Possible new fight song "Hail and Unite."

Submitted by uofmdds96 on

"Central Student Government has been presented a resolution to develop an additional thematic fight song to be played at University athletic events."

"This project is meant to be, number one, extremely unique."

They are going to reach out to get Eminem involved.

I, for one, cannot wait to see what the lyrics to this will include.  I don't see Eminem being much of a uniter. 

http://michigandaily.com/news/csg-assembly-talks-new-fight-song

 

EDIT: I am in NO WAY in favor of this.
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Don

February 11th, 2015 at 10:50 AM ^

"Business sophomore Adam Weiss, a representative on the CSG Assembly, spoke on behalf of the song campaign, which he called “Hail and Unite.” He said his friend, LSA senior Mike Weinberg, conceptualized the project.

“This project is meant to be, number one, extremely unique,” Weiss said. “The goal of this song is to get a lot of big names that are associated with the University.”

He added that the project would also be backed by a crowd-funding campaign, which is tentatively set to launch next month."

So in other words, this is fundamentally a business/branding project that Weiss wants to add to his resumé that he'll be handing out to VC firms and coastal startups after he graduates. There is no identifiable intrinsic need for a new fight song of any sort.

It gets even more ridiculous:

"While the song’s lyrics and tune are still undetermined, Weiss said it is the organization’s aim to involve big names in the music business and University alumni to contribute to the song. For example, he said Weinberg wants to get Eminem involved.

What the fuck does this mean? What are these "big names" supposed to do? Sing? Write lyrics? Contribute money? Twerk onstage?

What he's proposing is that this song will be developed by a committee. You know what committees produce? They produce stuff like this:

http://bcclist.com/2010/04/30/we-are-nd-embarassing-notre-dame-video-fr…

 

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Jason80

February 11th, 2015 at 11:44 AM ^

I only regret that I have one up vote to give Don. The self importance of this generation is alarming and I hope deeply my daughter is alarming. Hope my daughter isn't doing this kind of crap on her campus. Right now in dorms in Ann Arbor students are crying out for a new fight song because we don't get the plight of this generation--they had switch from IM to texmoreacebook to Twitter and dont forget snapchat! No more! We need money to fund a video so that we can ask for money then David Banner is gonna put that shit into production Like a Pimp?!?! Why can't we (assuming we the Michigan family actually want this) solicit a song and let it grow organically through a mass email to the student body and alumni? Perhaps there is a talented musician or two or five thousand on campus that would take on the challenge. But then the ass behind the effort couldn't put that on his resume when applying to Wharton or Harvard Law School. Screw this, screw the Wharton apllication and most importantly screw "Hail and Unite"! Your education has failed you young man because it is divide and conquer.

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Gr1mlock

February 11th, 2015 at 12:32 PM ^

"Weiss said it is the organization’s aim to involve big names in the music business and University alumni to contribute to the song." 

 

In other words: Weiss' goal is to use the campaign to develop some ins to the music industry he can then leverage to get an internship or job later. Seriously, fuck this guy. 

 

Also, does anyone else think "Weinberg wants to get Eminem involved" sounds a lot like these two clowns were sitting around watching TV and one of them said "hey, wouldn't it be cool if Eminiem, like, sang the fight song or something?"  Want =/= has concrete plans or mechanics to do so.  

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Lou MacAdoo

February 11th, 2015 at 10:49 AM ^

You know I might be interested in this if it's a good song that isn't extremely cheesy and doesn't make me feel uncomfortable when it's played. Yeah that's probably not possible. You know what I just had wow moment. If we want a new song we should have the band make it.

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Zarniwoop

February 11th, 2015 at 10:59 AM ^

Okay, what I read said its not a fight song replacement, but a pump up anthem.

Looking to see what else I can find.

Edit: yeah, nothing we want to hear more than a "star"-studded pop song played over and over at football games.

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StephenRKass

February 11th, 2015 at 10:56 AM ^

I can't believe this nonsense. Here's a block quote from the Daily article:

Business sophomore Adam Weiss, a representative on the CSG Assembly, spoke on behalf of the song campaign, which he called “Hail and Unite.” He said his friend, LSA senior Mike Weinberg, conceptualized the project.
“This project is meant to be, number one, extremely unique,” Weiss said. “The goal of this song is to get a lot of big names that are associated with the University.

So, who on here knows Adam Weiss and his friend, Mike Weinberg? What are they thinking? What circles do they run in? Are they MgoBloggers?

willywonka - so you're princess now. We'd like to hear more about that.

 

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StephenRKass

February 11th, 2015 at 12:16 PM ^

From the Mlive article:

Among U.S. states, California, with 2,428, was the one that sent the most students to Michigan; 2,170 students are from New York, 1,978 are from Illinois, and 1,1118 are from New Jersey.

Regardless of where they're from, this doesn't seem a great idea. I agree with the poster that something like this needs to be more organic.

EDIT:  Weiss is from Florida, Weinberg is from California. Still a stupid idea.

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jblaze

February 11th, 2015 at 11:10 AM ^

if the song is terrible (which is very likely) nobody will ever play/ sing it after a few weeks. If it's actually awesome (very unlikely), then we have an additional song that the fanbase likes.

It's not a big deal, as long as we aren't wasting a bunch of cash on the project.

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