here is a piece on what is in store for us for the rest of the season:
http://www.normantranscript.com/news...9bb2963f4.html
Yermom, Band Day is a necessary evil, but as a Pride member, we hated and loved it. Hated as we knew it would be a boring show, loved it as the drills were easy and music straightforward.
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There's no question the Pride is down this year, we could hardly hear them. I wasn't a fan of the half-time show, but I thought the plane prop was great. It tied into the program, and was funny (although I'm not sure that's what they intended). Nobody boo'd (close to me anyway). Other than that, the show was pretty lame. The sax solo sounded like it was fake (like the actual music was added to the sound system, and it didn't quite seem to match up to what he was doing).
I still get excited when the Pride is announced and comes onto the field, but it's definitely not what it used to be.
The band's function is the opening intro stuff, and play Boomer Sooner/Oklahoma a bunch of times. If they must perform at halftime, do something like either what the predominantly black schools bands do or like A&M, i.e something actually entertaining to the average football fan. Heck, I saw the Ohio State band show awhile back and it was good.
If they are not going to do something like that, stay in the stands and OU could bring in dogs catching frisbees or acrobats on trampolines. Replays of old OU games on the scoreboard would be better..
Agree. If they want to change it, change it in a radical way and hire a band director from Grambling or Southern. This artsy-fartsy thing they have going now is pointless.
Football is war and celebration. The marching band should be your battle cry leaders to begin the game and remind the opponents and their fans that more as-skicking is coming after halftime.
This namby-pamby film-art sh*t is not acceptable.
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You've got it Soonerwake! Either the Pride should have some character or it should basically disband. Sawing tiredly through 75-year-old show tunes (which were never written to be performed by a marching band and generally don't work out well in that arrangement. Some music is like that. Imagine the Sex Pistols doing 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star' (no, wait, that sounds kind of awesome)) must be as painful to perform as it is to listen to.
Here's an idea: do an homage to the soundtracks of 1970's porn movies and hold a competition to see who can match the tune to the movie titles. Winner gets $1,000 bucks presented to him by, oh, Linda Lovelace at mid-field.
That type thing would at least get an honest laugh.
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That would be a challenge.
Coulda gone with Jane Fonda, but figgered I'd get sent to the Obama Fest.....
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You can blame Regent Weizenheimer and his Broadway experiences...The current director is his butt buddy and he got Boren to make it happen. He hated what The Pride was doing, he is a Progressive, so he knows what is better for you than you do. Learn to live and enjoy it, Regent Weizenheimer says so... You get more pizzazz and show tunes in the future.
WTF was with the plane prop?
Coach knew what people liked, that is one reason we usually had a dance routine in Block band.
Everything progressives do is aimed at weakening democracy, capitalism and the social and cultural institutions that support those things...... They are about subjugating people and being a ruling class.
Don't worry. The Pride will die again in a couple months. It's like a cat.
...and Steve Spurrier is alive! College football is the best!
The pregame show was the worst I have ever seen. From the video, to the timing, to everything involved... I used to love that from 20 min to :02 seconds before kick off their was crowd interaction in what you did. Band ran onto field... then a few seconds later, the drum major did his dance, then hear comes the national anthem, followed by booing the other teams fight song, then hear comes the school song... drummer does his thing again, then we get the video, then we get the boomer sooner chant... Non stop pump you up. It is brutal now. I am very ashamed at the current state of the pregame.
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And actually it started at about 22 minutes before kick off... The punt to mid field where the team gathered while playing crazy train by ozzie ozborn.
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Let's just cut to the chase: drive the schooner around the perimeter of the field, throwing loaves into the stands, closely followed by acrobats and clowns.
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You make a point but at least one can do something about obesity. With the current band, people may be driven to suicide due to boredom and self-loathing.
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http://www.gofundme.com/FreethePride
Anyone know what they are working on? I heard the tail end of a spot about this on the radio, but I couldn't tell much
There is a full page ad in today's Oklahoman, Norman Transcript and Tulsa World from members of the Pride telling Boren they are tired of being ignored and that leadership must change. Funded by alumni.
Boom goes the dynamite.
Pretty well written (not great, but gets their point across). Very vehement.
Band leader, meet bus. Would be my guess.
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