What the hell was that song before the game?

dcstkfc · Post: # 1055042Post **dcstkfc** » Fri 01 Apr 2011 11:49pm

Who let some blonde idiot who surely knows nothing about footy butcher our proud song before the start? Disgraceful

lefty · Post: # 1055048Post **lefty** » Fri 01 Apr 2011 11:51pm

lol we said the exact same thing....

Toy Saint · Post: # 1055370Post **Toy Saint** » Sat 02 Apr 2011 7:35am

For me it was the highlight of the night, but I like live music

SaintDebi · Post: # 1055380Post **SaintDebi** » Sat 02 Apr 2011 8:28am

We said the same thing.
After the tigers anthem we were ready to hear ours and sing and clap along as the boys ran out and instead here was this insipid rendition from Paris Wells. Hardly an inspirational start for the boys.

I actually quite enjoyed her singing before the game, but leave our song alone.

ps) how come I could hear her loud and clear but couldn't hear a siren????

Nattens · Post: # 1055403Post **Nattens** » Sat 02 Apr 2011 9:26am

I put the iPod in the ears and listened to the real song...

stkildathunda · Sat 02 Apr 2011 9:34am

SaintDebi wrote:We said the same thing.
After the tigers anthem we were ready to hear ours and sing and clap along as the boys ran out and instead here was this insipid rendition from Paris Wells. Hardly an inspirational start for the boys.

I actually quite enjoyed her singing before the game, but leave our song alone.

ps) how come I could hear her loud and clear but couldn't hear a siren????

Yes we thought the same thing. Couldn't hear a siren all night. How can that happen at a elite stadium like the MCG

AnythingsPossibleSaints · Sat 02 Apr 2011 11:28am

SaintDebi wrote:We said the same thing.
After the tigers anthem we were ready to hear ours and sing and clap along as the boys ran out and instead here was this insipid rendition from Paris Wells. Hardly an inspirational start for the boys.

I actually quite enjoyed her singing before the game, but leave our song alone.

ps) how come I could hear her loud and clear but couldn't hear a siren????

Agree with all that. I liked some of the earlier stuff, but the Saints song was "cringeworthy" and I had a bad feeling about the game after hearing that.
And to not be able to hear the siren at the end of a game like that is very poor, to say the least. We didn't realise it was over till a few seconds after it went.

Mr Magic · Post: # 1055482Post **Mr Magic** » Sat 02 Apr 2011 11:30am

I wasn't in the ground yet and so didn't hear it,
But
wasn't it exactly the same as when she sang it before GF1?
Nobody seemed to have a problem with it then?

goodie · Post: # 1055499Post **goodie** » Sat 02 Apr 2011 12:10pm

Mr Magic wrote:I wasn't in the ground yet and so didn't hear it,
But
wasn't it exactly the same as when she sang it before GF1?
Nobody seemed to have a problem with it then?

I did, I thought it was terrible at the Grand Final. Didn't know it was the same person last night.

3rd generation saint · Sat 02 Apr 2011 12:36pm

Wasn't she the same girl who sang our club song as pre match entertainment prior to Grand Final 1 last year?

dcstkfc · Post: # 1055523Post **dcstkfc** » Sat 02 Apr 2011 12:37pm

Mr Magic wrote:I wasn't in the ground yet and so didn't hear it,
But
wasn't it exactly the same as when she sang it before GF1?
Nobody seemed to have a problem with it then?

Wasn't great then, and at least it wasn't instead of the official recording when we ran out

Sainternist · Sat 02 Apr 2011 4:18pm

I also arrived late like Mr Magic.

Her name is Paris Wells. I take it she didn't have the MSO backing her like for GF1? IMO, the reason why it was tolerable last year.

3rd generation saint · Sat 02 Apr 2011 5:03pm

I was right, seems everytime she sings we end up with a draw.

Dr Spaceman · Sat 02 Apr 2011 5:06pm

3rd generation saint wrote:I was right, seems everytime she sings we end up with a draw.

So what you're saying is that when she sings, there are no winners

3rd generation saint · Sat 02 Apr 2011 5:07pm

No losers either, everything is just tied up in a stalemate.

Enrico_Misso · Sun 03 Apr 2011 12:06am

So her name is Paris Wells.

But who the hell is she?

What gives her the right to butcher our song like that.
Shouldn't she have to pass some sort of audition first?

jroberts:) · Mon 04 Apr 2011 10:48am

I was really quite dissapointed! she didn't even sing it with the right tune!

saintspremiers · Mon 04 Apr 2011 11:33am

Enrico_Misso wrote:So her name is Paris Wells.

But who the hell is she?

What gives her the right to butcher our song like that.
Shouldn't she have to pass some sort of audition first?

Dunno.

Perhaps ask Andy, or email him:

DerFurher@afl.com.au

terry smith rules · Mon 04 Apr 2011 2:12pm

jroberts:) wrote:I was really quite dissapointed! she didn't even sing it with the right tune!

The song can be sung in the jazz way (which is ours) or gospel as demonstrated by the wonderful Aaron neville here (

I though she was great , sang it with passion

It was good to hear something different apart from the same old thing that has been played for the last xxx years.

You know sometimes a little change can be a good thing

MCG-Unit · Post: # 1056585Post **MCG-Unit** » Mon 04 Apr 2011 3:37pm

terry smith rules wrote:
jroberts:) wrote:I was really quite dissapointed! she didn't even sing it with the right tune!
The song can be sung in the jazz way (which is ours) or gospel as demonstrated by the wonderful Aaron neville here (

I though she was great , sang it with passion

It was good to hear something different apart from the same old thing that has been played for the last xxx years.

You know sometimes a little change can be a good thing

Couldn't agree more, what a refreshing change