Get a grip on yourself by the Stranglers: What all Englishmen should be singing Didn't have the money round to buy a Morry Thou Been around and seen a lot to shake me anyhow Begged and borrowed sometimes, I admit I even stole The worse crime that I ever did was playing rock 'n roll. But the money's no good Just get a grip on yourself But the money's no good Just get a grip on yourself Suffering convictions on a two-way stretch inside The air in here is pretty thin, I think I'll go outside Committed for insanity and crimes against the soul The worst crime that I ever did was play some rock 'n roll. But the money's no good Just get a grip on yourself But the money's no good Just get a grip on yourself And you should know Now I find from week to week the sentence sticking fast Turn the corner, rub my eyes and hope the world will last Stranger from another planet welcome to our hole Just strap on your guitar and we'll play some rock 'n roll But the money's no good Just get a grip on yourself But the money's no good Just get a grip on yourself And you should know
For its representation of the whole country Irelands' Call is not a bad effort, I know it has its detractors but it is more inclusive than the National Anthem of Ireland that only represents 26 counties......maybe Phil Coulter could write something appropriate for England?........maybe not. Not sure how Swing Low Sweet Chariot was adopted by the Twickenham crowd........
There's a lot of myth around that, many claim that a bunch of schoolboys started singing it at an England match in 1988 against Ireland when Chris Oti was playing. But I know for a fact the rugger buggers at my Uni were singing it in 1979, with accompanying homoerotic hand gestures (I think they were unaware of this), and before moving on to Sloop John B.
Ah yes the hand gestures i remember those....Sloop John B was also part of our singing reportoire as was a Beetles medley......the vocals got worse the later into the night it went, especially in the depths of winter when matches kick off at 1:30 and you were back in the bar for 4 o'clock.......
There was an item on Radio 5 a few weeks ago about Belgian (football) fans in Cardiff for their game against Wales. Whilst they were interviewing one fella in a bar, the rest could be plainly heard singing Sloop John B (in English), complete with 'barooba' backing.
That's all the French, British and Irish bureaucrats spending their weekends in Brussels teaching them how to play rugby!
I read that, Beth - fanciful stuff, but fascinating all the same. Didn't Dan Brown rip it off in The Da Vinci Code?
After their remake of Harvest for the World they should keep their criticism of anybody else's creative work to themselves.
As much as I like a good old ****** work song, I'd like the theme from Where Eagles Dare. No lyrics needed IMO, regardless of whether Gary Lineker and Brother Corbyn don't sing. In fact anything from Ron Goodwin would do, has to be a fix bayonets and at em rather than a dirge.
Interestingly, Switzerland have just had a national vote, kinda x-factor style, to change their anthem http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-eu-34212243
