As a member of The "All-American" Marching Band, please allow me to inform you on why it is fire up and how it became boiler up. The band was around before Boiler Up came around (which was not too long ago). The words were fire up because you fire up the engine of a train as well as we are used to fire up the football team during games. Boiler up is not brand spankin' new, but it's catchy and it stuck. So while the traditional phrase is FIRE UP, the more widely used phrase is boiler up.
I am a member of the Purdue All American Marching Band and this is a fact, straight out of band history. It has ALWAYS been "Fire up!". "Boiler Up!" was a cheer created by the athletic department within the past 15-30 years (I'm not exactly sure on those numbers) and over time, it was adopted by fans and students and replaced fire up.
As I said, I don't know what the band says as I was never in the Purdue All-American Marching Band, but I am a Purdue alum who attended every home game. I was just trying to say that the crowd says 'Boiler Up!'. It seems the wiki page shows both, and you hear both in the recording. My apologies for the sass, and thanks for taking the time to put up the song and lyrics.
You must be new here. I don't care what the band says (if that's right at all,) but between 'thus we raise our song anew' and 'of the days we've spent with you...' is "Boiler Up!". Not 'fire up!'.
@MissTrixi1105: Ok, if you want proof, you should go to Wikipedia and see it, plus go to its Bands and Orchestras page and you will clearly hear them say, "Fire up!" in their recording.
Here's your link below, and no, I'm a veteran in fight songs- I look at them closely and list their variations when there is verifiable proof.
@excelsior27 I have to agree with MissTrixi here. Maybe "Fire up" was traditionally said but we definitely say "Boiler Up!" now. Not being mean or anything, just letting you know.
@excelsior27 gotta jump in on this....as a Purdue student with a lot of friends in Marching band...it's Boiler Up. It may not have been before, however, since I've been to Purdue, it's been Boiler Up. (The version I learned way back didn't have Fire up in it either, to be fair. Then again, I learned that when I was like, 4).
@slechlit (as Alpha 5 in Power Rangers): Ay, yi, yi, yi, yi.
I know you, you have not scoured youTube before posting this. So, I will post again if visiting their website does not convince you- this time giving you actual video of the band saying "Fire up."
Here are two:
watch?v=-NgCW1M9i38&feature=related (Listen closely to 1:08-they will say it, and it was posted in Oct. 2010.)
(Now for Sept. 2011, and hear at 0:30): watch?v=qbJkE3G70v4
@excelsior27 Okay just to clear up this whole argument, I'm a freshman who marched in Purdue's band this past fall. When we sing Hail Purdue the band says 'Fire Up', not 'Boiler Up'. However the entire crowd says 'Boiler Up' so people just tend to assume that we also say 'Boiler Up' when this is not at all correct.
As a member of The "All-American" Marching Band, please allow me to inform you on why it is fire up and how it became boiler up. The band was around before Boiler Up came around (which was not too long ago). The words were fire up because you fire up the engine of a train as well as we are used to fire up the football team during games. Boiler up is not brand spankin' new, but it's catchy and it stuck. So while the traditional phrase is FIRE UP, the more widely used phrase is boiler up.
msclemon08 1 month ago
EVERYONE yells "Boiler up!"
brittanythecaptain 1 month ago
Wow. I never knew that just one word in a shout can cause remonstrance to the Boilermaker fans and somewhat, the band members...
excelsior27 4 months ago
I am a member of the Purdue All American Marching Band and this is a fact, straight out of band history. It has ALWAYS been "Fire up!". "Boiler Up!" was a cheer created by the athletic department within the past 15-30 years (I'm not exactly sure on those numbers) and over time, it was adopted by fans and students and replaced fire up.
psykickchick91 7 months ago
Ahh! I'm going to Purdue in less than 2 months! :D Boiler up!
Soraja93bn 8 months ago
1 person went to IU
trumanbennet123 1 year ago
okay calm down, it was probably written as "Fire Up!" but now at the football games and other sporting events we say "Boiler Up!"
sethisthegreatest 1 year ago
As I said, I don't know what the band says as I was never in the Purdue All-American Marching Band, but I am a Purdue alum who attended every home game. I was just trying to say that the crowd says 'Boiler Up!'. It seems the wiki page shows both, and you hear both in the recording. My apologies for the sass, and thanks for taking the time to put up the song and lyrics.
MissTrixi1105 1 year ago
You must be new here. I don't care what the band says (if that's right at all,) but between 'thus we raise our song anew' and 'of the days we've spent with you...' is "Boiler Up!". Not 'fire up!'.
MissTrixi1105 1 year ago 2
@MissTrixi1105: Ok, if you want proof, you should go to Wikipedia and see it, plus go to its Bands and Orchestras page and you will clearly hear them say, "Fire up!" in their recording.
Here's your link below, and no, I'm a veteran in fight songs- I look at them closely and list their variations when there is verifiable proof.
purdue.edu/bands/media/#sound
excelsior27 1 year ago
@excelsior27 I have to agree with MissTrixi here. Maybe "Fire up" was traditionally said but we definitely say "Boiler Up!" now. Not being mean or anything, just letting you know.
hegone93 4 months ago
@excelsior27 gotta jump in on this....as a Purdue student with a lot of friends in Marching band...it's Boiler Up. It may not have been before, however, since I've been to Purdue, it's been Boiler Up. (The version I learned way back didn't have Fire up in it either, to be fair. Then again, I learned that when I was like, 4).
TychoZzyx 4 months ago
@excelsior27 wiki is not a reliable source, thus I do not think you can classify that as "verifiable proof" of this mistake.
I am an alumni. We all say. "Boiler Up!" not fire up.
slechlit 1 month ago
@slechlit (as Alpha 5 in Power Rangers): Ay, yi, yi, yi, yi.
I know you, you have not scoured youTube before posting this. So, I will post again if visiting their website does not convince you- this time giving you actual video of the band saying "Fire up."
Here are two:
watch?v=-NgCW1M9i38&feature=related (Listen closely to 1:08-they will say it, and it was posted in Oct. 2010.)
(Now for Sept. 2011, and hear at 0:30): watch?v=qbJkE3G70v4
excelsior27 1 month ago
@excelsior27 Okay just to clear up this whole argument, I'm a freshman who marched in Purdue's band this past fall. When we sing Hail Purdue the band says 'Fire Up', not 'Boiler Up'. However the entire crowd says 'Boiler Up' so people just tend to assume that we also say 'Boiler Up' when this is not at all correct.
19taylormc 2 weeks ago
@MissTrixi1105 it's fire up.......just sayin
wambowiz2 2 months ago
if you listen close enough you can hear pauses in between phrases
BoeskyandHutch 1 year ago
@excelsior27 Yet, we still fill Mackey Arena and Ross-Ade every game.....we don't ride bandwagons!
bjracing84 1 year ago