Campaign to Slow Down the Singing of GOSBTS.

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

So, some people think the words are 'naff''? It's the very fact of those archaic words that lifts Sussex by the Sea, and makes it so special. Those words were sung by thousands of Royal Sussex Regiment soldiers as they encamped at the Goldstone, before entering the Somme trenches, many never to return. It's all part of your heritage as an Albion fan.

Naff words? Who would have thought thousands of big, tough East End dockers singing "I'm forever blowing bubbles, pretty bubbles in the air"??

Or how about a whole stadium of 90,000 grown-ups singing "Abide with me, fast flows the eventide"?

As far as I recall, nobody ever tries to speed those up.

So, to all those Withdean speed babblers, I'd say just this: If you can take your time over singing all about Gary Hart, what on earth's your problem with our club's fantastic and totally unique anthem?

Try this. Start low, and Sing slow.

(And if you need any help pitching your first der-der-de-ders, the vuvuzela provides exactly the right note. I kid you not.)

This.

 

[Brovion]

Trimmed down and altered version then:

Now is the time for marching
Now let your hearts be gay
Hark to the merry bugles
Sounding along our way
So let your voices ring, my boys,
And take the time from me
Oh we're going up and we'll win the cup
For Sussex by the sea

Altogether nowwwwwwww

Good old Sussex by the sea,
Good old Sussex by the sea
Oh we're going up and we'll win the cup
For Sussex by the sea

and repeat and fade......

Corrected your post for you.

EDIT: Agree with slowing it down though. It just sounds like a drone at the moment.

 

[Gilliver's Travels]

i know this is probably sacrilige but i think the lyrics need updating for the 21st century, i cant see may 13 years olds wanting to sing about letting their hearts be gay or sowing seeds.

And while you're about it, hey, how about updating Land of Hope and Glory, Jerusalem, and Abide with Me?

The comedian and then Albion director Norman Wisdom tried updating Sussex by the Sea in 1965. His lyrics, with lines like "Hove, by Jove, that's us..." and "Albion by the Shore" came from a 1940s mindset. To a 1960s football crowd, his lyrics sounded unintentionally ridiculous, and were never heard again.

 

[Return of the Rev]

i want it even slower than original

 

[Deleted User X18H]

Does anyone else think this rendition of GOSBTS by the Hangleton Band is a little too fast also?

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Only due to the conductor who is well known in Hangleton for involuntary spasms.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Going back to the grimsby last game of the season a few years back we had the local bbc radio outside broadcast people round our house for some live broadcast,at one point they wanted a very little rev to sing to a radio audience he sang "good old sussex by the sea good old sussex by the sea,oh were going up to kick palace butt for sussex by the sea"

 

[Mendoza]

It can be sung properly everytime at the cricket, so why not at football?

 

[The Grockle]

And while you're about it, hey, how about updating Land of Hope and Glory, Jerusalem, and Abide with Me?

The comedian and then Albion director Norman Wisdom tried updating Sussex by the Sea in 1965. His lyrics, with lines like "Hove, by Jove, that's us..." and "Albion by the Shore" came from a 1940s mindset. To a 1960s football crowd, his lyrics sounded unintentionally ridiculous, and were never heard again.

You make a fair point.
Personally, I like the song I just feel a few of our younger fans might not be keen on singing it.

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

Perhaps both could sing together, a bit like frere jacques.

Quality

I support the fact we should have an anthem, something to have a proper sing up too, the scousers are a prime example, Lazio, grande Lazio is a classic and even the scum sing that fuckin annying song and have made it their own, lets be 'avin you!!!!

 

[Wilko]

Corrected your post for you.

EDIT: Agree with slowing it down though. It just sounds like a drone at the moment.

 

[Was not Was]

i want it even slower than original

Are you thinking of this, Rev?

http://soundcloud.com/shamantis/j-biebz-u-smile-800-slower

This is a Justin Bieber track slowed to one-eighth its actual speed. And it's beautiful (I kid you not).

Does anyone with some editing software and some time on their hands want to do something similar with GOSBTS? Then we can accuse Jack Straw of speeding it up.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Are you thinking of this, Rev?

http://soundcloud.com/shamantis/j-biebz-u-smile-800-slower

This is a Justin Bieber track slowed to one-eighth its actual speed. And it's beautiful (I kid you not).

Does anyone with some editing software and some time on their hands want to do something similar with GOSBTS? Then we can accuse Jack Straw of speeding it up.

THAT WILL DO FOR ME

 

[willingdon_seagull]

No.

the words are horribly dated and NAFF.


Slow it down, but for christ sake don't start singing about hearts being gay and ploughing and sewing!

This

 

[The Large One]

I thought the words were...

Gerdarr suss barsee
Gerdarr suss barsee
Owegawen up to winna cup
Far suss barsee

 

[Return of the Rev]

THAT WILL DO FOR ME

if thats ok with you large one

 

[Easy 10]

I really like THIS verse

Far o'er the seas we wander
Wide through the world we roam,
Far from the kind hearts yonder
Far from our dear old home,
But never shall forget my boys
And true we'll ever be
To the girls so kind that we left behind
In Sussex by the sea.

Perfect for singing after journeying to an away ground at some god-forsaken far flung hovel at the arse-end of the country.

 

[Perry Milkins]

I thought the words were...

Gerdarr suss barsee
Gerdarr suss barsee
Owegawen up to winna cup
Far suss barsee

Alternatively it can sound like'Good ole sausage bite the sea'!

 

[TWOCHOICEStom]

I'm am so all over this it's not even funny. I think if JS said no more falmer photos until we slow down GOSBTS we'd have it cracked in no time!

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

I can't be doing with all the "la la la la lar lar lahh" we do instead of the words

It sounds SHIT...sing the words!!

I remember going to England vs. Wales with the Welsh fans behind us in the Stretford end at Old Trampford...They could'nt remember the words to "Men of Harlech" and were doing all this Na Na Nah shit...made them sound like the no heritage mongs they are...we should do better.

I would proudly sing the Gay bit in GOSBTS...even doing a "little tea-pot" pose as I screamed it.

 

[Soul Finger]

Does anyone else think this rendition of GOSBTS by the Hangleton Band is a little too fast also?

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It's a smidge too fast.

Still sounds ace though.

I'd like to see a full marching band for the first game at Falmer with hymn sheets for everyone.