When You're Smiling before kick off.

[Mike Oxlong]

1 hour ago, volpeazzurro said:

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. 

When one of the posters mentioned the jiggly hands bit I did remember it being sung. Like you say faster and more upbeat,  in the style of a gang show from It Ain’t Half Hot Mum IMO. 

 

It was ok, I didn’t hate it, and it was far better than the present versions that are being played. 

Edited 10 September 2023 by Mike Oxlong

[Collymore]

On 05/09/2023 at 19:05, Chocolate Teapot said:

It's literally been a song for years. I've been going 30 years and it's been sung for all that time.

 

On 06/09/2023 at 00:42, Collymore said:

Fair enough. I can't remember it mind. 

 

3 hours 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. 

Ahhh this all makes sense now. Yes, I do remember the chant, as @ElusiveEdsays it's almost unrecognisable to the original sang in the past which was sang like a speed of an Eminem rap - with "The Leicester" sang at the end. 

 

I agree with others that say the Jersey Budd version is far too slow and they should look at changing the version. 

 

[Foxin_Mad]

37 minutes ago, Collymore said:

 

I agree with others that say the Jersey Budd version is far too slow and they should look at changing the version. 

 

All of the officially recorded versions are pretty rubbish and slow to be honest, the last version is probably about 50 years old. Could do with someone make a decent up tempo version. 

[Collymore]

5 minutes ago, Foxin_Mad said:

All of the officially recorded versions are pretty rubbish and slow to be honest, the last version is probably about 50 years old. Could do with someone make a decent up tempo version. 

Can they not just play the original on x1.5 speed?

[WoodyFox]

11 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. 

Cheers, had forgotten who sung that 

[Drink Water]

How was it today lads?

[Claridge]

Love it before kick off, the rubbish music at the end was horrific

[Dunge]

Definitely remains one of the better ideas in recent years to me.

[Ted Maul]

On 08/09/2023 at 23:32, Drink Water said:

When comparing and contrasting these two videos, my point becomes a bit clearer.

 

Yeah, anyone moaning about WYS- it could be a lot worse.

[ThorpeAstleyFox]

We really should get the "Leicester City" version back in yhe song book.

 

The whole world smiles with you (ahhh with flash hands) x2

The. Whole. World. Smiles. With. Yooouuuuuu!!! (with jazz hands)

The Leicester! (clap, clap  clap) x3

[Spudulike]

It must sound impressive as away fans react to it. 

[SemperEadem]

On 03/09/2023 at 22:05, Harboro said:

Yeh Everton

 

[SemperEadem]

22 hours ago, SemperEadem said:

 

bump

[Spudulike]

Someone is going to have to sing WYS extra loud tonight to make up for me not being there. I shall be listening. 

[Spudulike]

I can understand why the Sky broadcasters go to an advert break when our anthem is being sung but you'd hope the Foxes Hub commentator could keep his gob shut and let the listeners hear some of the atmosphere. He talked all over it at the Preston match and probably will tonight. So disrespectful. 

[Nolucklcfc]

Could be its loudest outing tonight. Doing well in the league and in memory of Vichai, scarfs up 💙

[kyleolly]

Is it when you’re sighing or when you’re crying that brings on the rain 

[Jimbo]

10 minutes ago, kyleolly said:

Is it when you’re sighing or when you’re crying that brings on the rain 

When you're crying you bring on the rain, so stop sighing be happy again

[Spudulike]

Not sure that we'll be doing this tonight as its the remembrance silence before kick off. Can't remember if we did it before Sunderland. 

[Nolucklcfc]

4 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Not sure that we'll be doing this tonight as its the remembrance silence before kick off. Can't remember if we did it before Sunderland. 

Nah we didn’t which was a shame 

[SemperEadem]

24 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Not sure that we'll be doing this tonight as its the remembrance silence before kick off. Can't remember if we did it before Sunderland. 

Will need a lot of hands as there is a tifo tonight. 

 

I think the club will drop WYS again.

Edited 3 November 2023 by SemperEadem

[Jabfox]

3 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Not sure that we'll be doing this tonight as its the remembrance silence before kick off. Can't remember if we did it before Sunderland. 

Don't think it played against Sunderland from memory as assume it wont tonight for obvious reasons. 

 

Shame to be honest that we cant fit it in somewhere. 

[Jabfox]

1 hour ago, SemperEadem said:

Will need a lot of hands as their is a tifo tonight. 

 

I think the club will drop WYS again.

great to hear 👍

Edited 3 November 2023 by Jabfox

[goose2010]

3 minutes ago, SemperEadem said:

Will need a lot of hands as their is a tifo tonight. 

 

I think the club will drop WYS again.

one of yours or is it a club one for the remembrance fixture?  

[SemperEadem]

3 minutes ago, Jabfox said:

Don't think it played against Sunderland from memory as assume it wont tonight for obvious reasons. 

 

Shame to be honest that we cant fit it in somewhere. 

If they drop it for minutes silences and applauses then it should be done at full time IMO.