I was at the game today and we really got stuck on a few. All three capos were great but we need an update to the chants selection we need a version of these two chants! tifosi, the second one if sweet.
I am not involved with the Fort like I was in the past. But we always told people if you want change, come up with chants and get them going. Get people you know who have a voice teach them they chant and start it.
(To the tune of seven nations army by the white stripes) After Diego scores: Ohhhhh oh oh Diegoooal Ohhhhh oh oh Diegoooal (To the tune of Hey Baby by Bruce Channel) For Shuttleworth: Heyyy Bobbyyyyy Oooh ahhh We wanna knoowww Will you shut them out
This may sound off topic... (but I swear it isn't!) ... anyone ever play the video game Assassin's Creed Black Flag? It's a pirate game, and there are sea shanties; as I was playing, I couldn't help but think of the fort. Some chants have good rhythm, that's refreshingly different. I don't know if it will inspire anyone, but, here's a bunch of 'em....
I've tried that back when I was a Fort regular....but the general attitude was why do something new when you got "Supah Revs" and "shit on the bastards" that you can do over and over!
I'm right there with you man. One in particular stood out to me called Drunken Sailor. So I made this: [chorus] What will we do with drunk supporter? x3 Early in the morning! Way-hey, and up she rises! x3 Early in the morning! [/chorus] Take him to the pub to watch more soccer. x3 Early in the morning! (chorus) Make him watch Chivas till he's sober. x3 Early in the morning! Put him in the goal for shooting practice. x3 (chorus) Put him in the bed with the coaches daughter. x3 Early in the morning! (chorus) I'm sure people can think of clever new verses to fit the opponent or out mood toward the FO, haha.
What if we made a new tradition of practicing one new chant during half time? Tell your friendly capo of this new amazing chant you thought of at the tailgate, and if the capos likes it, get you and him up on the capo stand during half time to try it out. Too many people leaving the stands for a refreshing beverage at half time? Then carve out an actual time during the game. May seem a bit disruptive, but at least everyone is there.
piss on the fire until he's empty piss on the fire until he's empty piss on the fire until he's empty early in the morning
Not that we are likely to have this scenario at any time soon, but we can always hope.... If we are ahead in the waning moments of a game, there is a modification of a Van Morrison song I heard on the radio that would work well: Precious time is slipping away, You're never gonna beat the Revs today, It doesn't matter to which God you pray, Precious time is slipping away It's a catchy enough tune that any singingly-challenged individual can do it without sounding too bad, and as long as we don't give up a late goal, it would be a nice way to start off the victory drum circle
If you ever watched Finding Nemo when the Dory character sings, "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming. Just keep swim-ming, swim-ming, swim-ming!" When Rowe scores a goal, Just keep Roweing, Just keep Roweing, Just keep Roweing, Roweing, Roweing ... hard to mess up that one. {movie clip, starts near 1:10} Actually, we can even stick Nguyening in there...
imo we need more european style chants that can be sung throughout the whole fort and still sound good. Too many of the chants are more like local high school stuff that just sounds bad.
I'm usually not one to advocate the status quo, but in this case I think I am. I'd argue that you really only need 2 chants that everyone in the stadium can sign. When everyone in the stadium gets something together, its a wonderful thing. I mean, how many chants do they have at Fenway? "let's go red sox", and something like "clap clap clap clap clap clap" are the only 2 I can think of. My point is I'd rather hear a few chants in sync, sung loudly and sung throughout the stadium than introducing new chants that not everyone is really into. If we did Rev-o-lution for 45 out of the 90, and people were into it, I'd be ok with it.
That's why the Red Sox are do dull and Sweet Caroline is also Mamby Pamby. Also, the clap-clap - De-Fense in Basketball has driven me away. Soccer is so much more flavorful. I don't want it to emulate our hoary other sports.
"I believe that we will win" has to be one of the stupidest chants out there and is done by every high school and SKC.
Songs dedicated to each player, songs that are reactive to events on the field, songs disparaging the opponent and ref...
I agree except for chants specific to individual players. Chants for specific players are used throughout the world. Manchester United fans still sing "Viva Ronaldo," almost everyone knows Suarez's "I just can't get enough" song, etc. Our songs for players just aren't creative ("A Team of Matt Reis," "Go, Diego, Go," etc.) I do strongly agree about the reactive chants ("He went down," "Who's your father," etc.) and the corny completely overdone high school/college chants ("I believe," "Seven Nation Army"). I love the energy from the Rebellion but they're not creative and their on the spot/improvised chants are brutal (I recall something about the Sedins from Saturday's game). Also, they seem to love all the overdone and corny chants. I'm a Rider but I guess I just have a soft spot for the energy, creativity, and spontaneity of Rev Army. I wish they would run the capo stand.
The fort reminds me more of my high school than the many european games I have gone to(home/away). "I believe" is not in any way a soccer chant. We have no chant except for seven nation which really gets everyone going and scarves/flags waving. Too many chants are hard to sing and hard to get going and slow! We need to the chants to be quicker and more up beat.
Agreed wholeheartedly on the player thing. We also should probably look into what NYC is full of, shit excluded