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Post by somersetstokie on Apr 23, 2020 8:04:47 GMT
Yet there isn't anybody who can remember Delilah being sung on the Boothen in the 70's on a matchday. It's always going to be difficult to establish the origin of something like this - and memory is in any case notoriously unreliable. But I am reasonably confident that the reason no-one can remember D being sung on the Boothen on a matchday in the years following the SAHB appearance is that it wasn't. And nor was it sung at that time at away matches either. That does not of course mean that it wasn't given an airing on the back of a PMT en route to Burnden Park in 1977/78 *. And nor does it mean that the May 1975 concert was not the original prompt - although the alternative explanation (police warn sweary fans in away pub in the 80s, who then start singing the song that was playing on the juke box - the Tom "Jones the Groans" version of D) seems more plausible. * Incidentally, I think this was the game where for a period of about 10 mins in the second half rival fans on the open end pelted each other with coins. Controversial and perennial discussion topic I know. But I always believed Stoke fans started singing Delilah around about 1983. We had a cracking Welsh ex Man Utd player named Mickey Thomas. Someone asked if we knew any welsh songs that we could sing for him and the reply was... "well there's that Delilah by Tom Jones." And the rest is History.
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Post by greystokie on Apr 23, 2020 8:17:33 GMT
My recollections are that the song was sung a few times shortly after the SAHB gig but then fell by the wayside until revived by TJ et al.
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Post by tnbiscuitswithtone on Apr 23, 2020 8:26:35 GMT
Always preferred this version to Tom Jones.
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Post by lordb on Apr 23, 2020 11:29:38 GMT
It's always going to be difficult to establish the origin of something like this - and memory is in any case notoriously unreliable. But I am reasonably confident that the reason no-one can remember D being sung on the Boothen on a matchday in the years following the SAHB appearance is that it wasn't. And nor was it sung at that time at away matches either. That does not of course mean that it wasn't given an airing on the back of a PMT en route to Burnden Park in 1977/78 *. And nor does it mean that the May 1975 concert was not the original prompt - although the alternative explanation (police warn sweary fans in away pub in the 80s, who then start singing the song that was playing on the juke box - the Tom "Jones the Groans" version of D) seems more plausible. * Incidentally, I think this was the game where for a period of about 10 mins in the second half rival fans on the open end pelted each other with coins. Controversial and perennial discussion topic I know. But I always believed Stoke fans started singing Delilah around about 1983. We had a cracking Welsh ex Man Utd player named Mickey Thomas. Someone asked if we knew any welsh songs that we could sing for him and the reply was... "well there's that Delilah by Tom Jones." And the rest is History. Don't know about that Only aware we started singing it (& 'it's not unusual') in about 1988 away, either Barnsley or Derby, can't remember.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2020 13:21:27 GMT
Controversial and perennial discussion topic I know. But I always believed Stoke fans started singing Delilah around about 1983. We had a cracking Welsh ex Man Utd player named Mickey Thomas. Someone asked if we knew any welsh songs that we could sing for him and the reply was... "well there's that Delilah by Tom Jones." And the rest is History. Don't know about that Only aware we started singing it (& 'it's not unusual') in about 1988 away, either Barnsley or Derby, can't remember. I really detest the actual song Delilah, not that it's important but I do remember 'It's not unusual' at West Brom and some lad doing a very bizarre dance in the middle of the crowd, at least I think he was dancing. He may have been having some kind of turn but he was entertaining either way.
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Post by Dutchpeter on Apr 23, 2020 14:02:13 GMT
The first time I heard Delilah was at home v Bradford City in May 1987. Absolutely pissing Down, losing 0-3, then Delilah starts getting sung very loudly. Never heard it before then.
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Post by thfc67 on Apr 23, 2020 14:10:56 GMT
Apart from the rain, 2 memories (I am pretty sure from that day) The use of an aerosol can by Alex defacing some of Yes's white curtains. Him warning a couple of lads about to stop a territory dispute in the crowd by a simple "Not while I'm on stage" in his soft Glasgow burr. They did. BTW - Better Yes gig was a couple of years earlier at Trentham Ballroom on a blazing summer day. Playing football earlier and finding out half of Yes were in our team, then Jon Anderson aplologising they couldn't do "Starship Trooper" without some effects! He sprayed "Vambo Rool" across the backdrop SAHB played Trentham in spring 77 - still got the badges in the loft I saw Yes play at QPR (1975) the week before they played at Stoke. Ace were the support band not the Sensational Alex Harvey Band. I got to see them a year latter at Charlton, when they were the support band for The Who. Have a look at this site, scroll down to Reviews where you'll read comments from people who were at the Stoke concert. forgotten-yesterdays.com/dates.asp?ftype=1&qdec=1970&qdateid=1056
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Post by stokefc on Apr 23, 2020 16:45:54 GMT
The first time i heard it was at Elland Rd in a 4 nil dicking 87/88 i think
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