Worst national anthem in the history the Grand Final?

This unofficial St Kilda Saints fan forum is for people of all ages to chat Saints Footy and all posts must be respectful.

Moderators: Saintsational Administrators, Saintsational Moderators

Post Reply
jmac101
Club Player
Posts: 187
Joined: Tue 23 Aug 2005 5:03pm

Worst national anthem in the history the Grand Final?

Post: # 1000509Post jmac101 »

Anyone else disappointed with those two muppets butchering the national anthem yesterday?

I was looking forward to belting it out then screaming a big 'Go Sainters' at the end but after the pathetic musical tricks they tried to play the whole mood seemed a bit subdued...


User avatar
saint75
SS Hall of Fame
Posts: 2101
Joined: Sun 28 Sep 2008 2:05pm
Location: Melbourne

Re: Worst national anthem in the history the Grand Final?

Post: # 1000510Post saint75 »

jmac101 wrote:Anyone else disappointed with those two muppets butchering the national anthem yesterday?

I was looking forward to belting it out then screaming a big 'Go Sainters' at the end but after the pathetic musical tricks they tried to play the whole mood seemed a bit subdued...
Yep.

Actually, didn't hear clearly most of the pre match entertainment. The speakers at the Saints CS end of the ground leave a lot to be desired......


Fortius Quo Fidelius
saintDal
Club Player
Posts: 1734
Joined: Sun 30 Apr 2006 5:12pm
Location: Perth

Post: # 1000511Post saintDal »

Not something the players would want to listen to going into the game. Nearly put me to sleep.


saint1974
Club Player
Posts: 425
Joined: Mon 01 Sep 2008 4:31pm
Location: Melbourne
Has thanked: 2 times
Been thanked: 8 times

Re: Worst national anthem in the history the Grand Final?

Post: # 1000512Post saint1974 »

jmac101 wrote:Anyone else disappointed with those two muppets butchering the national anthem yesterday?

I was looking forward to belting it out then screaming a big 'Go Sainters' at the end but after the pathetic musical tricks they tried to play the whole mood seemed a bit subdued...
+1
And whoever tried to sing our club song....pathetic!
The whole prematch everything was poor!


User avatar
saint75
SS Hall of Fame
Posts: 2101
Joined: Sun 28 Sep 2008 2:05pm
Location: Melbourne

Re: Worst national anthem in the history the Grand Final?

Post: # 1000513Post saint75 »

saint1974 wrote:
jmac101 wrote:Anyone else disappointed with those two muppets butchering the national anthem yesterday?

I was looking forward to belting it out then screaming a big 'Go Sainters' at the end but after the pathetic musical tricks they tried to play the whole mood seemed a bit subdued...
+1
And whoever tried to sing our club song....pathetic!
The whole prematch everything was poor!
She sounded OK on the TV on the replay. However, at the ground, she was drowned out by the Saints singing the song in the CS end of the ground. The entire M3 and surrounding bays drowned her out. Sensational effort!

PS: Sining the Saints song through the Pies song was pretty good as well..... :lol:


Fortius Quo Fidelius
User avatar
dals_da_bomb
Club Player
Posts: 910
Joined: Sun 03 Aug 2008 7:49pm

Post: # 1000516Post dals_da_bomb »

Yes.

This with a topic of conversation at half time.

FFS just sing it how its meant to be sung. How it should be, like it shoud be.

and IMHO the women who 'jazzed' up Oh When The Saints Go Marchin In.. terrible also..

but I did very much enjoy Inxs .. JD Fortune is a little bit of eye candy.


The Tiger and the Lion may be more powerful, but the Wolf does not perform in the circus.
User avatar
dcstkfc
Saintsational Legend
Posts: 4584
Joined: Mon 12 Jun 2006 9:37pm
Location: St Kilda

Post: # 1000522Post dcstkfc »

Last year's entertainment was infintely better than this year's.


STRENGTH THROUGH LOYALTY.

‎''I still get really excited, and I've got the '66 thing up on the wall in a frame … You look at it and think: one day, we want to achieve that.''- Arryn Siposs
User avatar
howlinwolf
Club Player
Posts: 1359
Joined: Tue 27 May 2008 8:51pm
Location: Sittin' On Top Of the World
Has thanked: 14 times
Been thanked: 29 times

Post: # 1000530Post howlinwolf »

I thought INXS were bloody awful.
The sound system didn't help. Horrible bass distortion.

The best music for the day was just before the game when Kashmir by Led Zep was played !


Robert Harvey's last home game. 24 Aug 2008
StKilda 13.17 def Adelaide 6.11
golden hawk
Club Player
Posts: 1136
Joined: Tue 02 Nov 2004 10:58am
Location: in the outer

Re: Worst national anthem in the history the Grand Final?

Post: # 1000532Post golden hawk »

jmac101 wrote:Anyone else disappointed with those two muppets butchering the national anthem yesterday?

I was looking forward to belting it out then screaming a big 'Go Sainters' at the end but after the pathetic musical tricks they tried to play the whole mood seemed a bit subdued...
yes did not like the way they sung it at all


your friendly neighbourhood hawk
User avatar
perfectionist
Saintsational Legend
Posts: 9053
Joined: Mon 30 Jul 2007 3:06pm
Has thanked: 60 times
Been thanked: 353 times

Post: # 1000545Post perfectionist »

Woeful. They should stick to the Julie Anthony record and leave it at that, or get a couple of kids to sing it; they don't feel any need to be "artistic" about it.

Fortunately, I was able to miss the rest of the pre-game noise fest.


User avatar
AP Erebus
Club Player
Posts: 368
Joined: Sun 07 May 2006 1:14am
Location: Melbourne

Post: # 1000551Post AP Erebus »

I thought it was just about the best rendition I've heard in a long time.


it has been around this time that "Kosi" will headbutt a fence, rip a hamstring or belt someone.
SainterK
Saintsational Legend
Posts: 21057
Joined: Thu 14 Aug 2008 9:53pm
Location: Melb

Post: # 1000556Post SainterK »

It wasn't that it was sung badly, it's more people want to sing along, and it was unpredictable in it's melody.

I agree, just stick with Julie, purely because it's predictable and everyone know just when to let the roar out :)


User avatar
Beej
Saintsational Legend
Posts: 6864
Joined: Mon 04 Apr 2005 3:57pm
Location: Carlton Norf

Post: # 1000560Post Beej »

How pathetic was the way they brought in the cup?

Getting a hot air balloon off the ground and then getting Brad Hardie to abseil down with it?

GIVE ME STRENGTH!

They have one year to come up with ideas and that's what they give us?

FFS Why bother


User avatar
Griggsy
SS Life Member
Posts: 2524
Joined: Mon 21 Jul 2008 1:41am
Location: WA

Post: # 1000564Post Griggsy »

Hated it, Just as bad as last years national anthem with those 'girls' the Jersey Boys.

Seriously what is with the AFL, we want the powerful version that the 100,000 can sing out proudly.


User avatar
Bernard Shakey
Saintsational Legend
Posts: 11240
Joined: Sun 18 Mar 2007 11:22pm
Location: Down By The River 1989, 2003, 2009 & 2013
Has thanked: 126 times
Been thanked: 137 times

Post: # 1000565Post Bernard Shakey »

National Anthem was the best rendition I've ever heard and the Australian Symphony Orchestra doing the club songs was also great.

INXS were great twenty years ago. Michael is dead, they should not desecrate his memory with a reality show joke. Shame AFL shame.


Old enough to repaint, but young enough to sell
User avatar
Beej
Saintsational Legend
Posts: 6864
Joined: Mon 04 Apr 2005 3:57pm
Location: Carlton Norf

Post: # 1000575Post Beej »

oops. wrong thread
Last edited by Beej on Sun 26 Sep 2010 7:00pm, edited 1 time in total.


wasaintsfan
Club Player
Posts: 1315
Joined: Tue 15 Sep 2009 10:28pm
Been thanked: 11 times

Post: # 1000577Post wasaintsfan »

afl dont care what we think... the only way theyll listen is by us turning off the tv changing the radio stations.. not going to gameso


but then who are we really hurting???? the footy clubs thats who....


noob
Club Player
Posts: 1762
Joined: Mon 09 Jun 2008 10:32am

Post: # 1000586Post noob »

I bet if it was a Sydney team playing they would try to get the best entertainment..


plugger66
Saintsational Legend
Posts: 50626
Joined: Mon 26 Feb 2007 8:15pm
Location: oakleigh

Post: # 1000589Post plugger66 »

noob wrote:I bet if it was a Sydney team playing they would try to get the best entertainment..
Why?


User avatar
dcstkfc
Saintsational Legend
Posts: 4584
Joined: Mon 12 Jun 2006 9:37pm
Location: St Kilda

Post: # 1000601Post dcstkfc »

plugger66 wrote:
noob wrote:I bet if it was a Sydney team playing they would try to get the best entertainment..
Why?
Appeal to the theatre-going Sydney market


STRENGTH THROUGH LOYALTY.

‎''I still get really excited, and I've got the '66 thing up on the wall in a frame … You look at it and think: one day, we want to achieve that.''- Arryn Siposs
golden hawk
Club Player
Posts: 1136
Joined: Tue 02 Nov 2004 10:58am
Location: in the outer

Post: # 1000604Post golden hawk »

SainterK wrote:It wasn't that it was sung badly, it's more people want to sing along, and it was unpredictable in it's melody.

I agree, just stick with Julie, purely because it's predictable and everyone know just when to let the roar out :)
that was my problem with it you could not follow it along cause they did different speeds


your friendly neighbourhood hawk
saint66au
Saintsational Legend
Posts: 17003
Joined: Tue 09 Mar 2004 9:03pm
Contact:

Post: # 1000638Post saint66au »

Who WAS that singing the National Anthem?? Was it that McKenna duo from the US?..and if so what happened to them singing that footy song they wrote with Dennis Cometti. Im quite partial to that

Thought Paris Wells and the MSO were terrific. in M10 the sound was far better than it was for INXS and you could belt out the song (and we did!!) and still hear Paris, unlike every week at Etihad when if you sing it louder than a whisper you cant hear the recorded version

Less said about INXS the better....thought they just went through the motions and the staged "cheering crowd" in front of them was just embarassing


Image

THE BUBBLE HAS BURST

2011 player sponsor
golden hawk
Club Player
Posts: 1136
Joined: Tue 02 Nov 2004 10:58am
Location: in the outer

Post: # 1000646Post golden hawk »

usually players try to sing along i saw one or two try but i think they gave up i like seeing the players sing it it is a good thing


your friendly neighbourhood hawk
User avatar
battye
Saintsational Legend
Posts: 5926
Joined: Mon 19 Apr 2004 1:36pm
Contact:

Post: # 1000656Post battye »

SainterK wrote:It wasn't that it was sung badly, it's more people want to sing along, and it was unpredictable in it's melody.

I agree, just stick with Julie, purely because it's predictable and everyone know just when to let the roar out :)
Yeah, I agree. I'm pretty sure it was the father and son from Australia's Got Talent.

If anything, it was because they sung it with an acoustic backing that made it difficult to get into. The tape they normally play has a full orchestral backing, and the atmosphere (roar) is amazing as that concludes.


Feature article: KFC's "Double Down" burger!

TV Ratings: Hey Hey It's Saturday ratings overview

Do you know what C# is? .NET? Then you need to know this: XSD
SainterK
Saintsational Legend
Posts: 21057
Joined: Thu 14 Aug 2008 9:53pm
Location: Melb

Post: # 1000657Post SainterK »

saint66au wrote:Who WAS that singing the National Anthem?? Was it that McKenna duo from the US?..and if so what happened to them singing that footy song they wrote with Dennis Cometti. Im quite partial to that

Thought Paris Wells and the MSO were terrific. in M10 the sound was far better than it was for INXS and you could belt out the song (and we did!!) and still hear Paris, unlike every week at Etihad when if you sing it louder than a whisper you cant hear the recorded version

Less said about INXS the better....thought they just went through the motions and the staged "cheering crowd" in front of them was just embarassing
Cross promotion, won channel 7's Australias got Talent.

The McKenna duo were going to sing 'Last man standing' while the winning team did a lap at the end.


Post Reply