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re: Top College Bands
Posted on 7/10/12 at 5:36 pm to Bayou_Bengal@Irving
Posted on 7/10/12 at 5:36 pm to Bayou_Bengal@Irving
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I've seen those bands' members holding wind instruments w/o playing or even putting them down on the turf to wiggle their asses or otherwise "dance" (using that term loosely). That behavior is an insult to true musicians & music in general.
Do you know that these bands dance routine is just a small portion of the show??
You probably think that they just march onto the field and dance for 12min.
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Posted on 7/10/12 at 5:38 pm to Modern
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well tell me this. how come when a SWAC school plays a non-HBCU the stands stay full at halftime when the SWAC school takes the field.. but when the non-hbcu school takes the field, everybody goes on bathroom break and food break.....
This happens for the same reason why pre-fabricated hacks like the Monkees, Justin Bieber or the New Kids on the Block have sold out 10s of 1000s of seats in arenas while world-renowned orchestras of professionally trained musicians struggle to survive financially in halls w/ < 500 seats. Most people who know nothing about playing music are drawn to crap involving flashy outfits, pretty looks of performers & alleged dancing skills of pseudo-musicians.
Posted on 7/10/12 at 5:43 pm to Bayou_Bengal@Irving
quote:
This happens for the same reason why pre-fabricated hacks like the Monkees, Justin Bieber or the New Kids on the Block have sold out 10s of 1000s of seats in arenas while world-renowned orchestras of professionally trained musicians struggle to survive financially in halls w/ < 500 seats. Most people who know nothing about playing music are drawn to crap involving flashy outfits, pretty looks of performers & alleged dancing skills of pseudo-musicians.
^^^This. There's still a decent amount of people who sit and watch our shows. Not ALL of our shows are lame.
(Well, that or they know to avoid the halftime rush and go some other time.
Still.)
Posted on 7/10/12 at 5:46 pm to Jet12
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Not ALL of our shows are lame.
LET'S WATCH AS THOSE VIVACIOUS GIRLS OF GOLD GET US GOING AS TIGER BAND PLAYS TO THE LATIN HIT "MALAGUENA"!!!
Posted on 7/10/12 at 5:50 pm to Modern
quote:
You probably think that they just march onto the field and dance for 12min.
No, I don't. Those bands mix in a lot of monotonous repeating of the same measure of percussion w/ an occasional blaring of a few rudimentary measures on their wind instruments. I acknowledge they crank out a minute or 2 of screaching notes on their instruments mixed w/ the majority of time wiggling their asses.
Posted on 7/10/12 at 5:52 pm to Elleshoe
TGBFTL has won the ONLY two national collegiate marching band competitions EVER held ( the 1970 All-American College TV Band in a one-time national contest sponsored by General Motors, and the 2008 "Battle of the Bands" contest sponsored by ESPN, Paramount Pictures and Lucasfilm)
So technically....
So technically....
Posted on 7/10/12 at 5:54 pm to Bayou_Bengal@Irving
JagFest 2011-Black and Blues
JagFest 2011-Been So Long
JagFest 2011-Total Praise
It ain't all about blowin...SMH @ that list
JagFest 2011-Been So Long
JagFest 2011-Total Praise
It ain't all about blowin...SMH @ that list
Posted on 7/10/12 at 5:55 pm to Jet12
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Not ALL of our shows are lame.
The band needs to stick w/ music composed for marching bands or orchestras (w/o strings of course). Rock, country & other similar genres don't sound right. The greatest halftime show I ever saw was in 1990 when the GBFTL played the theme songs from a few movies based on superhereos (Superman, Indiana Jones, etc.) The costumed Mike the Tiger slipped into a costume matching the song being played. I'll admit my bias toward John Williams colors my opinion in this case.
Posted on 7/10/12 at 5:56 pm to Bayou_Bengal@Irving
frick you for bashing the Monkees.
Posted on 7/10/12 at 5:59 pm to ToplessTenors4evuh
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TGBFTL has won the ONLY two national collegiate marching band competitions EVER held ( the 1970 All-American College TV Band in a one-time national contest sponsored by General Motors, and the 2008 "Battle of the Bands" contest sponsored by ESPN, Paramount Pictures and Lucasfilm)
So technically....
hey I'm an alum. I think TGBFTL is great. The repertoire just needs some updating
Posted on 7/10/12 at 6:11 pm to Carson Sanchez
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tOSU band is just big.
Wrong. 225 members. 192 march at each game and 33 are alternates.
USC marching band. 300+ members. Now which band is just big?
This post was edited on 7/10/12 at 6:21 pm
Posted on 7/10/12 at 6:16 pm to Elleshoe
The 2008 Indiana Jones battle of the bands thing was so stupid. I know why we are proud of it.. because it sounds like a cool award. But it was a bs competition.
And that's coming from someone who was a part of it.
We did rape the fan vote and did sound the best.
And that's coming from someone who was a part of it.
We did rape the fan vote and did sound the best.
This post was edited on 7/10/12 at 6:26 pm
Posted on 7/10/12 at 9:41 pm to austintexastiger
Good god. You guys even get butt-hurt over bands. 
Posted on 7/10/12 at 9:42 pm to Zamoro10
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but USC is the "Greatest Marching Band in the History of the Universe."
This went over too many people's heads.
Posted on 7/10/12 at 9:59 pm to FightOn4ever
Not butthurt. It's just funny seeing some put USC's band #2.
For people that know music that would be like ranking Texas football #2 going into this season.
For people that know music that would be like ranking Texas football #2 going into this season.
This post was edited on 7/10/12 at 10:00 pm
Posted on 7/10/12 at 10:16 pm to KC Tiger
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Like them or not, this is pretty bad arse...
A & M Halftime
ok, that was good. I'm impressed
Posted on 7/10/12 at 10:29 pm to The Boat
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Not butthurt. It's just funny seeing some put USC's band #2.
Butthurt
Posted on 7/10/12 at 10:41 pm to FightOn4ever
What does butthurt mean? You gay?
Posted on 7/10/12 at 10:47 pm to TigaGoo4TBlew
quote:Really lol. I think you need to research some of the musician that were in SU's band.
Top College Bands
Of course they wouldnt last one practice....they would see that their instrument playing talents are above and beyond anyone on that practice field....look..i know Swac bands are known for their marching and dancing and all that stuff but u cant sit here for one second and tell me when they start playing that it doesnt sound like complet crap
This post was edited on 7/10/12 at 10:54 pm
Posted on 7/10/12 at 10:52 pm to vlw
No one's saying y'all don't know how to play your instrument. They're saying it's the sound that comes out of the instrument..
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