Comments on: When Worlds Collide http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/we-the-kings-of-orient-are/ You only sing when you're winning Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:27:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: anthony langan http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/we-the-kings-of-orient-are/comment-page-1/#comment-6109 anthony langan Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:25:49 +0000 http://footballandmusic.co.uk/we-the-kings-of-orient-are/#comment-6109 hi i have a copy of the record on ebay now if interested the number being 120801111633 or just type in LEYTON ORIENT FC,"WE THE KINGS OF ORIENT",7" INCH PROMO,RECORD.FOOTBALL,SPORT and it will pop up cheers anthony hi i have a copy of the record on ebay now if interested the number being 120801111633 or just type in LEYTON ORIENT FC,”WE THE KINGS OF ORIENT”,7″ INCH PROMO,RECORD.FOOTBALL,SPORT and it will pop up cheers anthony

]]> By: erik hogstrom http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/we-the-kings-of-orient-are/comment-page-1/#comment-1396 erik hogstrom Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:21:51 +0000 http://footballandmusic.co.uk/we-the-kings-of-orient-are/#comment-1396 Absolutely brilliant! Thank you very much indeed. I've loaded these three onto the iPod. I want to learn the words to "We The Kings of Orient Are" before I go abroad. Who wouldn't? "...Brisbane Road is looking bright!" Absolutely brilliant! Thank you very much indeed.
I’ve loaded these three onto the iPod. I want to learn the words to “We The Kings of Orient Are” before I go abroad. Who wouldn’t?
“…Brisbane Road is looking bright!”

]]> By: Spice Albert http://www.footballandmusic.co.uk/we-the-kings-of-orient-are/comment-page-1/#comment-1136 Spice Albert Fri, 29 May 2009 12:27:15 +0000 http://footballandmusic.co.uk/we-the-kings-of-orient-are/#comment-1136 Okay, O's fan here: Football, Football was released in 1974 with We The Kings Of Orient Are as the b-side. It was during the season that Orient nearly got promoted to the First (top) Division. They were both written by Alan Tew: 'Football...' is a generic football song and 'We The Kings...' is obviously adpated for Orient. I suspect that the b-side was meant to be the a-side, until someone heard how dull it was. In 1978, it became the a-side, as the whole thing was flipped and re-released to cash in with our FA Cup run (lost to lucky A**enal in the semi). Another single, Fantastico!, was released at about the same time as the re-release. (I'd love a copy, if anyone's got one, though I have it on the double-album compilation 'Flair 89'.) Tijuana Taxi was picked by former Orient announcer Keith Simpson in 1968 because he thought it was "bouncy" (detailed in the book available here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Leyton-Orient-Football-Archive-Photographs/dp/0752420941). There have been many attempts to ditch Taxi, and it has sometimes been temporarily replaced, but it remains popular with Orient fans. Frankly, Taxi IS Orient. If you hear it as a ringtone, the owner of the phone will be an O's fan. Okay, O’s fan here:
Football, Football was released in 1974 with We The Kings Of Orient Are as the b-side. It was during the season that Orient nearly got promoted to the First (top) Division. They were both written by Alan Tew: ‘Football…’ is a generic football song and ‘We The Kings…’ is obviously adpated for Orient. I suspect that the b-side was meant to be the a-side, until someone heard how dull it was. In 1978, it became the a-side, as the whole thing was flipped and re-released to cash in with our FA Cup run (lost to lucky A**enal in the semi). Another single, Fantastico!, was released at about the same time as the re-release. (I’d love a copy, if anyone’s got one, though I have it on the double-album compilation ‘Flair 89′.)

Tijuana Taxi was picked by former Orient announcer Keith Simpson in 1968 because he thought it was “bouncy” (detailed in the book available here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Leyton-Orient-Football-Archive-Photographs/dp/0752420941). There have been many attempts to ditch Taxi, and it has sometimes been temporarily replaced, but it remains popular with Orient fans. Frankly, Taxi IS Orient. If you hear it as a ringtone, the owner of the phone will be an O’s fan.

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