buzzer - my record collection? I have spent Gawd know how much downloading stuff from itunes to fulfill requests from fans. Many of them on here.
As for the song it was only ever meant to be the chorus, the verse is an optional extra...
It's not faux class war anything, as I'm sure you realise it is simply taking the piss out of the way money rules everything in football these days.
So Stumpy, you live in Leichhardt do you? I love the Annandale. Sold it out the last time i played there as it goes...that was SEVENTEEN years ago, though, so not so confident of repeating same now...
As for the song it was only ever meant to be the chorus, the verse is an optional extra...
It's not faux class war anything, as I'm sure you realise it is simply taking the piss out of the way money rules everything in football these days.
So Stumpy, you live in Leichhardt do you? I love the Annandale. Sold it out the last time i played there as it goes...that was SEVENTEEN years ago, though, so not so confident of repeating same now...
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attila
1997 Club
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Well, I'm currently doing a tour celebrating 30 years of earning my living as a poet/musician, doing what I love. I write about what is happening NOW. I haven't been able to tour Oz for ages as all long distance gigs have been put on hold because for the last six years my wife and I have been caring for my mother, who spent six years battling Alzheimer's. She passed away in June, and now I can go back to Oz. Many people will have forgotten about me, some won't. But I am really, really looking forward to it. I don't normally go into personal stuff on here but that post did irritate me a bit....
Return of the Rev
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I make up a little ditty for a laugh and I get this
The club has never 'indulged' me, I've always said what I think (and am quite prepared to deal with the consequences) and this whole thing is so tongue in cheek it is gargoylesque.....it started, indeed, with a tongue in cheek reference to 'ruffians' by a club representative.....what's your problem? Some of us DO want a return to terracing, and the culture that goes with it - we know we're not going to get that (although every other country in Europe can have it) but we're allowed to have a laugh what's happening to the game we love, aren't we? Of course what is happening is brilliant. I'm not dividing anybody. Calm down, calm down...
Oh, and Stumpy, you friendly soul, I'm sure you'll be pleased to knoiw that I'm touring Oz/Nz next year, so I'll see you for a Coopers or ten at the Annandale. Or not, as you choose.
i think mr attila is spot on we are using a tongue in cheek statement to have a laugh and build up the fan experience for albion fans,the club have done what they see fit to maximise revenue,now its up to us to make sure falmer has a fan culture and atmosphere to match our club and stadium,the club will want a good atmosphere to help ticket sales and give support to the team!
SO GET ON BOARD THE RUFF BUS AND SMILE
Apologies, I didn't realise that you were the only one allowed to 'take the piss'.
Very sorry to hear about your mother, though.
On the Left Wing
KIT NAPIER
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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plus ça change plus c'est la même chose, mon communard.
As it happens, I came across one of your songs on a Son of Oi album I bought at a record fair on Sunday. 'Andy is a Corporatist'. Brought back memories of seeing you play when I was at Uni.
I remember you also doing a song about the then MP for Worthing, Terence Higgins. That gig was the only occasion where I've ever pretended to be a socialist. The girl I met that night would never have let me get near her otherwise. Funny thing is that I have just looked her up on LinkedIn and she's now a buyer for Marks and Spencers. Lucy is (also) a corporatist, I guess.
attila
1997 Club
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- #39
i think mr attila is spot on we are using a tongue in cheek statement to have a laugh and build up the fan experience for albion fans,the club have done what they see fit to maximise revenue,now its up to us to make sure falmer has a fan culture and atmosphere to match our club and stadium,the club will want a good atmosphere to help ticket sales and give support to the team!
Absolutely Rev. Spot o.
Buzzer: don't remember the Higgins one, it must have had a very short shelf life - 'Andy is a Corporatist' caused a storm back in the day, got a few black eyes for that one...
Stumpy Tim
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I'm way more middle class than that. Balmain for me. Will have changed a bit since you went. The Inner West is becoming the place to be for us gentle, white middle-class people. You need to be playing Newtown