Hail Purdue! (w/1st and 2nd verses)

FS #50; FSV# 45.
Admittedly, I spent a lot of time trying to perfect this one, but I feel that the music is terrible because of a noticeable pause and that it was too long. Anyhow, try to sing along, no matter how bad it is.
There had been repeated chastises against my video because of the shout. I do look at the lyrics clearly and read all about who says what. For the BAND, when they're at the end of a verse, they will sing the chorus and then play it. When they sing, they will say "FIRE UP!" after the stanza, "Thus we raise our song anew." For people OUTSIDE THE BAND, they will shout "BOILER UP!" and raise their arms. I have heard this in many videos of the Purdue All-American Band here on youTube and on their audio files at their website.
So please, no more objections on the video; otherwise, just like the rule I strictly set for no profanity in your comments (if the rule is broken repeatedly), your comments will be pended for approval. Also, no copies of this vid please. I strictly uphold the rules.

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[excelsior27]

Wow. I never knew that just one word in a shout can cause remonstrance to the Boilermaker fans and somewhat, the band members...

[MissTrixi1105]

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!'.

[excelsior27]

@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

[slechlit]

@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.

[excelsior27]

@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

[19taylormc]

@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.

[msclemon08]

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.

[brittanythecaptain]

EVERYONE yells "Boiler up!"

[wambowiz2]

@MissTrixi1105 it's fire up.......just sayin

[TychoZzyx]

@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).

[hegone93]

@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.

[psykickchick91]

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.