going to the match
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steppenwolfA note on the type
Queen’s A Night at the Opera; I was mainly looking for something I could use the Terra Nova crest with, & also I love Queen. Probably their Greatest Hits albums would have been a better choice for the feature, but are greatest hits albums really albums…? Again the interwebs was incredibly helpful in identifying the correct font – god bless people's weird little hobbies, every one. background noise
I was going to write this in character but I realise I haven’t put enough thought into developing the lore of this club yet :’) I know no one cares, it’s important to me ok!! Anyway stay tuned. I think there are two ways you can approach a football playlist: one is club vibes (which I guess is the more normal way of approaching a playlist), and one is songs they sing at games (which might not lyrically make sense, but are Banging Tunes). I've attempted to clarify in the notes. HEAVY ENGLAND, UNFORTUNATELY, APPROACH WITH CAUTION.
thank you for the music
But do it at the right time
You can be slow or fast
But you must get to the line
Vibes: the cheerful, simplistic optimism one can afford when one doesn't know what's coming (semi-finals against Germany). One thing I think about TNFC is they vacillate between soulful mournful singalongs and resigned, sometimes embarrassing (^) cheerfulness despite.
Oh, sit down
Oh, sit down
Sit down next to me
Sit down (sit down, sit down, sit down, down)
In sympathy
Chant: tis just a good chanting song brent! No I'm not bitter that Liv stole it from a Mancunian band! Maybe AT-KIN-SON?
Vibes: I steal Liv song right back. I love football and people and the way it grounds you in a place and I think Terra Nova is that kind of a club.
Why can't we give love that one more chance?
Why can't we give love, give love, give love, give love
Give love, give love, give love, give love?
Vibes: when everyone's been subbed off and Cherry misses the penalty kick that would have sealed the win – why can't we give love?
Let me, let me, let me
Let me get what I want
This time
Vibes & Chant: By no means do I think Terra Nova is a successful club! It's 90s Liv! It's gothically opulent and without a sniff of a trophy! It's holding and begging and waiting and hoping! This year is our year! I think there's also something plaintively beautiful about a football crowd singing this chorus, like, when they're 3-0 down at half time in a big game, I dunno
I picked this version specifically for uh morrissey is a little bitch reasons
I'm so cold, let me in your window
Chant: specifically this cheerful cover by the Ukulele Orchestra, which unfortunately doesn't have a spotify recording. I think the call and response bit of Heathcliff! would suit a crowd perfectly, especially taking the slot of Songs that English Teams Sing Without Anyone Knowing Why (see: I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles).
Jules Rimet still gleaming
?????????????????? years of hurt
Never stopped me dreaming
Vibes: self-explanatory I'm sure. I've lost friends over this song I don't care I'm putting it in my fictional football club playlist :crylaugh:
Picked the 98 version because it opens with and includes the crowd singing and that JUST GETS ME EVERY TIME MAN. EVERY TIME.
She knows it's too late
As we're walking on by
Her soul slides away
But don't look back in anger
I heard you say
Chant: it's 2018 it's the semi-finals it's postmatch it's a stadium it's fans singing their hearts out to an empty pitch it's loss and a raised fist it's love babey & it's love
All american rejects
Yes I know YNWA should be here. I know. Don't ask me about it. I took off a Stone Roses song to balance it out.
two - morning || two - will you join the dance?
three - crevasse || three - we die, but we don't
four - ...antics || four - unknown continents || four - going to the match || four - in that final flowing cold
five - dead and gone
