Neutral fans heading into this Saturday’s massive AFL Grand Final have something of a curious choice to make: Back Richmond, by far the largest team in the league that is on the cusp of dynastic dominance of the entire sport, or back Greater Western Sydney, a plucky group of upstarts from New South Wales that is nonetheless a Frankenstein’s monster brought to life by the AFL.
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But for those of you struggling to figure out where to plant your temporary flag, this might sway you in one direction.
For the past few days, footy Twitter has been swamped by a surge of GWS memes thanks to their incredibly good club song.
The tune, which is the only AFL club song performed in a minor key and thus sounds like an imminent communist invasion, warns of a “big, big sound from the west of the town.” And its this mythical din from the opposite of the east that’s got the content meters ticking over.
The Big, Big Sound memes began popping up shortly after the Giants punched their ticket to the 2019 Grand Final after downing Collingwood in last Saturday’s Preliminary Final, and they haven’t stopped since.
Seriously, the gear here. It’s good.
The ground? It’s shaking.
The other teams? They’re quaking.
I’m truly sorry but they bring me such joy pic.twitter.com/VQrl1O7qrD
— Daisy Ridley Scott (@SeamusDunlevie) September 23, 2019
me to all the Tigers fans this week #AFLGF pic.twitter.com/iUS6oembPL
— not lex (@notlex682) September 22, 2019
therapist: and what do we say when we feel like this?
me: well there’s a big big sound
therapist: no
— cloxic (@cloxic) September 25, 2019
I’ll never come up with something as good as @lex577‘s “Honey, you’ve got a big big sound coming” but I enjoyed this. pic.twitter.com/r3a08kR0Ob
— Daisy Ridley Scott (@SeamusDunlevie) September 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/__georgiegirl/status/1176464138135953411
— not lex (@notlex682) September 24, 2019
[Slaps roof of the West]
This bad boy can fit such a big sound in it(Idea credit: @CapitalCityCody) pic.twitter.com/4b3d6GcPuz
— Daisy Ridley Scott (@SeamusDunlevie) September 25, 2019
Me all week when I hear that there’s a big big sound from the west of the town: pic.twitter.com/cyVTemUJf3
— Ayden Cutajar (@AydenCutajar) September 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/ethan_meldrum/status/1176709943325540352
Marriage isn’t easy and I intend to ensure it stays that way. pic.twitter.com/9M0wItzhAC
— Megan Maurice (@meganmaurice) September 25, 2019
Did I do it right? 📣 pic.twitter.com/8SiJaLqQOg
— maddie (@maddiemelb) September 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/ethan_meldrum/status/1177034399746949120
https://twitter.com/stuartfaz/status/1177027079512084480
‘coach? i keep hearing a big big sound’ pic.twitter.com/nRlybW27vq
— cloxic (@cloxic) September 25, 2019
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╬═╬/ there’s a big big sound— Steve Smith (@stevesmithffx) September 25, 2019
“There’s a big, big sound” https://t.co/eLIwSPbj3o
— James McKern (@jLmcKern) September 26, 2019
https://twitter.com/BasilZoccali/status/1177034393094766592
Honestly though, there’s not many – if any – that are gonna get any better than this one. It’s an absolute corker and worth of a Norm Smith.
https://twitter.com/JJacko11/status/1176801566117908480
That’s a bloody corker. Best on ground. Best & fairest. MVP. Any other accolade you want to heap onto it. Elite-calibre content worthy of an AFL Life Membership.
That’ll do me. With sincere apologies to all my Richmond mates, I’m backing in the Orange Crush on Sunday.
This song is now seared into my brain and I don’t even remotely hate it.
Those horns are damn-near hypnotic, I tell you.
