Will.I.Am's hall of fame

[eedoga]

One thing I would like to say.

I volunteered at Worlds, and was assigned to the VIP dinner. I was supposed to stand in front of one of the entrances and send people around to the main one to get their badges checked.

Most of the people walked up, I greeted them, and they moved on to the other door. Will-I-Am walked up to me, greeted me by name (off of my name badge), thanked me for volunteering and all that I do, and asked me about my team before moving on. I was really touched by the extra effort he made to go out of his way to acknowledge someone without needing to.

He is a pretty cool guy.

Having him re-write a hit song to celebrate FIRST is the icing on the cake.

Edoga

[Libby K]

will.i.am did perform with his (live) voice over the FIRST version of HoF.

The FIRST version is fully recorded, as shown in the video Dean brought to regionals, and if you listen carefully during the performance, you can hear the FIRST lyrics. I think the audio levels between his mic and the background HoF were unbalanced, which is pretty sad. I'm sorry that it led people to thinking this was unprepared. Will's been working on this for a while.

You can be the greatest, you can be the best
You can be an engineer or a scientist
You can help the world, you can find a cure,
You can be FIRST, you can be the leader

The second verse changes 'you can walk straight through hell with a smile' to 'you can build a robot in your own style'. I'll have to doublecheck on the other changes, but those are the biggest noted ones to me in the recorded version.

I think Dean's homework from the regionals where he unveiled it still applies - go on twitter and thank will.i.am for this. It's not every day an artist rewrites a song just for a cause they believe in.

"My industry is out on spring break, in Ibiza, in Miami - I choose to be here in St. Louis because you guys are the future."

[dcarr]

Originally Posted by Libby K

will.i.am did perform with his (live) voice over the FIRST version of HoF.

The FIRST version is fully recorded, as shown in the video Dean brought to regionals, and if you listen carefully during the performance, you can hear the FIRST lyrics. I think the audio levels between his mic and the background HoF were unbalanced, which is pretty sad. I'm sorry that it led people to thinking this was unprepared. Will's been working on this for a while.

You can be the greatest, you can be the best
You can be an engineer or a scientist
You can help the world, you can find a cure,
You can be FIRST, you can be the leader

The second verse changes 'you can walk straight through hell with a smile' to 'you can build a robot in your own style'. I'll have to doublecheck on the other changes, but those are the biggest noted ones to me in the recorded version.

I think Dean's homework from the regionals where he unveiled it still applies - go on twitter and thank will.i.am for this. It's not every day an artist rewrites a song just for a cause they believe in.

"My industry is out on spring break, in Ibiza, in Miami - I choose to be here in St. Louis because you guys are the future."

Will this version be released?

[Libby K]

Originally Posted by dcarr

Will this version be released?

I sure hope so. I'll ask.

[Whippet]

Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

I'm still trying to relate "it's time to pull the leather" to anything we do in FIRST....

It sounded more like "it's time to pull the lever" to me...

Still, those songs are really not very good. The current one is an enormous improvement.

[LilsisdeRosie]

Originally Posted by guniv

I don't think he actually made a new, produced song... he kinda improvised it at Champs. I could be wrong.

they played it at the NE First Champs. It is a recorded track.

[magnets]

From what I saw, it looked to me that something went wrong, like he wasn't expecting it to be a recording of him singing. When he realizes, he stops singing along. Later he keeps looking down at his laptop, and does something, so I think he was trying to do something/tell someone something.

[Kyler Hagler]

Not trying to revive an old thread, but has anyone heard about them releasing this for purchase or download?

[ghesla]

I made a highlight from the NYC regional streaming.


http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/45847...ghlight/489694

[CTbiker105]

Originally Posted by Christopher149

I remember what sounded like a 'studio' recording of the FIRST version sometime later than the 'live' performance at CMP.

PS. "2112" during Einstein was amazing.

I got so excited when I heard "The Temples of Syrinx." There needs to be more Rush played at events.

[StillDefective]

Originally Posted by CTbiker105

I got so excited when I heard "The Temples of Syrinx." There needs to be more Rush played at events.

I kind of tune out the music at events because I have heard "Call Me Maybe" 50 times too many, but I wish I wasn't. I can't believe I missed 2112!

[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by StillDefective

I kind of tune out the music at events because I have heard "Call Me Maybe" 50 times too many, but I wish I wasn't. I can't believe I missed 2112!

IIRC, 2112 and YYZ were both played during closing ceremonies/Einstein.

[ZeroGAdam]

I get way too excited when RUSH is played during robotics comps... I was ecstatic when they played the "2112" Medley...

But back on topic, I have a feeling there is a recorded version of the song somewhere. I feel like I heard it before that day, although I really couldn't tell the differences between the lyrics without really paying attention...

[Gregor]

Was there maybe a correlation between 2112 and 27 winning CCA?

[BAARE]

Originally Posted by Libby K

will.i.am did perform with his (live) voice over the FIRST version of HoF.

The FIRST version is fully recorded, as shown in the video Dean brought to regionals, and if you listen carefully during the performance, you can hear the FIRST lyrics. I think the audio levels between his mic and the background HoF were unbalanced, which is pretty sad. I'm sorry that it led people to thinking this was unprepared. Will's been working on this for a while.

You can be the greatest, you can be the best
You can be an engineer or a scientist
You can help the world, you can find a cure,
You can be FIRST, you can be the leader

The second verse changes 'you can walk straight through hell with a smile' to 'you can build a robot in your own style'. I'll have to doublecheck on the other changes, but those are the biggest noted ones to me in the recorded version.

I think Dean's homework from the regionals where he unveiled it still applies - go on twitter and thank will.i.am for this. It's not every day an artist rewrites a song just for a cause they believe in.

"My industry is out on spring break, in Ibiza, in Miami - I choose to be here in St. Louis because you guys are the future."

I'm glad you said this
I talked to the DJ at the Peachtree and he said that he was sent the file and told to delete it after the event and that he didn't know if it would be released. I really hope Will releases it (if its not already). It is certainly something that I would like to add to my playlists

TL;DR; Please ask him to release it