In the 1946 episode of the Kick to kick podcast, we are still talking about the fallout from the bloodbath. The League brings in some big changes to the game, you know they love to tinker with things. Again there are big changes to the top 4, another superstar of the 1930’s tries to make a comeback, the doggies kick some big scores and the Bombers and Demons go back to looking like the team they wear in the early 40s!
A song by the Blazing Zoo's is also played in this episode, en...
In the 1946 episode of the Kick to kick podcast, we are still talking about the fallout from the bloodbath. The League brings in some big changes to the game, you know they love to tinker with things. Again there are big changes to the top 4, another superstar of the 1930’s tries to make a comeback, the doggies kick some big scores and the Bombers and Demons go back to looking like the team they wear in the early 40s!
A song by the Blazing Zoo's is also played in this episode, entitled Bob Chitty's Blues- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEkadHN6hW4
Theme Song details
Brisbane Lions: The Pride of Brisbane Town by Bill Stephen in 1997 based on La Marseillaise from 1792. Performed by Dale Barltrop (violin).
Carlton: We are the Navy Blues by Ernie Walton in 1930 based on Lily of Laguna from 1898. Performed by Mary Allison (violin) and Tiffany Cheng (violin).
Collingwood: Good Old Collingwood Forever by Tom Nelson in 1906 based on Goodbye Dolly Gray from 1897. Performed by Antony Chataway (viola).
Essendon: See the Bombers Fly Up is based on Johnny Hamp’s Keep Your Sunny Side Up written in 1929. Performed by Bill Carrothers, Ben Street, Ari Hoenig
Geelong Cats: We Are Geelong by John K Watts in 1963 and based on The Toreador Song from 1875. Performed by Robert Macindoe (violin).
Hawthorn: The Mighty Fighting Hawks by Chic Lander in 1956 based on The Yankee Doodle Boy from 1904. Performed 1916 Stroud Pianola Yankee Doodle Boy By George M. Cohan and played by Max Kortlander QRS Word Roll number 7681;
Melbourne: It’s a Grand Old Flag by George M Cohen & Keith Bluey Truscott in 1912, based on You’re A Grand Old Flag from 1906. Performed by Benjamin Hanlon (double bass).
North Melbourne: Join in the Chorus by Sir Harry Lauder in the 1920s, based on the traditional Scottish song Wee Deoch an Doris. Performed by Nico Fleury (French horn).
Richmond: We’re from Tiger Land by Jack Malcomson in 1962, based on Row, Row, Row from 1912. Performed by Ben Northey (conductor), Sophie Rowell (violin), Damien Eckersley (double bass) and Lauren Brigden (viola).
St Kilda: When the Saints Go Marching In based on the original of the same name from 1923. Performed by Paul McCartney, Dave Matthews, Dave Grohl, Elvis Costello, Jim James, Irma Thomas, Nathaniel Rateliff and several others.
Sydney Swans: The Red and the White by Larry Spokes in 1961, based on Notre Dame Victory March from 1928. Performed by Sophie Rowell (violin), Damien Eckersley (double bass) and Lauren Brigden (viola).
Western Bulldogs: Sons of the West from the 1940s based on Sons of the Sea from 1897. Performed by Thomas Hutchinson (oboe) and Elise Millman (bassoon).
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