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Iconic Aussie songs to be sung at Socceroos matches (what do you think?)

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CTB7

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Gday lads

I'm new here but I have an idea

Why at Socceroos matches (or at Australian sport in general) are not songs like "Waltzing Matilda" or "I am, you are, we are Australian" or "I still call Australia home", why aren't these songs sung at Australian sporting events or soccer.

All thats needed is to load these songs up on a boom box, bring em to a soccer match and let the crowds sing along.

At the best of times, these songs and others will bring a tear to the eye of crowds and the athletes all together

What other iconic songs are there, any ideas besides the 3 songs I have listed. There are more songs but I forget I suppose

Peoples thoughts on this?
 
Such songs are played in bars pre game at some tournament events. The establishment sorts a play list of all the favourites.

Check out Youtube with 06 in Kaiserslautern. Lots of ACDC.
 
CTB7 said:
Gday lads

I'm new here but I have an idea

Why at Socceroos matches (or at Australian sport in general) are not songs like "Waltzing Matilda" or "I am, you are, we are Australian" or "I still call Australia home", why aren't these songs sung at Australian sporting events or soccer.

All thats needed is to load these songs up on a boom box, bring em to a soccer match and let the crowds sing along.

At the best of times, these songs and others will bring a tear to the eye of crowds and the athletes all together

What other iconic songs are there, any ideas besides the 3 songs I have listed. There are more songs but I forget I suppose

Peoples thoughts on this?
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Welcome to the forum

in the pre match build up to Uruguay 05 those songs were played

would love a party playlist for when we win a game or tournament. My wife and kids partied with me after the u20s won the asian cup and really ran out of aussie football celebration songs quick haha
 
CTB7 said:
Gday lads

I'm new here but I have an idea

Why at Socceroos matches (or at Australian sport in general) are not songs like "Waltzing Matilda" or "I am, you are, we are Australian" or "I still call Australia home", why aren't these songs sung at Australian sporting events or soccer.

All thats needed is to load these songs up on a boom box, bring em to a soccer match and let the crowds sing along.

At the best of times, these songs and others will bring a tear to the eye of crowds and the athletes all together

What other iconic songs are there, any ideas besides the 3 songs I have listed. There are more songs but I forget I suppose

Peoples thoughts on this?
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I remember singing Waltzing Matilda in the stands, Australia v Netherlands, at the 2016 World Cup.
 
grazorblade said:
Welcome to the forum

in the pre match build up to Uruguay 05 those songs were played

would love a party playlist for when we win a game or tournament. My wife and kids partied with me after the u20s won the asian cup and really ran out of aussie football celebration songs quick haha
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you really are a young un eh - ran out quick ????.....
Great aussie songs to celebrate, pick 1/2 from each artist below I'm sure you can make a good play list.
Mentals
Oils
INXS
Skyhooks
Clapton
Angels
ACDC mentioned
EasyBeats
Powderfinger
Icehouse
Daddy Cool
LRB
Farnham
Men At Work
Aussie Crawl
Divinyl's
The Church
Hunters
Goanna
Sherbet
Harry Vanda George Young
I could add more but your kidding me.

Welcome as mentioned BTB7 - yep agree - were a very reserved lot from way way back.
Need some hot blood and passion coming out not just at the "events"
 
CTB7 said:
Gday lads

I'm new here but I have an idea

Why at Socceroos matches (or at Australian sport in general) are not songs like "Waltzing Matilda" or "I am, you are, we are Australian" or "I still call Australia home", why aren't these songs sung at Australian sporting events or soccer.

All thats needed is to load these songs up on a boom box, bring em to a soccer match and let the crowds sing along.

At the best of times, these songs and others will bring a tear to the eye of crowds and the athletes all together

What other iconic songs are there, any ideas besides the 3 songs I have listed. There are more songs but I forget I suppose

Peoples thoughts on this?
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Only issue Waltzing Matilda has almost a rugby union staple.

I remember it became a thing at home Wallabies Bledisloe Cup Test matches at the turn of the century as a way of sorts to counter the All Blacks haka.
 
LFC said:
you really are a young un eh - ran out quick ????.....
Great aussie songs to celebrate, pick 1/2 from each artist below I'm sure you can make a good play list.
Mentals
Oils
INXS
Skyhooks
Clapton
Angels
ACDC mentioned
EasyBeats
Powderfinger
Icehouse
Daddy Cool
LRB
Farnham
Men At Work
Aussie Crawl
Divinyl's
The Church
Hunters
Goanna
Sherbet
Harry Vanda George Young
I could add more but your kidding me.

Welcome as mentioned BTB7 - yep agree - were a very reserved lot from way way back.
Need some hot blood and passion coming out not just at the "events"
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Surely Hilltop Hoods makes the list!
 
LFC said:
you really are a young un eh - ran out quick ????.....
Great aussie songs to celebrate, pick 1/2 from each artist below I'm sure you can make a good play list.
Mentals
Oils
INXS
Skyhooks
Clapton
Angels
ACDC mentioned
EasyBeats
Powderfinger
Icehouse
Daddy Cool
LRB
Farnham
Men At Work
Aussie Crawl
Divinyl's
The Church
Hunters
Goanna
Sherbet
Harry Vanda George Young
I could add more but your kidding me.

Welcome as mentioned BTB7 - yep agree - were a very reserved lot from way way back.
Need some hot blood and passion coming out not just at the "events"
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Renee Geyer
Jo Jo Zep & The falcons
Joe Camilleri & the Black Sorrows
Anything by Vika and Linda Bull
Paul Kelly and his various bands
The Models
TISM
I would mention the Scientists but I have no idea how that would sound at the football
 
WhatAmIWatching said:
Renee Geyer
Jo Jo Zep & The falcons
Joe Camilleri & the Black Sorrows
Anything by Vika and Linda Bull
Paul Kelly and his various bands
The Models
TISM
I would mention the Scientists but I have no idea how that would sound at the football
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I think TISM gravitates more towards the Aussie rules crowd compared to football but a couple of their songs definitely have good sing-along value and could be considered crowdpleasers.
 
rebelliousfeminist974 said:
I think TISM gravitates more towards the Aussie Rules crowd
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True(by the band’s own admission) but the TISM lads were never stereotypical sokkah-haters to the best of my knowledge; at least one of them was a high-school teacher IRL, after all. There’s been the odd ⚽️ reference in a few of their songs too, and that’s w/o including “What Nationality is Les Murray?”😎

Plus Dean Anastasiadis wore a TISM-themed cycling jersey on a Melb-based ⚽️ show on Channel 31 back in the mid-‘90s once.
 
ashtongate said:
I don't think crowds singing is really an Aussie thing though.
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In Aussie cricket these days, the crowd doesn’t chant/sing “C’mon Aussie C’mon” or “Go Aussie Go” anymore like was done back in the ‘90s-early ‘00s. It mightn’t be an altogether-bad idea for us 🇦🇺⚽️ faithful to appropriate those for our own use..💡
 
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