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lawros left foot

Glory hunting since 1969
Jun 11, 2011
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No, he’s not comparing where the songs originated from. I think he’s comparing a few thousand Brighton fans mumbling through GOSBTS, checking the lyrics on a screen vs 50 odd thousand blaring out YNWA. (Like I said earlier, I despise all things Scouse, but to compare these 2 football anthems is quite frankly, ridiculous)


Funnily enough, when we played against Rome in the Europa League, we didn’t have words on the big screen or on the pitch side advertising boards, and we were much louder.

Personally, I’ve known the words for years, it doesn’t take much to learn them, it’s a great anthem, completely unique to us.

I believe that YNWA is also sung by Celtic( I may be wrong on that)
 




jonny.rainbow

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Oct 29, 2005
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Celtic fans sung YNWA first.

Even Man Utd sung it. It’s a shit anthem and anyone who has been to Anfield that has heard anything other than Gerry Marsden bellowing it at 1,000 dB has the world’s most acute hearing.

Sussex by the Sea > You’ll Never Walk Alone
 


WATFORD zero

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Jul 10, 2003
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It’s a world famous anthem isn’t it that is bigger than football, sung by many of those outside football, so no need for angst. When Lana del Ray covers GOSBTS we may be in with a shout 😀

I think a significant part of the world will know it as a Howard Keel song from the Musical Oklahoma! It may well be up there with 'Don't cry for me Argentina', 'Maria', 'The Timewarp' and 'You're the One that I want' amongst the world's most famous and popular musical showtunes, but because a scouse pop group were amongst hundreds who covered it, I really can't see the relevance.

And if it's a decibel competition, I'd put forward Radio ga-ga at Live Aid (another song I can't stand).

Personally I like something local, relevant, reflective and poignant when the Albion come out, but maybe that's just me :wink:
 










Sid and the Sharknados

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Sep 4, 2022
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Darlington
I'm glad I don't have the ears of anybody who thinks You'll Never Walk Alone isn't a good song. Football aside, it's an absolute cracker.
Celtic fans sung YNWA first.
Is there any actual evidence for this, as opposed to the (possibly untrue but at least eminently plausible) story that they picked it up after playing Liverpool in a European game later in the 60s?
 










jackanada

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Jul 19, 2011
3,191
Brighton
In short, our fans don't all know the words and lack the ability to sing in time. So it sounds shite - not much point showing it.

A great anthem ruined by the way it gets sung at The Amex.
Yes, though that in itself is part of our history.
In the introduction to his Dictionary of Sussex Dialect (1875) the Rev Parish describes the inhabitants of Sussex as uniquely tuneless.
 














Super Steve Earle

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Feb 23, 2009
8,409
North of Brighton
Is it f

Is it f*ck.

One is a mawdling random 60s relic used by other clubs, whilst the other is a stirring, evocative WW1 marching song which is uniquely linked to the folk of Sussex who proudly watch their football club.

Not many clubs have an age-old anthem that relates directly to their team. You could cherish it, not slag it off.
I think the maudlin 60s relic was actually written just after the Second World War for Carousel the musical.
 


The Oldman

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Jul 12, 2003
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In the shadow of Seaford Head
I think a significant part of the world will know it as a Howard Keel song from the Musical Oklahoma! It may well be up there with 'Don't cry for me Argentina', 'Maria', 'The Timewarp' and 'You're the One that I want' amongst the world's most famous and popular musical showtunes, but because a scouse pop group were amongst hundreds who covered it, I really can't see the relevance.

And if it's a decibel competition, I'd put forward Radio ga-ga at Live Aid (another song I can't stand).

Personally I like something local, relevant, reflective and poignant when the Albion come out, but maybe that's just me :wink:
Sorry to correct but Howard Keel has nothing to do with when you walk….
The musical it is from was Carousel first on the stage then on a film and on all occasions is sung by a female soprano with a chorus.
Howard Keel played in the stage version of Oklahoma but not in the film and as you walk etc is definitely not in Oklahoma
 










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