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Post by discodave on Feb 12, 2024 14:04:05 GMT
England play Ireland at the Aviva on the anniversary of the queens death , lets see what songs get belted out then ..... The Boys Are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy. Great tune btw |
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Post by chewbacca on Feb 12, 2024 14:06:42 GMT
The Boys Are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy. Great tune btw I know and so do the fans of the Boys in Green. |
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Post by SleepyGas on Feb 12, 2024 16:21:01 GMT
Speaking as someone who has stood both on the Tote End as someone of school age and the Popular Side at Twerton, we used to do chants where people took it in turns to chant ‘Celtic’ and ‘Rangers’ during a game, the numbers were pretty equal. Similar a lot of us used to wear ski hats when they were fashionable which consisted of 2/3rds of a Rovers badge and one panel of a big team. Again most had one of the Old Firm or Liverpool / Man U / West Ham / Chelsea and there was no animosity. This was the times when people used to sell ‘Bulldog’ or ‘National Front News’ on the way to the ground. What I am trying to say is that Rovers have NEVER been a sectarian club, which why a load of kids singing about a time they know nothing about sticks in my craw so much. When there were so many good old Tote / Twerton songs to fall back on that never get an airing, the regular use of this one should be banned on the grounds of decency. It's not an anti Irish or anti Catholic chant, though. It's unnecessary but we've sung worse imo. Questioning the parentage of the referee, wanting City fans dead and what Roger Malone did in private were worse. Either way, best left unsung. It absolutely is an anti-Catholic sectarian chant. The original says "f**k the pope" instead of "f**k the City". & what do you think the flute part refers to? It's a reference to the instrument used by Protestants in their marches. Gazza famously mimed using the flute when playing for Rangers and got himself in a bit of bother over it. |
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Post by eric on Feb 12, 2024 16:38:40 GMT
Left the ground yesterday after watching the dross served up and the first thing I thought was thank god I never heard the IRA song !!! Who’s God did you thank !! |
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Post by olskooltoteender on Feb 12, 2024 17:14:49 GMT
I think there are much more pertinent and worrisome things to bother about, maybe do something about over a stupid chant but that’s me. What next, we live in a nanny state as it is. That bothers me more than any song/chant Great idea! "When I was young, I had no sense, I bought a flute for 50 pence, The only tune, I could create, Was f**k the city and the Nanny State!" You’re on a roll here . . . |
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Post by stuart1974 on Feb 12, 2024 17:28:40 GMT
It's not an anti Irish or anti Catholic chant, though. It's unnecessary but we've sung worse imo. Questioning the parentage of the referee, wanting City fans dead and what Roger Malone did in private were worse. Either way, best left unsung. It absolutely is an anti-Catholic sectarian chant. The original says "f**k the pope" instead of "f**k the City". & what do you think the flute part refers to? It's a reference to the instrument used by Protestants in their marches. Gazza famously mimed using the flute when playing for Rangers and got himself in a bit of bother over it. Not the chant I was thinking of. |
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Post by gasify on Feb 12, 2024 20:25:50 GMT
And as for the morons in the South Stand who sparked up with ‘the only good city fan etc’ directly after the very respectful 2 minutes applause for the two lads who were murdered, quite unbelievable. Were the two kids murdered city fans? I grew up with the only good city fan is one that’s dead. Won’t ever not sing that, don’t actually mean it either. Same as “There’s a circus in the town..” I don’t really think that there is a circus that have come to town recently. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 12, 2024 20:33:44 GMT
And as for the morons in the South Stand who sparked up with ‘the only good city fan etc’ directly after the very respectful 2 minutes applause for the two lads who were murdered, quite unbelievable. Were the two kids murdered city fans? I grew up with the only good city fan is one that’s dead. Won’t ever not sing that, don’t actually mean it either. Same as “There’s a circus in the town..” I don’t really think that there is a circus that have come to town recently. There's a great possibility one or both might have given were they lived, isn't that enough not to sing it straight after the 2 mins applause? |
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Post by gasify on Feb 12, 2024 20:41:07 GMT
Were the two kids murdered city fans? I grew up with the only good city fan is one that’s dead. Won’t ever not sing that, don’t actually mean it either. Same as “There’s a circus in the town..” I don’t really think that there is a circus that have come to town recently. There's a great possibility one or both might have given were they lived, isn't that enough not to sing it straight after the 2 mins applause? Were they, or wen’t they? That fact is very relevant. The fact that you can’t answer that suggests they probably weren’t. |
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Post by gashead79 on Feb 12, 2024 20:47:40 GMT
And as for the morons in the South Stand who sparked up with ‘the only good city fan etc’ directly after the very respectful 2 minutes applause for the two lads who were murdered, quite unbelievable. Were the two kids murdered city fans? I grew up with the only good city fan is one that’s dead. Won’t ever not sing that, don’t actually mean it either. Same as “There’s a circus in the town..” I don’t really think that there is a circus that have come to town recently. Surely everyone agrees that striking up a song like that after an observation is a massive fail? At best the people involved were not thinking straight for some reason but let's not try and make excuses for a really embarrassing event. It doesn't matter who they support does it? Assume they were GAS if you like, its still a ridiculous time to sing that. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Feb 12, 2024 20:58:24 GMT
Were the two kids murdered city fans? I grew up with the only good city fan is one that’s dead. Won’t ever not sing that, don’t actually mean it either. Same as “There’s a circus in the town..” I don’t really think that there is a circus that have come to town recently. Surely everyone agrees that striking up a song like that after an observation is a massive fail? At best the people involved were not thinking straight for some reason but let's not try and make excuses for a really embarrassing event. It doesn't matter who they support does it? Assume they were GAS if you like, its still a ridiculous time to sing that. Clearly Gasify doesn't, or just arguing for the sake of it. |
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Post by gasify on Feb 12, 2024 21:01:05 GMT
Were the two kids murdered city fans? I grew up with the only good city fan is one that’s dead. Won’t ever not sing that, don’t actually mean it either. Same as “There’s a circus in the town..” I don’t really think that there is a circus that have come to town recently. Surely everyone agrees that striking up a song like that after an observation is a massive fail? At best the people involved were not thinking straight for some reason but let's not try and make excuses for a really embarrassing event. It doesn't matter who they support does it? Assume they were GAS if you like, its still a ridiculous time to sing that. If they were Gas then we wouldn’t be having this conversation. Football chants are designed to be offensive and outrageous, currently it is part of the game. Where do you draw the line? |
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Post by gasify on Feb 12, 2024 21:03:35 GMT
Surely everyone agrees that striking up a song like that after an observation is a massive fail? At best the people involved were not thinking straight for some reason but let's not try and make excuses for a really embarrassing event. It doesn't matter who they support does it? Assume they were GAS if you like, its still a ridiculous time to sing that. Clearly Gasify doesn't, or just arguing for the sake of it. If they were City fans then, yes it would have absolutely been in bad taste and they have let the club and fans down. I haven’t seen anything to say they were city fans. In which case, the two things don’t need to be connected. |
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Post by gasify on Feb 12, 2024 21:05:51 GMT
Surely everyone agrees that striking up a song like that after an observation is a massive fail? At best the people involved were not thinking straight for some reason but let's not try and make excuses for a really embarrassing event. It doesn't matter who they support does it? Assume they were GAS if you like, its still a ridiculous time to sing that. Clearly Gasify doesn't, or just arguing for the sake of it. And you would know all about that? |
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Post by Somersetgas on Feb 12, 2024 21:18:08 GMT
There's a great possibility one or both might have given were they lived, isn't that enough not to sing it straight after the 2 mins applause? Were they, or wen’t they? That fact is very relevant. The fact that you can’t answer that suggests they probably weren’t. Why are we discussing it? It’s wrong , two children have been killed, it’s that simple. Singing songs about death etc is simply wrong and totally disrespectful beyond any response, specifically after the applause. What goes through certain peoples head seriously scares me, I guess it’s a society thing. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Feb 12, 2024 21:18:12 GMT
Clearly Gasify doesn't, or just arguing for the sake of it. If they were City fans then, yes it would have absolutely been in bad taste and they have let the club and fans down. I haven’t seen anything to say they were city fans. In which case, the two things don’t need to be connected. They are connected, at the very least by sequencing. That alone should make people realise it was bad taste. Two children died. |
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Post by Somersetgas on Feb 12, 2024 21:20:53 GMT
If they were City fans then, yes it would have absolutely been in bad taste and they have let the club and fans down. I haven’t seen anything to say they were city fans. In which case, the two things don’t need to be connected. They are connected, at the very least by sequencing. That alone should make people realise it was bad taste. Two children died. Why people can’t see what you’ve just said is beyond me. The thought of what those parents are going through is horrific. |
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Post by gasify on Feb 12, 2024 21:24:30 GMT
Were they, or wen’t they? That fact is very relevant. The fact that you can’t answer that suggests they probably weren’t. Why are we discussing it? It’s wrong , two children have been killed, it’s that simple. Singing songs about death etc is simply wrong and totally disrespectful beyond any response, specifically after the applause. What goes through certain peoples head seriously scares me, I guess it’s a society thing. I see a disconnect between the two things. Like I said before, if they were city fans then it is bang out of order. “What goes through certain peoples head seriously scares me, I guess it’s a society thing.” This is how we got here in the first place. There was a party and some thought it would be a good idea to take a knife to that party. |
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Post by gasify on Feb 12, 2024 21:25:36 GMT
They are connected, at the very least by sequencing. That alone should make people realise it was bad taste. Two children died. Why people can’t see what you’ve just said is beyond me. The thought of what those parents are going through is horrific. No parent should have to bury their children. |
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Post by stuart1974 on Feb 12, 2024 21:49:42 GMT
Why people can’t see what you’ve just said is beyond me. The thought of what those parents are going through is horrific. No parent should have to bury their children. True, sadly though too many still do. |
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