U-M Students Sing "The Victors" on the Ohio Campus
Kind of corny but overall a good idea. Gotta love the improvised wheelchair dolly.
http://lsa.umich.edu/alumni/wire/ci.operationhailtue8nov2011_ci.detail?tr=y&auid=9806721
November 9th, 2011 at 5:48 PM ^
I enjoyed this first thing this morning. It was emailed by LSA magazine. It is corny, but I liked the idea. More than that, I love hearing The Victors sung from beginning to end, especially by people who can sing.
November 9th, 2011 at 6:30 PM ^
I respectfully disagree -- I think the fact that they are singing the song "classically" takes away from it. It doesn't sound like a fight song -- it sounds like Josh Groban or Michael Buble is trying to cover it, and it loses a lot of its "pep" because of it.
November 9th, 2011 at 7:46 PM ^
To each his own. I like The Victors sung a lot of different ways. But I do like to acknowledge that it is a classical song written in 1898 with different sentimentality than that used by a bunch of rowdy hockey players singing the chorus only in about 4 seconds. I like all the words, not merely the chorus that we all know (and that I was taught as an 8 year old). I also like to acknowledge that it was not originally intended to be a fight song, but rather a celebration of victory.
That said, I agree that I would like to actually win first.
Let the kids have their fun.
November 10th, 2011 at 11:36 AM ^
The Victors is NOT a "classical song." It has lyrics about winning a football game set to a conventional late 19th century march.
November 11th, 2011 at 6:28 PM ^
I second this: The march was the pop music of the late 19th/early 20th century. Think about it this way, if the idea of a fight song came up today, it would be a rap song or something else "the kids listen to now-a days."
November 9th, 2011 at 8:35 PM ^
There are many different ways to sing the Victors and each is awesome in its own way, even the way they did it in this video. However, I do think it would have been a lot better if it had a lot more "UMPH" to it. They're in enemy territory, be intimidating!
November 9th, 2011 at 5:54 PM ^
Loved It.
November 9th, 2011 at 6:02 PM ^
except the one scene where he Hails! with his left arm and not his right. Otherwise pretty good.
November 9th, 2011 at 7:03 PM ^
Some of the MGoFans are left-handed. It happens from time to time. There's nothing sinister about it. Oh, wait...
November 10th, 2011 at 11:26 AM ^
And it's all thanks to Ehud and Eglon. Man I would love to see that on instant replay!
November 9th, 2011 at 6:15 PM ^
I hate the way they sing it. Sounds like a "Glee" rendition.
November 9th, 2011 at 7:39 PM ^
they are from the Glee club...
November 9th, 2011 at 10:47 PM ^
November 9th, 2011 at 7:48 PM ^
It was written in 1898 to be sung by Glee Clubs. Therefore, I think it is okay for some Glee Club guys and gals to sing it that way.
November 9th, 2011 at 6:16 PM ^
November 9th, 2011 at 6:19 PM ^
who attends that institution, responded with "don't you dare post garbage like this on my wall again."
classy, sister, classy.
November 9th, 2011 at 6:22 PM ^
....to post photos of landfills and say, "You mean like this?"
November 9th, 2011 at 6:53 PM ^
item will make her very popular in Ohio (they call it a Porta-Potty):
November 9th, 2011 at 6:24 PM ^
What's with the lipsyncing though? I'm sure they didn't want to bring mics with them, but I would have loved to have seen them sing it in one spot and see the crazed and confused Ohio fans around them.
Go Blue!
November 9th, 2011 at 6:46 PM ^
Are they still alive?
November 9th, 2011 at 6:47 PM ^
Would've been cooler if you know...there had been a single ohio state fan in some of the shots. Plus, it was shot on Saturday at presumably like 9 or 10 am when no one is awake to care, thus I'm not impressed
November 9th, 2011 at 7:16 PM ^
I wouldn't waste the gas to drive to that hell hole to do that
November 9th, 2011 at 7:27 PM ^
This is why you don't do stuff when Ohio State fans are around.
November 9th, 2011 at 8:44 PM ^
Loved the video...it was kinda like watching cavemen learning how to use tools for the first time
November 10th, 2011 at 2:06 AM ^
For some reason that needed Also Sprech Zarathrusa in the background....
November 10th, 2011 at 10:52 AM ^
OMG when that one guy started beating on it, all alone, no one else around, just pouring his heart into punching it, I laughed so hard a co-worker came to my office to see what my problem was.
November 9th, 2011 at 7:06 PM ^
I like the idea but I don't like the way they sing it
November 9th, 2011 at 7:18 PM ^
I was embarassed for them and cringing a bit while I watched it. Sorry.
November 9th, 2011 at 7:24 PM ^
Sorry, but can't be doing that kind of stuff in the midst of a 7-game losing streak. Scoreboard is all that matters.
<hanging myself>
November 10th, 2011 at 7:40 AM ^
It was the Glee Club, of course it was embarrassing. Membership in a Glee Club is inherently embarrassing. It's the only thing worse than being in the band.
November 9th, 2011 at 7:19 PM ^
I pine for the days of being a just crazy and carefree enough to do something like this, so I will not discredit their methods.
Good show, young folk! And Hail!
November 9th, 2011 at 7:24 PM ^
Hail!
November 9th, 2011 at 7:31 PM ^
Actually embarrased to watch that, and feel embarrased to be those guys....if you are gonna pull such a stunt, sing where their are actually people around, not where you are driving away in your car like cowards
November 9th, 2011 at 8:48 PM ^
Can't wait for you to post your video of you and your friends singing the Victors in Columbus. Otherwise, it just seems that you are the coward. Those people are f-ing crazy...
November 9th, 2011 at 7:37 PM ^
street with friends the night before UM beat OSU....and I survived to talk about it! Go Blue!
November 9th, 2011 at 7:58 PM ^
Anyone else notice that the producer of the video is named Brandon Sandusky ('11)? I'm not going to be able to go to Cedar Point ever again without thinking about the name Sandusky.
November 9th, 2011 at 8:41 PM ^
This was a great idea and The Victors was sung beautifully! Much better than hearing the trio sung over and over again at warp speed (like in most cases). Louis Elbel would be proud.
November 9th, 2011 at 9:03 PM ^
I would have preferred this medley performed at the 50-yard line of the Toilet Bowl.
November 9th, 2011 at 9:48 PM ^
You can tell they aren't from round these parts. Their faces are full of life, instead of despair.
November 10th, 2011 at 12:02 AM ^
...about this video is that I currently happen to be on definite article state of Ohio university's campus and they put me up in the Blackwell hotel in a room that looks directly at the horseshoe... and I'm watching this and hearing the victors. #incongruous #worldscollide