Schadenfreude wrote:bgmaggot00 wrote:B. The syncronization between the PA and the band wasn't close to correct, and the "hiccup" in the middle of the song was just odd.
I think it's cool and ambitious that they tried this. At one home game I was at, the timing was solid. A couple other times, it was a bit off.
Stadiums being stadiums, it may have made a difference where you were sitting. The Band is at the opposite end from the scoreboard (and, I believe, most of the sound). This could be explain a slight delay.
I want our band to do stuff that's great, but that no one else does. Sweet Caroline was okay for this season. I'd rather not hear it again. "Hey baby" was cool. It does feel like our thing -- I can remember hearing it darned near 20 years ago at Perry Stadium.
BGs band needs more tradition that the fans can see. Things I loved were Ay Zig (duh) BGSU Cadence, Happy Days, and Beer Barrel.
Lesser traditions like Brass Roots and the Screamer were also great.
My favorite song outside the tradition was when BG played Rocky Top back in the early 90s. The irony was delicious. The flattest campus in America playaing that song...besides, it is a great old bluegrass standard. Too bad UT uses it for their fight song or else we might still be using it.
As far as new stuff...Cleveland State started playing "Cleveland Rocks" a few years ago and it is now kind of the signature song for their pep band. Tradition is trying something and seeing if it sticks. However, we need to try something different and unique, not copying some other school.
The band needs a signature stand tune. A new one that will have some legs and will have a connection with BG. Something that only BG has. something by the BeeGees? Song with Falcon in it? I don't know what, but something like that.
Inventor of the Clusterf**k and Shoot offense.
so you "adding" to that doesn't count. haha
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