Memo to JON and your "event manager"

[Thin Thighs]

Moses and Fat Prop

Awesome research.

Hairs on the back of the neck were standing proud and tall.

That beats any Haka anyday for geeing up the boys.

What have we got?
At best F'ken John Williamson singing about a Sheep Rustler, or alternatively a pissed Barnsey belting out Khe Sanh, or Doc Neeson and Am I Ever Going To See Your Face Again? ........No Way, Get etc.....

The AFL teams all have a team song, frequently a reworded Old Time Ditty.
The Pom's have hijacked "Swing Low Sweet Chariot".

We gotta do something to establish our point of difference.

 

[#1 Tah]

Waltzing Matilda, WALTZING MATILDA! YOU COME A WALTZING MATILDA WITH ME!

 

[Thin Thighs]

What?

AAF = Advance Australia Fair. Sorry

I trust you know what FFS means from the quoted post.

 

[#1 Tah]

AAF = Advance Australia Fair. Sorry

I trust you know what FFS means from the quoted post.

Dammit I should have known that one. I officially apologise to my country.

 

[Ruggo]

Not Anthems but some good crowd songs would be the Seekers We are Australian" and Peter Alan's "I still call Australia home". Both songs generate a great sense of national pride.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Not Anthems but some good crowd songs would be the Seekers We are Australian" and Peter Alan's "I still call Australia home". Both songs generate a great sense of national pride.

"I Still Call Australia Home"

Patrotic
Simple Words
Slow Beat
Good Commercial Fit with Major Sponsor QANTAS

Would sound awesome with 55 Proud Aussies belting it out with the Australian Army Band out in the middle with the QANTAS Choir.

 

[louie]

australian rugby has no pride

 

[cyclopath]

waltzing matilda, waltzing matilda! You come a waltzing matilda with me!

nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

 

[Scarfman]

Hey True Blue ...

 

[Blue]

Welsh and Scots don't need soem fancy naf sining their anthems. The people just belt it our.

Now if only they played rugby half as good...

 

[rhyso]

This is fucking cool.

... and sometimes they even throw in Katharine Jenkins:

[video=youtube;lewMbHl159U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lewMbHl159U[/video]

 

[#1 Tah]

Memo to JON: Why isnt Pockock an option for MOTM poll on ARU website?

This is blasphemy.

 

[Zinzan]

To Fatprop & Moses, up until I watched your posted clips I didn't really give a f*ck about the thread.....but geez that was powerful footage.......there is definately a need for Aussies to follow that lead & sing it with pride!!

Special mention to Rhyso for footage of Katharine Jenkins belting out Welsh anthem........I felt one of my vital organs downthere move when she hit the high notes with that mic so close to her mouth.

As for Waltzing Matilda.....Don't ever sing that song again at a Rugby match!!!!! The worst motivational/uplifting song of all time!!! If the Haka is to lay down a challenge then WTF is Waltzing Matilda???are we telling the opposition to score 7 tries while we wait for the billy to boil.

 

[rhyso]

I raise you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA6cnXFiE6I

The lyrics are awesome also, for those who haven't seen them before. Scotland vs England at Murrayfield is a spine-tingler.

O Flower of Scotland,
When will we see
Your like again,
That fought and died for,
Your wee bit Hill and Glen,
And stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.
The Hills are bare now,
And Autumn leaves
lie thick and still,
O'er land that is lost now,
Which those so dearly held,
That stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.

Those days are past now,
And in the past
they must remain,
But we can still rise now,
And be the nation again,
That stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.

0 Flower of Scotland,
When will we see
your like again,
That fought and died for,
Your wee bit Hill and Glen,
And stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

... and sometimes they even throw in Katharine Jenkins:

[video=youtube;lewMbHl159U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lewMbHl159U[/video]

Holy snapping duckshit, that's how you do an anthem. Big crowd belting it out for all they're worth and a great voice leading them. It doesn't hurt that Katharine is an absolute hornbag as well.

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

This is fucking cool.

[video=youtube;SMI5wpwXTCY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMI5wpwXTCY[/video]

This and the other Welsh clip represent one of the great things about this great game of ours. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Ruggo]

God save the Queen is still the most inspiring anthem. Lets not forget it used to be our anthem. You will find alot of older Australians sing it with more passion than our current one.

 

[Ruggo]

Here is a beauty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBunJcr1DP8&feature=related

 

[The_Brown_Hornet]

The Frogs have the best anthem, however. To wit...

[video=youtube;KoFPTSKIVrM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoFPTSKIVrM&feature=related[/video]

And sometimes you get spontaneous stuff like this outside rugby games...

[video=youtube;gAVQEn-cqWg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAVQEn-cqWg[/video]

 

[DPK]

[video=youtube;HM-E2H1ChJM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM-E2H1ChJM[/video]

Yep, Le Marsellaise is one of the best. I really like the Welsh anthem as well.

I really dont like God Save the Queen. And I dont think I'm alone on that one.