UTD seeks battle cry
Kim Felder
- Page 1 of 1
|
With the lyrics written and the tune chosen, the UTD fight song is in its final stage of development.
"Our Flirtation" by John Phillip Sousa is the tune that the fight song would follow and is on public domain.
If a song is in public domain then it is not protected by copyright and can be used by anyone. A song may no longer be under copyright if the copyright has expired, a copyright was not granted due to the authors' failure to properly file for copyright or the work is by the U.S. Government, according to the website, www.copyright.gov
"We looked at a bunch [of songs], but we picked it in particular because it was empowering and aggressive enough to be a fight song," Student Government (SG) President Ben Dower said. "It had very regular beats, so it was good to put to words and put to a chant so everyone can do it."
The Fight Song Committee, who expanded on last year's work on the song, finalized the lyrics and tune at its Aug. 28 meeting.
"The original fight song, which we talked about last year, was more of a song, and then the occasional person would chirp in, but this should be easier for greater participation," Dower said.
The need for a fight song was voiced Fall 2006 by molecular biology senior Felicity Lenes, who was at the time SG Vice President and molecular biology senior Juliann Peterson, a SG senator.
"Certainly we have a spirit program which does a fantastic job, but we wanted to give them as much help as we could," Lenes said. "We wanted to do something that people would get intuitively and marches are pretty simple rhythmically."
The fight song, once made official, will be used to promote school spirit at sports games, rally events and other UTD related activities. The tentative lyrics are currently being circulated throughout campus organizations, so that the Fight Song Committee may gain feedback from students and improve the lyrics if necessary. To voice your opinion of the fight song, email comments to SG@utdallas.edu
Viewing Comments 1 - 10 of 18
burn that shi- up
posted 9/20/07 @ 4:13 PM CST
yada yada ya snoop dee oh double gee
Ryan
posted 9/21/07 @ 11:42 AM CST
This is the worst fight song I have ever heard. The words "Heck Yeah" should never have even crossed anyone's mind. This is a disgrace to a smart university. (Continued…)
Saint
posted 9/23/07 @ 9:07 PM CST
It seems like a decent enough little song...but why use "heck" instead of "hell" if you're going to try to use that sort of language at all? If a comet wasn't unintimidating enough, we'll now come at people with "heck"?
Huh
posted 9/24/07 @ 7:55 PM CST
Wow.
Lame.
Waxin MaDugan
posted 9/24/07 @ 10:43 PM CST
President Ben Dower said. "It had very regular beats, so it was good to put to words and put to a chant so everyone can do it."
what does that really even mean? keep it simple enough so that everyone can bob there heads? how many "beats" does ben dower know is the real question, what constitutes his idea of regular?
Jessica
posted 9/25/07 @ 8:00 PM CST
I like the song. The comet in the picture is a pretty scary comet, too.
Ben Dower
posted 9/25/07 @ 9:35 PM CST
I think the word I was looking for was rhythm. Steady rhythm. Sorry if my wording bothered you. It's difficult to create lyrics meant to be chanted with an unsteady beat, so My Flirtation was an appropriate choice with that obstacle in mind. (Continued…)
Niki
posted 9/27/07 @ 12:00 AM CST
This is a bit lame...
i think there is a reason we never had a "battle cry"
we just could not come up with anything good.
mike
posted 9/27/07 @ 10:51 PM CST
I can't believe it took a committee to come up with this. I could have gone and picked up someone from the day labor center to write a better song. This is a disgrace. (Continued…)
JV
posted 9/30/07 @ 8:56 PM CST
The lyrics to this fight song are terrible. I haven't heard the music or anything, but I would not be caught singing these words anywhere. Just because they are easy and go to a beat doesn't mean anyone will sing the words if they are stupid. (Continued…)
Post a Comment