They changed "head and skin" to "head and shin" which has pleased the Tiger army. “In doing so, we offered all the clubs the ability to have a new recording, to offer stronger digital sound quality.
Nice. Most of the old recordings of Victorian clubs were done in the 70s by The Fable Singers, renditions that had become much-loved. Take the Quiz: AFL Club Songs.
Pretty similar to the original, and just as well, because it's a beauty. Of all the 'old' ones, we just can't get into the Dogs' song and the vocals on this recording certainly seem to lack a little bit of punch. We are only judging the new recordings though, so North just miss out on the finals. The vocals on the new one lack the grunt that made the original so...Power-ful. Luckily for Port fans, they've come out and said they'll be sticking with the original. But it won't be played this season, with Geelong sticking with the old one for now. In any case, the club has binned the new version. It's actually not bad. Learn more
Another one that didn't get changed too much. It is played when each team runs out onto the field prior to the beginning of the match, and played for the winning team at the end of the match.
This was already a good one and thankfully they haven't messed with it too much. at the start, so it's not all bad. According to the AFL, they were "approached by a number of clubs to provide minor updates to their songs,” general manager of clubs Travis Auld said.
https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sportal_com_au/6c/d2/afl-team-songs_87eux5i9wat91mig4yf9vcma0.png?t=1013556866&w=500&quality=80. The Cats got a new verse. They also officially changed "what though the odds" to "whether the odds" which most seemed to have already done anyway. Seems pretty much the same as the original.
Along with GWS and Freo, the Suns' song was untouched. The lyrics don't inspire and the drums sound about 30 years out of date. Last season was the first in long time we hadn't heard the Hawks song just about every week. Apparently the dart on the 'What Should We Change Next?'
A few lyric changes - "they" to "we" and "see the barrackers" to "hear the barrackers.". Our big gripe with this one is that they didn't change "we're known as the Adelaide Crows" to "we're the mighty Adelaide Crows.". Another classic that was pretty much left alone. It's not hard to find critics of the new versions, with a host of clubs coming out and saying they will be sticking with the older versions. general manager of clubs Travis Auld said. How well do you know your clubs song? Not sure how to feel about that but it's still a cracking football song. Minor lyric changes were only made following requests from respective football clubs.”.
We've opened up our ears and given the new ones a listen, ranking them from 1-18. Not enough for the club to use it this season though. Everyone already sings that anyway, if you're gonna tinker, tinker right.
The Dockers' song wasn't re-recorded. We're not even sure if this song is that good, but if it wasn't number one we'd have to go into witness protection and that seems like a hassle. That "fight, fight, fight" part is fun, but then they bring us back to earth with that forced "hey!".
The "hearts to hearts" intro combined with 'Join In The Chorus' is a serious tune. New club songs show just how tone deaf the AFL is. The Eagles have already opted to use the original recording in 2018.
The Dees have already said they'll be sticking with the old song though. While this recording misses out on airtime, with the club racking it in favour of the old one. List of all team songs (anthems) for Australian Rules Football (AFL) teams This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website.
Viewed VFL GF: Oh we're from Tigerland on repeat Watch the boys sing the song twice after winning the 2019 VFL Grand Final.
Though we can't help but cringe when they say "preeemiership cup". Despite being a newer song, Port's actually used to be pretty good. The Swans have already confirmed this recording will be trotted out in 2018.
Sounds a bit cleaner but doesn't lose any of its grandness. There is no tradition in the AFL more wholly unique, more closely guarded, and more astonishingly bizarre than that of the club theme song: A series of jaunty tunes mostly slapped together in … Gnarly guitars have no place in a footy song. Sometime we think it's slightly underrated. It's like they heard that Swans fans like the quirky banjo break in the middle so they decided to up the banjo, losing the quirk in the process. Local time 10:02 PM aedt 5 November 2020 Membership 877,627 registered members 12,360 visited in past 24 hrs 1,266 members online now 1,840 guests visiting now Bear in mind, a new recording of an already bad song isn't going to suddenly become great. All eighty odd thousand of them. Sections Homepage Trivia Quizzes Free Trivia Questions Player Quiz Lists Ask FunTrivia - Get Answers to Questions Daily and Hourly Trivia Games Crossword Puzzles FunTrivia Discussions Forums Trivia Chat Trivia Questions Archive. MORE: New club songs show just how tone deaf the AFL is, "A number of the club songs are old recordings of diminishing quality. The club seemed to agree, retaining the current version for now.
The iconic tunes that your favourite teams run out to and sing after victories have been tinkered with.
Why? The Crows will be keeping the original for the time being. The Blues have opted to use the old recording however.
Eddie McGuire was one of the most vocal opponents to the new versions and the Pies were the first club to announce they won't be using it. The Tigers have even confirmed that they'll be sticking with the new recording. Why? board at AFL House landed on club songs at some point over the off-season.