Gary Glitter and BFC..

[hampsteadclaret]

Remember when we used to sing this one..[ 'Burnley are back..'] usually when we had a promotion?...we've had a few of them.

Haven't heard it for a while...did we sing it at Charlton?

Be good to get it out again for the last two matches, in view of our current elevated position.

I think it was sung at Deepdale in May 1973 during the 1-1 draw [the memory is a little faded on that one.. ]...the song is from 1973.

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Apologies to anyone with serious dislike of the glitter man.

[TVC15]

Wow

Why don`t we go the whole hog and get a statue of Jimmy Saville and maybe the team come out to "2 little boys" by Rolf Harris !!

[TomtheClaret]

Wow

Why don`t we go the whole hog and get a statue of Jimmy Saville and maybe the team come out to "2 little boys" by Rolf Harris !!

Dont be silly, we dont want to upset Leeds fans, he was one of there own.

[RocketLawnChair]

Already one in the landing net Hampstead.

[ClaretDiver]

He used to live one road over from me in Cambodia, he was barred from every expat bar in town, including mine! Complete scumbag!

[hampsteadclaret]

You must not have seen my last sentence TVC15...have another look..


I wrote it [with the asterisks] to save me having to type a secondary post like this one....I got my apology in first.


Odd..you're normally a sensible fellow.

[Quicknick]

He used to live one road over from me in Cambodia, he was barred from every expat bar in town, including mine! Complete scumbag!

Where in Cambodia is/was this, ClaretDiver?

[Acting Claret]

The pop world would be completely different if you took the works of Gary Glitter out of it. Influenced a lot of punk/new wave/ New Romantics.

[piston broke]

Wanna be in my gang?
No thanks.

[ClaretDiver]

Where in Cambodia is/was this, ClaretDiver?

Siem Reap, before he was brought back here....

[TVC15]

You must not have seen my last sentence TVC15...have another look..


I wrote it [with the asterisks] to save me having to type a secondary post like this one....I got my apology in first.


Odd..you're normally a sensible fellow.

Didn’t see any asterix and did not read the last bit sorry.

To quote the famous line in Jerry Maguire - “you had me at Gary Glitter” !!

[JTClaret]

I can't work out what's going on here.

Is this a serious post?
The glitter man? Got to be fishing with some poisonous bait hasn't it?

[paulus the woodgnome]

Also "Glitter, 64, was given refuge by an old friend the tiny village of Hill Head in Hampshire"

Hill Head is about a mile from where I currently live.

[TVC15]

True story about GG.
My first day at secondary school - we were placed at our desks in surname alphabetical order....meaning I was right at the front of the classroom. The lad who I was sat next to showed me a picture of him swimming with GG in his swimming pool.

This was before all the scandal came out...makes me shudder now.

[Zugunruhe]

The pop world would be completely different if you took the works of Gary Glitter out of it. Influenced a lot of punk/new wave/ New Romantics.

Not heard that one before. I thought their main influences came from the likes of the Velvet Underground, MC5, Stooges, New York Dolls.

[Lancasterclaret]

The Brighton Argus is writing about this as we speak

"Claret Peado storm - do these degenerates deserve to be in the Europa League?"

[hampsteadclaret]

12..it's a serious but lightweight post, about re-invigorating an old pop song, bearing in mind that we are going to finish 7th in the Premier League..


BURNLEY ARE BACK !

[Pstotto]

The Glitter band had a unique and fantastic sound and the riff on rock 'n' roll part one is a hoot in every way.

[vancouverclaret]

I remember singing Burnley are back Hello Hello, I mentioned it on the Turning Deepdale Clarets & Blue Post

[bfcjg]

back to the OP, it was a great chant and everybody used to join in, almost a roar of defiance BURNLEY ARE BACK BURNLEY ARE BACK HELLO HELLO BURNLEY ARE BACK.
Good call.

[MrClaretandBlue]

If you don't rate Rock and Roll Christmas as the greatest Christmas song then you probably have a more chequered past than he does.

[Sproggy]

I thought this might be the long awaited follow up to the Fancy Pants Dog Troupe half time entertainment.

[Holmeclaret]

I remember 'Burnley aggro' sung to the same tune every time a fight broke out which was not an infrequent occurrence back in the 70's.

[alwaysbeaclaret1882]

1st time poster, long time Claret.

Love the ‘BURNLEY ARE BACK’ suggestion. Wish I’d have remembered at Wembley!
How’s about ‘You make my life so sweet ‘BURNLEY’ the way you do the things you do’ to the ub40 tune of ‘The way you...?’ Just an idea

[Pimlico_Claret]

I remember 'Burnley aggro' sung to the same tune every time a fight broke out which was not an infrequent occurrence back in the 70's.

Me too, those were the days, or maybe not

[4:20]

That's blown my mind, I never knew that song was 'hello, hello'..always thought we were singing 'Burnley are back, Burnley are back ohwoah ohwoah'... I did a similar thing with 'Owen Coyle der Der Der der', I was away abroad for that chant, when I came back I thought the Der Der bit was 'doing the Lambeth walk' and my mate said "the feck you doing with all those ders?"

[claptrappers_union]

Most people born after the year 2000 will have never heard a Gary Glitter song.

[Oshkoshclaret]

That's blown my mind, I never knew that song was 'hello, hello'..always thought we were singing 'Burnley are back, Burnley are back ohwoah ohwoah'...

Same here but it makes sense, hearing the origin story

[TVC15]

For all those young uns the lyrics to the famous Agro ditty sang on the terraces across the land in 1970s and 1980s were :
A....G
A...G.....R
A....G.....R......O
AGRO

Often followed up by the classic “You’re gonna get your f-ucking head kicked in”....(and repeat)

Not too much thought went into the lyrics of football songs back in the day - they were rather direct and got straight to the point probably best illustrated by one particular one which was easy for everyone to remember.
“Attack....Attack....Attack....Attack....Attack”

[bfcjg]

Some horrible chants looking back to those days.
You're going home in a ******* ambulance
You'll never reach the station
We don't carry bottles we don't carry lead we only carry axes to bury in your head
Let's hope those days are consigned to the history books.

[bfcjg]

Some horrible chants looking back to those days.
You're going home in a ******* ambulance
You'll never reach the station
We don't carry bottles we don't carry lead we only carry axes to bury in your head
Let's hope those days are consigned to the history books.

[Longside4evr]

" With Bottles and hammers carving knives and spanners that's the way the Burnley fans are born "
That was right weren't we

[tim_noone]

Seventies speak in the pub ..."pint of Gary" love!

[Mala591]

One of my favourite 70s chants was

He's here, he's there
He's every fookin where!
Ralphie Coates.....Ralphie Coates

which became (after the club requested the fans to cut out swearing)

He's here, he's there
We're not allowed to swear!
Ralphie Coates.....Ralphie Coates

One of my all time favourite Burnley players. Gone, but never forgotten.

[cheeseon]

Also "Glitter, 64, was given refuge by an old friend the tiny village of Hill Head in Hampshire"

Hill Head is about a mile from where I currently live.

Is he still in Hill Head? I live in Hill Head but haven't seen him about. I'll be having a chat with kids about stranger danger later!!!

[paulus the woodgnome]

He's not in Hill Head any more, I'm pleased to say.

[expoultryboy]

Bfcjg : the "you're going home like sandy Richardson " was worse .

[ClaretTony]

I think it was sung at Deepdale in May 1973 during the 1-1 draw [the memory is a little faded on that one.. ]...the song is from 1973.

It was 1973 but I always seem to remember it getting its first airing at Sheffield United on the opening day of the next season