Because supporting the Timbers is as much an act of creativity as it is an act of faith….
Because we all love to find new ways to celebrate our team and our town….
Because maybe the gameday playlist was getting a little repetitive….
Because Seattle fans need new songs to steal….
Your Capos and Drum-and-Trumpet Corps have whipped up two new chants, which we’ll start using on Saturday, July 28, against Chivas.
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The first is a short rouser adapted from a chant performed by fans of the Japanese J-League team Kashima Antlers:
KEEP IT UP
Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh-ohh!
Whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh, whoa-oh-oh-oh-ohh!
Keep it up, Rose City!
Don’t let up, no pity!
Keep it up, Rose City!
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-ohh!
to this melody: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nomZM6zcxdM#t=1m09s
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The second is a Timbers Army original based on “Bella Ciao,” the classic Italian tune of Anarchist rebellion. The lyrics are adapted from Chumbawamba’s version of the song. (As far as we know, no other supporters in the world sing this famous melody; read more about the song here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella_ciao)
BELLA CIAO
We are the Timbers, the Portland Timbers,
Green and Gold, Green and Gold, Green and Gold, Gold, Gold!
With our friends now, up to the city,
We’re gonna shake the gates of hell!
Next time you see us, we may be smiling,
Green and Gold, Green and Gold, Green and Gold, Gold, Gold!
Maybe in prison, or on the TV,
We’ll say the Timbers brought us here!
to this melody: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaomLvwS8Rw&feature=player_detailpage#t=28s
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Learn ‘em, love ‘em, share ‘em, and print up the lyrics and bring ‘em to the game to share with your Timbers Army neighbors in the glorious reserved seat-free sections of the North End!
I think that really should be:
“Or in prison, ….”
But other than that, mia lika.
I say keep it similar to the original, “We’ll be in prison, or on the tv!”.
Love it. Well done, folks.
Yey new chants. Though I hope the first one doesn’t open us up to a ‘that’s what she said’ response chant
Good stuff. Look forward to singing them on Saturday.
Love it! I’ll be ready.
Chumbawamba rocks!!! Yay for new chants!!
Hoping we whip these out tomorrow v. Aston Villa… well done team – these are going to be great.
Chivas next sat.
There will be very few (if any) first-string capos for Aston Villa but there’s nothing wrong with starting them yourself.
this is something i don’t understand. as a season ticket holder, i yell and scream and sing regardless of capos there or not. against aston villa the army was a disgrace. the loudest we ever got was when timber joey led a chant. and, it was a FULL army section, not sparse like other exhibitions i’ve been to. sorry bout the rant, i’m sure everyone reading this sings their asses off, too!
Yes there were capos. I saw them they were there. So what was disgraceful? The fact that it wasn’t as raucus as a game that matters instead of a friendly or the fact you came to a friendly expecting as much response as a game that matters? The capos, drums, trumpets, flags people don’t feel the need to show up 3 hours before a game that doesn’t matter and stick around an hour afterwards cleaning up for a game that doesn’t matter. Were you disgraced we didn’t impress Tom Hanks?
whoa. easy killer. the army is still the army, and very few people sang.
good chants. keep it up!
Much awesomeness. Well done.
astonished that even after that dreadful night in frisco, something as simple and wonderful as two new TA songs has me buzzing and already ready for our next home match.
And that, my friend, is the point of both Football Chants and the Blues: celebration in the face of adversity!
+1
Nice! Love them both, great job coming up with something fresh. Especially like the Bella Ciao one.
Great stuff, thanks guys!
Holy crap, these are TEH AWESOME. Well done!!!
Still need to make “Blame it on the rain…yeah yeah” IE Milli Vanilli a chant when Shittle comes to play. MAKE IT HAPPEN!
Bella Ciao…
Goodbye Beautiful…
That seems painfully apropos… I like.
The Bella Ciao one is inspired, absolutely awesome!
Though I think another Chumbawumba song might be apropos at this point in the season.
I really like the Bella Ciao chant.
On a similar note, I really miss the “I want to be in Rose City. I want to be in the town I love” chant we did last season.
Love the Kashima chant, used to have the melody stuck in my head all the time when I lived in Japan when I watched the J-League on TV. Well done!
Livorno sings Bella Ciao (but the anglophiles don’t count anywhere outside the EPL anyway) so not totally original, but kicks ass just the same.
Of course Livorno would be the ones! Good catch. (It’s what I get for not searching “Bella Ciao” + “Calcio”)
Since I’ve been pushing “Bella Ciao” for years, I’m frikkin’ thrilled.
This has so much potential for WIN, but if we can work a horn section and a mix up of fast, fast, slow on alternating verses this could become IMMORTAL.
Also, with all due respect to ChumbaWamba, listen to the end of this Modena City Ramblers version for an appreciation of how powerful this can be from a mass audience with minimal musical accompaniment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55yCQOioTyY
As a huge MCR fan, I give you props for beating me to the that posting. However, if the horns can keep up, I picture something like this version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAW9JRx7bRU
Great work! I want to push for ‘Moskau’ from Dschinghis Khan. It’s clearly the best song for the Timbers Army. I hope it is incorporated soon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55yCQOioTyY
Whoops- wrong link, here is ‘Moskau’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQAKRw6mToA
Oh thank god I have something to look forward to now. I was just thinking at the last game that we needed something new. I have friends coming up and now they can feel apart of something new.
Both are good, I really like the Bella Ciao one. That could be a classic!
I just noticed that these are in the TimberSong app already–good job updating that!
wooo hoooooooooo!!!!
ile I’d love to claim Bella ciao as anarchist – it is actually more widely an Italian Partisan (anti-fascist song) sung to the tune of an old Klezmer song. I have dozens of versions of the song. Also, it is often sung in original lyrics at soccer matches as there are a significant number of anti-fascist football clubs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ECb9AFQtDw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNRC386sXxA\
Here is a St. Pauli FC organized concert performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl9XCaK3FkU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBFmx87S740
About Mondiali Antirazzisti:
http://www.mondialiantirazzisti.org/new/?page_id=143&lang=en
Bella Ciao at Barcelona FC Camp:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MUki6RJcp0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lRfMKu4jGE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTXTo3_dg7c&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idYPCGqBFNc
In Korea even:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkhHRI5jvb4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l82LAJ4qVo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CbWg6M6COo
Youtube Bella Ciao and either football or ultras and you will find a lot more.
The grobari of partizan use bella ciao as well if memory serves. Still, love the new chants.