re: which neck is better?

yeah, but you thru Obama in there for no reason other than he's black, that is messed up.

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Hell La Tech even plays it.lol.

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well i didnt know how many other schools played it. also, la tech playing it would explain this

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i guess since they dont do a whole lot of winning they have to amuse themselves somehow

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What does Obama have to do with Southern's band?

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Then LSU fans wonder why Brando make stupid comments. I'm like you, what does Obama have to do with Southern's Band. Obama isn't from the south, hardly visits the south, probably could care less about a school like SOUTHERN since he went to an IVY league school.lol.

LSU Neck went off on my phone real loud in my geography class the other day! But I was surprised that nobody started doing the arm thing

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LSU Neck went off on my phone real loud in my geography class the other day! But I was surprised that nobody started doing the arm thing

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well then the people in your geography class arent real lsu fans then

I'm sorry, but Southern's band sucks. Yeah, they're a good show to watch, but musically they are horrendous for many reasons.

Brass not entering at the same time, or hitting the notes together as one sound.

Embouchure problems causing many of the instruments to squeal.

Lots of flat notes all over the place.

One of Southern's problems is their arrangements. I don't know who does the arrangements of the music, but it's just down right terrible. I know they're supposed to be a "human jukebox", but it's obvious that the emphasis is on the ease to recognize the song that's played, and not on making the music sound good.

Listening to LSU's band, there's a reason why The Golden Band From Tigerland won the Sudler Trophy. They perform as a single unit, instead of a bunch of different instruments who happen to be playing the same song.

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Listening to LSU's band, there's a reason why The Golden Band From Tigerland won the Sudler Trophy. They perform as a single unit, instead of a bunch of different instruments who happen to be playing the same song.

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True. People like Southern's Band because they dance and play popular R&B and hip hop songs. I've NEVER heard of anyone liking their fight song or other schools songs.

So I'll say LSU's band is better.

One major difference between the two is that Southern plays a much larger variety of music, their performance at a game is rarely predictable. The last few years LSU has pretty much stuck to the same ten songs.

Having played in a "black" band I understand the difference between LSU and Southern's versions. LSU's band is much more technical and precise while Southern's brass have but one intent when they play, to blow as loud as humanly possible.

Black bands use their sound level as the determining factor in band battles while LSU goes more for quality than quantity.

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Only musicians care about all the stuff you mentioned

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<~ LSU School of Music Graduate, Class of 2006.

LSU has their 10 or so songs that they regularly play. I'd rather hear the same 10 songs (give or take an added one every year) played REALLY WELL, than hear the latest hit single being played by a sub-par musical unit. I remember in 2005, the SU band actually played "Laffy Taffy" at the Bayou Classic. That's two freaking notes practically the entire song!!

I can't stand watching an HBC football game for two reasons: the football isn't great (hell, even watching Div-II football is more entertaining), and the band plays THE ENTIRE GAME. Of course they have to play the entire game, they have to take the attention ff the terrible football being played. The latter would be at least manageable if the band was actually good.