When You're Smiling before kick off.

[Spiritwalker]

6 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

To be fair the club are totally bought in and know it will take a long while to develop. Those crying in this thread are wasting their breath. 

Good.

[Spiritwalker]

2 hours ago, Mike Oxlong said:

Legend states that, during late nights spent at the Three Cranes pub in Humberstone Gate, older patrons would perform the full Disco Duck routine to show their affection for Leicester City.

Eventually, the younger pub-goers joined in, also taking the ditty with them as coach travel to away games also become more common place in the 1980s.

Before long, it became the ultimate Leicester City tune – whatever your age or background. Ever since, whether it be at home or away, on domestic turf or further afield, Disco Duck has followed the Foxes wherever they go.

 

 

 

Girls dancing in pants, what’s not to like?

[Mike Oxlong]

7 minutes ago, Spiritwalker said:

Girls dancing in pants, what’s not to like?

I suppose if your fussy there’s just a little too much pants 

[Drink Water]

1 hour ago, OnlyOneCity said:

Which ground is the other video please?

Emirates stadium - North London Forever song

Edited 10 September 2023 by Drink Water

[SouthStandUpperTier]

1 hour ago, Mike Oxlong said:

I suppose if your fussy there’s just a little too much pants 

Understandable though as everyone went around in just their pants during the summer heatwave of '76.

[Viktor-LCFC]

3 hours ago, WoodyFox said:

Think Arsenal have already taken that one unfortunately 

Then for a supporter like you I might suggest Spice up your life, Spice Girls.  The simple fact It is our Anthem, either sing it loud and proud or **** off down to Anfield and sing YNWA which is depressing as **** proper sympthy song, from a  club of moronic victim mentally. 

[Mike Oxlong]

This is as much our anthem as Wind Beneath Our Wings, as legend has it sung by a group of older Leicester fans in a pub in the late 70s after a long session which inckudex bad stout and pickled eggs !

 

I’ve been regularly attending games since the 80s and just don’t recall WYS featuring in any significant way at all. You’re shit ahhhhhh and You’re going to get your fvckin head kicked in and ee aye ee aye ee aye oh would feature on a 80s/90s/00s soundtrack but not WYS. 

 

If you like it and want it to be adopted as our anthem - fine. If you hate it and would rather never hear it again - fine too. Just don’t pretend that it’s already some part of our indelible history and that YoU’rE nOt A pRoPeR fAn and in some way disloyal if you don’t like it. 

[Viktor-LCFC]

38 minutes ago, Mike Oxlong said:

This is as much our anthem as Wind Beneath Our Wings, as legend has it sung by a group of older Leicester fans in a pub in the late 70s after a long session which inckudex bad stout and pickled eggs !

 

I’ve been regularly attending games since the 80s and just don’t recall WYS featuring in any significant way at all. You’re shit ahhhhhh and You’re going to get your fvckin head kicked in and ee aye ee aye ee aye oh would feature on a 80s/90s/00s soundtrack but not WYS. 

 

If you like it and want it to be adopted as our anthem - fine. If you hate it and would rather never hear it again - fine too. Just don’t pretend that it’s already some part of our indelible history and that YoU’rE nOt A pRoPeR fAn and in some way disloyal if you don’t like it. 

Like it or not you woke lads it's our anthem deal with it or go Spinney hill park and watch Nirvana and sing Leicester boys are we there and get a curry while you're there. Before  any lad cries rasicm i'm a Sikh lad from that ****in area where My Old boy played for GTB Gurdwara east park rd in the 80s. Leicester now is a city full of pusay's now. Before my times up through drinking  and fighting I hope our weak as fan bases wakes up God bless.

Edited 10 September 2023 by Viktor-LCFC

[Viktor-LCFC]

As a fan base were embarrassing apart from ufs who at least try, bunch of mutes.

Edited 10 September 2023 by Viktor-LCFC

[Viktor-LCFC]

One last thing have some balls, no away fans's gonna slap no on up, be proud and go out warriors of Leicester or Leicestershire.

[Guest worth_the_wait]

1 hour ago, Mike Oxlong said:

I’ve been regularly attending games since the 80s and just don’t recall WYS featuring in any significant way at all. You’re shit ahhhhhh and You’re going to get your fvckin head kicked in and ee aye ee aye ee aye oh would feature on a 80s/90s/00s soundtrack but not WYS. 

 

I think you must have selective hearing.  Or maybe you were too busy doing your "Disco Duck" routine?

 

WTS has been sung regularly for 50 odd years.   Admittedly, not with the gusto of Leed's "Marching on together" or Birmingham's "Keep right on".   So maybe that's why it didn't seem to register with you.      But it has been our unique LCFC terrace song, for as long as I can remember.   (which is sadly, a bit too long ...)

 

 

[sacreblueits442]

4 hours ago, Viktor-LCFC said:

Then for a supporter like you I might suggest Spice up your life, Spice Girls.  The simple fact It is our Anthem, either sing it loud and proud or **** off down to Anfield and sing YNWA which is depressing as **** proper sympthy song, from a  club of moronic victim mentally. 

...one song, one team, one voice, it is emotive, this is what it was meant to be!!!

  We cannot still be using the victim mentality label against them, irrespective of what is said after, people have died.The fact that it wasn't an act of nature and down to human error, where both the authorities and sipporters were culpable, makes the whole situation toxic and it seems never ending.

[CosbehFox]

That Arsenal effort is utterly woeful. Contrived rubbish released a year ago 

[OntarioFox]

4 hours ago, Viktor-LCFC said:

Then for a supporter like you I might suggest Spice up your life, Spice Girls.  The simple fact It is our Anthem, either sing it loud and proud or **** off down to Anfield and sing YNWA which is depressing as **** proper sympthy song, from a  club of moronic victim mentally. 

Got confused there, thought you were still talking about Spice Up Your Life for the whole post.

 

Slam it to the left!

Edited 10 September 2023 by OntarioFox

[ElusiveEd]

I remember singing WYS thro the 80's in the SK at Filbert Street. 

It was faster paced, had more of the hand gestures and sounded great.

 

IMO todays rendition is dreary and sounds woeful, (As I said in company the other evening, only to find out one of them is was Jersey Budd's cousin. Luckily he laughed and agreed) more like fans are thinking,  "Oh if I have to"

 

Even now many fans don't know the middle wording order of the song and it gets jumbled up right until the point of the last sentence, when "Oh, I know this bit" comes into their minds and "The whole world smiles with you" becomes the only part that's sung with gusto. 

 

Hurts me say, I'm not a fan of it in todays guise. 

[Spudulike]

7 minutes ago, ElusiveEd said:

I remember singing WYS thro the 80's in the SK at Filbert Street. 

It was faster paced, had more of the hand gestures and sounded great.

 

IMO todays rendition is dreary and sounds woeful, (As I said in company the other evening, only to find out one of them is was Jersey Budd's cousin. Luckily he laughed and agreed) more like fans are thinking,  "Oh if I have to"

 

Even now many fans don't know the middle wording order of the song and it gets jumbled up right until the point of the last sentence, when "Oh, I know this bit" comes into their minds and "The whole world smiles with you" becomes the only part that's sung with gusto. 

 

Hurts me say, I'm not a fan of it in todays guise. 

'Dreary'? Can't think of a football anthem that isn't. Don't know if others get muddled with the words as I'm too busy belting it out trying to sing as loud as the bloke that sits next to me and the ones behind! 

[Mike Oxlong]

1 hour ago, worth_the_wait said:

I think you must have selective hearing.  Or maybe you were too busy doing your "Disco Duck" routine?

 

WTS has been sung regularly for 50 odd years.   Admittedly, not with the gusto of Leed's "Marching on together" or Birmingham's "Keep right on".   So maybe that's why it didn't seem to register with you.      But it has been our unique LCFC terrace song, for as long as I can remember.   (which is sadly, a bit too long ...)

 

 

Tbf Disco Duck is a bit catchy so has been jangling round my head. 

 

Do you have any footage of it being sung by the kop at Filbert Street?  (I’ve seen the clip from 2013 in this thread - it doesn’t seem like the whole ground is singing  it but more  a healthy number around where the recording is being made). I was a regular, through the Wallington, Lynex, Rooster Russell and Steve Walsh years. I don’t doubt your recollection - it just didn’t particularly register and so from my perspective isn’t a song that should already be described as our  “anthem” and that you are in some way disloyal if you don’t like it. 

 

As apparent from my earlier posts, I hate it. But I don’t have any problem if others love it and now want it adopted as an anthem. I’m railing against aggressive/condescending nobs who have a go at others for not being fully on board the WYS love in. 

 

Anyway, if it goes to a two song vote my X will be given to Disco Duck 

[Spudulike]

4 minutes ago, Mike Oxlong said:

Tbf Disco Duck is a bit catchy so has been jangling round my head. 

 

Do you have any footage of it being sung by the kop at Filbert Street?  (I’ve seen the clip from 2013 in this thread - it doesn’t seem like the whole ground is singing  it but more  a healthy number around where the recording is being made). I was a regular, through the Wallington, Lynex, Rooster Russell and Steve Walsh years. I don’t doubt your recollection - it just didn’t particularly register and so from my perspective isn’t a song that should already be described as our  “anthem” and that you are in some way disloyal if you don’t like it. 

 

As apparent from my earlier posts, I hate it. But I don’t have any problem if others love it and now want it adopted as an anthem. I’m railing against aggressive/condescending nobs who have a go at others for not being fully on board the WYS love in. 

 

Anyway, if it goes to a two song vote my X will be given to Disco Duck 

Not likely to find any footage as no one carried a mobile recording device in their pocket back then. I go back a decade before and remember all the jazz hands in the Kop pens and WYS being one of our major songs (sung slowly). We also had our own version of YNWA. The 80's became far more aggressive and songs/chants became more focused towards intimidating away fans and celebrating past rucks. It got mostly lost amongst it all, sadly, and was never passed down to later generations. But it was always there even if the style and feeling had changed. 

[Mike Oxlong]

7 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Not likely to find any footage as no one carried a mobile recording device in their pocket back then. I go back a decade before and remember all the jazz hands in the Kop pens and WYS being one of our major songs (sung slowly). We also had our own version of YNWA. The 80's became far more aggressive and songs/chants became more focused towards intimidating away fans and celebrating past rucks. It got mostly lost amongst it all, sadly, and was never passed down to later generations. But it was always there even if the style and feeling had changed. 

Fair point about mobiles but thought there might be something from MOTD or Star Soccer if it was a strong and regular feature of our support. There’s enough on here who say it was sung so I don’t doubt it but I doubt it was to the extent that it is now said to be our anthem 

[Spudulike]

5 minutes ago, Mike Oxlong said:

Fair point about mobiles but thought there might be something from MOTD or Star Soccer if it was a strong and regular feature of our support. There’s enough on here who say it was sung so I don’t doubt it but I doubt it was to the extent that it is now said to be our anthem 

It wasn't mentioned as our anthem back then as it was just one of our songs. Football songs were generic and didn't belong to any club. For example, everyone sung YNWA, scarves up, without shame which over the years became a Liverpool/Celtic anthem that no one else is allowed to sing. The PHG was always unique to us and I don't remember others singing WYS (possibly Everton but not sure). It's taken a while but it's just brilliant to have it resurrected and feature at the most prominent time before kick-off. 

[OnlyOneCity]

Like many others have said, WYS has been sung for many years down the City. Trouble is, it always was sung quickly I think, just to get to the wiggly hands at the end and was barely recognisable at times. Personally, I love the version we sing now. It’s the right tempo for everyone to join in with. I still hear fans singing the original during the match. That Arsenal one is a bit bizarre and sounds like it could have been sung in the underground during the war, when every was sheltering from the bombs!

[SouthStandUpperTier]

My first games watching Leicester were in the Hamilton/Pleat years when attendances would often fall below 10,000 at Filbert Street. I think the fans had all their energy drained from them by the dire football on display and that's probably why I don't remember hearing WYS being sung at all.

[Mike Oxlong]

5 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

It wasn't mentioned as our anthem back then as it was just one of our songs. Football songs were generic and didn't belong to any club. For example, everyone sung YNWA, scarves up, without shame which over the years became a Liverpool/Celtic anthem that no one else is allowed to sing. The PHG was always unique to us and I don't remember others singing WYS (possibly Everton but not sure). It's taken a while but it's just brilliant to have it resurrected and feature at the most prominent time before kick-off. 

It’s been mentioned as a “simple fact” that it is in here. I disagree. 

 

I’ll have to beg to differ with you on your closing comment. You’re certainly in the majority in this thread but it’s hard to say what the wider view is. My perspective is that the attempt to have match day supporters embrace and adopt it has been moderate at best but that could in part be down to a partial apathy for generating an atmosphere 

 

I fvckin hate WYS, on a similar level to Sweet Caroline. If I was in Guantanamo and had to have songs played on a continuous loop I’d pick Disco Duck over those two. 

[Guest worth_the_wait]

1 hour ago, Mike Oxlong said:

I fvckin hate WYS, on a similar level to Sweet Caroline. If I was in Guantanamo and had to have songs played on a continuous loop I’d pick Disco Duck over those two. 

I think you should change your entry from "t w a t" to "Disco Duck"

[volpeazzurro]

6 hours ago, Mike Oxlong said:

This is as much our anthem as Wind Beneath Our Wings, as legend has it sung by a group of older Leicester fans in a pub in the late 70s after a long session which inckudex bad stout and pickled eggs !

 

I’ve been regularly attending games since the 80s and just don’t recall WYS featuring in any significant way at all. You’re shit ahhhhhh and You’re going to get your fvckin head kicked in and ee aye ee aye ee aye oh would feature on a 80s/90s/00s soundtrack but not WYS. 

 

If you like it and want it to be adopted as our anthem - fine. If you hate it and would rather never hear it again - fine too. Just don’t pretend that it’s already some part of our indelible history and that YoU’rE nOt A pRoPeR fAn and in some way disloyal if you don’t like it. 

Funny what we all remember differently, probably our age 🤣 . I certainly remember it being sang quite frequently including hand movements. It was a bit more upbeat however than the Jerzy Bud/Leonard Cohen suicide version. Either way I'm used to it now and quite like it personally, certainly far more than some common place meaningless Hey Jude or similar.