Thursday, February 03, 2005
At halftime, bring back the marching bands | csmonitor.com
At halftime, bring back the marching bands | csmonitor.com
Susan DeBow has a point. What ever happened to the marching bands at football games? Now we get super spectacles including wardrobe malfunctions and gyrating teenagers. But where did the big music go?
As she says,
" I would get a thrill seeing the band march onto the field like a well-trained army. Disciplined. Into their game. Proud. I wished I could play an instrument as well as they could. As a former baton twirler, I would drop everything to watch a fellow majorette. I was wowed when they would twirl two and three batons, throwing them skyward, I held my breath until they caught them."
Me too, Susan. I've worked in music, particularly rock and roll, for over 25 years and I'm all for the cool shows. But I think we gave pop music it's chance and we got ripped off.
Flashing breasts, young hot girls who can't sing and get booed off stage, and all the gyrating just doesn't compete with the hundreds of talented musicians who used to amaze us with their precision marching and amazing spectacle covering the whole field.
I agree with Susan:
"It's sad that these musicians, who sit in the rain, march in the snow, and play with fingers frozen to their trumpets - who have a vested interest in their teams - are not given their due. Instead, in the moment of glory, they are replaced by lackluster wannabes, faking their singing, screeching at the top of their lungs, and exposing the worst side of themselves."
Let's bring back the game and the team spirit and let the professional performers stick to their concert tours instead of football halftime shows. Does anyone really go to the Superbowl to see Miss Jackson anyway?
Susan DeBow has a point. What ever happened to the marching bands at football games? Now we get super spectacles including wardrobe malfunctions and gyrating teenagers. But where did the big music go?
As she says,
" I would get a thrill seeing the band march onto the field like a well-trained army. Disciplined. Into their game. Proud. I wished I could play an instrument as well as they could. As a former baton twirler, I would drop everything to watch a fellow majorette. I was wowed when they would twirl two and three batons, throwing them skyward, I held my breath until they caught them."
Me too, Susan. I've worked in music, particularly rock and roll, for over 25 years and I'm all for the cool shows. But I think we gave pop music it's chance and we got ripped off.
Flashing breasts, young hot girls who can't sing and get booed off stage, and all the gyrating just doesn't compete with the hundreds of talented musicians who used to amaze us with their precision marching and amazing spectacle covering the whole field.
I agree with Susan:
"It's sad that these musicians, who sit in the rain, march in the snow, and play with fingers frozen to their trumpets - who have a vested interest in their teams - are not given their due. Instead, in the moment of glory, they are replaced by lackluster wannabes, faking their singing, screeching at the top of their lungs, and exposing the worst side of themselves."
Let's bring back the game and the team spirit and let the professional performers stick to their concert tours instead of football halftime shows. Does anyone really go to the Superbowl to see Miss Jackson anyway?
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