Personally I don't see why some of you chaps are upset. The more
people know the songs the better. One of the problems of getting
people to join in is unfamiliarity with the chants. Once people see
how simple they all are I think they're more likely to join in.
It's a pretty light hearted piece really. It's not like
they're having a dig at us, unlike some of the reporting ealier in
the year. So what if your mates at work think the songs are a bit
lame. Let's see what all the other sports in NZ have had to offer
in terms of songs? Nothing! The "kiwi-clap clap" crowd can
criticise when they come up with something better.
I think we should just accept that for now we're doing
something that no-one else is doing in NZ, and so far we're a
novelty for the media - so things like this are giong to get
reported. Why not take advantage of the publicity rather than
whinge about it. So they picked a few slightly pathetic chants to
report. Well, at least they demonstrated that we've got more than
one song.
From the few games I was able to attend before I moved to the
UK it started becoming apparent that our repetoir was limited to
about three tunes. ('Oh wellington', 'Who are ya' and 'same
old aussies'). Perhaps the article will spur folks on to actually
singing some new songs rather than staring blankly when a new tune
comes out (as happened to a few of the early suggetions at the
start of the season). The fact is, no matter how soft the lyrics
appear in print, 10,000 people singing the same thing sounds bloody
amazing!
Just think "you'll never walk alone" (pretty nancy looking
lyrics, but sounds great at anfield though) "blowing bubbles" (what
the?? still sounds good when sung by the hammers faithful
though) "swing lo -sweet chariot" (might be a poncy rugby song, but
it still sounds fantastic when the English nancy boys belt it out
all toegther).
I say embrace the victoria song. Who cars if it looks soft in
print. If everyone sang it it would sound fantastic.
Garunteed.
