Songs We’ve Plagiarised Into Chants

LongsightM13 said:
@Gary James did a magnificent explanation of how this song, which is absolutely 100% unique to City, came about at his City Film Show at The Dancehouse a few years ago.
In depth investigations of our 1970s away fixtures, cross referenced with archive copies of The Radio Times/TV Times on microfiche at Central Library to see when the film was repeated on TV.
He ended up having to check the different regional broadcasts
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I loved doing the detective work. I tell a shorter version of the story during this online history talk I did last year. If you don’t want to watch the full talk, jump to about 23mins 40 seconds for the Viking Call story:
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Manchester City Chants

Chanting at football games is rarely documented correctly with many myths, rumours and stories developing over the years. This feature is designed to give a potted overview of the development of singing at City. I explained about some of the chants in this talk recently...
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Another one I investigated in-depth for something was We Never Win At Home… which some said was first sung in late 1990s but I remember singing it every week during that miserable year when we didn’t win away in 1980s and some fans told me it was sung often in 1979 too. The tune is the Tennessee Wig Walk:
 
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Bluefen said:
Was that recorded - I would love to watch that
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It wasn’t but I did an online version of the talk and recorded that. I didn’t use the original script as I’d lost it so it’s not quite the same, but I do use the original slides. You can watch it here:
gjfootballarchive.com

Manchester City Chants

Chanting at football games is rarely documented correctly with many myths, rumours and stories developing over the years. This feature is designed to give a potted overview of the development of singing at City. I explained about some of the chants in this talk recently...
gjfootballarchive.com gjfootballarchive.com
 
Gary James said:
I loved doing the detective work. I tell a shorter version of the story during this online history talk I did last year. If you don’t want to watch the full talk, jump to about 23mins 40 seconds for the Viking Call story:
gjfootballarchive.com

Manchester City Chants

Chanting at football games is rarely documented correctly with many myths, rumours and stories developing over the years. This feature is designed to give a potted overview of the development of singing at City. I explained about some of the chants in this talk recently...
gjfootballarchive.com gjfootballarchive.com

Another one I investigated in-depth for something was We Never Win At Home… which some said was first sung in late 1990s but I remember singing it every week during that miserable year when we didn’t win away in 1980s and some fans told me it was sung often in 1979 too. The tune is the Tennessee Wig Walk:
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I too said it was sang in the 80s but one or two said it originated in the 90s. Although i was fairly sure it was sung in the mid 80s i can't remember what year though, although i won't be surprised if it started in 79. What year didn't we win away, Gary? My memory ain't what it was pal.

@jrb Great thread this, cheers mate.
 
BlueMoonRisin’ said:
I too said it was sang in the 80s but one or two said it originated in the 90s. Although i was fairly sure it was sung in the mid 80s i can't remember what year though, although i won't be surprised if it started in 79. What year didn't we win away, Gary? My memory ain't what it was pal.
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87 - all changed at Bradford in 87-88 then year after we had the promotion game there. It was absolutely being sung in mid 80s and was probably more popular (if that’s the right word) than at any other time. It disappeared for a while at start of PL but those struggles from 95-96 brought it back.
 
Gary James said:
87 - all changed at Bradford in 87-88 then year after we had the promotion game there. It was absolutely being sung in mid 80s and was probably more popular (if that’s the right word) than at any other time. It disappeared for a while at start of PL but those struggles from 95-96 brought it back.
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Thanks Gary. Ever thought about going on Eggheads? ; )
 
jrb said:
From what I remember. Can’t remember all the lyrics.

Adam Ant - Ant Music.

Footballs lost it taste, so (either) do yourself a favour (or) try another flavour, Man City, oh, oh, oh.
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Off down to Maine road do yourself a favour
Red footballs lost its taste
Try another flavour
Man city
 
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