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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2012 19:18:30 GMT
I have always loved the halftime shows for college football, but the displays have certainly improved since my youth. The music is just as horrible, however, but they are so concentrated on all of the other movements that it can be completely forgiven.
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Post by htmb on Oct 23, 2012 21:50:59 GMT
Certainly, everyone knows football games exist only to feature the bands at halftime! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2012 0:54:34 GMT
Oh I LOVE them too!! (maybe a few of the High School ones even better!!)
No one can touch the LSU marching band IMHO!
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Post by htmb on Oct 24, 2012 1:48:44 GMT
I wholeheartedly agree, casimira.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2012 5:20:41 GMT
I fail to see the artistry, but they are certainly numerous.
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Post by mossie on Oct 24, 2012 7:26:15 GMT
Quite remarkable  . Anyone who has been drilled in the services will realise how much practise and effort that takes. |
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Post by onlymark on Oct 24, 2012 8:29:06 GMT
The certain amount of marching I did was quite enjoyable - in a mindless but absorbing way.
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Post by bjd on Oct 24, 2012 11:02:22 GMT
This is very American. I was once dragged to see a football game at the University of Toronto but there was never any kind of marching band or cheerleaders either.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2012 12:02:42 GMT
I've only been to very few college football games but,, the highlight of every one was seeing/ hearing the bands and half time show.
I think it is very much an American things as BJD says.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2012 13:17:49 GMT
I think it contributes to the whole "team spirit" concept, which is particularly well developed in the United States. Clearly just about everybody seems to be accepted in these huge marching bands which generally have little musical talent -- they count on the big horns to drown out the bad notes, and even people who have never played an instrument are given a set of drums.
It's great, but it is also the reason that it would have never even crossed my mind to put this on the music branch.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2012 14:55:49 GMT
That's simply not true at all Kerouac. Maybe for some of the smaller colleges but, the bigger universities, such as LSU, entry into the band is highly competitive.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2012 15:31:39 GMT
Here's another amazing marching band, also out of Baton Rouge, Southern University.
Many of the band members are at university on music scholarships.
One of the most amazing sights and sounds to be heard is hearing one of these bands in a Mardi Gras parade and catching them as they go underneath the I-10 overpass on St. Charles Ave. It's f'n incredible to hear the echo and reverberations of them playing.!!!
To say that this doesn't belong in the music thread is insulting to the talent of these young people.
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Post by imec on Oct 24, 2012 16:04:19 GMT
Clearly just about everybody seems to be accepted in these huge marching bands which generally have little musical talent I'm wondering if maybe one angry young man got rejected... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2012 16:56:50 GMT
To say that this doesn't belong in the music thread is insulting to the talent of these young people. Well, we must part our aesthetic ways on this subject then.  |
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Post by komsomol on Oct 24, 2012 17:32:25 GMT
I like the USC Trojan marching band.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2012 19:02:39 GMT
To say that this doesn't belong in the music thread is insulting to the talent of these young people. Well, we must part our aesthetic ways on this subject then. I'm so tempted to start a thread in the music section just to disprove you Kerouac. Granted, there is some real pedestrian "music" in this genre, as there is is much of the "music" posted in the music section. Many of the brass bands of NOLA and the " second line" phenomena created from it has given rise to some of the definitive music in many areas of the country. Maybe, not in France, but, most certainly throughout many parts of the US that have a very distinctive African and Caribbean influence particularly of the Carnival mode/genre. There are also some renditions of Ragtime music, a very distinctive music genre, that are classics of some of the US Southern university bands. The LSU signature piece being the Scott Joplin Tiger Rag!! If that's not music than yes, we clearly have a different not only aesthetic, but, knowledge of music in general my dear. Maybe it's legumes versus okra, I don't know, but, I'll stand my ground on this! De gustibus non est disputandum....
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Post by mossie on Oct 24, 2012 19:31:46 GMT
This is designed to put the fear of God into them.
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Post by onlymark on Oct 24, 2012 19:44:31 GMT
And this wasn't so effective.
Mossie, just so you know how influential the Scots were -
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Post by htmb on Oct 24, 2012 20:14:50 GMT
The University of Florida Gator Band at Buckingham Palace
Summer Olympics, 2012
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Post by mossie on Oct 25, 2012 7:23:54 GMT
Stirring stuff. I hadn't known you had infiltrated London ;D Mark, I had seen Arabic pipes but you picked out some good ones. Incidentally, I once took part in a fancy parade where we had to march to a Scottish pipe band at full volume. An experience I never want to repeat |
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Post by htmb on Oct 25, 2012 19:16:10 GMT
For many kids, marching band is more than just playing a musical instrument. It's an anchor to normalcy. It's a support group. A lifeline. Some young people excel as musicians, while others may not; but in the marching bands I've been associated with for close to fifty years I can tell you that the successful performers - talented or not - work long, hard hours to perform as a cohesive group. For many young people band is more than just formations executed on a field, more than the sound made by a well-played horn. It's a lesson in how to live a positive and healthy life, in how to work with others, and it's often an extended family.
This clip speaks for itself. This one's for casimira.
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Post by mossie on Oct 25, 2012 19:54:22 GMT
Inspirational. Again I recall from my service experience that squad drill, when it was performed properly, drew the squad together and gave a sense of shared achievement. This can only give hope and pride to these youngsters, which is what is needed to keep them on the straight and narrow.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2012 4:06:25 GMT
Thank you htmb, that brought tears to my eyes,I am very moved.
And your words in your post are so poignant.I get goose bumps every time I go to one of the parades and hear these kids play. How this cannot be described as music in one of it's purest, taking it to the streets form really, really offends me.
For some it's all they've got. And ye,t they get out and are willing to share it with the world.
P.S. I know the O. Perry Walker band and they are fabulous!!
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Post by htmb on Oct 26, 2012 13:50:59 GMT
Casimira....  I do have to say I think the appreciation of different types of music is just like any other art. It's all a matter of personal taste. For instance, I don't particularly like opera and would not care to sit through most productions. But I can appreciate talented opera singers, and admire them for their hard work and dedication to their craft. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2012 15:46:36 GMT
I shared the O. Perry Walker trailer with my husband HTMB, and, when it was over he had tears rolling down his cheeks. He's NOLA born and bred so for him it was super meaningful and special. Thank you.  I need to scope out getting that movie!!! Yes, as I posted earlier de gustibus non est disputandum dear, "in matters of taste there is no dispute or there's no accounting for taste....  |
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Post by htmb on Oct 26, 2012 15:56:15 GMT
I'm not sure how to get a copy of the video, casimira, but here's the link to their website in case you haven't seen it. I didn't check their Facebook page, so perhaps you might wish to look there, too. thewholegrittycity.com/story |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2012 16:19:22 GMT
Thanks!! I signed up for their updates, screenings etc.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2012 9:58:36 GMT
Okay, this isn't a university, but we need more violins in marching bands!  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2012 22:07:36 GMT
AKA as The Human Jukebox, albeit, not from last p.m. but, a really good representation of the power and energy of this band!!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2012 22:14:03 GMT
Oh joy, you finally got back to the thread! |
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