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The Mayenda chant . . .


NorthCountryBoy said:
Not everything is literal mate. Fender is a Saudi-celebrating Mag (although I don’t mind him generally) so its not totally random.

I’m sure Willie McFaul or whoever didn’t sign Mirandinha in a Ford Cortina but no one got sniffy about that.
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I'm talking about imagination and creativity, mate. Another song borrowed from someone else, a few words changed and the words not making any sense. Sounds like we're dullards who cannot come up with our own songs complete with a bit of wit.

What does a second rate musician have to do with football or Sunderland apart from just looking for anything that rhymes with Mayenda to crow bar in? May as well have gone: My Wife's Called Brenda, even though she's not called Brenda, he doesn't have a wife, and he's probably never met anyone called Brenda.

The songwriter needs peddling. Needs to find something else to do with his time because he has no imagination. I'd find the Lee Howey and We're On Our Way creator and get him back in. Original Sunderland songs, not stolen from someone else, and they make sense.
 
Hmmmmmm returns said:
Genuinely one of my favourite ever chants.

Never heard any other club song owt like it. Have we nicked it or is it actually a song we’ve made up.
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Here’s the update from your cultural correspondent:

The chant is based on “Yon Yonson”.

I first came across it as a song in the 80’s by a Canadian artist called The Dave Howard Singers on the Tube (old Tyne Tees produced music show from when Channel Four was first launched).
This is the song (not the performance from The Tube though)

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I next came across the “Yon Yonson” in the 90’s when I read the book “Slaughterhouse Five” by Kurt Vonnegut. It’s used as a rhyme used throughout.

But I just checked Wikipedia and it’s an old US folk song taking the p*** out of the midwestern Scandinavian-Americans.
 
People getting a face on because it mentions Sam fender 😂😂 Jesus it’s no wonder we have zero songs anymore. Gotta pass the let’s not appear smalltime test first. Poundshop Springsteen kernt anyway
 
Honess10 said:
People getting a face on because it mentions Sam fender 😂😂 Jesus it’s no wonder we have zero songs anymore. Gotta pass the let’s not appear smalltime test first. Poundshop Springsteen kernt anyway
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We do have songs, some of them original Sunderland songs. Those need keeping.

Then we have shite, stolen songs with shite lyrics like that Mayenda one. Definitely small time. Wouldn't catch Man United fans doing that.

If that's the best today's youth can come with up, then they need to find a new songwriter. Come up with something original and something with decent lyrics. You'll probably find that more people appreciate the song and want to get involved with it.
 
Locke's SAFC said:
We do have songs, some of them original Sunderland songs. Those need keeping.

Then we have shite, stolen songs with shite lyrics like that Mayenda one. Definitely small time. Wouldn't catch Man United fans doing that.

If that's the best today's youth can come with up, then they need to find a new songwriter. Come up with something original and something with decent lyrics. You'll probably find that more people appreciate the song and want to get involved with it.
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:lol::lol::lol:

Triggered by a chant at the football about a bloke not liking a musician that has became synonymous with our local rivals. How could you be arsed?
 
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Locke's SAFC said:
We do have songs, some of them original Sunderland songs. Those need keeping.

Then we have shite, stolen songs with shite lyrics like that Mayenda one. Definitely small time. Wouldn't catch Man United fans doing that.

If that's the best today's youth can come with up, then they need to find a new songwriter. Come up with something original and something with decent lyrics. You'll probably find that more people appreciate the song and want to get involved with it.
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Aye, let’s get a good song writer to help us.

Not Sam Fender though, he’s shit. And hated by Mayenda.
 
Get Into Em said:
:lol::lol::lol:

Triggered by a chant at the football about a bloke not liking a musician that has became synonymous with our local rivals. How could you be arsed?
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Triggered?

Just pointing out the obvious: it's a song stolen from another club, a few words changed and those words make no sense. Doesn't sound good for Sunderland and the area. If you want to sing it, crack on.

There's a reason why Man Utd fans come up with their own songs. It's not that they're Cat Stevens level of songwriting, but it is fans refusing to sing other clubs' songs, finding tunes that nobody else sings, putting a bit of imagination into the lyrics. Pretty simple really.

There are nigh on 40,000 people follow Sunderland at home. We must have enough brain cells between us to come up with something original and with much better lyrics.
SAFC Wilks said:
Aye, let’s get a good song writer to help us.

Not Sam Fender though, he’s shit. And hated by Mayenda.
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Get an RTG section devoted to ideas for Sunderland songs but with original tunes, no copies allowed. Who knows, there may be a hidden talent out there.
 
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Locke's SAFC said:
I'm talking about imagination and creativity, mate. Another song borrowed from someone else, a few words changed and the words not making any sense. Sounds like we're dullards who cannot come up with our own songs complete with a bit of wit.

What does a second rate musician have to do with football or Sunderland apart from just looking for anything that rhymes with Mayenda to crow bar in? May as well have gone: My Wife's Called Brenda, even though she's not called Brenda, he doesn't have a wife, and he's probably never met anyone called Brenda.

The songwriter needs peddling. Needs to find something else to do with his time because he has no imagination. I'd find the Lee Howey and We're On Our Way creator and get him back in. Original Sunderland songs, not stolen from someone else, and they make sense.
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You do know We’re On Our Way is a song from a musical from 1951 & there’s been a couple of lines changed? We need Alan J. Lerner and Frederick Loewe back writing Sunderland chants.

& getting upset at mentioning Sam Fender, but the Lee Howey chant is good?!
Locke's SAFC said:
Get an RTG section devoted to ideas for Sunderland songs but with original tunes, no copies allowed. Who knows, there may be a hidden talent out there.
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@dangermows did them & got sick cos of posts exactly like yours slagging everything off but not coming up with nowt better.
 
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