‘Wonder Of You’ replacement suggestions

[jonny3110]

Fat Boy Slim - Right here, right now (used to be played at highbury and was class!!)

or

Kasabian - Club Foot

Although I love The Clash, I don't think London's Calling gives an intimidating feel to the stadium when the opposition step out!

[6OONER PETE]

The Northbank used to do a good rendition of "When you're smiling" especially when we used to exagerate the last line..
"The whole... world... smiles ...with.... you" and then cheer.
Or " Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner" was always sung well and after the last line "Maybe it's because I'm A Londoner that I love London town" a few would always add " Get off me sister!"
Shame we don't seem to have the same range of songs now but it does seem to have changed since the old Northbank was pulled down.

[Dan_85]

The pre-match music at AG cracks me up, it's so badly thought out. In the 20 mins or so before kick off all manner of punchy, hyped-up tracks are played; Club Foot, Carnival De Paris etc (any of which would be better than Elvis). Then just prior to the teams coming out, as the anticipation & atmosphere should be reaching a crescendo the DJ drops the coma-inducing TWOY & the whole crowd vibe just dies. Not to mention the fact that it always comes out about 20 times quieter than the previous tracks. It's horrible to see.

London Calling or Good Old Arsenal get my vote, maybe with re-worked, modern lyrics?

[rigsby]

Puppet on a String

Does anyone remember when this used to be sung by a good section of the support around the late 80s. I remember a good rendition after the littlewoods semi against spurs.

Anyway Good Old Arsenal should be played. Either that or 'Paddy'. Elvis isn't linked to Arsenal in any way, those two songs are. And the point of an anthem is to be able to sign alone, who the fucks gonna sing along to Kasabian on masse? even if they are a great band

[Exiled-Gooner]

England belongs to me-cock sparow
Runnin' Riot-cock sparow
You can get it if you really want-desmond decker
up with the cock-judge dredd
kids are alright!!!-the who
skinhead moonstomp-Symarip(great band)
(get a)grip(on yourself)-the stranglers
enjoy yourself-prince buster
My only arsenal,good old arsenal etc
just a few too mull over.....

[Pageboy]

well i remember when i went to my first match going up the North Bank at Highbury and Fat Boy Slim Right here, right now playing it was wicked got me really excited

oh yeah does anyone remember that Nike Ad a year ago and it shown the arsenal players and playing great teams at Emirates. Well the music in the background really suited Arsenal style of play even the lyrics as it had an high tempo to go with arsenal's slick passing skills.

If not you should check the link out below really good showing the official ad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsizQdNK ... re=related

Or if you just wanna here the song type in
Eagles Of Death Metal - Don't Speak (I came to make a bang)

[franksav63]

I ran an online petition for this a while ago for redaction. got a few hundred responses some with suggestions. Listed below with the number of times they were suggested. Excluding any commets that just said stuff along the lines of , "anything but the crap we have now"

I must say, whoever put down the national anthem... WTF

Good old Arsenal 67
London Calling - The Clash 17
Right Here, Right Now 14
Club Foot - Kasabian 6
The impossible dream 4
Eye of the Tiger Rocky Film Theme 3
Welcome to the Jungle 3
AC/DC: For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) 2
Everyone In The Place 2
Highway To Hell - AC/DC 2
jump around - house of pain 2
Streets of London - Ralph McTell. 2
The Boys Are Back In Town (Thin Lizzie) 2
The Prodigy Vodoo People (Pendalum rmix) 2
We Will Rock you - queen 2
3 Little Birds- Bob Marley 1
An End Has A Start - Editors 1
Baba o Riley by The Who ( Teenage Wastland ) 1
Beautiful day - U2 1
Born in the U S of A 1
Can you Kick it - Tirbe called quest 1
CARNAVAL DE PARIS 1
Enjoy yourself - the specials 1
Eyes right 1
Gimme Shelter- Rolling Stones 1
Kids are Alright - Who 1
My Generation - The Who 1
Nessum dorma 1
No Limits - 2 unlimited 1
OASIS-SHOCK OF THE LIGHTNING 1
Petite Fleur 1
points of authourity linkin park 1
put a donk on it! 1
raining blood - slayer 1
roll out the red carpet 1
Roll out the red carpetbyThe laughing Gooner 1
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - The Clash 1
Simply the best by Tina Turner 1
Sweet Caroline 1
Sweet child of mine. 1
The A - Team 1
The Game - Motorhead 1
the kids are alright - The Who 1
The Liquidator / Harry J and the Allstars 1
The national Anthem 1
the song sky sports use for the darts, would liven up the atmosphere and get the fans going. 1
Theme from Magnificent 7 1
voodoo people - prodigy 1

Hmmm, I don't remember this poll, but London Calling is good, how about Going Underground by The Jam?

[Herd]

TWOY Was shit and totally engleman,it should be killed off NOW !

We dont need a fixed anthem ,its just too phoney ,but if u want to put something on b4 they come out then mix it up a bit ,good old arsenal,right here right now,two tribes,crack away on the beano,anything by Arsenal bands like the pistols,spandau,pet shop,the who in fact anything but elvis !

[digger]

Hmmm, I don't remember this poll, but London Calling is good, how about Going Underground by The Jam?

Surely that would suggest we're getting relegated??

Bring back the marching band.

Or.... Do what United and West Ham both do... have the PA play the start of a song (like Good Old Arsenal) then cut it off and let everyone else sing. Good Old Arsenal maybe? Or the '98 version of "Hot Stuff"?

[Basil is a Gooner]

http://www.onlinegooner.com/exclusive/index.php?id=1366

Here's the link to the article......

[bunch]

I'd like to take issue with some of the things in Charlie Croker's article. If you compare to probably the most famous football anthem of them all, the bindippers' "You'll Never Walk Alone", in terms of a song, its pace, etc it is pretty similar to the Wonder of You. Elvis is no more turgid than the Bindippers' anthem.

I would want an anthem to be a good tune for showing your scarf, Wonder of You meets that criteria.

The other criteria is that it can be Arsenal's song alone. Some of the tunes mentioned are just so commonly played that they cannot really bconsidered ours. London's Calling gets played at the Chavs and also it gets played at Harlequins rugby and probably every other London club that wants to emphasise to the oppo that they are in the capital. Its just not Arsenal enough.

Just playing a tune that you like isn't enough either. That Kasabian tune they bang out before the Wonder of You is played absoltuely fucking everywhere, including constantly on SSN accompanied by images of scum fans in a car. That ain't Arsenal.

The other way to go is something like Charlton have with their Valley, Floyd Road song which uses the Mull of Kintyre tune but with words that really mean something to the fans (about coming home ot the Valley).

If you asked the average bindipper if they would like to have a song from a 50+ years old musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein about a love story in a sleepy New England fishing village, they'd probably say "Do me a favour". But that is what they have and it works for them. (BTW I remember when we used to sing that song on the North Bank)

I say give the Wonder of You a chance. There is no way you will get Arsenal fans to come up with their own - we haven't so far - so the only way for one to get adopted by our diverse set of fans is for the club to plug it and in my view the Wonder of You is as good a song as any.

[franksav63]

TWOY Was shit and totally engleman,it should be killed off NOW !

We dont need a fixed anthem ,its just too phoney ,but if u want to put something on b4 they come out then mix it up a bit ,good old arsenal,right here right now,two tribes,crack away on the beano,anything by Arsenal bands like the pistols,spandau,pet shop,the who in fact anything but elvis !

Yep... agree...... Good old Arsenal.... followed by some good thumping, pumping tunes....

[jonboyafc]

Am I the only one who actually likes Wonder of You? Thought the Tottenham game was a decent example of it working well. Just needs a few more of us to actually bother to get our scarves waving and to sing along.

At the end of the day, it's us fans who should be creating the atmosphere no matter what is on the PA.

If we must change the anthem, my vote would be for 'Good Old Arsenal'.

Problem is, we risk getting something worse.... does anyone remember the worst one ever - v. Zaragoza in Paris, when our 'anthem' was We Are Sailing by Rod Stewart?

Up the Gunners.

[goonerkev10]

Ive seen this debate rumble on for months now. Whats needed is a jog a long song that would appeal to all cultures tastes and ages from 8 to 80. The one song that strikes a chord with me and more importantly sends a shiver down my spine is YOUR THE FIRST,MY LAST,MY EVERYTHING by Barry White and if you listen to the lyrics they sum up how I believe most fans feel about this/their club...............

[Herd]

[quote="rigsby"]Puppet on a String

Does anyone remember when this used to be sung by a good section of the support around the late 80s. I remember a good rendition after the littlewoods semi against spurs.

OH Yes mate in the Bedford afterwards ..............what about spoonfull of sugar too,that would be fun !