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Singapore Soccer Song Sings Sixties Song To Sylvia...
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As an ardent fan of our national football team during the heydays of the MalaysiaCup tournament, I attended every match played at our National stadium. Our then Singapore national team comprising stalwarts like Dollah Kassim, Mohd Nor, S. Rajagopal and Samad Alapitchay to name a few, and Quah Kim Song's dribbling skills and speed on the pitch were a delight to watch. Song played from 1969 to 1979 for the team.
Quah Kim Song. Syed Mutalib. Samad Allapitchay. Mohd Noh.
Dollah Kassim. S Rajagopal. Eric Paine. Edmund Wee:
The Singapore Lions. [From FB: Jose Raymond - 2018 August 14]
The upcoming marriage between Quah Kim Song and Sylvia Lim made the news recently. It was reported that Kim Song caught the attention of Sylvia when he sang a 60s pop song during a fundraising event organized by the Workers Party some 12 years back. And as reported in an 2015 interview with The New Paper, Quah sang, Don't Play That Song [You Lied], that won Sylvia's attention and thereafter, her heart."
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Bruce Springsteen Version: 'Don't Play That Song'.
Sydney FC fans always sing their version of The Beatles, Hey Jude, adding the word Sydney during the chorus. A-League based side Wellington Phoenix, chant a more relaxed melody of the Johnny Cash hit, Ring Of Fire in reference to Wespac Stadium where they play, and it's nicknamed, The Ring of Fire.
When The Saints
A sing-a-long, When The Saints Go Marching In is another number adapted for stadium chants. Other songs include, Go West by Village People and the spiritual, He's Got the Whole World in His Hands is common with soccer crazies.
Winter Wonderland
To honour specific individuals, the tune to Winter Wonderland was sung by Newcastle United Kevin Keegan and the melody for the Band Aid song Do They Know It's Christmas? is similar to Feed the Scousers chant sung against the supporters of Merseyside clubs of Liverpool F.C. during Christmas.
Simply The Best by Tina Turner
Once upon a time, a soccer chant.
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Simply The Best
Simply The Best by Tina Turner, was banned from matches involving Rangers F.C. and one, when Bobby Zamora was at Brighton, adapted the song That's Amore by DeanMartin. Then there's Chim Chim Cher-ee for Nwankwo Kanu and All You Need Is Love by The Beatles for Damien Duff.
Can't Take My Eyes
Various chants have been based on Can't Take My Eyes Off You by Frankie Valli. Besides popular songs, Camptown Races is used for, Two World Wars, One World Cup, and Ten Green Bottles became Ten German Bombers.She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain is another. These songs are used by England fans to slight their main rivals, Germany.
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My Bonnie
My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean has lyrics that goes: "If I had the wings of an Eagle, if I had the arse of a crow, I'd fly over... and shit on the bastards below...", while some songs are generally reserved for cup matches like the FA Cup, Football League Cup, Football League Trophy, FA Trophy and FA Vase, where the venue of the final is at Wembley Stadium. Examples include an adaption of,"Que Sera, Sera/Whatever Will Be, Will Be/Que Sera, Sera/Whatever Will Be, Will Be/We're going to Wembley..."
You'll Never Walk Alone
The chant, "We are the Champions, Champions of Europe" from Queen, is often sung by fans of Leeds United. Some football teams have traditional club anthems sung by their fans like Liverpool's You'll Never Walk Alone, West Ham United's I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles and New York Red Bulls with, Stand By Me.
Stand By Me
2010 Fifa World Cup should use some of the following songs for soccer chants: Africa Bamba by Santana, Africa by Toto, Africa Unite by Bob Marley and the Wailers, Under African Skies by Paul Simon and Storms In Africa by Enya. I guess the vuvuzelas are more effective?
What songs are they using this time around?
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So the 2018 World Cup's finally ending and the closing ceremony big parade will be performed soon after the Finals between France and Croatia. There was an earlier article on soccer chants which was mostly about the English teams. Many had high hopes for England but despite the raves and the cheers, England lost to Croatia. 😕 It wasn't a disappointment for me really because I am neither a soccer fan nor a gambler on football stakes. But I received the same videos from some dedicated English fans via WhatsApp. For the whole day, these two videos were coming in...
Boney M - Gotta Go Home (Long Version: 1979) Video from FFFclub. Thank you. I'd like to share them with all my readers. Boney M has returned especially to celebrate England's team. Without further ado, my dear readers, enjoy the lovely song. And don't forget to watch the 2nd video below. The emphasis here is again on Coming Home. It shows an Irishman's praying hard to stop the World Cup fro... Hee, hee.😊 14 July 2018: And the prayers have come true. England is not even in 3rd placing, losing to Belgium 2 - 0 @ St Petersburg Stadium. Apparently, according to manager Gareth Southgate, Belgium's too strong for England.
This Video was taken from Irish Central and YouTube by Rory's Stories. Thank you. Your prayer has come true. A Double A-Side single from Oceans of Fantasy by Boney-M, a German pop group famed in the 70's. It featured Gotta Go Home. This particular vinyl was released in 1979 by Hansa Records.
Isn't it true that soccer fans are the most musical of all sports lovers? The heat is on now as FIFA World Cup 2018 nears its end in mid-July. Rowdier spectators at the Russian stadiums with a usually 45 to 70 thousand strong fans watching, singing and screaming in unison to belt out their latest war chants, or more appropriately, soccer chants. Soccer chants have existed since football began in the clubs in England? That was in the mid-1800's? And internationally, there are thousands today. I've always been fascinated by soccer chants although I'm not much into the game myself. It's worse today because I refuse to pay the ridiculous amount charged to watch the games on TV.
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A soccer chant usually follows the tune of a pop or folk song but the lyrics could be original or changed accordingly. The tailored lyrics, in any language, are mostly funny or encouraging and sometimes downright aggressive, insulting and bawdy but done in the name of sportsmanship. And they are targeted towards one player or the team on the field since chants are performed by the spectators.
So it depends on the spectator group that's singing it and the attitude and mood they are in at the time of singing. Common sense tells that they are sung to arouse the players on the field or to instigate them into 'battle' because there has been no goal scored so far during the match and fans are getting bored.
Wembley Final: *'Delilah' Stoke City vs Manchester City. Video: Redstokie828. Soccer clubs or FC's (Football Clubs) all over the world use chants. Sometimes a tune is so popular, it doesn't 'belong' to anyone. Can't Help Falling In Love is an example of a tune used as a soccer chant by many FC's. Below is a short list of chants that are familiar pop tunes. The list shows the English team/club each chant is associated with: Delilah* - Stoke City Sloop John B - Leicester, Arsenal I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles - West Ham
You'll Never Walk Alone - Liverpool/Celtic Achy Breaky Heart - Manchester United Beautiful Sunday - Dundee United
Top 10 English Football Chants: From FC90 Fan Culture 90 Thank you. Go West - Arsenal Can't Smile Without You - Tottenham Hotspur Glad All Over - Crystal Palace Blue Moon - Manchester City Take Me Home Country Road - United Mull Of Kintyre - Nottingham Forest Sailing - Chesterfield, Millwall Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Fulham Lola - Newcastle
Volare -Leicester
Can't Help Falling In Love - Swansea, Etc. I Will Survive - France
Soccer Chants Quiz: Do you know which Clubs the chants below are associated with?
Mrs Robinson Is This The Way To Amarillo Hey Jude Guantanamera Swing Low Sweet Chariot Goodnight Irene Annie's Song Hey Jude That's Amore On Top Of Old Smokey Do write your answers on the Comment Page by clicking on the word.
Images, Gifs and Videos: Google and YouTube Information: Many Football Club websites. The article is an original piece.
Happy Tay was in Singapore some weeks ago after braving the 20-hour plus long haul from Vancouver to visit Red Dot again. Also known as Vancouver's Elvis Presley, I managed to meet this very tall, talented, generous good-looker over a cup of tea at Ah Teng's Coffee House @ Raffles Hotel. He has been unselfishly contributing many stories to the blog.
Here's another informative and nostalgic letter from Happy for all ardent football fans and sports historians. Again my thanks to him.
*Elvis - You'll Never Walk Alone - A Soccer Song from the 1960's. Dear Andy,
The first photo shows our Police Football Team from Police Training School (PTS), later known as Police Academy, that beat the Army Depot Police (ADP) in the Inter-Police Cup Final in 1968.
We were then the underdogs, as the ADP (British Army Depot Police) had several players representing the National Football Team.
Some of their Singapore National star footballers were, Mohd. Ali (full-back), Sahar Hussein (forward), Ow Siew Kong (forward). Ow was selected by the visiting British Football Team in later years, to represent their All-Stars Team touring Asia.
Then there's Hussein Hashim (mid-field), Idros Albar (goalkeeper), and a few others whose names I am not able to recall. The Army Depot Police back then employed footballers who have, or are, representing the National Football Team, to represent their team.
However, not to be outdone, the Police team back then, also had several national and youth footballers too. Our national team was a good mixture of youths and senior football stars like Wilfred Skinner (image left: goalkeeper / forward), Robin Chan (forward), Gurunathan (forward). Included in the same group was Brian Richmond (Youth Team Captain and National Team Reserves), Othman Bahrum (forward for Malays and Reserves), Yee Soh Peng (Chinese), Richard Chiam (Youth Team) and yours truly (Youth Team).
The final itself which was played at Police Training School was filled with excitement, and was indeed an epic final, with all the top footballers from the country involved. It ended with the Police Football team victorious with the score at three two.
I vividly remembered that we footballers were accommodated at the Police Training School for two weeks before the finals and had daily training in the morning and evening under the football coach from Bulgaria, who was also, the National Team coach. I cannot recall his name. We were all well fed, and taken care of under the direction of the then Commandant of the Police Training School, AC Ong Kim Boon, and his deputy, DSP Daljit Singh. I was then an Instructor at the Police Training School and extremely fit with my position as a fullback!
This second photo on the left was taken during an interview with Pele - Edson Arantes dos Nascimento - the greatest footballer in the world and a living legend (image: standing/centre). The interview was conducted by our team of reporters from Sports Parade from Radio and Television Singapore (RTS) then. Some of the personalities in the photo were Brian Richmond (image: standing with Pele), then anchor and commentator of the very popular programme, Sports Parade, aired on TV every Friday evening. There were Ow Siew Kong, another team member and Singapore National Team player and yours truly (image: sitting/tie) , who was then, also one of the sports reporter.
It was truly a memorable meeting with this great football legend, who was then visiting Singapore with the Santos Football Team from Brazil in early 1970's.
Well Andy, I hope that this short introduction has managed to recap the best of my "fading" memories.
Cheers,
Happy Tay.
Vancouver, BC, Canada.
NB: If you are familiar with these footballers and friends do write in to contribute. *The song is popular with football clubs around the world, where it is performed by mass supporters on match day. This practice traditionally began at Liverpool Football Club in the early 1960's and later spread on...
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A football memory trail inspired by World Cup Brasil 2014 This posting under 'Soccer Songs' is the last in a series of four articles written to coincide with World Cup 2014. Dear
Andy,
I've just remembered two more songs relating to football. The
first is a Scottish song called Football Crazy (sometimes called Fitba'
Crazy in the vernacular) which was recorded by the Joe Gordon Folk Four
in 1960 and covered by several other artists, including Robin Hall and
Jimmie Macgregor. The second is the truly dreadful World Cup Willie
(*World Cup 1966) recorded by Lonnie Donegan in 1966 which, thankfully, sank without trace
until it appeared on retrospective CD sets in recent years. Another piece of football trivia is the fact that my maternal
grandfather, Thomas Currie, played football for Kilmarnock and Blaydon Wednesday around
the late 1890s/early 1900s, according to family legend.
Thomas Currie
I have tried to
find confirmation of this online, without success, and any relatives
who might have known for sure are now, alas, dead.
Best wishes,
Allan.
England, UK June, 2014.
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Dear Allan, Yes World Cup Willy is familiar and so are some of
the images by Arfursek GeeTee on You Tube (above), having been in London many times and seeing some of the football memorabilia in sports shops in the city.
I have never heard of Football Crazy, the Scottish football
song you mentioned but know Loch Lomond (who hasn't), learning it as a
teen at St. Andrew's. We've been so colonized that Scottish influence was strong. We even had a SingaporeGirl Pipers band?
A hill climb in Aberdeen with uni-mates 1982.
I was trying to impress a university welcome group in 1982 at the U of Aberdeen by singing Loch Lomond when they had asked about my stay in their city.It was only later that I learned the tune had been adapted to become one of Scotland's football songs.
Sincerely,
Andy.
Anyone remember the above song or World Cup 1966? If you were in the above uni-group at Aberdeen write in too huh?
I've just remembered two more songs relating to football. The
first is a Scottish song called Football Crazy (sometimes called Fitba'
Crazy in the vernacular) which was recorded by the Joe Gordon Folk Four
in 1960 and covered by several other artists, including Robin Hall and
Jimmie Macgregor.
The second is the truly dreadful World Cup Willie
(*World Cup 1966) recorded by Lonnie Donegan in 1966 which, thankfully, sank without trace
until it appeared on retrospective CD sets in recent years.
Another piece of football trivia is the fact that my maternal
grandfather, Thomas Currie, played football for Kilmarnock and Blaydon Wednesday around
the late 1890s/early 1900s, according to family legend.
Thomas Currie
I have tried to
find confirmation of this online, without success, and any relatives
who might have known for sure are now, alas, dead.
Best wishes,
Allan.
England, UK
June, 2014.
***************
Dear Allan,
Yes World Cup Willy is familiar and so are some of
the images by Arfursek GeeTee on You Tube (above), having been in London many times and seeing some of the football memorabilia in sports shops in the city.
A Hill Climb in Aberdeen, Scotland, 1982.
I have never heard of Football Crazy, the Scottish football
song you mentioned but know Loch Lomond (who hasn't), learning it as a
teen at St. Andrew's. We've been so colonized that Scottish influence was strong. We even had a SingaporeGirl Pipers band?
I was trying to impress a university welcome group in 1982 at the U of Aberdeen by singing Loch Lomond when they had asked about my stay in their city.It was only later that I learned the tune had been adapted to become one of Scotland's football songs.
Sincerely,
Andy.
Anyone remember the above song or World Cup 1966? Do write in.
Images: Allan Thompson, Andy Lim and Google. You Tube Video: ARFURSEK GEETEE
*The
1966 FIFA World Cup, the eighth staging of the World Cup, was held in
England from 11 to 30 July. England clinched the cup beating West
Germany 4–2 in the final at Wembley Stadium.
Bon Soir Dame: The Sandpipers. Video by 65Seasons.
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The names of the participating countries in the current World Cup Soccer tournament remind me of 1950s song titles with names of cities in Europe and lovey dovey foreign phrases. Rich and Famous
Once upon a time only the wealthy and famous could afford to fly in an airplane so the sophisticated minimum flew in style with men in dark suits, ties, bowler hats and the ladies wearing formal dresses, high-heels, fancy hats and gloves. Commercial Aviation
When commercial aviation took off in the U.S. the scenario changed. Companies like Boeing, Douglas, and Lockheed started making large multi-engine passenger planes. The cost of flying plummeted and the fellow on the street could finally afford a plane ticket. (Remember an Old John Wayne movie made in 1954 called, The High and the Mighty?)
As people travelled more often, exchanging visits across countries became a norm and names of famous cities were promoted in songs and movies to exploit the situation. Many of these 1950s songs became hits on the US and UK pop charts and even in the Malayan Peninsula (which included Singapore then) and other parts of Asia.
Songs with Country Names
Some of these titles were, Brazil, Africa,Wonderful Copenhagen, April in Portugal, Isle of Capri, Lisbon Antigua, I Love Paris, Tulips from Amsterdam, Marjoca Isle of Love and Three Coins in the Fountain. When folks tire of these places they learnt foreign phrases like, Ariverdeci Roma while the more polite ones, Vaya Con Dios.
Songs with Foreign Phrases
Then tourists started learning simple foreign phrases and picked up cultural activities from their travels. Lifestyles were exchanged as many times as exotic music and dances. The lyric writers penned phrases like, Bon Soir Dame, Inamorata, Besame Mucho, That's Amore, C'est Si Bon, Jambalaya, Petite Fleur, Les Bicyclettes de Belsize.
Many drank Tequila and learned to shake their bum-bum to the marimba rhythms of, Never On Sunday, Sway, Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White), The Laughing Samba and Mambo Italiano.
Songs with Foreign Ladies When the American male got tired of Miss USA he took home with him, Little Dutch Girl, Fraulein or a China Doll. Then there's Lady of Spain, Belle from Barcelona and sexy Anna. Sometimes he would take her Under the Bridges of Paris to "make her dreams come true".
When she wanted to come home with him he said, Quizás Quizás Quizás. Even the Japanese were not forgotten as the west went east learning terms like, Chotto Matte Kudasai, Sakura and Sukiyaki. When it was all over they bid their darlings, Sayonara.
A Girl in Every Port
Ricky Nelson summed it all up in 1961 with wild sincerity and, Travellin' Man became a cult hitbecause in every port he owned, "the heart of at least one lovely girl" and like Bobby Helms and Ferlin Husky, was so proud of his sweet, "Fraulein down from Berlin Town" and, "China Doll down in old Hong Kong". Luckily it was the 60s, otherwise he could have contacted AIDS. VD wasn't so vicious. Not a coincidence that Travellin' Man and Tequila were written by the same man.
Images: Google.
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The Singapore, UK 1960s Football Memory Trail. Inspired by FIFA World Cup Brazil, 2014.
I would like to thank Allan Thompson (UK) and Happy Tay (Canada) for this week's posting.
1. A note from Allan about football fakes:
Dear Andy,
Soccer? Football? The Beautiful game? Bah!Humbug!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A bunch of overpaid prima donnas with the
pain threshold of an exposed nerve. They trip on a blade of grass and
lie there, writhing and groaning like spoilt brats.
Compare them with
most other sportsmen who dust themselves down and play on. Especially
jump jockeys who sometimes have horrific falls and suffer very painful
injuries but are back in the saddle for the next race.
2. Happy Tay rebuts:
I'm an ardent soccer player and fan (or rather football, as we all
knew during our childhood days in the 60's), and have to concur with
some of the comments made against these so called "overpaid" stars.
They're better "actors" then those from Hollywood. They could all learn
how to play real soccer from the Women Soccer Players, who are true professionals, although they are not as well paid as those actors.
They never
curse, rant, scream at the referees, or act like overpaid stars
and fake injury, by rolling and grimacing as though one of their limbs had
been torn apart, but are immediately able to run after the ball, as
soon as their "victim" (opponent) had been penalized by the Referee.
When I was refereeing as a Class 1 Referee, I would either ignore
such acts or caution these "actors" with a yellow card!
Frank Coulston
Being a
soccer player myself has helped, as I had the experience to judge between an
actual foul, or just an act. Hopefully, FIFA (the
World Soccer Body) will think again about this problem.
Anyway Andy, keep up the great work for bringing forward the "Beautiful Game" during
this World Cup, fittingly held in Brazil, where soccer is like a religion to them.
Cheers!!
3. Allan's reply and soccer trail:
Dear Andy, I thoroughly agree with Guru's views and
comments. Incidentally, I was quite a good 'playground footballer' when
I was at primary school and I played, briefly, in a five-a-side
competition. Sadly, my Dad thought that sport was a waste of time and
that I should work hard at the academic subjects instead.
He refused to
buy me a decent pair of boots and I had to make do with an old pair
which he bought cheaply from one of his employees. They were too big for me and I had to stuff rolled-up newspaper in the toes! Later, as my
feet grew, the boots became too tight and he would not buy me another
pair. End of promising career.
One of my best friends, Frank Coulston,
became a semi-professional player and was in the Partick Thistle team
which thrashed the
mighty Celtic 4-1 in the Scottish League Cup Final in October
1971. Another friend, Ernest Yard, played for Reading and Crystal
Palace.
Best wishes,
Allan.
Nancy Sinatra - These Boots Are Made for Walkin' Video by: weissebrauen
4. Happy's Soccer Memory Trail: Thanks Andy and also to Allan.
Perhaps Allan and I have something similar to touch on, especially those days when we had
the RAF personnel and their families stationed in Singapore.
There are stories about Roti John (now they call it Subway) and my episodes
at RAF Changi during the Indonesian Confrontation and when I was with
the RAF Police since we did not have our own armed forces then.
Jalan Besar Stadium - 1960s
During my short career with the RAF, I was also picked to play for the RAF Changi Team during the 60's. I
was the only Singaporean selected to play for them. During my interaction with these footballers I remember a great soccer star called Hussein Hashim who went on to
play for the Singapore Malays F.C. and the national team!
Those
days, Singapore had a very strong Joint Services Team with players from
RAF Changi, Tengah and Seletar. Some of them played for the English or
Scottish 1st and 2nd Division Clubs before being called for duty. Those were the good old days of legendary Sir Stanley Matthews, Tom
Finney, Johnny Haines and others.
Football at Jalan Besar Stadium
Singapore footballers from the Joint Services,
Singapore Chinese, Singapore Malays, and Singapore Indians, played together for the Annual Challenge Trophy; there was always a full house at
Jalan Besar Stadium. I was also selected for the local Combined School Teams. We
had a really strong team those days, with some moving on to represent
the Singapore Team.
As you can see I also have some stories from the good old days of Singapore soccer!
Cheers, and keep up with the great work Andy!
Guru Happy.
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you... Anyone has something to say?
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