Singing section/Atmosphere

Stretch said:
Fuck all these fly by songs off. Why dont we just stick to Come City!! CITY CITY CITY!! and we love you CITY we do!! Etc etc..they get the place rockin more than any others.
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Got it there mate.

The best groups of fans that have been to Etihad over the last 5 years have stuck to the same well known club songs and don't swap and change, some even sing 8 different songs the whole game repeating them two or three times. Words are then well known amongst the fans and aren't a problem, also the song is then sung for 60 seconds so building up momentum. Arms up hand clapping gets it going to hence "Guardiola" song works for us.

But in the English league fans will make up 2 or 3 new songs every week. This isn't a problem on a coach or even concourse at away games. But on the terraces a song can be 2 or 3 games before the singers know half the words, by then social media has gone on to another 8 or 9 new songs. Even a well rehearsed musical couldn't get 1,500 people singing together new songs week in week out for a 90 minute spell. Especially when we only sing a song for 20 seconds then before that one finishes somebody else belts out bluemoon ! Often in a 2 minute period we have had 6 songs so by then everybody is pissed off with it.

All sounds like I am waffling on a bit there but when you think about it what chance have we got the way we sing. The three songs at once is actually improving a bit this season, fans are now trying to have just two songs at once and on a good spell just the one.

But until we get more organised, week in week out and next season we are going to be typing away on BM saying "shit atmosphere today who keeps singing that dzecko song"
 
trevorriley said:
Got it there mate.

The best groups of fans that have been to Etihad over the last 5 years have stuck to the same well known club songs and don't swap and change, some even sing 8 different songs the whole game repeating them two or three times. Words are then well known amongst the fans and aren't a problem, also the song is then sung for 60 seconds so building up momentum. Arms up hand clapping gets it going to hence "Guardiola" song works for us.

But in the English league fans will make up 2 or 3 new songs every week. This isn't a problem on a coach or even concourse at away games. But on the terraces a song can be 2 or 3 games before the singers know half the words, by then social media has gone on to another 8 or 9 new songs. Even a well rehearsed musical couldn't get 1,500 people singing together new songs week in week out for a 90 minute spell. Especially when we only sing a song for 20 seconds then before that one finishes somebody else belts out bluemoon ! Often in a 2 minute period we have had 6 songs so by then everybody is pissed off with it.

All sounds like I am waffling on a bit there but when you think about it what chance have we got the way we sing. The three songs at once is actually improving a bit this season, fans are now trying to have just two songs at once and on a good spell just the one.

But until we get more organised, week in week out and next season we are going to be typing away on BM saying "shit atmosphere today who keeps singing that dzecko song"
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You did waffle on a bit :-D But what you're saying is right. When I was a kid in the 80s/90s the kippax would mainly sing these staple City songs, then it got around the ground.. great days indeed, but unfortunately football has had the life steralised out of it. But we can only keep trying mucker.
 
M18CTID said:
At Stoke away last season I tried getting Guardiola's Blue And White Army going from the back of the stand, banging on the corrugated fence behind me in unison for added effect. I shit you not but some bloke complained I was making too much noise.
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Ha ha classic!! I have no idea why some people bother going to a live game, ohhh too noisy matron!!
 
skybluex said:
We're in a weird place right now in that we've lost some brilliant songs recently with players departing, etc, and not too many have come in to replace them. That's why people are excited about the new Stones song and the Dzeko song has been revived, but they'll never go around the whole ground because they're not popular. We definitely need new songs about the current squad and they'll come in time. So the fundamental issue at the ground these days is that if the south stand don't start songs there won't be any songs getting sung full stop. And then we get grief for the variation of songs [which is just basically experimenting until one sticks and spreads]. To be honest trying to get 'we love you City', which most people like, going around the ground 30 times a game would be like banging your head against a brick wall. Similar to 'stand up if you love City'. A lot of people can't be arsed to join in, fine. But I'll defend the efforts of everyone in the south stand and 1894 to the death, because the alternative is essentially silence.
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I dont think we do. what we need more then anything is more songs just about city. songs that we can always sing/ it doesn't matter about players leaving. as mentioned songs like
- city til i die
- you are my city
- we love you city
- super city
need to be sung more and brought back. if these were sung as much as the dzeko song people would join in as they are popular and well known. but for some reason we rarely ever sing them - maybe once a match for super city.

The dzeko song is alright as a one off, but not when its 1-1 against burnley and we are going for a win. its not a popular song and most people dont join in with it, so lets sing the popular ones and bring them back. Even one of the suggestions above - ' guardiolas blue and white army' - a simple song, that can go on for ages and people can join in with....
 
And here is the problem in the cup games.

A picture of the South Stand with Bristol City fans in level 2 and 3.

Compare that to the City fans in level 1.

No wonder away teams in the cup at the Etihad get a huge boost.

We've got no chance.

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There was an interesting cameo in the WBA game on Tuesday night on NBC where for 30 seconds the cameras just focused on a small group of City fans . One guy was looking into the pie he was eating the entire term ,the girl next to him was head down busy texting,and a guy behind was yawning. All around it was like looking at a bunch of strangers in a lift.. I guess its the new norm for football crowds everywhere.
 
nellyonthewing said:
There was an interesting cameo in the WBA game on Tuesday night on NBC where for 30 seconds the cameras just focused on a small group of City fans . One guy was looking into the pie he was eating the entire term ,the girl next to him was head down busy texting,and a guy behind was yawning. All around it was like looking at a bunch of strangers in a lift.. I guess its the new norm for football crowds everywhere.
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Two young guys (City fans) near me at the Bristol game decided to film their goal celebration. The mind boggles. I did politely ask them why they were doing it, though they seemed a bit put off by the manner in which I asked the question apparently.
 
jrb said:
And here is the problem in the cup games.

A picture of the South Stand with Bristol City fans in level 2 and 3.

Compare that to the City fans in level 1.

No wonder away teams in the cup at the Etihad get a huge boost.

We've got no chance.


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You're right the third tier is HUGE!
 
mancityvstoke said:
Shit all over Man Utd

Shit on the ceiling
shit on the floor
shit on the windows
shit on the door
Shit all over Man Utd nananana

Loads of verses....great away days
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That would be a good one to get going, don’t need all the verses, just that chorus on repeat.
 
skybluex said:
We're in a weird place right now in that we've lost some brilliant songs recently with players departing, etc, and not too many have come in to replace them. That's why people are excited about the new Stones song and the Dzeko song has been revived, but they'll never go around the whole ground because they're not popular. We definitely need new songs about the current squad and they'll come in time. So the fundamental issue at the ground these days is that if the south stand don't start songs there won't be any songs getting sung full stop. And then we get grief for the variation of songs [which is just basically experimenting until one sticks and spreads]. To be honest trying to get 'we love you City', which most people like, going around the ground 30 times a game would be like banging your head against a brick wall. Similar to 'stand up if you love City'. A lot of people can't be arsed to join in, fine. But I'll defend the efforts of everyone in the south stand and 1894 to the death, because the alternative is essentially silence.
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We need some songs that will be mainstays in our atmosphere. That means we need some new City songs.

I think the Vikings was the last new song we made up about City and it must be a quarter of a century old now.

We need some new songs with “City” “Manchester City” “Man City” or “Manchester” as the main theme. Then no matter who leaves we will still have these City songs to keep going
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
I dont think we do. what we need more then anything is more songs just about city. songs that we can always sing/ it doesn't matter about players leaving. as mentioned songs like
- city til i die
- you are my city
- we love you city
- super city
need to be sung more and brought back. if these were sung as much as the dzeko song people would join in as they are popular and well known. but for some reason we rarely ever sing them - maybe once a match for super city.

The dzeko song is alright as a one off, but not when its 1-1 against burnley and we are going for a win. its not a popular song and most people dont join in with it, so lets sing the popular ones and bring them back. Even one of the suggestions above - ' guardiolas blue and white army' - a simple song, that can go on for ages and people can join in with....
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Even just get a culture of chanting “Ci-ty Ci-ty Ci-ty Ci-ty” every time we get a corner or dangerous free kick would be something.

Leeds do it well when they chant “LeedsLeedsLeedsLeeds” when they get corners and free kicks
 
mancityvstoke said:
Shit all over Man Utd

Shit on the ceiling
shit on the floor
shit on the windows
shit on the door
Shit all over Man Utd nananana

Loads of verses....great away days
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What happened to Rover?

and I am sure the words weren't man united in the original ;-)
 
jrb said:
And here is the problem in the cup games.

A picture of the South Stand with Bristol City fans in level 2 and 3.

Compare that to the City fans in level 1.

No wonder away teams in the cup at the Etihad get a huge boost.

We've got no chance.

IMG_1916.jpg
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This is why the Singing Section has to be moved. There’s not even a debate about it, it has to be moved
 
mancityvstoke said:
yeah a German City version....
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Yeah that one,

have heard the changed one but kept in the bastard line.

I've got a dog his name is rover tra la lal la la la la lal la
when he shits he shits all over
shit on the carpet
shit on the floor
shit on united, shit on them more
Shit all over united bastards
tra la lal la lal la la


Also how does the wings of a sparrow one go again.
 
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If I had the wings of a sparrow
If I had the arse of a cow
I'd fly over Old Trafford tomorow
And shit on the bastards below below

Shit on the bastards below

CITY CITY CITY
 
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