Alternative ideas for introduction songs for the Melbourne Football Club in 2015

[LeverPuller]

So I'm sick of whatever that intro song is. The one with the guitar and the drums.

I've got some better ideas.

Radioactive - Imagine Dragons (club seems like it sometimes)
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (sure as hell can get worse)
We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy Joel (The Paul Roos Theme)
Sell Out - Reel Big Fish (dedicated to all the free agents, retirees and #1 draft picks out there)
Nobody Sees - Powderfinger (to the fans)

 

[dee_mac]

The song they do now I really like but it would suit better if we were good at football and/or an intimidating side. As it stands, it's kind of a mockery and It makes me feel like we're having the piss taken out of us before the game even starts (by ourselves)

 

[Topkent]

Highway to hell

Cept the players don't stop after the banner they continue to run out of the ground

 

[Dez!]

Highway to hell

Cept the players don't stop after the banner they continue to run out of the ground

Doesn't that mean they're running away from hell if they run out of the ground?

 

[stabler]

I have a lot of respect for how Port Adelaide have rebuilt their club over the last couple of years. Not only on-field but in how they have managed to engage with their fan base aswel. To hear ‘Never tear us apart’ with thousands of screaming football fans beside you gets the hairs standing up on the back of your neck every time (I have been over to Adelaide Oval myself and witnessed this first-hand) and even as an opposition supporter you can’t help but get swept up in the moment.

I see no reason why we can’t have a similar thing at our home games, something that can really add to the game day experience (which I feel is sorely lacking at the moment - not helped by a feeling of utmost dread before the ball is even bounced). The song choice is vital though: it has to be something that can be chanted in a stadium like the MCG, it has to fit in with the history and vision of the club, it should have an Australian feel and most importantly, it should be a decent song!

With that being said, the song that I have in mind is ‘After all these years’ by Silverchair. Not one of their biggest hits by any stretch, and not as 'punchy' as an INXS track but I can’t help but think of the Melbourne football club when I hear it. It’s melancholy and reflective but also with a message of hope. It seems a good fit for a grand old club like ours and I can definitely imagine it being played before a game on a cold wintry Melbourne afternoon.

This line in particular seems quite appropriate for many dees fans:

And every father's pain Casts a shadow over a broken son
You'll be whole again
And I'll be whole again

Plus this line which could describe many of our players!

Playing like a scared Enthusiastic pawn


Anyway, not everyone's going to like my suggestion but the point is we should be thinking outside the box like Port have done and breathe some new life into our pre-match entertainment. Granted, it will mean a lot more when we start winning some bloody games.

 

[Cromulent1]

Devil Inside, Inxs.
Every single one of us!

 

[Cannon82]

Port brought in a few Liverpool people and are trying to emulate / copy everything Liverpool do (You'll Never Walk Alone, etc). It's very much inside the box thinking, but they're doing well out of it.

 

[Topkent]

Doesn't that mean they're running away from hell if they run out of the ground?

True that they should start at Geelong an run into the g to be met by the devil mascot who in turn sets the g on fire

 

[d33my]

IIRC the current song is an instrumental of Enter Sandman. Intimidating, if you're 15.

Cut the crap. I don't want a 'match day experience'. I want us to win f***ing games. That's a match day experience for fans.

 

[Dez!]

Just a systematic beating of that f***ing trumpeting kent before every game would get me pumped up.

 

[fushy]

Grand old flag.

 

[Cannon82]

Just a systematic beating of that f***ing trumpeting kent before every game would get me pumped up.

I thought you'd cheer up a bit once we stopped losing.

 

[Dez!]

I thought you'd cheer up a bit once we stopped losing.

That would cheer me up regardless of whether we ended up getting belted or not.

 

[Cannon82]

That would cheer me up regardless of whether we ended up getting belted or not.

 

[El Gringo]

My idea would be to scrap it altogether.

Never been a fan- it just makes things feel like they're being dragged out and it's corny as hell. Opposition supporters chuckle at it and it doesn't appear to be firing up the playing group, so why bother?

 

[Jamurp]

Bring back the trumpeter.

 

[Crimson Azure]

'Its raining men.'

 

[RandB]

'Its raining men.'

Since when has a game ever started at half past ten?

 

[Crimson Azure]

But I serioused:

 

[Crimson Azure]

Since when has a game ever started at half past ten?

Thats when we (MFC) turn up.

 

[Viney]

Devil Inside, Inxs.
Every single one of us!

Excellent user name

 

[Cannon82]

 

[rhaz]

I wish we could play up the whole demon thing. SEE YOU IN HELL would be a pretty menacing phrase to throw at opposition teams.

Pity in today's world we can't do anything to offend. I'm surprised we're even still allowed to be called the Demons.

 

[Viney]

On topic Striker475

I hate myself and want to die - nirvana - all of us

 

[Viney]

That's norf