OT: Hail and Unite Pitch at Alumni Association Event

Submitted by teamgreg8 on

Tonight I went to the Alumni Association event for the Greater Detroit club since I moved back to the area recently.

 

The leader of the Hail and Unite venture, Mike Weinberg pitched the idea to the group of 25-30. Key points:

-Vision for this idea stemmed from "We are the World" song

-Not meant to replace what exists

-Meant to combine student efforts and musicians "connected" to the university

-Will be crowdfunded

-Weinberg will be presenting this to the Chicago and Los Angeles Alumni Associations, probably others as well, but those were the only ones listed

 

I know it's a controversial subject here; I write this post just to notify those headed to future Alumni Association gatherings.

For those keeping track, I despise this idea.

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Maize and Blue…

March 19th, 2015 at 11:39 PM ^

A group of Chicago alums get together, go to he event there, and boo him off the stage, chant TRANSFER,TRANSFER,TRANSFER, and throw marshmallows at him. This idea really needs to die a slow and painful death. Chicago alums step up for Michigan.

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CoachBP6

March 19th, 2015 at 11:48 PM ^

Hail and unite should hail and shut the fuck up. I have a bad feeling that they're going to create something awful that will find its way to the big house. I hope I am very, very wrong.

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mgoblue0970

March 20th, 2015 at 12:12 AM ^

Their webpage says they are creating 2 versions... one regular and one for the band.  I hope this gets booed mercilessly at the big house if the band is ever fucking stupid enough to play it.

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Mark McBoneski

March 20th, 2015 at 1:12 PM ^

I'm pretty sure it would never make it to the Big House. The band would run through it once in rehearsal, and Pasquale would be like, "Wow, that sounded like a cat being run through a wood chipper. Mmmmmmeeeeeeeeeooowwahhh!" And thus would end the band's involvement with the song.

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Gucci Mane

March 19th, 2015 at 11:57 PM ^

So it seems that 95% or more of people on MGOBLOG despise this idea, we are all diehard michigan sport and the university as a whole fans, so why do these clowns think anyone would want a new stupid song ?

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Monkey House

March 20th, 2015 at 12:22 AM ^

I find it insane that people are more upset with a stupid song that might make the school look silly than when Hoke was hired that actually did make the school look silly.

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MichiganMAN47

March 20th, 2015 at 12:39 AM ^

No one could have known that Hoke would be that bad. He had some good teams. He even did pretty darn well in his first two years here. He was a relatively proven commodity compared to a song.

With songs there are dozens if not hundreds of bad ones for every good one. Even great artists put out several crappy songs for every great one. That's why this idea sucks- the chances of it succeeding and sounding good in the Big House are very low. No one wants to hear it. The idea sounds very corny and superficial.

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snarling wolverine

March 20th, 2015 at 12:55 AM ^

I don't get why you're still ranting all the time about Hoke when he's been relieved of his duties, and replaced by freaking JIM HARBAUGH.

If you really hate Hoke that much, look at it this way: for a failed coaching tenure, it was about the best-case scenario.  He recruited very well, leaving his successor with a well-stocked roster, and his tenure unraveled at the perfect time, when the ultimate coach became available.  

As for this song, until we get confirmation that the project is dead, people need to keep the pressure on.

 

 

 

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slimj091

March 20th, 2015 at 2:16 AM ^

There is not much to bitch about now that DB, and Hoke are gone. We have been bitching and complaining for so long it is almost like breathing. Some of us start to turn purple if we haven't bitched about something for more than a day. So we bitch about this, because a kid making a song is just about as evil as you can get...

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MichiganMAN47

March 20th, 2015 at 12:30 AM ^

At this point it's hard to defend these guys on any level.

-Completely ignoring the reality that no one likes their idea. Cough- Dave Brandon- Cough.

-The irony that a song called Hail and Unite has caused a huge controversy.

- They're arrogance and condescending tone when they've been questioned. Dave Brandonesque here as well.

-The fact that they are clearly in this for a resume boost. I'm a business major and you couldn't pay me enough to try to have a song compete with the Victors- there are some things that are sacred. It's wrong in principle.

Given the recent history with Brandon, this ought to be given up, but if they are this persistent they may be lucky and get it played in the big house, to which I will consider booing.

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markusr2007

March 20th, 2015 at 1:07 AM ^

I can't fucking believe that more people aren't shouting down this turd of an idea down with greater emphasis. The fact that this hipster sewage hasn't died a decisive, humiliating and early demise tells you just how clusterfucked the situation really is. "We are the turd....."



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jmdblue

March 20th, 2015 at 7:18 AM ^

Why does this thing need crowdfunding (or existance for that matter)?  How much does it cost to write a song or approach a musician?  

Ohhhh!  I get it.... that's not the idea.  The idea is to buy a song, have a famous person sing it (for money), then have the Weinberg name connected to the new tradition for Weinberg's benefit.  As I've written on these pages before, this is the last thing a Michigan Man thing one would do.

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Soulfire21

March 20th, 2015 at 10:13 AM ^

It's not nearly as controversial as I first thought.  Let's just hope it doesn't turn into a 'We are ND' or similar.

If it's going to be done, it needs to be done well.

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Tuebor

March 20th, 2015 at 10:21 AM ^

It's a pump up song guys.  For when you are on the way to the gym or studying for a midterm.  Be a part of music history.

 

So many buzzwords in that video.  And the editing was pretty bad between takes. 

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ruthmahner

March 20th, 2015 at 10:47 AM ^

The mere presence of Jim Harbaugh in the big house will prevent any Johnny-come-lately nonsense song from ever taking hold there.  That said, I love the "kill it with fire" GIFs and wish we could somehow splice one of those onto a picture of this cretin's head.

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State Street

March 20th, 2015 at 10:50 AM ^

It sounds like the AD shot down any chance of this "song" being affiliated with the atheltic department in any way.  There's pretty much no mention of trying to get the song played in the big house anymore.  

This is now just a song to listen to "on the way to the gym."  This guy is a true visionary.

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jabberwock

March 20th, 2015 at 1:45 PM ^

has a song even been created yet?

I thought we were still in the "give me a shit-ton of $ to get this started" phase.

or are we now into the "I've gotten a shit-ton of $ from some suckers & now I'll sell it (and myself) to whoever will listen while still having no product" phase.

followed by the "hey piano hack, here's $100 to write the next great Michigan song- you have until tuesday" phase.

resulting in the "I'm sorry this awesome creative venture has to be put on hold -but I'll put the remaing crowdsourced 50k to "good use" phase.

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Moleskyn

March 20th, 2015 at 12:41 PM ^

Yeesh. The backlash here is a bit way over the top. There's a way to strongly and justifiably disagree with someone/something and still show respect. It appears that many on this board don't understand that distinction.

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uferfan

March 20th, 2015 at 12:54 PM ^

I thought that "Lochdogg the Walking Buzzword" packed up and took his show to Phoenix. 

 

You know, he doesn't need a "crowdfund". He can just use all those royalties he's getting from Home Alone 4....oh, wait- nevermind.

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