I beg your pardon...

[cooperblade]

...I never promised you a rose garden.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO4wcNVbYOQ

What's the story behind this song and the Blades? I was playing it at work the other day and when the questions came about its links with the Blades I wasn't really sure.

I said I assumed it was just the club being ahead of the times and (excuse work bullshit-speak) 'managing expectations'.

I remember it making a comeback in the 80s (I think?) for a time. Brilliant song and with that and You Can Do Magic, we've definitely got all the best choons at BDTBL.

'Is this our day in the sunshine' by Section 60 always reminds me of SUFC as well, I know they're Blades so I wonder if they wrote it with the Blades in mind. Same goes for many men by 50 Cent, I just know he was thinking about us when he wrote "Sunny days wouldn't be special, if it wasn't for rain, Joy wouldn't feel so good, if it wasn't for pain, Death gotta be easy, 'cause life is hard, It'll leave you physically, mentally, and emotionally scarred".

On a roll now, Waterfall by the Stone Roses always reminds me of the day we got absolutely battered 2-2 at Bolton. It was playing as we left the car park and the line "so good to have equalised" was perfect after our last minute leveller.

Two request then - why 'Rose Garden' and what songs do you associate with the Red and White Wizaaaaaards.

:dj:

 

[Elsecar_Blade]

I stand to be corrected on 'Rose Garden' but my Dad told me once (I think) that it was played at the end of the season when United had failed/underachieved and then it stuck. And let's face it, with United, it had plenty of chance to stick. It made a comeback when we were relegated to Division 4 didn't it?

As for songs I associate with the Blades, there are the obvious ones but I can't listen to 'United' by Judas Priest and not smile. I remember watching that 'United' programme as we went up, saw my beloved Blades run out in August against the champions in the top flight to that tune ... I nearly cried that day, I was so happy. I was only 9 but I knew then that this was a moment that United wouldn't give me many of ...

For a less obvious one, 'Tubthumping' by Chumbawumba. I think it was out just after the Play Off Final defeat in 1997?

 

[cooperblade]

For a less obvious one, 'Tubthumping' by Chumbawumba. I think it was out just after the Play Off Final defeat in 1997?

Wasn't that 'Glad all over'?

Love how the thread's turned to misery after 1 post. Listen to Lyn - love shouldn't be so melancholy!!

 

[Elsecar_Blade]

'Glad all over' was the one that the Palace fans go wild over anyway. Tubthumping was out by the 1998 World Cup a year later, I think it was the summer of 1997. It just seemed so apt after a Play Off Final defeat!

 

[jockdodds]

I think it started in the 70-71 promotion season. The then DJ played it one game which we won, and he kept playing it as a lucky omen for the rest of the season. Happy days.....

 

[boo radley]

Glad all over is a Palace song thats why

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I think we should learn to sing more as fans.
one of my proudest moments as a Blades fan was when we played Liverpool in the first leg of the semi. All our fans singing our song and the Liverpool fans just listened.

 

[Elsecar_Blade]

I hated 'Glad all over' after that day for ages. Funnily enough, I decided it was a great tune last May when my missus - afflicted with the blue and white grunting disease - returned home from Hillsborough to hear me playing it in appreciation of a job well done by Palace.

Three Play Off Finals, three defeats and I still refuse to listen to Status Quo's 'Rocking all over the World' until we win one.

 

[Oreyt]

"I remember it making a comeback in the 80s (I think?) for a time."

Kon Kan covered it / ripped it off in 88. TUNE.

 

[cooperblade]

"I remember it making a comeback in the 80s (I think?) for a time."

Kon Kan covered it / ripped it off in 88. TUNE.

I meant in terms of being played at the Lane but a cover by a band called Kon Kan sounds good to me. Please tell me it's a dance version....

 

[Elsecar_Blade]

Glad all over is a Palace song thats why

---------- Post added at 08:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:24 PM ----------

I think we should learn to sing more as fans.
one of my proudest moments as a Blades fan was when we played Liverpool in the first leg of the semi. All our fans singing our song and the Liverpool fans just listened.

When BDTBL is packed and pumped up, the GCB song is truly the greatest sound you can hear. The Watford PL game when Bob Bookah led the song was amazing. That day it was chock full of passion, pride and a love for our team.

EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxDnsLhyp8c (about 45 seconds in after the applause)

 

[boo radley]

I think we should learn to sing more as fans.
one of my proudest moments as a Blades fan was when we played Liverpool in the first leg of the semi. All our fans singing our song and the Liverpool fans just listened.

 

[shorehamview]

Kon Kan covered it / ripped it off in 88. TUNE.

a cover by a band called Kon Kan sounds good to me. Please tell me it's a dance version....

It's shit. Shitty shitty shit shit. Euro-bobar by Canadians. It only uses a bit of "Rose Garden, and it's shit. "Rose Garden" is quality. This is shit. Did I say it's shit?

[youtube]swnfPL8i4UM[/youtube]

 

[Oreyt]

Hehe. I love it ;p

 

[raul]

Never Gonna Give You Up by Rick.

It's all JUdges fault.

 

[Sirius]

...I never promised you a rose garden.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO4wcNVbYOQ

What's the story behind this song and the Blades? I was playing it at work the other day and when the questions came about its links with the Blades I wasn't really sure.

I said I assumed it was just the club being ahead of the times and (excuse work bullshit-speak) 'managing expectations'.

I remember it making a comeback in the 80s (I think?) for a time. Brilliant song and with that and You Can Do Magic, we've definitely got all the best choons at BDTBL.

'Is this our day in the sunshine' by Section 60 always reminds me of SUFC as well, I know they're Blades so I wonder if they wrote it with the Blades in mind. Same goes for many men by 50 Cent, I just know he was thinking about us when he wrote "Sunny days wouldn't be special, if it wasn't for rain, Joy wouldn't feel so good, if it wasn't for pain, Death gotta be easy, 'cause life is hard, It'll leave you physically, mentally, and emotionally scarred".

On a roll now, Waterfall by the Stone Roses always reminds me of the day we got absolutely battered 2-2 at Bolton. It was playing as we left the car park and the line "so good to have equalised" was perfect after our last minute leveller.

Two request then - why 'Rose Garden' and what songs do you associate with the Red and White Wizaaaaaards.

:dj:

Rose Garden and You can do Magic-- Said at the time to be fave songs of T.C.

 

[JohnDenver]

When BDTBL is packed and pumped up, the GCB song is truly the greatest sound you can hear. The Watford PL game when Bob Bookah led the song was amazing. That day it was chock full of passion, pride and a love for our team.

EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxDnsLhyp8c (about 45 seconds in after the applause)

As much as we all distrust and deplore the Premier League, every clip from that season reminds me that the top flight is the place to be.

The noise, the excitement, the unquestioned togetherness throughout the club. *sigh*

 

[Jon Bon]

'I Love To Love' by Tina Charles used to be played before every game without fail in the late 70's. It always reminds me of standing in the kids 'pen' (the corner between the kop and the former John Street terrace for all you young 'uns) eating those ghastly chocolate orange sweets they used to sell at the kiosk.

 

[JohnDenver]

'I Love To Love' by Tina Charles used to be played before every game without fail in the late 70's. It always reminds me of standing in the kids 'pen' (the corner between the kop and the former John Street terrace for all you young 'uns) eating those ghastly chocolate orange sweets they used to sell at the kiosk.

Choc oranges in the kiosks? Christ on a bike! Someone get me Batho's number quick.

 

[Jon Bon]

Choc oranges in the kiosks? Christ on a bike! Someone get me Batho's number quick.

Batho...? You mean...?

Nice man boobs though.

 

[JohnDenver]

Batho...? You mean...?

Nice man boobs though.

What picture would you have posted if I'd asked for a number for biff?

 

[Foxy]

Even as a younger blade than most who seem to mention it, Rose Garden and You Can Do Magic stick vividly in my memory and remind me of being stood on the Kop, floodlights beaming down.

Only problem is, unless you are around Blades who understand, you look like a dick when it's your ringtone

 

[cooperblade]

As much as we all distrust and deplore the Premier League, every clip from that season reminds me that the top flight is the place to be.

The noise, the excitement, the unquestioned togetherness throughout the club. *sigh*

Totally, utterly, completely agree.

I hate the Premier League and everything it stands for as much as the next man but it was brilliant to be there. It never felt plastic for a moment. It was 30,000 crowds week in, week out, huge games with a backs against the wall mentality and holding our own most of the time. Off the top of my head, I can only think of the first 20 minutes at White Hart Lane when I thought 'jesus, we don't belong here'. It was fantastic stuff and typical of United that that season contains many of my best memories and my all time worst.

38 points. 38, should've been enough.

Heaven knows I'm miserable now! (as Micalijo often puts on Barry's jukebox - he'll be back soon apparently. Micalijo, not Barry)

 

[Jon Bon]

What picture would you have posted if I'd asked for a number for biff?

Er.... this one?

 

[GlosBlade]

Another great Blades tune was 'I Can't help Falling in Love in You', not heard that at the Lane for a while.

 

[JohnDenver]

Totally, utterly, completely agree.

I hate the Premier League and everything it stands for as much as the next man but it was brilliant to be there. It never felt plastic for a moment. It was 30,000 crowds week in, week out, huge games with a backs against the wall mentality and holding our own most of the time. Off the top of my head, I can only think of the first 20 minutes at White Hart Lane when I thought 'jesus, we don't belong here'. It was fantastic stuff and typical of United that that season contains many of my best memories and my all time worst.

38 points. 38, should've been enough.

Heaven knows I'm miserable now! (as Micalijo often puts on Barry's jukebox - he'll be back soon apparently. Micalijo, not Barry)

Tomorrow's headlines today: "Micalijo in never change record shocker!"

 

[bricktop]

This song was in the charts when we went up in 1990, and it reminds me of getting promoted

[video=youtube;NAbZzdalZh4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAbZzdalZh4[/video]

 

[Elsecar_Blade]

This song was in the charts when we went up in 1990, and it reminds me of getting promoted

In one of those back to back promotions, Erasure's 'Blue Savannah Song' was out as well. It's stuck in my mind and I associate it with promotion whenever I hear it. Young kid, sat with Dad on John Street Upper ...

[video=youtube;zxEBv5U0Yok]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxEBv5U0Yok[/video]

 

[bricktop]

This was also out around the same time

[video=youtube;MR98gRckjmY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR98gRckjmY[/video]

 

[SwissBlade]

Totally, utterly, completely agree.

I hate the Premier League and everything it stands for as much as the next man but it was brilliant to be there. It never felt plastic for a moment. It was 30,000 crowds week in, week out, huge games with a backs against the wall mentality and holding our own most of the time. Off the top of my head, I can only think of the first 20 minutes at White Hart Lane when I thought 'jesus, we don't belong here'. It was fantastic stuff and typical of United that that season contains many of my best memories and my all time worst.

38 points. 38, should've been enough.

Heaven knows I'm miserable now! (as Micalijo often puts on Barry's jukebox - he'll be back soon apparently. Micalijo, not Barry)

Oddly, I didn't enjoy the PL season that much. It seemed that the so called buzz was always about the opposition, not United.

 

[sitwell]

I remember being at Swindon one year and we took a five goal hiding ,we were proper shit then ,good job there was no internet. My mates mums Hillman Imp which he had 'borrowed' broke down in fog on the way home and Ultravox's Vienna was on the radio while we waited to be picked up.
The chorus 'This means nothing to me' always take me back to that time.