Bring back Proud Mary!

(06-10-2013 05:10 PM)DooX Wrote:  Bring back Proud Mary!

Only old people & people who love nostalgia too much liked that better.

Oh god. Proud Mary and Get It On. Throw in Vehicle and maybe the theme from Rocky, and you have the 90's all over again.

(06-10-2013 06:54 AM)Centdukesfan Wrote:  sweet first post bro - its called start wearing purple, and its awesome

If they don't do this it would be an epic fail

(06-10-2013 08:33 AM)Dignan Wrote:  

(06-10-2013 08:30 AM)Potomac Wrote:  

(06-10-2013 08:26 AM)2Dukes4Life Wrote:  Start Wearing Purple is always going to hold a special place in my soul, but I still love Coheed and Cambria's Welcome Home as a football intro song. Talked to a friend of mine who is good friends with Coheed's drummer and was going to let him know that we play their song before the game. He said they would love to come play before a game sometime if it worked with their tour schedule. UPB/Athletic marketing get on this now! I think a pregame concert would be a great idea and could be a really cool tradition to start up.

This would be awesome, but wouldn't a post game concert make more sense? It will encourage fans to stay and some fans would rather be tailgating pregame.
Ultimately, I don't know if the admin would ever pay for such a thing with how high the costs of running a home game already are.

The concert would be held at Eastern Kentucky to save money.

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(06-10-2013 09:47 AM)Dignan Wrote:  

(06-10-2013 09:40 AM)Deez Nuts Wrote:  the whole pregame is getting changed this year. Among many changes, Start wearing purple for the full MRDs will be the highlight of the show.

I don't even know what this song sounds like. Who is it by?

http://youtu.be/ZuSW283kxio
Pep band pre CAA final

(06-10-2013 06:28 PM)brizzock Wrote:  Oh god. Proud Mary and Get It On. Throw in Vehicle and maybe the theme from Rocky, and you have the 90's all over again.

90's for these as the intro songs, or this is music from the 90's? That's off by a couple decades at least.

/not sure how old poster is/

(06-10-2013 06:28 PM)brizzock Wrote:  Oh god. Proud Mary and Get It On. Throw in Vehicle and maybe the theme from Rocky, and you have the 90's all over again.

I've never been a fan of "Welcome Home." Didn't like it back in the days of Guitar Hero/Rock Band. Listening to Coheed's lead singer is like listening to nails on a chalkboard. Playing it during games hasn't changed my thinking. For whatever reason it just comes across as being kind of cheesy. I would gladly take the grossly overplayed "Seven Nation Army" or "Requiem for a Tower" over "Welcome Home." Wouldn't mind "Du Hast" either but that seems more appropriate for German soccer ha.

I love "Start Wearing Purple" but think it would work best if it was played right before the start of the 4th quarter a la Wisconsin's "Jump Around" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tODlPxhbGF8 This way you have more fans in the stands singing along vs. pre-game when a lot of people are still filing into the stadium.

Finally, slightly off topic, but I wish the MRD's would refrain from playing the fight song until AFTER the PAT. I've been following JMU football now for almost a decade and have never understood why they start playing the fight song, get quiet mid-song for the PAT, then play it again. If you play after the PAT and splash the words up on the jumbotron then you would get more participation from casual fans instead of some people standing around and clapping cluelessly while others start singing the fight song only to stop abruptly for the kick. The way we've been doing it just comes across as very amateurish IMO.

(06-10-2013 08:56 PM)IrishDukes08 Wrote:  I've never been a fan of "Welcome Home." Didn't like it back in the days of Guitar Hero/Rock Band. Listening to Coheed's lead singer is like listening to nails on a chalkboard. Playing it during games hasn't changed my thinking. For whatever reason it just comes across as being kind of cheesy. I would gladly take the grossly overplayed "Seven Nation Army" or "Requiem for a Tower" over "Welcome Home." Wouldn't mind "Du Hast" either but that seems more appropriate for German soccer ha.

I love "Start Wearing Purple" but think it would work best if it was played right before the start of the 4th quarter a la Wisconsin's "Jump Around" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tODlPxhbGF8 This way you have more fans in the stands singing along vs. pre-game when a lot of people are still filing into the stadium.

Finally, slightly off topic, but I wish the MRD's would refrain from playing the fight song until AFTER the PAT. I've been following JMU football now for almost a decade and have never understood why they start playing the fight song, get quiet mid-song for the PAT, then play it again. If you play after the PAT and splash the words up on the jumbotron then you would get more participation from casual fans instead of some people standing around and clapping cluelessly while others start singing the fight song only to stop abruptly for the kick. The way we've been doing it just comes across as very amateurish IMO.

Seen dozens of teams overs the years in person and almost all of them plays a fight song between score and PAT.

(06-10-2013 07:38 PM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(06-10-2013 06:28 PM)brizzock Wrote:  Oh god. Proud Mary and Get It On. Throw in Vehicle and maybe the theme from Rocky, and you have the 90's all over again.

90's for these as the intro songs, or this is music from the 90's? That's off by a couple decades at least.

/not sure how old poster is/

I meant the MRD's from the 90's (I lived it)

(06-10-2013 06:28 PM)brizzock Wrote:  Oh god. Proud Mary and Get It On. Throw in Vehicle and maybe the theme from Rocky, and you have the 90's all over again.

Hell yeah. That's what I'm talkin' about. Trombones playing Superman and Trumpets doing Chase. 2001 theme lead in with Russian Christmas Music closing it out.

And we've got a live one, reliving their "glory" years...

And whoever was saying it's "amateur" to play the Fight Song immediately after a touchdown, I don't know how to even respond to that. Have you ever been to any football games anywhere?

Notre Dame plays a short Irish ditty right after TDs then the full fight song after the XP. It can work if there is a short, semi-school related piece that can be quickly started, stopped, and repeated as necessary. Hey I know, bring back Bad to the Bone!

I bet if you researched it, that over 90% of Division 1 football schools have a marching band play their fight song immediately after scoring. It's part of the pageantry & energy of the moment. I can't imagine being at a game where that doesn't happen.

(06-11-2013 05:22 AM)HyperDuke Wrote:  And whoever was saying it's "amateur" to play the Fight Song immediately after a touchdown, I don't know how to even respond to that. Have you ever been to any football games anywhere?

(06-11-2013 12:17 PM)DooX Wrote:  Notre Dame plays a short Irish ditty right after TDs then the full fight song after the XP. It can work if there is a short, semi-school related piece that can be quickly started, stopped, and repeated as necessary. Hey I know, bring back Bad to the Bone!

(06-11-2013 12:35 PM)HyperDuke Wrote:  I bet if you researched it, that over 90% of Division 1 football schools have a marching band play their fight song immediately after scoring. It's part of the pageantry & energy of the moment. I can't imagine being at a game where that doesn't happen.

Interestingly, all of the college stadiums I've been to for live games (Notre Dame, LSU, UVA) play a secondary song or shortened version of fight song after TD and play a different song after PAT. As DooX mentioned before, Notre Dame plays the "Victory Clog" after TD and the greatest fight song of all time after PAT. UVA plays the "Cavalier Song" after TD and "Good Ole Song" after PAT. I'm not suggesting we emulate UVA, play the alma mater, and sway back and forth hand-in-hand like idiots after every score, but I would be in full favor of blasting the cannon and playing some sort of "JMU Fanfare" after immediately scoring and holding off the fight song until after the PAT.

HyperDuke, you are correct in that it appears the majority of teams play the fight song immediately following the TD. According to a website, 18 FBS schools (Air Force, Auburn, Boston College, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Iowa, Iowa State, LSU, Nebraska, North Texas, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, South Carolina, Tennessee, UVA, VT, Wisconsin) play different songs after TDs and PATs (Source: http://www.gamerosters.com/ncaa-football...nds.html). The site isn't perfect as many schools are missing completely or some information may be inaccurate; however, it gives you an idea of some of the classic fight songs ("Rocky Top," "Wramblin Wreck of GT," "On, Wisconsin," etc.) that are deliberately held off until after the PAT. Hell, even Redskins play "Hail to the Redskins" after the PAT. One could argue that holding the fight song doesn't take away from the pageantry, but rather further focuses that energy of the crowd into a moment of collective, synchronized celebration.

Does UVA even have a fight song?

Who doesn't want to hear the JMU fight song as much as possible at a football game??? I view it as a staple--full version, or just the tag after good plays.

Can anyone provide the lyrics to the JMU version of "Start Wearing Purple"? The one the Pep Band sings at basketball games.