When you’re smiling

[Me Weller 2]

This afternoon I had the pleasure of not only watching the legendary Jersey Budd but joining him on stage for a rendition of when you’re smiling to over 1000 people at the whetstone coronation concert I was compèring.

 

It went down a storm and there were plenty of blue flags flying but he told me something that surprised me. His version of the song was written for charity so not only does he not receive a penny in royalties from the club but they don’t even provide him with a ticket to home matches.

 

Now I’m a huge fan of our owners and I’m sure they weren’t aware of this but it seems the least they could do was give him a ticket. So I promised I would start a campaign to get a ticket for Jersey Budd-please say yes to this page if you agree.

 

I know not everyone likes the song but most sing it with gusto at the start of each match and only seems fare the man singing should get something by way of a gesture of thanks by the club,

 

He’s very good if you want to book him by the way.

[SK3Blue]

Doesn't seem right at all, especially as the club probably gives away a couple of hundred every game to corporates who have no interest in Football let alone LCFC. 

 

Edited 7 May 2023 by SK3Blue

[HybridFox]

West Ham final game of the season in a do or die...imagine he actually comes out pre match rousing up the crowd 

[kushiro]

Oh joy!

 

I'm in Starbucks in Sapporo at 9am (1am UK time) reading about the history of football in Dundee (long story). Starbucks seem to change the music every month. Now it's September they've changed to a fine selection of old classics.  They just played a wonderful song called 'I Know A Little About A Lot of Things' that I'd never heard before. It was was so good I stopped reading about Dundee and tried to find out more about it. It's a Peggy Lee track and when I get home it'll be on heavy rotation.

 

Straight after that came When You're Smiling - oh joy! It's a version from the 1950s by the sounds of it, with a fine breakdown section near the end with just handclaps backing the vocal.  Not sure who the artist is. 

 

It's great to be reminded of the old place. I do miss it. Best moment was a few years back in the remotest corner of Hokkaido when I ws relaxing in a lakeside hot spring bath and - shock - another Westerner appears.  We got chatting of course and it turns out he's from Leicester. Not only that, he used to go to the same pub as me - the Pump and Tap in the West End.  

 

Now they're playing another great track I've never heard that seems to be called 'I'm the one they call the seventh son'.  Ah - it's a Willie Dixon song.  Should be Sep Smith's theme song.

 

[KFS]

7 minutes ago, kushiro said:

Oh joy!

 

I'm in Starbucks in Sapporo at 9am (1am UK time) reading about the history of football in Dundee (long story). Starbucks seem to change the music every month. Now it's September they've changed to a fine selection of old classics.  They just played a wonderful song called 'I Know A Little About A Lot of Things' that I'd never heard before. It was was so good I stopped reading about Dundee and tried to find out more about it. It's a Peggy Lee track and when I get home it'll be on heavy rotation.

 

Straight after that came When You're Smiling - oh joy! It's a version from the 1950s by the sounds of it, with a fine breakdown section near the end with just handclaps backing the vocal.  Not sure who the artist is. 

 

It's great to be reminded of the old place. I do miss it. Best moment was a few years back in the remotest corner of Hokkaido when I ws relaxing in a lakeside hot spring bath and - shock - another Westerner appears.  We got chatting of course and it turns out he's from Leicester. Not only that, he used to go to the same pub as me - the Pump and Tap in the West End.  

 

Now they're playing another great track I've never heard that seems to be called 'I'm the one they call the seventh son'.  Ah - it's a Willie Dixon song.  Should be Sep Smith's theme song.

 

Love this. At my local grocery store in Connecticut there’s three animated milk cartons that sing WYS if you hit a button on the wall. It has become a ritual that my son taps it and we stand and watch. It’s not only a great song but a nice mantra to live by. 

[kushiro]

3 minutes ago, KFS said:

Love this. At my local grocery store in Connecticut there’s three animated milk cartons that sing WYS if you hit a button on the wall. It has become a ritual that my son taps it and we stand and watch. It’s not only a great song but a nice mantra to live by. 

 

Great. You've got to upload that.

[Vacamion]

50 minutes ago, kushiro said:

reading about the history of football in Dundee

 

Your history is probably going a bit further back than this, but I wonder if it mentions the dire provision of ladies' loos in the 90's at Dens, or more recently, that the catering in the away end food retailer (ie the shed on the terrace) at Tannadice was utterly crap and the cheeky gits sold bovril that was barely lukewarm.

 

Anyway, threadjack over, get Jersey Budd his due reward  

[kushiro]

1 hour ago, Vacamion said:

 

Your history is probably going a bit further back than this, but I wonder if it mentions the dire provision of ladies' loos in the 90's at Dens, or more recently, that the catering in the away end food retailer (ie the shed on the terrace) at Tannadice was utterly crap and the cheeky gits sold bovril that was barely lukewarm.

 

Anyway, threadjack over, get Jersey Budd his due reward  

 

Food retailer? You were lucky.  We used to dream of having a food retailer.  

 

You'll like this one from 1931 I just came across:

 

Edited 1 September 2023 by kushiro

[Plastik Man]

4 hours ago, kushiro said:

Oh joy!

 

I'm in Starbucks in Sapporo at 9am (1am UK time) reading about the history of football in Dundee (long story). Starbucks seem to change the music every month. Now it's September they've changed to a fine selection of old classics.  They just played a wonderful song called 'I Know A Little About A Lot of Things' that I'd never heard before. It was was so good I stopped reading about Dundee and tried to find out more about it. It's a Peggy Lee track and when I get home it'll be on heavy rotation.

 

Straight after that came When You're Smiling - oh joy! It's a version from the 1950s by the sounds of it, with a fine breakdown section near the end with just handclaps backing the vocal.  Not sure who the artist is. 

 

It's great to be reminded of the old place. I do miss it. Best moment was a few years back in the remotest corner of Hokkaido when I ws relaxing in a lakeside hot spring bath and - shock - another Westerner appears.  We got chatting of course and it turns out he's from Leicester. Not only that, he used to go to the same pub as me - the Pump and Tap in the West End.  

 

Now they're playing another great track I've never heard that seems to be called 'I'm the one they call the seventh son'.  Ah - it's a Willie Dixon song.  Should be Sep Smith's theme song.

 

There's a very long list of versions of When You're Smiling here, many with audio:

https://secondhandsongs.com/work/103771/all

I did have a flick through but didn't find one matching your description but may have missed it. 

[Spudulike]

 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

1 hour ago, Spudulike said:

 

"But it's not the Sinatra version " 

 

[StanSP]

1 hour ago, Spudulike said:

 

Some of them don't know the second verse

 

[RGFox]

20 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Some of them don't know the second verse

 

Yeah but TBF many of our lot mumble that part too! They ought to print the words on the bloody clappers!

[Vlad the Fox]

The players love it though, Coady heard playing during his interview and moaned that they had been waiting to hear it and now they play it when they’re off the pitch. Belt it out Saturday people.

 

I’d back Piper’s call to get Jersey down there singing it live, he could do it while they set the stage up for the presentation. 

[Mike1983]

2 hours ago, Spudulike said:

 

Do you know of any other owners who interact with players and fans as much as Top does? We're lucky to have him. 

[Spudulike]

3 minutes ago, Vlad the Fox said:

The players love it though, Coady heard playing during his interview and moaned that they had been waiting to hear it and now they play it when they’re off the pitch. Belt it out Saturday people.

 

I’d back Piper’s call to get Jersey down there singing it live, he could do it while they set the stage up for the presentation. 

He said that he's in Ireland. Quick Ryan Air flight back into East Midlands 

[Vlad the Fox]

2 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

He said that he's in Ireland. Quick Ryan Air flight back into East Midlands 

Ryan air! That’ll probably mean he’ll have to catch his transfer from London  

[Guest Chocolate Teapot]

4 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

He said that he's in Ireland. Quick Ryan Air flight back into East Midlands 

He doesn't make a penny out of the club playing it. Be a nice touch if they recompensed him to be there on Saturday.

[Trekerz]

Getting really good now

[SemperEadem]

1 hour ago, Trekerz said:

Getting really good now

Really is. First one that was not pushed so maybe it is closer to habit now.

[SemperEadem]

10am show next Sunday will feature the Leicester City FC club anthem "When You're Smiling" half hour investigation into the history of the song. Colin Murray presenting.

[The Fosse Way]

On 30/04/2024 at 19:50, Mike1983 said:

Do you know of any other owners who interact with players and fans as much as Top does? We're lucky to have him. 

The owner interacting with the players is meaningless if you keep buying crap ones on long contracts.
 

When it was Vichai tweaking Riyad’s ears because he’d told him he was staying for another year then fair enough.

 

When it’s Top walking round the pitch at Preston celebrating winning a league we should never have been in, it’s not the same thing.

[Spudulike]

1 hour ago, SemperEadem said:

10am show next Sunday will feature the Leicester City FC club anthem "When You're Smiling" half hour investigation into the history of the song. Colin Murray presenting.

Which show?

[SemperEadem]

11 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

Which show?

Sorry on 5 Live

[one F in Fox]

1 minute ago, SemperEadem said:

Sorry on 5 Live

What time does it start?