FMB - Good Luck in Cleveland This Weekend

Strouse · Post by **Strouse** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 3:05 am

I just had to post this...
Just glancing over at the Wisky forums to see what they had to say about the game, I came across this...
"The UW band rocks! I was somewhat suprised the BGSU junior varsity band did not lay down their instruments and walk off the field following the UW performance."
We didn't walk off the field because first of all, we would've marched off anyway, and secondly, we just had to show them how it's truly done. No wall of sound, just pure Falcon Marching Band music. We are known for our symphonic sound, and I'm sure that the majority of people, BG fans or not, would much rather be able to tell what they are listening then having their ears bleed!! That is, unless they are drunk, which I'm sure a good portion of the fans were.

Rightupinthere · Post by **Rightupinthere** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:06 am

The Niz wrote: I firmly believe we would have blown their minds had they had the class to stick around and watch us like we did for them.

I forgot to mention that. I was stunned. They just went up the stands like, "well, halftime is over because the real band already played."

Completely disrespectful move - especially knowing that they didn't have far to walk back to their stands.

About their drum major, I could toss my mace higher than he could toss his baton.

Rightupinthere · Post by **Rightupinthere** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:32 am

Strouse wrote:I just had to post this...
Just glancing over at the Wisky forums to see what they had to say about the game, I came across this...
"The UW band rocks! I was somewhat suprised the BGSU junior varsity band did not lay down their instruments and walk off the field following the UW performance."

I wouldn't put too much stock into what that individual posted. He probably believes popcorn can truly be "gourmet."

P.P.W.W. band left me wanting. BGSU fulfilled my senses aurally as well as visually.

FliccGirl · Post by **FliccGirl** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:53 am

The Niz wrote:I firmly believe we would have blown their minds had they had the class to stick around and watch us like we did for them.

Wow.... are you serious? Okay..... so from what I'm reading:

Volume over tone: Check.
Inability to memorize music: Check.
Arrogance: Check.
Complaining: Check.
Classlessness: Triple-check.

Hmm, sounds like a winning combination. This is the first time I have no respect for the opposing band..... and I wasn't even there!

Man, I love the FMB.

The Niz · Post by **The Niz** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:37 pm

Rightupinthere wrote:
The Niz wrote: I firmly believe we would have blown their minds had they had the class to stick around and watch us like we did for them.
I forgot to mention that. I was stunned. They just went up the stands like, "well, halftime is over because the real band already played."

Completely disrespectful move - especially knowing that they didn't have far to walk back to their stands.

About their drum major, I could toss my mace higher than he could toss his baton.

The leaving at half-time wasn't even the worst thing they did, they played their fight song during our pregame!

Falcon30 · Post by **Falcon30** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 3:57 pm

The Niz wrote:
Rightupinthere wrote:
The Niz wrote: I firmly believe we would have blown their minds had they had the class to stick around and watch us like we did for them.
I forgot to mention that. I was stunned. They just went up the stands like, "well, halftime is over because the real band already played."

Completely disrespectful move - especially knowing that they didn't have far to walk back to their stands.

About their drum major, I could toss my mace higher than he could toss his baton.

The leaving at half-time wasn't even the worst thing they did, they played their fight song during our pregame!

Although it was neat that both bands ended on the same beat, that was low class.

Falcon30 · Post by **Falcon30** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:16 pm

Rightupinthere wrote:
The Niz wrote: I firmly believe we would have blown their minds had they had the class to stick around and watch us like we did for them.
I forgot to mention that. I was stunned. They just went up the stands like, "well, halftime is over because the real band already played."

Completely disrespectful move - especially knowing that they didn't have far to walk back to their stands.

About their drum major, I could toss my mace higher than he could toss his baton.

a.) remember that the director makes that call, not the band members
b.) you would have annihilated their drum major.
c.) we had more sousphones

jacojdm · Post by **jacojdm** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:56 pm

I know there isn't always a correlation, but I'm surprised at the poor sound of the UW-M band considering the uniersity's extremely high quality school of music.
I wonder if the band has a staff orthopod. I'm sure many folks need hip replacements after "marching" in the clip cloppy style.

As a point of interest, Wisconsin's band that marched yesterday was without freshmen. Only veterans made the trip.

Rightupinthere · Post by **Rightupinthere** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:58 pm

The Niz wrote: The leaving at half-time wasn't even the worst thing they did, they played their fight song during our pregame!

I actually missed that. I was so annoyed by their sound that I must have tuned it out.

I did like how the FMB outplayed them in the stands. Very smooth.

Strouse · Post by **Strouse** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 6:02 pm

The Niz wrote: The leaving at half-time wasn't even the worst thing they did, they played their fight song during our pregame!

From what I was told, the reason why they played their fight song is because their team came out on the field just as we were finishing our tunnel drill. Our team was kind enough to wait for us to get finished with our drill before they came storming out onto the field, and that showed a lot of class and respect on their part. I also noticed that during halftime, several people in BG uniforms stayed out and watched us perform. Anyone know who they were?
[quote="Falcon30]
c.) we had more sousphones
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Point of clarification, they had 17 tuba players, we have 18. Even though one of ours is around 5 ft tall, I'm sure that she can easily beat out their entire section in just about everything except volume.

8) Either way, we still kicked their ass in everything (except crappiness).

bgmaggot00 · Post by **bgmaggot00** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:13 pm

Trash-talking makes you feel better... its a proven fact.

I'll be different. I wasn't at the game, the Hall of Fame, or really anywhere near the state of Ohio, but I was still impressed when I saw their band in Madison last year. They're different, but they're very good at what they do. I don't enjoy a lot of things that OSU's band does, but they're amazing at the things that they do. Enjoy diversity. Variety is the spice of life.

jacojdm · Post by **jacojdm** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:26 pm

bgmaggot00 wrote:They're different, but they're very good at what they do.

Well then, I'll turn it around. When it comes to blatting and stomping while marching, the Wisconsin band is second to none.

bgmaggot00 · Post by **bgmaggot00** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:04 pm

Jaco, you're going to put UW up against the HBC's in this categorie? Thats like nominating Harold and Kumar go to Amsterdamn (look it up, its coming) for Best Picture.

Falcon Fanatic · Post by **Falcon Fanatic** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 9:35 am

jacojdm wrote:
bgmaggot00 wrote:They're different, but they're very good at what they do.
Well then, I'll turn it around. When it comes to blatting and stomping while marching, the Wisconsin band is second to none.

Well played!!

I also missed the fact that the Wisconsin band left the field during the FMB performance. I wasn't that impressed with them, and was waiting for our band to come out and REALLY impress...guess I didn't notice! I think all of the FMB, including the staff, should email the head of the music department at Wisconsin and tell them how rude and classless that was.

BG BAND: YOU ROCK!!!!

The Niz · Post by **The Niz** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:15 am

Emailing them and telling them how bad they are might sink us to their level. However I really wish someone could teach them some proper edicate on performance and respect.