I've had enough, something must be said....
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Ive usually got a good buzz on by that point, then WHAM! I immediately sober up looking around to see what fans from other schools are peeing in their pants laughing at us. Right there, that costs me at least $20 bucks in previously consumed whiskey---multiply that by another 40k who are drinking and we have a real financial problem.
Also, to our fans that left the game at the start of the fourth quarter, (about 20K of you), You Suck
Also, to our fans that left the game at the start of the fourth quarter, (about 20K of you), You Suck
but everyone was bitching here so I paid attention Saturday. And I have to say you are right. It's horrible. It's awkward and embarrassing and I cringed as soon as the announcer started to intro it. It really does kill off the otherwise excellent pre-game experience.
The band intro video doesn't bother me. I can just ignore that. The band DPR is so hideous it can not be ignored. If Greg can't stop it we need to go to the College Board or our state Senators. Something has to make it stop!
(As bad as it is it doesn't touch the Hotty Toddy guy in sheer gayness! But then that kinda fits in the culture in Oxford.)
The band intro video doesn't bother me. I can just ignore that. The band DPR is so hideous it can not be ignored. If Greg can't stop it we need to go to the College Board or our state Senators. Something has to make it stop!
(As bad as it is it doesn't touch the Hotty Toddy guy in sheer gayness! But then that kinda fits in the culture in Oxford.)
Absolutely 100% agreed. If the announcer had not said what it was that they were doing I would have never recognized it. It looked like a bunch of kindergarten kids doing the Hokey Pokey. Why not use that energy (what little there is) to do some actual band-type movement. I'm BEYOND sick of seeing the band walk onto the field, stand still to play a song (maybe shuffling their feet to simulate movement), move to a slightly different formation (usually just the twirlers and pom squad running to the opposite side of the field), stand still to play another song, then march off. I've been given the excuse "they are a military style band". This is NOT West Point, Annapolis, or any other military academy; the time of the huge military emphasis at MSU has long passed. Let's see the band actually DO something and be entertaining! Many fans are former high school band members and did more real band stuff in one year of high school than our poor FMB gets to do in a college career. Yes, the main reason fans enter the stadium is to see the football team play. But that doesn't mean that the band cannot and should not bring an exciting, entertaining program for the fans. As it is now many, if not most, fans are cringing every time the band takes the field. Keep the boring pre-game show if you must, but let's leave the DPR for the football players and let the band focus on a really good half-time program. One last thing about the band: Is there NEVER any news that needs editing on game days? Why is the Starkville Daily News Excuse editor ALWAYS on the sidelines "helping" direct the band? And about RocketCityDawg, at least he's found a new word (albeit incorrectly used) and is giving "paradigm" a rest.
or whatever his name is? He's a wannabe band director.
I always thought he was a goob. Don't know why he is on the field other than for free help.
He has been doing that since he did a story on band camp in 1998. And he never left.
I always thought he was a goob. Don't know why he is on the field other than for free help.
He has been doing that since he did a story on band camp in 1998. And he never left.
I don't like the band intro video either, and I actually saw a game at Auburn before I saw a home game in 2007, and they had one, to which I said "I'm glad we don't do that", only to be informed that we did indeed have one.
Also, Alabama has one for their band as well.
Thing is, if every SEC team's band has one, we would look kind of bad if we didn't. So, because others have band video's, I'm OK with it.
Also, Alabama has one for their band as well.
Thing is, if every SEC team's band has one, we would look kind of bad if we didn't. So, because others have band video's, I'm OK with it.
A real treat everybody should see in their lifetime is a Texas A&M band halftime show. Can't describe it. You just have to see it.MSUDawgBandCritic said:
What they did at the snowbowl was nothing due to the snow. The FMB didn't take the field. The TAMU band got out there, but only marched back in forth in one big rectangle.
Oh, here....wonder if these guys would have a hard time with Madeline.
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They are busy college students too. They all have classes, girlfriends, and a life outside of the band. I bet a bunch of them are engineering students. And I've not lived at College Station, TX, but I understand it gets hot there too in August & September.
BTW, I know they have girlfriends because all the gay guys have some fingers cut off and get sent to U Texas.
BTW, I know they have girlfriends because all the gay guys have some fingers cut off and get sent to U Texas.
That is the real problem. The FMB is so boring that anyone with talent from HS that isn't a music major has no desire to join the organization. That's where you get the big sound in college - from all the guys that were in HS band that were also decent athletes, in good shape, like music, can play higher, faster and louder than the avg person, but band isn't their life. If you don't have those guys, you end up with a 300 person band made up of 250 woodwinds, 15 trumpets, 5 tubas and a percussion section.
At MSU, I was "recruited" to put it mildly, but said no thanks, because what the FMB does isn't exciting enough to warrant the time commitment after what we did in HS. It seems like stupid rational now at 30 something years old, but at 18 it made perfect sense.
/bandgeek
You are right. They are in college at an engineering school and in the band. Does that make every engineering school band the same? They are in the corps of cadets. This means they all live in the same dorm. They get woken up at 5AM every morning by their student officers. They all eat at the same time, they have mandatory study hours in their dorms. The STYLE of the two bands are different. They are military. FMB is not.
So the constant explanation that "our band doesn't do entertaining shows because they are a military style band" is a lie? Every time that I've ever mentioned the lack of entertainment (heck, even lack of real marching) that's the explanation I've gotten. And it wasn't just from Joe on the Street; it was from current and past band members. I know the band members cannot change things by themselves and that they are very limited by what the directors will and won't allow. I'm certain that some are putting in more than the effort required by the current band system at MSU, just as I'm sure that some are not putting in any effort at all. I actually feel bad for those who WANT to do more and are not allowed to do so. So how long before Elva Kaye can retire? Maybe the Sixpack can come up with a campaign to buy out her contract the way they wanted to do with Coach Croom's.
I totally agree that the band should NEVER again do the DPR, it lessens the effect when the team does it. The video I don't mind, but it would seem they wouldn't choose the poor guy with the worst case of acne ever to be the one they choose for a close up!
They really don't need to "run" onto the field either, or at least really run and not whatever that is they do.
It would be fine with me if they stayed in the stands.
They really don't need to "run" onto the field either, or at least really run and not whatever that is they do.
It would be fine with me if they stayed in the stands.
is not a military style band. Anyone that told you that is wrong. Maybe back in the 40's they were, but they're not now.
Texas A&M is a military style band.
It's totally different.
Texas A&M is a military style band.
It's totally different.
The excuses given for the FMB not being about to march in straight lines, perform well, etc apparently doesn't apply at TAMU which is a similar school. Well, similar except that they have more students than Oktibbeha County has people. Don't know what kind of music dept they have. But when you have 48,000 students, I suppose you can find 200-300 that can be good at marching band.
Thank you, Todd.
The point is...Texas A&M is a military style band. All they do is march in straight lines...that is their show and they are very good at it. The A&M band itself IS military and they choose to play marches for their shows as well. The way it operates, functions, etc is military. It's dang near military basic training for marching band, literally. The FMB is not military style.
Also, the FMB put out 4 entirely different shows this season within the span of 7 home games(Nash Street, 80's show, Broadway Show, Patriotic show). That's a lot of music and drill sets to be memorized in a relatively short amount of time. I'd say that in itself is an accomplishment. Many other schools only put out 1 show a year, hence a better product at the end of the year.
The point is...Texas A&M is a military style band. All they do is march in straight lines...that is their show and they are very good at it. The A&M band itself IS military and they choose to play marches for their shows as well. The way it operates, functions, etc is military. It's dang near military basic training for marching band, literally. The FMB is not military style.
Also, the FMB put out 4 entirely different shows this season within the span of 7 home games(Nash Street, 80's show, Broadway Show, Patriotic show). That's a lot of music and drill sets to be memorized in a relatively short amount of time. I'd say that in itself is an accomplishment. Many other schools only put out 1 show a year, hence a better product at the end of the year.
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