[Albion] Clapping while singing "Sussex By The Sea"

[Moshe Gariani]

This deserves its own thread.

I was one of the main driving forces behind the campaign that ended up with us singing the proper words to Sussex By The Sea.

That success is magnificent. It is so much better at The Amex and even better when done by our away fans.

But needed now is a similarly successful campaign to GET RID OF THE CLAP...!

Other clubs - notably Tottenham, Southampton, Liverpool and there are others - have worked out their anthems sound 100 times better when sung slower and without clapping.

Why can't we do the same? The fans representatives could play a role. It would need to be engineered for a while - but would quickly be established as the norm from which only a few real weirdos deviated.

 

[Stat Brother]

Not to bothered about the clapping at all other times.

But the clapping MUST continue as the players come out at t'AMEX.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Other clubs - notably Tottenham, Southampton, Liverpool and there are others - have worked out their anthems sound 100 times better when sung slower and without clapping.

Do you mean “When the Saints go marching in” for Southampton and “When the Spurs go marching in” for Tottenham, both sung very slow rather than the traditional version?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Do you mean “When the Saints go marching in” for Southampton and “When the Spurs go marching in” for Tottenham, both sung very slow rather than the traditional version?

Saints had a quite horrific version of that earlier this season, with some sort of local amateur brass ensemble trumpeting it at a ferocious pace.

 

[Justice]

Do we still need the two large karaoke screens tinpot

 

[portlock seagull]

Most fans still have no idea of the words.
Even more can’t be arsed to sing it
Brighton will never be like Anfield, West Ham etc
Post as many times as like on NSC, but actually, it’s the wrong audience. Better off petitioning outside Waitrose across Sussex.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Do we still need the two large karaoke screens tinpot

This

 

[studio150]

The fans representatives could play a role. It would need to be engineered for a while - but would quickly be established as the norm

Totally agree, give one fan rep a drum and the others a megaphone each and give them prime seats in the North Stand, and they can orchestrate Sussex By The Sea. I would go further and give each one a black hoddie, and get them to throw out any supporter clapping or not signing the slower version.

Bound to be a winner.

 

[half time scores]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwaJGB8xwgM

 

[Grassman]

Most fans still have no idea of the words.
Even more can’t be arsed to sing it
Brighton will never be like Anfield, West Ham etc
Post as many times as like on NSC, but actually, it’s the wrong audience. Better off petitioning outside Waitrose across Sussex.

I think most people join in, don’t they? They certainly do up in the WSU near me.

As for the original suggestion by the OP. It can’t be sung slower, or they’d have to slow down the backing track! If anything needs to be sung slower then it’s ALBION, ALBION, ALBION…..it was sung slower back in 83 at Wembley.

 

[maresfield seagull]

Do we still need the two large karaoke screens tinpot

Yes a rather large proportion of the audience is getting to that stage in life
Where forgetful is Not unusual

 

[Acker79]

Do we sing the proper words? I hear 'good old sussex by the sea' when the screens say 'oh sussex, sussex by the sea'.

 

[portlock seagull]

I think most people join in, don’t they? They certainly do up in the WSU near me.

As for the original suggestion by the OP. It can’t be sung slower, or they’d have to slow down the backing track! If anything needs to be sung slower then it’s ALBION, ALBION, ALBION…..it was sung slower back in 83 at Wembley.

People join in with the clapping because they’re too stupid or too apathetic to sing a song with GUSTO!

 

[BN9 BHA]

Do we sing the proper words? I hear 'good old sussex by the sea' when the screens say 'oh sussex, sussex by the sea'.

Yes

 

[A1X]

Get those words off those screens. And never bring them back.

Also, GOSBTS for the start of the game, but not at half time. Replace it with “Right Here, Right Now”.

 

[dazzer6666]

We (fans) need to slow down. GOSBTS and every other song is sung way too fast. I don’t mean ‘when the Spurs’ slow because that sounds shite, just get back to ‘normal’ speed.

 

[Acker79]

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Yes

Yes, that verse.

The crowd sing

good old sussex by the sea
good old sussex by the sea

not, as you show

oh sussex, sussex by the sea
good old sussex by the sea

At least that's how it sounds around me (no, I don't sing, never have).

 

[sully]

Clapping while singing "Sussex By The Sea"

Yes, that verse.

The crowd sing

good old sussex by the sea
good old sussex by the sea

not, as you show

oh sussex, sussex by the sea
good old sussex by the sea

At least that's how it sounds around me (no, I don't sing, never have).

I always sing Oh Sussex, Sussex by the sea, but I hear others around me who still sing two lines of Good old Sussex by the sea.

For that reason, we sadly still need the karaoke screens for the foreseeable.

I can’t clap and sing loudly, so tend to only clap the first few bars as the teams emerge, then go into singing mode only.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Yes, that verse.

The crowd sing

good old sussex by the sea
good old sussex by the sea

not, as you show

oh sussex, sussex by the sea
good old sussex by the sea

At least that's how it sounds around me (no, I don't sing, never have).

As far back as I can remember Albion fans have been singing-
Good old Sussex by the sea x 2

 

[Dave the hatosaurus]

As far back as I can remember Albion fans have been singing-
Good old Sussex by the sea x 2

I used to sing good old twice until someone on here posted the proper words and they also appeared on the big screens now all we need is to convince about 20,000 more and we can all be singing from the same hymn sheet !