Best version of Fight Song ever?
https://www.facebook.com/scott.orr.94/videos/10206013423995295/
Listen to this! What happens when 22 talented UMich musical theatre grads sing their version of the University of Michigan fight song at their graduation party. Awesome!
Posted by Scott Orr on Sunday, May 3, 2015
Gave me chills. Someone else smarter than me can probably figure out how to imbed a video from Facebook....
EDIT: Changed previous topic title because of negative criticism. Thought the Hail & Unite reference was funny, but apparently it touched too many mgoblog raw nerves.
Who needs Hail & Unite? Absolutely no one...
NOOOOOBODY
Great video
That was great!
Yes, the thread title had me questioning whether or not to click on this. I am glad I did! That was a good video!
The musical theater program is baller. That's all.
That was catchy.
They should have a professionally done video. Take all the hail and unite funds and put it toward this.
Excited to listen when I have a moment, but my favorite version by a long ways is the pat Suzuki version.
Flavor to it. After that, hang on! What a great, energetic version. Love the "It's Great to Be a Michigan Wolverine" chant made an appearance part way through.
I was also trying to determine how to imbed.
Great stuff!
I've been using that as my ringtone for the last few years; it's really fun when MSU folks say they love my ringtone.
who composed this version of the song? Would love to copy your great idea if I can find it.
Never answering my phone again. Thanks!
Me too...
Had to find the track and rip it specifically to make it iPhone friendly but I've been using it basically since the ad came out.
Great minds think alike.
Holy moly. They need to record this. And sing it at basketball games. Pure awesome.
I thought it was going to be a spoof of the SNL Sweeney Sisters skits back in the day. Very nicely done though.
Very cool! Liked, shared, etc.
Nicely done, but I still prefer the Revelli version performed by the Symphony Band after their tour of Russia.
Ford Auditorium, 1959? Are you sure? The Symphony Band Russian tour was in 1961.
That was definitely pretty neat.
It was always fun to hear the different musical clubs/organizations perform The Victors. They all seemed to have their own variation and never failed to impress.
For anyone else that particularly enjoys the piano, this person does a very nice job.
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Goddammit, Chelsea.
Listen to this! What happens when 22 talented UMich musical theatre grads sing their version of the University of Michigan fight song at their graduation party. Awesome!
Posted by Scott Orr on Sunday, May 3, 2015
well the embed in the OP wasn't showing for me initially.
The one that comes after a touchdown...
Hmmmm.....
If the U of M Marketing Department doesn't get these grads to cut a copy of this song for an advertisement they should lose their jobs tomorrow. Let's see - Version of song people will actually listen to when ads come on during football game. Check. Singers are young, attractive, and diverse group who are all Michigan grads. Check. Best of all, singers are all recent grads who would likely work CHEAP just to get something on their resume. Check. Unless there are problems clearing the copyright for this song, I don't see a downside here
Seriously. And I don't think copyright could be an issue. Surely U of M owns the copyright (or it's already in public domian).
Copyright to the underlying work (The Victors) shouldn't be a problem - the copyright to the song itself is probably in the public domain. But the copyright to this version of The Victors (a derivative work of the original song) could be a problem. U of M would need a license from the author(s) of this version (either expressed or statutory).
True. I was operating under the assumption that the people standing in the room composed this particular version. Could be wrong, of course.
This is a musical theater tradition if I'm not mistaken. I found the same song sung back 3 and 4 years ago. They can use it for marketing but it's certainly not new or innovative. Sorry to burst people's bubble.
Copyright would still be an issue. A very, very big issue.
Michigan owns any copyrights in the underlying work (which I'm assuming are in the public domain anyway), and presumably these kids would own the copyright in this derivative they (I'm assuming) created. Is the tune yanked from an existing broadway piece somehow?
That was freaking AWESOME! Definitely got chills followed by a little teary eyed, these are people, like most all of us, who love our school - alums, fans all of us! This was truly sung with an enthusiam unknown to mankind. Just eff'in wow!
Here's a YouTube link. Not sure how to embed on mobile, sorry. http://youtu.be/5copEH7Z_T0
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Very nice. I like.
Unpopular Opinion Alert: I wasn't a fan of the version linked by the OP. Greatly prefer the original and almost every other version I've heard. Something about the show tunes vibe seemed to trivialize the song for me. To each their own, though. For my money, the best nontraditional version of The Victors is the UM Health Service instrumental version posted above by another commenter.
Agreed
Holmes is the arranger - the one given credit when I've seen this version performed elsewhere. He is a U-M BFA '11, if I recall correctly. He was part of the "StarKid" troupe that made the hilarous "Very Potter Musical" parodies when they were students, and he's now playing Elder Cunningham in one of the touring casts of "Book of Mormon"
Go Blue!
I am inspired to start writing.....My guess is has an awesome and happy ending because Harbaugh!
The answer to the question:
No.
The people in the video have great voices, it's an interesting arrangement, it's fun, it's energetic, etc. But they turned it into a Broadway tune, like it's "Rent" or "Wicked." The fight song as written by Louis Elbel was intended differently, and the great John Philip Sousa touted its greatness.
Best version is the MMB right before kickoff. Marching to the North end zone, turning toward the South...gives me chills.
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Don't know how the rights worked, but the very album used to be something like "Mr. Touchdown, USA!" It's the Revelli-led Marching band doing a number of fight songs and patriotic songs, and that version of "The Victors" is my favorite.
I think it sounds the best after TDs.
This is excellent, awesome, and most glorious. Who is the wet blanket control freak nut-tard who said this can't be posted? Boo that man!
To Be a Michigan Wolverine!!!!