Inaugural Music: Someone get the Talking Heads a clue!
Category: Music...
Posted Thursday, January 20, 2005 at 07:40 AM [GMT-6]

Watching "Fox & Friends" inauguration coverage this morning over breakfast, MLB and I shared a laugh at E.D. Hill's assertion that a particular song being played by one of the service bands was the "fight song for the University of Texas." It wasn't.

Then, Pennsylvania Rick Santorum came on and attempted to correct E.D. "That's not the fight song of the University of Texas," he said. "It's actually the fight song of Texas A&M University, and you should know the difference." And, of course, he also was wrong.

The song in question was the old marching band stand-by, March Grandioso. I'm sure it's the fight song for scores of high schools and colleges (and, in fact, the preceding MP3 is the version played by the UT band), but not for the Ags (Aggie War Hymn) or the Horns (Texas Fight).

E.D.'s excuse was that she couldn't hear clearly through her headset. Santorum's a yankee and just doesn't know any better.

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"Talking Heads" ? Aren't they performing at one of the inaugural balls tonight?

Posted by: Jeff at January 20, 2005 01:25 PM

Well, I don't know about that, but I'll bet David Byrne knows the difference between March Grandioso and the Aggie War Hymn!

Posted by: Eric at January 20, 2005 01:43 PM

Dubya should have insisted on some John Williams. Sure the "blue-staters" (not to mention the media) would have gone berserk, but it would have been worth it.

Posted by: Mr. Freen at January 20, 2005 06:14 PM

Well in a way, I wish they were right.....I wish the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band WAS playing the Aggie War Hymn at the inauguration.....that would've been just awesome.

Posted by: texasbug at January 20, 2005 08:28 PM

Dubya should have insisted on some John Williams.

I love the mental image I'm getting from that!

I wish the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band WAS playing the Aggie War Hymn at the inauguration...

Well, they were there, but I don't know what they played. I missed most of the parade.

Posted by: Eric at January 20, 2005 09:19 PM
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