We should be welcoming our Welsh cousins properly with Charlie Church.
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Pre-match opera? Great idea. Said no one ever.
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BensGrandad
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We should be welcoming our Welsh cousins properly with Charlie Church.
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Only if she returned to singing classical not the pop rubbish she did. I think her version of Pia Jeu is the best available. I also liked her version of Annis Angelicus.
I've no great feelings either way on opera singing pre-game but the girl we've had twice was great.
What I don't get is in well over 40 years following BHAFC I have never been to an away game where GOSBTS has been sung / played. So why then are we having Welsh songs at the Amex before a game against Cardiff?
Far be it from me to suggest that that nice Mr Barber:-
a) Doesn't understand football
b) Doesn't understand BHAFC
c) Doesn't understand football fans
It's a HOME GAME FFS!
What I don't get is in well over 40 years following BHAFC I have never been to an away game where GOSBTS has been sung / played. So why then are we having Welsh songs at the Amex before a game against Cardiff?
Far be it from me to suggest that that nice Mr Barber:-
a) Doesn't understand football
b) Doesn't understand BHAFC
c) Doesn't understand football fans
It's a HOME GAME FFS!
seagullsovergrimsby
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You really should get your keyboard fixed BG.
Ninja Elephant
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- Feb 16, 2009
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Why Nessun Dorma every time? Can't they sing something else for us, just for a change? The only error Donna made, in my opinion, was not changing her set list from the first appearance to the second. I enjoyed it more first time because of that, it was just the same performance a second time around before the Palace match (of which we don't speak).
Looking forward to the gents tonight, I wasn't planning on getting there too early but that's changed now. Cheers Uncle Barber!
Looking forward to the gents tonight, I wasn't planning on getting there too early but that's changed now. Cheers Uncle Barber!
nwgull
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We've always made away fans feel welcome at the Amex, well before Barber was involved. Besides, it's become a welcome trend at many grounds - not just at the Amex - that the away fans are well treated. About time.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
To be fair to Cardiff, they quite often put a special medley of songs for our visits.....Dancing Queen, YMCA, Gay Bar etc
- Oct 17, 2008
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You're joking aren't you? She's an opera tart like Katherine Jenkins, an average singer marketed to appeal to a mainstream audience. Which is fine. But nothing she ever did was or ever will be the "best" version of anything. There are hundreds more talented trained singers in SUSSEX, let alone the world, let alone the annals of recorded opera history and every performance of every production of every opera ever written or recorded. There are better session singers you can hire by the studio hour for under £100. Sorry to be uppity about this, but people commenting on "liking opera" because they saw Il Divo on the telly is one of my pet hates.
TomandJerry
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- Oct 1, 2013
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They just started
Barber OUT
Barber OUT
Change at Barnham
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They've just sung Men of Harlech and Good Old Sussex by the Sea in front of about 3000 people. It sounded absolutely superb and got a fantastic round of applause from those lucky enough to see and hear it. It's a shame they didn't have the words up on the screen.
For those knocking the idea, I feel your misgivings were misplaced. Brilliant stuff.
For those knocking the idea, I feel your misgivings were misplaced. Brilliant stuff.
Barrel of Fun
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Pre-match opera should be encouraged. Marvellous saynètes.
Pretty pink fairy
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Tom Hark Preston Park
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You might have liked the band that was playing outside the ground before the game. When I was coming over the bridge off the train they were playing 'I Predict A Riot'
Pretty pink fairy
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You might have liked the band that was playing outside the ground before the game. When I was coming over the bridge off the train they were playing 'I Predict A Riot'
regards
DR
HAILSHAM SEAGULL
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- Nov 9, 2009
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They showed the pictures of the Three Tenors on the pitch singing on the TV screens on the concourse.
But wouldn't it have been possible to put the sound on.
Unless everyone on the concourse leaves their beer and takes their seat, then we will never know how good they sounded.
I didnt hear any of it.
But wouldn't it have been possible to put the sound on.
Unless everyone on the concourse leaves their beer and takes their seat, then we will never know how good they sounded.
I didnt hear any of it.
They were actually very good and I thought I was wrong in my misgivings, as they came on about 7.20 and were done. I thought the club had learnt from the previous occasions.
Sadly this was short lived as they had one/all of them doing the 'run out' GOSBTS and as i feared, it was bollocks and killed people trying to sing along and thus, the atmosphere.
Had it, lost it.
Sadly this was short lived as they had one/all of them doing the 'run out' GOSBTS and as i feared, it was bollocks and killed people trying to sing along and thus, the atmosphere.
Had it, lost it.