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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2016 13:21:19 GMT
To be honest most of the singers are watered so it's hard to understand what they are saying in the first place.
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Post by bornagain04 on Oct 11, 2016 15:39:19 GMT
I had to translate a couple of the songs for my Mother, as she couldn't quite hear what they were singing, such as "oh Rory Gaffney I'd let you kiss my wife" and that other old favourite"Matty Taylor his willies in the cup" wish I'd known about the "he's locked in the club" though. Although to be fair she probably did know what they were singing, just trying to catch me out! Bless her. Sadly no longer with us but has been promoted to the premier league of gasheads.
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Post by cookinongas on Oct 11, 2016 15:45:05 GMT
I sing 'Sometimes we sh** on the City, sometimes we sh** on the Town' in the hope that it will catch on. Still waiting. (Although to be fair, I can't remember the last time we sang that verse.) I heard the same thing coming out of twerton park one night but when Bobby Gould was manager. Bobby Gould's going on holiday!! Classic |
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Post by holderz on Oct 11, 2016 15:55:01 GMT
My 5 year old nephew had us in stitches the other day when told the 4 of us in the car that he supported a team beginning with R. In hope I suggested in was Rovers, but he said no, we then went through Reading ,Rochdale and even Runcorn (he lives near there) but all got a negative response, after we all gave up ,he called us all stupid and said it was the same as his brother Arsenal. Don't you just love kids!!!!
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Post by cookinongas on Oct 11, 2016 15:57:26 GMT
Not wrong words but no words,. What really irritates me is the way that the end of the opening verse to Irene is sang so fast that there are no words. What the f**k is up with people? It's "so we made a promise that we'll never part so goodnight Irene I'll see you in my dreams' At the Wembley games and other big matches with a massive away following the opening verse isn't sing at all! The reason it doesn't work is that the Rovers verse is bullshit in regard to the actual song. The real song goes kinda like: da DA da da DA da da DAAAA da DA da da DA da da DAAAA da DA da da DA da da DAAAA da DA da... DA da... DAAAAA whereas the Rovers verse goes like: da DA da DAAAA da da DA da DAAAA da DA da DAAAA da da DA da DA (and White!) da DA da da DAAAA da ...DA da da DA da DA da DA da DA da DA da DAAAA (or something) It's a f**king mess and it doesn't work. What should be sung if you want it to be singable and scan with the rest of the song is something more like: We are the Rovers supporters We are all faithful and true We blah BLAH blah blah BLAH blah blah BLAHHHH And follow the boys in blue What??? |
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Oct 11, 2016 17:56:53 GMT
The reason it doesn't work is that the Rovers verse is bullshit in regard to the actual song. The real song goes kinda like: da DA da da DA da da DAAAA da DA da da DA da da DAAAA da DA da da DA da da DAAAA da DA da... DA da... DAAAAA whereas the Rovers verse goes like: da DA da DAAAA da da DA da DAAAA da DA da DAAAA da da DA da DA (and White!) da DA da da DAAAA da ...DA da da DA da DA da DA da DA da DA da DAAAA (or something) It's a f**king mess and it doesn't work. What should be sung if you want it to be singable and scan with the rest of the song is something more like: We are the Rovers supporters We are all faithful and true We blah BLAH blah blah BLAH blah blah BLAHHHH And follow the boys in blue What??? The Rovers verse for GI doesn't scan the same as the other verses, which is why, I believe, we can't seem to sing it in unison. |
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Oct 11, 2016 18:51:35 GMT
The Rovers verse for GI doesn't scan the same as the other verses, which is why, I believe, we can't seem to sing it in unison. We didn't have a problem back in the day without this full speed nonsense linking the opening verse to the Irene. "So goodnight Irene I'll see you in my dreams" was sang at quite a slow speed not the micro second it is now. |
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Post by imanobody on Oct 11, 2016 19:20:20 GMT
For yrs I used to sing
i o
i o
We are the rovers boys
When someone told me it is
Hello
Hello
We are the rovers boys!!!!😂😂😂
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Oct 11, 2016 20:20:35 GMT
For yrs I used to sing i o i o We are the rovers boys When someone told me it is Hello Hello We are the rovers boys!!!!😂😂😂 It is?? Every day is a school day. |
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Post by Malvern Gas on Oct 12, 2016 2:22:05 GMT
As a kid, I always thought the chant from the Blackthorn End after the opposing goalkeeper's goal kick was "Watch It, ARRRRR!" My mate told his young son last year that the fans were singing Ooooooh, goal kick ahhhhh. I'm sure my dad was the one who told me it was "Watch It". Even now I still hear those words over the proper version |
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Post by Jomo on Oct 12, 2016 11:34:54 GMT
Not wrong words to a song, but a classic conversation I always remember overhearing on the terraces was back in the doldrums of the Graydon era, when I heard a couple of blokes behind me once we'd gone a goal down:
Bloke: "I'm getting a distinct feeling of vee-vaa-voo 'ere".
Mate: "what's that mate?"
Bloke: "I've seen this all before"
Mate: "that's deja-vu mate!"
Bloke: "ah, French it's all the *ing same innit"
Still makes me chuckle now.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2016 13:07:25 GMT
Not wrong words to a song, but a classic conversation I always remember overhearing on the terraces was back in the doldrums of the Graydon era, when I heard a couple of blokes behind me once we'd gone a goal down: Bloke: "I'm getting a distinct feeling of vee-vaa-voo 'ere". Mate: "what's that mate?" Bloke: "I've seen this all before" Mate: "that's deja-vu mate!" Bloke: "ah, French it's all the *ing same innit" Still makes me chuckle now. HaHa,had an image of Del boy reading that |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2016 13:52:28 GMT
Not a song, but when I was young and innocent I used to think one of our players was called Fuc***g Twentyman, as my dad used to say it a lot during and after games.
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Post by oldgas on Oct 12, 2016 14:07:54 GMT
I first started to take my lad to home games in the pre-relegation (Ward) season. We use to sit in the south stand.
He was only 7 and during one particularly turgid match he turns to me with a puzzle face and asks "What's that light they're singing about"?
I was stuck for an answer until he said its the song they sing about " Oireen, the light Oireen, I'll see you in my dreams"!
When I manage to stop laughing I told him all about Goodnight Ireen and how it became our club anthem.
It seems the uncertain acoustics of the ground, coupled with strong Bristolian accents had confused him!
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Post by wutangkillerbees on Oct 12, 2016 14:53:58 GMT
The twin that tries to get chants going gets about 70% of the words wrong in every chant, particularly seems to struggle with if i had the wings of a sparrow and we are the rovers boys.
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Oct 12, 2016 20:15:27 GMT
The twin that tries to get chants going gets about 70% of the words wrong in every chant, particularly seems to struggle with if i had the wings of a sparrow and we are the rovers boys. You mean it's not "if I had the ears of a spaniel..."?? |
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Oct 12, 2016 21:07:44 GMT
The twin that tries to get chants going gets about 70% of the words wrong in every chant, particularly seems to struggle with if i had the wings of a sparrow and we are the rovers boys. You mean it's not "if I had the ears of a spaniel..."?? If I had the ears of a spaniel, If I had the legs of a Jack Russell I'd go for a walk in south Bristol And sh** over Ashton Vale. |
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