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re: "I've Been Working on the Railroad"
Posted on 11/4/09 at 1:49 pm to Auburntiger
Posted on 11/4/09 at 1:49 pm to Auburntiger
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The University of Southern Mississippi's Pride of Mississippi Marching Band is one of the best marching bands I have ever heard...they are great
and I think they are better than any SEC schools band...
Drumline: yes. Band: no. They have one of the better drumlines in the country.
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Posted on 11/4/09 at 1:51 pm to lsuj2006
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The University of Southern Mississippi's Pride of Mississippi Marching Band
Do they still do the bagpipes?
Posted on 11/4/09 at 1:56 pm to Auburntiger
I want to see a Florida A and M style band in the SEC, one that actually plays songs that you don't need a history lesson to know about and actually written in the fans, student and young alumni's lifetimes.
and a band that can get down and boogie . . !!
and a band that can get down and boogie . . !!
Posted on 11/4/09 at 2:35 pm to blueridgeTiger
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Used the tune from Hey Look Me Over, out of a half-arse Broadway musical, Wildcat, staring an aging Lucille Ball.
True, and for that reason I don't like it. However, the show it came from has never been heard from since, and most LSU fans under 30, with no interest in things that happened before they turned 15, don't know the history and think it originated at LSU. And LSU did acquire the exclusive right to use the tune with different lyrics.
Posted on 11/4/09 at 2:36 pm to PJinAtl
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UGA adds an extra note because they sing "and to hell with Georgia Tech" 7 syllables/notes, where we spell out Auburn and only use 6 notes
Vanilla Ice is that you???
Posted on 11/4/09 at 2:46 pm to blueridgeTiger
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Do they still do the bagpipes?
Posted on 11/4/09 at 3:14 pm to blueridgeTiger
quote:Uhh, I thought Huey Long wrote that song? Back in the 30's...
was a student at LSU in the 60s when they (whoever they are) introducted Hey Fighting Tigers.
Posted on 11/4/09 at 3:21 pm to otowntiger
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Uhh, I thought Huey Long wrote that song? Back in the 30's...
Posted on 11/4/09 at 3:26 pm to blueridgeTiger
Serioiusly.
Edit: My bad. I had always thought that Huey helped write that song with his musician friend Castro Carazo. Apparently it wasn't "Hey Fightn' Tigers", but "Touchdown for LSU" and "Darling of LSU".
Edit: My bad. I had always thought that Huey helped write that song with his musician friend Castro Carazo. Apparently it wasn't "Hey Fightn' Tigers", but "Touchdown for LSU" and "Darling of LSU".
This post was edited on 11/4/09 at 3:33 pm
Posted on 11/4/09 at 3:32 pm to otowntiger
About Long and LSU songs:
"He not only hand-picked the University’s president, James Monroe Smith, but also hired a new band director, Castro Carazo, the orchestra leader at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans.[1][6] Long initiated a massive increase in the band’s membership and saw to it that the band’s drab military dress was replaced with showier uniforms.[2][5] A number of songs were co-written for the band by Long and Carazo, including “Touchdown for LSU,” “Darling of LSU,” and “The LSU Cadets March.”[2][5] “Touchdown for LSU” is still played today as part of the band’s pregame performance. Long was often instrumental in lowering train ticket prices so that the band and students could travel to away football games.[1] Long would often lead the band through the streets during parades."
I like watching games around Texas fans when 'I've Been Working On The Railroad" is played!
"He not only hand-picked the University’s president, James Monroe Smith, but also hired a new band director, Castro Carazo, the orchestra leader at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans.[1][6] Long initiated a massive increase in the band’s membership and saw to it that the band’s drab military dress was replaced with showier uniforms.[2][5] A number of songs were co-written for the band by Long and Carazo, including “Touchdown for LSU,” “Darling of LSU,” and “The LSU Cadets March.”[2][5] “Touchdown for LSU” is still played today as part of the band’s pregame performance. Long was often instrumental in lowering train ticket prices so that the band and students could travel to away football games.[1] Long would often lead the band through the streets during parades."
I like watching games around Texas fans when 'I've Been Working On The Railroad" is played!
Posted on 11/4/09 at 4:17 pm to RMFTBama
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In crowd involvement, absolutely. Golden Band plays songs the crowd loves and therefore get great participation. In quality? No.
Can you point to any measurable reason you have for saying this? Or are you just pulling it out of your nether regions?
GBFTL has won awards no other band in the country has won. The LSU band is the only band in the country to have won awards from each of the major networks. They won the ESPN Battle of the Bands just last year.
On top of of all that, it's the only band to give full scholarships. That's right, completely free tuition plus a monthly stipend.
The old adage about getting what you pay for?
True.
This post was edited on 11/4/09 at 4:19 pm
Posted on 11/4/09 at 6:46 pm to LouisianaLonghorn
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LSU's band was unanimously voted best in the SEC a few years ago in a poll of the conference's band directors.
Oh really? As in...12 years ago? I wasn't aware that 12 years was considered just "a few." I guess the best response the next time an LSU fan asks when Alabama won an SEC title will be to say, "a few years ago." Because, after all, that was even more recent than what you are referring to.
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Even Bama's band director voted for TGBFTL.
Well, since it was a unanimous vote by SEC band directors, I gathered as much. I guess that vote is really relevant since the band director you are referring to retired over six years ago. And I guess nothing changes in the marching band world over a period of 12 years.
Posted on 11/4/09 at 7:58 pm to LSURep864
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frick you man Neck is crunk as frick
Clean says "blee dat homes."
word.
Posted on 11/4/09 at 8:01 pm to RMFTBama
There have been many best college bands in America and the SEC as this info from Wikipedia shows. You can read more about the Sudler Trophy there.
The Sudler Trophy
The Sudler Trophy is an award bestowed on one university marching band each year. The award does not represent the winner of any championship, but rather a band surrounded by great tradition that has become respected nationally. No school may be honored with the award twice. The official description of the trophy is:
The purpose of the Sudler Trophy is to identify and recognize collegiate marching bands of particular excellence who have made outstanding contributions to the American way of life. The Sudler Trophy is awarded annually to a college or university marching band which has demonstrated the highest musical standards and innovative marching routines and ideas, and which has made important contributions to the advancement of the performance standards of college marching bands over a period of years.
The trophy measures exactly 22 1/2 inches from base to the tip of the drum major's mace.
The following are the recipients of the Sudler Trophy since its inception in 1982:[1]
Year Recipient
1982 University of Michigan
1983 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1984 The Ohio State University
1985 Florida A&M University
1986 University of Texas at Austin
1987 University of Oklahoma
1988 Michigan State University
1989 University of Kansas
1990 University of Iowa
1991 Arizona State University
1992 Northwestern University
1993 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
1994 James Madison University
1995 Purdue University
Year Recipient
1996 University of Nebraska–Lincoln
1997 West Virginia University
1998 University of Massachusetts
1999 Texas Tech University
2000 University of Georgia
2001 Texas A&M University
2002 Louisiana State University
2003 University of Alabama
2004 Auburn University
2005 Pennsylvania State University
2006 University of Arkansas
2007 Indiana University
2009 Western Carolina University
The Sudler Trophy
The Sudler Trophy is an award bestowed on one university marching band each year. The award does not represent the winner of any championship, but rather a band surrounded by great tradition that has become respected nationally. No school may be honored with the award twice. The official description of the trophy is:
The purpose of the Sudler Trophy is to identify and recognize collegiate marching bands of particular excellence who have made outstanding contributions to the American way of life. The Sudler Trophy is awarded annually to a college or university marching band which has demonstrated the highest musical standards and innovative marching routines and ideas, and which has made important contributions to the advancement of the performance standards of college marching bands over a period of years.
The trophy measures exactly 22 1/2 inches from base to the tip of the drum major's mace.
The following are the recipients of the Sudler Trophy since its inception in 1982:[1]
Year Recipient
1982 University of Michigan
1983 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1984 The Ohio State University
1985 Florida A&M University
1986 University of Texas at Austin
1987 University of Oklahoma
1988 Michigan State University
1989 University of Kansas
1990 University of Iowa
1991 Arizona State University
1992 Northwestern University
1993 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
1994 James Madison University
1995 Purdue University
Year Recipient
1996 University of Nebraska–Lincoln
1997 West Virginia University
1998 University of Massachusetts
1999 Texas Tech University
2000 University of Georgia
2001 Texas A&M University
2002 Louisiana State University
2003 University of Alabama
2004 Auburn University
2005 Pennsylvania State University
2006 University of Arkansas
2007 Indiana University
2009 Western Carolina University
Posted on 11/7/09 at 12:32 am to Tawanda
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"I've Been Working on the Railroad"
There have been many best college bands in America and the SEC as this info from Wikipedia shows. You can read more about the Sudler Trophy there.
The Sudler Trophy
The Sudler Trophy is an award bestowed on one university marching band each year. The award does not represent the winner of any championship, but rather a band surrounded by great tradition that has become respected nationally. No school may be honored with the award twice. The official description of the trophy is:
The purpose of the Sudler Trophy is to identify and recognize collegiate marching bands of particular excellence who have made outstanding contributions to the American way of life. The Sudler Trophy is awarded annually to a college or university marching band which has demonstrated the highest musical standards and innovative marching routines and ideas, and which has made important contributions to the advancement of the performance standards of college marching bands over a period of years.
The trophy measures exactly 22 1/2 inches from base to the tip of the drum major's mace.
The following are the recipients of the Sudler Trophy since its inception in 1982:[1]
Year Recipient
1982 University of Michigan
1983 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1984 The Ohio State University
1985 Florida A&M University
1986 University of Texas at Austin
1987 University of Oklahoma
1988 Michigan State University
1989 University of Kansas
1990 University of Iowa
1991 Arizona State University
1992 Northwestern University
1993 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
1994 James Madison University
1995 Purdue University
Year Recipient
1996 University of Nebraska–Lincoln
1997 West Virginia University
1998 University of Massachusetts
1999 Texas Tech University
2000 University of Georgia
2001 Texas A&M University
2002 Louisiana State University
2003 University of Alabama
2004 Auburn University
2005 Pennsylvania State University
2006 University of Arkansas
2007 Indiana University
2009 Western Carolina University
-Tawanda
Except once a band wins the Sudler Trophy it can never win it again.
Posted on 11/7/09 at 12:41 am to TigersOfGeauxld
omfg shut the shite up about bands no one gives a flying frick at all shut the frickkkkkk up someone delete this thread...the band is background music...it's sec fcking football... I'm drunk and I cannot tolerate this kind of shite right now
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