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wow factors or lack there of

Posted by all_treble_no_bass on September 20, 2015 at 10:15pm

I grew up attending the Turkey Day Classic and ATL Classic, and I would watch HBCU football games on BET just for the bands. Bands have always excited me; however, over the past few years that excitement has started to slip away. I have watched clips of just about every HBCU band from back in the days. Most of the shows were intense (10 mins of marching, playing, and dancing). Now most shows are around 7 mins long, and it’s all about who has the biggest band, who has the finest dance line, and who plays the loudest (sounds the worst with all that overblowing). We are headed into week 4 and I have not seen a memorable halftime show yet. <Please point me in the direction of one>. It could be the prevalence of internet clips or the fact that everyone plays the same songs and does the same dances in their routines. IDK. {Kanye Shrug}

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1w86dx0isudt0 September 20, 2015 at 10:39pm

we deal with expectations that everything will be great by game one. there's no excitement due to over exposure and high demand.
xaemill September 20, 2015 at 10:57pm

I agree spot on.
all_treble_no_bass September 20, 2015 at 11:00pm

I agree.

Penny said:

we deal with expectations that everything will be great by game one. there's no excitement due to over exposure and high demand.

wow factors or lack there of

I grew up attending the Turkey Day Classic and ATL Classic, and I would watch HBCU football games on BET just for the bands. Bands have always excite…
Dance Mom September 21, 2015 at 5:00am

I'm loving Albany State right about now!
PVSax99 September 23, 2015 at 12:18pm

I credit this to the advance in technology. Nowadays, everybody has a cameraphone and can record the bands and put them on facebook. As the years went by, we demanded greater and greater bands...to the point now where even the greatest shows EVER won't move us.

It's the technology
all_treble_no_bass September 23, 2015 at 11:12pm

That's true about the technology.

PVSax99 said:

I credit this to the advance in technology. Nowadays, everybody has a cameraphone and can record the bands and put them on facebook. As the years went by, we demanded greater and greater bands...to the point now where even the greatest shows EVER won't move us.

It's the technology

wow factors or lack there of

I grew up attending the Turkey Day Classic and ATL Classic, and I would watch HBCU football games on BET just for the bands. Bands have always excite…