The depressing brass band death march

[SaintsLoyal]

Since this awful funeral procession has been going the results have been woeful at home.

 

 

 

 

[Pip]

Far more upbeat yesterday.  I enjoyed it.  Clutching at straws if you're blaming the band for our home form

[wadesmith]

We desperately need to get a new face in on Tuba before the window closes.

[Maggie May]

March of death brass band and Zombie Nation when we score - think you might be on to something.

[Give it to Ron]

52 minutes ago, SaintsLoyal said:

Since this awful funeral procession has been going the results have been woeful at home.

 

 

 

 

I blame the white witch we paid her for a 25 year spell and it’s run out in last 2 years 

[VectisSaint]

When the Saints was originally a funeral march, I assume they do still ramp it up a gear after the first few bars.

[Challenger]

Ditch the funeral dirge and get in some Ra Ra girls.

[Saint_clark]

Unless you stick your fingers in your ears and miss 75% of it when it goes higher tempo i've never really understood this complaint.

[Paul.Studio]

I dont think much of them either - i remember at the Dell for a period we had a genuine New Orleans Jazz Band with the fellow at the front dancing with an umbrella - more upbeat and a good sound. 

[31cc]

49 minutes ago, Challenger said:

Ditch the funeral dirge and get in some Ra Ra girls.

Didn't we have cheerleaders when we first started at St Mary's -  the Saintettes or something like that?

[saint lard]

Said it time after time…it’s a dirge. Depressing shite. 
Ever since they’ve been on the seen we’ve been in decline. 
coincidence….I think not.
seriously,it  really doesn’t act as a rallying cry for support…

not a slight on the band members…but it needs to be binned. 

[Badger]

Reminds me of the opening scene and funeral in Live & Let Die. 

[Badger]

Not a great fan of it, but rather that than a bloody laser light show

[Roger]

Thought it was brilliant and really like it. 

[skintsaint]

Brass Band Out!!

[Pip]

How many of you moaning about it actually heard yesterday's version?

[manji]

32 minutes ago, 31cc said:

Didn't we have cheerleaders when we first started at St Mary's -  the Saintettes or something like that?

Yeah they had to ditch them due to inappropriate comments from the crowd 🤔

[miserableoldgit]

I seem to remember that back in the 60's the whole crowd sang OWTS at the slow speed. As time went by the Milton speeded it up, then a few years ago the Northam decided that doing it twice at the slow speed, followed by the faster speed was the way to go. I think that this why Saints Brass have done it that way.

[Wade Garrett]

I like it.

[beatlesaint]

41 minutes ago, Pip said:

How many of you moaning about it actually heard yesterday's version?

I thought the same reading this thread tbh. Apart from the opening, called by musicians an “intro” I believe 😉, the whole thing was upbeat. The idea of it getting faster at the half way line has been replaced so get behind the band playing OUR song ffs !!!

[SotonianWill]

It's like a bad scent left over to remind you of last season, enough to send shivers down ones spine. Also the song 'won't stop till we're legends' last season seemed fitting as we didn't stop losing to the likes of Everton, Forest and others. Noticed they didn't play that "It started in a church" video bollox this time round.

The Saints are coming is a lovely reintroduction, other than that let the fans create the atmosphere. With all four sides of the ground now seemingly having a section for some chanting, I see no reason why we cannot. 

[bpsaint]

Far more upbeat yesterday, coupled with the video on the new big screens of our best bits over the years I thought it was decent.

Thought the teams were going to come out to Enter Sandman by Metallica as they played that straight after but cut it short after about 10 seconds!

[SNSUN]

I’m ok with it, but I’d like a trumpeter to go rogue and start blaring out a jazz version as a solo then finish up with a knee slide. 

[Badger]

1 hour ago, SNSUN said:

I’m ok with it, but I’d like a trumpeter to go rogue and start blaring out a jazz version as a solo then finish up with a knee slide. 

Good thinking.

Wonder if he could go ‘blackface’ and do the full Satchmo (Louis Armstrong for younger readers) style.

Think it might gain some publicity. 

Edited 13 August, 2023 by Badger

[Chez]

3 hours ago, Badger said:

Reminds me of the opening scene and funeral in Live & Let Die. 

Me too. That would be a better tune  actually.

[niceandfriendly]

If somebody plays that upbeat brass band version of OWTS at my funeral I hope the organiser gets a slap. How many funerals have those complaining attended where a brass band has been playing a cheerful number? Such an odd complaint. 😂 Cracking way to start the match. 

[CSA96]

I actually quite like it too, sue me 

[revolution saint]

Count me in the no camp. Brass bands aren’t my cup of tea and I could happily live without them. All personal opinion of course but I’ve never felt that whenever we’ve tried to use brass bands that the crowd has ever really got behind them and created much of an atmosphere.

[chiknsmack]

 

[Fitzhugh Fella]

It got people going and it is unique to us so I am/was a fan

[Lord Duckhunter]

17 hours ago, wadesmith said:

We desperately need to get a new face in on Tuba before the window closes.

I was going to suggest Baz, but he’d probably fucking drop it. 

[The Juice]

Gonna put myself in the ‘like it’ camp. It’s not like the players walk out to it and it’s something different, gives us a bit of personality.

 

[once_bitterne]

5 hours ago, Fitzhugh Fella said:

It got people going and it is unique to us so I am/was a fan

Going as in leaving?

[eurosaint]

I like it and consider it unique to us !

Always people around me clapping along and where I am in the Kingsland I've never heard any complaints !

Amazingly there are a number of critical comments on Saintsweb, who'd have thunk it 😆😆 !

[Ken Tone]

31 minutes ago, eurosaint said:

I like it and consider it unique to us !

Always people around me clapping along and where I am in the Kingsland I've never heard any complaints !

Amazingly there are a number of critical comments on Saintsweb, who'd have thunk it 😆😆 !

Agree. Now they get to the quicker bit sooner, it gets even us old fogeys in the Kingsland clapping. And OWTS is our song.  It's important to keep tradition and anything that's particular to one club going, or every crowd becomes interchangeable.

Similarly good on the Norwich fans for still singing "on the ball city" - their song for many many years -  and Stoke for delilah (if it's still allowed!) .... etc.

[Challenger]

Whenever I hear a brass band I imagine a depressing,wet, smokey northern town still having gas lights and tram lines in the street.

[EssEffCee]

I'd sooner ditch zombie nation after the goals. Horrendous. 

[badgerx16]

Speaking as somebody whose 3 children have all played at the National Brass Band Championships Finals, and has sat through probably over a hundred concerts, the worst BB tune ever is "Ruby Tuesday", closely followed by a segue piece called "Santa Claustrophobia".

[Toussaint]

22 hours ago, SaintsLoyal said:

Since this awful funeral procession has been going the results have been woeful at home.

 

 

 

 

Since Saints Loyal has started posting drivel on SWF results have been woeful at home. 

[Miltonaggro]

4 hours ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

I was going to suggest Baz, but he’d probably fucking drop it. 

Wouldn't be able to lift it.  Needs a few years on triangle.

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

On the Saintsweb forum even the pre-match band get told they are shit.

[Miltonaggro]

2 hours ago, Sergei Gotsmanov said:

On the Saintsweb forum even the pre-match band get told they are shit.

Equality in action, family club.

 

[Mr Brightside]

Would have agreed with this post before Saturday. Was expecting the same old slow death march as you put it, but much to my surprise, they’ve speeded it up from the start, much better. Thought it got the crowd going and drowned out the Norwich fans. It’s a yes from me.