Chants Would Be A Fine Thing

[T.S]

Nice song from Smoothie there

Ladies and gentlemen, your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to have a song for every single member of the "first XI" and for most of the rest of the squad, and then try to find some way to get it heard by a LOT of people. Maybe get Cesc Is God to put them on YouTube, or something.

Personally, I miss the days where, right before kick off, the crowd would sing a song for each individual player.

OPERATION: GET THE WHOLE FIRST XI A SONG '08

OK let's see what we've got to work with working down the squad in numerical order.

1] "Manuel Almunia, Manuel Almunia"
2] "He Knocked John Terry Out", "We Bought Him From Auxerre"
3] "Got Dodgy Hair But We Don't Care"
4] "I'd Let You Shag My Wife", "We've Got Cesc Fabregas"
5] "Der Der Der Der Kolo Toure", "He's The Greatest Man At Highbury"
6] "Philippe Senderos, Tra La La La La"
7] "Super Tom Rosicky", "Hey Tommy"
9] "Eduardo's From Brazil"
10] "So Much Better Than Ashley", "William Gallas Is Our Mate"
11] "Robin Van Persie, Robin Van Persie", "He Comes From Rotterdam"
12] ?????
13] ?????
14] "Theo, Theo, Theo", "Boom, Boom, Boom"
15] "We've Got Dennis Nielsen"
16] ?????
17] "We've Only Got One Song"
19] "Gil-ber-to, Gil-ber-to", "He's Arsenal's Brazilian Midfielder"
20] "Who Needs Sol Campbell?"
21] ?????
22] "He Should Have Been Number Three"
24] ?????
25] "Ad-e-bay-or, Ad-e-bay-or", "Give Him The Ball"
26] "Super Nicklas Bendtner", "With His First Touch"
27] ?????
30] ?????
31] "Justin Hoyte, Hoyte, Hoyte"

Not forgetting of course;

M] "One Arsene Wenger"



So already we have at least one song for the majority of the squad. We just need songs for Vela, Hleb, Ramsey, Fabianski, Mannone, Eboue & Traore. Quite a few are no more than the chanting of a name but a song is a song.

As for getting them sung loud and proud by 60,000 before each home game, fuck YouTube, what we need to do is ditch The Wonder Of You bollocks and hold Paul Burrell hostage in his booth during match days, only removing his ropes & gag for him to do any important safety & travel announcements.

Plus everybody who is not in RedAction needs to stop gawping at us and sing the fucking songs!!!


SORTED!

Yes, but the problem is that most of those songs are really naff. Not knocking your ideas, but the "we've got Cesc Fabregas" tune is used for at least three players. I'd love to have witty songs for each player. Remember when the Thierry Henry song first came along? Something like that for each player would be awesome.

I think I'm expecting too much though

[Lethal]

how about

ADEBAYOR ADEBAYORRRRRRRR PAY HIM A HUNDRED GRAND A WEEK OR HES OUT THE DOOR

[Magic Merse]

Considering the imminant* signing of nasri, we should put our thiking caps on now. I'm trying to think of one along the line's of Barry Manilow, Mandy.

Something like

Oh Nasri, you came and you signed without delaaay ay


er yes that's as far as i've got. shit i know.











* By imminant i mean next 3-4 months

[Its Up 4 Grabs Now]

Eduardo

To Mas Que Nada by Sergio Mendes [the song from the Nike/Brazil ad for the 98 World Cup)... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhHEu3A6cjI :

Ohhhhh Eduardoo-oo-oh
Ar-se-nal’s num-ber 9
Ohhh-oh-oh-oh, Ohhh Eduardoo-oo-oh
Ar-se-nal’s num-ber 9

[flash gunner]

To the tune of the Adebayor song

#Samir Nasri, Samir Naaaaasri,
Give him some time,
and he will sign#

[Its Up 4 Grabs Now]

Sagna

To Yellow by Coldplay - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI8I6qcxWyU - original lyrics:

Look at the stars - look how they shine for you
And everything you do
Yeah, they were all yellow

I came along - I wrote a song for you
And all the things you do
And it was called yellow

And Sagna version...

Oh Bacary - when Arsene first bought you
My first thoughts were who?
And why’s his hair yellow?

Now Bacary - Sagna we do love you
You’re too good to be true
And plus your hair’s yellowww

...followed by "Ba-ca-ry Sagna has got yellow hair" to the tune of Yellow Submarine... followed by "Number 1 is Perry Groves, Number 2..."

[Kevinho]

Yes, but the problem is that most of those songs are really naff. Not knocking your ideas, but the "we've got Cesc Fabregas" tune is used for at least three players. I'd love to have witty songs for each player. Remember when the Thierry Henry song first came along? Something like that for each player would be awesome.

I think I'm expecting too much though

I think you've just highlighted what may be the real cause of our shite atmosphere. First you say the challenge is a song for each player, now you want "witty" songs only. What, witty as in "Thierry Henry, Thierry Henry"? That's only two words!

Songs then witty songs only, that's a slippery slope toward songsheets.

To me the quality of the song doesn't really matter. If we come up with a few unique classics, great, but it's not a talent show. What matters is that thousands of us sing it with passion every time, all the time. If we sing the "naff" songs and the players in question respond with appreciation, that's the whole point surely?

Would it be possible for anybody to list the songs that were sung at Highbury that you mentioned? I'm sure there were a few naff ones there but did it matter? Not a bit!

[Ben-gooner14]

His transfer proved he was a fool,
Gomes, Gomes
No good, Kaboul in front of you,
Gomes, Gomes

They bought the tit from PSV,
Just like Jenas has HIV,
Huerelho Gomes,
Tottenham’s No 1

Na Nar, Na Nar,Na Nar, Na, Nar, Na,Nar Na, Nar etc.

Huerlho Gomes,
Tottenham No 1

I think you can guess what tune this is to.

[Fabregas_Is_My_Hero]

OK, this is poor, but a first attempt at an original coomposition

to the tune of 'Freed From Desire' by Gala

More and more,
Flamini wanted more and more,
moved to milan,
money's what he's looking for

so
Arsenes went to Cardiff,
signed a a boy, plays like a man,
wanted by United,
but poached from under Fergie's nose

his name is Aaron Ramsey, na naa na na na
We've got Aaron Ramsey, na naa na na na
na na na na etc. you get the point

...I'll get my coat

[Ben-gooner14]

To the tune of somedays are diamonds by John Denver and various other artists.

Some days are diamonds, some days are stones
Sometimes there’s hard times, but we won’t leave you alone
Then there are good times, and the rush hits our bones
But you are our arsenal, and you won’t be alone

The Arsenal, clap clap, clap
The Arsenal, clap clap clap



What do you think?

[gonnernico04]

for eboue how about the song that was sung against sunderland on the final day, not sure how it goes so can anyone help, all i remember is emmanuel eboue arsenal's number 27
or
the kaiser chiefs ruby but change to eboue which has been suggested long ago

for aaron ramsey i really liked the song about united sending neville 2 sign him, cant remember it tho so can any1 help but i thought that was really good.

love the bacary sagna song to the coldplay song.
this is a great idea but nobody sings at the grove and the stadium is always half empty come kick off aswell, so for home games i cant really see it working tbh, but away would be great. worth a try though

[T.S]

Yes, but the problem is that most of those songs are really naff. Not knocking your ideas, but the "we've got Cesc Fabregas" tune is used for at least three players. I'd love to have witty songs for each player. Remember when the Thierry Henry song first came along? Something like that for each player would be awesome.

I think I'm expecting too much though

I think you've just highlighted what may be the real cause of our shite atmosphere. First you say the challenge is a song for each player, now you want "witty" songs only. What, witty as in "Thierry Henry, Thierry Henry"? That's only two words!

Songs then witty songs only, that's a slippery slope toward songsheets.

To me the quality of the song doesn't really matter. If we come up with a few unique classics, great, but it's not a talent show. What matters is that thousands of us sing it with passion every time, all the time. If we sing the "naff" songs and the players in question respond with appreciation, that's the whole point surely?

Would it be possible for anybody to list the songs that were sung at Highbury that you mentioned? I'm sure there were a few naff ones there but did it matter? Not a bit!

Well to be honest with you mate, I think the cause of our shite atmosphere is the lack of people willing to sing, not the amount of people wanting to sing unique songs. No, the "Thierry Henry" song wasn't witty - I never said it was - but it was unique. I'd love a few unique songs for our players, rather than just copying everyone else's songs. But hey, if you're OK with that, then fine.

Now I'm guessing that you've taken my dismissing of your songs to heart, which you really needn't have done. This is why there is a songs thread. People are allowed, nay encouraged to share their opinions on songs. If I think some of the songs you've suggested are naff, I will tell you I think that, and I'm allowed to do it too - and it doesn't make me any less of a Gooner.

Don't get me wrong, I will stand up (or at least try to) and sing any song for our players, but don't get all in a huff just because I would like to show our players a little more appreciation by taking the time to create a few individual songs in their honour, rather than just recycling other team's songs.

[Kevinho]

Well to be honest with you mate, I think the cause of our shite atmosphere is the lack of people willing to sing, not the amount of people wanting to sing unique songs. No, the "Thierry Henry" song wasn't witty - I never said it was - but it was unique. I'd love a few unique songs for our players, rather than just copying everyone else's songs. But hey, if you're OK with that, then fine.

OK, now I understand what your challenge is, it wasn't clear the first or second time.

Now I'm guessing that you've taken my dismissing of your songs to heart, which you really needn't have done. This is why there is a songs thread.

I haven't taken anything to heart. Apart from "With His First Touch" & "We've Got Dennis Nielsen", these aren't my song ideas at all. I was just pointing out the range of songs for our players that we already have.

People are allowed, nay encouraged to share their opinions on songs. If I think some of the songs you've suggested are naff, I will tell you I think that, and I'm allowed to do it too - and it doesn't make me any less of a Gooner.

Never said you weren't allowed to do that. Never said this makes you less of a Gooner.

Don't get me wrong, I will stand up (or at least try to) and sing any song for our players, but don't get all in a huff just because I would like to show our players a little more appreciation by taking the time to create a few individual songs in their honour, rather than just recycling other team's songs.

I'm not in a huff at all mate, I merely pointed out we have a good range of songs already, most of them using tunes that Arsenal fans came up with first. Let's try singing these songs before every game and see where that takes us. As I said before if we can think of some unique songs, great, but if they're not going to be sung anyway or if our attempts pre-match are going to be drowned out by the Elvis shite then there may be very little point. But fair play for setting the challenge (now that I finally know exactly what it is).

[dennis_10]

My favourites on this thread are:

The Monkees tune,"Hey Hey"

"Hey Hey were the arsenal,
People say we pass it around,
But were too busy winning,
And the Tottenhams going down,
And you can stick ya Chelsea,
Come and watch us sing and play,
Arsenes new generation,
The Arsenals here to stay!!!!


To the tune of Israelites by Desmond Dekker... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2m9uaTwQcU :

Forty-seven years, since they won the title
No wonder the c*nts are suicidal
Ohhhh Ohhhh-Oh-Oh
The y**s are shite

Shit fans and a Cock for a club crest
Robbie Keane is the product of incest
Ohhhh Ohhhh-Oh-Oh
The y**s are shite



Old McFergie had a farm, E-I-E-I-O
And on that farm he had Rambo, at least he thought so
But the boy with skill went & met Neville
Said he’s a c*nt, what a c*nt, Gary Neville is a c*nt
Old McFergie had a farm, E-I-E-I-O

Arsene Wenger has a farm, E-I-E-I-O
And on that farm he’s got Rambo, his nickname is Rambo
With a back-heel here and a long run there
Back-heel, long run, Gary Neville is a c*nt
Aaron Ramsey’s a Gooner, watch that boy-o go

i'd change the second line to he had Rambo, he's got Rambo, pure class otherwise.. Also Hey Jude for Theo.. this has to be his from now on. lovin it.

[barnfield88]

to the tune of its gone quiet at the lane....

The professor,the professor
Arsene wenger
the professor
Arsene Wenger,Arsene Wenger
The professor
Arsene Wenger
The professor,the professor