FearTheRoo Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Anyone have a good MP3 of the U of A fight song? The one on GoZIps.com is terrible!!!hey U of A band: time to make a CD that can be used for tailgating. most other colleges have it. Sell it for profit for the band. Hell, even BG has one!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziptrumpet87 Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 I don't recall if there is a better copy, but there is more music available (including 2 versions of the fight song "Blue & Gold") at www.zipsalumniband.com. The recording I was on predated CD's but interfx has been able to get them ripped for download.GO ZIPS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippyrifle32 Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 it seems that when the band has to cut the song short, they tend to leave out the best part...zzziiiip! zip go the zippers!zzziiiip! zip go the zippers!i know all my friends that go with me get embarassed because i actually sing along everytime it is played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziptrumpet87 Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 you go right on singing it! the words were actually written by members of Tau Beta Sigma (Nat. Hon. Band sorority) around 1988. We had to memorize the words to the fight song and the alma mater. I would suspect at most big-time schools most of the students can and do sing it at games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zip37 Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 At one time there was an LP vinyl 331/3 that had it, I can't find mine but if anyone does I have a turntable that I could tape the music by the UA band. If I lost some of you, I'm an analog guy in a didital world.WBALAL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobC2 Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 Good thought FearTheRoo!!! The band should come out w/ a CD for tailgaters! I was down in Cowlumbus a few weeks ago and stopped in a very nice Suckeyes shop. The OSU band must have had 15 CDs available to purchase. Possible tracks could include, in addition to the Zips fight song:1) a compilation of MAC fight songs2) classic college fight songs3) Ivy League fight songs (I don't know, just thought that'd be spiffy 4) an '80's compilation5) a '50's compilation6) classical music, perhaps similar to Disney's FantasiaI really don't know how many of these we'd sell, but it would be a good product offering and perhaps enhance the image of the marching band.Could I say something here. I hope I'm not speaking out of turn, but I do think the band's nickname "The Pride of Ohio" is a bit presumptuous. Does anyone else agree? I think that nickname just sort of makes critics roll their eyes and the faithful blush. Why not, "The Pride of the City"? That has a ring to it. Or just the good old "Pride of the Zips"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziptrumpet87 Posted February 10, 2006 Report Share Posted February 10, 2006 "Ohio's Pride" goes back a looooonnnnggg way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Zip Posted February 11, 2006 Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 Anyone have a good MP3 of the U of A fight song? The one on GoZIps.com is terrible!!!MAC Fight Songs :macc: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearTheRoo Posted February 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2006 Thanks Sergeant, but that was the original site I visited. Not too clean, but it is the best I have foudn thus far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interfx Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Here's an improved quality version of the Blue and Gold (mp3). I had to zip it to upload it here...For those of you looking for a new CD, you should email the current Directors @ http://www3.uakron.edu/bands/marching/staff/index.html. I bet they'd consider updating the CD if there was enough interest out there...BlueGold.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwilly Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 I think the Akron band is a friggin joke. The tempo is always off and they have not added a song to the playlist in the last 12 years since I have been going to games. The band kids all dress like dorks in golf shirts unlike the OSU band or Indiana band where they really get into the game, dress wacky and are an attraction.I have been to games in many MAC arenas and think that Akron's is by far the worst. The best thing about this years games is that the band is upstairs so fans like me in the upper seats dont have to look at the disinterested members sitting courtside and looking bored by having to be at the game. That really pissed me off. You have great seats and 80% of the nad is sitting reading a book until they get a chance to play. I overheard some of the band members last year leaving the arena and complaining that they had to be at all of the basketball games saying they would rather be working where they could make better money. I asked them why they felt like that and one of them told me that they did not get paid enough to play at games. I responded with surprised that they got paid to play at games and the guy told me that they get cash to play at the games and that was the only reason why they were there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziptrumpet87 Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 since when do they get paid? I know the marching band gets a small scholarship (it was $100 when I was in). We were all volunteer for basketball and we used to have 40-60 show up and have a good time. We sat in the bleachers on the visitor end (still marked "BAND") and made lots of noise. I don't know what's up with them now. They sound terrible in the corner... even with the sound system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sloopy Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 I agree with Willy - the pep band sucks to high heaven now and has for the last few years. Most of the kids look like they are on prozac. If they are getting paid they need to get fired becuase they are terrible. They should not have been moved upstairs, they should have been booted out of the arena altogether. If you cannot play some tunes that have been written in the last 20 years it may be time to go all taped music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Zip Posted February 12, 2006 Report Share Posted February 12, 2006 Does anyone remember a few years back when the pep band had a bunch of guys that really got into the game. funny thing was they only did it for a few games and then it was like they were told to stop. I remember everytime someone came to the foul line and they dribbled the band would count 1, 2, 3, 4 -- they were entertaining -- what happened to them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interfx Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 I was one of those guys that really got into the game... And yes, we were all volunteers... Where else can you go have fun with your friends, watch Joe Jakubik, Roth (Moose), yell, and cheer, and really get into the game...I remember getting a warning from the refs for a technical foul for being too loud!!! (when we sat in the upper deck)... Also that time we all threw toilet paper onto the floor... NCAA, and NIT playoff games...Those were the days... Maybe they should have an alumni band get back togther for BB band once a year...Unfortunately I live 12 hrs. away - but really would like to see them get "fired" up...Go Zips! Watch them on ESPN when they're on national TV (ESPN2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zips DM Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 hey U of A band: time to make a CD that can be used for tailgating. most other colleges have it. Sell it for profit for the band. Hell, even BG has one!!! Unfortunately it would be quite difficult to make a CD of including the "Blue and Gold" our primary fight song...because we don't even own the rights to our own song. I believe it still belongs to the Fred Waring estate. We can't make CDs and sell them unless we own (or at least have rights to use) the content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zips DM Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 ...and as far as the apathy of the band, it is a self perpetuating cycle. If you treat the band like losers, they feel like losers, and then act like losers. So if you want a good, energetic band...Cheer with us at games, clap for us, help us do our job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interfx Posted April 25, 2006 Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 hey U of A band: time to make a CD that can be used for tailgating. most other colleges have it. Sell it for profit for the band. Hell, even BG has one!!! Unfortunately it would be quite difficult to make a CD of including the "Blue and Gold" our primary fight song...because we don't even own the rights to our own song. I believe it still belongs to the Fred Waring estate. We can't make CDs and sell them unless we own (or at least have rights to use) the content. Actually, the Blue and Gold was included on a 45 (1985), Cassette Tape (1888), and a CD (2000) that was for sale (and sold quite well), that included the Akron Blue and Gold.It might have changed, but do think a CD of favorite songs from the Zips would be a great idea...See you at Alumni band this year.InterFX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipsrifle Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 If an estate owns the song, then pay the damn royalties. Who cares, I'd pay $35 bucks for something that didn't sound like the crap I downloaded from the internet. Hell, I was at Michigan Tech this past winter, way, way, way up in the boonies in the UP and They had stacks of marching band CD's for sale. I think it is downright embarrasing that we're a D1-A school that can't market as well as a DII school located in the middle of Lake Superior. Lets get our act together already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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