[Albion] Carlos Baleba song (or lack of)

[Easy 10]

Baleba, whoooaa
Baleba, whoooaa
He comes from Cameroon
He's better than Craig Noone

 

[JonnyComeEarly]

Why not just sing the original lyrics to the song, except with his name instead of "I'm a believer", and maybe change the last line to "you're so fine" or something like that?

Sometimes I think you big burly blokes are a bit too worried about declaring your love for a footballer in song.

It's 2024, guys, nobody's judging

I thought love was only true in fairytales
Made for someone else, but not for me
Love was out to get me
That's the way it seemed
Disappointment haunted all my dreams

Then I saw your face
It's Carlos Baleba
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
I'm in love ooooooh Carlos Baleba
Carlos Baleba, you're so fine

This has to be it

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

Why not just sing the original lyrics to the song, except with his name instead of "I'm a believer", and maybe change the last line to "you're so fine" or something like that?

Sometimes I think you big burly blokes are a bit too worried about declaring your love for a footballer in song.

It's 2024, guys, nobody's judging

I thought love was only true in fairytales
Made for someone else, but not for me
Love was out to get me
That's the way it seemed
Disappointment haunted all my dreams

Then I saw your face
It's Carlos Baleba
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
I'm in love ooooooh Carlos Baleba
Carlos Baleba, you're so fine

Yep just do this. Much more likely to catch on, people don’t have to try as hard to remember the words.

Now it just needs playing on the sound system in the stadium.

It helped get Veltman’s song more widespread when it was played post match after a win, likewise with Bissouma/Mitoma’s song. Just do the same for I’m a believer and it’ll soon get a groundswell of support.

 

[Gazwag]

I can remember it was sang once in the NS last season when he first played, including the "I'm in love ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo" bit

 

[Milano]

It has to be to the Monkeys I'm a believer, why the hell would it be anything else?

 

[Silverhatch]

It has to be to the Monkeys I'm a believer, why the hell would it be anything else?

THIS!

 

[UnhingedSeagull94]

Why not just sing the original lyrics to the song, except with his name instead of "I'm a believer", and maybe change the last line to "you're so fine" or something like that?

Sometimes I think you big burly blokes are a bit too worried about declaring your love for a footballer in song.

It's 2024, guys, nobody's judging

I thought love was only true in fairytales
Made for someone else, but not for me
Love was out to get me
That's the way it seemed
Disappointment haunted all my dreams

Then I saw your face
It's Carlos Baleba
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
I'm in love ooooooh Carlos Baleba
Carlos Baleba, you're so fine

Love it! Can’t wait to hear it sung 50 times faster than it’s meant to be.

 

[ditchy]

It's madness to consider anything other than to the tune of I'm a Believer. (even Lineker and Shearer were using it on MOTD)
We've been given a tap-in which we really shouldn't miss.

It needs to be started and learnt on the concourses of the away matches so we at least have a core of fans that know it when it comes to trying to get it going at the Amex.

I think we only need to sing the chorus. To get it going

 

[Mr Bridger]

Love it! Can’t wait to hear it sung 50 times faster than it’s meant to be.

You’re thinking of the 78RPM version.

 

[timbha]

Why not just sing the original lyrics to the song, except with his name instead of "I'm a believer", and maybe change the last line to "you're so fine" or something like that?

Sometimes I think you big burly blokes are a bit too worried about declaring your love for a footballer in song.

It's 2024, guys, nobody's judging

I thought love was only true in fairytales
Made for someone else, but not for me
Love was out to get me
That's the way it seemed
Disappointment haunted all my dreams

Then I saw your face
It's Carlos Baleba
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
I'm in love ooooooh Carlos Baleba
Carlos Baleba, you're so fine

Winner

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Give me a baaaaaaaaaaaay

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

 

[Seagull]

Definitely has to be The Monkees, stick with the original verse which many will know … or just do the chorus

I thought love was only true in fairy tales
Meant for someone else, but not for me
Love was out to get me
That's the way it seemed
Disappointment haunted all my dreams

Then I saw his face
Oh Carlos Baleba
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
I'm in love ooooooh Carlos Baleba
I couldn’t leave him if I tried

 

[JonnyComeEarly]

Can we try and get this going tomorrow??

 

[Deadly Danson]

Still nothing today. No wonder he got pissed off and decided to get sent off.

 

[ChickenDipper]

Still nothing today. No wonder he got pissed off and decided to get sent off.

Isn’t it I saw his face it’s Carlos Baleba…. Etc etc - heard it before and is the obvious one..!

 

[Deadly Danson]

Isn’t it I saw his face it’s Carlos Baleba…. Etc etc - heard it before and is the obvious one..!

It is obvious but I've never heard it at the ground which I do find odd because a) as you say it's obvious b) he's a great player who would be boosted by a song c) it's catchy, easy to sing and fairly original. Even Ayari got a song today.

 

[sussexbee]

This is such a no brainer. Plus we can do the Vic Reeves stamp stamp stamp oi! at the end of fairytales for extra crowd effect.

 

[dazzer6666]

It is obvious but I've never heard it at the ground which I do find odd because a) as you say it's obvious b) he's a great player who would be boosted by a song c) it's catchy, easy to sing and fairly original. Even Ayari got a song today.

….and O’Riley. Got to get something sorted for Carlos

 

[Deadly Danson]

….and O’Riley. Got to get something sorted for Carlos

Yep, even Wieffer today. Does that just leave poor old Pervis, Fabian and Carlos without a song?