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The lyrics are so patriotic, it just makes you wish you could be a South Australian to sing the song and feel damn good about being a South Australian.When the Crows’ faithful hear this, the well-heeled mob just wants to head up to a snug cabin in the Barossa, charge their crystal Chardonnay glasses and toast the original South Australian team in the AFL in merriment (before those cross-town ruffians the Power showed up). Now, if they could just start winning regularly again, the Blues faithful will really have the motivation to belt out this ditty.Regardless of your feelings toward the Carlton Football Club, Sticks Kernahan famously said it best from a Blues point of view:I think everyone could gain something by listening to the perspicacious philosopher that is Stephen Scott Kernahan.“Good Old Collingwood Forever” is probably the most well-known AFL club song – opposing teams/supporters have often heard the Magpie faithful belt out this song at one point or another.Interestingly, it’s the only song to give a nod to its supporter base “See the barrackers a shouting, like good old barrackers should”, which you would think is partly the reason why it’s so passionately sung after a win.It’s the most complete club tune. Are they Swans? Is it a place entirely made up of, um, *cough* shall we say our friends in the Richmond supporter base? When the Richmond faithful get up, open their mouths wide and scream “YELLOW AND BLACK” at the top of their lungs after a win, it’s something to behold. I’m pretty sure he’s not an AFL fan.And this is the song’s strength. The aggressive horns and the invigorating lyrics will have you pumping your fists and feeling like running out for GWS!Now all they need is a supporter base of more than 500 people to watch their games live and actually sing it.They are happy and they want to sing about being happy, dammit!Another AFL Club song that started as an American tune – Hawthorn’s melody originated as the hilariously named “The Yankee Doodle Boy” from the film “Yankee Doodle Dandy”. Indeed, the graceful, beautiful bird that is the Swan seems a far cry away from their nickname of ‘The Bloods’, which evokes somewhat of a savage outlook. When you’ve got a song with lyrics penned by legendary AFL commentator Dennis Cometti, you can be pretty sure it’s going to be a footy classic. Also the line “We’ll keep our ends up”, how positive!Next time you’re at a Blues match, make sure you catch the Carlton supporters warm up the song:It’s very inspiring, regardless of your allegiance. Lightning? The song has been embraced by AFL fans ahead of Saturday’s grand final between the Giants and Richmond, being dubbed over footage from The Simpsons, Peppa Pig … Ultimately, they need to be easy to sing along to and easy enough to remember so raucous, fired up and often drunken supporters can sing at the top of their lungs after a win.So without further ado – here is the absolute definitive ranking of AFL songs – from worst to best.This song definitely reflects the club’s often alleged, but never quite proven, identity crisis.For some reason, most AFL songs sound like they would be at home in the early 19.This anthem was written on the Dockers arrival into the AFL in the mid-90s, and ironically, despite their rival clubs’ songs being 100+ years-old, this one sounds the most aged and outdated of the lot.Ross Lyon, club administrators — ANYONE — please do something about this abomination now!Oh dear. Join us for community, games, fun, learning, and team play! So they had a re-birth as Port Adelaide “Power”… What that represents exactly, I’m not sure.

Looking for songs to put you in a good mood? A good move (don’t define yourselves by others West Coast! They opened with a Led Zeppelin number, and I forget the rest but remember they it was pretty cool. All eighty odd thousand of them.The Tigers have even confirmed that they'll be sticking with the new recording.https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sportal_com_au/6c/d2/afl-team-songs_87eux5i9wat91mig4yf9vcma0.png?t=1013556866&w=500&quality=80.general manager of clubs Travis Auld said.New club songs show just how tone deaf the AFL is. ), but not quite a chart-topper, as they’re still getting.The song was originally written by Fitzroy players in the 1950s to the tune of the French National Anthem.However, hats off to the way the lyrics have attempted to recognise that the Brisbane Lions are the AFL’s arranged marriage of the late Brisbane Bears and Fitzroy Lions – “We will always fight for victory, like Fitzroy and Bears of old”.But let’s all be clear – both Fitzroy Lions and Brisbane Bears died in 1996 and no amount of frankenstiening their clubs histories will bring them back.Like Brisbane’s on-field performance in past years, this is nothing special.Like the Gold Coast’s on-field performance in recent years,There is nothing really “wrong” with this song per se.