- Jun 6, 2005
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Problem I see with new chants is that music isn't as... I dunno, knees up, as it used to be. There's not so much of the rousing chorus or memorable hook like there used to be, now the charts are flooded with so many genres from grime to fucking.. what was it, Drill? fuck knows...
What i'm getting at is Chas n Dave had a piano and a guitar and drums and used to write songs to get you singing along, a lot of music up to the 80's is very fun to belt out in a crowd, but the further we get from that era the less fans are left to remember them tunes. When I was a kid we all used to tune in to the radio to hear the top ten announced so we all knew the same tunes, now it's a running score that is effected by a thousand sources and no-one cares.
The only one I can think of that incorporates a modern tune and is absolutely great is the Will Grigg chant - that's hilarious, but getting a whole crowd, where tastes and therefore knowledge of particular tunes is spread so much thinner, it's much tougher to get everyone on board.
I had a great song for Son, to the tune of the Carpenters "Sing" but like half the crowd would join in with that! I've also been trying to work Harry Winks into a version of Lily The Pink but there's not enough alcohol in the house for me to sing that atm. If ever there was a drunk's song...
What i'm getting at is Chas n Dave had a piano and a guitar and drums and used to write songs to get you singing along, a lot of music up to the 80's is very fun to belt out in a crowd, but the further we get from that era the less fans are left to remember them tunes. When I was a kid we all used to tune in to the radio to hear the top ten announced so we all knew the same tunes, now it's a running score that is effected by a thousand sources and no-one cares.
The only one I can think of that incorporates a modern tune and is absolutely great is the Will Grigg chant - that's hilarious, but getting a whole crowd, where tastes and therefore knowledge of particular tunes is spread so much thinner, it's much tougher to get everyone on board.
I had a great song for Son, to the tune of the Carpenters "Sing" but like half the crowd would join in with that! I've also been trying to work Harry Winks into a version of Lily The Pink but there's not enough alcohol in the house for me to sing that atm. If ever there was a drunk's song...