This topic was brought up at HGSA's meeting with the board - all the pros and cons.

Hats off to the club for trying something different and trying to improve the atmosphere.

Also hats off to Daz who, despite being against the idea, volunteered to liaise with the band in order to give them some indication of what those fans in favour actually want. Please let Daz have your [sensible] suggestions.

As people have said, let's give it a go and review it after a few matches.

As long as the band don't play the same stuff the Leeds southstand band plays and stick to stuff relevant to our fans then I'm sure most people will accept them next week

just a quick one for 'bando', do you guys have a 'setlist' as such or are you pretty much versatile?
by that i mean if the fans sang a song would you guys be able to play along with the tune or would you have to learn it?

some bands just have certain tunes in their repertoire and play them constantly, i think thats what the worry is, that it'll be the same 5/6 tunes repeated ad nauseum.

Hi Meast,
The answer is a bit of both - If you guys are singing we should be able to join in (it might take a couple of attempts but we'll get there).
We also have a few staples which we can add to (or lose some of) and will happily take suggestions too. Things like Seven Nation Army, Great Escape, Pig Bag etc would, I guess, be part of the set list but you guys tell us what you want and we will get it sorted.
Cheers

i'm sure you know the 'tom hark' tune, there's a song most fans sing along to this when we play leeds

as for pigbag, i don't think we have a song to that tune,
would it be an idea to learn "can't help falling in love" as thats a pretty popular song amongst fartown fans.

Tom Hark we can most definitely do.
Cant Help Falling in Love we can sort something no probs.

Meast - join me in liasing with them and we can all work together, if anyone else wants to be involved in helping between the band and singers etc or have any ideas for songs/tunes...drop me a line !

I'd like oh when the Giants go marching in. Also when the singers start a barmy army the band could accompany with something to add to the chant. Big G would sometimes bang his drum in time, but I am sure some creative musician types could be more imaginative.

Oh FFS anything but Can't Help Falling in Love. Something with a bit of tempo. We're trying to create an atmosphere not kill it off. The Wheels On The Bus would be better.

I swear to god if I have to listen to that tuneless drivel during the game as well as before it I'm going to do something someone will regret. At least before a game I can drown it out with my MP3.

Something more modern would be better. Also not letting a small minority of fans decide what the band plays would be a better idea still. Engage some of the kids and younger end of the fanbase and the families find out what they want. Engage the wider community outside the fanbase, find out what songs are popular.

Or an even better idea would be finding out what the band can and cannot play and tailoring the singing to fit in with the band. That way everybody would know what they are supposed to be singing and when.

cant help falling in love does feel abit like that sometimes!

the song played is very slow but not much we can do about that

Spot on Mad Jack.

I agree with that mad jack-I like can't help but the original version is a dirge- at least the ub40 version has a bit of lightness to it- and probably more suited to a band!
I'd stay away from "oh when the... Since it's saints song.
Chelsea dagger perhaps? How about a version of lana del Ray hit and run when theres a big tackle- could all sing hit and run oh oh oh bit, pilots oh oh oh it's magic when broughy does his stuff could sing oh oh oh it's magic, you know, never believe it's not so. Can speed the tempo up a bit. Queens don't stop me now....
I like the idea of seeing what the band can play and then tailoring it- we need our own songs and not use those of other RL clubs.

I like that as well Jools CLAP:

i like the 'oh when the Giants go marching in' one, not exclusive to saints and we have sung it for a long time and everyone knows the words so it needs to be included.

One verse of Can't Help Falling in Love is OK. Anything more sends me to sleep.