AFL Choosing a team, by Americans Ep2: Club Song

[@sammenhennet]

Oh no.. these aren’t the offical ones used by the clubs.

[@frankie4fingers552]

Remember most of these are over 80 years old...if you laughed at them like that at a game,,,you wouldn't walk out of the stadium with limbs intact kiddies

[@steve8510]

OR JUST CHOOSE THE GOAT: COLLINGWOOD 16 PREMIERSHIPS, BEST WIN RATE OVER 128 YEARS

[@petertrezise4545]

Being a Carlton supporter, there’s nothing like belting out the song after a great win. When you’re at the ground singing along with thousands of fellow supporters it’s a great feeling.

[@hanajinks1044]

Carlton is soooo gey.

[@gabrielplattes6253]

'Yankee doodle shit' 😂

[@MrTravdogg13]

Lol I'm a freo supporter and this makes me laugh so hard

[@themoviehobbit355]

Love the theme songs !

[@JasonDixon-vd2qk]

Port Adelaide magpies have been around since 1870s port power has been around 1990s

[@BiggySn1p3r]

As a American Richmond Tigers fan, it sounds great when 90,000 plus are singing it together, as I'm sure a lot of these do.

[@STEEZTheDonAFL]

We can't wait to make it to a game, our goal is to make it out there next year

[@kellylinke1442]

Best team fan participation song in the AFL.

[@simoncross7728]

Hearing the roar of "yellow & black" really is awesome!

[@arconeagain]

I was going to say this. When you've got 80,000 plus shouting yellow and black at the G.

[@stunner3821]

g yous listened to tha old freo song listen to tha new one its hard asf

[@Il-bebbux]

Adelaide song is us marine core March, Brisbane is french national anthem

[@brodieelburn4264]

These aren’t the offical club songs, you are listening to remixes of the club songs

[@lukezdanowicz2888]

These are all really old versions of the team songs you need the updated versions

[@romanfedrich6967]

You hear these club songs here they make you cringe. You hear your club song at the ground you get goose bumps.

[@STEEZTheDonAFL]

I'm sure it is electrifying when you are in the stands, we cant wait to make it out there to a game, hopefully next season

[@lozloz7418]

@@STEEZTheDonAFL wrong the teams club song plays when they enter the field at the start of the match the away team going first and only the winning teams song plays at the end and nobody’s song plays if it’s a tie

[@Podgorski37]

@@lozloz7418 how are they wrong?

[@lozloz7418]

@@Podgorski37 how I explained it

[@Podgorski37]

@@lozloz7418 the channel said the song is electric in the stands, then you explained some bullshit that doesn't make sense

[@ricegaming834]

the brisbane anthem was taken from the french national anthem they just changed the words

[@shaundgb7367]

Kardinia Park is actually the name of the ground Geelong play at. Clubs tend to have sponsor names on grounds now even though the official name is Kardinia Park. I cannot even remember what sponsor name of Geelong's ground. Changes depending on sponsor rights every few years.

[@hustler-music]

Sponsor right now is GMHBA

[@TheHoopsCrew]

In Geelong we call it KP. Commentators often call it the Cattery. It holds about 30000 fans and will soon increase to 40000.

[@jacksonhalliwell7621]

GMHBA Stadium at Kardinia Park is the team's home base in South Geelong. I've worked there doing AV

[@gabrielplattes6253]

In many cases nigh on a hundred years of history are attached to the tunes, sung by fans and players for ages! I hope this tradition will never be lost. They've inevitably aged, but when sung with gusto by the players at the end of a game, or the crowd once the game ends, it is quite something! The collingwood song came into being in 1906, based on an American tune eight yrs or so older.

[@STEEZTheDonAFL]

It is a cool tradition for sure and i wish we had something like it in the states. although we talk shit it is hard not to respect something that has been around for so long.

[@gabrielplattes6253]

@@STEEZTheDonAFL Totes, if I came in fresh, I'd have the same light-hearted reaction! 😄 It's like lunch at grandma's, with the wireless playing tunes from World War II... 🎶📻🍰☕️

[@katoxley4240]

Why a lot of them sound familiar - Adelaide’s song is based of a US Marines anthem; Brisbane’s is the French national anthem; Carlton’s is based off a British blackface music hall song (its recently been discussed for its racist origins in the media here); Collingwood’s is Goodbye Dolly Gray, an old music hall song; Essendon’s is the them from the film Sunny Side Up; Fremantle’s is based off a Russian maritime song; Geelong’s is Toreador from the musical Carmen; Gold Coast and GWS are both original; Hawthorn’s is Yankee Doodle Dandy; Melbourne’s is an American military song You’re a Grand Old Flag; I’m not sure of the origin of North Melbourne’s but it’s also used by the Victorian team in State of Origin; Port Adelaide’s is original; Richmond is Riw, Row, Row, an old Bing Crosby song; St Kilda’s is pretty obvious; South Melbourne/Sydney is the Notre Dame victory March from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana; West Coast is original; and Footscray/Western Bulldogs is Sons of the Sea, an old British music hall song.

[@docksideview]

North Melbourne's is an old Scottish song about alcohol

[@katoxley4240]

@@docksideview oh, wow, I didn’t know that!! Thank you :)

[@LachlanKellett]

These are outdated so much lol Edit: Ok, some aren't but a heap if them are old ones used in 18 and 19 hundreds and Early 2,000's.

[@STEEZTheDonAFL]

Apple Music shot us in the foot and put the wrong ones in there evidently smh

[@cameronwhitmore1573]

You have to listen to the crowd after a Richmond win the yellow amd black in the song is electric

[@Podgorski37]

The Dees theme song is literally based on the song about your flag lol

[@tcullen3684]

If the Brisbane song sounds familiar, that's probably because the tune is the French national anthem. Some of these songs are about 100 years old, that's why they sound all Yankee Doodle not just Hawthorn. The newer songs are also written in that same style.

[@berranari1]

I think Yankee Doodle was about an American Jockey riding a racing horse in London.

[@brosert]

Port's 1870, but their SANFL side had a song more like Sydney (Cheer, Cheer, the black and the white) - the Power one is only since they entered the AFL - 1997?

[@sinenomine6180]

They sound a lot better when the players sing them.

[@Mirrorgirl492]

We love our ridiculously lame theme songs. I'm a Pies fan, but my favourite is the Sydney Theme song. You can't beat a lyric like "Shake down the thunder from the sky". Also don't laugh at our 'Smacka' Fitzgibbon on Banjo. He is an Aussie legend musician who recorded a number of the theme songs back in the 1960s. Thanks for a fun video.

[@heathermeaney7161]

Fun video? Two ignorant people being disrepectful to Australia is not what I call fun. But sadly, it is what I expect from Americans.

[@reneepope-munro8115]

Obviously as a Cats fan, I sing the Geelong song loudest and proudest, but even I can’t deny that the best theme song out there is Richmond’s. Absolutely nothing like a full crowd at the MCG screaming YELLOW AND BLACK in unison. Chilllllsssss.

[@STEEZTheDonAFL]

One day we will be able to hear the songs in person, we’re excited to make that trip to enjoy the tradition and culture in its rawest form

[@shaundgb7367]

Reaction to Freo song is perfect. Has always made me laugh too.

[@mattbarbarich3295]

The proper version played with guitar and faster paced is quite good actually compared to the Adelaide Crows tuneless dribble.

[@TheHoopsCrew]

So funny this reaction. Aussies think the Freo song is hilarious too 😂

[@devo6488]

@@TheHoopsCrewonly the shortened part that the players sing, the recorded version beats the others

[@electricmaster23]

I wonder if by Noodles he was talking about Ned Rogerson...

[@berranari1]

These guys are right, it is an arrogant line "the premiership is a cakewalk". As a Collingwood guy we have to try and achieve that or change our song? I used to laugh at that version of Fremantle's song too. "hit 'em down below" made me think of a shot to the groin!

[@thesupplantor]

Man I dunno why I find this so addictive to watch. Even though it's trashing my team's song. 😂 Something hilarious about watching Americans laughing at the lame songs we have.

[@STEEZTheDonAFL]

lol, we appreciate it, we had fun making this one.

[@thesupplantor]

@@STEEZTheDonAFL kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3Sxan5_hcuAhqc Original Essendon song.

[@pjschaaf414]

Brilliant videos boys, a lot of these were older versions though, if you want to hear the new ones just llook up 2021 afl theme songs on youtube, Love the content!

[@jackross3385]

You have to watch the actual teams singing there song

[@swanky2609]

As a Collingwood supporter from Australia I am heartbroken to hear that the songs sound the same.

[@timmitchell3210]

That's the old freo song

[@Bails06]

watch them on youtube this isnt the real version

[@mickey..c]

Those songs are probably as old ans the NFL itself

[@sammy_dog]

they should change that oh the premierships a cakewalk to oh the premierships a pipedream

[@Gooner8944]

Your listening to wrong versions!! 😂😂😂

[@wyattnolte]

You're wrong about GWS - it's like you Americans have something against the mighty Soviet Giants

[@clintonsmith9178]

Another great reaction boys! Being a Swans man our song is a slight variation on the Notre Dame Victory March. They started using it back in the 1930s but it didn't become our official song until 1960. Also, we become the Swans in the 30s after a group of players came to South Melbourne (our home until 1982) from Western Australia whose state bird is the black Swan. Until then we were the Blood Stained Angels or just Bloods. Keep up the great work! Go Bloods!!

[@STEEZTheDonAFL]

we appreciate the knowledge and support, as always. we plan to make videos going in depth on club history and this is great to know. The Bloods seem unstoppable this so far this season.

[@brosert]

Almost all of them sound better when half the ground is singing them....

[@brosert]

they keep yankee dodle - and I'm thinking "just wait for Hawthorn"

[@NedCiaran]

I love yanky doodle

[@shaundgb7367]

That is not the version Carlton actually use. These are mostly songs from late 1800's changed words to turn them into a club song.

[@kevinfarrell9327]

Freeooo! Freeoo! thats your team bros!

[@liamdoessport9698]

the fremantle song you saw is old and the new one is even better so you should react to it

[@dodgyoldmate1644]

These are the old songs im guessing, most of them are based off war songs and thats why they sound (yanky doodle)

[@tonyde6423]

Great songs all of them funny thing is everyone knows each clubs songs and have fun hanging shit on each other stay safe cheers 🙄

[@ADHDad]

That is the absolute worst recording of the Crows song lads.

[@ADHDad]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qabFeXaPeM6gj9U

[@laurencebyron9183]

Swans song. Who doesn't like to break it down with a bango!

[@NokotanFanCentral]

it's not the only absolute banger

[@ronalddickinson4985]

It’s A Cakewalk: Means One Sided Contest,Easy Victory: Keep Up The Good Work

[@Liv-xs2he]

The wa teams on topp

[@short600]

It is actually hilarious how quickly they play the song after the siren

[@ImGodTheMaryBanger]

the songs sound best after a game sung by the players, you guys should check those out

[@jmc7636]

Knock knock.. Who's there... Owen.. Owen who... Oh Wen the saints....

[@jakepatto]

i know the lions theme is based off the french national anthem, but its still bloody good

[@gabrielplattes6253]

Patrick Cripps, no contract signed for after this year, rumours he might go home to West Coast... Nice, Steez, nice!

[@jacquelineallison3878]

One problem West Coast has to salary cap problem how are you gonna fix that or should I say who are you gonna get rid of to get him in there and if you’re getting beaten by 98 points I doubt that he’s gonna want to come over to West Coast when you’re on the down not on the up

[@gabrielplattes6253]

@@jacquelineallison3878 Johnny-come-lately...

[@tclayden1]

Nahhh

[@keylanbryer14]

man im just glad you didnt actually play the eagles song that they now play lol

[@STEEZTheDonAFL]

Noooo is it trash??? what is it called??

[@DeeMe12]

No, it’s actually good! The song features a Traditional didgeridoo. There’s a video on KZbin, West Coast Eagles New Decade Song 2020.

[@jordanthfc8039]

@@STEEZTheDonAFL just search up new West Coast Eagles song, it's horrible

[@garymulligan4722]

Beginning of West Coast reminds me of Soul Man

[@eddiegoodheart2162]

The Adelaide, Carlton, Collingwood, Fremantle, Geelong, Hawthorn, Melbourne, Port Adelaide, Richmond, St Kilda and West Coast versions are all completely outdated. They sound much better than that ^ nowadays

[@goldcoastsunsprogems4372]

Soaks

[@mptheking1036]

Yeah

[@Takoda.]

Yeah

[@Takoda.]

and the gws

[@australianaus6453]

The Collingwood song there is the fake song

[@kimjames6179]

These aren’t the official songs tho The official songs sound so much better, The west coast one is way off

[@bails_btw959]

These are the old songs, listen to the newer ones

[@Blackboy81367]

Not official songs

[@karlos1415]

Most of these aren’t the versions used on game day.....

[@mrb5132]

Most of the AFL songs are not original and come from pre established songs but a couple are original. I have listed Both the Afl and Original names below if any wanted this information. Adelaide "The Pride of South Australia" is the "US Marines' Hymn" Brisbane Lions "The Pride of Brisbane Town" is "La Marseillaise" Carlton "We are the Navy Blues"is "Lily of Laguna" Collingwood "Good Old Collingwood Forever"is"Goodbye, Dolly Gray" Essendon "See the Bombers Fly Up" is "(Keep Your) Sunny Side Up" Fremantle "Freo Way To Go" is "Song of the Volga Boatmen" Geelong "We Are Geelong" is "The Toreador Song" Gold Coast "We Are the Suns of the Gold Coast Sky" is a Original Greater Western Sydney "There's A Big Big Sound" is a Original Hawthorn "The Mighty Fighting Hawks" (also known as "We're A Happy Team At Hawthorn") is "The Yankee Doodle Boy" Melbourne "It's a Grand Old Flag" is "You're a Grand Old Flag" North Melbourne "Join in the Chorus" is "Wee Deoch an Doris" Port Adelaide "Power to Win" is a Original Richmond "We're from Tiger Land" is "Row, Row, Row" The Richmond Lyrics were written by the original composer St Kilda "When the Saints Go Marching In" is "When the Saints Go Marching In" Sydney "The Red and the White" is "Notre Dame Victory March" West Coast "We're Flying High" is a Original Western Bulldogs "Sons of the West" is "Sons of the Sea"

[@heathermeaney7161]

Lyrics of the Richmond theme song 'We're From Tigerland' written in 1962 by Jack Malcolmson. The original song 'Row, Row, Row' written by William Jerome and James Monaco. Jerome died in 1932 and Monaco in 1945. So it would be some trick for them to have written the lyrics for the Richmond theme song. Sorry to disagree with you, Mr B.

[@taliesindann4910]

Yankee doodle world wide 🤣🤣🤣

[@jmc7636]

Before you decide you should watch the players sing it post game. Oh and Geelong's is the Toredor song from an opera that got flipped.

[@ibd1977]

Sorry guys but the Port song you have listened is a parody and not the official song. The official song is more anthemic where the parody is more like a barber shop quartet.

[@Bubbleify]

Yep not the offical

[@mattallen2801]

You need to remember some of these song were written in a different era, Collingwood 1906 Melbourne 1912 North Melbourne 1920 Essendon 1929 Carlton c.1930 Western Bulldogs 1940 Hawthorn 1956 Sydney 1961 Richmond 1962 Geelong 1963 St Kilda 1965 West Coast 1987 Adelaide 1994 Fremantle 1995 Brisbane Lions 1997 Port Adelaide 1997 Gold Coast 2010 Greater Western Sydney 2012 Great Reaction Cheers

[@jmc7636]

I reckon the Brisbane one is older, it's the old Fitzroy song, just switching Brisbane in for Fitzroy and a nod for the bears.

[@mattallen2801]

@@jmc7636 possibly, I just went from a Wikipedia page

[@jimmatty]

@@mattallen2801 Brisbane/Fitzroy is La Marseillaise, French national anthem. Richmond was adapted from a 1912 show tune by the Ziegfeld Follies- Row Row Row

[@thebristolbruiser]

All the older club songs are based on other music. So here are the years for the songs they were based on. Collingwood 1897 Melbourne 1906 North Melbourne 1911 Essendon 1929 (but probably older) Carlton 1896 Footscray 1897 Hawthorn 1904 Sydney & Port Adelaide 1908 Richmond 1912 Geelong 1875 St Kilda early 1900s, first recorded in 1923 Fitzroy/Brisbane 1792

[@jazzycat8917]

Oh boy these are some really out dated version of these songs, most of these aren't the ones currently used, or at least not the same arrangement. Most of these songs are over or near 100 years old at this point.

[@deanwimbridge9318]

Western Bulldogs are on the east coast witch is insane

[@lawrencedonnelly5658]

I'm an Aussie and I choose the Colts NFL team cos they won the Super bowl in the year I was born

[@darrenpants2700]

We all know they are cringeworthy crap but every one at the ground still sing the song after a win. It’s just tradition and AFL is built on tradition. My team, Collingwood, has one of the worse, but I along with 30,000 plus others still sing it 2 or3 times after a win.

[@STEEZTheDonAFL]

We understand, although we talk shit we respect this tradition. I wish there was a song to sing with everybody when my team wins in american sports. When we make it out to an AFL game we will be in the crowd singing right along with everyone else

[@NokotanFanCentral]

The one thing annoys me is that they chose the old version of the Crows, if you were looking for a good one. maybe search up most recent

[@benwhite6261]

Loved the video! I’ll say one thing though, not all but most of the songs used were either old versions, or unofficial versions, not quite as good as the real ones. Melbourne, Richmond, Carlton, Hawthorn, etc, had the unofficial versions for example. West Coast’s song that you played was from the 1990’s, and they’ve had 3 or so songs since. Loved the vid guys!

[@anthonycolarusso7582]

Best club song is by the Fort Lauderdale fighting Squids

[@h.r.hufnstuf4171]

ngl never heard that version of the freo song, was too soft and slow and just scuffed. Older one we actually used had a dope drum intro

[@firebeast5721]

The songs are so old

[@danzrach1]

That was some funny shit

[@numynumevs]

Very funny... don't worry about upsetting the kangaroo fans , they don't have many 😆

[@jacquelineallison3878]

That’s very harsh thing to say they don’t have fans

[@numynumevs]

@@jacquelineallison3878 they dont have many... i said , they have the 4th lowest in the competition ( and you can't really include GC and GWS ) for a club that has been around for so long its a pathetic result...

[@mattbarbarich3295]

At least The AFL clubs have original club songs which the players and supporters sing with gusto and pride after a win, not many other sports or countries do That, some adopt already established songs as in English football but that's pretty lame and weak. These two dudes should show some respect to one of the oldest football leagues in the world with the best match attendances.

[@OldFossil]

The official version of the songs are much better but hearing some of the other songs aren’t too bad

[@andthefunkybunch1466]

Yankee Doodle ass shit. Love it

[@frantic_225]

These songs are so outdated, ports song sounds so shit in the vid, nowadays, it is a great song

[@mptheking1036]

It is the wrong song

[@dean178]

haha

[@clairash2004]

West Coast straight out has the best. We have an actual eagle.

[@zerofive5991]

Not a great video lads, about three of those songs you’ve played are the official ones, get the right ones with the crowd noise in the background and try again! Or better still the players singing it after a cracking win. One of the great Aussie footy traditions.

[@STEEZTheDonAFL]

Yea. Mate. I think this was our 2nd or 3rd video. We understand

[@mithrasrevisited4873]

Do you realise AFL is older than NFL and these songs go back to before the wars and depression. They are rallying songs and to hear them cold like this is not the way they should be played. It was getting close to insulting with your response.

[@STEEZTheDonAFL]

Although we talk shit, we respect your traditions. I wish that American teams had songs to sing when our team won. Singing in a crowd of over 30,000 fans after a big win seems amazing. so no disrespect to the AFL, we appreciate your sport and your tradition a lot more than the NFL

[@OldFossil]

@@STEEZTheDonAFL when I first watched American football, I was wondering “where’s the team anthems?!” lol

[@incubusright]

there dont have the right songs

[@sportskingdom1403]

these arent even the real songs

[@legit_lt1895]

not real

[@peterwalsh2470]

no one sings the Freo song, haha

[@jacquelineallison3878]

Speak for yourself

[@Lnch4ALion]

I can't watch. The AFL songs are trash 🤣🤣 the only decent one is Richmond