R-E-A-D my post again....there is frustration because the problem IS how the ENTIRE group is run. And I HAVE tried solutions..both last season and before that and NOTHING was done then and things don't seem to changing for this season. In other words...there are those who TRIED to be part of a solution...went on deaf ears among the Board...thus rises the problem. Get it?
What about a something from the beatles? Something like Carry That Weight Writer, lead vocal: Paul McCartney Boy, you gotta carry that weight Carry that weight a long time Boy, you gotta carry that weight Carry that weight a long time I never give you my pillow I only send you my invitation And in the middle of the celebrations I break down Boy, you gotta carry that weight Carry that weight a long time Boy, you gotta carry that weight Carry that weight a long time [youtube]OEggVZhhkrw[/youtube] Slightly obscure but noticable... only 1:36(with instruments)... and not forcefully uplifting. It can be sung for a goal, for the game, after the game and even after a loss. Yes it is about a breakup or a pregnancy, but out of context it can mean anything. I offer this to change the search to something simple and possibly from an era where lyrics meant more. Also, isn't lean on me a little sappy? - If it's just me, fine. Or hell, just pick something simple like this for this season to get people trained to sing and organize when, where and how it will get done. Then we can spend all season looking for the right song and have a solid group together that are used to getting something going. I'll stop editing now... sorry.
I gotta say though.. and this is completly off topic... I nominate this song as the anthem for this thread and the Rapids suppoters.... Fixing a Hole Writer, lead vocal: Paul McCartney I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in And stops my mind from wandering Where will it go I'm filling the cracks that ran through the door And kept my mind from wandering Where will it go And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong I'm right Where I belong I'm right Where I belong. See the people standing there who disagree and never win And wonder why they don't get in my door. I'm painting my room in the colourful way And when my mind is wandering There I will go. And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong I'm right Where I belong I'm right Where I belong. Silly people run around they worry me And never ask me why they don't get past my door. I'm taking the time for a number of things That weren't important yesterday And I still go. I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in And stops my mind from wandering Where it will go. [youtube]EKukhx1DPR4[/youtube] The colorado connection? The fray has done a cover of this song...
I said it before and I think it got skipped over, but as a solution to trying to get things done and make a decision on this, can a mod maybe assemble the 20-30 or so songs into a poll thread, the same way we do the forum tagline? Face it, we can sit here and brainstorm forever, but a poll wouldn't hurt to get the ball moving beyond just brainstorming.
I think cuz nothing has really been a resounding yes ... until the right idea comes up - we got nothing to vote on IMO
Tom Petty: Well we wont back down, no we wont back down You can stand us up at the gates of hell But we wont back down Gonna stand our ground, wont be turned around And we'll keep this world from draggin us down Gonna stand our ground and we wont back down (short - everyone knows it ... )
So Monty Python isn't generating the enthusiasm I would expect, fair enough. Surely, Roger Waters biting lyrics will move the supporters souls: Within our humble sawdust ring The players are arraigned The powerful and puny The saintly and deranged The Honest Bird, a future queen All innocent and green Sparring all the livelong day Make ready for our play Okay, it's opera, might take 3 or 4 seasons to get everyone on the same page, but hey, we're in it for the long haul, no?
Just re-write the words to a song. Come up with our own words, use the music. Something like Bandelero by Slightly Stoopid might work well. St Mary by Rancid?
Well don't have no money cause I don't have a job Don't have a job cause I ain't got no skills Ain't got no skills 'cause I was not trained I was not trained 'cause I didn't go to school Didn't go to school 'cause nobody told me Nobody told me 'cause nobody knew shit Nobody knew shit 'cause nobody knows nothing Nobody knows nothing and that's just it What can you do? You get what's given to you Square one, here I come, here I come square one You get what's given to you Square one, here I come, here I come square one Don't have a home 'cause I don't pay no bills Don't pay no bills 'cause nobody pays me Nobody pays me 'cause I don't go to no work Don't go to no work and that's just it What can you do? You get what's given to you Square one, here I come, here I come square one You get what's given to you Square one, here I come, here I come square one I know what you say to me, but baby it can wait I just stop, take a look around and realize it's too late No job, no skills, no money, no nothing No nothing 'cause I want it for free - Dirt cheap! Want it for free, all that is coming to me So I look real hard for somebody to blame Someone to blame! Somebody to blame or an easy way out Easy way out! An easy way out 'cause it ain't much fun No fun! The place that starts with a square and ends with a one What can you do? You get what's given to you Square one, here I come, here I come square one You get what's given to you Square one, here I come, here I come square one Let down You feel stupid Don't cry Can't do it You can't win Don't you forget it You missed out You get what's given to you Square one here I come, here I come square one! [x4] You get what's given to youuuuuuu... Square One Here I Come - The Hives
Rocky Mountain High is taken? By whom?!? RMH gets my vote. Chorus only. Start with "Colorado Rocky Mountain high/I've seen it rain fire in the sky..." and end with "Rocky Mountain High Colorado" repeated however many times. So not too long or complex. Even if you haven't heard the song (unlikely) or don't have the chorus memorized, you can pick up on the last line repeated. It's only four words. The song has that schmaltzy appeal. Plus, it screams Colorado, and the state legislature recently voted it the second state song.
Those are just some fairly catchy, easy to sing along/create words for type songs. Square one even has some somewhat appropriate lyrics. Not so much with the other two. [youtube]XWXry-3MQJo[/youtube] Bandelero [youtube]xV0KMn4cd3c[/youtube] St Mary [youtube]6ylmIp-lEOs[/youtube] Square One Here I Come
we should use some ill nino theres a bunch of songs that could be played during warm up to amp up the fans and players seriously i could post some videos but they won't show up when i a code here?
I'm just trolling here, but why all the listing of old songs? Last thing I was to do pregame is sing a John Denver song. We aren't Celtic or some club with a long standing history.. we should be looking at newer music that will get people pumped. Now with that said it's very hard to find new music that's appropriate.. but that doesn't mean we can't change the lyrics completly to whatever we want. An example: Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveSound, listen to the sound replacing it with these lyrics: Colo - rado - rap -ids You know what you want and that makes you just like me see everything says that your hot baby but can you make it hot for me said if you think about holding back don't worry because we are going to make it so easy so take the field and score my running rapids we are on a mission to please wait a second etc No I'm not a Justin Timberlake fan, just showing that you need to take a song that is hip that will get people into it and change the lyrics up to fit.
You're kidding right? Firstly, the music industry today is too fragmented for everybody to find a song they like, let alone agree on. Second, the majority of newer bands suck! They have little or no talent when it comes to writing lyrics, let alone any that would be applicable to a soccer game. You want a 1-way ticket to fail and get made fun of, sinning a crappy plastic "hip" pop-song will do it. I would sooner commit suicide before I ever sing a Justin Timberlake song in public.
I think you missed the point, you are never going to pick a song everybody likes.. no matter what decade you pick. And for the most part, you are never going to find lyrics that fit without altering them. Given those 2 facts, why would you pick a snoozer song like Rocky Mountain High? Pick a song that is current and will get people pumped, not everybody will like it but if most get into it that's all that matters. Either that or find somebody to create a new song that will fit and that rocks! Something that fits for 2008.. not 1992.
how bout this http://youtube.com/watch?v=tJ15nrPtqvs or http://youtube.com/watch?v=mmlqmnuPDqg i think this should be played in the locker room before game http://youtube.com/watch?v=x_rngW4rDtY i honestly do think any of these songs would work for anything sports related its beautiful music latin rhythm has soccer vibe all over it warm up on the field http://youtube.com/watch?v=brRvCP2xZSo i would post the videos i tried doing he embedded thing no prevail sorry this is my favorite amp me up song its not really hardcore or nothing its sort of soft but the lyrics are great chorus is dope http://youtube.com/watch?v=-_tn-65kmgg
I'll take this in a different direction for a moment... Chilli, GoRapids, can you pool the team for songs that they would like or songs that they all ready use in the locker room? If we have their buy in maybe the FO would be willing to reopen this "case" and be willing to invest in the copyright fee. And it might move this quagmired thread along.
Have you read this tread at all? We've already established why some songs can and can't work. 1. The supporters have enough trouble getting organized chants together, you really think they'll be able to magically defy that trend and sing brand new lyrics to a song not even half of them have heard before? 2. Picking a fad song that no one will remember in 10 years means that no one is going to sing it after the first few seasons, assuming they even sing it in the first place. 3. YNWA wasn't written as a pop song. It's from Rodgers and Hammerstein and was made into a pop song some 20 years later. The most obvious example of a team anthem does not fit your theory. 4. Nobody has the resources here to write a completely new song, it's just not realistic at all. AIK for example is one of the biggest clubs in Sweden and over 100 years old...they didn't even have an anthem until the 80's. I think the problem here is that you don't really understand what/how an anthem functions, if people can't sing to it they might as well just do what they do now and play the generic stadium music you can here at just about any venue in the country. There are plenty of newer songs I like, but virtually none of them I can picture that could be sung by a large group of fans and have it sound any good. If I seem to miss your point, you're going to have to give some examples that are better than "pop", "hip", or something from "Justin Timberlake."
Haha, maybe take some 3oh!3 lyrics and redo them a bit. They're a far more respectable representation of the CO/Denver music scene than the Fray, should we want to stick local...
Here's a recent, anthemic song with few words that maybe footy fans would get behind: Chumbawumba's "Tubthumping".
I question how you would edit the alcohol out of the song. And it's not very anthem-y... What about Danny boy? [youtube]EaPFCvzzcFM&feature=related[/youtube] Either way... I agree. Getr a poll going cuz there are too many spoons in the pot. Not everyone is going to be happy with the song chosen. There are pleanty of suggestions on here and this discussion needs to move forward at some point.
I have read the entire thread and it seems to me that you are rather limiting yourself to the possiblities. Stop thinking about the problem and think of the soultion. People in mass will do just about anything as long as it's fun and they are having a good time. I never thought I would sing my schools fight song (Williamtell Overture sp?) until I went to a game and everybody just started doing it. This isn't about the supporters.. most people don't give a damn what you do over there. For the most part it all seems like yelling and dancing throughout the game. The Front office has come on this thread and has asked for us to give them something... they will put it on the big screen along with the lyrics.. people will sing it, the supporters don't have to hardly do anything. If the song dies in 3 years then you pick another.. at least you got a good 3 years out of it. You might not find the perfect song on the first try but if you keep trying, then sooner or later you will find one that sticks. A fad song is one that dies out pretty quickly.. well you wont know it's a fad song until it dies out.. so why not pick it and see where it goes? I never said it was a pop song.. but.., it's interesting to note that they didn't start using it as a team anthem until the early 60's.. right around the time the pop song came out. There is no telling why they didn't have one.. maybe it wasen't the 'in' thing to do. The point is, if you want it to happen you have to make it happen. If that means writing your own than fine. If that means taking a brand new song, current song, changing the lyrics etc then fine. Make it happen. I think you are underestimating people's ability to sing. It's like you guys are trying to dumb it down to a preschooler. It certainly can't be death metal fast and maybe Justin Timberlake's song is a bit fast.. but heck, put it out there and see what happens. There are a lot of hip bands singing things that could be augmented into what you want, you just have to use your imagination a little bit. And for the love of god, stop suggesting these depressing negative songs.. the Font Office has asked you for ideas.. take advantage of that and give them something that might actually work. I'll throw out another song here.. and this one is old. You could use the main theme from Carmen and write some basic lyrics to go with the song. That would be original.. it's up lifting and who knows where it would go. Here is a youtube of it, the song would start at the 1:05 mark. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_elappgMI9o&feature=related The first round everybody sings with the music, the second time through we sing the same thing over but without the lead music, just the background music etc. then afterwards maybe it fades into some techno. There is an idea, run with it.