Lol at calling this politically correct, and not a rectification of the stupid situation where women are singing a celebratory song referencing themselves as sons and boys. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. The club quickly bade good riddance to it. [11], In 2016, Australia Post launched a television advertising campaign set to a cover version of "Up There Cazaly", sung by people from different backgrounds in their own cultural style. Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. Moody has analysed every…. Finally in 1984 Tudor sold the company and its catalogue to John McDonald's Image music group. In an age of fun facilitators, Kiss-Cam and assorted spruik merchants chirruping over the PA, Collingwood’s song gives us everything we need and want: an old Boer War recruitment ditty, a few cheesy lines, a bit of trumpet and tuba action and some tacked on cockney slang. Lemon, Geoff (4 November 2014). Famous VAFA Club XVIII/Clubbies/Ammo's footballers: Turnaround in finals results compared to the home & away season. And we may as well get used to it. "Up There Cazaly" is 1979 song by Mike Brady, written to promote Channel Seven's coverage of the Victorian Football League (VFL). In 1982, "Up There Cazaly" was rewritten and released as "Up There Old England" by Cliff Portwood. It’s impossible to sing along without clenching your fist. The old Fable Singers themes are one of the best things about the game. Carlton Theme Song (Lily Of Laguna)/ Bye Bye Blackbird - Multiple Skips, but plays through. Please find below the words to our new theme song. 2020 – Finals – Hard Yakka / Totally Workwear VFL. In 1981, Ian Turner and Leonie Sandercock published a history of the VFL titled Up Where, Cazaly? It is all too sinister. The club we hold so dear ...”. "Up There Cazaly" is 1979 song by Mike Brady, written to promote Channel Seven's coverage of the Victorian Football League (VFL). They even ran out to the song prior to the 1996 Grand Final against North Melbourne which they went on to lose. var prefix = 'ma' + 'il' + 'to'; Caro promoting dissent between the clubs & the Commission. Victorian Theme Song. Geelong ran out to this song prior to the 1992 Grand Final against West Coast. Brady flew to England to help Portwood record the song but it was never released, due to the B side having a portion of "Land of Hope and Glory" on it, creating a licensing issue just as it was getting major airtime on the radio. Williamstown FC - Theme Song. Definitely well overdue, songs like the Crows one sound noticeably poor quality and dated. Stereo. A1. Keeping with this spirit, Mike Brady’s highly-caffeinated theme song seems to conk out halfway through. Victorian Theme Song - VFL - SportsTG, fixtures, results, ladders, statistics, news and events for the , on SportsTG, the Home of Grassroots Sport 5) Collingwood – Good Old Collingwood Forever. It was affiliated with the AFL's Multicultural Round.[12]. JavaScript is disabled. VFL Football Club Theme Songs. I can still hear that song however, the most joyous of all the VFL originals, blaring over the tinny PA – “Fitzroy! Williamstown's theme song is called ‘Stand and Deliver’, which was written and performed by Mike Brady. All rights reserved. In 1991, Collingwood great Lou Richards released a hip hop version of "Up There Cazaly" under his nickname Louie the Lip. Used by Geelong during the 1980’s before going back to the classic Carmen Opera tune of “We Are Geelong”. When the Eagles joined the comp in 1987, they opted for a more rock ‘n roll tune for the club. "[5], When asked which Australian song he would most like to cover, Spiderbait member Kram chose "Up There Cazaly", "because it's the 'Bohemian Rhapsody' of footy songs". The song's tune has an unusual key scheme: the verses are in D major, and the chorus is in F major, which is a fairly distant, unrelated key, especially for a popular song; and its final repetition is in G major, in which key the song ends. But there’s nothing that can remotely compare to the Tiger Army in full voice at the MCG. When the Adelaide Crows were established in late 1990 and joined the AFL in 1991 getting a club song wasn’t high on the things to do list. Out they come, out they come, out they come to play,Just for recreation sake to pass the time away, HEY! And the lyrics to the original, Lily of Laguna, couldn’t be more problematic. We provide no warranty about accuracy or completeness. Fans hated it. Hearts to hearts and hands to hands, Beneath the Blue and White we stand, We shout, God bless our native land North Melbourne, North Melbourne. Lots of Love. It’s too good. “That song kept people alive during our bad days,” inaugural Hall of Famer and composer of the lyrics Bill Stephen said. var path = 'hr' + 'ef' + '='; document.getElementById('cloak6410aa76a644aaa04cd1bd65f6b4d88e').innerHTML = ''; Oh **** right off. Both Geelong and Hawthorn ran out to bastardised versions of their song prior to the 2008 Grand Final. “Out of the competition we’ll be next year,” he droned. It was ruck-rover Fleiter who was the first to call "Up there, Cazaly!" The song has been performed at many VFL/AFL Grand Finals, often by Brady himself. I could therefore never be a Royboy. You Am I vocalist Tim Rogers performed the song on a 2001 episode of The Footy Show. We are the boys from Williamstown We play beside the sea All for one and one for all We strive for victory There’s not a game that we cant win In the space of a few hours, the AFL went from mandating that they are played to letting clubs decide which version they want to use. Williamstown Football Club is saddened to report that former player Don Carmichael passed away last Thursday, October 8, at the age of 83. [Up There Cazaly by Mike Brady – an AFL anthem that isn't awful"], Australian rules football in Australian popular culture, "Program One: Patriotism And The Australian Way Of Life", "Persistent Sutton finally makes the grade in VFL", "Aussie Rockers Talk AboutTheir Top Tunes", "History behind every AFL club theme song", Enough Rope with Andrew Denton - episode 16: John Safran (30/06/2003), "Aus Post uses multicultural version of anthem Up There Cazaly for new AFL ad", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Up_There_Cazaly&oldid=978336937, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Pages using infobox song with unknown parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, "Up There Cazaly" (Seven's Footy Theme) (2:40), "The Winner's March" (Instrumental) (2:54), This page was last edited on 14 September 2020, at 08:46.
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