How did We'll Live and Die in these Towns start before kick offs? (3 Viewers)

[sw88]

It really has become our anthem!!

This season with its introduction, plus the club clicking on to new player songs and adding them to the pre match play list, it’s almost as if the club are listening to the fans again

Although some can make it sound like a 80’s parents disco, it has really added an atmosphere, and the way we finish pre match with WLAD is exceptional!

 

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[Brighton Sky Blue]

It really has become our anthem!!

This season with its introduction, plus the club clicking on to new player songs and adding them to the pre match play list, it’s almost as if the club are listening to the fans again

Although some can make it sound like a 80’s parents disco, it has really added an atmosphere, and the way we finish pre match with WLAD is exceptional!

Agreed. Really enjoy it!

 

[Broken Hearted Sky Blue]

There is a video on Twitter filmed from club Wembley where united fans look visibly shocked.

 

[San Francisco]

There is a video on Twitter filmed from club Wembley where united fans look visibly shocked.

Post it then.

 

[We'll_live_and_die]

There is a video on Twitter filmed from club Wembley where united fans look visibly shocked.

Would love to see that if you have a link please?

 

[Broken Hearted Sky Blue]

Would love to see that if you have a link please?

I’m not on twitter but I’ll try

 

[Broken Hearted Sky Blue]

It’s @anthony_hornsby don’t know how to do it

 

[bigfatronssba]

Boltons nicked it now

 

[LastGarrison]

Boltons nicked it now

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and all that.

 

[coop]

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and all that.

Well they can fuck off.

 

[Ian1779]

Go Team Oxford!!

 

[Happy_Martian]

Very simple Twitter poll

70% of Cov Twitter are telling Bolton to get lost and find their own song

25% are saying we should see it as a compliment and flattery

5% still trying to learn the words.

One Bolton fan has said that the "guitarist" in The Enemy is a Bolton fan.

Certainly not Andy the Bassist. He's openly said he's Cov.

And Tom, lead singer and guitarist, is originally a Brummie.

And Liam is the drummer.

So no idea which guitarist that poster was addressing.

 

[skybluecam]

Boltons nicked it now

No need to be all protective about it as some on twitter are, but it's certainly a weird thing to do. I've never heard the song used in a football or even a sporting context other than at our matches so I'm sure they must've picked it up from us. And as the song is specifically about Cov it does seem strange.

 

[wingy]

Very simple Twitter poll

70% of Cov Twitter are telling Bolton to get lost and find their own song

25% are saying we should see it as a compliment and flattery

5% still trying to learn the words.

One Bolton fan has said that the "guitarist" in The Enemy is a Bolton fan.

Certainly not Andy the Bassist. He's openly said he's Cov.

And Tom, lead singer and guitarist, is originally a Brummie.

And Liam is the drummer.

So no idea which guitarist that poster was addressing.

Who cares get it out there and on.

 

[Happy_Martian]

Who cares get it out there and on.

And why can't we be protective about it ?

Song about Cov, written and sung by a Coventry band and adopted by the band's home town team.

We don't have much that is ours alone (most of our players songs are copies of other songs). So why not fight for something that is ours ?

 

[Grendel]

It’s a shite song

 

[MAFF]

who the fuck cares

 

[clint van damme]

Fuck me, we've copied virtually every song we sing, about time some team reciprocated.

 

[bigfatronssba]

Not sure there is any need to be protective about it, but equally it’s a very strange choice for Bolton.

The Sky Blue Song will always be ours alone

 

[Grendel]

Not sure there is any need to be protective about it, but equally it’s a very strange choice for Bolton.

The Sky Blue Song will always be ours alone

Well it’s actually the Eton Boating Song

 

[skybluecam]

Also if anyone did want the answer to the title of this thread the guy who does matchday production is on twitter (@RoystonDooley) so he might be able to give you the answer.

 

[Happy_Martian]

Also if anyone did want the answer to the title of this thread the guy who does matchday production is on twitter (@RoystonDooley) so he might be able to give you the answer.

Think I've read a comment that Stuart Cooke (@StuCooke) was the first to introduce it. He's in the media room with Royston.

 

[Tommo1993]

As popular as it is within this club, suddenly nearly 17 years after its release, it’s a very obscure and somewhat unpopular song in general for them to pick out. Having said that, I couldn’t care less. Was hoping Oxford would win anyway, because Bolton fans think they’re massive.

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

Can't they sing we're Bolton we're barmy instead!

 

[ajsccfc]

Don't mind Bolton using it, song fits a team who've had it shit and they fit that bill. Same people going mad on Twitter about it will have been at Wembley hijacking Man Utd's alleged song, who really gives a shit?

 

[San Francisco]

And as the song is specifically about Cov it does seem strange.

Song about Cov, written and sung by a Coventry band and adopted by the band's home town team.

It's not specifically about Cov, it's about English towns in general.

Personally not bothered if they use it, it'll always be known as our song regardless.

 

[clint van damme]

Don't mind Bolton using it, song fits a team who've had it shit and they fit that bill. Same people going mad on Twitter about it will have been at Wembley hijacking Man Utd's alleged song, who really gives a shit?

People are going mad on Twitter?
They really are an embarrassment.

 

[TomRad85]

People are going mad on Twitter?
They really are an embarrassment.

I do hate how on social media all it takes is a fairly small handful of weirdos to make our entire fanbase look like a bunch of virgin gremlins.

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[Brighton Sky Blue]

It’s a massive compliment for other teams to use it, crack on. YNWA is great at Anfield, Celtic Park and Dortmund even though it’s a Scouse song

 

[JAM See]

It’s a massive compliment for other teams to use it, crack on. YNWA is great at Anfield, Celtic Park and Dortmund even though it’s a Scouse song

Well technically, YNWA is a NYC song.

Overall though I agree with @clint van damme's point earlier.

It's nice to have other teams appropriating a song that originated with us.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Well technically, YNWA is a NYC song.

Overall though I agree with @clint van damme's point earlier.

It's nice to have other teams appropriating a song that originated with us.

I meant that it’s Liverpool where it kicked off as a football song.

 

[clint van damme]

I do hate how on social media all it takes is a fairly small handful of weirdos to make our entire fanbase look like a bunch of virgin gremlins.

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To be fair, it makes us look like virgin gremlins to an equally unhinged and fuck witted bunch from another club whose opinion I couldn't give a toss about either!

 

[Johnnythespider]

No need to be all protective about it as some on twitter are, but it's certainly a weird thing to do. I've never heard the song used in a football or even a sporting context other than at our matches so I'm sure they must've picked it up from us. And as the song is specifically about Cov it does seem strange.

Is it about Cov, they do sing Towns, plural. It's a bit like Ghost town which had the same said about it but the band said it was about the places they'd seen while touring.
Edit - As for Bolton using it in a video, isn't their manager from Cov, don't know what the fuss is about in all honesty

 

[skybluecam]

The story behind Coventry City's incredible pre-match anthem WLADITT

Coventry City news from CoventryLive as we look at how The Enemy's hit 'We'll Live And Die In These Towns' became the Sky Blues' pre-match anthem

www.coventrytelegraph.net

 

[Johnnythespider]

People are going mad on Twitter?
They really are an embarrassment.

Some backtracking going on now