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Post by masterpyk on Apr 26, 2006 5:30:20 GMT -6
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Post by Big D on Apr 26, 2006 6:12:41 GMT -6
ahhh....lip-synching, drum machines, and mullets a plenty....nice find masterp...
Not sure about replacing the fight song with this but it may be an upgrade for "May The Flames Burn Brightly Forever"....but we would need to have the one guy with more hair in his mustache than on his head performing it....otherwise, it just wouldn't be the same...
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Post by Chuck A on Apr 26, 2006 14:17:35 GMT -6
ahhh....lip-synching, drum machines, and mullets a plenty....nice find masterp... Not sure about replacing the fight song with this but it may be an upgrade for "May The Flames Burn Brightly Forever"....but we would need to have the one guy with more hair in his mustache than on his head performing it....otherwise, it just wouldn't be the same... Don't touch "May the Flames Burn Brightly". That's the "school" song, not the "Fight Song". That song is so cool, it sent chills up my spine at my graduation ceremony. Now, as for the Fight Song, they could change that in a heart beat. |
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Post by Chuck A on Apr 26, 2006 14:22:01 GMT -6
After viewing the clip I think the song is okay, but is it me or is the majority of hockey players a pretty gruesome looking bunch?
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Post by NewFoundGlory on Apr 26, 2006 16:48:56 GMT -6
the "may the flame burn brightly forever" song is just awful... our school looks like a sack of turds when it's played...
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Post by Big D on Apr 26, 2006 19:20:26 GMT -6
I mostly agree with NFG here. I usually dread the song. While hearing it, a quote from Mr. Al Bundy always comes to mind...
"We go to the nearest fire hydrant, open the sucker up, stick our heads in the water, and wash the gay away."
Now, I will say that it has potential, but it needs to be reworked....maybe played live by the band and sung by someone...not some cheesy recording over the PA system. Add the stomp to a live recording and I think we have a much better school song (at least in a basketball setting)....in a graduation setting though, I think the song works nicely Chuck...
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Post by EzE on Apr 27, 2006 14:46:11 GMT -6
I thought the song would work well if they were to spice up the flame lighting ceremony. I wanted them to have the torch bearers breathe fire onto the pit to ignite it (ala Gene Simmons or Ricky Steamboat!)  |
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Post by I'm In The Front Row on May 10, 2006 8:00:39 GMT -6
Anyone who likes the school song (May the flames, etc.) should reevaluate their life. It's slow, it's dull, it doesn't make you feel proud, but embarrassed. When it's is played at BB games I usually stay in the Dragon's Den until its over. (And I'm not the only one)
However, I don't see the school changing it. BUT, could we possibly have a new version? Scott Williams' version is the one that is currently played and it is HORRIBLE. We have guest National Anthem performers, why not the school song? Maybe an instrumental version from the band, or some other performer?
The only ones who seem to like it are those that work for the Alumni Association office...they kind of have to.
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Post by rambler63 on Aug 17, 2006 14:36:55 GMT -6
"May The Flames Burn Brightly" is undoubtedly the most so-bad-it's-surreal thing anywhere in the Horizon League. It sounds like it was written by an unpaid state legislature-appointed commission loaded with crooked downstate political appointees-- on a total budget of $250 and a large Papa John's pizza.
The singer sounds like he was turned down for being "too bland" to sing at a hotel bar in Reno. No, really. He makes Paul Anka sound like Radiohead.
I am a Loyola fan, but I went to UIC for graduate school and it makes me cringe every time I hear it. It's an embarrassment to UIC, Chicago, the Horizon League, and humanity itself. When I hear the music start and see the elderly person carrying the torch, I'm torn between a desire to immediately take my own life and praying to a merciful God that the torchbearer trips over the gas line and ignites the building in a giant fireball so all of humanity will never ever have to experience it again.
It's VERY bad.
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Post by TheSongIsGreat on Aug 18, 2006 12:13:22 GMT -6
The song and the ceremony are both so utterly bad that I actually like it. There are far too few Simpson's moments in this world.
I only wish we could get Pee Wee Herman to sing it. But he's probably too expensive.
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Post by UICJason on Aug 18, 2006 16:26:54 GMT -6
I think the problem is that we don't have any character in general at UIC. If we were an old program with rich history and big crowds and such, the ceremony (if it were enhanced a bit) would be sorta fun in this cheesy way. Because the place is 3/4 empty and we have no history, it comes across ridiculous.
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Post by rambler63 on Aug 18, 2006 19:32:16 GMT -6
I think the real problem with the song is that it seems WAY too calculated. A friend of mine refers to it as "Tradition in a Box," as though it was purchased as part of a kit off a shelf at a mall in the suburbs.
UIC has a lot of assets that should be used-- a large student body, good athletic programs in a number of sports, money, and great facilities. One of the biggest errors in college sports programs is assuming that only winning will bring out fans. In actuality, a lot of fans makes the difference in very close games. Say what you will about Bruce Pearl, but one of the first things he did at UWM was canvass the dorms and offer incentives for students to attend the games. Whitesell's group at Loyola did the same.
Once the passion starts to flower, it will manifest itself in traditions.
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Post by pantherholic on Aug 18, 2006 22:10:16 GMT -6
this song would be great if the following occurred: 1) performed live 2) Big D must rock out on a keytar  whoever said the ceremony is terrible is absolutely correct. since when does an "eternal flame" get extinguished after 5 seconds?! |
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Post by ANewVersion on Aug 19, 2006 6:55:06 GMT -6
I think a reggae version of the song would actually work quite well. Does the AD have the balls to attempt it?
Since we are on the subject of stupid, annoying traditions, can somebody PLEASE tell the pep band to stop playing those stupid, annoying Queen songs? How many stupid, annoying, pom-squad routines to stupid, annoying Queen songs must we endure before the NCAA declares a moratorium and makes college basketball courts Queen-free Zones?
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Post by Chuck A on Aug 21, 2006 13:41:48 GMT -6
.....whoever said the ceremony is terrible is absolutely correct. since when does an "eternal flame" get extinguished after 5 seconds?! Now that's pretty funny! Maybe they should have the still lit flame off to the side or 'raised on high' somewhere in the Inferno until the game is over. |
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