Recording Studio somewhere in Southampton, early December 2016 SL: "Come on lads, we're nearly there, we just need this last lyric" JF: "What does it need to rhyme with? SL: "It's who we are" RB: "how about something... car" SL: "S**t are you serious Bertie?" SKD: "why not: "we've come so far?!"" SL: "brilliant Kelv..." RK: "Hey guys, can we re-wind on that suggestion, it implies we're punching above our weight, that's not on-message" RB: "come on lads we've only got this place booked for another 5 minutes" JF: "why don't we just say "It's who we are" again?" SL: "WTF? that will just sound s**te" RK: "Good job JF, that will really hammer home the message" SL: "Jaysus mary mother of god" KD: "my idea was much better" Sound engineer: "Right, so lets go boys, one last time..." JWP - *shakes tamborine* (cue music...) JF(to self): "hmmm... hammers...." In all seriousness how do we get lobbying to have this god awful song taken off the playlist?! Or at least get them to re-dub the second "it's who we are" line, the repetition makes my soul cringe every time. I have to cover my ears. Not to mention also of course that the lead vocal no longer plays for us....
These things have their moments. When Shane Long sang an acoustic version at the Saints Awards evening everyone loved it. You can bet your bottom dollar that if Saints sweep all before them in the future the song will be taken up by the many. It was an attempt to give Saints their own song. Every top club has had an attempt in the past to force one on its supporters. Way back when, even ITV's Big Match organised a song for Arsenal because they didn't have one of their own [Arsenal don't sing]. Most of these die away, sometimes permanently, sometimes they come back. The pre-match tunes I prefer are ones that people already enjoy, or [and I know this is radical but...] none at all.! Chelsea and WBA have The Liquidator. Crystal Palace have Dave Clark Five's Glad All Over. Newcastle have Local Hero by Mark Knopfler, for example. Personally, I've never liked the song that our song is based on [My Way by Paul Anka]. It's way too earnest for football, imo, and I can't help connecting it with Frank Sinatra, who wasn't exactly 'Mr Clean' himself, but more 'Mr Gangster'. So I have an inbuilt dislike of the tune. It'll find its level, but Saints should stop forcing it. Let the supporters sing it if they want to. Sad to say it, but I am getting a little tired of various and endless renditions of OWTS, so we could have something, but agreed, perhaps not WATS. I liked the player chat.
Good news everyone - Saints have put out a 'MatchDay survey'. Your chance to tell them what you really think about the song!