It's time to sing

[kronic]

Why this insistence that singing makes good fans? You know what? I go to the rugby to, guess what, watch rugby! You want to sing? Fine go for it, but don't live by the delusion that chanting dumb lyrics makes you some sort of uber fan.

Its like you Melbournians have this massive chip on your shoulder that you must consistenly live up to this ancient furphy that its the sporting capital of Aust and you rely on these ridiculous means to try and prove it.

Here's an idea. Try watching the game!

Sorry, but you are in a thread about singing. People complain about a lack of atmosphere and so on, we are willing to provide a "solution".

We do watch the game, it's called multi-tasking, and generally at present, the songs react to particular situations in the game.

In the context of the Rebels, the players more than appreciate it.

If you want to passively watch the game, good for you.

 

[Penguin]

Why do you insist that only singing provides atmosphere. Cheering on good play & urging your team vocally makes atmosphere to..... nothing passive about it at all!
And I think I can unequivocally say that the players appreciate the support they get in Brisbane.

 

[kronic]

Why do you insist that only singing provides atmosphere. Cheering on good play & urging your team vocally makes atmosphere to... nothing passive about it at all!
And I think I can unequivocally say that the players appreciate the support they get in Brisbane.

Your words, not mine. I don't have a problem with other forms of support. The support you describe are the people we are more or less trying to engage, they are likely to have a crack.

That comment was in relation to particular tactics, not a dig at supporters in Brisbane turning out. However I've noticed numerous comments in relation to how the Welsh supporters sung for their team, and disappointment at how we did not. This is the issue we aim to tackle. Again, as pointed out, this thread is about singing.

 

[Melbourne Terrace]

people are having a laugh if they think 'chanting or making noise' is better than organised support. We want Australian home grounds to become fortresses and for us to have a presence at things like world cups , not the current situation where most rugby fans are too afraid to make noise because they don't want to look out of place and we end up getting out supported by away supporters. Watch the top 14 finals or 6 nations matches and see how their singing drives on a team so much more than fuckin 'we are red'

 

[Sully]

Don't have a go at we are red. It's better than nothing.

 

[flat_eric]

As a fan of both football (soccer) and rugby I really do think atmosphere at games for the later is lacking. Sometimes even sterile - the worst is when you can hear the chatter around the stadium. It's just the mindset of the majority of supporters in this country. From my experience it's much the same in rugby league. Not a huge deal but I grew up falling in love with rugby as a schoolboy, where we sung our hearts out from kick off to full time and then some, and made fun of the opposition supporters who didn't do the same. I believe strong and distinctive vocal support, even as simple as 'All Blacks', "swing low sweet chariot' and 'allez les blues' really gives their teams an extra man on the field at times.

 

[Penguin]

people are having a laugh if they think 'chanting or making noise' is better than organised support. We want Australian home grounds to become fortresses and for us to have a presence at things like world cups , not the current situation where most rugby fans are too afraid to make noise because they don't want to look out of place and we end up getting out supported by away supporters. Watch the top 14 finals or 6 nations matches and see how their singing drives on a team so much more than fuckin 'we are red'

Suncorp Stadium is a fortress already. The players love it!The fans love it! And most opposition hate it. We must be doing something right without having to have a sing-a-long.
You really think the Welsh,Poms etc are organised support*? They sing spontaneously because it's in their "DNA" it's been happening for decades & they're good at it.... mostly because they can hold a tune en mass. We, sadly I admit, cannot. Good luck to you guys & a big up for having a go but I just cannot see it taking off here in the southern hemisphere.**


*Barmy Army an exception at the cricket.

**Argies excepted.

 

[kronic]

Suncorp Stadium is a fortress already. The players love it!The fans love it! And most opposition hate it. We must be doing something right without having to have a sing-a-long.
You really think the Welsh,Poms etc are organised support*? They sing spontaneously because it's in their "DNA" it's been happening for decades & they're good at it.. mostly because they can hold a tune en mass. We, sadly I admit, cannot. Good luck to you guys & a big up for having a go but I just cannot see it taking off here in the southern hemisphere.**


*Barmy Army an exception at the cricket.

**Argies excepted.

Depends, what you regard as a fortress? Sure we have an awesome record there, but we always seem to play the ABs/Boks towards the end of the Tri/Four-Nations in Brisbane. I all too remember 2008 also.

As flat_eric points out, it's about being regarding as the 23rd man/woman.

They don't have organized support for "WALES" repeated, much like we don't down here for "REBELS" repeated.

The challenge is what drives me, and many others.

 

[Bagger288]

Suncorp Stadium is a fortress already. The players love it!The fans love it! And most opposition hate it. We must be doing something right without having to have a sing-a-long.
You really think the Welsh,Poms etc are organised support*? They sing spontaneously because it's in their "DNA" it's been happening for decades & they're good at it.. mostly because they can hold a tune en mass. We, sadly I admit, cannot. Good luck to you guys & a big up for having a go but I just cannot see it taking off here in the southern hemisphere.**


*Barmy Army an exception at the cricket.

**Argies excepted.

Thats funny, at the Wales v Australia game I attended in 2008 the Aussie section of the crowd that we're there, broke out into a big rendition of Waltzing Matilda.
It was a great game, some of your lot where dressed up as giant marsupials, the whole caboodle.

 

[dillyboy]

Searched and thought I'd add it to this thread.

I was talking to a mate the other day that I find it a shame we don't sing Waltzing Matilda at test matches anymore - hell they even used to roll John Williamson out to lead it. Bring it back I say and if the Wobs pick up the passion it inspires in the crowd but may just win back the Bledisloe......

 

[kronic]

Nice to dream, but the ARU and others have killed it off. See the now dormant "Troup" sub-forum.

 

[TOCC]

It was actually the IRB who killed it off prior to the 2003 RWC, they deemed that it wasn't an important part of Australian culture and wouldn't allow it to be played, only 1 song per nation(national anthem) was allowed to be played and songs of national importance(i.e. the Haka).

That was the ruling for the RWC, i'm guessing this flowed over to all test matches since then, it would be good to see it return though, i just don't think that the ARU is allowed to endorse it, maybe GAGR could start a campaign to bring Waltzing Matilda back for the British Lions series..

 

[Ruggo]

You are all barking up the wrong tree. When the beers start flowing you belt out khe sahn.

We will need something to drown out the lions fans singing god save your queen though.

The chorus to the seekers we are Australian would be a nice touch in my view.

 

[TOCC]

I like the lyrics of Khe Sahn and what the song represents, unfortunately it has been adopted as a cultural symbol of boganism