slowandlow Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 hahahaha this is gonna be hilarious in the extreme if Stand By **** Me or any other silly song gets played as the players are coming out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanpabloangel18 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I'd only have Ghost Riders out of that list, and it's struggling for votes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maloneyt Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 hmm, the general seems to have ignored the request to get the poll link on the OS :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Messy Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Stand By Me is romping ahead - why ? Not knowing how it sounds I clicked on the link hoping to be go to a You tube example. But woops looks like I voted instead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Stand By Me is romping ahead - why ? Not knowing how it sounds I clicked on the link hoping to be go to a You tube example. But woops looks like I voted instead! This happened to me, I was hoping some sort of feature was on there so I can listen to the songs (yes i know i can youtube it manually) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cracker1234 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Oh so your to blame Mr.Messy... haha. I have no idea why they couldn't just use a VT poll and ask for this thread to be closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieB Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I clicked on the link & it said at the top I'd already voted?!! I have no idea which song I'm supposed to have voted for but I think my choice would be Thunderstruck. I don't mind though if it's Stand By Me, Bells are Ringing or anything - I'm happy to get behind whatever is decided on. Delilah is no way an anthem but it kinda works as a signature tune because the fans sing it right around the ground! (Maybe I'm onto something ...................) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekka Posted January 25, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted January 25, 2011 I clicked on the link & it said at the top I'd already voted?!! Yeah, same here. Thunder would be fantastic. Can you imagine it? (cue loud rock music)...VILLA!...(even louder rock music)...VILLA!...(even louder rock music)...VILLA! Ooooh yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Thunderstruck, wow never thought of that. Chills... could be awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Point is - fans started to sing the songs - and they took over as an anthem. Stand By Me has never even been played at Villa Park never mind been sang !. The club cant just say "here is a record, we want you all to sing it" - cant people see that ?. ! You're right in saying the club can't just give us a song and ask us to sing it. That approach is too forced. I think for this to work, it would need a decent-sized group of fans to start singing it (e.g Brigada 1874). They'd have to keep persisting with it, and I think it would be a massive struggle at first, but it may eventually catch on. It won't work if people sit in their seat at VP and grumpily dismiss it, thinking "this won't work". The more people that get involved, the more it will encourage others to sing along. I'm sure the whole KOP never just stood there one Saturday and suddenly erupted into a rendition of "You'll never walk alone". I guess it was a very slow process whereby some of the fans started to sing it, others noticed and gradually started to sing along, and eventually it became their anthem. FWIW, although 'Stand By Me' has nothing to do with Villa, I think it would be amazing if you had most of the ground singing along to it, flags and scarves raised. It would add an amazing atmosphere to VP. It won't work, though. We're Brummies. We're too miserable to get something like this going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Thunderstruck It could really be amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maloneyt Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 i think Stand by me is receiving some unintended votes because people don't know what it sounds like so click it and whoops they voted for it. luckily its the best IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 One by U2 is a choice?! Feck me, I think I'd stop going to the match if we sang anything by U fecking 2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Thunderstruck It could really be amazing The problem with this is that it's not really a sing-a-long anthem. It would just be us shouting "VILLA" over some loud music. Not only that, we've already got something similar(ish) at the moment. VILLA clap clap clap Villa clap clap clap Villa....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 no more suggestions now lewis, poll time! http://sigpoll.com/34554.html Says I already voted...I didn't :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 But if I COULD vote, I'd choose Stand By Me, for the following reasons: Uplifting lyrics that are relevant to support You can substitute "Darling" with "Villa" Not too wordy Simple melody Has anthem qualities And it's never been sung before....if the other established songs don't really have the impact that people are seeking, why not try something new? Contrived? Yes. Worth a shot? Yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maloneyt Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 although i think stand by me should be the winner, there is obviously a problem with the voting therefore the results are unfair, so i think we should have a re-vote on the individual sites then add them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 i vote Stand by Me... but i seem to have voted Holteenders by accident. whoops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villaboy69 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 slightly off topic - The bells are ringing had little pockets of lads singing it last night but it didn't quite catch on. Keep persisting pls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaBrum Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 This is my first Post on Villa Talk, so hope that I am not going off your theme too much - in the 1970's they used to play Neil Diamond's "Cracklin` Rosie" over the PA system (I still get a tingle when I hear it now). Any thoughts of getting that played at some time before the matches or "Beautiful Noise"? Great rousing songs by a great singer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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