Hollies.Are they Burnley fans?

cold claret · Post by **cold claret** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 2:54 pm

Three of the Hollies band were born and grew up in Nelson and Burnley.Tony Hicks,Bobby Elliott and Bernie Calvert became world famous with the Hollies.They even got inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame.They produced classic songs such as He Ain,t Heavy ,He,s My Brother. and I,am Alive.

I am just wondering if these lads are Burnley fans?

I know the band the Milltown Brothers from Colne are Clarets.Not sure about the Hollies.

Anyone know.
Thanks

Hendrickxz · Post by **Hendrickxz** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 3:31 pm

I know for sure that Bernie Calvert was because him and his dad used to sit on the same row as me in the cricket field stand during the 1980's, along with the landlord and landlady of The Brunshaw who were also on the same row and always arrive ten minutes after kick off after they had cleared up from the lunchtime session. No idea about the other Hollies, although Tony Hicks occasionally turned up in the Lane Ends in Brierfield, may local at the time.

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:11 pm

If we sang a version of one of their songs, that might help.

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:20 pm

We should use a Hollies song. Suggestions?

conyoviejo · Post by **conyoviejo** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:23 pm

LoveCurryPies wrote:We should use a Hollies song. Suggestions?

I can't tell the bottom from the top..

cold claret · Post by **cold claret** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:27 pm

Hendrickxz wrote:I know for sure that Bernie Calvert was because him and his dad used to sit on the same row as me in the cricket field stand during the 1980's, along with the landlord and landlady of The Brunshaw who were also on the same row and always arrive ten minutes after kick off after they had cleared up from the lunchtime session. No idea about the other Hollies, although Tony Hicks occasionally turned up in the Lane Ends in Brierfield, may local at the time.

Thanks for the information.Pleased that at least one is a Claret

ExistentialWanderer · Post by **ExistentialWanderer** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:39 pm

cold claret wrote:Three of the Hollies band were born and grew up in Nelson and Burnley.Tony Hicks,Bobby Elliott and Bernie Calvert became world famous with the Hollies.They even got inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame.They produced classic songs such as He Ain,t Heavy ,He,s My Brother. and I,am Alive.

I am just wondering if these lads are Burnley fans?

I know the band the Milltown Brothers from Colne are Clarets.Not sure about the Hollies.

Anyone know.
Thanks

As far as I'm aware they all are/were. My dad was in a band with one of them (can't remember which one of the three now) before they joined the Hollies. Circa the era of the Dolphins, Reasons Five (My Dads band) etc. Got a DVD of the bands transferred from the early 60's from the old cine reel film.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:50 pm

Any excuse....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwO0lNfc_h8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

turfytopper · Post by **turfytopper** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 5:14 pm

I think adopting a Hollies song is a great idea

Few hits that spring to mind...
Carrie Anne
Long rall woman in a black dress
He ain't heavy
The air that I breathe
I'm alive

There is so many....hopefully someone on hear more musical than me could work on this.......

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 5:19 pm

As an aside. Everton chose the Hollies song He ain’t heavy ..... to accompany the minute’s applause for Hillsborough earlier this year. It helped make the whole thing very moving. It’s not a chanting type of song but very anthemic (if that’s a word).

That or the air that I breath would be perfect.

Vince Fontaine · Post by **Vince Fontaine** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 5:31 pm

How about
All I need is the air that I breathe
And Tarkowski
UTC

LS7 · Post by **LS7** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 5:37 pm

Would be good for the club to play that as the teams are running out

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 5:43 pm

He ain’t heavy could be a great anthem. As Tony says, not a chanter but very anthemic. You’d think it would be the sort of song that could quite easily be adapted by any lyricists out there (not sure we’ve got one mind).

A club anthem shouldn’t mention players (certainly not current players) though, it needs to be timeless.

No Ney Never · Post by **No Ney Never** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 5:45 pm

Brunshaw road is long
That winds round to the Turf
And leads us to who
Knows where, who knows where

My jaws strong......

CharlieinNewMexico · Post by **CharlieinNewMexico** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 6:36 pm

Sometimes all I need is to pretend you're Ben Mee when I love you.

I sing this to the girlfriend all the time...

ICL · Post by **ICL** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 6:46 pm

Agree it should be timeless. Just keep playing 'All I Need' before the start of the match and it will soon catch on.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 7:02 pm

Bin Ont Turf wrote:Any excuse....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwO0lNfc_h8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Marc Bolan looked rough, come on BOT which player could we sing that song about?

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 8:02 pm

Steve1956 wrote:Marc Bolan looked rough, come on BOT which player could we sing that song about?

I don't know, Kevin Long?

Long, cool defender in a Claret shirt

RingoMcCartney · Post by **RingoMcCartney** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:01 pm

Dont know about the Hollies. But the Notsensibles were! Are!

Grimsdale · Post by **Grimsdale** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:13 pm

RingoMcCartney wrote:Dont know about the Hollies. But the Notsensibles were! Are!

I'm in love with James Tarkowski
I'm in love with James Tarkowski
I'm in love
With Jimmy T ....

RingoMcCartney · Post by **RingoMcCartney** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:15 pm

Grimsdale wrote:I'm in love with James Tarkowski
I'm in love with James Tarkowski
I'm in love
With Jimmy T ....

absolute quality pal!

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:33 pm

DCWat wrote:A club anthem shouldn’t mention players (certainly not current players) though, it needs to be timeless.

If it’s an anthem it doesn’t need any change of lyrics at all. It can be sung just as it was.

TurfyMoore · Post by **TurfyMoore** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:40 pm

Two Notsensibles sit together in the Jimmy Mac Lower every game.

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 11:04 pm

TurfyMoore wrote:Two Notsensibles sit together in the Jimmy Mac Lower every game.

What is a Notsensible?

TurfyMoore · Post by **TurfyMoore** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 11:14 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9pT0iFKpv0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 11:36 pm

I saw The Clash with the Sensies supporting at KGH Blackburn, and after asking if there were any Burnley supporters in the audience, they launched into the terrace anthem of the time, with a previously surpressed element of the audience suddenly joining in. Burnley everywhere. Halcyon days.

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 11:37 pm

"I make a balls of everything I do!"

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 11:46 pm

"James Tarowski is so sexy he's the one for you and me, I go red when he's on the telly 'cos I think he fancies me..."

Can't see it taking off in the CFS.

Vino blanco · Post by **Vino blanco** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 11:57 pm

I saw the Burnley members of the Hollies when they were called Rick Shaw and the Dolphins playing in a ballroom of some sort in Barnoldswick in about 1961. They were the back up group to Joe Brown and the Bruvvers. Regarding their support of the Clarets, I well remember Bernie Calvert their bass player ((who replaced Eric Haydock, the original Hollies' bass player), standing next to me on the Longside in the early sixties. He was always cooly dressed, overcoat draped over his shoulders etc.

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Fri Sep 22, 2017 12:23 am

ClaretTony wrote:If it’s an anthem it doesn’t need any change of lyrics at all. It can be sung just as it was.

Yes, that true in a lot of instances. Shame we do t have one. Something about the older songs that just works with football.

Spike · Post by **Spike** » Fri Sep 22, 2017 7:56 am

If they are Clarets then surely they can write the words for us!

midlander63 · Post by **midlander63** » Fri Sep 22, 2017 8:13 am

King Midas In Reverse?

No, wait a minute - that's Owen Coyle.

RocketLawnChair · Post by **RocketLawnChair** » Fri Sep 22, 2017 8:41 am

The Air That I Breath could almost be the perfect anthem for the team to walk out to obviously once it caught on you turn the sound off at the chorus for the crowd to take over... The real issue with it though is it takes an eternity to get to said chorus. The club would need somebody to rework it into a reduced version.

LoveCurryPies · Post by **LoveCurryPies** » Fri Sep 22, 2017 9:47 am

Maybe we should look for an Elvis song?

Jimscho · Post by **Jimscho** » Fri Sep 22, 2017 10:17 am

Just after the Bob Lord stand opened in 1974 a friend I worked with said he sat near 2 of the Hollies in the BL stand.He thought at first they were solicitors as they were very well dressed but later found out they were 2 of The Hollies.Dont know which 2.

Chrissypops · Post by **Chrissypops** » Mon Jun 15, 2020 1:41 pm

Hiya! I'm sfie hard Hollies fan, and came across this post by chance

Just wondered, on the off chance, would you be able to share your dvd of the oldbands? That would be do brill? They were all such good lads!
On the footie side, my old headmistress had a nephew in the Burnley squad in the sixties, and she never let us forget it

Miss Smith brainwashed us all

Cheers

ExistentialWanderer wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:39 pm
As far as I'm aware they all are/were. My dad was in a band with one of them (can't remember which one of the three now) before they joined the Hollies. Circa the era of the Dolphins, Reasons Five (My Dads band) etc. Got a DVD of the bands transferred from the early 60's from the old cine reel film.

Higherford Claret · Post by **Higherford Claret** » Mon Jun 15, 2020 8:24 pm

Spoke to Bobby Elliott in a local supermarket soon after our great win at Old Trafford and he was dissa pointed that the media focus was on their failings and not on our superb performance on which we both agreed.The we speaks for itself and hopefully answers your question .
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IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Mon Jun 15, 2020 8:51 pm

If any the newspaper gossip comes to fruition, we might need to sing...

Oh won't you stay
Just a little bit longer

ngsobob · Post by **ngsobob** » Tue Jun 16, 2020 10:24 am

Clear from his autobiog (It Ain't Heavy, It's My Story, just published) that Bobby Elliott is a Claret.

TopCat · Post by **TopCat** » Wed Jun 17, 2020 3:50 pm

If it’s an anthem it doesn’t need any change of lyrics at all. It can be sung just as it was.
I agree with this.
Why mess with the words to fit a football theme.
Two issues would be people learning the words, and singing at the right speed.
Other than that, a great idea.

Leisure · Post by **Leisure** » Wed Jun 17, 2020 4:49 pm

RingoMcCartney wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:01 pm
Dont know about the Hollies. But the Notsensibles were! Are!

And Chumbawamba, originated in Burnley in 1982. Tubthumping, great song! I get knocked down but I get up again!

https://youtu.be/KCkmIyC6v00

Malc2311 · Post by **Malc2311** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 8:23 pm

ExistentialWanderer wrote: ↑
Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:39 pm
As far as I'm aware they all are/were. My dad was in a band with one of them (can't remember which one of the three now) before they joined the Hollies. Circa the era of the Dolphins, Reasons Five (My Dads band) etc. Got a DVD of the bands transferred from the early 60's from the old cine reel film.

Old thread - but worth asking... Doing some research on The Hollies at present - I've found no record of a band called The Reasons Five so far. Can you elaborate further ? Who was your father ??
thanks ...

mikeS · Post by **mikeS** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 9:12 pm

Just started Bobby Elliot's book. Starts off in the Talbot pub. Bobby was born in Bank Hall, Burnley and lived in Chiltern Avenue.

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Vino blanco · Post by **Vino blanco** » Mon Sep 21, 2020 9:50 pm

Bobby Elliot was born on the same day as my older brother, also in Bank Hall on the 8th December 1941, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbour.