Michigan Marching Band: Mr. Robato, Come Sail Away

[Domhazeproduction]

my marching band is doing come sail away!

[alltimesierra814]

this is so cool. lol, my highschool band is playing Mr roboto, come sail away, the best of times, and too much time on my hands, and im pretty excited to see how it all works out. kudos to your band! i play flute/piccolo as well! :)

[heathrown]

@alltimesierra814 Piccolo power! (and flute power!) Have fun out there :)

[askillah343]

my band director used to play tuba, and she is a tiny asian. she got weird looks

[MrThedude456]

Very good, and I only listen to your videos, because they load quickly. :) but I have a question. In your videos, is someone holding it or is it on a tripod thing? If someone is holding it, who's holding it?

[heathrown]

@MrThedude456 In many of the videos I am the one recording (this one for sure) I always just had it in my hands. Sorry if it's dizzying!

[MrThedude456]

@heathrown It's not dizzying, it's just that, you say you play the picalo, so...shouldn't you be out in the field playing?

[heathrown]

@MrThedude456 Michigan has something called reserves...not everyone marches every game, we audition before all of them. It helps when people get injured/sick and is a good motivator for all to work hard. I was a reserve for this one, others were taken after I graduated.

[MrThedude456]

@heathrown Oh, ok, and 2 other questions: 1.)Isn't U of M in the Ann Arbor area? 2.)If your on the side for most of them... does that mean that you aren't very good at picalo? >_<

[heathrown]

@MrThedude456 Yes, the main campus, where this video was taken is in Ann Arbor. Since this time they have put limits on the number of people who can be in each section. This year, there were 38 people competing for 20 places on the field, and staff's go-to critique was to shrug and say 'you play the piccolo'. That said, had the audition process been as stringent then as it is is now, I probably wouldn't have been able to do this

[punky9513]

Seriously you guys are frickin awesome!!!

how many people do you have in your band?

[heathrown]

@punky9513 At this time it was probably close to 400, but it has gone down since then. 235 march in the pregame show and around 250 in halftime.

[monkeybro911]

My girlfriend kicks ass on sousaphone!...and so do I! :D

[BFFsLast4eva]

very nice.

[yuliochavez]

i can barely hear flutes clarinets damn

[8aron8]

well the least u can do is say good job u wish that u would destroy michigan i bet they are a hell of alot beter than you

[madakopee]

where is mr. robato?

[HammerToFall13194]

the first thing they play and near to the end

[hannaluvsbball50]

First Mvmnt.

[Iceeemidge]

lol whoops i no..

[CeepTheFairy]

!!!!!

I WANNA JOIN THIS BAND. I'm... addicted to it. xD

[DeErPaRkBaNdCHiKa]

i no so am i!!!!!!!!!! lol even tho i live in texas im sooooo far away from michigan

[CeepTheFairy]

xD I'm in florida. Go southern people who wanna join michigan. xD

[DeErPaRkBaNdCHiKa]

what do yu mean go southern people???

[CeepTheFairy]

um.. texas and florida are southern states... so yay us for wanting to go to michigan.. right?

[DeErPaRkBaNdCHiKa]

yea!!!!! lol what do you play??

[NWShadow]

Im in Texas as well, our band isnt great, i want to play with them as well

[DeErPaRkBaNdCHiKa]

are you a freshman?????

[CeepTheFairy]

Clarinet. you?

[DeErPaRkBaNdCHiKa]

baritone its a guy instrument i no but i love it!!!! i did play saxaphone

[CeepTheFairy]

Oh that's cool. =] I knew a girl who played baritone. haha. sweeeet

[TennyConductor]

I'm a girl and I play tuba. It's a unisex instrument, but I get sideways looks, anyway. :P

[killershark095]

i have a girl tuba player in my section

[TennyConductor]

That's cool.

[NWShadow]

Im a Sophomore, I play Trombone, and im Low Brass Section Leader...

[ChuCkyKiLLER001]

I'm a freshman, Also play Trombone and also Low Brass Leader.

[FSUfanOFtheBAND]

Haha same as me last year but now i'm drum major.

[RougeJediKnight]

holy shit, they stole our halftime show, last year, we did these two songs + paint it black

[Iceeemidge]

then technically bud, its not ur halftime!? anywho a LOT of bands do the sticks show soooo.... y r u complainin? no hard feelings.

[shalohm3]

u kno its styx right?

not sticks

[pmoneygetter]

my band is playing this in our show for next year

[zytekfan]

Is there a longer version of Mr Roboto anywhere?

[spontastic]

good songs

[iheartu202]

Why is everyone hating? I think this is coooool

[rowlandcub]

domo

[Schady20]

GO BLUE!!!

[Emilysita1]

droooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oool

[antho214]

Thanks. ESPN will never show you this.

[4rperks4]

domo domo

[mkhanso]

another band that shuffles around. mediocre at best

[rsmoviemaker2000]

wow r-tard you can't even spell roboto?

[Imnotyourfiendbuddy]

retards can't spell its Mr. Roboto

[Sebs100]

retard can't use punctuation.

[daybrad]

my high school band did these songs

[shinju744]

Alot of high schools do the same songs. Marching bands play what is popular that year. My high school band played alot of songs that others played in the same year. It was like competition to see who played it better and did a better routine.

[joolsrools99]

its not just that. There is alot of work that goes into a M.B. Popular songs are the hardest to play I think. You;re lucky if your bands play popular stuff. In my State, only Traditional music is "accepted". My band is breaking all the rules by playing pop.

[JaredtheJaredLong]

What state do you live in where marching band is able to sound that boring? In Indiana marching band, only the most creative bands win.

[pudgylumpkins]

lmao that guy in front is gigantic.

[lapizxefra]

robato??

[BandNazi]

Roboto.

[SUPERNATURALFANGRL3]

omfg i love styx! they are one of the best classic rock bands ever! respect the classics!

[meo1younone]

uhh... its spelled Mr. Roboto... just a friendly reminder

[yukoncheer]

it was so good and one reason i love it is because im from michigan but i had to move i miss michigan alot!!!

[betheoyster]

i miss michigan too :(

[jacminntz]

styx is the GREAST band ever