I'm not too old to remember when I was in school that I didn't conduct myself in that manner in mixed company. That means even females my age not to mention anyone who might be a grandma or young kids who may be present. I don't use foul language at home around my kids or in the general public. It has nothing to do with being old but respecting those around you.
I was ill earlier in the week, and spent about 4 hours in front of computer researching "Neck." Now that I know about it, it is gone. Damn, the bad luck! Some of those schools really got some motion going on "Neck"...I did not know girls, heck anybody, could move like that:grin:. hwr
Yeah, I'm offended by that awful chant, not as a person, but as a comedian. If they thought that was clever or funny, they were wrong. Groupthink strikes again. Another example of young people thinking stupidly in groups is better than thinking stupidly individually. I don't think it's too vulgar, just too unimaginative and stupid.
Vulgar cheers only affects the students who make vulgar cheers. But making vulgar lyrics to Tigerband songs impacts the band (and they hate it) as well as the rest of the stadium who wants to hear the band. Tiger Rag had been an LSU tradition for 80 years, but they killed it. What's next? Touchdown for LSU, Hey Fightin' Tiger, Hey Baby, the alma mater?
The Bama game was the first time I heard that, um, "variation" of Neck chanted in the student section. Not a huge number, but significant enough that other moronic lemmings thought it was hilarious and should be repeated. And that's when I knew it would be dead in very short order. The Tiger Band director has decided the best way to handle this is the way you handle small children: take their toys away and make them think about what they did. But the students are not going to change. Nothing changed when they stopped playing Tiger Rag. Nothing changed when they stopped doing the "Oh-ee-oh" chant. And nothing's going to change now.
To the original poster: the fact that you mention a previously eliminated song as "you suck" shows the problem exactly. Tiger Band has never had a song called "You Suck" or "That ********* Song" or any of the other moronic chants the students have come up with. What the students fail to understand is that by attaching obscene chants to band songs, they are drawing an official university organization into their immaturity. When Tiger Rag was originally cut back in 1987, the accusation by GTHOM fans in the Advocate was that "LSU's Band led obscene cheers". That makes the University look bad. When official representatives of other schools display classless behaviors, LSU fans criticize them mercilessly. Remember the Auburn Cigar incident? Ever heard the words of AMAB's Rammer Jammer Cheer. Do you know what aTm's "Pass Back" gesture look like? Why should we expect our opponents to ignore our bad behavior? I am a staunch free speech advocate. Say what you want to say and take your chances. But Tiger Band doesn't have to play along, and we are all punished because some students think they do. GEAUX TIGERS LSU TUBA: 1985-89
