Picnic Day Parade, Aggie Band-uh! - Love Shack

FIRST- Sorry for the essay but-

C'mon punnishments, think before you type and press "Post Comment":

A) The plastic over their uniforms is to protect them from rain, because guess what happens when most marching band uniforms get wet over an extended period of time? Mold growth. Common sense, duhhhh, you say you are in a band (and one that marches)? You must live in some drought-wrought city or something.

B) The parts they play in the video clip all comes from the B-52's song, "Love Shack". Have you actually listened to real version of the song or just the (presumably) pep band version of the song your director gave you? 1:46 is not the "only part that is love shack", that's an idiotic statement, as you only listen to the choruses of songs I take it or else you'd recognize other sections of the song.

C) Different bands (and directors) have different arrangements of music depending on who published or arranged the piece. Again, common sense. I personally don't know your band's arrangement, but m.45-49 doesn't particularly have to be an alto sax solo, it can be transposed to another instrument or simply not be in the piece at all.

D) You can't really judge any group's amplitude from a video clip, it could easily have been recorded on some low-quality DV tape. Also, the camcorder's placement in front of the woodwinds which, surprise surprise, are the typically quietest section in band, should definitely factor into weather you determine if a band is indeed playing "loud and proud like they should be".

PS- High Schoolers can be quite the obnoxious little know-it-alls, especially when commenting on another marching band's performance (why is that, puberty?), so don't think too high of yourself and be calling the Aggie's director a "dumb ass" for possessing a different musical interpretation (something that's pretty important in music, huh?) of the song than your high school's band director.

But whatever, who am I too correct you, as you know all there is to know about "Love Shack" since your band plays it every day in band (what fun, must be somewhat of an inapt group if the chorus vamp requires that much rehearsal or you just like playing the same repetitive stuff over and over again).

what the hell plastic over their uniforms. By the way only part of this is love shack at 1:46 a clarinet made a mistake also they aren't doing the accents right. The band isn't playing loud and proud like they should be. At measure 45-49 should be an alto saxophone solo but the director is a dumb ass. If you are wondering why i know this its because my high school band play love shack every band day.