Not all clubs are represented as a few have original themes. Original AFL Commissioner: Original Chargers Head Coach: 2 Straight AFL Titles at Buffalo. Is it the suburb Richmond itself? The man who got one of Australia’s most famous brands changed has said a top flight AFL club now needs to alter its “racist” theme song. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. AFL Club Themes. A Power station? AFL Club Themes Adelaide Crows Lyrics. The song was originally written by Fitzroy players in the 1950s to the tune of the French National Anthem, "La Marseillaise"; a tune that's somewhat bland. "Up There Cazaly" is 1979 song by Mike Brady, written to promote Channel Seven's coverage of the Victorian Football League (VFL). “Sirengate” match in 2006 between St Kilda and Fremantle? The original rules and the hand-written document can be accessed here. The AFL stunned footy fans on Friday when it had announced that 15 out of the 18 club songs would be replaced* with new “fresh-sounding” recordings replacing the Fable Singers recordings that are loved by most fans and have been played at the footy for over 45 years! 5) Collingwood – Good Old Collingwood Forever. Their lyrics also point out that while their dopamine levels are high, the team at Hawthorn are no pushovers – “We play to win”. AFL Club Themes Richmond Tigers Lyrics. The sly trombone solo halfway through is the coupe da grace. The song was chosen from hundreds of potential Suns theme songs, being listened to by Chairman John Witheriff and some AFL executives in 2010. Also suffering from the same the big hair rock/Cheap Trick illness as their fellow Western Australian brethren; this song makes clear that the Eagles joined the then-VFL in 1987. They decided to embrace the wider Western Suburbs of Melbourne as opposed to just working-class Footscray. First published on Bound For Glory News on July 11, 2014. They are straight to the point – “The Roos are on the ball”. The Official AFL Website of the West Coast Eagles ... New Song! It’s as though they paid a session musician $100 to come up with something in a 24-hour turn-around on a lazy Sunday. The search for a serviceable footy tune for the once-upon-a-time South Melbourne and now Sydney Swans was had in earnest. If our friends from Adelaide hadn’t smartened up in 1994 and actually gotten themselves a real club song, there is no question the original shameless advertising jingle would be dead last on this list. "Around the World (La La La La La)" is a song most popularly sung by the music group ATC, later called A Touch of Class. Down at sleepy hollow, the Old Pivotonians have an underrated classic of AFL club ditties, a tune reworked from Georges Bizet’s "Les Toreadors". In the patriotic craze of WWII, Essendon decided to call themselves “Bombers” and the name stuck. An incredibly bland and stale tune. What makes an AFL club song good, you ask? This one’s for you, Pies supporters! Benedict Brook. Driving percussion is good. AFL PATRIOTS' Winningest Coach. We're flying high, we're flying high We're flying high, we're flying high. ( Log Out /  That’s gangsta … in a middle and upper-class way. Freo Freo, [starts 0:00] Unusued Fremantle theme, Eskimo Joe. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. (*The league has back flipped saying AFL clubs can choose what they play. West Coast Eagles theme song. Jewish-Aussie comedian Alexander Jacob Gutman turned his arsenal of groan-worthy puns away from Australiana and on to footy players of the late 1990s, with results such as “We passed Liam the Burger Rings… come on Liam Pick-a-ring!”. Next time you’re at a Blues match, make sure you catch the Carlton supporters warm up the song: It’s very inspiring, regardless of your allegiance. It went for a bold name change (The Footscray Bulldogs became Western Bulldogs), a slight change of their Guernsey to include their beloved Bulldog mascot and, of course, the lyrics of their team song was amended to reflect the club’s new overall identity. Bonus songs. Following the decisive and swift gentrification of Richmond in the last 15-years, one could go there if they wanted to make an extra wanky Melbourne style coffee order and not get side-eyed by everyone in the café. One of the singers of the original AFL theme songs would be "disappointed" if the old recordings are no longer used. “Grand Old Flag” — a remake from an American patriotic song about, you guessed it, old glory itself (‘MERICA!! While it’s similar to Brady and Champs’ works for trying to encapsulate the spirit of the game, Johnson’s song treats footy less like a pastime and more as a sacred part of Australian culture, which is exactly what it is. Head south to the beach! Composer Igor Stravinsky made an arrangement of the song for orchestra in 1917. But let’s all be clear – both Fitzroy Lions and Brisbane Bears died in 1996 and no amount of frankenstiening their clubs histories will bring them back. We can only imagine what he would have done with today’s players, but my money would be on Tyson Goldsack getting an early mention. Kings of the big game. It does the trick, it’s not the best theme, but it’s definitely not the worst either. ‘Champs’, everyone’s favorite footy fun-finder and Saturday satirist, gave Brady a run for his money as the king of the get-the-blood-pumping footy anthems with this one. Dec 7, 2007 9,653 7,998 AFL Club Brisbane Lions Other Teams Canucks, Villa, England Cricket Since the Swans were already using Notre Dame's song, the club needed a new one. There are about 15 teeth between the whole Tigers cheer squad. The song was first played at AFL level after Port Adelaide's win against Geelong in Round 3, ... As the club's official nickname was shortened to 'The Power', rather than the original 'Port Power'. “There was a sense in the Club that we needed a more robust song,” the Swans state on their website. The march was written in 1905 by alumni of Notre Dame, the Shea brothers. It stars James Cagney, who performs the song in the film. Great song — not just for football but in a general sense (nothing gets people going like repetition). . This theme song is an original tune written in 2010 by Melbourne composer Rosco Elliott. But let’s open up another round of seemingly petty AFL arguments: club songs. Get on the 86 Tram! These team anthems are played before every AFL game, and the winning team has their song broadcast to the stadium at the end of the match. But what’s less appreciated is the impact footy has had on music: the way local musicians have been inspired, if only briefly, to put aside their quest to write the ultimate love song and pen odes to Australia’s game. The “Shake down the thunder from the sky” line stands out, and gets Swans fans pumped to the core to watch their beloved “bloods” in action. Current Brisbane Song . However, they still maintain a great song; a nice and cheerful sound, to the tune of traditional Scottish song “Wee Deoch an Doris”. Similar to Freo, the Swans have been criticised over the years of having something of an identity crisis. Harry Angus, one sixth of beloved Melbourne band The Cat Empire, hopes to hear the song he wrote for the GWS Giants after the final siren on AFL … We Are Geelong, Geelong FC theme (The Toreador Song), Fable Singers. So they had a re-birth as Port Adelaide “Power”… What that represents exactly, I’m not sure. Unless you’re Nostradamus. It’s the most complete club tune. City2Sea: The beauty’s in good last-minute prep for ambassador Rachael Finch, ABC News multi-platform stories, November 2020 – present, Wimmera Mail-Times, October-November 2020, Wimmera Mail-Times, August-September 2020, Wimmera Mail-Times, late June – July 2020, Follow Alexander Darling on WordPress.com. The savage cry of “YELLOW AND BLACK!” that reverberates around the ‘G after every Richmond win is a spectacle evoking passion, camaraderie and unbridled joy in tens of thousands of people, and as such the song is a reflection of footy itself. Are they Swans? The Collingwood theme song had its origins in the United States of America during the Spanish-American War of 1898, when it was written by Will D. Cobb and Paul Barnes. An extension cord? Being a true Kiwi traitor who has forsaken the rugby religion (I still love you, All Blacks) for the finest and most batshit sport in the world, Australian Rules football, it seems only fitting to go international by rating and reviewing that fine tradition* of the AFL, the team songs. Too good not to include here: You don’t need a degree to notice the impact music has on Aussie rules. Much like North Melbourne, extra points for its very business and straight-to-the-point lyrics “We are Geelong, we’re always on the ball”. Most teams have songs that rouse their devoted followers. “THERE'S A BIG BIG SOUND FROM THE WEST OF THE TOWN”. Below are the original Fitzroy Lions song, and the original Brisbane Bears song. Let’s just hope, in this political climate, that they are running on clean energy and not coal. We're the pride of South Australia The mighty Adelaide Crows. ), this is a really nice footy song with many regional clubs throughout the country having some variation of it as their own club song. The popular and very well-known song “When The Saints Go Marching In” will have you wishing you were in St Kilda as the lyrics strongly suggest you should be. If you grew up with footy in the early 2000s like I did, the one thing you’ll remember – other than Brisbane winning everything – is this song: Holy Grail was used by Channel 10 to open their broadcasts of footy matches until 2006, and has been performed by Seymour at four of the last 16 Grand Finals. Sammy Baugh. Sports > List > AFL > Club Songs > West Coast Eagles. The current song for the Brisbane team was created for the combined team when Fitzroy merged with the Brisbane team. Plus, the lyrics are very on point: “We are the navy Blues, we are the old dark navy Blues” — I mean, you can’t argue with that for accuracy. Hey just wondering if anyone has any audio from our original 'Here we go, Here we go, Camry Crows' club song, I've have been looking everywhere for ages but can't find any and also does anyone remember (perhaps those old enough to remember 1991) the song they played when the Crows ran through the Banner in our first game in '91, from an old taped version of the game that is long gone … It is played when each team runs out onto the field prior to the beginning of the match, and played for the winning team at the end of the match. The title refers to early-20th-century ruckman Roy Cazaly. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Some are dead easy, some not so much and you'll need to listen a little longer. So without further ado – here is the absolute definitive ranking of AFL songs – from worst to best. There are literally hundreds of teams around the world named “Saints” with this as their club song. It can result in long-running feuds: For example, did Wayne Harmes really kick the ball out in the 1979 grand final? Original: 2010: Rosco Elliott Greater Western Sydney "There's A Big Big Sound" Original: 2012: Harry Angus: Hawthorn "The Mighty Fighting Hawks" (also known as "We're A Happy Team At Hawthorn") "The Yankee Doodle Boy" c. 1956: Chic Lander Melbourne "It's a Grand Old Flag" "You're a Grand Old Flag" c. 1912 Yes it is! Discover the early 20th-century origins of most of Australia’s football chants and the stylistic features that make them so effective in energising the crowd. They need to be catchy, a good ditty. You can’t say that the Carlton fans don’t rally behind this tune. Mighty Roar of Freo, [starts 1:55] unused Fremantle theme, Rosco Elliot. I’m pretty sure he’s not an AFL fan. Jimi Hendrix nod his head in respect. When he told a story he traced the fold in a tablecloth with his forefinger just like you. From 2019, fans will no longer be able to subscribe to AFL Live Pass through the AFL website. So I feel qualified to do something both useless and with the potential to offend – analyse the AFL’s 18 fight songs on musical terms. Whether its building ‘state of the art training facilities’ for millions of dollars only to have your cross-town rival erect ‘the best state of the art training facilities’, or accusing your opponents of Guernsey design theft — the merry-go-round of clubs unabashedly boasting their achievements of who-is-better may as well be enshrined in the rule book of the game itself. We're courageous, stronger, and faster And respected by our foes Admiration of the nation Our determination shows. Established circa-1870, Essendon Football Club has been around long before “Bombers” (as in, planes that drop actual bombs) were engineered. No matter how old it gets (or how badly Fox Footy reworks it), “Up There Cazaly” still encapsulates all the emotion and spectacle of an AFL match like no other song has since. In any event, I’ll stay away from there. Australia’s greatest lyrical poet came up with this sparkling … A rendition of the original song is below, as well as the current Carlton song, so you can compare them. ( Log Out /  Fun fact – the original Crows club song in 1991 actually was more about their sponsor Toyota than the club itself – dubbed “Here We Go, Camry Crows”. After going broke and narrowly avoiding a merger with cross-town rivals Fitzroy, the Western Bulldogs went through a bit of a brand refresh in the late 90s. Often unfairly characterised for being a place where nothing much really happens, the crow eaters are very protective of South Australia’s capital, and true God do they love their footy. The Swans can claim the fifth spot based purely on the fact it has a Banjo solo in it. Footy fans have offered mixed reviews of the 2020 AFL grand final’s pre-game entertainment, two low-tempo covers at the Gabba stealing the show. Hank Stram: Buster Ramsey. When Ken Hinkley’s men are belting it out after a hard-fought win, it really comes into its own. So let’s right an old wrong. No other song reverberates off the MCG walls quite like Collingwood’s. Follow Adam @AdamManovic. Now all they need is a supporter base of more than 500 people to watch their games live and actually sing it. Pretty similar to the original, and just as well, because it's a beauty. / By Simon Leo Brown. The AFL–CIO is a federation of international labor unions. Oh, we're from Tiger land, A fighting fury, we're from Tiger land, In any weather you will see us with a grin, Risking head and shin, If we're behind then never mind, We'll fight and fight and win. Well, it can be a lot of things. “WE’VE GOT THE POWER TO WIN, THE POWER TO RULE, COM’ON! However, hats off to the way the lyrics have attempted to recognise that the Brisbane Lions are the AFL’s arranged marriage of the late Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy Lions – “We will always fight for victory, like Fitzroy and Bears of old”. And what really happened in the controversial “Sirengate” match in 2006 between St Kilda and Fremantle? It’s a catchy tune that will have you tapping your feet and humming along. However, this song does have great horn sections and the right amount of vigor and self-praise. Whatever your feelings about the Collingwood Football Club – this is a truly great football song. For the champion team, the sweaty and weary warriors enter the club rooms to belt out their club's theme while attempting to dodge the obligatory Gatorade celebration showers from grown men who arguably should have gotten over the quick thrill of soaking someone against their will when they were age 6, but for some reason haven’t. Dr Stephen Hagan wants Carlton Football Club's anthem 'We are the Navy Blues' to change, claiming that though the lyrics are fine, the tune it is sung to is 'one of the most racist of all time'. Interestingly, it’s the only song to give a nod to its supporter base “See the barrackers a shouting, like good old barrackers should”, which you would think is partly the reason why it’s so passionately sung after a win.
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