What IS that music?
 

I've only heard it in the background - our team has been spending almost all our downtime in regionals working in the pit, away from the arena - but what is that really dramatic music they play for the beginning of each section of the game? I know I've heard it after opening ceremonies and after quals.

What is it?? From what I've heard, I really like it...


Other than that, in their playlist, I've noticed/recognized Around The World (yay, a piece I knew before robotics ;)), Ready to Go, the techno version of Cotton-Eye Joe, YMCA, One More Time, and some others that haven't been played more than a few times. What other pieces have you all noticed? Maybe we should compile a FIRST playlist!

"Hot Hot Hot" is a classic in FIRST competitions. ;)

And this year in the Pacific Northwest Regional there was a very special song in the playlist: Amigo Punk, by Graforréia Xilarmônica.
A band from our city that nobody else there knew, but we asked the "DJ" to play it and it was really special to us! :) :)

the men in the team who had cameras refused when I asked them to turn the cameras on to record the song, though :mad:

WE LIKE TO PARTY by the Vengaboys.....that is a CLASSIC FIRST song....our team calls it the offical FIRST song!!!

another one bites the dust, lowrider, those are first classics
this year i heard some acdc, and motivation by sum41
that was at UTC, i hardly recognized any of the music at the NYC regional

Umm. Yeah the music at NYC sucked, but the DJ did play some Slipknot for us! I heard that stooopid song by Missy Elliot "Get Your Freak On" like 15 times through the whole thing.
Yucky Rap!

Trademark FIRST song: Mr. Roboto by STYX

Last year i rember they played Sandstorm a bijillion times both at KSC and NAts


Andrew

my team tried t oget the NYC dj to play Ole by the Bouncing Souls. it sorta became our team song after we won the rookie all star award on friday at NYC. after we went outside to catch our bus, Dan started singing it, and we al joined in :D stupid dj only played crap, i mean rap.

::gasps:: No one mentioned the Cha-Cha Slide?! That was played at MMR this year a few times, as well as Youth of the Nation. :)

- Katie

Re: What IS that music?
 

Well, Depends on which regional you went to.

Let's get ready to rumble super mix?

Prodigy - Voodoo People

Actually anything off the Hackers soundtrack is awsome.

i felt that there was too much n'sync and britney spears at the MMR. it really got annoying

Where's the ground pounding thumpin' metal?
 

I have been an adult FIRSTer for 3 years now. The music at the GLR always seems to rock, maybe that's because the Motor City knows how too!!:) Absent though, are the oldies but goodies: Mteallica, Anthrax, MegaDeath, Iron Maiden, ZZ Top(manic mechainic!),Ted Nuggent, Ministry, SoundGarden... and oh yea, the roar of a BigBlock Chevy dropping the hammer at 7500 rpm and buzzing through all 4 gears!! What can I say I love Chainsaw music!! :D

Someone should compile a CD of FIRST music...

Re: What IS that music?
 

I think I know the music you're thinking of, and I don't know the name either. Is this it? Can anyone ID it? (Please excuse my little MIDI file.)

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Never mind. I found it. (The one I was thinking of anyway;) ) It is Sirius by the Alan Parsons Project. It is on Jock Rock, Vol. 2. You can search on Amazon.com for Jock Rock, and listen to a clip there.
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Woo im in that boat...i cant stand rap

FIRST needs to work on their present playlist...with all the garbage they play at events (and even worse hearing it multiple times) something needs to be done

At Buckeye they did play some System of a Down

Metallica and Nirvana needs to be played...wow that will pump some adrenaline

Finally: The Cha Cha Slide needs to go! (Sorry KT)

What about some ska? You know, Reel Big Fish, Mighty Mighty Bosstones - some of that suff. And of course, who can forget the ska/punk/irish band, the Dropkick Murphys? When it comes down to it, if you want high-energy but don't want pop or hip-hop, punk/ska is the way to go.

But I agree with you DJ Fluck - we definately need some Nirvana. Perhaps more grunge/punk as well. Days of the Phoenix by AFI would be a great song. It's one of those songs where you just gotta throw up your arms and celebrate the energy beind punk culture (yeah yeah, some of you may not like 'punk culture,' but the music DOES have energy behind it). A lot of stuff off of the Bouncing Souls' Hopeless Romantic album - such as "Kate is Great" - would be great too (no pun intended).

CD's would be great, except for the whole DMCA thing. That really puts a lid on fun promotions like that.

<edit>"Kate is Great" isn't on Hopeless Romantic. But that doesn't change the fact the Hopeless Romantic has tons of good stuff. '87, Fight to Live, and It's Not the Heat, It's the Humanity are all great songs with tons of energy. And of course, how can you forget Ole - the cover of the ever popular euo-soccer anthem (and coincidentally, our team song). If you're into Bouncing Souls, Maniacal Laughter also has some good high-energy songs - but thats an earlier album, so it's not as musically advanced as Hopeless Romantic. However, I would recommend The Freaks, Nerds, and Romantics with the catchy refrain "We're gonna play nomatter what they say!" off of Maniacal Laughter

Are you sure?
 

It sounds kind of like it, but I'm not sure...

Our team was at the Silicon Valley (San Jose) and Southern California (Los Angeles) competitions, for those who wanted to know.

Oh, also, how about some classic old-skewl pop? Like Love Shack or Rock Lobster by the B52's? Istambul by They Might Be Giants? What about classic rock like Peace of Mind by Boston, or Teenage Wasteland by The Who (the Nissan-Not-That-You-Would-But-You-Could-car-polo commercial)? Techno is awesome, but playing nothing but techno is as bad as playing nothing but pop or playing the same song 5 times a day...

Well at KSC there was rap,sadly, and way too much disco:(

Occasionally there was some good rock, i did hear nirvana and like 2 decent trance songs but that was pretty much it.

i think they need to play something that will stop us from covering our ears, or just idioticly swaying our shoulders between matches, like somthing that will have us goin until we vomit

Hmm, I could have sworn I heard Crystal Method -- Name of the Game at UTC. Without the lyrics, of course.

My music
 

I hear all the music. So far, I've requested my MUST HAVE Linkin Park during our matches (I sing while driving the robot), I've heard Who lets the dogs out, Blink 182, Sum 41, Daft punk, STYX, Gorillaz, Hoobastank, and Queen. Thast all i can remeber right now, but if i watch the videos of the matches i could tell you a bunch

Mr. Ross' midi...
 

Mr. Ross, that was what seemed to me an odd midi of 'Eye of the Tiger'. Unique, in a sort of different way...

Re: Mr. Ross' midi...
 

Sorry about that. :o I was going completely from memory, and I'm not surprised if I got a couple of songs mixed together.:o (Now I've got to go find "Eye of the Tiger".)

Anyway, I found another MIDI of Sirius. I can't vouch that it's 100% correct either, but I tend to think it's got to be closer than mine.;)

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You're right. I found Eye of the Tiger, and I had the two merged in my mind.
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Re: Re: Mr. Ross' midi...
 

That's the song I was thinking of when I read the original post. When they played that at LA I felt right at home because that's the song the Bulls have been using for years during player introductions.

Mike

I think some Metallica, static-x, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, LTJ, Offspring, Green Day, Bad Religon, slipknot, PM5K, and other good rock and punk should be playedm, techno's okay but how do you get excited listening to pop? i just don't understand why at any event somebody would play pop music or rap.

Rap and Rock
 

Alright I pretty much like every music genre however, rap does get you pumped up the following are my recommendations for songs
Queen- we will we will rock you
Bull's entrance music for the championships
Petey Pablo- Raise up
House of Pain-Jump Around
Linkin Park & Executioners- It's going down
Mighty Mighty Bosstones- the impression that I get
System of a Down-toxicity and angels
Drowning Pool-Bodies
Ja Rule- Holla Holla
Ruff Ryders Anthem
Anthing off of the Jock Rock Soundtrack
Oh yeah that techno song that I've been trying to get a name for to download it can anybody help me with this!!! It's like the staple techno song

P.S Also I'm open to suggestions for which color I should dye my hair for Florida.

Countdown
 

Does anyone remember the countdown "5,4,3,2,1" that they used to play prior to the opening ceremonies at FIRST?

They haven't played it for 2-3 years. It had incredible bass and always made my hair stand on end. It always got my adrenaline pumping.

Re: Countdown
 

What you are looking for is Track one off Jock Jams, I think

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/cl...534071-4328143

I might be wrong however

Jock Jams has been neglacted in this thread however. :-)

Err... I remember this...
 

Although I agree that there is a LOT <-- possibly too much --> pop played, It's generally acceptable to everyone. Remember that we're at a FIRST event at Disney, a public place with GRACIOUS PROFESSIONALISM in mind, and that there can't really be offensive music played.

This is something that I held close to when I was on 108 and we started the whole music-playing cart thing. Most of the other students on the team wanted offensive music with obscene lyrics on the cd. I know there are radio versions of these songs, and I told them that for the most part, as long as they got those versions, that would have been fine. Needless to say, they were lazy, didn't get that, and I got a lot of heat from them over it. But in my honest opinion, some music just CANT be played at nationals.

Although I enjoy the song Bodies, I think it may be a bit much for the average person to listen to. And same goes for the Ruff Ryders anthem. I would also love for there to be more punk and ska, but punk can have some pretty offensive lyrics, and from what I hear from most people, ska is annoying (though I'm a total addict. the Toasters were just down my way recently. Squeal!)

So not to pick on anyone in particular, I just wanted to get my couple of cents in. Oh, and who says there's too much disco played??? Lemme attem! Lemme attem! I'll claw thier eyes out with my big lapels and crush thier toes with my fish-tank platforms. Ooh Ooh, who's stayin alive now???

-Robby O
Disco Diva and FIRSTanimators Moderator
oshortwan@hotmail.com

My thoughts exactly

Re: Err... I remember this...
 

i find pop offensive


But punk and ska is the best for pumping you up along with metal. Listening to some less than jake or metallica is great espically "automatic" by LTJ or "Fight Fire With Fire" by metallica.

You cannot understand it because its not the type of music you like. Just because a certain type of music doesn't get you going doesn't mean it doesn't get someone else excited.

I'm all for playing different types of music at regionals and nationals, but I think a lot of you are losing sight of your goals. If you want the music selection to be fair and equal you cant discriminate against any other type of music. That's hyprocritical. Especially if your sole reason is 'I don't like such and such type of music'. :rolleyes:

Remember, you are not neccesarily the majority :)

I mentioned jock jams on my previous post:mad: :D

Jock Jams and Jock Rock are very different CD, both put out by ESPN

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
 

The DJ in Canada told us him were given instructions NOT to play any music that would be given to him! We really wanted to hear "It's not easy being green" by Kermit the Frog, it's kind of our theme song, since we're so green....

I realize that this has nothing to do with first but does anybody know the name of the song the USAF Thunderbirds use when the pilots are being introduced

please don't revive dead threads... It's annoying. Also, for non-first things, there's a special forum. It's called the 'Chit-Chat' forum. (scroll down to the bottem on the index)

and.. I think i know of the song you're talking about, but can't remember it's name... mabey the usaf website??

*Sings* i'm a hopeless romantiiiiiic, your just hopeless



dont forget flogging molly =) once my band opened for flogging molly and dropkick murphys... it kicked so much butt :D

*dances around* i want to bring a mini-amp and play guitar for team spirit but I doubt first would like that much

I happen to like We're Not Gonna Take It by ... *long thinking pause* ... GAH! I forget :/ All I can think of is the Less Than Jake cover...jeez. Too many hours awake with no sleep.

Reviving Dead Threads is a whole lot better than making a new one

Personally, I like the music FIRST plays, granted it's not my style.. it does give FIRST that feel that we all come to love.
like someone said previously about one song in particuiar that made there hair stand on end.. as lame as some of those songs may be.. they do create a really unique environment. plus.. there is so much to do there.. who really has time to listen to the music?

my personal favorites are Rednex - Cotton eye Joe and Daft Punk - One more time.. was played during one of the most amazing matches i have ever seen at SBPLI, and we Dominated!

whenever i hear that song now.. i think of that and get goosebumps ^.^

~Pyro