hingwy wrote:Legless wrote:Not too fussed about a song, 2 or 3 good chants would do me. If supporters want to sing a song it needs to be a simple 4 line verse that can be repeated rather than 6 verses long.
Oh well, 2 days on after I started this thread, at least there's been a bit less apathy than I'd originally expected. I've picked out Legless's message to quote here because it reflects exactly what I feel too. Songs will never work with such an introverted and alcohol free audience as we usually have. So it has to be a simple chant, short and simple that can dip in and out without effort. Hence the "One Edinburgh" suggestion. It might be footie'ish and it might be naff, but on those (thankfully less) rare euphoric moments we have with tries and victories, I tend not to get too worried about naffness or chavness. I find it hard to believe that anyone would shush someone chanting or even give strange looks, is this not just your imagination because of the lack of general joining in? If anyone is genuinely being disapproving of an innocent chant, they're the ones that need to take a good hard look at themselves....and get them to a nunnery not a rugby ground, the pri*cks.
Bottom line, the club has to do something to wipe out that pathetic deathly hush, it's simply not an option to keep it like it is if we're hoping to grow the crowds.
Think someone suggested it before but everyone knows the proclaimers. Decent mix between a chant and a song and leaves room to expand it with the verses if it catches.
But we would walk 500 miles
And we would walk 500 more
Just to be the fans who walk a thousand miles
To see the Gunners(or Edinburgh) win
da da da (da da da)
da da da (da da da)
Da Da Da Dun Diddle Un Diddle Un Diddle Uh Da
da da da (da da da)
da da da (da da da)
Da Da Da Dun Diddle Un Diddle Un Diddle Uh Da