[Music] Reasonble punishment for anyone playing or singing a long with "Freed from Desire"?

LamieRobertson said:

….and yet you started a thread on it….i’m not sure you will ever get the feeling of being a supporter at a game and the joy of your team winning the match…especially yesterdays circumstances and the other home win against MU

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Han Solo said:

I made a thread of it because I thought the subject could be fun and twisted and a possible way to express your worst and best means of torture.
The rest of the whole "you don't know what it feels like to be alive until you've had a Freed from Desire sing-a-long" and all that other overdramatical "I barely had any fun with sports before this song came along"-sentiments... as I said: lets go with that, and I'll go with the sentiment that none of you have ever experienced football culture aside from last seasons trips to Europe. We're all different.

Again, mods can feel free to remove/lock this incredibly sensitive subject as it clearly is the core and soul of English football culture. Its my bad, I romanticised English football as more than that and thought it was possible to take a dig at this silly tune, but I was wrong and admit my mistake. I make some of those sometimes. I watched three seasons of Sunderland fan crying about the importance of football and then I see them go home ten minutes before the end in a top game which they trail 2-1. Maybe they were playing "Freed from Desire" at some pub in the surroundings so they all had to go?

That said... When I go to England, I will give my perception of English football a fair shot. I refuse to believe it can be this shallow. In my brain English football culture is going to some village in North Umptington and watching Worcesterstershire Sauce FC beat Buntham Rovers while having a chat or five with the people around, drinking out of a thermos bottle with coffee and liquor and tagging along in clever or sarcastic chants or other improvisations.

Premier League? Freed from Desire? VAR, Sky Sports, billionaire clubs, players and fans, entitled fans who can't be arsed to sing or even stick around if their team isn't providing "eNteRtAinment!!" (as if football isn't bigger than that)... sorry. Not for me. I like the football, the team and the talk around it, but to me there's way too many plastic ultra-commercialised soulless elements for me in English top flight football and "Freed from Desire" suits that development like a glove: "no need for you to be arsed to sing or make up chants or anything, we'll just play some songs from the radio after the game, force feeding you with the entertainment you can't create for yourselves". f*** it, honestly.

Imho - f*** goal music, cheerleaders, 90s tunes in the PAs, Graham Potter and Thierry Henrys fake white fake smiles in the studios, f*** sitting around waiting for Sky Sports to deliver the VAR drama, f*** paying 100 kr for a dry hamburger made by underpaid hungover students who dont give a shit, f*** not being allowed to bring in a bottle of water, f*** having a life scheduled according to what the TV viewers in China or USA wants.
f*** modern football.

And thats the final thing I have to say on this thread Keep the goddamn culture/song.

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Han Solo said:

I made a thread of it because I thought the subject could be fun and twisted and a possible way to express your worst and best means of torture.
The rest of the whole "you don't know what it feels like to be alive until you've had a Freed from Desire sing-a-long" and all that other overdramatical "I barely had any fun with sports before this song came along"-sentiments... as I said: lets go with that, and I'll go with the sentiment that none of you have ever experienced football culture aside from last seasons trips to Europe. We're all different.

Again, mods can feel free to remove/lock this incredibly sensitive subject as it clearly is the core and soul of English football culture. Its my bad, I romanticised English football as more than that and thought it was possible to take a dig at this silly tune, but I was wrong and admit my mistake. I make some of those sometimes. I watched three seasons of Sunderland fan crying about the importance of football and then I see them go home ten minutes before the end in a top game which they trail 2-1. Maybe they were playing "Freed from Desire" at some pub in the surroundings so they all had to go?

That said... When I go to England, I will give my perception of English football a fair shot. I refuse to believe it can be this shallow. In my brain English football culture is going to some village in North Umptington and watching Worcesterstershire Sauce FC beat Buntham Rovers while having a chat or five with the people around, drinking out of a thermos bottle with coffee and liquor and tagging along in clever or sarcastic chants or other improvisations.

Premier League? Freed from Desire? VAR, Sky Sports, billionaire clubs, players and fans, entitled fans who can't be arsed to sing or even stick around if their team isn't providing "eNteRtAinment!!" (as if football isn't bigger than that)... sorry. Not for me. I like the football, the team and the talk around it, but to me there's way too many plastic ultra-commercialised soulless elements for me in English top flight football and "Freed from Desire" suits that development like a glove: "no need for you to be arsed to sing or make up chants or anything, we'll just play some songs from the radio after the game, force feeding you with the entertainment you can't create for yourselves". f*** it, honestly.

Imho - f*** goal music, cheerleaders, 90s tunes in the PAs, Graham Potter and Thierry Henrys fake white fake smiles in the studios, f*** sitting around waiting for Sky Sports to deliver the VAR drama, f*** paying 100 kr for a dry hamburger made by underpaid hungover students who dont give a shit, f*** not being allowed to bring in a bottle of water, f*** having a life scheduled according to what the TV viewers in China or USA wants.
f*** modern football.

And thats the final thing I have to say on this thread Keep the goddamn culture/song.

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BN9 BHA said:

I enjoyed the added bonus of the Joel Veltman song after Freed from Desire yesterday

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Guinness Boy said:

Slow day Swanny?

British football is mostly about your mates, self deprecating humour and taking the piss out of the other team’s fans. Alcohol is often involved. Sometimes the young ones or the fat old ones who haven’t learned hit each other.

It’s the same whether you’re watching the Premier League or Worthing unless you’re a Japanese tourist who’s paid a fortune to watch one player.

All the razzle and messed up kick off times come from the media, without whom you’d be watching xHamster when we were playing.

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Han Solo said:

I made a thread of it because I thought the subject could be fun and twisted and a possible way to express your worst and best means of torture.
The rest of the whole "you don't know what it feels like to be alive until you've had a Freed from Desire sing-a-long" and all that other overdramatical "I barely had any fun with sports before this song came along"-sentiments... as I said: lets go with that, and I'll go with the sentiment that none of you have ever experienced football culture aside from last seasons trips to Europe. We're all different.

Again, mods can feel free to remove/lock this incredibly sensitive subject as it clearly is the core and soul of English football culture. Its my bad, I romanticised English football as more than that and thought it was possible to take a dig at this silly tune, but I was wrong and admit my mistake. I make some of those sometimes. I watched three seasons of Sunderland fan crying about the importance of football and then I see them go home ten minutes before the end in a top game which they trail 2-1. Maybe they were playing "Freed from Desire" at some pub in the surroundings so they all had to go?

That said... When I go to England, I will give my perception of English football a fair shot. I refuse to believe it can be this shallow. In my brain English football culture is going to some village in North Umptington and watching Worcesterstershire Sauce FC beat Buntham Rovers while having a chat or five with the people around, drinking out of a thermos bottle with coffee and liquor and tagging along in clever or sarcastic chants or other improvisations.

Premier League? Freed from Desire? VAR, Sky Sports, billionaire clubs, players and fans, entitled fans who can't be arsed to sing or even stick around if their team isn't providing "eNteRtAinment!!" (as if football isn't bigger than that)... sorry. Not for me. I like the football, the team and the talk around it, but to me there's way too many plastic ultra-commercialised soulless elements for me in English top flight football and "Freed from Desire" suits that development like a glove: "no need for you to be arsed to sing or make up chants or anything, we'll just play some songs from the radio after the game, force feeding you with the entertainment you can't create for yourselves". f*** it, honestly.

Imho - f*** goal music, cheerleaders, 90s tunes in the PAs, Graham Potter and Thierry Henrys fake white fake smiles in the studios, f*** sitting around waiting for Sky Sports to deliver the VAR drama, f*** paying 100 kr for a dry hamburger made by underpaid hungover students who dont give a shit, f*** not being allowed to bring in a bottle of water, f*** having a life scheduled according to what the TV viewers in China or USA wants.
f*** modern football.

And thats the final thing I have to say on this thread Keep the goddamn culture/song.

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Han Solo said:

I made a thread of it because I thought the subject could be fun and twisted and a possible way to express your worst and best means of torture.
The rest of the whole "you don't know what it feels like to be alive until you've had a Freed from Desire sing-a-long" and all that other overdramatical "I barely had any fun with sports before this song came along"-sentiments... as I said: lets go with that, and I'll go with the sentiment that none of you have ever experienced football culture aside from last seasons trips to Europe. We're all different.

Again, mods can feel free to remove/lock this incredibly sensitive subject as it clearly is the core and soul of English football culture. Its my bad, I romanticised English football as more than that and thought it was possible to take a dig at this silly tune, but I was wrong and admit my mistake. I make some of those sometimes. I watched three seasons of Sunderland fan crying about the importance of football and then I see them go home ten minutes before the end in a top game which they trail 2-1. Maybe they were playing "Freed from Desire" at some pub in the surroundings so they all had to go?

That said... When I go to England, I will give my perception of English football a fair shot. I refuse to believe it can be this shallow. In my brain English football culture is going to some village in North Umptington and watching Worcesterstershire Sauce FC beat Buntham Rovers while having a chat or five with the people around, drinking out of a thermos bottle with coffee and liquor and tagging along in clever or sarcastic chants or other improvisations.

Premier League? Freed from Desire? VAR, Sky Sports, billionaire clubs, players and fans, entitled fans who can't be arsed to sing or even stick around if their team isn't providing "eNteRtAinment!!" (as if football isn't bigger than that)... sorry. Not for me. I like the football, the team and the talk around it, but to me there's way too many plastic ultra-commercialised soulless elements for me in English top flight football and "Freed from Desire" suits that development like a glove: "no need for you to be arsed to sing or make up chants or anything, we'll just play some songs from the radio after the game, force feeding you with the entertainment you can't create for yourselves". f*** it, honestly.

Imho - f*** goal music, cheerleaders, 90s tunes in the PAs, Graham Potter and Thierry Henrys fake white fake smiles in the studios, f*** sitting around waiting for Sky Sports to deliver the VAR drama, f*** paying 100 kr for a dry hamburger made by underpaid hungover students who dont give a shit, f*** not being allowed to bring in a bottle of water, f*** having a life scheduled according to what the TV viewers in China or USA wants.
f*** modern football.

And thats the final thing I have to say on this thread Keep the goddamn culture/song.

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Han Solo said:

I made a thread of it because I thought the subject could be fun and twisted and a possible way to express your worst and best means of torture.
The rest of the whole "you don't know what it feels like to be alive until you've had a Freed from Desire sing-a-long" and all that other overdramatical "I barely had any fun with sports before this song came along"-sentiments... as I said: lets go with that, and I'll go with the sentiment that none of you have ever experienced football culture aside from last seasons trips to Europe. We're all different.

Again, mods can feel free to remove/lock this incredibly sensitive subject as it clearly is the core and soul of English football culture. Its my bad, I romanticised English football as more than that and thought it was possible to take a dig at this silly tune, but I was wrong and admit my mistake. I make some of those sometimes. I watched three seasons of Sunderland fan crying about the importance of football and then I see them go home ten minutes before the end in a top game which they trail 2-1. Maybe they were playing "Freed from Desire" at some pub in the surroundings so they all had to go?

That said... When I go to England, I will give my perception of English football a fair shot. I refuse to believe it can be this shallow. In my brain English football culture is going to some village in North Umptington and watching Worcesterstershire Sauce FC beat Buntham Rovers while having a chat or five with the people around, drinking out of a thermos bottle with coffee and liquor and tagging along in clever or sarcastic chants or other improvisations.

Premier League? Freed from Desire? VAR, Sky Sports, billionaire clubs, players and fans, entitled fans who can't be arsed to sing or even stick around if their team isn't providing "eNteRtAinment!!" (as if football isn't bigger than that)... sorry. Not for me. I like the football, the team and the talk around it, but to me there's way too many plastic ultra-commercialised soulless elements for me in English top flight football and "Freed from Desire" suits that development like a glove: "no need for you to be arsed to sing or make up chants or anything, we'll just play some songs from the radio after the game, force feeding you with the entertainment you can't create for yourselves". f*** it, honestly.

Imho - f*** goal music, cheerleaders, 90s tunes in the PAs, Graham Potter and Thierry Henrys fake white fake smiles in the studios, f*** sitting around waiting for Sky Sports to deliver the VAR drama, f*** paying 100 kr for a dry hamburger made by underpaid hungover students who dont give a shit, f*** not being allowed to bring in a bottle of water, f*** having a life scheduled according to what the TV viewers in China or USA wants.
f*** modern football.

And thats the final thing I have to say on this thread Keep the goddamn culture/song.

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Bozza said:

Whilst I agree with much of what you say, yesterday afternoon I had my Trombolese and it was bloody fantastic!

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Han Solo said:

And thats the final thing I have to say on this thread Keep the goddamn culture/song.

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Han Solo said:

That said... When I go to England, I will give my perception of English football a fair shot. I refuse to believe it can be this shallow. In my brain English football culture is going to some village in North Umptington and watching Worcesterstershire Sauce FC beat Buntham Rovers while having a chat or five with the people around, drinking out of a thermos bottle with coffee and liquor and tagging along in clever or sarcastic chants or other improvisations.

Premier League? Freed from Desire? VAR, Sky Sports, billionaire clubs, players and fans, entitled fans who can't be arsed to sing or even stick around if their team isn't providing "eNteRtAinment!!" (as if football isn't bigger than that)... sorry. Not for me. I like the football, the team and the talk around it, but to me there's way too many plastic ultra-commercialised soulless elements for me in English top flight football

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BN9 BHA said:

I enjoyed the added bonus of the Joel Veltman song after Freed from Desire yesterday

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Oh_aye said:

Tut tut. Everyone knows it's a song about having a lover who's Congolese.

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pocketseagull said:

Get what Swanny is saying. It's the same with every town/city having the same shops, it's a bit sad to see so many clubs just doing the exact same thing instead of celebrating our differences, feels like an extension of the commercial premier league product. Can see how it could appear alien from afar.

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London Irish said:

What is the villain origin story of the resurrection of this song in recent years, wasn't it a pretty minor hit in the 90s? Can we go back in time and kill baby tromboleze?

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