The FMB should bring Wabash Cannonball to the SEC
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I am a believer that college marching bands are awesome and a key part of the college environment. Bands are another spirit group - cheerleaders, dancers, band. The problem is happening in high schools where band is its own thing and they don't care about being a part of the school spirit culture.
Germantown and Madison Central played Friday night and the Germantown band wasn't there because they had a competition in Missouri on Saturday. That's stupid and if I were dictator I'd end it. Play the fight song, get the crowd into the game. Patriotic half time shows are awesome. Tributes to 80s Broadway classics are not awesome.
The FMB is not close to being awesome. An insider tells me that the FMB has the same problem the rest of the university has. Stuck in the past. That goober that announces them needs to retire. He's embarrassing. And I think I heard the 1998 hit by No Doubt, Spiderwebs earlier this season.
Germantown and Madison Central played Friday night and the Germantown band wasn't there because they had a competition in Missouri on Saturday. That's stupid and if I were dictator I'd end it. Play the fight song, get the crowd into the game. Patriotic half time shows are awesome. Tributes to 80s Broadway classics are not awesome.
The FMB is not close to being awesome. An insider tells me that the FMB has the same problem the rest of the university has. Stuck in the past. That goober that announces them needs to retire. He's embarrassing. And I think I heard the 1998 hit by No Doubt, Spiderwebs earlier this season.
The famous moron marching band has not learned a new song in 50 years.
Exactly. We do the same halftime shows every single year. We do the same pregame routine every year. Who in the hell cares to hear the original fight song?
Exactly. If Madelon was a good song it would be the fight song, not the original fight song.
Everything is terrible. Cups did not smell like *** yesterday.
The old fight song would be awesome if just afterwards Bully came out of the tunnel in this instead of the doghouse.
Every time I hear that song I just think about the Animal House parade for some reason.
The football team is losing so it’s whoa is us for literally everything that has to do with the school. None of this means jack shít if the football team goes 2-10.
I disagree. Our entire culture sucks. Script State sucks. High school kids are going to Ole Miss because their culture is skibidi. There was a group of high school kids in front of us yesterday that basically thought State was boring and said "Why would anyone ever come to college here."
Of course Ole Miss played Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone" as a fourth quarter song yesterday. But guess what, that will never happen again. We'll keep doing the same old ****. When you have a good product on the field, it covers it up a bit. Its always been bad and sometimes cringe. It pissed Mullen off and he tried to do something about it.
It’s the Wabash Cannonball. The answer to all our prayers. All the highschool kids love it and will flock to Starkville over it.
School spirit. A student section united with the spirt teams (cheer, dance, and band) to tell their hated rival to F off. We played the Game of Thrones theme yesterday to celebrate an Arkansas gain of 11 on 2nd and 10.
Was that before or after we fired the artillery piece to celebrate our missed FG?
Forgot about that. Top to bottom. We have to get serious.
Full disclosure: The last two months has softened my "We're not going to be in the next version of major college football" stance. But we are looking to be a perennial bottom feeder if we don't get our **** together.
Didn't realize Madelon was so hated. I hate to tell y'all, but they will never stop playing it during pregame.
And the guy who does PA for the band only does the PA. He is not associated with the FMB in any other way.
As for the stuff like playing after giving up a 12 yard play or losing 3 yards on offense, that infuriates me as well. That blame lies on whatever drum major is conducting when that happens. Two of the current drum majors have zero awareness of what's actually going on in the game when they are conducting.
The band does learn a few new tunes (for extended breaks) every year as well as four different halftime shows, but the small quick stuff they play in between downs is pretty much the same every year.
Our band isn't necessarily anything special, but if we're getting to the point that we're bitching about the band, then we are in a terrible state of mind.
And the guy who does PA for the band only does the PA. He is not associated with the FMB in any other way.
As for the stuff like playing after giving up a 12 yard play or losing 3 yards on offense, that infuriates me as well. That blame lies on whatever drum major is conducting when that happens. Two of the current drum majors have zero awareness of what's actually going on in the game when they are conducting.
The band does learn a few new tunes (for extended breaks) every year as well as four different halftime shows, but the small quick stuff they play in between downs is pretty much the same every year.
Our band isn't necessarily anything special, but if we're getting to the point that we're bitching about the band, then we are in a terrible state of mind.
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Pregame was actually slightly different this year, not that you'd care enough to notice.
The only halftime show that is the same every year is the patriotic show.
You seem to be an insider, so here are some questions.
1. Why is Madelon so revered by the band directors? Its an old 30s war march.
Here are the lyrics:
There is a tavern way down in Brittany, Where weary soldiers take their liberty
O Madelon you are my only one, O Madelon now that the foe is gone
It has NOTHING to do with Mississippi State.
Someone later wrote some MSU lyrics
2. It is very evident that your current drum majors do not have one ounce of football awareness. Could there be room for a "in the stands" drum major that knows football so we aren't playing embarrassing things at the wrong time. From my band contact, the frustration is that other college bands have this setup:
First Down play this
Defense Sacks play that
Defense forces Third Down play this
and so on.
Apparently we just make it up as we go.
Our Fat asses in the band run onto the field. Yeah that’s a big difference. And they need to wear uniforms every game like every other band. That T-shirt and short crap is bush league because it’s too hot.
1. Could not answer. Just is kind of a cult classic. It is supposed to pay homage to when the FMB was a more military style band.You seem to be an insider, so here are some questions.
1. Why is Madelon so revered by the band directors? Its an old 30s war march.
Here are the lyrics:
There is a tavern way down in Brittany, Where weary soldiers take their liberty
O Madelon you are my only one, O Madelon now that the foe is gone
It has NOTHING to do with Mississippi State.
Someone later wrote some MSU lyrics
2. It is very evident that your current drum majors do not have one ounce of football awareness. Could there be room for a "in the stands" drum major that knows football so we aren't playing embarrassing things at the wrong time. From my band contact, the frustration is that other college bands have this setup:
First Down play this
Defense Sacks play that
Defense forces Third Down play this
and so on.
Apparently we just make it up as we go.
2. The drum majors are supposed to pass some sort of football knowledge test as part of their audition. I have no clue how much of it factors into the final selection, but it's detailed enough. I think the biggest problem is just letting the drum majors run the show without any staff intervention (for the most part) in the game. If you think playing for a loss of two on offense is bad, you should see just how many times they play when there is an injured player.
The FMB has a dedicated first down tune, but that's about it. The others are divided into offense/defense tunes, and they basically just go down the list. For example, the Rocky Theme will just about always be the first tune the FMB plays when we first go out on defense for the game, because it is the first "defensive tune" on the list.
So you don't give a **** about the band other than to belittle and b!tch about them. Got it.
Not many on this board will remember the late Peyton (sp?) Crowder, but when he was band director at MSU (60's & 70's), the FMB was great, and had sharp looking uniforms as well. The FMB has not been good for a long time, and the uniforms are just horrible!! They look like scraps sewn together from the cutting room floor, and there's no MSU logo of any kind on them. Looking at them through a magnifying glass on the sleeve is the only clue. I also agree with a previous comment herein - wearing shorts and T-shirts early in the season is pansy-***; you won't see that anywhere else, not even UF or Miami. I love marching bands, and aTm is the gold standard.
Here's a starting board for you.
First Down Offense: Go State. PA announcer times his First Down, Bulldogs with the final Go State!
Moving the Ball: A non high school version of Let's Go.
Big Defensive Play: Dies Irae with first four notes of Hail State where UGA does Darth Vader march
Replace Madelon with March Grandioso
Pre Game as team Runs Out: Krypton Fanfare followed by Hail State
Victory Song: Wabash Cannonball or In Heaven There is No Beer or Quilting Party
Signature Song: Kids Arent Alright
We also should stop playing the Hey Song. Every professional sports organization has banned it. The guy is a pedophile and lives off the royalties of marching bands playing it.
First Down Offense: Go State. PA announcer times his First Down, Bulldogs with the final Go State!
Moving the Ball: A non high school version of Let's Go.
Big Defensive Play: Dies Irae with first four notes of Hail State where UGA does Darth Vader march
Replace Madelon with March Grandioso
Pre Game as team Runs Out: Krypton Fanfare followed by Hail State
Victory Song: Wabash Cannonball or In Heaven There is No Beer or Quilting Party
Signature Song: Kids Arent Alright
We also should stop playing the Hey Song. Every professional sports organization has banned it. The guy is a pedophile and lives off the royalties of marching bands playing it.
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**** man, students at Baylor can't even drink beer or have sex standing up (someone might mistake it for dancing). That hasn't kept them from having a relatively solid program.
By the way, Germantown won the State 7A Band Championship yesterday.
Maybe that competition in St. Louis was better preparation for them rather than staying in Madison County…
You could hand me a trumpet and I could probably play the entire pregame music for trumpet. And I've never played the trumpet.
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