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Thread #45306   Message #669150
Posted By: harvey andrews
14-Mar-02 - 12:11 PM
Thread Name: songs of the folks
Subject: songs of the folks
Last night I watched a deeply dull game of football between Man utd and Bayern Munich. It was so bad I began to note down the songs the crowd had put their own words too; Guantanamera
One of those songs
The Entertainer
My old man said follow the van
Marching through georgia
Volare
When the Saints go marching in
Roll out the barrel
London bridge is falling down
Now considering the lads singing were probably all born after 1975 I think that's a pretty old and eclectic bunch of songs. No modern songs were sung except one by the Pet Shop Boys. Also lately, they've been singing "Hey, Baby" I know I'm an old man at 58, but does this prove modern pap, sorry pop music is as tuneless and generally unsingable as i believe it to be?
And before anyone asks, no, I would not object to one of my tunes being sung to their words!