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Article about the decline of bands in college football
Posted on 11/13/26 at 6:57 am
Posted on 11/13/26 at 6:57 am
A different angle than our usual grumbling about the piped in music, but I thought some here would be interested. I searched and found a gifted link:
College Football’s Soundtrack is Fading
College Football’s Soundtrack is Fading
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:07 am to BR Tiger
I understand the expense of sending the band to away games, but shouldn't the expense be way less if they only play home games?
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:09 am to LSUDonMCO
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understand the expense of sending the band to away games, but shouldn't the expense be way less if they only play home games?
One would think.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:17 am to BR Tiger
Music directors and music majors who have no use for athletics is a huge factor.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:24 am to BR Tiger
The Golden Band has definitely declined over the years. They haven’t sounded good since Roy King was fired IMO. Some years have been worse than others, but I thought they sounded like an average high school band sometimes. We need the loud, full, and clear Golden Band back.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:25 am to sta4ever
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I thought they sounded like an average high school band sometimes
Hahaha…no.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:31 am to BR Tiger
Sadly, part of it is the erosion of an organic culture that is being undermined -perhaps purposefully- by agenda-driven imperatives…
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:33 am to geauxbrown
It hasn’t been good though is my point.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:41 am to sta4ever
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It hasn’t been good though is my point
I’m not a schooled musician, but I have a good natural ear. Play several instruments and understand harmony arrangements.
They still have a very unique sound to me personally that’s rooted in the voicing they use.
Hopefully they can return to their once glory.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:43 am to BR Tiger
All I know- after LSU scored that TD to take the lead,13-10, on TV, the band sounded loud and clear playing Right Above It
Posted on 11/13/26 at 7:44 am to sta4ever
It hasn’t. It’s truly sad.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 8:00 am to saturncube21
quote:You know, you’re right and despite my concerns, I noticed that on that particular broadcast, the TGBFTL was featured prominently on both video (National Anthem, team’s run on) and audio much more than usual - to the television viewer, it was more of the ‘traditional’ atmosphere…
the band sounded loud and clear playing Right Above It
Posted on 11/13/26 at 8:28 am to BR Tiger
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Although Northwestern’s band has resumed its pregame routine at the new stadium, the team no longer runs through lines of musicians playing a school song. Players head through the field club’s hype tunnel — not unlike the one at the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium — and take the field to AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck.”
Damn, that's depressing. Feels like CFB is suffering death by a thousand cuts.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 8:33 am to BR Tiger
They need modern new uniforms!
Posted on 11/13/26 at 8:37 am to sta4ever
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I thought they sounded like an average high school band sometimes.
I respect and admire the tremendous effort they put in, but I've had this same opinion more than once.
But I'd prefer an average Goden Band to that cultural rot they play in the stadium over the speakers.
Posted on 11/13/26 at 8:50 am to BR Tiger
Just another example of the powers that be slowly eroding everything that made college football special and unique.
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