You've set the bar affae high NMN min.
I canna do as well as you at writing songs.
You should just crack on and get the Mandolin oot whenever we get back into Pittodrie
Weel, since the doors are still shut ... maybe it's a good time tae collaborate on some new songs/chants.
As a muso fa does informal sessions, Ah think 'simple' is accessible ... if ye can get four lines together ... where the third an' fourth are constant, and the first an' second are flexible ... then ye hae a song which can 'evolve' athoot goin 'extinct' ...
Ah'll come back tae this point.
Consider 'Bring on on the Hearts, the Hibs, the Celtic' ..... there was a certain point in time where the last part of this line was changed to 'the Rangers' .... but the song remained the same.... chat among yersels, but lets move on.
Consider 'It's magic ... ye know ... ye'll never get 9 in a row' ... well ... that wisna made tae last eh?
... or 'Peter Pawlett baby' ?
Simplicity is key .. eg: 'Get in tae them - boot boot' ... became 'Get intae them - heid first!' ... an improvement for sure
.... but returning to my point I said I would return to ....
there are some trad songs which might be handy tae adapt ...
....the key is gettin that wee bit o' the words which will prevail .... unlike 'the sheep are on fire'
.... conversely, 'we don't give a ****, whoever you may be - cos we are the famous Aberdeen' ... will 'rock on' in spite of said fame dissipating with time.
Straight to the point tho .... and considering the simplicity and strength of tune ... the traditional humourist song 'Johnny Lad' was made for a rowdy fitba chant.
Lets do the first bit first ... cos the rest is easy.
We replace .... ' And wi you, and wi' you, and wi' you Johnny Lad, Ah'll dance the buckles aff ma sheen wi; you ma Johnny lad'
Now ... unless there's case for dedicatin the song tae one Mr Hayes, writin first an second lines in accordance, and the song dyin as soon as he's 'done' .... we need tae get generic - ish.
But .... Ah'll strike the first blow .... hopefully tae inspire better ... and suggest ... retainin the humour ...
"And tae you, and tae you, and tae you Ah micht be mad,
But Ah'll be a Dons supporter til Ah'm aulder than ma dad"
"And fae you, and fae you, and fae you we're standin free,
So stash yer sash, yer rosary beads an' car-a-van-ery'
.... OK, Ah chuckled as Ah considered 'til Ah wear an incontinence pad .. and potpourri/popery ... but well ... it jist disna 'scan'
And so, Ah'm leavin it there .... for some ither clivver ******* tae play wi .... these lines are the 'cake icin' ... but in terms o' songwritin, very often, the icin comes first, and the cake gets made efter.
.... Ideas for 'cake?' ....
Well .... if the 'icin' gets sorted, then the ither two - first two lines dinna need tae closely relate ... ither than bein stuff worth singin ... so .... a wee stab at ideas.
'Ah kent a man ca'd Joey fa could ayeways find the net,
Yer daein fine young Cosgrove but yer nae the King jist yet " ... and tae ...
'Ah was at the game in 88 and saw a leg get broke
Ah shed some tears an' drank some beers then laughed until Ah choked' ... and tae ...
'There was a man c'd Gerard, many medals he has won,
Now on a minimum wage he's winnin nithin for the hun' ... and tae you ... etc.
.... and on the assumption you guys can dae better .... Ah leave it thus ...
You've set the bar affae high NMN min.
I canna do as well as you at writing songs.
You should just crack on and get the Mandolin oot whenever we get back into Pittodrie
I reckon it’s pretty tough to improve on
"And tae you, and tae you, and tae you Ah micht be mad,
But Ah'll be a Dons supporter til Ah'm aulder than ma dad"
It’s got what it takes to be timeless.
If you wanted to make it a bit more specific you could sing
“Tae the huns, tae the tims, tae the jutes (or maybe “tae the rest”)
Ah micht be mad
But Ah'll be a Dons supporter til
Ah'm aulder than ma dad"
Would segue nicely into Stand Free
Last edited by Don Julio; 11-08-2020 at 04:10 PM.
“8 Dons went oot fir pizza
And then went on fir beer
And noo we’ll get nae fitba
Till they give them the all clear”
I’ll get me coat...
Cheers afc1903mad, and good efforts Don Julio
In the wake o' the Aberdeen outbreak ... and in 'honour' o' 'the eight' ....
Tae the tune o' Guantanamera ... or, if ye prefer, 'One Willie Miller' ....
"Clatty orra middens,
We are aa clatty orra middens.
Clatty orra miiiiidens,
We are aa clatty orra miiiiidens"
.... some might prefer this tae admittin we're sheep shaggin baztards, Ah dinna ken
Picking up on @rustlinsweetiepapers' idea, how about:
Ross McCrorie, Ross McCrorie
What's the story, Ross McCrorie
Wouldn't you like to know?
What's the story, Ross McCrorie
Told the Huns where to go!
Excellent NMN, it's important to have songs unique to a team not just copying others 'by far the greatest team the world ..', can't find the vomit emoji. I love the New Johnny Scobie sung (rarely sadly) by Dundee fans. We have the Northern Lights which makes me cringe to hear it chanted staccato style like something at a fascist rally: legato, lads, legato. But, ok, if we want something militarist and local(ish) how about a song based on the Haughs o' Cromdale? Any tone-deaf, frog in the throat can belt it out. The original, like the New Johnny Scobie, is about an event which never happened, the Marquis of Montrose had been dead for forty odd years when the imaginary revenge battle took place. So, in that spirit, I offer a similar scenario. There's a wee bonus in that the real battle of Cromdale took place in 1690 which I believe is the PIN number for the Ibrox car park.
As Dave Cormack enjoys a honeymoon period, it's also an opportunity to include a (for now) popular chairman in a song. I don't recall anything similar in the past (Stewarty, Stewarty GTF doesn't count).
As I cam in by Auchindoun
Just a wee bit frae the toun
As tae Pittodrie I was boun'
Tae see the Dons o' Cormack
I met a man wi' Hummel trews
And speir'd at him what was the news
He said the Hunnish army rues
That it saw the Dons o' Cormack
Ryan Jack was snapped in twa'
The same as Durrant lang ago
Morelos never got the baw
Frae the Dons o' Cormack
Cosgrove, Main and Niall McGinn
Each scored a goal and then agin
Six - nil it was the biggest win
For the Dons o' Cormack
Joe Lewis had **** all to do
Cruyff turns fae Ojo, Consi too
It made the flesh o' Slippy grue
When he saw the Dons o' Cormack
Of 15 hundred Ibrox men
Half time they left tae get the tren
Tavernier on his erse again
Done by the Dons o' Cormack
A ballad needs to include everyone in the first team squad but I'm tired.
To the tune of a well known Joey Harper song.
"2 Aberdeen players got Covid 19,
They were out on the piss but their hands were not clean,
We cleaned and we scrubbed them and hosed them both down,
The bleach-end boys are in town!"
I'll get my coat
Always wondered why the casuals didn't do some Mancunian anthem of the time.
I don’t want to be a Hun
A Tim or a Pikey
I don’t want to be a Hun
I just wanna stand free
I wanna be a Don
Perhaps they did?
Or maybe one man went to mow was more representative?
Anyway think some kind of anthem would be good Northern Lights always starts off Leanard Cohen and ends The Dickies.
McCrorie is a dandy, he wears a dandies hat
The huns said 'sign this contract' he said 'tae f uck with that'
That's all I've got so far. Who can finish it off?