Comments on: F*ck Em’ Up! Go CU!

By: goBRUINZ!!!!!!

goBRUINZ!!!!!! — Mon, 10 Nov 2003 04:57:27 +0000

GEEZ WHAT A LAME ASS BOARD. NO WONDER CUZ YOU GUYZ SUCK BIG TIME!!!!!

By: Booty

Booty — Sun, 09 Nov 2003 14:55:23 +0000

This post was from year ago, fyi.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 09 Nov 2003 03:23:34 +0000

Not sure when it happened but I started here this year and the song has been played all year. FUCK EM UP FUCK EM UP GO CU!

By: Meesa

Meesa — Sat, 08 Nov 2003 23:04:44 +0000

I’m not from around CU I don’t go there, but I was reading about your school problems with the Hey Song…. your school isn’t the only one that is having that song banned, I go to school in the East and I’m in the marching band, we are no longer allowed to play the song because of what the students chant… do get angry at the band members, in most band organizations we have little to no say as to what goes on… if your student section is nearly as rowdy as ours, they probably sing the song on their own, and sone of them even think its our fight song… All I’m saying is don’t blame the band, blame the higher powersm you chancellor, or the tv stations that complain about the strong words being heard on tv.

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 13 Sep 2002 14:20:35 +0000

This is ridiculous. We can’t have any infighting. To be quite honest I don’t care who the largest or most visible student group on campus is. It doesn’t matter. The fans and the band are all at the games on Saturday to support the football team. And we all need to do the best that we can to inspire and motivate the team.
Fans this means yelling as loud as you can and band this means helping the fans yell as loud as you can. Folsom field is near its loudest point everytime the “Hey” song, aka Gary Glitter’s “rock n’ roll part 2″, is played. So let’s play and sing it together with avengeance.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Sep 2002 04:50:45 +0000

Okay so I dont mean to be and ass but, the band is the largest and most VISIBLE STUDENT GROUP on campus. Just because we dont do what we do on national tv, doesnt mean that we do less than the football team. Coach Barnett even told us that he was pretty sure we practice more than the football team. We work on recruiting all year long and work with high schools from all over the state. Im sure nobody knows this, but, we hold one of the largest marching competitions in the state. And obviously the student body knows who we are. How many other STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS are known by the entire student body? Thats all that was meant by those comments of “size and visability”.

By: Booty

Booty — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 15:00:46 +0000

To all of you flaming Marc for what he said about the “size” of the band: re-read what he said, he claimed that the football team is the most VISIBLE, not the largest.
And to the people who think we hate the band, that couldn’t be more untrue. The band is great. Students weren’t booing the band, but rather that their favorite song had been bastardized. They were booing the people who made the decision to change the song, and to show them their dissaproval.
I guarantee the band will get a loud round of applause when they play the original song this saturday.

By: Gampp

Gampp — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:45:02 +0000

It’s great to have all of you post your opinions on the board. Welcome. I want to make it clear to everyone that nobody here was blaming the people in the band. We know that some of the best fans that CU has play in the band and we know that you were disappointed in the change as well. I think the thing that we had the most problem with is the “higher-ups” trying to change everything by creating a new version of the song. If they don’t want the cheer to happen, don’t play it at all. If the students want it to still happen, they can sing it on their own. I personally think we have a great band that does a great job at the games. For all of you in the band, thanks for all of your hard work and GO BUFFS!

By: rocketscientist

rocketscientist — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 07:16:15 +0000

Doesn’t the administration, Hoffman or whomever, have better things to worry about than what songs the band plays???

By: ILoveTheBuffs

ILoveTheBuffs — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 07:10:39 +0000

All I have to say is that I am a big buffs fan. I know the Hey cheer is a tradition that has been long standing. The band doesnt want to play it because THEY get blamed for the obcenities that are screamed after it on NATIONAL TELEVISION. The band gets blamed cause they start it. If they dont want to play it, leave them alone, continue to sing it on your own. If you want to yell FUCK, thats just great, but I dont feel the band should take the wrap for a bunch of drunk CU students who think its cool to yell fuck. Arent you there to watch the football game anyway? Besides the band is there to support the football team, they go to more games than the students, and know more about CU and the football team than most students that attend the games. The band’s second priority is to entertain the “fans”. Show a little class CU and grow up.

By: SkiingTuba

SkiingTuba — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 06:52:01 +0000

Alright guys, I’m in the band, and I know how everyone feels about band cheer #3. Honestly people, we love it just as much as everyone else does. When we found out we weren’t going to get to play it, everyone was upset and thought it sucked. When we had to change it, everyone felt the same, except we were slightly happier, becuase we got to play it at all. We weren’t looking to kill anyone’s time on Saturday, we were just playing what we were told, and trying to bolster some spirit in the process. By the way, if anyone thinks that the band should stay home, that might be a mistake. Sorry, but without the band things would suck. Just think about what it would be without the band for 5 minutes of your night, and realize what we do. Most of all, just have fun at games, I’ll be in the top row of the band cheering with you all.
Go CU!

By: serp

serp — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 06:47:11 +0000

ok, I’m a member of the buffalo marching band. Lets lay some things to rest. First off, we in the band love that song, it is dear to us. How do you think we felt when you guys started to boo us for the decision that somebody else made. We have for a long time represented the football team in a very strong fasion. In fact, we have a close relationship with Gary Barnett and the team. We are students as much as any of you. I would like to point out that we are bringing back the “origional version” at the next game. Over the last few years, we have developed a lot of support from the student body, more than any other college band recieves. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE STUDENTS SUPPORT US LIKE NEVER BEFORE WHEN WE BRING THIS BACK. Remember, what we do is for you, the student body, we are there to keep the empty times noisy, and to give you something to yell FUCK too really loud. So don’t penalize the member of this kick ass band for anything when you see us this weekend.

By: Bigryp

Bigryp — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 06:38:25 +0000

Hey Marc, the football team has a little over 100 people on the roster, while I bet the band has around 200 students in it, at least. Good call on that one, genius!! Also, the band has a longer history, plus bigger numbers, therefore many more alumni. In addition, the band is on tv nearly everytime the football team is, and plays more gigs than the football team does games. (think before you speak)

By: Stiffler

Stiffler — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 06:11:02 +0000

Yes, the football team would be the largest student group on campus, if in fact it was a student group. But it’s not, the football team is an athletic organization, you dumb bastard.

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:45:31 +0000

Somebody needs to get Matthew Roeder, Allan McMurray and Elizabeth Hoffman on the same page. This is ridiculous.
The University of Colorado Golden Buffalo Marching Band is the largest and most visible student organization on campus
What is this? Wouldn’t the football team be the most visible student group on campus?
The University of Tennesee fans, no doubt a respected national university as well, scream “We’re going to beat the hell out of you!” at the end of their “Hey” song. This has been done for years. Yet nobody, feels that the University of Tennessee is offensive.

By: Booty

Booty — Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:32:01 +0000

Here’s Allan McMurray’s info:
Allan.Mcmurray@Colorado.EDU
Office: 303-492-7258

By: Ryno Well Endowed Member of Fanology

Ryno Well Endowed Member of Fanology — Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:23:52 +0000

“The pursuit of a positive identity and dignity need not be every student’s goal.”
“Impetus.”
Nice.

By: Gampp

Gampp — Wed, 11 Sep 2002 21:14:25 +0000

Here is the email response I received from President Hoffman’s office:
Dear Josh,
In reference to your message to CU President Elizabeth Hoffman
regarding the CU Boulder Band not playing the “Hey” Cheer or band
Cheer #3 on game day, I wanted to share with you a statement written
by the CU Boulder Director of Bands, Professor Allan McMurray, as he
is the source of the decision to no longer play the “Hey” Cheer on
game days. Please see statement below. Thank you for sharing your
concerns.
Sincerely,
Amy Weinstein
Office of the Chancellor
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Golden Buffalo Marching Band is the largest and
most visible student organization on campus. The band has for over 100 years
been a representative of the University of Colorado at alumni gatherings,
athletic events, high school festivals, the State Fair and events sponsored
by the Foundation, the President and the Chancellor. When this student group
performs it must represent all the university in a way that brings positive
recognition.
The “Hey” cheer (band cheer #3) is a popular song that is recognizable and
encourages fan response at sporting events. Unfortunately, the words have
been altered over the years by many fans who believe that they have no social
responsibility while attending an athletic event. Families with children,
elderly fans, and the visitors to our campus who attend sporting events have
been offended by the unified use of derogatory language and have associated
the response of the crowd to the impetus—the Band. While the pursuit of a
positive identity and dignity need not be every student’s goal at an athletic
event, it is the goal of the Band. We have therefore decided to find a way to
alter the offensive response or, if that does not work, to withdraw that
music from our performances. It would be easier and more popular with many
student fans if we left the song in and lived with the results, but we do not
want to be responsible for creating an environment that causes embarrassment,
brings disrespect or tarnishes the reputation of anyone. The fight songs, the
“go CU” cheers, the “tuba cheer” and the many other popular pieces of music
in our repertoire will continue and our support for the team will be
energetic, exciting and unwaivering.
Go Buffs.
Allan McMurray,
Director of Bands
Robert and Judy Charles Endowed Professor of Music

By: Ryno

Ryno — Wed, 11 Sep 2002 19:02:52 +0000

No Gampp he’s right, Husker fans are classy. Assuming classy is defined as weeping on national TV after getting your ass handed to you.

By: Gampp

Gampp — Wed, 11 Sep 2002 18:28:05 +0000

We’ll see how “classy” the fans are in Lincoln when we’re whipping your asses again this year.