That Chant From Chesterfield

[dougdeep]

Quite a hit in the sixties, I sang that at the Goldstone.

 

[mrhairy]

Think it is free as a ringtone here:

http://inter-search.co.uk/ringtones/s/when+johnny+comes+marching+home.html#

 

[mrhairy]

Think it is free as a ringtone here:

http://inter-search.co.uk/ringtones/s/when+johnny+comes+marching+home.html#

Sorry it's not free but £1.50

 

[John Boy]

Alllllllllbion is RUBBISH.

Yet for some reason, it's by far our loudest song, which EVERYONE joins in with. And everyone says they hate it...

It's not rubbish

 

[Horsham Gull]

cant beat a few rounds of Sussex by the sea,always gets people joining in.

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

It's not rubbish

Ok, rubbish is a tad over the top.

But it gets boring when it's done every two minutes i think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdLwC-vekGY

Not really sure why i'm arguing about it though

But yes - a chorus of AlbionAlbionAlbion (Engerland) is much better i think, as well as all the other 'big' songs

 

[dougdeep]

Number one is..............

 

[Turkey]

It's not rubbish

It is because it dies out too quickly. If it goes on for quite awhile its alright.

 

[RM-Taylor]

Was gonna record it on my phone but the battery died

Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah Brighton & Hove Albion

 

[Barrel of Fun]

when frutos goes marching down the wing
carole, carole

That was on my brain for a long time after Adrie penned and released it, onto NSC. It is now thoroughly embedded in my memory.

 

[RM-Taylor]

Re: Re: Re: That Chant From Chesterfield

The chant was started by the "left side" before the "right side" joined in. More people participated as all you had to do was hum or la la and add Brighton & Hove Albion at the end , sounded better with the clapping as well. Heard a rendition of Tiptoe through the North Stand which my son said "I dont know the words to that one" which made me laugh.

Well I don't know the words

 

[Horsham Gull]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r8aQblzroE

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Most successful football songs are popular because of their simplicity (especially in places with low IQ populations, like Portsmouth). Few songs that have complicated lyrics become popular, and those that do tend to be club specific, eg

-Sussex By The Sea,
-Delilah,
-On The Ball City,
-Keep Right On To The End Of The Road
etc.

The most used football chants for years have been variations on repetitive songs like Go West by the Pet Shop Boys, aka "You're Shit And You Know You Are", or Tom Hark, aka the tiresome "Premiership, You're Having A Laugh". A few years back it was (I think) versions of Stars & Stripes Forever.

That Chesterfield effort sounds all the better for having no particular lyrics, plus we have the added bonus that most clubs have far too few syllables in their name to hijack it, should it catch on.

Who cares what it is, if it got 500 people singing for ages at a time?

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Liverpool have the best songs, using a wide range of sources, with clever and funny lyrics.

 

[seven stands]

Liverpool have the best songs, using a wide range of sources, with clever and funny lyrics.

what like liverpool liverpool to the tune of albion albion

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r8aQblzroE

"you're uncle is your brother"

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Liverpool have the best songs, using a wide range of sources, with clever and funny lyrics.

Is that a joke?

 

[Kenhead]

I can't get it out of my head!

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

So Adrie suggested this MONTHS ago and everyone poo-pooed it, now cos Krispies sings it it's the best thing since sliced bread?

 

[Mendoza]

So Adrie suggested this MONTHS ago and everyone poo-pooed it, now cos Krispies sings it it's the best thing since sliced bread?

krispies didnt sing this, he wasnt even there, he tried singing it at withdean, and he was singing it with one or two others at most

this had no words and took off