Euro 2012 Anthem

'Colm Hayes pens Euro 2012 single for Jedward': http://www.rte.ie/ten/2012/0201/jedward.html

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The Colm Hayes Show is teaming up with Universal for the charity single, which will be released in May with all the proceeds going to the ISPCC.

Hayes said of the news: "Well the news is out and there's no stopping us now. Jedward have recorded The Colm Hayes Show song for Euro 2012. It's an idea we hatched about two months ago and I re-wrote the lyrics of Lipstick with the songwriters' approval and turned it into an anthem for the boys in green. It's called Put Your Green Cape On and that's all I can say so far.

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At one point, I had actually been looking forward to this summer.

Gah!


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agreed! shocking news. does not look like it is the 'official' song at least.

I think the only question is will it be worse than this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t31p8kd35KU

Gems such as
With Keane to lead us, there is nothing to fear/This time 2002 is going to be our year
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With the ball at our feet, we shoot, we score/This a time we'll celebrate, we'll hear the Irish roar

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Originally Posted by theworm2345

I think the only question is will it be worse than this?
Gems such as
With Keane to lead us, there is nothing to fear/This time 2002 is going to be our year
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With the ball at our feet, we shoot, we score/This a time we'll celebrate, we'll hear the Irish roar

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I quite liked "Here come the good times", you might not know it was a cover of "Here come the good times" by the same artist, A House, and basically the same song and musical arrangement.

It's not on youtube, but I found it on grooveshark: http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Here+Com...s/4n9IQN?src=5

In terms of "worst football song..ever" nothing will ever top "Watch your house for Ireland" for USA '94 which was the winner of a song writing competition on 2fm IIRC

Watch your house for Ireland? What did that mean? Are you sure it wasn't wash your horse?

I'm emigrating.

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Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

I'm emigrating.

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...Poland... for a week.

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Originally Posted by Crosby87

Watch your house for Ireland? What did that mean? Are you sure it wasn't wash your horse?

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unfortunately I'm so very sure about it.
I have a memory etched in my brain of the winner explaining it was a play on the "man on", "house", etc calls during a game, and the football following population of the country decamping to the US for the summer
The chorus went "watch your house for Ireland, goodbye Europe, hello USA"
we all died a little that day

Actually, it might be in the Reeling in the Years 1994 episode

On the plus side, it can't be any worse than that awful Man United Man song from the mid 90s.

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Originally Posted by Crosby87

Watch your house for Ireland? What did that mean? Are you sure it wasn't wash your horse?

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Yes as Tets said - Watch your house, footballing term when i was growing up:)

In Ballyer we just got shouted at with "HOUSE!"

I think at the end of the day, anyone who plays guitar or piano can tell you its fairly easy to write a relatively catchy song. The problem tends to be coming up with lyrics, and in the case of a sort of tribute song to a football team, it is even easier to be trite. Think how easy it would be to write, "with Keano, Kevin Doyle, and Jon Walters/We love Trap because he never falters" or "We've got O'Shea, St Ledger, and Dunne/They're sure to put the Spaniards on the run" or something like that. I am a bit hesitant to post this as it really is atrocious, but if you need any further evidence of this have a look at my attempt to rewrite/update the lyrics to The Game (some just ripped from the original and names replaced). Keep in mind this was 6.5 years ago and I was 15. At least I know its not just me as some of other lyrics (in Here Come the Good Times or Watch Your House, etc.) are at least sort of close to as bad.

I think if you look at the best Irish footy songs (obviously this is my opinion but I think many would agree for the most part) there is a pattern. There are a few other decent ones (and this ignores the ones by Dermot Morgan, whose comedy made the tracks rather than their musical quality) that are at least "listenable" and quite a few that are just crap.

Joxer Goes To Stuttgart - stunning in its simplicity, I think its only 4 chords, but obviously is lyrically quite good
Give It A Lash Jack - again incredibly simple, I think actually only 3 chords, not even lyrically great but catchy
Jack's Heroes - Well when you have the Dubliners and Pogues pretty much anything will sound good, not sure if they wrote it
Put 'em Under Pressure - cover of Dearg Doom and God Save Ireland, lets face it not lyrically strong
The Game - Cover of We Didn't Start the Fire
You'll Never Beat the Irish - Wolfe Tones just changed the lyrics of another song of theirs, so basically a cover
The Team That Jack Built - I actually don't know why this one is so catchy

So, basically, you can either make a cover and change the lyrics (which, in all likelihood, won't be great) or you can stay simple, try have a catchy chorus that a group can sing, and not try too hard to fit the lyrics to the music. Other than that you'd need a good songwriter (like Christy Moore).

Here's an example for Trinidad and Tobago, certainly not lyrically brilliant, but a good tune and a simple, catchy chorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC1mSOY1hmI

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Originally Posted by theworm2345

Put 'em Under Pressure - cover of Dearg Doom and God Save Ireland, lets face it not lyrically strong

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How dare you...

"We got a game, we got a game, we got a game to win."

Jedward. Jesus. I wish people would stop humouring them. The joke's not funny anymore.

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Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

On the plus side, it can't be any worse than that awful Man United Man song from the mid 90s.

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Wasn't that written by The Saw Doctors? If so, not one of their finest efforts....

I'm not sure. It was a solo singer as far as I know, one-hit wonder. It did sound like the Saw Doctors actually.

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Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

I'm not sure. It was a solo singer as far as I know, one-hit wonder. It did sound like the Saw Doctors actually.

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I'm not 100% but I think they wrote it and never recorded it.

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Originally Posted by JGKyne

Wasn't that written by The Saw Doctors? If so, not one of their finest efforts....

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I thought it was Status Quo...

God, it's even worse than I remembered. It seems it was written by the Saw Doctors, so good memory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNBpL1g5OXk

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Originally Posted by backtowalsall

I thought it was Status Quo...

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Status Quo wrote "C'mon you reds"

Christ of almighty, must get the guitar out and do something about this ;P

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Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Christ of almighty, must get the guitar out and do something about this ;P

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I've been playing around on the guitar a bit and come up with what I think is a sort of Celtic sounding riff that could work in a song...sort of influenced by Thin Lizzy's Black Rose (which I think would be a great one to cover for a football song). Here it is in tab form (I could record it to give an example of tempo but it wouldn't sound very good...well, it may not sound very good anyway).

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7/9-------9-7---------7-9,----9/12----------12-9-----9--------------------9-7-----------------7---7h9--
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Em                            G                                B                    D

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Anyway I can't sing at all and my "band-mates" (a.k.a. the guys I sometimes play with) are thousands of miles away...plus I have been referred to by more than one as "musically retarded" so me doing anything on my own would not be good. If anyone would be up for collaborating on something (obviously not physically playing together but more on an input basis) I would definitely be up for it though, can play guitar and decent amount of piano. I know some other members here who are in bands as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdKEhg-iWVE


come on the boys in green, use your inner Gary Breen...

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Originally Posted by padjoe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdKEhg-iWVE

come on the boys in green, use your inner Gary Breen...

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A good few have been uploaded to Youtube. Some good, some bad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNRUxyjjM-c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O321FZDr3aA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzp-3rBEYo8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zc2bPn0fpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouQrQAokWrY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O6WWTbARfs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3uC5E5QL-o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqmJldUmDe4

too many to embed

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Originally Posted by cornflakes

A good few have been uploaded to Youtube. Some good, some bad

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Which ones? The last one has nothing to do with football, the first one maybe could be classed as not terrible, but honestly the one padjoe posted may be the best of the bunch and though it has a sort of catchy guitar riff its pretty cringe-worthy otherwise. As bad as many of these songs have been historically I think with YouTube we could see a whole new level of ****. I think some people tend to give credit for these things just because they "couldn't do better" but that doesn't make it laudable.

Right......give me a week. I'll have something posted up better than anything above. ;P

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Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Right......give me a week. I'll have something posted up better than anything above. ;P

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Can I request that it not be any more of this one guy and his acoustic crap? People seem to think they're going to write the next Joxer but they're not and no one has even come within the the vicinity of the ballpark of doing so. If it is one of those, and you can pull it off, fair ****s to you. Look at me, I must be sounding like I think I'm a music critic...I should note that I'm just a cynic who has basically never heard a song from an artist/group who got their start after the millennium that appeals to him.

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Originally Posted by theworm2345

Can I request that it not be any more of this one guy and his acoustic crap? People seem to think they're going to write the next Joxer but they're not and no one has even come within the the vicinity of the ballpark of doing so. If it is one of those, and you can pull it off, fair ****s to you. Look at me, I must be sounding like I think I'm a music critic...I should note that I'm just a cynic who has basically never heard a song from an artist/group who got their start after the millennium that appeals to him.

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F**k no, I have a habit of putting in every sort of instrument into a song that is in the vicinity, which is usually too many.

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Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

F**k no, I have a habit of putting in every sort of instrument into a song that is in the vicinity, which is usually too many.

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I guess thats good to hear, should I be expecting some slide whistle and vibraslap then?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXMuWi0dUBc

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Originally Posted by theworm2345

I guess thats good to hear, should I be expecting some slide whistle and vibraslap then?

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If it doesn't have autotune I'm not buying it

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Originally Posted by theworm2345

I guess thats good to hear, should I be expecting some slide whistle and vibraslap then?

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Hmm, I'll see what I can rustle up ;P

The official anthem will be a lyrical rewrite of the 'Rocky Road to Dublin', with the working title 'Rocky Road to Poland'.http://www.todayfm.com/Shows/Weekday.../Euro2012.aspx

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This Wednesday 22nd February, we will dedicate most of the show to writing our song for Euro 2012.

We've chosen to rewrite the lyrics to 'Rocky Road to Dublin', with the working title 'Rocky Road to Poland'. So if you want to send us a line or even a few lines that you think will fit into the melody/theme of the song, please get in touch. You can email your lyrics to

euro2012@todayfm.com

In studio on Wednesday will be some of the musicians that we've gathered to play on the record - Damien Dempsey (famous for his recording of Rock Road) and The Coronas' Danny.

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Nicked from another place...

Rocky Road to Poland
T’was in the merry month of June, from our home we started,
Left old Eireann’s Isle, to Poland we departed,
Hope within our hearts, we can win the trophy,
We are all a part of Trappatoni’s army,
Get behind the team, hear the Irish scream,
C’mon you boys in green, Ireland’s bouncing back again,
We have got our Trap, the cat is in the sack,
We’ll not forget you Jack, On the rocky road to Poland.

One, Two, Three, Four, Five,
Irish eyes are smiling,
Let your voices ring
Trappatoni’s army,
Everybody sing.
You’ll never beat the Irish x 4

Make your mother proud, inflate your plastic hammer,
Bate your bodhrán loud and learn your Polish grammar,
Credit Union loan, sold the Opel Corsa,
Hired a camper van, picked it up in Warsaw,
Been so close before, hopes slammed in the door,
Now we’re back for more, we can win the battle,
C’mon you boys in green, never have we seen,
Such a fearless team, on the rocky road to Poland.

One, Two, Three, Four, Five,
Irish eyes are smiling,
Let your voices ring
Trappatoni’s army,
Everybody sing.
You’ll never beat the Irish x 4
Ireland Abú. We love.

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Originally Posted by strangeirish

Everybody sing.

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No.

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Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin

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No.

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Ok, someones playing games now!

The rhyming of 'plastic hammer and Polish grammar' indicates a large degree of desperation!

A small change, so everybody is included - even absent friends...:rolleyes:

Make your mother proud, inflate your plastic hammer
Bate your bodhrán loud, it’s Stephen Ireland’s grandma
Premiership moan, hairless – even more so
Hired a camper van, pinked it up in Warsaw...

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Originally Posted by gastric

The rhyming of 'plastic hammer and Polish grammar' indicates a large degree of desperation!

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Jesus, there's a serious amount of desperate rhythmic attempts in those lyrics.