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I'm not sure if I prefer Judy Garland Somewhere Over the Rainbow or Frank's I did it my way. 

Fancy a bum?

I have absolutely no fucking idea what your talking about. Guru Josh Project Infinity has to be the gayest thing I've ever heard in my life. I'm worried that some of the gayness has rubbed on me just typing it, and not good wholesome homo gayness, nasty gay gayness.

Some bloke with the most significant Geordie accent I've experienced thus far came into work asking for that song... What the customer said was literally, as Alan Partridge once said, "just a noise".

A silly question Ben..use a laptop and never played games on it....i got new champ manager as a prezzy so what would be my best way of loading it and playing it...ime a complete novice and dont want to wreck my lappy.

the music doesnt bother me too much.we will rock you is always a good un.that fat robinette should be sacked though

Joy Division's Atrocity Exhibition would be my choice

The Music from Jaws would be neat.

Just put it in the drive and install when it asks then run it. It's probably the only way of loading and running it.

Fuckin in the bushes by oasis would be my choice.

Actually that would be well funny!

Barbara Streisand's Send in the clowns

Bring back Kramer.

Nirvana - Territorial Pissings

A bit cliché, but a bit of Elton John, Queen, George Michael or maybe even the village people would back up your intentions quite well.

It's a bonus if i make kick off these days so i couldn't give a shit what we come out to.

Surely, if it's music to "come out" to, the gayer the better?

Theme tune from the muppets...or the magic roundabout...it'd please Tails.

Stone Roses - Driving South

Nice.

Benny Hill theme tune...chasing out keeper Smith and slapping his head.

Oh, now that is genius.

I just think we should be true to our heritage! Change the nickname to the moonrakers and change our entrance music to the magic roundabout theme tune. We had a train horn when we scored last season as well, not sure if that's still going on.

I've always thought we should come out to the Magic Roundabout!

 I reckon the Robin should go.....and bring back the moonraker we used to have.

Do you want to be said Moonraker?

Defo......can you remember him at wembley...quality.

it sounds a bit frightening to be honest?

Thatsthe point...shake my rake at the away fans!

That sounds ace.

Let's start a petition.

I'll sign it.

We've never identified much with the Robins thing anyway.  How can we, when there are two other teams less than an hour away with the same nickname.

We need a big, ugly, ale-swilling, smock-wearing yokel chewing on a piece of straw.

I wouldnt need to dress up then!

Can somebody explain the whole Moonraker thing to me please? I feel like I'm missing something glaringly obvious....

(oh and I know there's a pub called that, but that's about it!)

Some thick bastards used to try and rake the moon out of the water when it obviously wasnt the moon but its reflection or something like that.

Either that or the film Moonraker was written by someone from Swindon. We could run out to Shirley Bassey singing Moonraker!!!

Its an old tale where two smugglers had hidden a barrel in some pond and went to retrieve it at night.  Some customs officers spotted them and asked what they were doing. In their west country accents they claimed they were trying to rake the piece of cheese in the pond, obviously the reflection of the moon.

The customs officers thought they were idiots and left them to it and they managed to get their barrel back and had the last laugh.

 That moonraker was Ray Howell pere of David.....when I started going we had a moonraker replete with a string of pork sausages round his neck to emphasis his Wiltshireness.

 But that was when we had a unique club song  "To Be a Farmer's Boy" .....cattle were still walked along the roads to the Old Town market, and the VWH hunt met in The Square opposite The Bell before riding to hounds.

We need to start an official petition to get rid of the 'robins' as our nickname, as its been said before on this thread, too many other naff clubs are called the robins, it really doesnt sound menacing enough........ I remember Palace fans taunting our 'robins' chant with their 'eagles' one in the playoffs 20 odd years ago.....

The Moonrakers sounds a bit more menacing even though it is embracing/celebrating an episode of total yokel stupidity from our history.

Failing that, we called always nickname ourselves 'The Drax Industries', wasnt that from the film????

It certainly was...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f8/Sir_Hugo_Drax_by_Michael_Lonsdale.jpg

MOONRAKERS.....in the civil war locals hid barrells of beer,whiskey etc in a large pond.....strongly believed to be in Devizes.
One night while retrieving them from the water with large rakes the kings men caught them red handed,it was a full moon and it was reflecting like a large cheeze on the water....when challenged and asked what they were doing with the rakes the answer was
I be raking the moon sir.....the kings men rode off laughing at the thick wiltshiremen!

Christ he looks like my Uncle Bill..... He did time when I was a kid - for unspecified reasons, its still not mentioned to this day.

(unspecified reasons for why he was in jail, not for when I was a kid - I had very clear specified reasons for being a kid, my age being one.)

How can Palace dare to taunt us with their cry of 'Eagles' when they are really 'Glaziers'? This just like Reading's denial of being 'Biscuit Men'. It's an airbrushed revisionist history to match anything Stalin ever did. Well give or take the odd gulag.

To be fair it's only a small step from hanging monkeys. I reckon we should keep it quiet.

It's not though is it? As leefer's retelling makes clear it was using a pretence of yokel stupidity to put one over the King's men. They're the idiots in the story, not the crafty smugglers

Those pesky smugglers! They certainly pulled the wool over my eyes. Having said that they were criminals and as such our sympathies should be with the King's men at what was clearly a difficult time.

ahhhh yes.... perhaps we could be renamed 'the crafty smugglers'

whos with me? :D

Good name for a pub.

I prefer the Sozzled Farmers.

Guess that was Viv Sutton, from Minety, then Reg.  I can remember him walking round the ground pre-match chatting to the fans.  Was a baker in the village, sadly the bakers shop went the way of so many others years ago and I believe Viv died in a nursing home in Purton about 10 years ago.

Absolutely right Spacey, and this following hot on the heels of the failure of  The King's men (and their equine companions) to reassmble one Mr Dumpty.

[url width=400 height=400]http://i373.photobucket.com/albums/oo177/archstanton1973/moon.jpg[/url]

Much better without that moth eaten robin...

Yeah, I think the King should do a full review of his induction process. There's clearly some training issues that need to be addressed. 

*bump*

Any suitable records for the new era?

Public enemy - fight the power

I've been to too many Sale Sharks games and trust me, it's the worst theme tune and very very boring!! It obviously doesn't inspire performances on the pitch as Sale have been shocking over the past few seasons!!

The theme tune to 'It's a small world' from the Disneyland ride please. I bloody love that song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA4Gw82h7-o

Just one Di Caniooooooo,give it to meee.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHwRJIBRboQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI9x2Vw6Sjw

NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOO, that sticks in my head aand i can't get it out, HHHEEEEEELLLLLLPPPPPPPPPP me. :suicide: :suicide:

This has my vote, can you imagine!!! wicked

What about...

Star Wars - Imperial March

It still shits me up when I hear it!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HdHcRUXCkI&feature=related

Dodgy looking fella singing this one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A3zetSuYRg

It should defo be a rock track of some kind, something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hh_a7pYzHw

Or something ironic like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxtn6-XQupM

Tenpole Tudor, Swords of a thousand men or The Alarm, 68 guns.
Either should get the fans and players up for the battle ( Excuse the pun )  good one for the pox game : the clash, I fought the law And the law won !

For the Italian Stalion and his team it has to be eye of the tiger

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgSMxY6asoE

don't understand why you would choose anything but this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7jSp2xmmEE

I have that song as my ringtone on my phone.
I also think we should come out to the beginning of madness, night boat to cairo. Starting off with the fog horn then into the song.

 I guess "simple the best" Tina turner or "we are the champions" queen would be a bit cocky for 1st game of the season.

Could even be " simply " the best instead of simple ! :-[

Here you go. Need something different for the PdC era  :hmmm:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSeNSzJ2-Jw

second vote for this.

Although our PA system wouldnt do it justice.

Music that we run out to these days is pointless, as the players dont run out onto the pitch anymore. The walk out, stand still shake hands - ghey.

Do that shit in the tunnel then let the players sprint out onto the pitch towards the crowd.

Diana Ross - I'm coming out (so long as the players agree to mince, skip and prance out of the tunnel)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i6ISaFB1O8

and then they could do the madness walk out of the tunnel...how funny would that be, all lined up with prok pie hats on.


('night' boat to Cairo isnt it)

And plastic saxophones.  Winner.  Get it done.

I can imagine Jeremy Wray doing the robot to this.  :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHbYLjWEEQA

 :toocool:

R Kelly.... Sign of a victory

R Kelly - World's Greatest.

Ken Dodd - Happiness.

All in this together- High School Musical , with the players coming out and doing some theatrical shit

That would work in a strange way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqOIX1sOq3s

This has to be up there?  Sounds authentic to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlOO-EkdTCM

I heard Brighton have already called dibs on that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIechPy5ycc

A little old maybe, but fook me, imagine this for the Pox...

most uplifting intro ever?



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXWVpcypf0w

I always use this for introducing swimmers in the finals of galas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQAWVaIU9Uw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJz2MzNdnUM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJz2MzNdnUM)

Seeing quite a few Italian themes here reminded me of the  Italian lads who used to stand in the shrivvy or town end, they used to have ultras flags. Anyone on here?  :sherlock:

Edit: it was about 20 years ago!

I've seen the ultras flag in the town end, more recently in the last say 5 years.

One had a green bomber jacket and was very animated .  :) I am sure they used to stand on the right of the town end but were in the shrivvy (away corner) for the prem season.

Im sure they will be back in full force this season  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNRModwyqas

Just seen this. Great shout for entrance music.

Hey Mumbo, Mumbo Italiano....and so on.....

think this is widely regarded as the right choice, the swearing is the only thing to let it down because of kids though.  shame

so is anyone actually going to go through with this with a poll and letter to the club or will we just carry on complaining about the shit they actually come out to?

think you just nominated yourself

 When we've had this debate before, the cognoscenti, now mainly lost to this forum, reckoned it should be this little classic. I'm inclined to agree.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdUoQOgfl5M

the problem is there will always be someone not happy with the five or so songs nominated for the poll.

Mods should just call it as they know best and we'll go along with it!!

You're sounding like you'll be the next to sign off.

New avatar?

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Love that record....lets get it sorted!

We need our own anthem this would be perfect

So who is going to get it sorted then Dean...you got contacts ;)

This

"Please dont wake me up from red shirt dreams"

TEFerTID

Good to hear!   :)

That's perfect, never heard it before, but I love it.

Agree with this. Can you print out the words and pass the lyrics around on the 6th??

Leeds' song is a long one and everyone gets involved so let's get this going!!

http://www.lyricsty.com/xtc-red-brick-dream-lyrics.html

cheers leefer!! I'll be awaiting in the DRS on the 6th, sheet in hand ready for the song!!

I'll even print a copy off for a few of the family

Yeah but we need to get the tannoy playing it every match as they come out.

The day I've had would suit another song off that album - Train running low on soul coal.

Not heard that song before, but its ace, we should deffo get this playing when we come out.... please save us from Ready to Go!

Wow - that had the hairs on the back of my neck standing up - over 20 years since I lived in Swindon, but it will always be home, generations of my family lived, loved and died in the town, XTC, what  a band, Swindon's finest. Thank you.

Matchday announcer shaun skinner posted on here last season asking for ideas so someone send him a message as I can't find the topic...he will sort it....as for the ultras,couple of em were season ticket holders last year...rob romanelli and his sister Rachel...i'd imagine they'll be floating around again this season

Can we not just come out to that girl singing wise men say like at the end of last season, was very uplifting  :)

I'd love the xtc song before the run out with Ian brown F.E.A.R (unkle mix) while they run out! That would be ace

For Oxford on the 21st i think you should come out to,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhcflDSUMvc

and this is for you and your inbred family

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqJHoZBJYxI

Clubbed to Death by Rob D. That should get up going.

How about "You're My Drug" by the Dukes of Stratosphear (aka XTC)?

It's a bit psychedelic, but catchier than Red Brick Dreams....difficult to sing along to, though!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zto_xStioU&feature=related

I'd quite like this.

Something I heard on tv and was done back in the 60s at Liverpool and Everton (which led to Youll Never Walk Alone being adopted)

Might be a concept worth investigating for the people who organise the match day music before the game.

They used to run down the current top 10 and play them in order - like a chart show pre game. I know music isnt quite what it was - altho some would argue its better - but I would welcome this and it would always give you the latest music over the PA - music is about the only thing you can hear and understand!

Doesnt have to be a top 10 - could be a top 5 ..

I like the idea anyway - of course you would still have the Rockin Robin dance section and music to come out to after that.

The fact that swagger fucking jagger is in the top 5 makes me hate that idea

The club would have to pay mega bucks for that.

Crap idea, i'd rather they play the music from back in the 60's.

Probably been suggested already, but has to be Fatboy Slim's Right Here, Right now for me.

Also, though I hate the fact we play music after we score, I'd rather we had Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis than I Feel Good or whatever bollocks it was last season.

Did we play music after we scored last season? I honestly don't recall that!

To be honest I'm actually struggling to remember scoring last year let alone whether they played music or not????

I work for PRS for Music, it wouldn't matter which songs the club played it doesn't change the price, the fee they pay is worked out on attendances throughout the season.

I did earlier!


It was High Ho silver wasn't it?

We played glad all oer

Thats Palace's song

And that was a disgrace we started playing that. Whoever decided to play that song should be sacked! Glad all over? You having a laugh.  Next time we score why don't we play Glory Glory Man Utd, you'll never walk alone or I was born under a wandering star?

I think we should come out to A Certain Shade of Green by Incubus.

Who sings that.. :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3DcChXNyYQ&feature=related

would get my vote

How about this for something a bit different?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKqLKiU2v_M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcQCcYkLMzU&feature=player_detailpage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcQCcYkLMzU&feature=player_detailpage)

It could catch on

Have recently heard 'switchblade smiles' by Kasabian which sounds appropriate.

Depending on the season could be anything from Propane Nightmares to the theme from Terry and June !

Pah, that's not even the best Henry's Cat theme tune

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIEVTGUIfxU&feature=related

Have to disagree there.  I feel mine is more upbeat and the length of it would at least allow the players to get out onto the pitch.....

Bump.

Just wanted to hear it again

I'm sure I read somewhere that that song got banned from being played before football matches? Although it might just be my mind playing tricks in my old age

U2-Pride....despite hating U2, its a fucking great tune