Michigan Marching Band: Thriller

[MrSalkfish]

I wish my high school band was this big and willing to dance

[JusticeVictoriaLover]

Our marching band plays this too!

[fodenscania2]

God wished he had these in britain! My friend lives in america and is a trombone player. Soooo envious!

[Codack68]

very nice. as expected you guys did the actual dance visual... i would have been mad had you guys not done that. but you did so it's ok! and you guys did it well to. and kudos to the "michael jackson" of the band. if you had on mjs outfit that would have been awesome. i gotta say thought i've never heard that arrangement of thriller... don't get me wrong. it's really good. it just had a bit of an odd ending. but hey, whatever. fantastic job you guys. you really have made a fan out of me.

[KroMcLovinFaSho]

Those are some very pretty flag girls

[XxnegociatorxX]

I bet someone went to the games just for that, and who could blame them? Freaking amazing.

[heathrown]

@XxnegociatorxX People used to tell me that all the time around campus :) Quite different from high school!

[StarWars6820]

Mr. Darth Maul over there in the middle with the big hat.... 2:19

[StarWars6820]

@StarWars6820 Oh wait, they all have big hats... ok then, i mean the guy with the baton.

[BCH37501]

@StarWars6820 You mean the drum major

[StarWars6820]

I am guessing that people know which ways to move from being taught which way AND know when from going with the tempo...

[missjulessSP]

we did this is my highschool band this year! :D its so much fun to play!

[wwc5900]

The king wood be proud

[finn14lake]

No no that's band GEEKS!!! I am in love with this, I want to mention this to my director for a homecoming field show someday!

[tangodrink]

im 15 currently in a Air Cadet band soon to be going into the RAF, from my point of view (im a drum major) id say thats brilliant!

[DVuongNZ]

So definitely glad that I'm coming here this coming fall :D

[heathrown]

@DVuongNZ Congratulations!

[Fr1gh7er]

I am applying to Michigan, and if i get in, I'm working hard to join the Band. Its amazing! Keep it up!

[heathrown]

@Fr1gh7er It's an honor to be part of and worth all the hard work. Keep practicing!

[WeirdosFTW]

look at all the glorious sousaphones!

[WeirdosFTW]

look at all the glorious sousaphones!

[mrstaneverson]

This was really good R.I.P M.J....Anyway That guy at 0:34 made me laugh.

[rbryanhull]

Band nerds ROCK! OMG FLAG GIRLS AS ZOMBIES!!! I LOVE THIS!

[rbryanhull]

Band nerds ROCK! 

[sasyfras1]

my marching band did this song in the nevada day parade this year.... we cut out a part and did part of the dance too. lol. it was fun.

[ILOVETWIHARDS]

how many band members did u have there?

[heathrown]

@ILOVETWIHARDS I would say there are about 250 on the field there, though there are more members practicing to be on the field.

[dede96able]

@MyPapparazzii New Jersey???



[cooldude19971985]

im only in 8th grade but i cant wait till i get to goto collage

[heathrown]

@cooldude19971985 It will come faster than you think!

[cooldude19971985]

@heathrown I hope I get accepted into this awesome collage in my later age and then join the Sousa line

[heathrown]

@cooldude19971985 Practice hard and you will be there someday!

[paradisemiles232]

@cooldude19971985 dude im in 8th too i kno where im going tenors!

[tapewormmedusa]

Michigan is all about the MJ. You should do the state service and just march around 24/7 blaring out Micheal Jackson songs and holding up traffic.

[heathrown]

@MyPapparazzii Oh wow, that must have been a long trip!

[TheUltimategamer2010]

omg the dancing rocks

[jake66000]

What do you play?

[heathrown]

@jake66000 I played the piccolo

[MikuHatsune123]

@heathrown my mom wants me to play that but i want to stay on what i'm doing to play drums

[heathrown]

@MikuHatsune123 I don't know the situation, though I can say I recently switched to the instrument I really wanted to play, and I love it. I bet you can find a solution.

[mitchandfriend]

@heathrown how hard was it to get into the program

[heathrown]

@mitchandfriend Honestly, it has changed a lot since I auditioned. Here is a good resource for you mmb.music.umich.edu/joinTheBan­d/default.asp It will give you instrumentation numbers and you can estimate how many spots there will be by looking at the sections page.

[mikhailkost]

0:57 FAAIL.

[videowatcher90210]

Watching all your shows makes me want to go to Michigan!

[heathrown]

@videowatcher90210 It's a great school with a great band. Glad you enjoy them. It's people like you that motivate me to get up so early to keep up with their practices.

[plane15man]

we did this last year as an MJ show. This was decided 2 weeks before he died which is kind of ironic. I would put up a video response, but I don't have the video, someone else uploaded it.

[msdudley2010]

man yall was jammin..wen everybody put down there instruments and started dancing

[fairyapokie]

lucky our band has to crab walk so yea lucky

[MegaMr46]

May MJ R.I.P.

[AnimeandMangaLover16]

Haha! At my school, the 8th graders played this and since I play flute for band, (Ima 6th grader ^-^ Hehe) I looked at my friend's music sheet for this song... And it was WICKED high!!! (8th grade flute) Hopefully, I get to play this song...

[thepsit]

this is just freakin awesome i wanna get the music for this song now

[bilo5705]

lovin' the guy in hot pants!!

[19Gegge89]

I want the partiture...please!!!!!

I want to play this with my band!!!!

In Italy we don't play similar things, I love America!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[heathrown]

@19Gegge89 I only have my part, sorry! Thanks for watching all the way from Italy!!!

[MintThunder]

@heathrown AznPianoDood's channel has a site with all parts for thriller downloaded in one folder

[MintThunder]

@19Gegge89 if you want the music go to AznPianoDood's channel he has website with thriller as a song

[tseai]

@19Gegge89

magnifique :la musique et la danse! MJ immortel!RIP

[rickjames21]

I always wanted to go to MIchigan University.... and now am done with graduate school.... booooo..

[jclover123456789]

shit! thats cool im in 8th grade and we playing this song its pertty easy the best part was wen drums were playing and veryone else was dance i say brovo(:

[CallMePercilla]

We're doing the same song in our show this year. It'll be tricky because 90 percent of our colorguard are newbies. Hopefully they dont injure themselves with the rifles! XD

[Stephspirit08]

Michigan Marching Band ROCKS. I hope to go to University of Michigan as a Clarinet Player. Who knows. ^-^

[spelle991]

how come this got any dislikes??

[Trumpetsullivan94]

That was pretty good

[spelle991]

@Trumpetsullivan94 just pretty good?

[Trumpetsullivan94]

@spelle991 Yea it was pretty good because I was impressed by their Marching style and staying on step. The music sound really good and the dances was fantastic. I am in Marching Band as well so I know what's it like and that doesn't look like something that would be easy but they pulled it off.

[BloodyRoseXoXo]

My highschool is playing this, and a friend and I got out of dancing because we told our director I didn't want too

[LexiBandGeek]

that was EPIC AWESOME I LOVED the DANCING makes me wanna skip a few grades and join our marching band

[TheDragonmaster18]

best color gaurd ive seen but not better than msu

[TheycallmeGuth]

My school played this 5 years ago when I was in 6th grade. Our drumline coach wrote the percussion part for it and there was this sweet tenor/snare solo during the time everyone dances.

[ghostnapparocks]

my marching band plays this and the tubas got same sheet as in this though baritones trombones and euphoniums share... but still we get the nice part :D

our is just like the tubas voice but shorter with pauses :)

[hoperocks67]

i saw them rehersee ;) <3

[wingsofhope2]

I wish my band director would let us play this.

Maybe in high school. : /

[videosrock1983]

@wingsofhope2 were playin this now

[XxXxXSkullKandyXxXxX]

How come the colorgaurd didnt do the Nunnchucks?. i saw every mvoe i learned except for that one

[michie88key]

and who said band kids can't dance?

[BHvolleygirl]

:D ah were trying to convince my band director to let us play this! RIP MJ!!!!

[Yankeezfaithful]

i would absolutely love to see the arrangement for the band. this is amazing

[fredsucksmyballs1]

wheres the part where they thouch little boys?

[HealthyObsession723]

amazing guys, its insanely clean, and i love the dancing part in the middle, it must have taken a long time to get that in sync. must have been so awesome live.

[anthonyrulz1]

how come you guys arent in marching band uniforms?

[visualpurple123]

it's at rehearsal.

[juanvaldez100]

lol u guys do the dance 2 lol:)

[tonyxxxchuc]

my band is learning this song!!!

[Paralyzedhearts22]

Our school was gonna do this for some contest against the other schools in the town. Idk what happend, cuz instead we are doin the same music as the other bands. Made me mad... These guys are excellent!!

[mudlicious]

lol we did this at bandorama a week after michael jackson died REST IN PEACE MJ

[blakeNovember]

i like it can i get sheet music for trumpet

[zumaboo989]

someone was on the wrong foot at the beginning. hehe. fail. watch me get a bad comment responce from this. i have an opinion, get used to it.

[GaryColeman617]

@zumaboo989 kewl

[koreyknockout]

my school's marching band should do this for our next compitition show!

[blakeNovember]

u should talk to your director for that

[koreyknockout]

did

[Imly55]

0:09, spot the odd one out lol

[GaryColeman617]

@Imly55 was it the dude in the black

[Imly55]

lol i hope that was sarcasm

[GaryColeman617]

no its not sarcasm. its actually kewl

[Imly55]

ah well im talking about the girl in yellow

[peterpieqt8]

Good sound.

but girl in shorts in beginning you look ridiculous.

[HiltonGenerationBand]

AWESOME!! great sound.

[arkangel51]

my cadet squadron won best band in the region n we're doin a MJ tribute for band comp this year so plz check us out if we show up on youtube. we're the 778 banshee squadron marchin band. check out our free style routine it's on Youtube already from last year. ps good job guys!

[MsKGB1]

From MILLIONS of MJ fans around the world thank you, thank you and THANK YOU!

God bless you all and Long Live the King!

[MISSCOOKIEKILER]

@MsKGB1

amen

[lovenmj4EVERR]

thats really cool:)

[POLARBEARNOPENGUIN]

Our high school band played that, we had some movements planned but the field we were going to play on was muddy from like 3 days of rain...

[GaryColeman617]

@POLARBEARNOPENGUIN

DAMN 3days

rain. 2much. we never got that much rain in Bean Town A.K.A. BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

[ayutenshi2]

I loved this. idc what other people say. I think you guys did amazingly. :)

[CluckJoe13]

This is pretty epic, but I think it sounds pretty darn rushed, idk lol, i think it would sound better just A BIT slower.

[EmmanuelTromboner]

Thats cool.

but anything related to MJ is pretty played out right now.

I think its a bad idea to do a field show on him.

just saying.

Nice though!

[heathrown]

No worries...this was a show performed about 3 years ago.

[EmmanuelTromboner]

ohh.

well then in that case its awesome!

i didnt see the date stupid me. -_-

[ilovemarilyn2012]

in the description it says '07 .

[EmmanuelTromboner]

yeah i know.

i was told and i admitted to my stupidity down there | |

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[ilovemarilyn2012]

oh its cool. lol.

[striperchazzer]

this is exactly what we play in our band

[misfit216]

We played this in Wind Ensemble this past weekend. We did awesome!!!

[imbuffy123]

wow our school is better than this and were a little school! ours is amazing we dress up and everything. its goin to be on youtube soon

[miarjay]

Y'all sound great!!!

[sailorhikaru85]

amazing. Simply amazing.

[krob188]

You are either a fan of michigan, or your not. Don't hate us cuz we are better then you at everything. Go Blue!

[thecubssuck1234]

naperville north marching band did better.

but good job go nnhs marching band go pit!

[Nathanism101]

Hard to 'sound' good on what was probably recorded on a cell phone.

[patcalv]

You also have to think about the fact that they learn a new show every week

[silfner1]

Hey guess what! I doubt you sound better, and in case your blind they dance too

[darthmitsurugi]

not a fan of U of M but its alright

[MishiKawaii]

This is insanely amazing.

[MalpercioGoC]

the guardie that's basically in front of the camera and to the left side of the screen is pretty damn good looking if I may say so myself... lol

[TheAfricanOcarina]

~♬AWeseome, Iwish i cld be in dat drumline fo dis song♬!~

[BKerve5894]

screw blue

[njy3692]

the marching band im in played it last year while the senior class danced to it....it was awesome

[KyoyasAngel]

Aww~ that looks too fun! T__T I wanna play that! XD (but I'd never do it justice!)

Awesome.

~Kn~

[dixiegal123]

dang it! i wish our band would play thriller!

[sarcasticasian]

the parking lot floor is all wet

[Watson21995]

uhh parking lots have floors? lol

[kaulitzlambertgirl9]

my band is doin this our show is rockin 80s rock and roll all nite n superfreak n TRILLER

[aloha2302]

dude....UPLOAD IT ASAP!!!!!!!(or when it's all nice n pretty a.k.a. uploadable)

[orangy10114]

totally amazing!!!

[kankypoo]

Oh my gosh! Haha, the dancing part was awesome!

[DiimondK]

Im so happy !My band is playing Thriller!!!! RIP MJ!!

[jdSftbll]

the drum major was getn it lol

[yungswagga345]

ok well this is preety kool wish our band director would play this we playing enter sandman and breadfan and free bird wich are alright but wish we could do a micheal jackson tribute :(

[iSnipeDuplexity]

*sigh* Our highschool band was going to play Thriller, Beat it, and billie jean this year.. But we had a band director switch, and the new one changed it. :/

[Witch1993]

Mmmm.... well, I'm thinkin' that UW Madison is WAAAAAY better... GO BIG RED!

[KiyoKenshin]

Anyone notice how they're hearing their hat but not the uniforms? It seems kinda... poinless...

[mrknight2059]

it is to insure the placement of the plumes over the marching spots, as some moves have you "split" the mark instead of have your feet on it.

[normalpeople]

Nice music! :D

[BengalMusic4Life13]

Oh myy!!! My marching band, which I'm in, we are doing our version of Thriller that an employee arranged and it is soo fun! I love what this band did!! We are thinking about doing the thriller dance too!!

[sullivan515]

OUR MARCHING BAND PLAYED THIS LAST YEAR!

your band sounds really great!!!

[SweetieVonnie]

Woww...Our Band iz playin this 2 this year...nd we're doin a dance somethin like this 2...but this waz real good!!!

[14pahid]

see banda malabon cuatro - thriller

hope u like it!!!

thanks!!!

[altrocker12]

oh wow

our band is doing the theme shades of night

and i thought we were good

but damn

[pianoxamberx908]

our band is playing it too

we had it all planned out last year. and then he died..

R.I.P MICHAEL JACKSON

[rawfishrocks17]

i wish my band would play this song for marching band.

[askm3l8r]

percussionists never get to dance!!

why is that?

[heathrown]

I guess just because we need someone to keep playing. Who can dance without a beat?

[Pburgartists]

We are doing this show and we worked in a drumline dance. While they do the thriller we freestyle while playing. I'll have to post a video next practice.

[ElementSkater036]

everyone forgets the drumline

:{

well we really cant do much with the bass drums

[MiaTakiUchiha]

i think that the drums make the band really coem to life! i wish i could switch to them, and they keep the beat for when the band DOES dance.

[OCideBoyz]

lol dont like dancin 2 much lolz :P i gotta play the t-bone (trombone) so either way it goes i gota dance (and traverse what they were doing in the beginning) which is hard when you gotta big bell in your way lolz

[LithiumZ2]

GO BLUE

[xArtistForLifex]

*SQUEE!* OwO ~♥

[blmmemory]

se escucha de poca!!!! zon geniales espero verlos en el citrus parade =D!

[TheBeakerSteve]

were playing this this year

[LRTuba]

we are too lol

[heathrown]

Oh yeah, I think the Michigan Band used to play a show in Pickerington and stay at people's homes on their way to football games at OSU.

[tellisMHS]

Whoever that colorguard chick is thats on camera during the dancing part is good.

[wolfpacker1993]

yea she is! i wish our colorguard was that good :(

[aliengrl047]

this is a good tribute to him. Especially now...since he's dead... :(

[MysteryAndroclese401]

True that man. I'm gonna miss him.

[kashell4crab]

This wasn't a tribute to him, this video has been up here for a minimum 9months (I had posted on my MYSPACE) this was a practice and they played it at a game.

[aliengrl047]

i know that. i can read. i'm just saying it's still a good thing.

[famacil]

good job!!!

[kamaman2005]

how in the hell they can memorize like that kills me. ive been playing 9 years and its still so HARD