Never Tear Us Apart - message from the club?

SlowDownDerek said:
No Rob, what I'm saying is the words I typed out and posted.

If you want me to expand on how they could improve it... free beers for young lads between 16 and 21 years old before the game then put them all in an unreserved cage next to the away end.
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I think it was something a little stronger than beers those Ultras were on at the weekend. Pepsi'd off their heads would be my guess. Each to their own mind,they were magnificent. Utciad
 
CarparkTopTrumps said:
Why is it whenever you watch a PL game on TV, nearly everybody is standing? Yet at DC, if you even shuffle on your seat to get your car keys out of your back pocket , you get the stare from "
rent a steward "
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Just make the whole of the NS safe standing from 2027/28 season... With increased ES capacity and the new South Stand, there should be plenty of room to shuffle folks around...
 
I'm still on board with what they are trying to do with this song, and it won't work instantly - I'm not sure it was ever expected to.

We've only had two run outs of the anthem that fans have "anticipated" - and I admit that, of all burners, this one is definitely a slow one. I know the song isn't to everyones taste, and I also understand the cadence of the song doesn't make it easy to sing either.

I have very little connection with people at AFCB, but it sounds like the song was run past Andoni and the players before they decided to go with it.

Where I was in the Ted Mac, it didn't drown out any singing - as there wasn't any, it was just clapping at the time. And being quite a distance away, I couldn't hear if the NS were singing, but looking back at footage, the lack of coordinated arm gestures suggests there wasn't any.

I know of course it's edgy to suggest there was, but video evidence suggests otherwise. Happy to be corrected.

Again though, the point remains that we have ability to "own" the ninety minutes by making it raucous, but we don't. It feels like we're overly focusing on the garnish while the meal goes cold.

That said, the bit that perhaps grated on me the most was the Freed from Desire at the end, when fans were wanting to chant Iraola's name - thankfully, the North Stand did make themselves heard, superseding the tannoy a fair bit.

To add to the comments from people who have made alternative suggestions, I was watching a pre-match routine from Hertha Berlin (I think), who play Rod Stewart's Sailing, which naturally leans in to the "We are Bournemouth, Super Bournemouth" song - which, with scarves aloft, looked and sounded pretty good. But again, it's never going to win the Upbeat Song of the Year award.

That said, I'm not sure we can peddle the "No One's Heard of Us" line of that chant with any authenticity anymore, because they most definitely have!

 
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SamDavis said:
I'm still on board with what they are trying to do with this song, and it won't work instantly - I'm not sure it was ever expected to.

We've only had two run outs of the anthem that fans have "anticipated" - and I admit that, of all burners, this one is definitely a slow one. I know the song isn't to everyones taste, and I also understand the cadence of the song doesn't make it easy to sing either.

I have very little connection with people at AFCB, but it sounds like the song was run past Andoni and the players before they decided to go with it.

Where I was in the Ted Mac, it didn't drown out any singing - as there wasn't any, it was just clapping at the time. And being quite a distance away, I couldn't hear if the NS were singing, but looking back at footage, the lack of coordinated arm gestures suggests there wasn't any.

I know of course it's edgy to suggest there was, but video evidence suggests otherwise. Happy to be corrected.

Again though, the point remains that we have ability to "own" the ninety minutes by making it raucous, but we don't. It feels like we're overly focusing on the garnish while the meal goes cold.

That said, the bit that perhaps grated on me the most was the Freed from Desire at the end, when fans were wanting to chant Iraola's name - thankfully, the North Stand did make themselves heard, superseding the tannoy a fair bit.

To add to the comments from people who have made alternative suggestions, I was watching a pre-match routine from Hertha Berlin (I think), who play Rod Stewart's Sailing, which naturally leans in to the "We are Bournemouth, Super Bournemouth" song - which, with scarves aloft, and looked and sounded pretty good. But again, it's never going to win the Upbeat Song of the Year award.

That said, I'm not sure we can peddle the "No One's Heard of Us" bit with any authenticity anymore, because they most definitely have.

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As I say it's grown on me, probably because it's a song I only vaguely recall due to being quite young when it came out, but it's still a good song.

It could work but people just don't know the lyrics and to a lesser extent the tune. I'm not sure words on the screen is the answer but they need some way of getting people signing along if it's going to work imo.
 
SamDavis said:
I'm still on board with what they are trying to do with this song, and it won't work instantly - I'm not sure it was ever expected to.

We've only had two run outs of the anthem that fans have "anticipated" - and I admit that, of all burners, this one is definitely a slow one. I know the song isn't to everyones taste, and I also understand the cadence of the song doesn't make it easy to sing either.

I have very little connection with people at AFCB, but it sounds like the song was run past Andoni and the players before they decided to go with it.

Where I was in the Ted Mac, it didn't drown out any singing - as there wasn't any, it was just clapping at the time. And being quite a distance away, I couldn't hear if the NS were singing, but looking back at footage, the lack of coordinated arm gestures suggests there wasn't any.

I know of course it's edgy to suggest there was, but video evidence suggests otherwise. Happy to be corrected.

Again though, the point remains that we have ability to "own" the ninety minutes by making it raucous, but we don't. It feels like we're overly focusing on the garnish while the meal goes cold.

That said, the bit that perhaps grated on me the most was the Freed from Desire at the end, when fans were wanting to chant Iraola's name - thankfully, the North Stand did make themselves heard, superseding the tannoy a fair bit.

To add to the comments from people who have made alternative suggestions, I was watching a pre-match routine from Hertha Berlin (I think), who play Rod Stewart's Sailing, which naturally leans in to the "We are Bournemouth, Super Bournemouth" song - which, with scarves aloft, and looked and sounded pretty good. But again, it's never going to win the Upbeat Song of the Year award.

That said, I'm not sure we can peddle the "No One's Heard of Us" bit with any authenticity anymore, because they most definitely have.

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I’ll go with the Rod song!

No ones bothered about us doesn’t quite scan!
 
CarparkTopTrumps said:
Why is it whenever you watch a PL game on TV, nearly everybody is standing? Yet at DC, if you even shuffle on your seat to get your car keys out of your back pocket , you get the stare from "
rent a steward "
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The away section is never told to sit down, maybe its to do with being banned from home games if you move a limb.
 
Having read Sam's post I have just listened to the 2 songs on You Tube. The Inxys song is dismal and has no element of any form of hook to encourage participation whilst Sailing is an ideal crowd sing a long.

On Sunday I was talking to someone on the match day payroll who wasn't aware of any "disent" from the fans over the never tear us apart song. His understanding from the club is that the song portrays "our" journey and is an integral part of the video showing our journey. As I said before we have been hijacked by the media team and the issue is being forced upon us.

The time span leading up to kick off is dire and disjointed and carries with it no wave of fans involvement. A few notes of Sailing which is known across the generations would I suggest spark some participation or another well know appropriate song.

Whatever anthem eventually evolves as with all the changes the club is making they need to take us with them they are failing in this apect at the moment.
 
hba1 said:
Having read Sam's post I have just listened to the 2 songs on You Tube. The Inxys song is dismal and has no element of any form of hook to encourage participation whilst Sailing is an ideal crowd sing a long.

On Sunday I was talking to someone on the match day payroll who wasn't aware of any "disent" from the fans over the never tear us apart song. His understanding from the club is that the song portrays "our" journey and is an integral part of the video showing our journey. As I said before we have been hijacked by the media team and the issue is being forced upon us.

The time span leading up to kick off is dire and disjointed and carries with it no wave of fans involvement. A few notes of Sailing which is known across the generations would I suggest spark some participation or another well know appropriate song.

Whatever anthem eventually evolves as with all the changes the club is making they need to take us with them they are failing in this apect at the moment.
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Not sure that Rod Stewart has the unifying effect you give him credit for tbh.
 
hba1 said:
Having read Sam's post I have just listened to the 2 songs on You Tube. The Inxys song is dismal and has no element of any form of hook to encourage participation whilst Sailing is an ideal crowd sing a long.

On Sunday I was talking to someone on the match day payroll who wasn't aware of any "disent" from the fans over the never tear us apart song. His understanding from the club is that the song portrays "our" journey and is an integral part of the video showing our journey. As I said before we have been hijacked by the media team and the issue is being forced upon us.

The time span leading up to kick off is dire and disjointed and carries with it no wave of fans involvement. A few notes of Sailing which is known across the generations would I suggest spark some participation or another well know appropriate song.

Whatever anthem eventually evolves as with all the changes the club is making they need to take us with them they are failing in this apect at the moment.
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I played Sailing to my three kids, who all go to games, and it’s the first time they’ve heard it. I’m not sure it’s as generational as you think

Not that INXS is exactly Doechi I grant you!

Although one of my kids had heard it when the 80s got cool again a few years back and she went down an INXS rabbit hole having liked ‘I need you tonight’

I keep telling her it’s always been cool…
 
IMO it needs to be something easy with uncomplicated words that everyone can easily know and remember, it is why likes of "Hey Jude" and "Caroline" work.- so how about something like the repetitiveness of Ben E King's "Stand by Me" .

If they persist with the current one, then they do need to put the words up for now as the likes of me have no idea what the first bunch are as the stadium sound is not good enough IMO.
 
hba1 said:
Having read Sam's post I have just listened to the 2 songs on You Tube. The Inxys song is dismal and has no element of any form of hook to encourage participation whilst Sailing is an ideal crowd sing a long.

On Sunday I was talking to someone on the match day payroll who wasn't aware of any "disent" from the fans over the never tear us apart song. His understanding from the club is that the song portrays "our" journey and is an integral part of the video showing our journey. As I said before we have been hijacked by the media team and the issue is being forced upon us.

The time span leading up to kick off is dire and disjointed and carries with it no wave of fans involvement. A few notes of Sailing which is known across the generations would I suggest spark some participation or another well know appropriate song.

Whatever anthem eventually evolves as with all the changes the club is making they need to take us with them they are failing in this apect at the moment.
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It’s naff, Freed From Desire is double naff, Sweet Caroline triple naff.

Sailing is the ideal one if we have to have one - “ We are Bournemouth , super Bournemouth , we are Bournemouth from the saaaaaaaaaaaffffff “
 
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