Southampton band The Flying Alexanders 'Paint The Town' for Wembley (From Daily Echo)
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Southampton band The Flying Alexanders 'Paint The Town' for Wembley
2:27pm Thursday 11th March 2010 in
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- By Gordon Simpson » Senior Sports Reporter
IT’S a rousing number to give Saints a big send-off to Wembley.
Southampton punk band The Flying Alexanders have recorded a song to mark the club reaching the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy final.
The group has released Paint the Town online as the club prepares to March to the Arch on Sunday, March 28.
The song harks back to past Saints glories like the FA Cup win in 1976 and names club heroes such as Matt Le Tissier, Kevin Keegan, Mick Channon, Bobby Stokes, Ted Bates and Lawrie McMenemy.
But it is also looks forward with optimism to the promise of future success under Swiss owner Marcus Liebherr and manager Alan Pardew.
The song took just one weekend to write and record.
The group already had a backing track,which was originally intended for a fundraising single while the club was in administration last year.
Lead singer Jon Sansom said: “It’s all about celebrating the rebirth of Saints and I think this trophy is symbolic of the start of that.
“All that doom and gloom last summer cast a real dark cloud over the city, but now everyone seems to be optimistic again.
The band is making at least the first 100 downloads of the song free. It is available at theflyingalexanders.bandcamp.com.
Comments(10)
imchunt
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3:32pm Thu 11 Mar 10
Saint Cope
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4:06pm Thu 11 Mar 10
imchunt wrote:I think it's a cracking song and good to see that a local band have even bothered to at least try and do something for the spirit of Southampton. Up the Saints
"The band is making at least the first 100 downloads of the song free." Really, are they seriously considering charge people money for this? Maybe it's a good thing they didn't relase a fundraising record when we were in admin, it wouldn't have raised a penny!
Paul Lucas
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4:41pm Thu 11 Mar 10
Saint Cope wrote:With you on this one! Good song, bit rough on the vocals but the backing track is good 'soft' punk!
imchunt wrote:I think it's a cracking song and good to see that a local band have even bothered to at least try and do something for the spirit of Southampton. Up the Saints
"The band is making at least the first 100 downloads of the song free." Really, are they seriously considering charge people money for this? Maybe it's a good thing they didn't relase a fundraising record when we were in admin, it wouldn't have raised a penny!
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Can defintely hear the Northam singing this one ha ha!
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COYRS APBA!!!!
Jeff Le Taxi
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6:09pm Thu 11 Mar 10
C.O.Y.R
Tirau Dan
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8:39pm Thu 11 Mar 10
Cheers Flying Alex :o
Get the Paint Out....
Reality-man
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9:46pm Thu 11 Mar 10
Jeff Le Taxi wrote:Cracking love it! Better than the 'oh when the saints go marching in with danny wallace on the milk bottles! Anyone remember that?
first non-embarressing saints song EVER ....spot on if you ask me!!! C.O.Y.R
insane saint
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10:20pm Thu 11 Mar 10
gosportsaint
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11:46pm Thu 11 Mar 10
Can just hear the Northam singing 'paint the town red and white tonight' or even the postboxes
worried of e sussex
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10:17am Sat 13 Mar 10
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