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What are your favorite marching bands that aren't from your school? They can FBS/FCS. Any good fight/alma mater/marching band songs too? Here are mine:

Bands
FAMU
Ole Mississippi
James Madison
Towson

Songs
Tribute to Troy -Southern California
Notre Dame Victory March -Notre Dame
James Madison Fight Song -James Madison
Delaware Fight Song- Delaware
From Dixie With Love -Ole Miss
Annie Lisle -various schools that use this

Any others worth listening too?

I haven't really been that impressed with any FCS marching bands. NDSU was ok. MoSt, SIU, IlSt, Drake, New Hampshire, YSU, and WIU all were below average. Seems like App St's was good in 05.

∞∞∞ wrote:What are your favorite marching bands that aren't from your school? They can FBS/FCS. Any good fight/alma mater/marching band songs too? Here are mine:

Bands
FAMU
Ole Mississippi
James Madison
Towson

Songs
Tribute to Troy -Southern California
Notre Dame Victory March -Notre Dame
James Madison Fight Song -James Madison
Delaware Fight Song- Delaware
From Dixie With Love -Ole Miss
Annie Lisle -various schools that use this

Any others worth listening too?

Devil's Gun by Mississippi Valley State is the most interesting thing to ever come out of Itta Bena. Their band sounds like trash playing it but the song is catchy and since they don't score many TD's you don't get tired of hearing it.
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Another is Alcorn's FSU ripoff Cherokee, it's easy to get sick of this song
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I like the Herd of Thunder (USF) if for nothing else their entrance to the field.

Probably my favorite next to FSU and Southern, UCF's chant:
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UMASS

For some reason, the UCF one reminds me of Rock Chalk Jayhawk.

For some reason the UCF one seems like a blatant rip off of FSU...

JMU Band = excellent.
JMU Fight Song = lame.

pantherrob82 wrote:For some reason the UCF one seems like a blatant rip off of FSU...

UCF's actually came first. (or at least that's what UCF people say) FSU just perfected it.

tampajag wrote:

pantherrob82 wrote:For some reason the UCF one seems like a blatant rip off of FSU...

UCF's actually came first. (or at least that's what UCF people say) FSU just perfected it.

UCF's doesn't corelate as well as FSU's....

Ocean of Soul - Texas Southern.

People come to our game against them every year just to hear/see them. Usually one of our higher attended games, Until after half-time.

University of Tennessee Marching Vols
Rocky Top



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not bad.
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Bands:
Cal Band
UT Longhorn Band
JMU Marching Royal Dukes
Michigan Marching Band
Ohio University Marching 110

Last year Cal-Davis's band accompanied their team to Portland. Had been awhile since I heard a marching band. I don't have anything to compare them to, but I was very impressed. Enjoyed it very much.

Jalmond, in the past our band has made quite a few trips up there...havent been back in a while, but always loved it when we had Civic all to ourselves...wish you guys had a marching band.

UMass was very impressive.

SactoHornetAlum wrote:Bands:
Cal Band
UT Longhorn Band
JMU Marching Royal Dukes
Michigan Marching Band
Ohio University Marching 110

Seriously???

∞∞∞ wrote:
Songs

From Dixie With Love -Ole Miss
?

FYI, the Ole Miss president banned that song.

JSU02 wrote:

∞∞∞ wrote:
Songs

From Dixie With Love -Ole Miss
?

FYI, the Ole Miss president banned that song.

Yes, that song was banned because of fans chanting "The South will rise again". They are considering letting them play it again though. More to note, the Ole Miss band director is a Jax State Alumni.


As far as favorite goes:
JMU (They don't move very much, but they have a good sound)
Norfolk State (One of the few HBCU bands that consistantly care about sound quality)
UMass (Their program is amazing)
Fresno State
Florida State

Least Favorite:
FAMU
Bama
UTC
Southern

Western Carolina is as good as it gets in the FCS.
The pride of the ACCk, TARHEEL band is the best.

Haven't seen many bands, but UMass was impressive.

For songs, it may be because my fraternity hijacked it for a drinking song, but I always obey when the Maine band tells us to 'Fill the Steins;.

Arguments break out every year, on BCF, after the TSU game.... about the bands. It has gotten old because the fans of technically correct and proper "show" bands can't get a grip on why people like me think TSU's band is better. It isn't that they are musically superior rather, I want to be entertained at halftime. The Ocean of Soul does that.

I grew up going to State D&B competitons (my mom and siblings were in D&B.) I was in my HS band, my kids were in their HS band. I also grew up watching the Bayou Classic and loved Grambling vs Southern for halftime (when they would actually show halftimes on TV. If you remember that you're old like me) I had my fill of UIL competitions and I understand the differences. However, I am also a Baby Boomer and I like loud and proud and the stuff they do. I just do. (I even "do my own thing" when they play.) You can't do very much shakin' to "Hill Country Suite"

I have a double album of all the great football fight songs. Was produced by the University of Michigan Band back in the 1970's. I've taped it and made a CD to play in my car on Saturdays as I drive over to Goodman. If you can get your hands on it, get it.

Best Band I've seen: Florida A&M

Best Song: The Victors (U of Michigan)

Best I've seen:

FCS - James Madison - Marching Royal Dukes

FBS - Tennessee - Pride of the Southland Band