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...
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.
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...
Good points all. I agree simple is best. At least to start. That said, "********" is about as simple as it gets.
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.
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.
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)
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
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)
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.
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
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.
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 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.
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
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.
Okay, I feel silly for only now realizing what the Silverbacks were named after. *doh* At least I knew Quetzalcoatl right off. *cough* *cough*
Well done for knowing the meaning of the nickname of our best striker duality ie. Jaime 'Quetzal" Watson .
Here I go again, the song master, with a simple little ati-ref ditty 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.