[quote][cite]Posted By: Harveys Trainer[/cite][quote][cite]Posted By: Chris_from_Sidcup[/cite]This thread is ridiculous.
Shall we just sing 'red army' (followed by a clap clap) and be done with it?[/quote]
One extreme to the other.
But actually yes I prefer no singing. To me singing songs it what choirs and boy scouts do. I am there to watch football. I shout encouragement at the players, I shout derogatory things at the ref and I jump up and down, cheer and whistle when we score.
But I don't sing. Like was said on the previous page, for what of a better word, its all a bit gay.[/quote]
Do you whistle and jump up and down at the same time when we score? Bet that feels nice.
Can't believe somebody didn't like the goodbye horse song. I love it, purely because of how creative the lyrics are...!
It's so versatile for other occasions too - in the pub "say goodbye to your beer" - if somebody's shoe falls off "say goodbye to your shoe" - if somebody falls off a horse "say goodbye..." well you get the idea.
If people want to use swear word in their songs then so be it, just dont sit where the majority of people are doing it.
As a few people have mentioned every song we have is sung as vast as people can which takes the atmosphere away. If I go to an way game and am in the pub(suprise suprise) you get songs like "we are Charlton" and "valley floyd road" sung much much slower which sounds better, and by the way we dont clap ourselves after singing it lol
I'm not exactly saying they have to and it's just a personal view of mine but I'd feel uncomfortable singing the tits and fanny part in front of my dad, I know it might sound stupid to some but it's just the way I feel.
Although there are parts of South London I like and that are nice areas I think overall the majority of it is a shithole.
I have travelled a fair bit and yes this is a lot better than most other places and I wouldn't wanna leave London but that doesn't mean that I don't think theres a lot of parts that are shit.
[quote][cite]Posted By: SE9[/cite]If people want to use swear word in their songs then so be it, just dont sit where the majority of people are doing it.
As a few people have mentioned every song we have is sung as vast as people can which takes the atmosphere away. If I go to an way game and am in the pub(suprise suprise) you get songs like "we are Charlton" and "valley floyd road" sung much much slower which sounds better, and by the way we dont clap ourselves after singing it lol[/quote]
This is true. Charlton, Charlton, Charlton.... is a classic example and always has been. I've heard a few singing it more at 'we are sailing pace' which is good but doesn't seem to catch on. Delay spray - is that the answer? At least we don't have this pseudo 'ultras' / foreign nonsense that palace have - now that really is a plastic spaz fest if ever there was one - typical Palace really.
More songs about shoes falling off would really cheer the place up. It is what is missing from the modern game. Pre war many a shoe was lost from foot in amusing terrace antics and many a tune was sung with lyrics no stronger than 'blooming' and 'how's your father?' to ridicule the 'victim'.
Grandad swore this was true but never took my Nan so I am not sure if these songs were suitable for the ladies.
[quote][cite]Posted By: UP...THE...ADDICKS[/cite]Goodbye horse is one of my favourites... a song that noone else sings[/quote]
Just not a fan of it because although I admit it was before my time even if it wasn't I just really don't give two shits about a policeman falling off their horse, I think its more meaningful to chant about something that the team have accomplished rather than what the supporters have experienced so I believe that if we're gonna chant Goodbye Horse then we should come up with chants about the FA Cup and the Playoff final which are both 100 times more important.
[cite]Posted By: UP...THE...ADDICKS[/cite]Goodbye horse is one of my favourites... a song that noone else sings
Just not a fan of it because although I admit it was before my time even if it wasn't I just really don't give two shits about a policeman falling off their horse, I think its more meaningful to chant about something that the team have accomplished rather than what the supporters have experienced so I believe that if we're gonna chant Goodbye Horse then we should come up with chants about the FA Cup and the Playoff final which are both 100 times more important.
Can i suggest that you get a pen and paper, write a few original songs and then we can all give our opinion on your efforts?
[quote][cite]Posted By: SE10Addick[/cite]Can i suggest that you get a pen and paper, write a few original songs and then we can all give our opinion on your efforts?[/quote]
Perhaps I will at some point but as I said at the start I'm not suggesting that I could come up with anything better, but theres just certain songs I don't like.
The atmosphere at The Valley is often dire ........much more lively and a lot more fun to go to away matches.
More singing and a better atmosphere, proper traditional football atmosphere.
So you think London is better than everywhere else, but it's a shithole? Open up your bloody eyes and live in Liverpool or Leeds or Middlesborough mate, and stop slagging off your own fecking area. And on the note of 'not giving a shit' about a copper falling off his horse because it's before your time, is Selhurst and Upton Park before your time? If so don't bother singing VFR either, come to think of it how about you go away and support Arsenal or Chelsea?
think you'd be surprised just how shit some parts of England can be in comparison to a lot of south east london - and in turn just how shit some countries can be to live in in comparison to England. Anyway, fair enough but don't think the song 'oh south london' is meant to be taken too literally.
[cite]Posted By: sam3110[/cite]So you think London is better than everywhere else, but it's a shithole? Open up your bloody eyes and live in Liverpool or Leeds or Middlesborough mate, and stop slagging off your own fecking area. And on the note of 'not giving a shit' about a copper falling off his horse because it's before your time, is Selhurst and Upton Park before your time? If so don't bother singing VFR either, come to think of it how about you go away and support Arsenal or Chelsea?
Hang on read what I said properly, firstly I said that South London was a shithole, not all of London as a whole and I did acknowledge that even some areas of South London are nice. I also said that I've been across the country and I wouldn't swap where I live for anywhere else. Also I said that even if a copper did fall off his horse in my time I really wouldn't give a shit because I just don't see whats so great about it. Finally you couldn't pay me to support either of those two.
As someone who used to watch his football in the Covered End back in the 70s, there's almost no comparison with today's "North Stand" or whatever it's blandly called.
Okay, back then, it was terraces and crush barriers under a low tin roof - it didn't take too much to create an atmosphere.
If we scored, it was always "Knees up Mother Brown", as we danced and jumped together in celebration, and tumbled down the terrace. It was our goalscoring ritual. What do we have today .....?
We had loads of songs and chants based around the latest chart songs, with the lyrics adapted to Charlton content.
Same with some traditional songs too.....everybody would know the tune, and soon picked up the new "Charlton" lyrics. Why nothing like this today?
We always targeted the referee, ("Who's your father referee? You ain't got one, you're a .....etc) and singled out an opponent to hate if he committed a foul, "Animal!, Animal!"...... or "Chicken Curry!, Chicken Curry!", as England international Tony Currie, shaped up to take a penalty.
Any boo-ing was always aimed at the referee or opponents - never at your own team.
But then I suppose there was the slow handclap if people thought the effort wasn't there.
We had all sorts of songs, to include the names of favourite players. We had a laugh too ..... a copper would move into the crowd to remove somebody using bad language, and they'd be a bit of a tussle - and the copper's helmet would come off, "Who's that copper with the helmet on, etc ....", and then a couple of coppers would march behind the goal to assist, and the Covered End would whistle the Laurel & Hardy theme tune.
As you'll all well know, it was all 2nd and 3rd Division stuff - and sometimes the quality of football wasn't always there or we found ourselves trailing late in the match.
Now this is the difference: ......the crowd would start to get behind the team, urging them on - and in no time the ground would be rocking, lifting the team to stage a "Grandstand" finish. Quite often we'd snatch that 88th minute equaliser or last kick of the game winner. The crowd and team became one.
Even if we didn't and opponents hung on, we'd come away knowing that we gave it our best shot.
And just as importantly, we'd still had a good trime and a good day out.
These days, half the crowd has left 10 minutes before the end "...to beat the traffic".
How do you raise the atmosphere for a Grandstand finish, if half the crowd have already gone home ...???
[cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite]
We had loads of songs and chants based around the latest chart songs, with the lyrics adapted to Charlton content.
Same with some traditional songs too.....everybody would know the tune, and soon picked up the new "Charlton" lyrics. Why nothing like this today?
I don't think anyone has much in the way of chart-based material any more. It seems to me that the reasons are more to do with the way music is now than how Charlton or football are. There's two specific aspects to this, first most modern music is tuneless crap (of course, that might just be my age speaking), the second is that there's so much choice in terms of musical style and listening media that not everybody listens to the same stuff anymore. Charts have diversified to the point where a single list of best sellers is going to be meaningless to most people. Here's a challenge - can anyone here list (without looking it up) this week's top ten? As a kid, me and all my mates could do this every week. Now, I know no-one that can.
[quote][cite]Posted By: Ketman[/cite]Everyone should sit down at all times not sing at all, in fact we should all stay at home & watch football on telly instead.
The main reason I go to actual live games is the actual atmostphere, people who watch it on telly really are missing out.
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Shall we just sing 'red army' (followed by a clap clap) and be done with it?[/quote]
One extreme to the other.
But actually yes I prefer no singing. To me singing songs it what choirs and boy scouts do. I am there to watch football. I shout encouragement at the players, I shout derogatory things at the ref and I jump up and down, cheer and whistle when we score.
But I don't sing. Like was said on the previous page, for what of a better word, its all a bit gay.[/quote]
Do you whistle and jump up and down at the same time when we score? Bet that feels nice.
It's so versatile for other occasions too - in the pub "say goodbye to your beer" - if somebody's shoe falls off "say goodbye to your shoe" - if somebody falls off a horse "say goodbye..." well you get the idea.
Also love it when the horn section turns up too, but they seem to be occasional visitors - have they not got season tickets?!
It all adds to the atmosphere.
???
As a few people have mentioned every song we have is sung as vast as people can which takes the atmosphere away. If I go to an way game and am in the pub(suprise suprise) you get songs like "we are Charlton" and "valley floyd road" sung much much slower which sounds better, and by the way we dont clap ourselves after singing it lol
Charlton Fans: Der der der der, clap clap, der der der der, clap clap...
Bournemouth Fans, pure befuddlement...
Pure spontaneous comedy and anyone that don't recognise the geniality of it all, don't know comedy...
I'm not exactly saying they have to and it's just a personal view of mine but I'd feel uncomfortable singing the tits and fanny part in front of my dad, I know it might sound stupid to some but it's just the way I feel.
Although there are parts of South London I like and that are nice areas I think overall the majority of it is a shithole.
I have travelled a fair bit and yes this is a lot better than most other places and I wouldn't wanna leave London but that doesn't mean that I don't think theres a lot of parts that are shit.
As a few people have mentioned every song we have is sung as vast as people can which takes the atmosphere away. If I go to an way game and am in the pub(suprise suprise) you get songs like "we are Charlton" and "valley floyd road" sung much much slower which sounds better, and by the way we dont clap ourselves after singing it lol[/quote]
This is true. Charlton, Charlton, Charlton.... is a classic example and always has been. I've heard a few singing it more at 'we are sailing pace' which is good but doesn't seem to catch on. Delay spray - is that the answer? At least we don't have this pseudo 'ultras' / foreign nonsense that palace have - now that really is a plastic spaz fest if ever there was one - typical Palace really.
More songs about shoes falling off would really cheer the place up. It is what is missing from the modern game. Pre war many a shoe was lost from foot in amusing terrace antics and many a tune was sung with lyrics no stronger than 'blooming' and 'how's your father?' to ridicule the 'victim'.
Grandad swore this was true but never took my Nan so I am not sure if these songs were suitable for the ladies.
Just not a fan of it because although I admit it was before my time even if it wasn't I just really don't give two shits about a policeman falling off their horse, I think its more meaningful to chant about something that the team have accomplished rather than what the supporters have experienced so I believe that if we're gonna chant Goodbye Horse then we should come up with chants about the FA Cup and the Playoff final which are both 100 times more important.
Can i suggest that you get a pen and paper, write a few original songs and then we can all give our opinion on your efforts?
The main reason I go to actual live games is the actual atmostphere, people who watch it on telly really are missing out.
Can't Smoke, Cant' Stand, can't swear, can't sing...anything else?
Perhaps I will at some point but as I said at the start I'm not suggesting that I could come up with anything better, but theres just certain songs I don't like.
More singing and a better atmosphere, proper traditional football atmosphere.
We should all be aiming for quality, not quantity!:-D
Charlton by the grace of god
Oh South LONDON IS WONDERFULL
OH SOUTH LONDON IS WONDERFULL
ITS FULL OF TITTS FANNY AND CHARLTON
enough said
Okay, back then, it was terraces and crush barriers under a low tin roof - it didn't take too much to create an atmosphere.
If we scored, it was always "Knees up Mother Brown", as we danced and jumped together in celebration, and tumbled down the terrace. It was our goalscoring ritual. What do we have today .....?
We had loads of songs and chants based around the latest chart songs, with the lyrics adapted to Charlton content.
Same with some traditional songs too.....everybody would know the tune, and soon picked up the new "Charlton" lyrics.
Why nothing like this today?
We always targeted the referee, ("Who's your father referee? You ain't got one, you're a .....etc) and singled out an opponent to hate if he committed a foul, "Animal!, Animal!"...... or "Chicken Curry!, Chicken Curry!", as England international Tony Currie, shaped up to take a penalty.
Any boo-ing was always aimed at the referee or opponents - never at your own team.
But then I suppose there was the slow handclap if people thought the effort wasn't there.
We had all sorts of songs, to include the names of favourite players. We had a laugh too ..... a copper would move into the crowd to remove somebody using bad language, and they'd be a bit of a tussle - and the copper's helmet would come off, "Who's that copper with the helmet on, etc ....", and then a couple of coppers would march behind the goal to assist, and the Covered End would whistle the Laurel & Hardy theme tune.
As you'll all well know, it was all 2nd and 3rd Division stuff - and sometimes the quality of football wasn't always there or we found ourselves trailing late in the match.
Now this is the difference: ......the crowd would start to get behind the team, urging them on - and in no time the ground would be rocking, lifting the team to stage a "Grandstand" finish. Quite often we'd snatch that 88th minute equaliser or last kick of the game winner. The crowd and team became one.
Even if we didn't and opponents hung on, we'd come away knowing that we gave it our best shot.
And just as importantly, we'd still had a good trime and a good day out.
These days, half the crowd has left 10 minutes before the end "...to beat the traffic".
How do you raise the atmosphere for a Grandstand finish, if half the crowd have already gone home ...???
Am I the only one that has spotted the large dose of irony surrounding those that sing the incest song.
The main reason I go to actual live games is the actual atmostphere, people who watch it on telly really are missing out.
Can't Smoke, Cant' Stand, can't swear, can't sing...anything else?[/quote]
Like it Ketters