Opinion Change the Club Song. It's time.

[TheFVK]

I've tried to convince myself otherwise, but I just can't do it anymore. It's time to face facts; our club song is s**t.

It's 90s, it's poppy, there's no decent hook, and it's impossible for 22 men to sing without sounding cringeworthy.

So why don't we change it?

10 years ago we had a confused 90s guernsey. Along came a 7 year-old girl who designs the V-guernsey, we make the switch and we now enjoy watching the Port boys run around every week in the best jumper in the AFL. I'm sure with the collective creative might on here we could pretty easily come up with an adapted song from an existing international club, or even a new anthem entirely; it'll be weird to begin with, but once it's been belted after a couple of gutsy wins it'll be part of the furniture.

 

[John the Butcher]

No

 

[PepeSilvia]

Can't we just have 'cheer, cheer the black, teal and white'?

 

[Dave Omsby]

Yep I'd vote for a new song . Have to be better , no point changing for the sake of change but a competition for a new song would be good

 

[Dylan8]

Where's that awesome cover that Portmanteau uses at the end of the Game Day Pod?

Yeah, the song is really s**t though. Can't we just change the lyrics to Cheer Cheer? IDGAF about Sydney using the same song, it's a damn good song.

 

[Coobk001]

Where the hell did this thread come from. Our song is a bloody good song to sing to and as time goes by its only getting better.


Fav part is after the third verse when there's the change in beat and the crowd always loses the clapping rhythm.

 

[GreyPower]

Yeah change it, on the proviso we get rid of "Power", too.

 

[edgie]

Can't we just have 'cheer, cheer the black, teal and white'?

Would have to be black, teal, and white.

For rhyming purposes.

Cause we're all manly men who sing and rhyme, and s**t.

 

[edgie]

But seriously, no.

Every sports song is impossible for 22 men to sing without sounding cringeworthy, so unless we change the song to a 4 minute rock staple and get a live band to play over the top, there's no alternative.

 

[NoddyHolder]

mmm, timely suggestion. I'd like us to use something timeless. Something to the tune of Bohemian Rhapsody

 

[TheFVK]

But seriously, no.

Every sports song is impossible for 22 men to sing without sounding cringeworthy, so unless we change the song to a 4 minute rock staple and get a live band to play over the top, there's no alternative.

Disagree. As much as it pains me to admit, Richmond's sounds amazing; the Dogs' is great too. It's something which their fans genuinely look forward to hearing- our players look embarrassed at times singing ours and I don't blame them.

And the thing is, we had a great song, for 40 years- Cheer, Cheer. Sure we stole it from South Melbourne, who in turn stole it from someone who stole it from the French. Is there a rule saying two clubs can't have the same song?

If you want an example of a successful rebrand, look to Fremantle. Drastically changed their club colours and guernsey, with the dual chevron and strong emphasis on the dark purple, less on their "Dockers" moniker. Tweaked their club song in 2011 (from memory they even looked at changing this too, although didn't go ahead with it for whatever reason). Changing a club song is not unprecedented at all, as our Camry loving Crow brothers will attest to.

I'll always have a soft spot for the song, we sang it after winning our 37th flag. But it's outdated.

 

[tribey]

We're talkin' Power
Firle to the Peninsula
Talkin' Power
Something something Nathan Steinbernah

Dean Brogan's grotesquely swollen jaw
Dean Brogan and his run-in with the law
We're talkin' Power...
Barry Curtain and Drew Moore

 

[Dalfino]

Wouldn't mind a cheer cheer variation. 1 club, 2 teams with the same song but different lyrics?

 

[TheFVK]

We're talkin' Power
Firle to the Peninsula
Talkin' Power
Something something Nathan Steinbernah

Dean Brogan's grotesquely swollen jaw
Dean Brogan and his run-in with the law
We're talkin' Power...
Barry Curtain and Drew Moore

This is the clubhouse leader so far

 

[LFC2010]

WTF are people on ATM?

If aint broken, don't fix it!

 

[DaTBird187]

What about "I've got the Power" by Snap!

 

[chiwigi]

It's getting better with age, it really is.

 

[chiwigi]

Disagree. As much as it pains me to admit, Richmond's sounds amazing; the Dogs' is great too. It's something which their fans genuinely look forward to hearing- our players look embarrassed at times singing ours and I don't blame them.

And the thing is, we had a great song, for 40 years- Cheer, Cheer. Sure we stole it from South Melbourne, who in turn stole it from someone who stole it from the French. Is there a rule saying two clubs can't have the same song?

If you want an example of a successful rebrand, look to Fremantle. Drastically changed their club colours and guernsey, with the dual chevron and strong emphasis on the dark purple, less on their "Dockers" moniker. Tweaked their club song in 2011 (from memory they even looked at changing this too, although didn't go ahead with it for whatever reason). Changing a club song is not unprecedented at all, as our Camry loving Crow brothers will attest to.

I'll always have a soft spot for the song, we sang it after winning our 37th flag. But it's outdated.

Richmonds is so overrated, it's childish as hell.
Ours is actually unique and not some dance hall ditty from the 20's.

 

[Zakk Wylde]

What about "I've got the Power" by Snap!

This is the version my man... (Any excuse to post this)

 

[edgie]

Disagree. As much as it pains me to admit, Richmond's sounds amazing; the Dogs' is great too. It's something which their fans genuinely look forward to hearing- our players look embarrassed at times singing ours and I don't blame them.

Richmond sounds just as bad when the players sing it flat, and the dogs is ******* slow and shithouse at the best of times.

And the thing is, we had a great song, for 40 years- Cheer, Cheer. Sure we stole it from South Melbourne, who in turn stole it from someone who stole it from the French. Is there a rule saying two clubs can't have the same song?

Don't Sturt and Norwood have the same song?

If you want an example of a successful rebrand, look to Fremantle. Drastically changed their club colours and guernsey, with the dual chevron and strong emphasis on the dark purple, less on their "Dockers" moniker. Tweaked their club song in 2011 (from memory they even looked at changing this too, although didn't go ahead with it for whatever reason). Changing a club song is not unprecedented at all, as our Camry loving Crow brothers will attest to.

I went over the Fremantle rebranding the other night and I'm not going over it again, but on the song, the members voted against a change given the alternatives, they did vote for a slight change on the original song. More poppy and traditional sound with horns and brass sections, less guitars and drums.

Gay.

I'll always have a soft spot for the song, we sang it after winning our 37th flag. But it's outdated.

No it isn't. Maybe we should sing the full thing for a change?

 

[Nemisis]

Wouldn't mind a cheer cheer variation. 1 club, 2 teams with the same song but different lyrics?

Yep it's time - cheer cheer the black teal and white follow Port Adelaide .....

 

[chachi11]

I like the never stop stop stop, till we're top top top verse. The writer obviously had a mental blank and was working to a deadline and just threw that into the lyrics for the lolz!

 

[Spadge]

s**t thread is s**t

 

[Doctor Feel]

Where the hell did this thread come from. Our song is a bloody good song to sing to and as time goes by its only getting better.


Fav part is after the third verse when there's the change in beat and the crowd always loses the clapping rhythm.

I (and everyone around me) always gets lost at:

"With our tradition so strong
We can't go wrong
We're the Alberton crowd
Port Adelaide proud"

And instead, start singing:

"And the heroes are those
Who've earned the right
To wear the silver - teal..."

It's like:

We've got the Power to win
We'll never give in
Til the flag is ours for the taking
POWER

And the heroes are those...terrmerrer...errreereeederrr...can't go wrong, we're the Alberton crowd

 

[The Smaller Warrior]

More teal, new logo, more port adelaide SANFL playas and prison barz? Amirite