I Hate Sweet Caroline

[Sandra15]

Well the song itself, originally, was pretty inoffensive, it was just that, just a song. But then it became a novelty song that people waved their arms about to when drunk and now is associated with football. But why, why, why? It has NOTHING to do with football whatsoever.

I absolutely hate it. It is irritating, annoying, irrelevant and an earworm.

I worked with a woman called Caroline who was horrible, so that makes it even worse.

I hate it. It is an irritating earworm. Give me Three Lions any day or even Vindaloo. At least they make footballing sense.

I'd go as far as to say it's so good, so good, so good....

😁

I’m not a fan of Neil Diamond - or football!

I don’t have a problem with “Sweet Caroline”

Atomic Kittens remake of “Whole again” has totally ruined my memories of my teenage years ☹️

It was never a favourite, but hearing it at football, cricket, darts etc. has made it unbearable, especially with the added "oh oh oh's". On a level with the equally tedious "It's coming home" song.

Very popular at cricket. I usually sing along.

I'm a Caroline and once loved this song. My husband even sang it to me at our wedding.

Brig on my marriage breakdown and the recent revival of the song and I now wince when it comes on but pretend to like it because it's "my song" according to everyone else...

I still love it. Even all the arm-waving hasn't put me off it. But I really can't stand 'Three Lions/It's coming home'. Hate it. I didn't hate it in 1996 but I just can't stand hearing it now and the inane "It's coming home" answer every time they interview any member of the public on the news. It's turned into Slade's 'Merry Christmas Everybody' which is unlistenable to me now.

It's a great song. Happy to hear it instead of the other football songs we usually hear.

I must have missed the meeting where we were told the song is offensive

Why is it 'offensive?'

Oh and @Sandra15 YABU. The song is great!

It's the bit that goes "so good - so good - so good" that makes it a football song. Because when you win it so good (so good so good)

I like it

I am soooooo fed up of hearing "football's coming home" I loathe football anyway and will be glad when its all over. Watched the film "Nomadland" last night, it was brilliant.

I prefer 🦁 🦁 🦁 but I’ve always loved Sweet Caroline. It’s so much better since someone I know ran off with a Caroline. His wife was a raging bitch, & everyone said that he should’ve left her years ago.

Many sports have adopted this as an anthem I thought it was the lyrics “good times never seemed so good”. But there’s quite a few stories knocking around about this.

Vindaloo is offensive.
Keith Allen can try and explain away his racist comment to whoever it was he said it to which was how the song apparently came about, but to replace "chip on your shoulder" with "vindaloo on your shoulder" to someone of South Asian origin and then try the "wasn't being racist" is pathetic.

Me too! I cannot see how this has any connection to Football whatsoever !

I don't mind it.

Better that than the remake of Whole Again which is just awful.

I love We are the Champions - we always used to play that when my DS was little and his football team won a tournament. Will be playing it on Sunday if there's an England win!

It is always played at the cricket, especially at Edgbaston, Birmingham. I love it and song along. A bit annoyed the football has hyjacked it though.

I loathe it. I loathe Neil Diamond with a passion.

It doesn't have any sporting connotations for me (I'm not interested in sport), I just think of it as a Neil Diamond song and I always quite liked him.

Try 'You'll never walk alone' for a change :-).

I hear you op. I feel the same about 'The Pina Colada Song', loathe it. It gets played where I work, supermarket muzak. I just hope it is not the last thing I hear.

@Geamhradh

Vindaloo is offensive. Keith Allen can try and explain away his racist comment to whoever it was he said it to which was how the song apparently came about, but to replace "chip on your shoulder" with "vindaloo on your shoulder" to someone of South Asian origin and then try the "wasn't being racist" is pathetic.

WTAF are you banging on about?

Also, I am still waiting for @Sandra15 to tell me why Sweet Caroline is offensive?

@Sunshineandflipflops
Sorry it brings up negative memories. You have a lovely name though

I heard that ND changed the lyrics for his UK concerts to "Where it began - it was in London, England". Be interesting if he sings that at his next Glasgow gig

@FlaminEckVera Also, I am still waiting for @Sandra15 to tell me why Sweet Caroline is offensive?

You will be waiting forever then, because I never said that it was and I don't think that it is. It is simply that I can't stand it.

And my football song is World in Motion, complete with John Barnes rap [cringe]

💓 John Barnes though, great player!

Everyone is being totally unreasonable to not be singing The Drifters' version which is superior to the original in every single way.