Van McCoy's 'The Hustle'

[Michael_Vronsky]

Played on Radio Two today. The memories...

'My name's Bernard Gent, welcome to Radio Ayresome...'

 

[BoroinBuxton]

Love it, but the Shuffle was better

 

[Frozen Horse]

The Shuffle is the first piece of music I can recall hearing; I suppose I'd heard others before, but I think it was the sports theme on radio 2 (possibly 4), which my Dad always had on when I was a toddler, and it's always stuck in my head.

 

[Michael_Vronsky]

Love both of them. Just the first note of either and I'm immediately transported back to AP...

 

[ILOVEJUNINHO!]

Everytime I hear the hustle my mind takes me back to Ayresome Park and Bernard Gent

 

[WindyNook]

As I remember Bernard used to play the Shuffle as you were leaving the ground after the match

 

[Michael_Vronsky]

Yep, The Hustle first then the Shuffle when leaving.

 

[Rofesleg]

How I felt about The Shuffle depended pretty much on the result of the match itself. It was either a depressing dirge or a jaunty whistle along tune. The tune which still gives me goosebumps even just thinking about it is the tune used when the team ran out.

 

[Michael_Vronsky]

How I felt about The Shuffle depended pretty much on the result of the match itself. It was either a depressing dirge or a jaunty whistle along tune. The tune which still gives me goosebumps even just thinking about it is the tune used when the team ran out.

The Power Game...

 

[Rofesleg]

That's the one.

 

[Michael_Vronsky]

I have it on a music file but the damn thing wouldn't let me attach it here!!

 

[Rofesleg]

 

[Michael_Vronsky]

Always gets you going. Never heard a better piece of music at a football game...

 

[Rofesleg]

Let's bring it back

 

[Michael_Vronsky]

Let's bring it back

We really should. As an aside to this, does your username have anything to do with Dennis Rofe?

 

[tonybiriyani]

Yep, The Hustle first then the Shuffle when leaving.

It was a different tune when leaving the ground, taken from a car advert apparently

 

[Zoophonic]

I recall a thread some time ago about the song Bernard Gent used to play as we left the ground. It was a kind of sad sounding instrumental and it wasn’t the shuffle.

 

[tonybiriyani]

Yeah we've discussed it on here a few times

 

[Blf]

I can remember dancing to the hustle in Tiffany's, what a mover I was

 

[alanmoodysdog]

Leaving the ground music.... guess it will be one of lifes mysteries, bernard cant remember, tried loads of times on here to locate it , even a fan whistled it on you tube... still no definitive answer, nearest I think is the Shuffle.... could do with a TV recording of them leaving the pitch in the early to mid 70s to hear it... over to you Erimus?