[78-L] five least liked 78s (was - five favorites)^

[David Lennick]

As long as we're veering off topic....in grade 10 (as we so quaintly call it up 
here in the Dominion), my high school orchestra featured an accordion soloist, 
whom we accompanied, in a version of the Theme from Exodus that ran for ELEVEN 
MINUTES! That music is never to be played within my presence and accordions can 
all burn in hell as well (I already had a hatred of the squeezebox from age 5 
when I was subjected to polka bands on Saturday nights from the parish hall 
behind our house).

dl

On 12/19/2012 6:52 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>
> I can't seem to be able to escape "Sons of Westwood," UCLA's fight song, which we had to play umpteen times during every game. After every touchdown (either team), field goal, kickoff, time out, and substitution. Thirty years later, I find out that the song was adopted by my sons' middle school band, and then their high school band as well. I'm afraid to leave the house. I still hear that damn song in my sleep. And now I was invited to play in the UCLA Alumni Band. Guess what we have to learn first?U-C-L-A! Fight! Fight! Fight!
> Cary Ginell
>
>> From: Philip_Carli at pittsford.monroe.edu
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:27:12 +0000
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] five least liked 78s (was -  five favorites)^
>>
>> I always had a problem with any fight songs on principle because I was forced into my high school's marching band to play in the concert band (and I can't stand American football).  Ours was "Washington&  Lee Swing", and we tubas transposed our part up 1/2 step, so we were in B major against the rest of the band's B flat major.  The effect was that of a low pitch aural drill, and no-one could figure out how the band could play the piece so well but make it sound so irritatingly wrong. PC
>> ________________________________________
>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com [78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] on behalf of Cary Ginell [soundthink at live.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 2:05 PM
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] five least liked 78s (was -  five favorites)
>>
>> I'm a UCLA graduate and "Fight On" doesn't wash with us Bruins...How about "Strike Up the Band"? (Ira wrote the revised lyrics especially for UCLA)
>> CG