Chants/Songs Ideas

Discussion in 'Austin Aztex' started by Roma_Wolves, May 12, 2008.

  1. Roma_Wolves

    Roma_Wolves New Member

    May 4, 2004
    Austin, Texas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think it's time (long past really) to formally work on some chants and songs for the 'Tex.

    The one I mentioned in the Leones post-game was just off the top of my head, but I think it'd be a good one for after Gallardo makes a save:
    Miguel Gallardo's in the goal! Hallelujah! to "Michael Row your boat Ashore"

    Nick mentioned doing something to "Yellow Submarine", which is probably good since it's an easy tune

    Who's the bastard in black (or whatever color the ref's wearing)!? or The (color) team sucks! are good anti-ref chants.

    It'd be sweet to have a team song, but we can work on the easy stuff first. "delilah" is probably on the table b/c of Stoke connections, but personally I think Invincible by Muse would be an awesome team song.

    I mean you can't beat lyrics like:
    During the struggle they will pull us down
    but please, please let's use this chance to turn things around
    and tonight we can truly say
    together we're invincible


    It was destined to be a soccer song.

    Anyway, be interested to see what others come up with...
     
  2. chapulincolorado

    Jul 14, 1999
    McAllen, Texas
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
    How about this original one for the GK.

    "Puuuuuuto!"


    :D
     
  3. VioletCrown

    VioletCrown Member+

    FC Dallas
    United States
    Aug 30, 2000
    Austin, Texas
    Club:
    Austin Aztex
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Don't know Spanish. Does that stretch the limits of 'acceptible language?' There's a lot of kids there.

    Here's the song I'd prefer for the team song. It's very easy (I'd think everyone would know it), and we could just do the first verse.

    The stars at night, are big and bright,
    deep in the heart of Texas,
    The prairie sky is wide and high,
    deep in the heart of Texas.
    The sage in bloom is like perfume,
    deep in the heart of Texas,
    Reminds me of, the one I love,
    deep in the heart of Texas.

    The coyotes wail, along the trail,
    deep in the heart of Texas,
    The rabbits rush, around the brush,
    deep in the heart of Texas.
    The cowboys cry, "Ki-yip-pee-yi,"
    deep in the heart of Texas,
    The dogies bawl, and bawl and bawl,
    deep in the heart of Texas.
     
  4. ATEX_MEX

    ATEX_MEX New Member

    Jan 31, 2008
    Austin
    hahaha at chapulin

    puuuuuuuuuuto would be awesome
     
  5. KillerMoth

    KillerMoth Member

    May 12, 2008
    South Austin
    Club:
    Austin Aztex
    Hello everyone.. I'm new here, but thought I'd add my 2 cents to the discussion..

    For getting started, I think simple is best.. If you want others in the crowd to pick up on the chant, you have to make it easy.. Few words, simple melody (if any).

    There's some good simple ones that are common in the EPL (that anyone who has watched it on TV will likely recognize) we could adapt..

    For example..

    stomp
    stomp
    stomp stomp stomp
    stomp stomp stomp stomp
    "Austin!"
    (the metal bleachers are good for this, and the crowd seemed to like stomping on them)

    alternately,
    stomp stomp stomp, "Austin!", stomp stomp stomp, "Austin!", etc

    a somewhat more original idea: when we're about to take a free kick or goal kick, a stomp in unison with a 1 second pause, picking up pace as it progresses...

    2 or 3 people doing these together could probably get the crowd to pick it up..

    these might be a harder, but maybe after a few tries others in the crowd would pick them up:

    "We love you Aztex, we do. We love you Aztex, we do. We love you Aztex, we do! Oh, Aztex, we love you!"

    or to the tune of "Guantanamera":
    "One AJ Godbolt! There's only one AJ Godbolt!" (insert whatever player you like with the appropriate number of syllables)

    For anything longer, I think you'd have to stick with a song almost everyone is sure to know the words to, with maybe very slight modification.

    I'd rather have half the crowd singing/chanting than a seperate group of 100 fans in the corner singing a long song with everyone staring at them (ala El Battalion/Texian Army). Sure, maybe that's fun for those singing, but I don't think it gets the crowd any more involved.

    Again, just my 2 cents...
     
  6. Roma_Wolves

    Roma_Wolves New Member

    May 4, 2004
    Austin, Texas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Good points all. I agree simple is best. At least to start. That said, "********" is about as simple as it gets. ;)
     
  7. Barbaro

    Barbaro Member

    Roma
    United States
    May 3, 2004
    Austin, TX
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Here's a cute little ditty from the Soccer Songs & Chants website:
    To the tune of Che Sera, Sera:
    When I was just a little boy, I asked my mother, what shall I be?
    Should I be Stoke? Should I be Vale?
    Here's what she said to me:
    Wash your mouth out son,
    Go get your father's gun
    And shoot the Vale scum
    shoot the Vale scum.
    We hate Vale, we hate Vale, we hate Vale.

    Or:
    Go home, buttmunch. Go home, buttmunch.

    Okay, as for the real world...
    Here's a couple of situational chants:

    One-oh, Az-tex, it's one-oh Aztex. (as in yo-yo-heave,ho)

    We're off to the U.S. Open Cup, and you're going home.
    (Sounding like the Wizard of Oz at the start)

    Or, the old standard:
    Ale, ale ale ale, ale, Aztex.



    And here's a couple of Arsenal songs, adapted:

    Roll Out the Aztex,
    We'll have a barrel of fun,
    Roll Out the Aztex,
    We've got them all on the run
    Just one more goal now

    You are my Aztex, my only Aztex,
    You make me happy, when skies are grey...
    You'll never know, dear
    How much we love you
    Please don't take
    My Aztex away.
     
  8. duality72

    duality72 Member

    Jun 3, 2002
    San Francisco, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    My proposal for a slight customization.

     
  9. Roma_Wolves

    Roma_Wolves New Member

    May 4, 2004
    Austin, Texas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    We definitely should have an Open Cup chant.

    One question: Is ale, ale, ale Aztex supposed to be "allez"? I mean, I certainly have nothing against a good ale, but I wasn't sure if that was how you meant it to be pronounced.
     
  10. duality72

    duality72 Member

    Jun 3, 2002
    San Francisco, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I think it was supposed to be "olé".
     
  11. Barbaro

    Barbaro Member

    Roma
    United States
    May 3, 2004
    Austin, TX
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Well, yeah, I meant it to sound like Allez, which makes a lot more sense. I could swear I've seen it written as alé, though, but never really thought about it.


    I like the stomping idea. People do seem to like it.
    Here's another variation, sounding kind of like "Let's Go Aztex." But I like "we are" better:

    "We Are Aztex."
    stomp
    stomp
    stomp stomp stomp

    "We Are Aztex."
    stomp
    stomp
    stomp stomp stomp ... (repeat forever, or until we score)
     
  12. Barbaro

    Barbaro Member

    Roma
    United States
    May 3, 2004
    Austin, TX
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    As promised, here’s a compilation of song and chant ideas (mostly already posted previously). Not overly inspired, but, as RW points out, if we have a core group of people doing something, we can probably get the crowd to join in. (Apologies for double-posting, but I'm putting this both here, and in the DFW pre-game forum)
    To that end, I’d like to propose that we assemble behind the home bench, at least 20 minutes prior to kickoff (i.e. 7:10), and figure out what we’re doing.

    ---------------
    We should take advantage of the metal bleachers; the crowd seemed to like stomping on them.

    2 or 3 people doing these together could probably get the crowd to pick it up..


    stomp stomp stomp stomp
    “Austin!”

    stomp stomp stomp, “Austin!”

    stomp
    stomp
    stomp stomp stomp
    stomp stomp stomp stomp
    “Austin!”

    alternately,
    stomp stomp stomp, “Austin!”,
    stomp stomp stomp, “Austin!”, etc


    A somewhat more original idea: when we’re about to take a free kick or goal kick, a stomp in unison with a 1 second pause, picking up pace as it progresses...
    Here’s another variation, sounding kind of like the “Let’s Go Aztex.” But I like “we are” better:

    “We Are Aztex.”
    stomp
    stomp
    stomp stomp stomp
    “We Are Aztex.”
    stomp
    stomp
    stomp stomp stomp


    “We Are”
    stomp stomp
    “Az-Tex”
    stomp stomp
    “We Are”
    stomp stomp
    “Az-Tex”
    stomp stomp




    These might be a harder, but maybe after a few tries others in the crowd would pick them up:

    “We love you Aztex, oh yes we do.
    We love you Aztex, and we’ll be true.
    We love you Aztex, we do!
    Oh, Aztex, we love you!”


    Roll Out the Aztex,
    We’ll have a barrel of fun,
    Roll Out the Aztex,
    We’ve got them all on the run
    Just one more goal now
    Then how we all will cheer
    1-2-3-4-5-6-7, and the gang’s all here.


    You are my Aztex, my only Aztex,
    You make me happy, when skies are grey...
    You’ll never know, dear
    How much we love you
    Please don’t take
    My Aztex away.


    Something to “Yellow Submarine.”


    And, a proposal for a semi-official Aztex song:
    Deep in the Heart of Texas

    The stars at night, are big and bright,
    deep in the heart of Texas,
    The prairie sky is wide and high,
    deep in the heart of Texas.
    The sage in bloom is like perfume,
    deep in the heart of Texas,
    Reminds me of, the one I love,
    deep in the heart of Texas.

    The coyotes wail, along the trail,
    deep in the heart of Texas,
    The rabbits rush, around the brush,
    deep in the heart of Texas.
    The cowboys cry, “Ki-yip-pee-yi,”
    deep in the heart of Texas,
    The dogies bawl, and bawl and bawl,
    deep in the heart of Texas.









    PLUS, some short takes, and a few random fragments:

    Miguel Gallardo’s in the goal! Hallelujah! (to “Michael Row your boat Ashore”)

    (To the tune of “Guantanamera”):
    “One AJ Godbolt! There’s only one AJ Godbolt!” (insert whatever player you like with the appropriate number of syllables)

    (to the tune of Santa Lucia):
    Miguel Gallardo, Miguel Gallardo.
    Miguel Gallardo, Miguel Gallardo.
    Miguel Gallardo, Miguel Gallardo.
    Miguel Gallardo, Mi-guel Gallardo!
    (apologies to West Ham’s Paolo DiCanio)

    Who’s the bastard in black (or whatever color the ref’s wearing)!? or The (color) team sucks! are good anti-ref chants.

    One-oh, Az-tex, it’s one-oh Aztex
    (to the tune of Yo, yo, heave ho)

    Allez, allez allez allez, allez, Aztex.

    Tornadoes Blow (or something; I don’t know, but I think we need some anti-Tornado, or anti-Dallas chant.

    (to the tune of “Off to see the Wizard”):
    We’re off to the U.S. Open, and you’re going home.

    ROSTER (ripe for other one-line ditties):
    1. Miguel Gallardo GK
    2. Andy Taylor Defender
    3. Zack Pope Defender
    4. Kieron Bernard Defender
    5. Beto Papandrea Defender
    6. Ezual Lewis Midfield
    7. Jorge Vega Midfield
    8. Marcel Uriarte Midfield
    9. Edgar Alvarez * Forward
    10. AJ Godbolt Midfield
    11. Andres Cuero * Forward
    12. Craig Hill * Goalkeeper
    13. Joshua Alcala Defender
    14. Carlos Vicens Midfield
    15. Westley Allen Midfield
    16. BJ Olonilua Forward
    17. Abdiel Amador * Midfield
    18. Chris Spendlove Defender
    19. Jamie Scope * Defender
    20. Kevin Klaus Midfield
    21. Austin Da Luz * Midfield
    22 Martinez, Robin M/F
    23 Watson, Jamie F
    24 Fraser, Beau D
    25 Turney, Cameron D
    26 Guadarrama, Guillermo
     
  13. Barbaro

    Barbaro Member

    Roma
    United States
    May 3, 2004
    Austin, TX
    Nat'l Team:
    Italy
    Oh, and I forgot my current favorite: The conga line chant:
    Be-to-Pa-pan-dre-a!
    Be-to-Pa-pan-dre-a!
    Be-to-Pa-pan-dre-a!
    (needs drums to really work)

    And, has anyone seen the Speed Racer movie yet?
    "Austin Aztex, Austin Aztex, Austin Aztex, Go!"
    (just try it a few times; you'll be amazed how catchy it is)
     
  14. VioletCrown

    VioletCrown Member+

    FC Dallas
    United States
    Aug 30, 2000
    Austin, Texas
    Club:
    Austin Aztex
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I love both of those! Looking forward to hearing what y'all do tomorrow night!
     
  15. Roma_Wolves

    Roma_Wolves New Member

    May 4, 2004
    Austin, Texas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I wont be down in "the pit" with ya'll tomorrow b/c I'm bringing some out of town relatives to the game, but I'll try to get the people around me to join in.
     
  16. duality72

    duality72 Member

    Jun 3, 2002
    San Francisco, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    So I had a couple of ideas while watching the Dynamo lose tonight (*grumblegrumble*).

    This first one is inspired by the Earthquakes fans who were singing something to "Oh My Darling, Clementine", so I made up another variant.

    At a match in
    Central Texas
    We were having
    A good time
    Then a crap call
    From the middle
    What the hell, ref?
    Are you blind?

    Oh my god
    Oh my god
    Oh my god
    Referee
    You are blind and
    Quite pathetic
    Such a piss-poor
    Referee

    You can't even tell I'm a certified ref, can you? Next is based on a pretty common call-and-response used in marching drills. Lots of variations possible for this one, obviously, and with the call-and-response you can generally make them up on the fly.

    I don't know but I've been told
    (response)
    Jaime has a foot of gold
    (response)
    Sound off
    (1 2)
    Sound off
    (3 4)
    Bring it on down
    1 2 3 4 Aus-tin (skip a beat) Aztex!

    Yes, I intentionally put Jaime. :) Another simple idea really meant more for coming up with acceptable variations:

    Roses are red/Violets are blue (the common intro line)
    -Hoovers suck/And so do you
    -Greg Louganis dives/And you do too
    -Three mice are blind/And so are you
    -You suck! (surprise is good for a laugh)

    Perhaps preface with a "Dear So-and-so". And, uh, I didn't mean for those to all be negative, so think of some positive ones.

    And while I was looking around at some other chants, I came upon another common call-and-response:

    Everywhere we go
    People want to know
    Who we are
    So we tell them
    We are the Aztex
    Mighty, Mighty Aztex
    We are the Aztex
    Mighty, Mighty Aztex
     
  17. VioletCrown

    VioletCrown Member+

    FC Dallas
    United States
    Aug 30, 2000
    Austin, Texas
    Club:
    Austin Aztex
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Good ones for a Memorial Day weekend!:)
     
  18. Roma_Wolves

    Roma_Wolves New Member

    May 4, 2004
    Austin, Texas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  19. Alejo

    Alejo Member

    Jul 17, 2008
    Austin, Texas, Yall
    Club:
    Austin Aztex
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Hey everybody

    First I would liek to suggest two one word chants, one from the EPL and one from south of the border.

    "Ole, ole, ole ole ole"

    And from the EPL

    "Oway oway, oway oway oway"

    And here's a little song I made up myself based on the tune of Black an Tans

    Come out you red an whites
    Come out an fight tha good ole fight
    Show um all how you can play
    Top level football
    Show them how Aztex win
    Without commiting mortal sin
    Against themselves or any of
    The opposition. :)
     
  20. Alejo

    Alejo Member

    Jul 17, 2008
    Austin, Texas, Yall
    Club:
    Austin Aztex
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Here's one for El Pisso/El Paso

    Ring around tha reffee
    A squad thas filled with possees
    Eli Pisso El pisso
    They all fall down :p

    That last part refferin to the fact that waaaay too many of them were floppin, an divin, and then just gettin right back up again the bloody cheats.
     
  21. Alejo

    Alejo Member

    Jul 17, 2008
    Austin, Texas, Yall
    Club:
    Austin Aztex
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Here's a chant for when we finally play tha silverbacks next season in what I'm calling the Double A Derby or DAD.

    PAWS off PAWS off, you Damn Dirty Apes :p
     
  22. Alejo

    Alejo Member

    Jul 17, 2008
    Austin, Texas, Yall
    Club:
    Austin Aztex
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    And here's another one just for the APES

    "to the tune of Happy Birthday"

    Happy derby to you
    Happy derby to you
    You look like Gorillaz
    And ya play like um too.
     
  23. duality72

    duality72 Member

    Jun 3, 2002
    San Francisco, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Okay, I feel silly for only now realizing what the Silverbacks were named after. *doh*

    At least I knew Quetzalcoatl right off. *cough* *cough*
     
  24. Alejo

    Alejo Member

    Jul 17, 2008
    Austin, Texas, Yall
    Club:
    Austin Aztex
    Nat'l Team:
    United States


    Well done for knowing the meaning of the nickname of our best striker duality ie. Jaime 'Quetzal" Watson :D.
     
  25. Alejo

    Alejo Member

    Jul 17, 2008
    Austin, Texas, Yall
    Club:
    Austin Aztex
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Here I go again, the song master, with a simple little ati-ref ditty :D


    We sold our cow
    We sold our cow
    And we have no need
    For your bull now. *

    Have ya ever seen a wind bag
    A wind bag
    A wind bag
    Have ya ever seen a wind bag
    Well there's one (all point to ref) right now
    Goes this way
    And that way
    And this way
    And that way
    Have ya ever seen a wind bag
    Well there's one (all point to ref) right now.


    *Plenty of fake sobbing and crying during this part would make it all the better.
     

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