Is it any different from the fans at EVERY sporting event I go to that cheer after "land of the free"? The song is still going on, but it's being drowned out by the crowd. I really hate the Chiefs too, but I don't see a difference between yelling "Chiefs" and just yelling for the sake of yelling.
Lighting You fucker! You stole my comeback if someone took it there! Curious if the die hard patriots behave the same way at home when watching the NA on TV. It would be cool if in America there was an unofficial people's anthem that was sung with more gusto than the official patriot version. I guess "take me out to the ballgame" is the closest Yanks have but it's pretty benign. The other one is "god bless america" which is more of the same ruling class accepted religion. Australia has one that most (except for the upper class) get WAY more into than the official kneel and submit song. Waltzing Matilda! It's a very irreverent song that inspires tears of pride and anger and puts the official propaganda to shame! They try in schools to teach it in a friendly tone to dampen the message but it still shines through in its darkness (you'd love the strike history of it, Lightning). To torture the ghosts even more, the song is owned by the New York Fischer company. Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong, Under the shade of a Coolibah tree, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boil, You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me, And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boil You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. .................... Down came a jumbuck to drink at that billabong Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee, And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me, And he sang as he shoved that jumbuck in his tucker bag You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. ..................... Up rode the squatter mounted on his thorough-bred Down came the troopers One Two Three Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me Whose that jolly jumbuck you've got in your tucker-bag You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. ...................... Up jumped the swagman sprang in to the billabong You'll never catch me alive said he, And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me. Waltzing Matilda Waltzing Matilda You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong You'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me.
I see your point, but there is a difference. When fans start cheering before the last few lyrics they are doing it out of pride for their country. Which IMO is in the spirit of the anthem. Chef fans deliberately change the song to say their stupid team's name. I think there's a difference. No it's not a huge deal, but it does bother me.
