Sons of Ben Song/Chant Ideas

Re: The next great SoB song...

And all this time I thought you had cool music tastes

 

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Its the best song off their best album.

 

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And it's still laborious

 

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Cool lyrics, but shit. That's a lot of words for 1,000+ drunks to sing correctly in unison

 

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haha. i'd have no problem remembering the words to a metallica song. remembering when to be quiet when i'm hammered will prove to be much harder. (that's why i got the drum, so everyone would have to follow my drunken lead )

 

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Use a JumboTron to display the words, like the Eagles fight song at Iggles games. That's what we're going to have to do with Four-Leaf Clover... No one will be able to just pick that one up.

Or, another idea I've kicked around, is to copy from the Barra and write the words on the back of a two-poled flag. On the front, a four-leaf clover, painted in with our teams colors. On the back, the lyrics to the song, so everyone in the section can have a cheat sheet.

That's one thing I think is important for the SoBs, is a large crowd participation. Even if people don't stand with us, and they're sitting with their kids on the other side of the stadium, I'd like them to sing along to at least some songs. So we need to introduce them to the lyrics we sing, beyond "PHIL-A-DEL-PHIA! (clap-clap, clapclapclap)". Could we coordinate with the owners to place a song sheet in every seat (Except away sections... We can put spikes in their seats), before every home match for the first year? I think it'd help create an electric atmosphere, a real homefield advantage, and get first time fans involved with the atmosphere as much as they'd like, instead of just watching us.

At DC United home games, I've noticed on more than one occassion that some people really want to get involved in the singing and fun, but don't know the lyrics. If they had a song sheet, waiting for them at their seat, that wouldn't be a problem.

Thoughts? Comments? Positive rep?

 

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Sanitarium. Yeah. No.

 

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No way. "Trapped Under Ice" is better. C'mon.

 

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fua0g13djo

from the Karate Kid soundtrack:

You’re the best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
You’re the Best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you down
You’re the Best!
Around!
Nothing’s gonna ever keep you dow-ow-ow-ow-own

 

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You're havin' a bubble, right?

 

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creeping death already has audience participation. i think it would fit pretty well for a dive. think about it, the stadium chanting "DIE DIE DIE..." if someone tries to draw a penalty.

we could sing the four horsemen when the back line stuffs an attack.

so what would work well for someone from the opposing team starts to celebrate.

i'm going to see if i can work pantera songs into it now....

 

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"Walk"

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Sweep the leg, Johnny!!!

 

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i like that one. i think we could get the crowd singing the chorus.

 

Re: Other Song Ideas

If they decide to go for a family attitude for the stadium we can always sing the wrong company by floggy molly...

Well I fell into prison about a quarter till three
Where I found in my cell a glass waiting for me
So I filled what was empty and I pulled up a stool
But he stood in the corner, the old devil wouldn't move
He said, "You drink when you're lonely." No I drink when I want!
He said, "You'll never be sober." Sure. Why would I want that?
I only drink to be merry but unfortunately
I'm in the wrong prison cell and the wrong company

 

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I think Flogging Molly NEEEEEEDS to be represented in a song...it seems almost all of us SoBs love them and Dave King writes great lyrics...we just have to find the perfect song

 

Re: Other Song Ideas

I have a suggestion in one of Bad Religion's new songs, Requiem for Dissent. Although the whole song would probably not be a good idea, the refrain seems perfect to me for a football chant, as it involves a cheer and it's lyrics involve rebellion and dissent, which would fit well with any revolutionary or independence theme we go for. Might go best if the audio was played on the loudspeaker and the fans chanted the "Re-qui-em" part.

Here's the song on YouTube, as I said, listen for the refrain. Probably better not to play this one at work, rather loud.


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And the refrain is:

Requiem
Bring the dissident from slumber
Requiem
Raise the rebel from its grave
Requiem
Sound the revolution's thunder
A monumental blunder averted and betrayed

 

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How bout.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bomv-6CJSfM

boy...itd sound great

 

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I have had this idea for a while.
The Monkey's Theme
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d0FUvLfxyp0


What caught me was how easy it would be to sing "Hey Hey we are Philly"

But that is all I got. Hopefully some of you fine poets and such can finish it.

 

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Great idea Mark. Now my hours listening to Weird Al have not been in vain.

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Here we come
Now we’re in the league*
We’re gonna kick the butts of
Every team we meet

Hey, hey we are Philly
We’re never gonna let our team down
And we’ll just keep on singing
So you better get the hell out of town

We’re not here for a friendly**
We're here night or day
If you don’t want frustration
You better stay out of our way

*First 2 years. Then change to “Best fans in the league”.
EDIT**We're not trying to be friendly

Someone else can run with: Take the last train from Chester

 

Re: Other Song Ideas

Take the R2 to Chester
And we'll beat you at the station
You're wearing the wrong colors
There won't be no hesitation woah-oh-oh, woah-oh-oh, woah-oh-oh
And you'll be takin' a Chester Ambulance home

 

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My boss is going to be pissed.

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I’d take the last train from Chester
If I could only find the station.
Started home about ten thirty
But drank one more libation.
One to go – oh, no, no, no!
Oh, no, no, no!
And I don’t know if I’m comin home again.

I’ll be puking until morning,
Stomach full of pain.
Maybe I’ll be sober
When morning brings my train.
And I must go – oh, no, no, no!
Oh, no, no, no!
And I don’t know if I’ll make it home again

Where’s that last train from Chester?
I’ve lost my new cell phone.
I’d blame it on Ben Franklin,
But I can’t even moan.
Where’d that train go? Oh, no, no, no!
Oh no, no, no!
And I think I’m never going home again.

 

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As a Pogues fan, to the tune of Whiskey You're the Devil:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yPIC-o1O3k (I realize this is the Clancy brothers version, not the Pogues)

Philly you're the Devil
You're bringing us all down
From Delaware and Jersey
They come to Chestertown
The crazy Ben's mob the stands
The Yellow and the Blue
We'll fight for (insert player's name here)
They fight for me and you!

Or the Irish Rover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au30c9ZMIPg
And maybe the Rovers as a team name (or does that sound like a dog?)

On the (season opener date) two thousand and ten,
We marched onto the old Chester field,
With an army of drunks and their buxom young wives,
We fought the Red Bulls from New York...

Just a rough idea- needs a better poet than myself!