Justice
Dangerous Idiot
How hard is it to remember going up to win the cup?
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[Albion] GOSBTS - No words onscreen today
- Thread starter Super Steve Earle
- Start date
For sausage by the sea?
Guy Fawkes
The voice of treason
- Sep 29, 2007
- 8,295
Complaining about having lyrics on the screen and worrying it may look a 'bit tin pot' is a bit pathetic imo.
Guess you are one of those who is far to self conscious and concerned about how you think other club's fans will interpret it, when really who cares what they think, it shouldn't affect what we do.
It's probably an underlying trait that many have which helps to explain why we have fans who are a bit embarrassed to sing, as they are more worried about what others near them will think about it, than just getting on with it and it just detracts from the atmosphere.
If having the lyrics helps a few in the crowd to join in, great (especially as we may have fans there who may only get to a game or 2 a season, or may even be on their 1st ever visit)
POSKETT AT THE VALLEY
Well-known member
I remember the days when it was ‘and we’re going up and we’ll win the cup’ easier off the tongue.
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Whatever it was at least it was football related and easy to remember after a few
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
Well how very dare you
Doesn't explain why some are getting so worked up.
Heartwarming to see your right and proper reminder to us all of the importance of inclusivity.
Perhaps the lyrics could be printed in Braille in the programme to assist our many occasional blind visitors?
Super Steve Earle
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In all seriousness, I'd love to know if there are simple ways to retain a lyric. I was actually a singer in a band that never left a rehearsal room in the Royal Albion for 3m and the lyrics never left my side. Fortunately the drummer and bass player both left the country in a hurry due to reasons that put neither of them in a good light, so I never had to put down the music sheets and go public.Apologies for my harsh reply to your original post. So many people complain about the words being shown ("tin pot") I think in my sharp intake of breath I may have inhaled some of my wine, triggering a conniption fit
(My son is a musician and maybe I'll ask him if he is prepared to put on some lessons on the art of lyric recall. I'm told that mnemonics, and pictoral visualisation can help. I'm sure "Now let your hearts be gay" can easily conjour up some memorable images
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- Oct 17, 2008
- 14,345
Gooooood old sussss-sss-basee
Gooooood old sussss-sss—basee
Is how it always sounds on television AND at matches, except more drowned out by clapping
- Mar 23, 2023
- 2,115
Anyone up for a GOSBTS pre-match run through in front of the fish and chip van before the next game? I’ll bring print outs.
There are not.
I too was a singer in a band (rehearsing in the united reformed church hall in Wivelsfield) in the early 70s.In all seriousness, I'd love to know if there are simple ways to retain a lyric. I was actually a singer in a band that never left a rehearsal room in the Royal Albion for 3m and the lyrics never left my side. Fortunately the drummer and bass player both left the country in a hurry due to reasons that put neither of them in a good light, so I never had to put down the music sheets and go public.
As Steve McManamanaman might have said, I'm not sure the band's impact was favoured by my remembering the lyrics, to be very honest.
NorthstandRacoon
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New style is bollocks. Don't get it at all, removes our one tradition and chance to build atmosphere.
Have you arrived back safely from the Racecourse Ground? Looks like we need to win the replay to progress to the next round.
You mean....our legendary atmosphere.....has been destroyed?
I am distraught.
- Oct 17, 2008
- 14,345
When will I ever learn?
NorthstandRacoon
Well-known member
Atmosphere this seasons so far, fwiw, has been crap bar Utd at home.
No change there, then.
You should have seen it at the Goldstone back in the 1970s in front of 12,000 yawning, sorry, adoring fans, me laddio.
If I fancied a quiet cigarette and plastic cup of Bovril on a Saturday afternoon, I knew just where to go. For a few bob I could lean against a stanchion in peace for the best part of 2 hours, contemplating the universe and all its magical wonders.
The Albion is not and never was renowned for a noisy passionate following. If it's tutting, you want, different story.
