Talk:Fight song

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Technically, Auburn's fight song is War Eagle. That's the one that's used for the pregame introduction and for touchdowns. Here's the link:

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[edit] University of Michigan's fight song (the Victors)

I personally think that this should be added to the list of greatest fight songs of all time, due in part to the John Philip Sousa quote. PLEASE DO NOTE however my bias. (Look at the name) WolverineZac 01:50, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ordering

Is there any particular reason the first four schools/songs listed here are not in alphabetical order, as the remainder of the list are? MrItty 12:35, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Having received no explanation, I've corrected the order and put all the schools in alphabetical order, following the format of the majority of the list. MrItty 14:56, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
I've organized the list in what seems to me to be the most logical order — alphabetical by school. Most people will probably consult the list looking for a specific school's fight song, not a fight song by title, so this makes the most sense to me. I've also Wikified school links, and fight song links where applicable. Seeing as it was so brief, information on NFL songs has been moved to the introductory paragraph.
This will make a great list entry some day, but in order for that to happen, we need to get a) an entry for each individual song and b) much more information on fight songs in general to add to this entry, so I don't see that happening any time soon. Beginning 05:36, Dec 19, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] re: University of Georgia

Hail to Georgia is the official fight song. Glory is more of a spirit song. In recent years, the directors have tried to take emphasis off of Glory and put more emphasis on Hail.--Txredcoat 15:41, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)

No problem removing Glory in that case. I believe a lot of the listings here contain spirit songs and not just fight songs, but I don't personally know about about each school to know which are accurate and which aren't. (Also, should point out that I'm deleting your double-post, just for record-keeping purposes.) Beginning 19:16, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Tom Lehrer's Fight Fiercely

Is this serious? Rich Farmbrough 16:26, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Not originally, no... AnonMoos 02:30, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] University of New Hampshire

I'm not sure New Hampshire Hymn's status, as it is a school song, but the fight song of the University of New Hampshire is "On To Victory".
"On To Victory"
On to victory,
our team will fight and do or die,
old new hampshire's here,
we'll raise our banners high,
for alma mater dear,
new hampshire fight with all you're might,
on to victory,
forever blue and white.
Rob McDougall 00:02, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

-Looked in to it, it appears that even though "On To Victory" is used by the University at it's sporting events as it's fight song (and has been for many years, and even is referenced to as such by the band director), the status was never officially changed and "New Hampshire Hymn" is still the "official" fight song (even though it is never played, EVER). Rob McDougall7 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] University of South Carolina

For the University of South Carolina, Also sprach Zarathustra and the theme from "2001: A Space Odyssey" are the same thing. — Michael J 21:09, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Marilyn Manson's Fight Song

Seriously, should this really be in the article? It has nothing to do with a fight song, and it is definitly not a fight song. This doesn't belong in the article. -- S-man

Agreed. Removed. JGray 09:03, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Colorado State Fight Song

Can anyone verify if the name of the Colorado State University fight song is called "Colorado State University"?

[edit] Discussion on fight song removal

Please see Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Fight songs for a proposal to clarify the inclusion of fight songs and the list at this article. violet/riga (t) 11:42, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Some of these aren't Fight Songs at all - they're Alma Maters. Eg. "The Yellow and Blue" for Michigan and "MSU Shadows" for Michigan State jump out. UVA's "The Good Old Song" is identified as an Alma Mater. I suspect there are others. Shouldn't they either be removed from the list (and possibly imported to a new list on the Alma Mater article page) or tagged like the UVA alma mater is here? Fladrif (talk) 19:37, 17 April 2008 (UTC)