Whats the story (etiology?) behind the liverbird ? Why is there a l"iverbird on my chest" and why do I want one tatooed on my boday somewhere ?
Re: liver bird It's all here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver_bird http://www.angelfire.com/me2/Jamber/LiverBird.html http://www.liverbirdology.com/history.htm As to the song: here it is and that's why you want it on your chest: "Here's a song about a football team The greatest team you've ever seen A team that play total Football They've won the league, Europe and all. A Liverbird upon my chest We are the men, of Shankly's best A team that plays the Liverpool way And wins the championship in May With Kenny Dalglish on the ball He was the greatest of them all And Ian Rush, four goals or two Left Evertonians feeling blue A Liverbird upon my chest We are the men, of Shankly's best A team that plays the Liverpool way And wins the championship in May Now if you go down Goodison Way Hard luck stories you hear each day There's not a trophy to be seen 'Cos Liverpool have swept them clean A Liverbird upon my chest We are the men, of Shankly's best A team that plays the Liverpool way And wins the championship in May Now on the glorious 10th of May There's laughing reds on Wembley Way We're full of smiles and joy and glee It's Everton 1 and Liverpool 3 A Liverbird upon my chest We are the men, of Shankly's best A team that plays the Liverpool way And wins the championship in May Now on the 20th of May We're laughing still on Wembley Way Those Evertonians are feeling blue It's Liverpool 3 and Everton 2 A Liverbird upon my chest We are the men, of Shankly's best A team that plays the Liverpool way And wins the championship in May And as we sang round Goodison Park With crying blues all in a nark They're probably crying still at Liverpool 5 and Everton nil. A Liverbird upon my chest We are the men, of Shankly's best A team that plays the Liverpool way And wins the championship in May We Remember them with pride Those mighty reds of Shankly's side And Kenny's boys of '88 There's never been a side so great A Liverbird upon my chest We are the men, of Shankly's best A team that plays the Liverpool way And wins the championship in May Now back in 1965 When great Bill Shankly was alive We're playing Leeds, the score's 1-1 When it fell to the head of Ian St John A Liverbird upon my chest We are the men, of Shankly's best A team that plays the Liverpool way And wins the championship in May On April 15th '89 What should have been a joyous time Ninety six Friends, we all shall miss And all the Kopites want justice (JUSTICE) "
Re: liver bird Thanks liverbird! "You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to liverbird again."
Re: liver bird "There is another local saying that, whenever a truly virgin lady passes by the Liver Buildings, the Liver Birds will flap their great wings. There is no record of this ever having happened." No shit!
Re: liver bird It was always said that Liverpool would "Never" win the FA Cup until the Liver birds flew away. Probably made up by an Evertonian but after 73 years and on my birthday, 1st May 1965 we were going to Wembley to test our luck and that saying again. After a goalless 90 minutes and at 3 minutes into extra time, Roger headed us into the lead and did we celebrate. Then Billy Bremner equalized for Leeds 1-1 after Tommy Lawrence had had an easy day we thought "Oh shite! Here we go again!!" but just nine minutes from time Ian St.John dove in for a cross from Cally and scored the winner. What a game. What a day. What a birthday present......What a moment in Liverpool's History. So what was with the Story of not winning the Cup until the Liver birds flew away..... Well that week they had been carefully taken down from the Liver Building to be cleaned.......
Re: liver bird Is this true? The word "liver" in the name of the bird rhymes with "driver", rather than sounding like first two syllables of the city's name (which is pronounced as in the body organ). Or is it usual Wikipedia crappola?
Re: liver bird From someone born and raised in Liverpool I can say that is definitely true. Pronounced as in "driver".