When You're Smiling before kick off.

[Sooper Steve's shin]

2 hours ago, Jace said:

Andrea Bocelli - Nessun Dorma

Dario G - Carnaval De Paris

Kasabian - Club Foot 

Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You 

Republica - Ready To Go 

Beetles - Hey Jude 

Jersey Budd - When You're Smiling 

This is Leicester. 28 mins of perfect build up. 

[Spudulike]

2 hours ago, Jace said:

Andrea Bocelli - Nessun Dorma

Dario G - Carnaval De Paris

Kasabian - Club Foot 

Robbie Williams - Let Me Entertain You 

Republica - Ready To Go 

Beetles - Hey Jude 

Jersey Budd - When You're Smiling 

 

All we need is Club Foot and WYS. 

[CrazyKopCorner]

Underdog and LSF?

[sacreblueits442]

3 minutes ago, CrazyKopCorner said:

Underdog and LSF?

.....great to have a Leicester band at the forefront of the club!!!

Not a fan of Kasabian as not my type of music, their songs has a tendency to be weak in the middle, as if the have run out of ideas when crafting the song. Let us hope we find the right song to get us up for games.

[yorkie1999]

13 hours ago, AKCJ said:

I liked Sweet Caroline.

So did I, I don’t care if every club plays it, so what, if it can get fans singing that’s all that counts. I hope the club don’t read this forum cos we’re gonna be singing Vera lynn and frank Sinatra and Louis Fvckin Armstrong  if it was up to some folk. Remember the we love yer chant, it was exactly the same with people moaning about we copied it and the scarf waving is soooo beneath them, well here’s a bit of info, the stadium was rocking, kids were going mental in the family stand and we win the league. How about a bit of forever in blue jeans as well!!!

  Sweet Caroline duh duh duh. 

[yorkie1999]

14 minutes ago, CrazyKopCorner said:

Underdog and LSF?

Or even one they actually wrote for the club

 I’m in love with iheanacho.

[Vlad the Fox]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0c2j544

Just before 59 minutes. Put your earphones in and crank up the volume.

 

In over 40 years of going down I have never heard WYS belted out like that. Frank Sinatra version ext just isn’t/won’t catch on, I used to bang that drum too.  People mention it being the club song but there are so many who have never heard it because it is rarely sang away from l1 or sk1. It has only ever really been a kop song, JB version can turn it into a Club anthem. 

 

 

 

 

Edited 29 April 2022 by Vlad the Fox

[Guest David Oldfields Gate]

11 minutes ago, Vlad the Fox said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0c2j544

Just before 59 minutes. Put your earphones in and crank up the volume.

 

In over 40 years of going down I have never heard WYS belted out like that. Frank Sinatra version ext just isn’t/won’t catch on, I used to bang that drum too.  People mention it being the club song but there are so many who have never heard it because it is rarely sang away from l1 or sk1. It has only ever really been a kop song, JB version can turn it into a Club anthem. 

 

 

 

 

Great link, thanks for sharing and totally agree. I think we have found a real point in time with this.

[FoyleFox]

9 hours ago, kyleolly said:

Any videos that captured the amazing moment

 

[Swalshed]

2 hours ago, CrazyKopCorner said:

Underdog and LSF?

Definitely. Underdog is a perfect choice for the 5000/1 champions🏆👌👍

[UniFox21]

7 hours ago, Vlad the Fox said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0c2j544

Just before 59 minutes. Put your earphones in and crank up the volume.

 

In over 40 years of going down I have never heard WYS belted out like that. Frank Sinatra version ext just isn’t/won’t catch on, I used to bang that drum too.  People mention it being the club song but there are so many who have never heard it because it is rarely sang away from l1 or sk1. It has only ever really been a kop song, JB version can turn it into a Club anthem. 

 

 

 

 

That's brilliant, hopefully we can get this on a regular basis. 

[CrazyKopCorner]

Goosebumps listening to both recordings above - surely it's a no brainer to play before each home? 

Edited 30 April 2022 by CrazyKopCorner

[smudger63]

11 hours ago, yorkie1999 said:

So did I, I don’t care if every club plays it, so what, if it can get fans singing that’s all that counts. I hope the club don’t read this forum cos we’re gonna be singing Vera lynn and frank Sinatra and Louis Fvckin Armstrong  if it was up to some folk. Remember the we love yer chant, it was exactly the same with people moaning about we copied it and the scarf waving is soooo beneath them, well here’s a bit of info, the stadium was rocking, kids were going mental in the family stand and we win the league. How about a bit of forever in blue jeans as well!!!

  Sweet Caroline duh duh duh. 

Frank Sinatra, in fact, any cover of the proper "When you're smiling", is better than that dirge that Jersey Budd brought out.  

 

It can be sung very well too when we make the proper effort. It just needs us to slow it down a bit, which some of the older versions will do. 

 

[K1FOX]

1 hour ago, smudger63 said:

Frank Sinatra, in fact, any cover of the proper "When you're smiling", is better than that dirge that Jersey Budd brought out.  

 

It can be sung very well too when we make the proper effort. It just needs us to slow it down a bit, which some of the older versions will do. 

 

Think the point is it’s not something the club can play pre match. It’s not an anthem. Jersey budd version is as close we can get to that 

[Raj]

11 hours ago, FoyleFox said:

 

God it's SO SLOW!!

you can hardly sing it any slower...

Its a NO from me.

[Old git]

For me it is our club song and should be played at the start of each game.

 

Yes the Jersey Budd version is shit (prefer Louisa Armstrong’s).  HOWEVER, it if has to be  Jersey Budd’s fair enough.  Get people behind it and sing it loud, something that is ours.

 

As for the odd idiot on speed, who think’s it’s too slow! I’m sick of the fact some people sing at 1000mph and blur the songs/chants.  Get off the drugs and sing properly.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

The Louis Armstrong version is shit, imagine trying to sing along to that

 

Ba ba do do do daa 

[iancognito]

8 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

The Louis Armstrong version is shit, imagine trying to sing along to that

 

Ba ba do do do daa 

It's somewhere in between the two though. The one sung in the terraces for a couple of decades isn't as slow as the Armstrong one and old Louis never had any wiggly hand movements either but the Jersey Budd one isn't what we've tradionally sung over the years and I remember quite a few people screwing their toes into the floor when the club first forced it down people's necks about ten years ago. The guy's like some sort of budget Ed Sheeran & turned a terrace anthem into Weller-esque dad rock.

Don't get me wrong, having any WYS version is better than the pounding ear-splitting dance shite drowning out whatever your mate next to you is saying it's just not the terrace version I grew up with.

[iancognito]

On 29/04/2022 at 14:46, kyleolly said:

It's better than anything previous so we should carry on with it the lack of finger action is disappointing though 

That's what she said

[Plastik Man]

It's out song. It's not really an anthem, doesn't need to be, and shouldn't try to be. 

 

I think the problem is most of our fans haven't a musical note in their body! 🤣 

 

Jersey Budd's version is awful, he manages to butcher both the melody and the phrasing. It took me a few moments on Thursday night to recognise the song!

 

But if that's what it takes to restore WYS as our song, then I'm OK with that, I'd rather have that than not. 

 

It's our song. I love the fact it evokes emotions - smiling, laughing, crying - although Budd does somehow manage to flatten those dynamics into a soulless dirge 😬

[Spudulike]

There must be musicians in Leicester that could record an up-to-date version that is easily sung on the terraces? 

[Jobyfox]

It’s a while since I’d heard the Jersey Budd version of When You’re Smiling, but quite enjoyed hearing it on Thursday.

 

Like many here I grew up on the Kop at Filbo. WYS was belted out in pen 3 quickly with corresponding hand gestures. Originally I hated the JB version because it was slow and didn’t correspond to the rhythm of the old kop chant.

 

But, you know what, I think we’re in a different era now. It’s ok people saying we shouldn’t need gimmicks to create atmosphere - but we bloody do! However sad that might be.

 

JB’s WYS isn’t particularly slow when you compare it to Sunshine on Leith or You’ll Never Walk Alone. If it gets a few people singing. If it gets the song known to a new audience as a club anthem - then let’s go with it and not be precious about it. 

 

One day we might again not need piped in music to help create an atmosphere. That day sadly isn’t here yet so let’s sing this loudly and proudly. 

 

[Smashing-Pumpkin]

11 hours ago, Raj said:

God it's SO SLOW!!

you can hardly sing it any slower...

Its a NO from me.

Singing at 1000mph ruins basically every single song.

[hebangsthedrums]

I'm pretty indifferent to what music we have, and whatever gets the crowd going is fine.

Except for the Jersey Budd WYS version though - its cack and just reminds me of pub britrock bands & David Brent. Not for me, but it's not the end of the world...

 

I have a mild preference for Republica & Kasabian for nostalgia reasons and I weirdly liked Carmina Burana when we had that for a few games years ago

[sacreblueits442]

42 minutes ago, Smashing-Pumpkin said:

Singing at 1000mph ruins basically every single song.

....supercalifragalisticespialido...!!!