on the subject of change...

Will to Win · November 11, 2006

I don't know how you feel about it but this song is wayyyyyyyyyyy old and dated. I would like to have a new rally song, if that is what it is, played at our home games by our band.

ideas?

Keith7 · November 11, 2006

I don't know how you feel about it but this song is wayyyyyyyyyyy old and dated. I would like to have a new rally song, if that is what it is, played at our home games by our band.
ideas?
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Kid Rock - American Badass

NT Drummer · November 11, 2006

There's nothing wrong with the song - it's the arrangement - or lack thereof - that's the problem. The same short section is played over and over, like a broken record (now I'm dating myself!).

Check out the wiki on "Fly Like an Eagle" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_Like_an_Eagle - someone included North Texas in it! If we're the only university who uses it, I think that's a good reason to keep it. You can't complain that we stole this tradition from another school.

And I like the lyrics - http://www.gangster-of-love.com/songflae.html - yes, kind of utopian, but it has a can-do attitude that I think is fitting for NT.

FirefightnRick · November 11, 2006

Change and Tradition are two separate things. Leave our Traditions ALONE!

Rick

meangreendork · November 11, 2006

No, no, let's keep the song. I don't think it's a big enough issue right now.

GreenBlooded1 · November 11, 2006

Change and Tradition are two separate things. Leave our Traditions ALONE!
Rick
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Ricks right... leave tradition alone... This is North Texas' thing, not anyone elses (which is more than we can say for the tortillas!!)

MeanGreenBuzz · November 11, 2006

Damn it, all I can say is bring back "Thunderstruck." The home games felt empty without the team coming out to that.

ntsumgspe · November 11, 2006

Damn it, all I can say is bring back "Thunderstruck." The home games felt empty without the team coming out to that.
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I agree, bring back "Thunderstruck." Gotta have some Angus; Young that is !

Cowtown · November 11, 2006

Thunderstruck is forever ruined by that dork at the mav's games.

pick something else, how about Stone Cold's wrastlin intro.

Will to Win · November 11, 2006

Change and Tradition are two separate things. Leave our Traditions ALONE!
Rick
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Alright, I will compromise. I can respect your opinion on traditions. Keep "Fly like an Eagle" but you got to modernize the game experience to appeal to the young crowdwho we are counting on to fill seats. In game music selections are a way to pump up the crowd and "Fly" is a serene song.

Cowtown · November 11, 2006

I agree,

We have the best drum line in the country, we need some rippin beats that get the students up and movin. The Akron drum line seemed to play the entire game, and the student section was having a blast, jumping, spinning, throwing their hands in the air.

I also think we need to borrow some English soccer songs and have the whole stadium singing.

No one in America does that, it could be our borrowed/original tradition.

GMG

Alright, I will compromise. I can respect your opinion on traditions. Keep "Fly like an Eagle" but you got to modernize the game experience to appeal to the young crowdwho we are counting on to fill seats. In game music selections are a way to pump up the crowd and "Fly" is a serene song.
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MeanMag · November 11, 2006

We have the best drum line in the country, we need some rippin beats that get the students up and movin. The Akron drum line seemed to play the entire game, and the student section was having a blast, jumping, spinning, throwing their hands in the air.
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They were also winning...

the green rokemi · November 11, 2006

I agree,
We have the best drum line in the country, we need some rippin beats that get the students up and movin. GMG
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Which is why the band should learn the Conan the Barbarian theme and then we would roll!

GabeGMG · November 11, 2006

We have the best drum line in the country, we need some rippin beats that get the students up and movin.

Well, actually our best drum line doesn't even perform at the games.

Will to Win · November 11, 2006

when we are down 7 or 14 pts and our offense has the ball, what song do you want to hear to pump the crowd and our players up? "Fly like an Eagle" or ______________?

shutter · November 11, 2006

Dang, we have so little tradition wont you leave this one alone? Please. do do do dat dat dat dat. dont matter what the lyrics are, just the groove. Leave is alone.

shutter class of 82.