1. The Beer Song has become our unoffficial song, that is mostly sung by the college students.TwoTone wrote:think that the beer song should be banned? Nothing I love more than seeing a bunch of small kids singing about beer. And other schools coming in to hear our "School Song". Its horrible and I wish it were never played again.
It was really in poor taste this last game when Wyo did something to remember the track and field players who died 9 years ago and almost on que the band started the beer song. Way to drop the ball. Ive talked to members of the band and they don't even like to play it but they are told to a couple times a game.
I think its total
Its sung by more than the students, but your right most of the students are usually so drunk that its what they like to hear. Don't even pretend that Wyo isn't a drinking school because we all know kids who go there and hear the stories.fromolwyoming wrote: 1. The Beer Song has become our unoffficial song, that is mostly sung by the college students.
2. Little kids singing it is more of a parenting thing then the school's.
3. When I worked the games, it seemed like the bands enjoyed it as much as the crowd did, and it also helped in many games so that the Pokes seemed to get more energy.
4. Yes, the track and field athletes who died 9 years ago was a tragedy, and the song should not be played in remembrance of them. However, last I checked, I don't see the Western Thunder Marching band and the Pep band at any of the track meets.
bladerunnr wrote:I hate the song in general. I think it makes us look like a bunch of drunk rednecks. I know I'm in the minority on this. But I remember when the drinking age in Wyo. was 19 for everything and how many of my friends or people I knew died in drunk driving related deaths. Not that drinking is a bad thing, I just don't think it needs to be celebrated by a bunch of kids (many of whom are not legally old enough to drink).
TwoTone wrote:Its sung by more than the students, but your right most of the students are usually so drunk that its what they like to hear. Don't even pretend that Wyo isn't a drinking school because we all know kids who go there and hear the stories.fromolwyoming wrote: 1. The Beer Song has become our unoffficial song, that is mostly sung by the college students.
2. Little kids singing it is more of a parenting thing then the school's.
3. When I worked the games, it seemed like the bands enjoyed it as much as the crowd did, and it also helped in many games so that the Pokes seemed to get more energy.
4. Yes, the track and field athletes who died 9 years ago was a tragedy, and the song should not be played in remembrance of them. However, last I checked, I don't see the Western Thunder Marching band and the Pep band at any of the track meets.
So you think parents are going to cover the kids ears or what? They are going to hear it and it gives them the idea that its ok to be a drunk a##hole at an early age.
You know what helps get the team pumped up more than the beer song? RAGTIME COWBOY JOE! And when the crowd gets into the game. When they came back against SDSU this weekend it wasn't because of the beer song it was because the crowd got into the game for once
What does the band being at meets have to do with anything? Because they don't play then it doesn't matter?
The song does nothing but make other schools look at The University of Wyoming like a bunch of drunk redneck hillbillies.
Laramie itself has 27 bars with little else to do except the occasional visit to the Rec Center. So what else would the City of Laramie be? Not too mention that already many local High School kids get into bars, whether or not the bouncers and bartenders know they are of age.TwoTone wrote:Its sung by more than the students, but your right most of the students are usually so drunk that its what they like to hear. Don't even pretend that Wyo isn't a drinking school because we all know kids who go there and hear the stories.fromolwyoming wrote: 1. The Beer Song has become our unoffficial song, that is mostly sung by the college students.
2. Little kids singing it is more of a parenting thing then the school's.
3. When I worked the games, it seemed like the bands enjoyed it as much as the crowd did, and it also helped in many games so that the Pokes seemed to get more energy.
4. Yes, the track and field athletes who died 9 years ago was a tragedy, and the song should not be played in remembrance of them. However, last I checked, I don't see the Western Thunder Marching band and the Pep band at any of the track meets.
So you think parents are going to cover the kids ears or what? They are going to hear it and it gives them the idea that its ok to be a drunk a##hole at an early age.
You know what helps get the team pumped up more than the beer song? RAGTIME COWBOY JOE! And when the crowd gets into the game. When they came back against SDSU this weekend it wasn't because of the beer song it was because the crowd got into the game for once
What does the band being at meets have to do with anything? Because they don't play then it doesn't matter?
The song does nothing but make other schools look at The University of Wyoming like a bunch of drunk redneck hillbillies.
I can tell you first hand that part isn't true, or at least it wasn't a few years ago. When I was in the band, we enjoyed playing the beer song because it's such a crowd pleaser (for the most part). Used to be that the band was only allowed to play the song a couple of times a game, and usually only when the team was up. I would say that Cowboy Joe was played 10 times as often as the Beer song when I was in the band.TwoTone wrote:Ive talked to members of the band and they don't even like to play it but they are told to a couple times a game.
So you enjoyed college like I did?bladerunnr wrote:I did a lot of things in college I wouldn't do now.
