Up there Cazaly

[smithy]

Was the famous footy song "Up there Cazaly" an original piece or someone elses song with re-worked lyrics?
Just curious as they were playing it before the Derby County game against Liverpool this morning and if it is an original song, I find it amazing a symbolic song for a game hardly played in Europe would be a song known to them.

[Wedgie]

Its original Smithy, this would explain why you heard it to:

In 2006, Cliff Portwood, a former English soccer player with a band consisting of members of the 1966 World Cup team plagiarized and began selling a song called "Up There (Old) England", which had a similar tune to Up There Cazaly with lyrics for the English Soccer Team. This was reported on BBC Radio and in the Herald Sun. It was falsely claimed by many that the song was released in 1966 for the team's World Cup campaign, however in Australia, Mike Brady appeared on 3AW radio with this news, with legal action being considered and to retrieve any royalties associated with the sale of the song. However, the song was not a commercial success in England and quickly vanished from the public consciousness.This tune is used by Derby County fans for their anthem 'Steve Bloomer's Watching'.

[Dogwatcher]

Great get Wedgie.
Bloody fascinating that's how it's now been used.
Imagine being an Aussie in that crowd and hearing it for the first time?

[JAS]

I've posted this before but once again here it is for those that want some goosebumps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxM8XB61ZvU

Regards
JAS

[smithy]

Thanks Wedgie.
I couldn't believe my ears at 1.30 this morning when I heard the tune.
Interesting article you found.
Thanks again

[Magpiespower]

Anybody heard the remix that was released a few years back?

Complete with uptempo dance beat and blonde crumpet wailing over the chorus.

Embarassing...

[Snaggletooth Tiger]

The Swans used that song (lyrics slightly changed) as a marketing tool to promote the club to their new demographic in the 'Coathanger City' around the time of their move from South Melbourne to Sydney way back in the early Eighties!

[Dirko]

Steve Bloomers watching,
Helping us fight,
Guiding our heroes in the black and the white,
All teams who come here,
There's nowhere to hide,
Cos everybody's frightened of the Derby pride.



Good game that one too...at last Derby showing some stick...

[smac]

Up there Cazaly
In there and fight
Climb on his shoulders
Piss in his eye.

We've all got a version of this classic, haven't we?