GOSBTS - problem solved, thanks to the the Vuvuzela!

[Gilliver's Travels]

I can't believe I'm writing this, but the rightly-despised tone deaf idiot horn suddenly has a unique opportunity to stake its claim in Albion history.

We all know know the old problem, home or away, where the singing of GOSBTS always goes wrong -- every single time -- because the fans start their derr-derr-de derrs far too high. That means the first high note can't be reached, and then there has to be an emergency key change before, "And were going up and we'll win the cup" kicks in. It really does sound an embarrassing shambles. Nobody's fault, but suddenly this World Cup provides an opportunity for a permanent fix...

Try this at home. Catch that Vuvuzela note, then mute your TV and use that same note for your first derr-derr-de derrs. Do that, and you'll find you can sing GOSBTS, all the way through, and reach every note, with no emergency key change either.

Sorted!

The only problem is, smuggling one of the bloody things into H-block. But be honest, does this method work, or not?

 

[Titanic]

Spot on GT!

The typical pitch of the vuvuzela (based on those delighting the ear during the current Italy v NZ spectacle) seems to be somewhere in the A - Bb range.

This takes the highest note of GOSBTS (on the word 'going') to a D above middle C, which is comfortably in range for most male voices.

 

[itszamora]

The problem with GOSBTS is that for some reason some people try and sing it at about 3,000 miles per hour.

 

[Titanic]

The problem with GOSBTS is that for some reason some people try and sing it at about 3,000 miles per hour.

Indeed... here's a good test... start singing the chorus 'Good old Susssex by the sea... Good old Sussex by the Sea... and we're going up...) and see what word you are on after 10 seconds.

I reckon it should be 'going'!

 

[robinsonsgrin]

hm..methinks you should get out a little bit more!!!! xx

 

[Everest]

Indeed... here's a good test... start singing the chorus 'Good old Susssex by the sea... Good old Sussex by the Sea... and we're going up...) and see what word you are on after 10 seconds.

I reckon it should be 'going'!

I can just see that now


3,000 people start singing with their watch up in front of them

"Good old Sussex by the sea
Good old Sussex by the sea
And we're going..."

3,000 people stop singing muttering either "yep, going" or "what do we do for the other 6 seconds?"

 

[dougdeep]

Surely a quintessentially English hunting horn would suffice.

 

[Gilliver's Travels]

Or even a modern air-horn, tuned to B Flat. But, thanks to mother Africa, we've now got something that could help get our own song back on track.

And if someone ever dared blow a vuvuzela at Withdean, they'd only be firing up yet another chorus of non-stop GOSBTS. Perfect.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

The only problem is, smuggling one of the bloody things into H-block.

Vuvuzela ringtone: Download your horn sound here - mirror.co.uk

 

[Lord Bracknell]

A good suggestion in yesterday's Guardian...

When we get the World Cup to England, the FA ban vuvuzelas and insist on EVERYONE turning up with a TRIED and TESTED ENGLISH musical instrument ... the comb and paper.

And the official song is ... Football's humming comb, it's humming comb ...

 

[Lincoln Imp]

I don't know what anyone's talking about because I'm tone deaf.


But what would be nice would be to have a massed Sussex choir recording a walking pace version of GOSBTS. Surely it could be arranged?