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Edgy MD Mar 21 2013 10:11 AM

Which ten or twelve songs does every college pep band need to know? For some reason, soul classics of 1960-1965 seems to absolutely dominate the canon. (I guess it's the prevalence of horns and the birth of modern frat culture.) If you have the Blues Brothers down with a side dose of Animal House, you pretty much have yourself a college pep band. I think a random sampling of NCAA men's basketball time-outs suggest the canon includes: [list][*]"Gimme Some Lovin'"[/*:m] [*]"Louie, Louie"[/*:m] [*]"Mony, Mony"[/*:m] [*]The intro to "I Just Can't Turn You Lose"[/*:m] [*]"25 or 6 to Four"[/*:m] [*]"Seven-Nation Army"[/*:m] [*]"September"[/*:m] [*]"That's the Way (I Like It)" (alone or as a medley with "Get Down Tonight" and "Boogie Shoes")[/*:m] [*]"Beat It"[/*:m] [*]"Thriller"[/*:m][/list:u] Also, which songs would make a solid addition to the canon? [list][*]"Everybody Wants You"[/*:m] [*]"Vertigo"[/*:m] [*]"Roll with the Changes"[/*:m] [*]"Push It"[/*:m][/list:u]

Mets – Willets Point Mar 21 2013 10:30 AM Re: Pep Squad

"Song 2" "Come Out and Play" "Under the Sea"

Mets – Willets Point Mar 21 2013 10:36 AM Re: Pep Squad

Also, for the canon you overlooked "Hey! Baby!" by Bruce Channel which may be the one song that every pep band knows.

Edgy MD Mar 21 2013 10:38 AM Re: Pep Squad

I guess I've heard it, but not so ubiquitously as those others. It must be the one they play while I'm in the restroom. Are those last three suggestions, or are they already staples? I'm not sure what "Song 2" is.

Edgy MD Mar 21 2013 10:39 AM Re: Pep Squad

Another staple from the early sixties: "Tequila."

themetfairy Mar 21 2013 10:46 AM Re: Pep Squad

"Party Rock" should only be played by marching bands. The MIT band was playing that when I crossed the Mass Ave. Bridge into Cambridge during last year's Run to Home Plate 9K, and it sounded incredible.

Mets – Willets Point Mar 21 2013 10:46 AM Re: Pep Squad

"Stay" by Maurice Williams (and countless others) is another one I've heard at every college sporting event I've ever attended. And yes, all those songs I've listed I've heard performed by pep bands. "Song Two" is originally by Blur. You'd know it if you heard it.

Fman99 Mar 21 2013 10:59 AM Re: Pep Squad

I would add "Jungle Boogie" and also "Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Again" to that list. And "Dance To The Music."

seawolf17 Mar 21 2013 11:15 AM Re: Pep Squad

"Song 2" is the one that starts "WOOOOO HOOOOO" and then a fuzz of guitars. Our band does most of those, but really brings it with more current stuff. [youtube:t4i3mlyt]aGTsFRzPq0I[/youtube:t4i3mlyt]

Mets – Willets Point Mar 21 2013 11:31 AM Re: Pep Squad

Fman99 wrote: I would add "Jungle Boogie" and also "Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Again" to that list. And "Dance To The Music." All good choices.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 21 2013 11:42 AM Re: Pep Squad

The Peter Gunn theme. A staple of the genre.

Edgy MD Mar 21 2013 11:48 AM Re: Pep Squad

Oh, yes. I meant to include that when I dreampt this up last night, but couldn't come up with it when I posted. Another with early sixties/Blues Brothers pedigree, too. "I Wish" and "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder got a lot of play at one point, I think.

Ashie62 Mar 21 2013 12:08 PM Re: Pep Squad

Gary Glitter Part 1

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 21 2013 08:01 PM Re: Pep Squad

I am honestly a little shocked that "Na Na Hey Hey (Kiss Him Goodbye)" hasn't been named yet. But there y'are.

Swan Swan H Mar 21 2013 08:06 PM Re: Pep Squad

"Smoke on the Water."

Fman99 Mar 21 2013 08:14 PM Re: Pep Squad

Edgy MD wrote: "I Wish" and "Sir Duke" by Stevie Wonder got a lot of play at one point, I think. Those are tremendous songs.

Mets – Willets Point Mar 21 2013 11:09 PM Re: Pep Squad

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Edgy MD Mar 21 2013 11:40 PM Re: Pep Squad

"Gangham Style" sat next to "Harlem Shake" among cultural touchstones of the last year or so that I'd managed to avoid... ... 'til now.