Penn State, Blue Band Say Goodbye to Rock & Roll
by Mike Pettigano on Jan 18, 2012 8:22 AM EST
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PrintIt was always preceded by a drum cue and a "point, turn" from the dual lines of horns. We were in team aisle. The white helmets could be seen bobbing up and down at the tunnel entrance. The Nittany Lion was standing ready to raise the Penn State flags.
Rock & Roll--the "Hey Song"--began to blare across the stadium, while the student section did its best to wave the pom-poms on-beat. Then, after a few bars, we would reach what probably became one of my favorite moments on a Penn State football Saturday...
Until now.
The Penn State Blue Band has decided it's time to hang up Rock & Roll. Why? You will understand after reading this...
‘Rock and Roll’, also known as ‘The Hey Song’, was written by British glam rock artist Gary Glitter in 1972. Glitter is a registered sex offender, and was convicted of possession of child pornography in 1997. He was convicted again in 2005, for obscene acts with minors.
So, yeah. It was long overdue for the song to be retired. As Dr. Bundy went on in the article, the band will now play something in place of the Hey Song, a version of We Will Rock You by Queen that has similar cheers within the performance. But it probably won't be the same. Nothing will be the same. So let's just move on.
And hey, maybe now Penn State can get back to playing things like, oh, I don't know, more actual fight songs?
Note: Over at WFY, you'll see the updated version of the song. I'm not at all a fan, mostly because it still incorporates much of the old Hey Song. As William puts it, we've had enough half-hearted decisions of late. (the new song starts around 7:25, following the always-fantastic Testify...)
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(I'm sure it's a fun song to play, but I've hated it since Day One. Especially knowing Glitter's background.)
by Chris Grovich on Jan 18, 2012 8:53 AM EST up reply actions
It wasn't that fun to play.
But you’ve gotta have some sort of lame cliche, otherwise people would rebel. PSU is 85% white, after all.
Personal racist attack :)
Blue band should play this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF4VXC1vUGU
That would FIRE UP the whites
May no act.................
by SweepTheLeg on Jan 18, 2012 9:07 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Well, anyone between the ages of 30 and 45, really.
by Chris Grovich on Jan 18, 2012 9:09 AM EST up reply actions
We call 'em honkies in these parts.
What the hell just happened?
by Pete the Streak on Jan 18, 2012 11:07 AM EST up reply actions
No way.
It was awful to play. Made Boo Gonk seem like a symphony. Sucked harder than a Hoover at a dust convention.
To clarify...
(and this if for Chris, too) I didn’t say I liked playing it. I liked the cheer that went with it, because it was one of the few moments we could actually get the student section to do ANYTHING in unison… except for maybe the We Are cheer.
But don’t think I want this song to stay. As I wrote, it’s overdue to be buried.
A Garden State Nittany Lion...
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by Mike Pettigano on Jan 18, 2012 9:55 AM EST up reply actions
This was by far my favorite part of the pregame stuff as a student and I'm sad to see it go
Seeing how many other people have nothing but contempt for it actually makes it easier for me to say goodbye to it.
honestly
I never even knew it was an actual original song written and performed by someone. I just liked chanting along and yelling letters. I’m not even being snarky.
I understand why it has to go, but to pretend any stadium anthem reflects on its original writer and their personal life is pretty silly. I mean, I like Wagner sometimes, and if anyone suggested that I support Nazism, I’d probably use that as pretense to tell them I’ve always hated them and want them to suffer some kind of horrible genital mutilation.
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
by OctaShields on Jan 18, 2012 12:18 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions 9 recs
This was my first reaction to this, and I decided to just shut up.
But it’s a weird path to go down to think of the songs a band plays as a kind of social commentary and institutional support for the lifestyle of the people who wrote or performed them.
But whatever, stop playing this song, these are strange times so I’ll let the logical problems I have with this slide. But if it creates some kind of precedent where college can only play songs written by people of comfortable moral standards and published by companies that have ethical business practices, Guido is going to turn into the guidance counselor in Clerks smashing eggs against the wall.
by Kevin Powers on Jan 18, 2012 12:29 PM EST up reply actions 9 recs
I agree. Every song probably has some backgroud with things we do not want to support. Are we going to scrutinize everything? When you take this argument to it’s logical conclusion, it just doesn’t make any sense.
If you want to replace the song, do so on performance reasons, not because you want to claim moral high ground.
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, We Are - Tennyson
by belbijou on Jan 18, 2012 12:56 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
well,
this one is a pretty blatant connection to child abuse – and is a song that has been boycotted (knee-jerkly or not) across the planet because of it.
As Dr. Bundy said, he’d rather not have to explain why they’re still playing it.
Out of curiosity,
If he is in jail, is he still getting royalties for this song? I can understand a boycott with the intentions of no longer financially supporting a person or business, and I’m fine with that. If that is not in play here, and this is simply “we don’t associate with your kind around here” statement, I think there are better ways of addressing it.
This is the problem with a lot of practices and policies these days. They’re so far removed from their original purpose, and their objective has changed. What makes a more significant statement, removing a portion of a song (which the act of will be forgotten within a few years) to show that you don’t condone child abuse or actually raising awareness on the issue to help prevent it in the future?
I would truly find this laughable if royalties from this song were used to support child abuse prevention advocates and our symbolic gesture undermines actual progress.
It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task.
by Succss With Honor Always on Jan 18, 2012 1:53 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Songwriters get the royalties, I'm pretty sure.
So as long as he wrote the song, I don’t think prison stops the collection of royalties. Now, he may not be able to get to that money while in prison, but being arrested doesn’t cut off legally binding contracts, to my knowledge.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 18, 2012 2:08 PM EST up reply actions
I'm no lawyer,
but you still collect rent when in jail in Monopoly.
by dbl5030 on Jan 18, 2012 2:09 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Do you?
Even there I thought the other players were off the hook. Good thing real life isn’t Monopoly! I certainly wouldn’t have won second prize in a beauty contest…I’d have won FIRST!
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by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 18, 2012 2:10 PM EST up reply actions
Just to follow up,
According to the Dallas Stars, he sold the royalty rights years ago.
he sold the rights to his songs years ago and receives no royalties whatsoever.
I’ve seen claims on a Chiefs forum that the royalties actually do support child abuse prevention, however I haven’t been able to substantiate those claims.
It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task.
by Succss With Honor Always on Jan 18, 2012 2:10 PM EST up reply actions
I desperately want to know the truth of that second part.
by Kevin Powers on Jan 18, 2012 2:15 PM EST up reply actions
Me too. Wikipedia being blacked out is not helping.
That’d be a great place to start diving into sources, as Google so far has not produced any substantiated claims.
It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task.
by Succss With Honor Always on Jan 18, 2012 2:16 PM EST up reply actions
Did you know I discovered Canada?
I’d show you on Wikipedia, but, you know.
by Chris Grovich on Jan 18, 2012 2:41 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe Joe will donate enough money to them
and they will rename it Joepapedia.
He’s big into libraries and such, isn’t he?
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Get on spanish (or any other language) Wiki
its not blocked, then use google chrome to translate to english. Problem solved.
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by SubLime on Jan 18, 2012 2:28 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Haha, I thought that too.
“Per the Miami Dolphins, the bulk of Jimi Hendrix’s song estate is owned by his sister.”
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by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 18, 2012 2:29 PM EST up reply actions
Well I certainly don't go to them for hockey advice.
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by Succss With Honor Always on Jan 18, 2012 2:29 PM EST up reply actions
F&^K Norm Green!!!!!!!!!
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I would like them were they still the North Stars.
Where have you gone Brian Bellows?
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Yes
Organizations were boycotting this song BEFORE Sandusky. There is no way we could handle the PR hit of continuing to play it A.S.
What if the royalties for this song supported organizations that help victims of abuse?
I’m not saying this is the case, although I’ve seen places where people claim his royalties do actually support those organizations (I wasn’t able to substantiate them), but wouldn’t that outweigh the affiliation? Depriving organizations revenue to combat child abuse for the sake of saying “we don’t want to play that song and be associated with it”, or playing the song and acknowledging the affiliation while saying you’re doing it to support the victims?
Ideally, the best approach would be for someone to create an alternative version, with the royalties going directly to these organizations so that the choice doesn’t need to be made. Just a question I thought I’d ask.
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by Succss With Honor Always on Jan 18, 2012 2:14 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
That would be largely ignored.
Just like PSU and it’s alumni “still don’t get it” even though $1.5 million in bowl proceeds were donated to abuse charities and the alumni have a grassroots fundraising campaign for RAINN that topped over $500k.
All people will hear is that the NFL stopped allowing it in 2006, and yet we still play it because we’re child molestor-enablers.
well, all those donations were made out of guilt and to make ourselves feel better
"There are too many Irish guys on this team"
Joesph Vincent Paterno
April, 2010
exactly.
we’re just trying to save face while we shred all the incriminating cover-up evidence before the investigations get to it.
Less talking, more shredding!
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by Succss With Honor Always on Jan 18, 2012 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
What a precedent!!!
We better look into Brown Eyed Girl, Journey, House of Pain, Metallica’s Enter Sandman, Who Let the Dogs Out, and frickin Neil Diamond while we’re at it. I’m sure there is some illegal activity you could tie to those D-bag songs/artists as well. For someone to even suggest any sort of connection between artist and tradition is stupid. And that individual should be subject to be treated as such. Taunt them a second time if needed.
by The Booster on Jan 18, 2012 9:56 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
It's too close to Rock and Roll
It’s a let down. They should scrap it and find something completely different.
Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.
I'm sure this was thrown together quickly for the bowl game
and there are other ideas in the works. There’s also a lot of politicking involved, including getting songs approved by the AD and working out copyright issues.
I've always been a fan of the Hey Oh Chant...
Regardless, I’m always up for new stuff so long as it doesn’t suck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt2_jb5f_ts
"My kitchen is a mess y'all" Paula Deen
by Dr.TobiasFunke on Jan 18, 2012 9:45 AM EST up reply actions
Your sig leads me to ask you what you think of Paula Deen's announcement
that she’s had diabetes for the past three years. I’m frankly not surprised.
But her son, Bobby, just started a new show called “not my mama’s recipes” where he takes Paula’s classics and shows you how to make them much healthier without sacrificing too much flavor or comfort. The timing has to be anything but a coincidence.
How could anyone be surprised?
Every single one of her recipes starts with a bag of sugar and a pound of butter.
"Every time you go to that cook-off you get drunk as a poet on payday!"
I saw a cooking magazine in a grocery store a few weeks ago
She had so much make-up on she looked like a fat crazy clown. The caption read, “My kitchen is a mess y’all”
You know, it was just one of those times where you feel embarrassed be an American.
"My kitchen is a mess y'all" Paula Deen
by Dr.TobiasFunke on Jan 18, 2012 9:59 AM EST up reply actions
DIABEETUS TO YOU RANDY!
Love that Anthony Bourdain is going after her.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 18, 2012 10:01 AM EST up reply actions
He goes after everyone, and is about as relatable as Mitt Romney.
She responded, and shut him up pretty good about it. The universal response to his criticisms of the entire Food Network operation was that he was out of line.
I don't know any of his other attacks, so I can't comment there.
But I think the attacks he has on Paula Deen are pretty spot on. Her food is horrendously unhealthy, then she becomes a spokesperson for diabeetus medicine after revealing she has had diabeetus. I have no qualms with him saying “Thinking about going out and breaking legs and then becoming a spokesperson for crutches.”
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by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 18, 2012 10:46 AM EST up reply actions
I get that.
But Paula is anything but stupid, and jumped at the opportunity to make a savvy business move. She’s also changing her message to focus on moderation, and as I mentioned before is teaming up with her son to remake her classics much healthier.
Bourdain almost makes it sound like she’s had some evil plot for decades. She’s never had malicious intent with any of this, and never came forward with the news until she had a firm grasp of exactly what was going on. She’s genuinely a good person, and was trying to do her part in making the world a better place by focusing on comfort food to get families to actually sit down together for dinner.
Moderation was always Julia Child's message
She lived into her 90’s and put butter and cream in almost everything. But she ate like the French. The best ingredients, small portions and plenty of wine.
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by letsgopsu on Jan 18, 2012 12:31 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Your comment really meshes with what I saw in Paris last month.
The lack of obese people in France really stood out. The food was rich and fantastic, but as you said — smaller portions.
They also walk everywhere
I know people who drive 2 blocks to church.
There is a book called “French Women don’t get Fat”
"There are too many Irish guys on this team"
Joesph Vincent Paterno
April, 2010
they get fat
just not the parisians
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, We Are - Tennyson
It's not socially acceptable to wear sweatpants there.
I think that has something to do with it.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
Just as there aren't too many fat New Yorkers
all the fatties are the tourists.
by PSU Mudder on Jan 18, 2012 12:59 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
New Yorkers are too busy getting drunk
To get fat.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
by jesse. on Jan 18, 2012 1:00 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Manhattanites have their metabolism cranked to 10
so they can’t possibly consume enough food to get fat. Totally different dynamic than Paris.
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I know, it's nuts.
I’ve always thought New Yorkers to be rude, it’s just that they are in such a big hurry all the time. I always considered myself to be high strung, but when I’m there I feel like Andy Griffith.
Of course, the last time I was there I had dinner three times in one night. It was quite awesome.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
That's simply not true
Maybe not Wisconsin-level obese, but there are a ton of fat people in NYC. Americans are fatter than the French because we eat shitty processed foods at home and our restaurants have conditioned us that bigger/more is always better.
Whadyaknow, another chance to talk about the merits of Hoss’s or Ruby Tuesday (hint: there are none).
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by kijana's acl on Jan 18, 2012 1:05 PM EST up reply actions
Hah, my mental image
when I wrote that comment was a Wisconsin Badgers sweatshirt and a fanny pack.
Of course there are fatties in NYC, and they probably tend more towards the outer boroughs where the incomes are lower. But on the whole, Manhattan at least is a bit closer to the Parisian lifestyle of buying only enough groceries for a day or two, walking everywhere, and savoring the food rather than inhaling it.
Thinnest major US city that I've visited is San Francisco
Probably has to do with walking those hills (though that certainly doesn’t help Pittsburgh), good food, lots of vegetarians/vegans and the income level required to live on the penninsula.
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by kijana's acl on Jan 18, 2012 1:18 PM EST up reply actions
Hey!
The people of [takes bite of Primantis cheesesteak] Pittsburgh are NOT [slurps down XL milkshake] fat!
True story: I just had a double cheeseburger with hickory sauce and a side of cheese fries for lunch. In Pittsburgh.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 18, 2012 1:49 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Charlies in North Oakland
Put Cheeze Whiz on their burgers. It was fantastic.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
Enjoy it while you're young.
When you get to be my age lunches like that are just a fond (or maybe not-so-fond) memory.
This section of this thread
is awesome.
jtothetweet
They don't even bind feet in China anymore, mostly.
She's not a hypocrite, she wasn't saying one thing and doing the opposite.
The only way there’s something wrong with her move to become a spokesperson for diabetes medicine is if you think she premeditated making Americans fat so they’ll get diabetes.
It’s like calling any professional athlete a hypocrite for becoming a weight loss spokesperson after they got fat when they stopped playing sports and working out all the time.
I'm not saying she is...
he is. He likes to rip on that style of celeb cook in general.
Sigh.
by Esteban d' Amur on Jan 18, 2012 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
He likes to rip on them
Because he thinks they are shitty cooks. I don’t see what’s hypocritical about that at all. He doesn’t host a cooking show, he hosts a travel show that focuses on food.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
I think that Esteban was saying that Bourdain was calling Deen a hypocrite,
not that he was calling Bourdain one.
Ahhhh
Perhaps hypocrite isn’t the right word for her. What do call it when you start speaking out in favor of curing a disease right after you get it?
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
I don't get what's so wrong about that.
Yeah, she did it to herself. So what?
I don't know
I really don’t follow the ins and outs of Paula Deen. Something about phenomenon always struck me as odd. Like Magic Johnson does something to try and promote a cure for AIDS. Sure it’s good, but it’s not exactly selfless, right?
Maybe I’m too cynical.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
She's genuinely a good person.
Everyone that’s ever met her says so.
And why do good acts have to be selfless? Do you have a problem with celebrities donating copious amounts of money to foundations that feature their own name? I really don’t see anything wrong with engaging in something that does good and is mutually beneficial.
I'm pretty sure every recipe of hers
starts by combining one stick of butter with one cup of mayonaisse.
She is a hilarious embodiment of everything right and wrong with southern cooking.
I wouldn't trust old rooster me neither.
well, that right there is the foundation for "delicious"
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I thought you said, "I was alright Spider"
NOW DANCE THOSE FUCKIN’ DRINKS OVER HERE!!!!!!
"my dad says Michigan used to be good"
He was a professioanlly trained chef
Graduated from CIA, and cooked for 28 years.
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose - Janis Joplin
yep...
his books and shows are great.
Sigh.
by Esteban d' Amur on Jan 18, 2012 4:30 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah I highly enjoy No Reservations
I actually show some episodes in my class, or world geography.
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose - Janis Joplin
I enjoy No Reservations..
but Lay Over might be even better.
Sigh.
by Esteban d' Amur on Jan 18, 2012 4:57 PM EST up reply actions
No doubt.
Love them both, but I think the Layover is more practical for the kind of traveling I do from time to time.
Bourdain’s the fuckin’ man as far as I’m concerned. Don’t agree with everything he says, but I think he’s honest with himself. Read some of the essays in “Medium Raw” if you doubt that.
He always came off as kind of douche-y to me.
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by Truck O'Saurus on Jan 18, 2012 9:51 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
YOU'RE a douche.
I mean that in the kindest way possible.
Bourdain is a douche.
He embraces his doucheyness.
I should host a travel show
about what business travel is REALLY like. When you are just a peon (spelling?) and don’t get limos and first class. And they send you to Fargo. In January.
"There are too many Irish guys on this team"
Joesph Vincent Paterno
April, 2010
I'll see you Fargo
and raise you Detroit.
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by Tailgate Shogun on Jan 18, 2012 9:13 PM EST up reply actions
I am in Fargo now
it is bone chilling cold
"There are too many Irish guys on this team"
Joesph Vincent Paterno
April, 2010
At least with...
Bourdain’s shows he eats a bunch of street and common folk food. He isn’t all 5 star joints.
Plus, he loves pork and all pig related items.
Sigh.
by Esteban d' Amur on Jan 19, 2012 9:19 AM EST up reply actions
he us also widey known to be an assh0le
And he embraces that reputation. I read a great article on him a couple of months ago. I wish I could remember where. He was like, yeah, I’m pretty much a dick, but my wife and kid love me.
"There are too many Irish guys on this team"
Joesph Vincent Paterno
April, 2010
He's blunt...
and un-PC, which is why he can relate to both the elite chefs of the world and Ted Nugent.
Sigh.
by Esteban d' Amur on Jan 19, 2012 9:20 AM EST up reply actions
Anthony Bourdain is awesome.
Kitchen Confidential is one of funniest bathroom books I’ve ever read. Rivaled only by Sonny Barger’s autobiography.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
I loved that book
And gave great incites to the restaurant world, like when to not order fish at a restaurant.
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose - Janis Joplin
to answer your question
I don’t give about shit her announcement
"My kitchen is a mess y'all" Paula Deen
by Dr.TobiasFunke on Jan 18, 2012 10:05 AM EST up reply actions
What is "about" shit?
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Really? This was the one site where I didn't get made fun of for my Dyslexia
"My kitchen is a mess y'all" Paula Deen
by Dr.TobiasFunke on Jan 18, 2012 1:28 PM EST up reply actions
!
Her pot roast recipe is one of my favorites and has no butter in it, that I can recall
"There are too many Irish guys on this team"
Joesph Vincent Paterno
April, 2010
"Not My Mama's Meals"
They marketed it as “My mom’s dishes, just healthier!”
But if’s basically, “Here’s a totally different recipe which isn’t very much like my mom’s at all.”
The show was boring.
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And I'm a guy who likes my cooking shows.
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- The only Adam on this blog who doesn't actually write for it.
I''ve got it,
lets play the 1812 Overture! Those cannons are pretty sweet!
Seriously, heaven forbid a well known “Jock Jam” gets played…at a sporting event of all places.
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I don't like it
I listen to the new version and i get all hyped and then the sound changes and i feel like i’m having hick ups.
by mumsdaword07 on Jan 18, 2012 8:46 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
I'm down with some Queen
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by mjs2103 on Jan 18, 2012 8:47 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I heard them play it at the basketball game over the weekend
and while I liked how they incorporated more of the fight on state overture, I still wish they would just deep six the song entirely.
by PSU Mudder on Jan 18, 2012 8:48 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
I heard it at the game too
Actually hate it. No participation from students or anyone really, I think it will die eventually.
PSU 09
Needs more cowbell!
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by Succss With Honor Always on Jan 18, 2012 9:33 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I was totally thrown for a loop
I had no idea what they were playing until they started chanting P-S-U. I don’t think this will last long.
Upon hearing the "new" song
I immediately thought of this: http://youtu.be/KoArTZNA5F8
The depth of both my sadness and anger is unfathomable.
We (Still) Are...
by PSU_Buch on Jan 18, 2012 8:50 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Maybe this is Cowbell Guy's big opportunity!
It’d be cool to hear the entire stadium pounding their feet.
"Wham! a homma. Wham! Another homma. Wham! Wham! Wham!"
EXACTLY
Someone needs to get a letter to Guido ASAP before he does something stupid. Cowbell guy should be there…and you could have the trombone/baritones and the bass drums doing the beat as well while he does his thing….this would be vintage, classic, and new all at once.
by va2pennstate on Jan 18, 2012 10:17 AM EST up reply actions
I'm glad you agree!
I’ve sat in the north end zone upper deck several times, and I used to love it when Cowbell Guy did his thing. Watching everyone pound their feet and clap their hands in unison is awesome!
I think it would catch on if they did it stadium-wide.
"Wham! a homma. Wham! Another homma. Wham! Wham! Wham!"
by LowcountryLion on Jan 18, 2012 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
I trust Guido.
He’ll find us a Neil Diamond song to get the kids all excited because they can sing along? SINGING ALONG IS IMPORTANT!
I hereby propose the team run out to SONG SUNG BLUE due the direct connection to the color of our uniforms!
However, I’ll also allow fan favorites FOREVER IN BLUE JEANS or SEPTEMBER MORN (for games played in September, naturally).
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by Tailgate Shogun on Jan 18, 2012 11:36 AM EST up reply actions
That's funny, but it's also genuinely depressing.
I'm the XBOX to your Atari.
by WorldBFat on Jan 18, 2012 11:38 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You Don't Bring me Flowers
with a special guest appearance by Barbra Streisand instead of military flyovers.
"You don't apologize
for Jerry Sandusky….. like you used to….."
I’ll allow it.
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by Tailgate Shogun on Jan 18, 2012 5:57 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, man. I listened. My review of the suckage:
by Chris Grovich on Jan 18, 2012 9:00 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
Blue band needs to be terminated...they are so lame.
Can’t Guido just pump in a ton of music at every break and control the game day experience…oh wait
Seriously – They can’t learn/perform a cooler song?
Blue band is great…songs outside of PSU specific are horrible
May no act.................
This is where Shogun appears and demands "Pinball Wizard" be played immediately.
by Chris Grovich on Jan 18, 2012 9:07 AM EST up reply actions
Well, at least The Who
aren’t pedophiles!
Except for that one guy who is.
Crap.
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by Tailgate Shogun on Jan 18, 2012 11:19 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
IT WAS RESEARCH FOR HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY!
WE ARE FOCUSING ON OUR WORLD CLASS RESEARCH FACILITIES!
I'm the XBOX to your Atari.
I agree with STL for once.
If we’re talking about the moment when the team runs out, pick the most musically appropriate Penn State song and go with it. Have a slow little build-up to the beginning of the song, as a way to train the crowd to let them know that the moment is approaching, then launch into “Fight On, State”.
The people clamoring that We Are Still Penn State? Here’s a good place to improve things. Make it about Penn State, not some played out stadium anthem from the 80’s.
by Chris Grovich on Jan 18, 2012 9:16 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
The band actually has a "team aisle medley"
that is supposed to be played as the team is running out. Then when that’s finished, transition to Rock & Roll. The timing almost never worked out though, so it was always skipped.
The medley was just Hail To The Lion followed by Victory. I’m not exactly sure why Bundy decided a new song was necessary, instead of just perhaps playing the “big three” like they do during parades.
But I was mostly referring to STL’s desire for something “cooler”.
STL would probably suggest some hippie song like "China Cat Sunflower". Don't listen to him.
by Chris Grovich on Jan 18, 2012 9:30 AM EST up reply actions
Brokedown Palace would probably set the wrong mood.
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by jesse. on Jan 18, 2012 12:01 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You know what I really wished took off...
during the Nebraska ‘02 game, Bundy had the drumline strike up the percussion entrance cadence (you know, the "ohhh, ohhh, ohhhhh, Let’s Go State!") and the student section took off with it for the rest of the game. It was great, loud.
But it’s faded since then. And as much as Greg Drane has helped the band, I’m not a fan of the “stands” version of the percusssion entrance, which has a funky style beat to it.
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by Mike Pettigano on Jan 18, 2012 10:02 AM EST up reply actions
They alternate that with the on-field version.
The students haven’t been into it, at least not recently. I’m completely with you in that I wish it had taken off years ago and was something that was greatly participated in.
This is what college tradition should be.
LSU uses Tiger Rag here to great effect.
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I vote for Fight on State...just change up the pre game songs for the BB so they don't play it twice
Non PSU songs:
Ants marching
Born to Run
Living on a Prayer
Not Fade Away
May no act.................
by SweepTheLeg on Jan 18, 2012 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
Table dance by chris rock?
May no act.................
by SweepTheLeg on Jan 18, 2012 12:39 PM EST up reply actions
Everyone is missing the obvious
#letshavearealgoodtime
"There are too many Irish guys on this team"
Joesph Vincent Paterno
April, 2010
by letsgopsu on Jan 18, 2012 12:43 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
This is a ridiculous concept
how are we ever going to build and overpass large enough to fit Beaver Stadium underneath it?
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by skarocksoi on Jan 18, 2012 3:52 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
you will have to dance under the concourses
"There are too many Irish guys on this team"
Joesph Vincent Paterno
April, 2010
I like Seven Nation Army when the Blue Band plays it
Except that we’re saying the first letter of our second biggest conference rival over and over again. That probably needs to go too, sadly.
I disagree with the idea that non-PSU specific are horrible as a rule. I love Lucretia MacEvil from Star Roars CD. The Dragnet thing they do is good too.
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We also scream the first letter of our second biggest conference rival whenever the defense takes the field.
Maybe we should just stop yelling altogether then.
And then there is this
Seven Nation Army: Wait, Guido D’Elia did something kind of right?
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Does anyone know/remember
when the tradition began of playing The Hey Song prior to the team running out of the tunnel? I was trying to think about it and can’t recall. I have no memory of when it started or of what the entrance was like prior.
The depth of both my sadness and anger is unfathomable.
We (Still) Are...
Song itself introduced somewhere between 89-92
IE, when Old Man M1EK was in the Blue Band. God, I hated that song.
Thx
Did they immediately incorporate it into the entrance routine? I’m just curious how “time honored” a tradition this actually is. It’s not as if we’re ditching Fight On, State here or something.
The new variation is a pretty thinly-disguised version of the original, so why even bother “getting rid” of it? I imagine they will come up with something entirely new in the near future.
The depth of both my sadness and anger is unfathomable.
We (Still) Are...
Memory hazier
on whether we did it down on the field back then or not. I THINK so but am not as sure as I am of remembering how much I thought it sucked when they delivered the music to us in the first place, and every time I played it after that.
it was a while before they introduced the P S U bit
check your older recordings/cds – and i don’t think it was part of running onto the field until after that started
My recollection
Was that it started as something to do while Paterno took his sweet ass time bringing the team out on to the field.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
It's been that long? Good Lawd.
I totally would’ve guessed late 90’s, in the hope that I somehow missed it during my PSU years.
by Chris Grovich on Jan 18, 2012 9:17 AM EST up reply actions
I don't remember it during my years...
and I finished in ’92.
Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.
I gradulated in December 1992
was in the band the falls of 89-92, and played it a zillion times.
So, yes, it was there then.
They started playing it at basketball games.
And it was super popular, so they brought it over from Rec Hall.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
nope
I was in the basketball bands like clockwork. I pretty clearly remember getting it the first time in football. Give this one 90% sure.
Those Brain Cells are Long Dead...
What did we play as the team ran out onto the field back then?
Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.
Sounds about right
Was well entrenched (and lame as hell) in ’94. At least the football was good.
Well that isn't a very good song.
Hope they find something else to play.
Consider this my official declaration of non-support of child molestation.
Guido isn't getting fired is he?
Must be tight with the BoT1
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Kid Rock
song: 3 sheets to the wind
would give an awesome intro to replace my name is Kid Rock with my name is Penn State
Yeah, because it isn't like PSU was just dealing with
the perception that’s a drinking school or anything.
...or a redneck school or anything.
But I’m afraid that battle was lost long ago.
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by Mike Pettigano on Jan 18, 2012 10:00 AM EST up reply actions
Truth.
I was just pointing out that the administration would never go for it. Seriously, you implemented a ban on PSU shot glasses, and that’s supposed to alleviate the problem?
But
it’s not like you can just drink from the bottle…
I, for one, plan to continue my life long contempt for the powers that be and I fully expect to be disappointed with whatever choice is made. ~PSUgirl
Shots?
That’s what 32oz cups are for!
Seriously, the shot glass ban probably made college kids drink more, not less.
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by Tailgate Shogun on Jan 18, 2012 5:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
made even more ridiculous
is the fact that you can still buy penn state shot glasses everywhere on college ave.
Fire Dan Snyder
I like that we're Vanilla Ice'ng Rock and Roll part 2.
Sort of like how Vanilla Ice stole Under Pressure but he didn’t.
I mean seriously adding a few notes doesn’t change that your still playing Rock and Roll part 2.
Of course I always hated the P S U in replace of the heys anyway so maybe I’m biased.
I hated this song when it came out in '72
absent of any knowledge of Glitter’s “thing.” My first memory of it in association with sports was as the post-goal celebration song of the Habs in the late 80s. Yeah, I hate this damn song. Good riddance.
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
If anyone is interested
in getting “Cowbell Guy” or the cowbell to be a part of the new pregame part, I would be more than happy to write Guido a letter. If anyone wants to sign in support that may hold some stock.
I compile a lot of the sound tracks and pre game music at the high school I coach at and enjoy doing things like this. I think the cowbell starting out with the baritones/tubas and bass drums keeping the crowd on tempo stomping their feet could be intimidating.
I know we have some former Blue Banders in here, if anyone thinks of a way we could add in “Fight On State” or parts of “Hail to the Lion” like The Hey Song used to, that’d be even better and could keep us with tradition while being awesome and “new”…..
I dont know guys,
maybe we can play that new Selena Gomez song. That really gets me going. – Fugi
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by skarocksoi on Jan 18, 2012 10:27 AM EST reply actions 6 recs
HEY PENN STATE, ARE YOU READY TO BUCKLE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPPPP?
by Chris Grovich on Jan 18, 2012 10:41 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
mic man
Is 100x worse than anything else the band or cheerleaders could come ip with. ANYTHING.ELSE.
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by OctaShields on Jan 18, 2012 12:30 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions 8 recs
worse idea ever in the history of game day at Penn State
I hear that guy’s voice and I cringe, I get so embarassed. What was the last one he did? Was it Beat Nebraska? Or Purdue? It was so bad, most of the fans in my section were groaning.
Anyway, the flashlights eat our human power grids, our souls if you will. So i destroyed them, and if a few precious panties were burnt or soiled in the reckoning then so be it
by millzners on Jan 18, 2012 12:47 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Beat Nebraska was just plain uncomfortable to listen to
no one participated
"There are too many Irish guys on this team"
Joesph Vincent Paterno
April, 2010
Worse than the end around?
Worse than the bubble screen? Worse than whale pants?
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
Yes, yes, and I have no idea what you're talking about.
by Kevin Powers on Jan 18, 2012 1:15 PM EST up reply actions
...
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
by jesse. on Jan 18, 2012 1:18 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
There was a whole chapter in his autobiography about them
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I found a Collegian article from 1995!
http://www.collegian.psu.edu:8080/archive/1995/09/09-16-95cm/09-16-95cmsports-4.asp
"There are too many Irish guys on this team"
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April, 2010
I was in the pep band for the 2010 Iowa game.
At the alumni mixer event, the mic man tried to start a “What time is it?” “Beat Iowa time!” cheer. Said they just thought of it on the bus ride over.
You were at the Catalina Wine Mixer?
jtothetweet
They don't even bind feet in China anymore, mostly.
Except when it was Mic woman
back in ’95, spoke through her nose, oh God, I can still hear it
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We had one of those too!
In the early ’00s.
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by Mike Pettigano on Jan 18, 2012 3:17 PM EST up reply actions
Thankfully
I was sitting near the North end zone back then and missed out
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I heard Mic Man is a sex offender
We shouldn’t play him anymore either.
by The Booster on Jan 18, 2012 10:05 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
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by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 18, 2012 1:48 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
This section of this thread
is awesome.
jtothetweet
They don't even bind feet in China anymore, mostly.
its funny because this is probably a real thought that went through his head
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Ugh...I hate the new version
Just can it all together.
by Artiefufkin10 on Jan 18, 2012 10:45 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
Don't know how anyone else feels about this
but I wouldn’t be sad to see “hey baby” go away as well.
this is one of the most “foisted upon” so called traditions that I can remember – it’s just such a cheap imitation of hang on sloopy. imo
Forget the cowbell, someone is playing the hell out of the slide whistle
in the new video @ 9:24 and 9:55
I had the slide whistle the '05 season.
I was the only senior in the Baritones that year, so I got it all to myself.
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by Mike Pettigano on Jan 18, 2012 1:28 PM EST up reply actions
I was totally jealous of the baritones for that.
Of course, life was pretty good since you don’t need a “trumpet awareness week” and there were 68 of us.
It's an actual legal requirement
that you call this “blowing the hell out of the slide whistle”.
by M1EK on Jan 18, 2012 11:21 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
How about something hip by the Archies?
Or Partridge Family?
Those folks ROCK.
What the hell just happened?
by Pete the Streak on Jan 18, 2012 11:16 AM EST reply actions
Rodney Erickson has chosen!
New entrance theme is “Why Can’t We Be Friends”, which will get the crowd nice and mellow so that no one is offended by any loud cheering. Plus, it really helps remind everyone that we’re more of a research institute than a football school.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONFVIfrPQxc
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by Tailgate Shogun on Jan 18, 2012 11:17 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
My vote: She Blinded Me With Science
Achieved all the same goals TS mentioned. The entire student section could do the Carlton Banks dance, which I know isn’t offensive because Fresh Prince caught on so well with middle-American suburbanites.
by Kevin Powers on Jan 18, 2012 11:34 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Sorry
Insensitive to blind people. WON’T SOMEONE THINK ABOUT THE BLIND PEOPLE?
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by Tailgate Shogun on Jan 18, 2012 11:37 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
If you wear PSU gear
you must be pro-blindness.
by PSU Mudder on Jan 18, 2012 11:43 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I'll allow it.
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by Tailgate Shogun on Jan 19, 2012 7:19 AM EST up reply actions
LOL. Replacing a Gary Glitter song for a Freddie Mercury song.
Maybe we can fit in “Dude Looks Like A Lady”, too. Good Lord, the last 2+ months have been bizarre.
I think "Lola"
would make for a good stadium sing-along.
by PSU Mudder on Jan 18, 2012 11:23 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I thought the point of RNR was that it is repetative
So you can just keep playing it over and over during a time when you’re not sure how long it’s going to be, like waiting for the team to come out.
BTW, Dr Bundy’s son Rich is going to run for the BOT. I knew him in high school. He’s a great guy and the sort that should be on the board. He’s worked in development for several other universities, so he’s “a PSU guy” but brings outside experience too.
by reedjohnmiller on Jan 18, 2012 11:29 AM EST reply actions
I think I would care about this if I attended more home games.
"my dad says Michigan used to be good"
I dont care either way about the song or the tradition
but this seems like a completely unnecessary overreaction. Who cares what the singer did? People dont think PSU is associated with pedophiles because they play a song by gary glitter. They associate them with pedophiles cause of Jerry Sandusky.
Is a non PSU fan really going to say “see, they condone child molestation cause they play gary glitter?” If he did hed be an idiot because they play that song in every arena and stadium and baseball park and hockey rink in the country.
Honestly.
by swiggy04 on Jan 18, 2012 12:36 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Non PSU fan won't bother
But media-types with a deadlines to meet and clicks to gather will manufacture outrage. I’m looking at you, Deadspin.
i think you are joking
but there is no way i buy that the media will do that. Then every place in the country would have to ban it cause they’d all be as guilty of “supporting child molestation”
every single institution out there has had a player arrested or a scandal over drugs. Should we eliminate every song ever recorded by every artist who has ever been involved in drugs? We are going to have a lot of silent arenas and stadia out there.
by swiggy04 on Jan 18, 2012 12:43 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Not joking at all
Your points are entirely salient about arenas across the country and the actions of songwriters, etc. But if there is one thing we’ve learned, there is no shortage of jackasses with keyboards who will completely ignore that context. I bet if Gregg Doyell or Ron Cook or Cory Giger thought they could trump up more “Can you believe it?!”-ness from that story, they would.
Exactly
As far as bang for one’s buck goes, why risk it.
Kill the sonofabitch and ‘take control of the narrative’
jtothetweet
They don't even bind feet in China anymore, mostly.
My question is this...
Did they announce this? Like they’re proud of it? Why not simply stop playing it? Who would have noticed? Who cares? What’s the difference? Who the hell is getting paid to make decisions like this?
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by jesse. on Jan 18, 2012 12:44 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
I guess it is part of the on-going apology for existing
"There are too many Irish guys on this team"
Joesph Vincent Paterno
April, 2010
yea, before you know it
minors wont be allowed with 500 yards of the stadium, hot dogs and sausage will be banned from tailgates, and sunblock wont be allowed in the stadium on hot days because the of questionable nature of the coppertone logo
by swiggy04 on Jan 18, 2012 12:48 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Holy shit, Swiggy. Well played, sir.
Sadly, someone in Old Main is probably reading this thinking you’re being serious, and they’re drafting up some new procedures to actually implement it.
No hot dogs? That will prove how much we hate child abuse!!!
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by Tailgate Shogun on Jan 18, 2012 6:00 PM EST up reply actions
spot on
Somehow – they decided the best decision would be to stop playing it and announce the reason why they stopped playing it. Like someone is commend them for doing this. This accomplishes nothing.
Seriously
We’ve fired Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz & Joe Paterno. We’ve hired retired PBI director Louis Freeh to conduct an internal investigation of the crimes. We donated 2 million dollars to the victims of sexual assault.
And we’ve stopped playing Gary Glitter songs.
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by jesse. on Jan 18, 2012 12:56 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
sometimes real-life
is more absurd than you can imagine.
Dude, I thought the exact same thing
There has been a lot of chest puffing about who is against pedophilia more. From everyone. It’s lame.
"my dad says Michigan used to be good"
by hbeach08 on Jan 18, 2012 12:59 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Totally lame,
everyone knows I’m the most against it.
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by PSUinBOSSton on Jan 18, 2012 4:47 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Who the hell is getting paid to make decisions like this?
Our crack $300,000 crisis management firm?
Like hbeach said, it’s lame.
My thoughts exactly
I’m sure the convenient excuse is “all their work is behind the curtain”, but I’ll be dipped if I see any evidence that those thieves have done a blessed thing.
How much did they know and...
when did they know it?
I demand answers!!!
by The Booster on Jan 18, 2012 10:10 PM EST up reply actions
PS
Why didn’t BSD shut down today? Are you saying that you guys are for government censorship of the internet?
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
Could SOPA cause Sports by Brooks to shut down?
If so, I may have to rethink my position.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Jan 18, 2012 1:01 PM EST up reply actions
Seriously?
The website moderated by the Supreme Censoring Overlord? You are asking if they are pro-censorship?
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by PSUinBOSSton on Jan 18, 2012 4:47 PM EST up reply actions
so, while we're at it
can we get them to change the lion costume to go back to the non-floppy ears? and have him wear the scarf around his neck, not under it like some bizarre blue and white fiber arts tracheotomy?
by PSUgirl on Jan 18, 2012 1:01 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
that costume is so old school, compated to the fiberglass/foam strutures of others
see: rigid Purdue Pete, squishy Brutus and foam muscles Sparty. Also, wtf Nebraska?
"There are too many Irish guys on this team"
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April, 2010
the floppy scooby doo ears are not old school
and neither is the scarf under the neck “flap”
I’m actually in favor of them going back to the old suit – more rigid ears -
the scarf thing is most likely a safety (you know, non-choking) thing – but it just looks so awful
I think the lion is hilarious
It’s so clearly a dude in a onesie with a lion face on. No foam, no clothing or costume-on-costume. And if you’ve ever passed him up the student section in sept, you know that he is 1000 degrees.
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by OctaShields on Jan 18, 2012 1:39 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
of course I have
I’ve even had the people in front of me drop the lion and have him fall on me (it was like dominos) – and so fun.
I've warn the suit
DC chapter has one, I got conscripted at an Icers game in Maryland. Very fun. Very stinky. There is a football helmet in the head.
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I mean old school
like there is no technology in that costume. It’s like his Mom made it for him. It’s one of the things I like about it.
"There are too many Irish guys on this team"
Joesph Vincent Paterno
April, 2010
by letsgopsu on Jan 18, 2012 1:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I'd be willing to bet money that at some point SuePa has personally mended a torn Lion costume
"Every time you go to that cook-off you get drunk as a poet on payday!"
My boy pulled off the floppy ears fine.
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by jesse. on Jan 18, 2012 1:43 PM EST up reply actions 10 recs
Whatever
Classical composer Wagner was a racist nationalist. John Newton (author of “Amazing Grace”) was a slave ship captain. Radiohead openly supported eco-terrorist front groups.
If you can only enjoy art from artists of absolute moral purity, you’ll live a life without art.
GO IOWA AWESOME
by ckmneon on Jan 18, 2012 3:15 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Boycott Florida Orange Juice.
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Wait?!?
Nickelback isn’t as pure as the snow from their Canadian homeland? I’m crushed!
Sigh.
by Esteban d' Amur on Jan 18, 2012 3:21 PM EST up reply actions
What has 8 arms and Sucks:
Nickelback
/TakeThatDefLeppard
by swiggy04 on Jan 18, 2012 5:09 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Don't hate it.
But would have preffered that they go with something completely different.
by dontcallmescooter on Jan 18, 2012 3:19 PM EST reply actions
Not sure if anyone else.....
heard of this British Fight Song used during the Revolutionary War, “Kill All the Blokes and Colonist Bastards”……it’s a real catchy sea shanty and has a real good beat…..and since we are cleansing ourselves, it would be appropriate also since we play Navy.
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by DerryPharmer on Jan 18, 2012 3:31 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Not a fan
I would rather as much play Boo Gonk versus We Will Rock You… Goodness, Testify would fit there… Just turn it into a chaser of some sort.
TESTIFY!
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- BSD Bunnymaster (Thanks Paige)
- The only Adam on this blog who doesn't actually write for it.
by AdamShell on Jan 18, 2012 3:38 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Brass Roots is also an acceptable answer,
although clearly #2.
This is tough
however, when half the stadium chants “the roof, the roof, the roof is on fire”
and the the other half responds, “we don’t need any water let the motherfucker burn”
and the whole stadium says: “burn motherfucker burn.”
It will make up for it. This will happen everytime our new aggressive defense causes a turnover, and it will be without question the best part of Roof’s short-lived tenure as our DC.
I wouldn't trust old rooster me neither.
by spakajewia on Jan 18, 2012 4:11 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
So we're using that new song?
Oh, I don’t care, as long as it incorporates “P-S-U, lets go, P-S-U”
then I’m fine with it. That’s one thing that a lot of people associate us with, no need to get rid of it
If Penn State fans and alumni truly believe that chant that echoes throughout Beaver Stadium ("We are....") then it's time to show it.
by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Jan 18, 2012 4:13 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Does this mean they’re going to put an end to the Lion’s Thriller dance every other game?
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, We Are - Tennyson
by belbijou on Jan 18, 2012 4:21 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
maybe after Sandusky dies
everyone will forget about his deviant sexual behavior and just really love his old defenses.
I wouldn't trust old rooster me neither.
The Napolean Dynamite dance was awesome
great attention to detail, moon boots and all
"There are too many Irish guys on this team"
Joesph Vincent Paterno
April, 2010
So, will they change the words from "We will rock you"
to “We Are Penn State?”
We are, we are Penn State.?
And yet Sweet Caroline will still be played?
It’s a song written by an adult man about his love for a 14-year-old child. And a horrible horrible song.
by TheWrathofQBEagles on Jan 18, 2012 4:49 PM EST reply actions
Actually, even worse
It was for an 11-year-old (Caroline Kennedy). Jesus that’s creepy.
by TheWrathofQBEagles on Jan 18, 2012 4:51 PM EST up reply actions
I thought it was after he killed a kid while drunk driving.
(pretty awesome when the real story is more terrible than the joke version)
I'm the XBOX to your Atari.
Also he sang "Girl Youll be a Woman Soon"
So, yea, Neil Diamond was likely a pedophile
That also begs the question: WHY DIDN’T CHRISTOPHER CROSS DO MORE??
Christopher Cross has done enough.
Leave Christopher Cross alone.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
I'm for whatever
allows old white folks with no rhythm to continue clapping off-beat to the band.
Seriously, because that’s what would happen with the last song.
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by Tailgate Shogun on Jan 18, 2012 6:04 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
As long as we're wishlisting...
Why not BRING THE MOTHAFUCKING RUCKUS?
We could at least come rough and tough like elephant tusks.
jtothetweet
They don't even bind feet in China anymore, mostly.
Dude. Please. "like elephant tusks?"
Soooooo offensive to elephants. The media will really hammer us for playing that song.
Please, in the future, be more respectful and apologetic.
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by Tailgate Shogun on Jan 18, 2012 6:26 PM EST up reply actions
/realizes he got the game all bizwackwards
jtothetweet
They don't even bind feet in China anymore, mostly.
no, this also seems deviant
"There are too many Irish guys on this team"
Joesph Vincent Paterno
April, 2010
by letsgopsu on Jan 18, 2012 7:30 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
They should use
Rock and Roll Radio by the Ramones. It’s a great song with a marching band riff already built in.
I wish they would get rid of "Hey Baby"
Some things just get old after years and years.
They got rid of Joe
he was old.
Maybe Hey Baby is next.
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by Tailgate Shogun on Jan 18, 2012 9:15 PM EST up reply actions
terrible, just fucking terrible
the ticketcity song sounds the fucking same, except for a couple of higher notes. fucking terrible
For the glory
Use it or lose it.
The re-write is way too transparent (scrolling up next to REC the Vanilla Ice link). Even if you approve of the logic (I don’t) and hate the song (I don’t), just rip the band-aid off and move on.
What next? PSU branded hairshirts?
by cs93 on Jan 19, 2012 12:39 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
I don't know...
we always listened to this on the way to flag football to get us pumped up.
And, yes, the half-assed version intended to “replace” the old song is half-assed. Sort of like the “cleaning house” that has occurred in the wake of the scandal. If the song were just removed, or replaced quietly with a completely different song, most PSU fans wouldn’t have noticed and very few would have cared even if they did. Changing it just says, “Hey, start looking for reasons why we might change this song just enough that it jumps out at you as being different.”
Much like most of the rest of the responses to this scandal, this reaction is just about the worst decision that could be made.
by BNittsDeMilo on Jan 19, 2012 12:45 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Problem solved dudes
It’s time to Party Hard.
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