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oh jesus we have released a single.............

http://www.swindontownfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10341~2059176,00.html

Oh God no!  :doh:

Fuck my life.

Aren't they the ones that made a show of themselves at half time a month or so back?

Where's the smiley for abject cringing? :doh:  :-[

Oh my!!! It better be as good as " up where we belong" or don't bother!  ;D

we're destined to loose

Fuck it, not heard it yet, it may be good. Or even if it's as embarrassing as I think we're expecting, it's being sold in aid of the Downs Syndrome charity so, you know, good cause and all that.

i can imagin it being something like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG5RYBRSYKE

disclaimer:- the title of the video has nothing to do with me

This single will not only surpass Kramer's seminal work 'Singing Out for Swindon', but will also knock that crappy Leeds effort from the the Top Ten.

I love stuff like this.  The game is capturing the imagination of people in the town...which is what we have been wanting to happen for a long time.  Easy to knock it, but I'm not going to.

If thats the case then i will buy a copy.

I refer the right honourable gentleman to my avatar, which I believe explains my feelings succinctly.

The lyrics are embarrassingly shit.

Yeah, fair point Ardiles. Stuff like this isn't designed to appeal to us, it's for the "Town as a whole" etc and if it all helps create a wave of enthusiasm/momentum in the build up to Saturday, then good enough. They do tend to be pretty embarrassing these kind of things though. And as long as no-one tries to get us to sing the bloody thing at games

Of course they are, it's a football club song for God's sake. The FA have strict regulations about exactly how crap such songs must be and the exact amount they must make normal supporters' toes curl every time they hear the thing

Suddenly Leeds's single doesn't seem quite stupid... and I've not even heard this one yet!!   :suicide:

I'm just glad we have the excuse that's it's all in a good cause.

Rhyming "dream" with "dream" is inexcusable.

When I first saw the title of  the thread I thought it was going to be one of those take offs of those motivational posters!

Quite right!

I can't find any examples right now, but back in the 1920s/1930s it was fairly common for poems to be published about cup exploits etc.  I remember one, in particular, in one of Dick Mattick's books that has something about raising a hearty cheer for the valiant Robins who vanquishing the men from Old Trafford (or something).

(Actually, having just looked this up, it must have been following one of the two occasions on which we beat them in 1914 or 1930.)

Let's buy it for the sake of it and knock that pathetic leeds song out it's spot

Shame we're not an Angling Club. Then we could have rhymed it with "bream"

We're Swindon, for God's sake. Surely they could have used "steam"?

That would be more appropriate for the Iron, surely?

I actually posted that once. Funny as fuck. The pointdexter third in from the left is magnificent...he's in the zone :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Anywhere online I can hear the song?

Just out of morbid curiosity, like.

or

to achieve the dream
we're playing in cream (white doesn't rhyme)

Has it got something similar to the John Barnes rap? If not, then I'd be extremely disappointed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnUh5LlrPZ4

THE JFL RAP!

I'm sure that at the very least the final letters "rap" will be appearing in many reviews of the track

Haven't heard it yet, but it can't be as bad as that Cardiff FA Cup one.

It's a football club song, they're supposed to be awful. But if it helps build momentum/exictement, all well and good. It's only 3 quid and the money goes to Swindon Downs Support Group, so no matter how bad it is, I'm going to get a copy for that alone.

I'm going to get one because if everyone does Mex said we'd get in the top 40 like Maths Class.

Just heard it,give me up where we belong any day,there is also another one from a guy in melksham according to wiltshire sound.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search/?q=swindon%20town%20wembley%20song

oh it starts at the 2hr 50 mark

Are they using a soundbite of 'We are Sturrock's red and white army' at the start?

That's not as bad as I was expecting.

It's no Danny Wilson's, Danny Wilson town end rumba remix

couldnt they make it rhyme?

Some of the lyrics have to be squeezed in, but there are some good harmonies, we go up and down the scales and there's a hint of an anthem in there - I like it and it's a good cause.

Eight out of a possible ten

Holy shit thats bad.

Fuck off.

Its not a proper football song. Where are all the players singing in it.

Where's the 'John Barnes Rap'?!!!

Clearly the bloke who wrote it?!

Good spot - the "we go up and down the scale" gave it away!  Full marks for the charity angle but the lyrics are total jissom.  Any mention of St Mary's and Charlie which doesn't include the phrase "Rounding Kelvin Davis as he stuck the fucker in" is plain wrong.  In fact I may write a whole song called "Rounding Kelvin Davis" 

The link's doing the rounds at our office now. Early reviews are, well, less than flattering

I didn't really catch any of the lyrics, I was busy trying to stop my ears bleeding.

fucking hell that's retarded

I've not listened to it yet - but Ive looked at the words - that was enough truth be told!

TBF that is pretty shit.

Just got my copy from the club shop - put it on in the car on the way back. I've heard a lot worse, as football songs go. The singer does well to fit all the lyrics in, they don't seem to fit the tune that well. The kids liked it. And it's 3 quid to a decent charity, when all's said and done.

Just give three quid to the charity instead and spare yourself the grief.

This is why employment is bad. If this had happened a year ago, I would have spent the afternoon writing and recording a terrible song through my only means of a poundland microphone.

The world is wrong.

And then the evening laying the backing track over the Ricky Shakes dancing competition.

Fuck yeah

Why didn't I think of that? Joe played the damn thing repeatedly once we got home. In case anyone was wondering it doesn't sound a whole lot better played on a proper stereo/louder/often

Ear rape.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p007xpmq/Matthew_Smith_25_05_2010_Swindon_Town_Wembley_song_Chelsea_Flower_Show_Westdale_Nurseries_Council_Cuts/


listen about 4 minutes from the end