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Sweet Caroline - please stop!

137 replies

ImJustMadAboutSaffron · 31/07/2022 20:19

It's got zero to do with football or sport, please sing something else. John Barnes rap is preferable, really.

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Dave20 · 11/11/2022 12:04

FatOaf · 11/11/2022 06:21

You'll Never Walk Alone (anthem of Liverpool FC for many decades) was written by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein: both American.

Blue Moon (Manchester City) was written by Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart: both American.

Que Sera Sera (any club on a cup run) was written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans: both American.

Why should Sweet Caroline be singled out just because Neil Diamond is American?

No just saying I don’t know why Sweet Caroline has been fostered as an English football song.
It’s not a particularly good song anyway. IMHO.

BeyondThinkOfTheOptics · 11/11/2022 12:06

ImJustMadAboutSaffron · 31/07/2022 20:19

It's got zero to do with football or sport, please sing something else. John Barnes rap is preferable, really.

Barnes' rap is preferable to most things tbh! 😄

machanicalmovement · 11/11/2022 12:12

Neil Diamond is old and has parkinsons, I'm sure he's loving the royalties this resurgence has given him.

Geneticsbunny · 11/11/2022 12:26

Try this one. It makes me cry laughing every time I hear it. Particularly amusing if you remember the 90s

Granddadwentdownthepit · 11/11/2022 15:11

machanicalmovement · 11/11/2022 12:12

Neil Diamond is old and has parkinsons, I'm sure he's loving the royalties this resurgence has given him.

He won't see a penny as he sold his back catalogue to Universal earlier in the year.

DevaleraSpawnOfSatan · 11/11/2022 15:17

Sweet Caroline is a great song it was a favourite of my long deceased grandmother I was aware of it when I was about 10.

I hate, hate, hate the fact that is now so mainstream. Angry

Iluvfriends · 11/11/2022 15:20

Igotjelly · 31/07/2022 20:36

In terms of football its a Rangers FC song 😂

No it’s not.

mamabear715 · 11/11/2022 15:21

Sick of it. Teeth gritted..

Iluvfriends · 11/11/2022 15:25

paradyning · 01/08/2022 08:08

I agree I associate it with cricket and it irritates me it now with the football.

20 years in Glasgow and I never knew about the Rangers association. That totally explains Rod Stewart now, thanks pp.

The song has never been sung by Rangers fans. It’s not a Rangers song.

machanicalmovement · 18/11/2022 19:26

Granddadwentdownthepit · 11/11/2022 15:11

He won't see a penny as he sold his back catalogue to Universal earlier in the year.

Interesting, a lot of artists are suddenly doing that.

Granddadwentdownthepit · 18/11/2022 21:25

machanicalmovement · 18/11/2022 19:26

Interesting, a lot of artists are suddenly doing that.

Makes life easier as they get older I suppose. Estate planning and all that.

machanicalmovement · 28/11/2022 13:08

Granddadwentdownthepit · 18/11/2022 21:25

Makes life easier as they get older I suppose. Estate planning and all that.

Yes, I'm guessing it just simplifies things, especially if the family isn't intent on being involved in back catalogue releases.

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