Should we get rid of "Blue Moon"?

[Tony Flags]

'Three Tenors' style rendition of 'Alla Madrid'

I think it is called 'Hala Madrid' but who cares, right?

 

[TheThirdDeano]

Change it to Heaven knows I'm miserable now.

"I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour, heaven knows I'm miserable now,
I was looking for a team and then I found city, and heaven knows I'm miserable now"

Just crazy enough to work

 

[maccieblue]

Supra fell apart like the club's ownership of the pre-1997 crest. Supra performed at the stadium City Square two years ago and they weren't a patch on their older days. Their version of the Marcel's will do for me. No revamps after '99 please... yeah some are okay for promo work and commercials BUT none should be heard in the stadium unless fans beg for them.

Noel, Liam, Black Rivers, Jimi Goodwin, Badly Drawn Boy, Johnny Marr... and more, yet we still can't get a version to stick with.
The Boys In Blue original or FunkY City will have to do.

Funky City ,now we're talking a bit of sense

 

[citymad]

For the life of me I don't know why more effort was never made to get another verse. Singing the same verse twice before doing a slow death is as unimaginable as one gets.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Five minutes of ear splitting opera to whip the fans into a frenzy so they can sing Madrid, Madrid, Madrid, Madrid, Madrid is fucking woeful, mindless and as plastic as it can get.

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This!

Is it "atmosphere" when it is COMPLETELY generated by a Tannoy system set to volume 11???

I was proud of the singing that took place in the heavens where we were. The first 9 minutes were unbelievable, then Vinny went down and it settled down a bit, with the exception of Vinny's song. However, I think it was brilliant again multiple times throughout, especially when we were putting on the pressure. Last 10-15 were brilliant, too. Have to admit, we were sitting just in front of a few of the lads that got the singing going, so I might be a bit biased, because it was right in my ear. Needless to say, bit hoarse now!

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Good shout..I'd prefer hey jude as opposed to blue moon...it's more uplifting and traditionally City since the 60s.

I'm with you, mate!!

One of my fondest memories as a lad was being in the warm, smokey upper reaches of the Platt Lane End on a dark and drizzly night listening to Hey Jude reverberating from the Kippax and getting everyone involved.

However, one of the problems we have compared to the Euros is that they have CHANTS, where we have SONGS. The chants can be built by hand clapping and can be timed to be louder and at a more "manly" pitch. Also, some of the songs we sing, including Blue Moon, are not always as easily coordinated across the multiple singing sections at the Etihad, whereas the opposition are all grouped together, both home and away, where they usually have their own entire end, while we are stuck up in the heavens!

 

[manchester blue]

Yes get rid, it's shit. All people sing is the first line and repeat so it fades out too quickly. Hey Jude is much better, more evocative and has more potential to be a top anthem for the club. I don't see the relevance of Blue Moon at all. Just because it mentions blue? Might as well sing Blue Suede Shoes.

I never sing it. It's dross.

 

[trotsky]

They ain't heavy, they're my City

 

[mat]

There were certain legal issues concerning a member of Supra. That's why you won't hear it again.

Ah right there Ted.

I didn't know that.

 

[supercity88]

I think Blue Moon would be much more effective these days if we sang more than the chorus. If we added a verse in or even did the whole song, it would get the whole stadium going as a real anthem. The chorus is short and the song can often die out before it reaches the end which lessens its impact.