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[Northernsoulblade]

Is it Magnet or Maggots does it matter they both sound oreyt over the years I’ve always sang Magnet

 

[Cappy]

Away fans dont need it.

The John Denver original Annie's Song was our first dance song at our wedding. We didnt really have a "song" so I just picked it for the words, none of the guests realised the double nature of the song apart from one of my mates who is a Wednesday fan who wasnt too happy. It were great.

It’s often a mess at away games though. I’d suggest most away fans have never sang the line “you fill up my senses”, perhaps ever

 

[dexter101]

Do you now sing it to her every night ?

yes. strangely its now through a shut bedroom door.

 

[dexter101]

Is it Magnet or Maggots does it matter they both sound oreyt over the years I’ve always sang Magnet

First time I heard it I thought it was Magners....

 

[Working Class Hero]

Yeah, we could just go by the refs whistle. But year by year we seem to be ballsing the "ohhhh" part up, so I don't trust us.
We used to make a mess of "oh lord Micheal Brown" we can't keep "when the Blades go marching in" slow, and "take my hand" goes around in circles with people jumping to the UNITED part at different times.

While we're at it, why does the "as you fucking well should do" have to come in at the end of swinging a pig? It stops the song dead. I'm sure that didn't used to be a thing.

 

[Dkc]

Along with our badge, the Lane and a couole of historical firsts the GCB song should be up there with the few we should be genuinely proud of

I find it a little embarrasing. No one drinks Magnet (not even a Sheffield beer), smokes Woodbines or takes snuff. Very few even eat chip butties.

If it was just another song that we sing I wouldn't mind. But why has it somehow become our sacred "anthem" that must be sung before every game starts?

 

[Super Furry Blades]

I find it a little embarrasing. No one drinks Magnet (not even a Sheffield beer), smokes Woodbines or takes snuff. Very few even eat chip butties.

If it was just another song that we sing I wouldn't mind. But why has it somehow become our sacred "anthem" that must be sung before every game starts?

No one drinks Magnet
I sit in farm Rd with 6 other Blades & I'm only one who doesn't drink Magnet, so you are wrong on that one

 

[Menage a petit pois]

Many things have changed in 40 years, some for the better and some not. Perhaps you are wishing to create good memories from the past, which are no longer relevant to many who now attend.

I would have thought an atmosphere at a game is still relevant... Don't you???

 

[Snowflake]

I would have thought an atmosphere at a game is still relevant... Don't you???

I do. I love to hear the ground rocking, but realise that those now attending are significantly different in overall makeup than when I first went last century !

 

[Cappy]

I do. I love to hear the ground rocking, but realise that those now attending are significantly different in overall makeup than when I first went last century !

I certainly shower more nowadays

 

[FTPE]

I find it a little embarrasing. No one drinks Magnet (not even a Sheffield beer), smokes Woodbines or takes snuff. Very few even eat chip butties.

If it was just another song that we sing I wouldn't mind. But why has it somehow become our sacred "anthem" that must be sung before every game starts?

There's a lot to unpack there..
But, you don't eat chip butties!?

 

[fifty shades of blade]

This forum...people even moaning about our anthem

 

[Dkc]

There's a lot to unpack there..
But, you don't eat chip butties!?

Nope. It's basically a chip sandwich. I'd rather eat chips without bread. If I'm going to have something in a breadcake I'd prefer a fishcake or a burger to chips. And I suspect I'm not alone.

 

[FTPE]

Nope. It's basically a chip sandwich. I'd rather eat chips without bread. If I'm going to have something in a breadcake I'd prefer a fishcake or a burger to chips. And I suspect I'm not alone.

Thanks for the clarification, and Magnet not your tipple either no?

 

[Cappy]

This forum...people even moaning about our anthem

We should NOT be promoting greasy food!

 

[RWE]

The atmosphere definitely has dropped (especially when away teams don’t bring many supporters - was decent against Derby). I do think the 1st Wilder era we had so many songs for all the players and those 4 seasons no one would’ve thought we would finish 9th in the Prem after 6 years in league 1 which added to the excitement and wow factor inside the ground year on year. We’ve only got Sheffield United repeated and s and h and e and f… etc which for me, does my nut in . Without sounding like Ricky (don’t hate me) we should look at a proper singing section like Palace, people might find it cringey but at least you’d have the core of our away supporters together making noise.

To go back to the OP, I’m the same, can’t remember learning it at all. Just seemed to happen overnight

 

[Half Bond Jls]

Didn’t Rotherham invent it?

chucks grenade

300 pages minimum

Was the story a Rotherham fan having a piss in the urinals and it started "tha fills up me senses"

 

[Rodley]

[/QUOTE]

Didn’t Rotherham invent it?

chucks grenade

300 pages minimum

I bumped into the Pope when I went to Vatican City a few years back.

“Now then Il Papa, do you know per chance the true and definitive answer to the Maggots vs Magnet conundrum?”

The Pope replied and told me a story I’ll never forget;-

“Aye lad I do, it were written by the Rotherham Blades…

The enigmatic “missing line” was finally plucked from the air by one of the aforementioned RBs. He was walking his dog along a local canal and saw a mysterious old fisherman sat fishing for carp, one balmy Sunday morning. A car horn startled the old timer and he knocked his bait tray into the murky waters. Seeing the distressing scene unfolding, our erstwhile Red & White hero, approached the fisherman...

“You alright pal?”
“I would be better if I had a gallon of maggots” replied the fisherman, with his head in his hands.
“Magnet? Bit early for a beer pal” said t’owd Blade.
“I said Maggots lad, MAGGOTS”

A transcript of the conversation can be found in Sheffield Central Library apparently. God’s greatest blessing is Jesus Christ Rod lad, anyway I’ll si thi.”

And apart from the odd meme on WhatsApp, that’s the last I’ve heard from the Pope.

 

[100% part time blade]

I remember when some vagabond starting trying to change it from maggots to magnet.

I remember this guy being apoplectic every week on the kop - think in the first season it was seated - roaring half way through the song that it was “fucking magnet” every time. Long haired bloke. Still remember him yelling to the whole kop “Magnet! Fucking MAGNET! What you gonna do with a gallon of maggots anyway - put your fucking dick in them?!”
Pretty sure most people round him sang maggots just to wind him up.

 

[Sean Thornton]

Along with our badge, the Lane and a couole of historical firsts the GCB song should be up there with the few we should be genuinely proud of

My old man?

 

[Super Furry Blades]

When did we start singing it at the beginning of each game?
In its early incarnation it was just another song sang during the game it was never sang at the beginning like it is now .

 

[Sean Thornton]

No one drinks Magnet
I sit in farm Rd with 6 other Blades & I'm only one who doesn't drink Magnet, so you are wrong on that one

You can’t get a chip butty for love nor money these days. Apart from chip shops and most takeaways ……..

 

[raul]

My old man?

A Dustman perchance?

 

[Sean Thornton]

A Dustman perchance?

Yes. I know my place guv’nor……

 

[The Crab]

Used to love hearing the arguments over the little bits like if it's fill/thrill, packet of woodbine/woodbines but through the years I just see the whole song as abit cringe.

Disagree entirely. It’s part of our identity

 

[Carlton Blade]

I had no idea there were people who are 'too cool' to join in a song with 20k other people, sharing in a collective experience you can't get anywhere else.

 

[s20Blade]

I had no idea there were people who are 'too cool' to join in a song with 20k other people, sharing in a collective experience you can't get anywhere else.

Wouldn't mind if it was about humanity progression or global economic salvation instead of chip butties!

 

[Sean Thornton]

Wouldn't mind if it was about humanity progression or global economic salvation instead of chip butties!

“Shoreham Boys” and the positive effect on local economies then??

 

[Carlton Blade]

Wouldn't mind if it was about humanity progression or global economic salvation instead of chip butties!

I just enjoy the whole part about loads of people getting caught up in doing something at the same time. I'm a bit romantic about football, the whole 'something bigger than yourself that you have no control over' thing.

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

I seem to remember singing it on the BLLT where we were resited whilst the new John Street stand was being built so that would '94 or '95 I guess.