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They changed "head and skin" to "head and shin" which has pleased the Tiger army. Learn more It's actually not bad. Along with GWS and Freo, the Suns' song was untouched. at the start, so it's not all bad. While this recording misses out on airtime, with the club racking it in favour of the old one. The Cats got a new verse. Despite being a newer song, Port's actually used to be pretty good. The Swans have already confirmed this recording will be trotted out in 2018. This was already a good one and thankfully they haven't messed with it too much. Bear in mind, a new recording of an already bad song isn't going to suddenly become great. The club seemed to agree, retaining the current version for now. List of all team songs (anthems) for Australian Rules Football (AFL) teams This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. general manager of clubs Travis Auld said. MORE: New club songs show just how tone deaf the AFL is, "A number of the club songs are old recordings of diminishing quality. Sections Homepage Trivia Quizzes Free Trivia Questions Player Quiz Lists Ask FunTrivia - Get Answers to Questions Daily and Hourly Trivia Games Crossword Puzzles FunTrivia Discussions Forums Trivia Chat Trivia Questions Archive. How well do you know your clubs song? Why? An Australian Football League team song is traditionally sung by members of the winning team after an AFL game.

Maybe it should have been. It's like they heard that Swans fans like the quirky banjo break in the middle so they decided to up the banjo, losing the quirk in the process. Why? The Tigers have even confirmed that they'll be sticking with the new recording. Considering it was made in this decade, the song's writer, The Cat Empire's Harry Angus, absolutely nailed it with this one. Apparently the dart on the 'What Should We Change Next?' Gnarly guitars have no place in a footy song. The "hearts to hearts" intro combined with 'Join In The Chorus' is a serious tune. Who knows. But it won't be played this season, with Geelong sticking with the old one for now.

All eighty odd thousand of them. They also officially changed "what though the odds" to "whether the odds" which most seemed to have already done anyway. The Crows will be keeping the original for the time being. Sorry. The lyrics don't inspire and the drums sound about 30 years out of date. Minor lyric changes were only made following requests from respective football clubs.”. The vocals on the new one lack the grunt that made the original so...Power-ful. A few lyric changes - "they" to "we" and "see the barrackers" to "hear the barrackers.". Luckily for Port fans, they've come out and said they'll be sticking with the original. Another classic that was pretty much left alone. Sometime we think it's slightly underrated. Sounds a bit cleaner but doesn't lose any of its grandness. Of all the 'old' ones, we just can't get into the Dogs' song and the vocals on this recording certainly seem to lack a little bit of punch. A slow burner but it's hard to deny the quality of this tune. https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sportal_com_au/6c/d2/afl-team-songs_87eux5i9wat91mig4yf9vcma0.png?t=1013556866&w=500&quality=80. It is played when each team runs out onto the field prior to the beginning of the match, and played for the winning team at the end of the match. The Dockers' song wasn't re-recorded. Now, in our books, the matchday version of this is top four quality. That "fight, fight, fight" part is fun, but then they bring us back to earth with that forced "hey!". We are only judging the new recordings though, so North just miss out on the finals. Most of the old recordings of Victorian clubs were done in the 70s by The Fable Singers, renditions that had become much-loved. The Blues have opted to use the old recording however. Soundtracks / Top Hits / One Hit Wonders / TV Themes / Song Quotes / Miscellaneous Lyrics On Demand All lyrics are property and copyright of their respective authors, artists and labels. Last season was the first in long time we hadn't heard the Hawks song just about every week. It's not hard to find critics of the new versions, with a host of clubs coming out and saying they will be sticking with the older versions. Eddie McGuire was one of the most vocal opponents to the new versions and the Pies were the first club to announce they won't be using it. Viewed VFL GF: Oh we're from Tigerland on repeat Watch the boys sing the song twice after winning the 2019 VFL Grand Final. Local time 10:02 PM aedt 5 November 2020 Membership 877,627 registered members 12,360 visited in past 24 hrs 1,266 members online now 1,840 guests visiting now “In doing so, we offered all the clubs the ability to have a new recording, to offer stronger digital sound quality. The Eagles have already opted to use the original recording in 2018. Though they did ditch the obnoxious "Hey Eagles!" The iconic tunes that your favourite teams run out to and sing after victories have been tinkered with. There is no tradition in the AFL more wholly unique, more closely guarded, and more astonishingly bizarre than that of the club theme song: A series of jaunty tunes mostly slapped together in … We're not even sure if this song is that good, but if it wasn't number one we'd have to go into witness protection and that seems like a hassle. Pretty similar to the original, and just as well, because it's a beauty. Well it's an old verse that they officially tacked on. The Dees have already said they'll be sticking with the old song though. Though we can't help but cringe when they say "preeemiership cup". In any case, the club has binned the new version. Everyone already sings that anyway, if you're gonna tinker, tinker right. New club songs show just how tone deaf the AFL is. According to the AFL, they were "approached by a number of clubs to provide minor updates to their songs,” general manager of clubs Travis Auld said. We've opened up our ears and given the new ones a listen, ranking them from 1-18. Nice. board at AFL House landed on club songs at some point over the off-season.

Not enough for the club to use it this season though. Not sure how to feel about that but it's still a cracking football song. Our big gripe with this one is that they didn't change "we're known as the Adelaide Crows" to "we're the mighty Adelaide Crows.". Another one that didn't get changed too much. Seems pretty much the same as the original. FunTrivia.com. AFL team songs: We've ranked every club's theme song from 1-18 on the back of the AFL deciding to record new versions of them all.