John Boy Saint Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 I had to take my Daughter to South Wales on Saturday, on our way down the M4 we saw 1000s of Newport County fans heading to Wembley for the FA Vase final. On the way home with nowt much on the radio we tuned into BBC radio Wales to see how they were getting on, unfortunately they lost 2-0 to York City. When York lifted the cup somewhere in the depths of Wembley someone inserted the celebration CD into the machine and pressed play. So you heard the York City fans cheer as the Captain raised the cup then piped we are the champions, followed by the same tunes we heard following our winning of the JPT at full blast. When it came to interviews of the Newport players they could not hear the question due to the volume. That reminded me of our last game of the season following the pitch invasion stood up in the stand still you could hear the 1000s by the tunnel trying to sing OWTS, we are going up, etc and basically giving up against the PA and you thought why is the person with the music switch not paying attention and switching off or turning down the music as the fans just seemed to give up the battle. When we ambled onto the pitch the sound from the PA was just white noise as the various distances from the speakers in the stands just blurred into a mess, so no wonder the choir gave up. Part of football down through the years is the singing from the crowd, and there are so many times when the crowd at SMS sing as one and it sounds fantastic. I would love to know in this world of TV cameras everywhere if the piping of crap Celebratory music is there a directive to cover up songs with naughty words in being heard at home on the TV and radio. Or whether the folks who run the PA just are like a poor DJ wanting to play what they want and not what the dance floor is dancing too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidshokk Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 "Another one bites the dust" when we've just been prompted to the premier league is unforgivable. Such lack of thought and planning. Leave the background noise to the fans. There was always going to be enough of it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 The only music that is acceptable at football is the one the team comes out to. This should be played loudly and be an inspirational song, no f*cking Queens On Vision that we had to put up with a few years ago FFS. Goal celebration music - dont do it, it aint Ice Hockey Also what happened to brass bands at half time? Bring them back FFS and get rid of the clown on the microphone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 "Another one bites the dust" when we've just been prompted to the premier league is unforgivable. Such lack of thought and planning. Leave the background noise to the fans. There was always going to be enough of it.... I thought that. PA music is bad enough at a time like that, but what a f*****g choice. Out of all the songs in the whole to pick, what an utterly rubbish one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Jazzbo Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 Bring back the RAF Dog Team as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paris Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 I like the Hey Jude at City .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 14 May, 2012 Author Share Posted 14 May, 2012 I like the Hey Jude at City ....But that was a song they sing in their repertoire, they play Blue Moon over the PA up there too. Like above "another on bites the dust" and "celebrate" by Cool and the Gang are hardly sing-a-long favourites. Our CD doesn't even have OWTS on it, if it did it wouldn't be a version we could all sing along to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 What I found strange (especially after the JPT final) was that they didn't play "The Saints Are Coming!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 i remember one game at the Dell when both ends were terracing when we played Spurs and the brass band went to the Spurs end and played Glory Glory Tottehnham Hotspur, then to the Milton and played OWTGMI with both set of fans singing along, was a great atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 i remember one game at the Dell when both ends were terracing when we played Spurs and the brass band went to the Spurs end and played Glory Glory Tottehnham Hotspur, then to the Milton and played OWTGMI with both set of fans singing along, was a great atmosphere. Are you practicing your Poker Face? Finding it harder by the day to figure out if you are on a wind up or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graffito Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 Music at football doesn't generally create atmosphere except where there is none to begin with. At most grounds, including St Mary's, music destroys atmosphere, especially with the ****y willy sound system we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 Only place I've found goal music tolerable is palace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 I had to take my Daughter to South Wales on Saturday, on our way down the M4 we saw 1000s of Newport County fans heading to Wembley for the FA Vase final. On the way home with nowt much on the radio we tuned into BBC radio Wales to see how they were getting on, unfortunately they lost 2-0 to York City. When York lifted the cup somewhere in the depths of Wembley someone inserted the celebration CD into the machine and pressed play. So you heard the York City fans cheer as the Captain raised the cup then piped we are the champions, followed by the same tunes we heard following our winning of the JPT at full blast. When it came to interviews of the Newport players they could not hear the question due to the volume. That reminded me of our last game of the season following the pitch invasion stood up in the stand still you could hear the 1000s by the tunnel trying to sing OWTS, we are going up, etc and basically giving up against the PA and you thought why is the person with the music switch not paying attention and switching off or turning down the music as the fans just seemed to give up the battle. When we ambled onto the pitch the sound from the PA was just white noise as the various distances from the speakers in the stands just blurred into a mess, so no wonder the choir gave up. Part of football down through the years is the singing from the crowd, and there are so many times when the crowd at SMS sing as one and it sounds fantastic. I would love to know in this world of TV cameras everywhere if the piping of crap Celebratory music is there a directive to cover up songs with naughty words in being heard at home on the TV and radio. Or whether the folks who run the PA just are like a poor DJ wanting to play what they want and not what the dance floor is dancing too. FA Trophy Final, not FA Vase. And weirdly, possibly as I was in the Newport end (as was Steve Grant, fact fans) I couldn't hear any music - they must have stuck the speakers on for the York end. I was quite pleased about how "authentic" it was, endless repetition of the words "York City FC", "2012 FA Trophy Final" and "Newport County AFC" aside. FWIW I hate all music within 5 minutes of kick offm, during matches and afterwards, and that is now being added to by the use of astroturf on areas of the supposedly grass playing field, including inside the goal (Chelsea take note). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 Music had a bad effect on two key moments of the season, 1) Pompey away 2) After the game against Coventry. The built up to the away Pompey game was going well, singing on the bus, singing on the walk in, only to be completely over powered by the PA system once in the ground. We couldn't hear ourselves sing, let alone the skates. There was therefore little banter before the kick off making the atmosphere less than it could have been. I don't know if this was for the benefit of the BBC, bad language etc or not. The pitch invasion was again not what it could have been as some numpty decided to blast out their favourite hits from the 80s as well as a song that chorus went 'Chelsea Chelsea'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 this sort of music is perfect for building at atmosphere. If it's good enough for the best fans in the world it's good enough for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 They had that crap when they came out (I have to admit it is ok as it is traditional and has links to the city/team), it is the 'super club'/Ibiza style crap at full blast 10 mins before kick off I object to. As well as the feckin drummer (possibly dancers?) that were in front of the Fratton end like they were auditioning for Brittan's got talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpturner Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 The music blaring out at St Mary's when we were on the pitch trying to celebrate with the team after the Coventry match - now that did ****** me right off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 The music blaring out at St Mary's when we were on the pitch trying to celebrate with the team after the Coventry match - now that did ****** me right off. What's not to like? It was the best mix of the 80's 90's and today, played at full volume. So what if you couldn't hear the crowd or the players, it wasn't about them. It was about the PA getting that job he has always wanted on Ocean FM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gis Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 Thoroughly agree with everything being said about music that destroys any real atmosphere. Also would like a total ban on drums and trumpets (although bells at Pimpey are fine as it must drive everyone insane, and they deserve all they get). Can I add to the list Corporate Seats on the halfway line, particularly at Wembley - best seats in the house and they are still 3/4 empty 10 minutes after the start, and ten minutes before the end of each half. AAAAAAghhhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 15 May, 2012 Share Posted 15 May, 2012 (edited) Music has NO PLACE in football from 10 minutes prior to kick off to 10 minutes after end of a game. Destroys atmosphere, and is simply cringeingly embarrassing. And, while we are here, don't get me started on fake, corporately-produced banners and flags put out in the big stadia like Emirates, Stamford Bridge, Ethihad Old T. etc. in a vain attempt to address the sterility of the modern arena (thanks to fans being banned entry with real flags/banners etc - we can't have anything that might obscure the precious advertising hoardings can we - and the prawn sandwich brigade). Edited 15 May, 2012 by adrian lord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrian lord Posted 15 May, 2012 Share Posted 15 May, 2012 Thoroughly agree with everything being said about music that destroys any real atmosphere. Also would like a total ban on drums and trumpets (although bells at Pimpey are fine as it must drive everyone insane, and they deserve all they get). Can I add to the list Corporate Seats on the halfway line, particularly at Wembley - best seats in the house and they are still 3/4 empty 10 minutes after the start, and ten minutes before the end of each half. AAAAAAghhhhhh There is a further problem with mid-level rings of corporate seating: it creates an atmosphere-nulling equivalent of a fire-break, half way up a bank of fans. This is a big problem at the Emirates (although granted, Highbury was also known as the Library, even without such seating ringing the stadium at such a crucial level, in it's least decade or so...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted 15 May, 2012 Share Posted 15 May, 2012 "Another one bites the dust" when we've just been prompted to the premier league is unforgivable. Such lack of thought and planning. Leave the background noise to the fans. There was always going to be enough of it.... I f*cking hate that song, was too mad to notice it mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben05 Posted 15 May, 2012 Share Posted 15 May, 2012 The worst i have been to was Watford Away last season. It was more like a nightclub than a football match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 15 May, 2012 Share Posted 15 May, 2012 The worst i have been to was Watford Away last season. It was more like a nightclub than a football match. Agree, I honestly couldn't hear my brother speak before the game and he was sitting right next to me. It is especially bad though at key moments. The fans are on the pitch, the players are shaking champagne, lets play a song about a transsexual called Chelsea by a band from Scotland. FFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted 15 May, 2012 Share Posted 15 May, 2012 Only place I've found goal music tolerable is palace. Thats only because they dont need to play it very often.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry the Badger Posted 15 May, 2012 Share Posted 15 May, 2012 The music blaring out at St Mary's when we were on the pitch trying to celebrate with the team after the Coventry match - now that did ****** me right off. Me too. Don't remember it being there the previous year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyer Posted 15 May, 2012 Share Posted 15 May, 2012 I hate wigans, its so loud that you cant hear anyone celebrating. Maybe thats the point of it. Supposedly we have pigbag at Loftus Road but Ive never heard it over the noise, I know the crowd do pigbag but never hear the music, not surprising at one Stoke fan said it was the loudest hed ever heard a ground when a goal went in, even compared to a full wembley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 15 May, 2012 Share Posted 15 May, 2012 I hate wigans, its so loud that you cant hear anyone celebrating. Maybe thats the point of it. Supposedly we have pigbag at Loftus Road but Ive never heard it over the noise, I know the crowd do pigbag but never hear the music, not surprising at one Stoke fan said it was the loudest hed ever heard a ground when a goal went in, even compared to a full wembley. The music at QPR somehow fits. Probably the only place in the country I would say so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsland Red Posted 15 May, 2012 Share Posted 15 May, 2012 Totally agree about the 'PA v fans singing' after the last game of the season, ridiculous insensitive jobsworth on the PA. Also unnecessary before games such as Pompey when the atmosphere doesn't need PA. On the same theme I will never forget the way the PA deliberately drowned out the "Yellows" chants which filled the Millenium Stadium when Arsenal were presented with the cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsland Nick Posted 15 May, 2012 Share Posted 15 May, 2012 a song that chorus went 'Chelsea Chelsea'. not one of my favourites, but linked to promotion as we will play them next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo-Saint Posted 15 May, 2012 Share Posted 15 May, 2012 not one of my favourites, but linked to promotion as we will play them next season Bit of a dusty bin tenuous link. The song also mentions boys with big bones, does this support that position as the players we will play against in the prem will be bigger? And as it is about a stripper, well we all know about prem players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyer Posted 15 May, 2012 Share Posted 15 May, 2012 The music at QPR somehow fits. Probably the only place in the country I would say so. I think its because we took it on as our anthem and then the club started playing it after, I think its cheesy playing an unrelated song like Wigan do and blast it out so loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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