Dear Tony,
Please please please do something about this important
issue.
There is an old sixties ska song called Phoenix City by the
Skatalites that should be played at home games. Since the very
inception of the Phoenix and Yellow Fever there has been a hardcore
group of loyal fans who have felt this song is the perfect theme
tune for the 'Nix. This movement of like-minded fans has been
slowly building ever since, as the poll elsewhere in this thread
proves.
Despite continued and increasingly desperate pleas,
however, it seems our voices cannot be heard! So many things
about the Phoenix are going so well and yet something is missing.
Phoenix City would be the icing on the cake and prove once and for
all that the club is really listening to the fans. A cake with no
icing is still a cake but it is just not as delicious as it could
be. This is your chance to make the Phoenix even more delicious
than it already is.
It doesn't even have to be the run-on song - just play it
before, during or after games. I assure you that people will go
nuts. If you are impressed by the displays of Yellow Fever in the
stands so far then after a few plays of Phoenix City you will be
wetting yourself. You will have also captured the hearts and minds
of your hardcore fanbase forever.
Please help us, Obi-Tony Kenobi, you are our only hope.
Love and respect,
Terminator X
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Never heard of this song can anyone upload a link to it (youtube
etc). Was it being sung on Sunday? Chances are pretty
high it would be better than Johnny Cash!
Selhurst Park, 25 January 1995
What else could he have done?
What else could he have done?
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Visit the Chants forum... there are links to it there.
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Never heard of this song can anyone upload a link to it (youtube
etc). Was it being sung on Sunday? Chances are pretty
high it would be better than Johnny Cash!
There are some versions of it on YouTube - just search "Phoenix City".
Great post Terminator x......I'm all for adding Phoenix City as the icing.....
Please listen Tony P, this will just raise the roof (even higher)......
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Strictly speaking is it a "song"? It's an instrumental isn't
it? Okay I suppose....but surely we can do better than both
Johnny Cash and this thing?
Selhurst Park, 25 January 1995
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Dont know if anyone else saw 'World of Football' last night but
Dennis Katsanos did an interview with composer John Psathas, he's a
local who did the music for the 2004 Olympic Games.
He's also a big Phoenix fan by the sounds of things.
Dennis made the excellent suggestion that John should compose
a song for the Phoenix.
Any thoughts ??
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Yeah saw that - and thought it was a great idea.....until we hear
the finished piece I guess.....
Why compose something when we have Phoenix City crying out to be played and chanted.....look how well the Dario (da da, da da dah, da da dah...PHOENIX) latino number goes when we're all chanting that one.....
Great that John is a Phoenix fan - he can spread the word on a global scale....
Why compose something when we have Phoenix City crying out to be played and chanted.....look how well the Dario (da da, da da dah, da da dah...PHOENIX) latino number goes when we're all chanting that one.....
Great that John is a Phoenix fan - he can spread the word on a global scale....
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lol that would be wicked, i've studied John in music, he makes some
seriously cool stuff, sometimes extremely difficult and a bit
quirky, but great music
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Dear Tony,
Please please please do something about this important
issue.
There is an old sixties ska song called Phoenix City by the
Skatalites that should be played at home games. Since the very
inception of the Phoenix and Yellow Fever there has been a hardcore
group of loyal fans who have felt this song is the perfect theme
tune for the 'Nix. This movement of like-minded fans has been
slowly building ever since, as the poll elsewhere in this thread
proves.
Despite continued and increasingly desperate pleas,
however, it seems our voices cannot be heard! So many things
about the Phoenix are going so well and yet something is missing.
Phoenix City would be the icing on the cake and prove once and for
all that the club is really listening to the fans. A cake with no
icing is still a cake but it is just not as delicious as it could
be. This is your chance to make the Phoenix even more delicious
than it already is.
It doesn't even have to be the run-on song - just play it
before, during or after games. I assure you that people will go
nuts. If you are impressed by the displays of Yellow Fever in the
stands so far then after a few plays of Phoenix City you will be
wetting yourself. You will have also captured the hearts and minds
of your hardcore fanbase forever.
Please help us, Obi-Tony Kenobi, you are our only hope.
Love and respect,
Terminator X
Happy to look at it. Do you have the link so I can hear
it??
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yertiz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=546viFB_WbY
- insert the word "phoenix" as required
phoenix rising2007-10-02 14:03:22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=546viFB_WbY
- insert the word "phoenix" as required
phoenix rising2007-10-02 14:03:22
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why dont we just get a trumpeter for it?
I can only play the triangle (badly)
Founder
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http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_dmusic/002-4371237-4803244?initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=phoenix+city&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go
Tune 5 Tony
Tune 5 Tony
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Happy to look at it. Do you have the link so I can hear it??
I was just in at Phoenix Towers. I could have dropped one off.
I'd go with version 4 off that list of yours Quackie.
That mix is also released as Rockers Express as well as Judge Dread.
Hard News2007-10-02 14:26:25
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why dont we just get a trumpeter for it?
I can only play the triangle (badly)
Lets just get into the aussie grand scheme of things and get
someone to play the digereedoo!
I say tackle him in the face.
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and get Uncle Monkey to play at half time on stage. They do a great
Ring of Fire, and Im gonna get them to learn "We'll be Coming"
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Alright!, some traction on this issue at last. And I got
upgraded from the Chants thread! Thanks Tony P and Hard News for
giving this issue the visibility it deserves.
Tony, versions 1 or 4 off Dr Quacks list are the best but I'm
sure Hard News will sort you out with a copy anyway (get on it HN,
let's strike while the iron's hot!).
Here's my definitive list of Phoenix City links from my
previous post in the Chants thread:
"As per my other post - that clip is actually a pretty ropey
version. I prefer this one by Japanese band the Ska Flames because
the vocalist is dropping in "Phoenix City!" in all the right
places:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctgmpi5CmmE
You can also listen to (or buy) the original Skatalites version from the excellent Soul Jazz records site (it's on the Studio One Rockers album):
http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=176
Or you can buy a couple of different versions on iTunes (search on "Phoenix City"). I recommend either the 8 minute live freak out version by The (current) Skatalites, the version by Symarip or the version by Judge Dread."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctgmpi5CmmE
You can also listen to (or buy) the original Skatalites version from the excellent Soul Jazz records site (it's on the Studio One Rockers album):
http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=176
Or you can buy a couple of different versions on iTunes (search on "Phoenix City"). I recommend either the 8 minute live freak out version by The (current) Skatalites, the version by Symarip or the version by Judge Dread."
Let's make it happen people!
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hey, I told News to promote this thread
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Terminator,
I have done the same as, see
below.
Tony P
I write with what I and many fellow Wellington Phoenix supporters/season ticket holders, regard as a very emotive point, our clubs identity and perception.
There has been a long running thread on the Yellow Fever site, regarding a �Run On Song� for the team and the overwhelming opinion has been in favor of the record PHOENIX CITY, performed by The Skatelites with versions by Prince Buster, Symarip, Judge Dread and also Roland Alphonso & The Soul Brothers.
Wellington Phoenix are a fledgling club who arrived at the magnificent Westpac Trust Stadium like cuckoos back in August, I feel we all have a mission and that is to mould an identity in the Australasian public mind and having a recognised signature tune goes a long way to achieving this.
The record does not have to only be played when the team runs out, there are many other times during the game, when we score for an example, when irrelevant annoying records are spewed out over the PA, lets use these times to market our club, via TV & Radio.
Other great internationally recognised football clubs have achieved this branding and use it to the advantage :-
Liverpool with You Will Never Walk Alone � Gerry & The Pacemakers
Southampton with when The Saints Go Marching Home - Traditional
Millwall with Let Em Come � Max Bygraves
England with It�s Coming Home � The Lightning Seeds
west ham � Pretty Bubbles
Chelsea � The Liquidator � Harry J Allstars
So why can�t we ?
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This gets up and you lot are the coolest team in the league, bar none.
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At Hampdan Scotland get Loch Lomond goign which is bloody amazing
ye Phoenix city wood be good
ive got a song that wont take long, Adelaide are rubbish.. the second verse is same as the first.. ADELAIDE ARE RUBBISH
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Tony P .. you will be wetting yourself
bleh dry ceo's
(used to play in a ska band, so what can i say ..cept you fat
white pasty bastards better get in shape & learn some moves
..well ok i could have said, not the Best ska song but hey OUR Ska
song da da da di da daah:)
[alright alright (editorial pressures)
was just kidding, as we all know 'the Ska Song that's Playing at
the Moment, is teh Best Ska Song in the World Ever' there sorted da
da da di da dahh]
mijk2007-10-02 19:48:42
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hey, I told News to promote this thread
Good work.
And great post also Skaman.
Let's hope for a breakthrough soon...
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The record does not have to only be played when the team runs out, there are many other times during the game, when we score for an example, when irrelevant annoying records are spewed out over the PA, lets use these times to market our club, via TV & Radio.
It's a great song to run out to etc, but please lets not have records played when we score, or any other time during play. the fans are well capable of creating the atmosphere.
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The record does not have to only be played when the team runs out, there are many other times during the game, when we score for an example, when irrelevant annoying records are spewed out over the PA, lets use these times to market our club, via TV & Radio.
It's a great song to run out to etc, but please lets not have records played when we score, or any other time during play. the fans are well capable of creating the atmosphere.
GET YOUR SHIRTS OFF FOR THE BOYS
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why dont we just get�a
trumpeter for it?
I can only play the triangle (badly)
�
Lets just get into the aussie grand scheme of things and get
someone to play the digereedoo!
I've got a Didgeridoo and would be glad to fly up to each home game (provided someone else pays
) to
play it, mind you I'm awful on it.I think we can start a yellowfever band, Feverish on the Triangle, Loyalgunner on the Didgeridoo, and anybody who is equally as gifted as us on the kazoo.
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Really all we need is the bit in this clip. Not the
whole song!
But once we get it going (will take a while) man what a
party
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I have a mate who's come along to a couple of games already and he
plays a mean trombone in a local band called the Aviators....
He'd pick this up and be able to play it for YF real quick......and he could play from up the back so the brass reverberated out across the ground.....with us in full voice!!!
He'd pick this up and be able to play it for YF real quick......and he could play from up the back so the brass reverberated out across the ground.....with us in full voice!!!
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hook it up Coxey. He can probably smuggle the trumpet in down his
trousers
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Really all we need is the bit in this clip. Not the
whole song!
But once we get it going (will take a while) man what a
party
Good to see everybody jumping on board but I'd steer clear of the above clip - it's a dodgy version if you ask me. I much prefer this one by Japanese band the Ska Flames which is s better representation of the song (it's the "Phoenix City!" bit you really want to get the crowd into):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ctgmpi5CmmE
Feverish, Hard News - perhaps we should also cut some copies for the Backbencher and Fever Lounge to play. Let's turn this into an all out war of attrition with Phoenix City blasting out of every Phoenix venue in the city.
If someone PMs me an address to send them to I am happy to cut a couple of disks with the 5 different versions I own (Skatalites original version and live version, Judge Dread, Symarip and a great version by a yank band called Les Miserables).
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yeah Im doing a few tunes for Friday night. Dont think we need five
versions.
If I put 'We'll be Coming' on it, the Fever Lounge could end
up like this http://youtube.com/watch?v=nX6HIALBQ-0
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yeah Im doing a few tunes for Friday night. Dont think we need five
versions.
If I put 'We'll be Coming' on it, the Fever Lounge could end
up like this http://youtube.com/watch?v=nX6HIALBQ-0
If we could get the walk to the stadium going like
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mZGVCjf6B8c
or YFZ bouncing like
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Z32toKDRb08
When Hibs, went up, to win the Scottish Cup - I wisnae there - furfuxake!
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Hey those buggars stole our songs and chants.
GET YOUR SHIRTS OFF FOR THE BOYS
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If someone PMs me an address to send them to I am happy to cut a
couple of disks with the 5 different versions I own (Skatalites
original version and live version, Judge Dread, Symarip and a great
version by a yank band called Les Miserables).
How about Wellington's own The Offbeats version ?
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Hey those buggars stole our songs and chants.
No, no, I think you'll find they stole it off Melbourne or Sydney. They did EVERYTHING first.
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hook it up Coxey. He can probably smuggle the trumpet in down his
trousers
God knows i do...
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The record does not have to only be played when the team runs out, there are many other times during the game, when we score for an example, when irrelevant annoying records are spewed out over the PA, lets use these times to market our club, via TV & Radio.
It's a great song to run out to etc, but please lets not have records played when we score, or any other time during play. the fans are well capable of creating the atmosphere.
I do agree Levaggi, but the club already play
"irrelevant annoying records" to drown out YF's choir , which seems
to be the norm at Australasian matches, whether they be Rugby,
League, Rules or A League - so if they are going to play anything,
it might as well be a record we can all relate to!!!
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If someone PMs me an address to send them to I am happy to cut a
couple of disks with the 5 different versions I own (Skatalites
original version and live version, Judge Dread, Symarip and a great
version by a yank band called Les Miserables).
How about Wellington's own The Offbeats version ?
Do you have a recorded version? What release is it on? Or are
you suggesting Tony P has The Offbeats permanently stationed in the
stands? (not a bad idea!).
Anyway, let's just get a decent version out in circulation and
educate the masses...
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