meast Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 If anyone from the RFL, SLE, IMG or any other RL and general sports bodies and clubs happen to read this Can you please put Sweet Caroline in a bin and find some new material. It's become the epitome of tedium now, I must have heard it at least 4 times yesterday, I hear at it just about every sports event I go to, I hear it on TV/radio adverts and any thing that's sports, drinking, betting related. I don't want to sound like a grumpy old git but I'm afraid I am when it comes to this song which for some reason unknown all has become and unofficial national anthem in the last 12-18 months. Cheers. PS- please don't replace it with glad all over or country roads either, thanks again 10 2 4 https://www.facebook.com/HuddersfieldSA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunbar Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 4 minutes ago, meast said: If anyone from the RFL, SLE, IMG or any other RL and general sports bodies and clubs happen to read this Can you please put Sweet Caroline in a bin and find some new material. It's become the epitome of tedium now, I must have heard it at least 4 times yesterday, I hear at it just about every sports event I go to, I hear it on TV/radio adverts and any thing that's sports, drinking, betting related. I don't want to sound like a grumpy old git but I'm afraid I am when it comes to this song which for some reason unknown all has become and unofficial national anthem in the last 12-18 months. Cheers. PS- please don't replace it with glad all over or country roads either, thanks again Beyonce Single Ladies? I reckon you would nail the moves. 1 2 "The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jughead Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 I generally don’t mind it. People do seem to like it and it can create a bit of an atmosphere. That said, it’s not a lie to say it was played four times yesterday and that become far too much very quickly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 For Ever and Ever by Demis Roussos , classic 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 I don't mind it either and it works well to create atmosphere. 4 times or more is excessive though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 13 minutes ago, meast said: I don't want to sound like a grumpy old git You are a long-time member of a Rugby League forum. I think it may be too late... 2 7 "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chisholm Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 My grandson is 10 and he and his young mate loved it yesterday. So it is appealing to some of our younger fans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 1 minute ago, Futtocks said: You are a long-time member of a Rugby League forum. I think it may be too late... I don’t like to complain about refs but … 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulwalker71 Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Well, there was a poll last week to decide a song to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee, a song for 'the whole nation' to sing to celebrate And 'Sweet Caroline' topped the poll It's not always about 'new material'... sometimes you just have to ride the wave...And now, June 2022, everyone wants to sing Sweet Caroline I'm sure people will get sick of it soon, so hopefully it'll get binned off then (but it's fine for now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnyia Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Anything is better than simply the best and we are the champions! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meast Posted May 29 Author Share Posted May 29 51 minutes ago, Jughead said: I generally don’t mind it. People do seem to like it and it can create a bit of an atmosphere. That said, it’s not a lie to say it was played four times yesterday and that become far too much very quickly. Agree, as a one off it's a song that can really help an atmosphere get going but there's only so much of it! 1 https://www.facebook.com/HuddersfieldSA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meast Posted May 29 Author Share Posted May 29 3 minutes ago, paulwalker71 said: Well, there was a poll last week to decide a song to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee, a song for 'the whole nation' to sing to celebrate And 'Sweet Caroline' topped the poll It's not always about 'new material'... sometimes you just have to ride the wave...And now, June 2022, everyone wants to sing Sweet Caroline I'm sure people will get sick of it soon, so hopefully it'll get binned off then (but it's fine for now) It seems to be the new, old must have accessory to anything, but how and why has a song that had, for many years been a wedding do DJ favourite become so popular among the nation? https://www.facebook.com/HuddersfieldSA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 11 minutes ago, barnyia said: Anything is better than simply the best and we are the champions! Simply the Best will do me , great tune from toe tapping days past in the hit parade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dallas Mead Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Where the streets have no name. U2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 1 hour ago, meast said: If anyone from the RFL, SLE, IMG or any other RL and general sports bodies and clubs happen to read this Can you please put Sweet Caroline in a bin and find some new material. It's become the epitome of tedium now, I must have heard it at least 4 times yesterday, I hear at it just about every sports event I go to, I hear it on TV/radio adverts and any thing that's sports, drinking, betting related. I don't want to sound like a grumpy old git but I'm afraid I am when it comes to this song which for some reason unknown all has become and unofficial national anthem in the last 12-18 months. Cheers. PS- please don't replace it with glad all over or country roads either, thanks again But it’s so good (so good, so good!) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 19 minutes ago, meast said: It seems to be the new, old must have accessory to anything, but how and why has a song that had, for many years been a wedding do DJ favourite become so popular among the nation? I always associate it with boxing really and think many sports have just copied from its use there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Stottle Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 26 minutes ago, barnyia said: Anything is better than simply the best and we are the champions! "Simply the Best" the real RL anthem from 32 years ago. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Stottle Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 Or if you want one from 1989 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Stottle Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 7 minutes ago, Damien said: I always associate it with boxing really and think many sports have just copied from its use there. Lots of people associate "Simply the Best" with boxing, popularised by Cwith Eubank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Live after death Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 I hate it, makes me cringe, its played at nearly every sporting event. should replace it with “Evolved as one” by Napalm Death, thats much better for atmosphere 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 6 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said: Lots of people associate "Simply the Best" with boxing, popularised by Cwith Eubank. Lots of people ....... fill in as applicable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighting irish Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 43 minutes ago, paulwalker71 said: Well, there was a poll last week to decide a song to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee, a song for 'the whole nation' to sing to celebrate And 'Sweet Caroline' topped the poll It's not always about 'new material'... sometimes you just have to ride the wave...And now, June 2022, everyone wants to sing Sweet Caroline I'm sure people will get sick of it soon, so hopefully it'll get binned off then (but it's fine for now) I thought she was called Elizabeth? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 21 minutes ago, Dallas Mead said: Where the streets have no name. U2. I went there once … I got lost 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theswanmcr Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 1 hour ago, meast said: I don't want to sound like a grumpy old git... Too late I'm afraid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Warrior Dragon Posted May 29 Share Posted May 29 9 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said: Lots of people associate "Simply the Best" with boxing, popularised by Cwith Eubank. I associate it with, some decades ago, leaving the rickety old Durham ice rink, having seen my team, the Durham Wasps, demolish the opposition, as they routinely did (and so much sweeter if it was Tyneside rivals, the Whitley Warriors) As we shuffled out into the dark night, we could smugly reassure ourselves that the song was, to put it simply, true...at least in a British ice hockey context; in Europe,we got nowhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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