I'm a TSU alum and the opening was an element of surprise. Putting it all together makes sense. The Ocean was coming to battle SU. So, i think the military style entrance was relevant and the song was appropriate. I think it was another way to differentiate himself from his SU roots. I think Brian is a genius and his music selextions since hes been at TSU has been diverse and I LUV it!
@j.tradeforexinc.2819 I was at the game in person and heard several people say this is trash and what are they doing etc. That goes to show you alot of people just be hollering stuff and don't know what they talking about.
Texas Southern, I am Juke all day, but i have to say that this was good. Great job Brian. We miss you but appreciate how you are helping the youth at TXSU to be excellent. The drills were very well executed and the sound was good. Keep it up.
This is the best drill I have ever seen a HBCU marching band do in my life! Way to go, Texas! I am a Southern fan, and I can honestly say Texas Southern gave them the business. However, I do feel Texas Southern has way too much auxiliary. I counted 17 ladies on the dance line 3 majorettes, and however many flags girls. If Texas Southern was to use only the dance line and one majorette and allow the dance line to utilize the flags as well as be featured in a dance. It will clean up the look on the field and in the stands. Nonetheless, I still stand by what I believe and that is, this is the best drill I’ve ever seen at HBCU marching band do and all of my 43 years of living.. Congratulations Texas, you now where the crown and reign supreme for the marching band who drills the best on the field.
This was different and it was excellent and unique. I see people keep saying that they copied Texas A&M style but, their are so many other PWI marching band that have that same military style drill however, this was the very FIRST for an HBCU marching band to have mastered this skill, it may not have been 100% neat but it goes to show how the ocean have become so diversified in their field show performances. It was getting very tiresome seeing these swac bands doing the same tired diamond shape rhombus formations, kudos to the ocean to manifest something that NO other HBCU marching band have or will achieve for a opening field show. Great Job
I've never seen them enter field like that before so that was pretty interesting. The drills were fantastic and the dance team was awesome. Over all on a scale from 1 to 10 I would give them an 8 1/2. I took points off for song selections other than that it was a great show. For me they were very entertaining and more so than su. Proud of you Txsu.
As an ocean alum, im enjoying how fresh things are. You just never know what to expect compared to our regular traditions and this makes the shows more entertaining
Not an Ocean alum, but I was cool to see something different from an HBCU Band. You always have to appreciate the work that went into getting the students to deviate from what they’re used to. I dug the show, even the opening Western “Showdown” theme.
There are a bunch of liars or deliberately ignorant comments regarding the opening of this field show. Texas A&M is NOT the only band that used these formations. Literally OSU did a similar pattern: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eZ4BpWOfCj0.htmlsi=FzckgLTwGKM2fHjw (3:08) Btw: OSU, Michigan, Texas A&M and other Corp style bands have done the similar shows. Kudos to TxSU for thinking outside of the box. Shame on the haters for purposely lying and saying TxSU is copying Texas A&M when they aren’t the owners of Corp style patterns…because ALL bands (show style and Corp) are modeled after Military marching commands.
@@gcuthrell1 get out chu feelings now…. No one was being funny. This was actually a compliment because I believe TXSU is the best drilling HBCU band today! Not often you get SWAC bands adding some of the corp style in their drills so this was actually impressive! Please don’t be sensitive like some of these jukes…. Stay strong 💯💪🏾
@@dwaynedwayne8342yeah...the TSU band BEFORE the "Ocean" did these drills. Butler brought Patterns in Motion from his own background even though Moffitt was Michigan state. Moffitt was at UofH during the 70s...
I always said an HBCU need to do Texas A and M drills because they havent been done. How ironic that a Texas school has done it. Now that song choice needs to change. Know your audience
The band before Prof Butler 1930s-1960s did mostly all military drills. But going beyond step 2 shouldn't be so rare in the swac. What's truly funny to me sometimes is claiming patterns in motion drills by su fanatics as their originals when FAMU has done the same ones from that book and done way MORE of the drills in that book that su never did😂
@@allandodson9241it's not TAMU's front opener. Looks like it and i thought so but no, it's the military box-morph. I've forgotten the name of it, it's been so long. TAMU's is longer and "wider".
We're not gonna imitate a Jukebox drill this week. We're gonna go Texas A & M instead. Someday we'll create and innovate our own drills. But for now, we need to use other band's drills to be successful. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-J7E0Bb-7xwU.htmlsi=g2avC430UlPqVD8d
@@carmenjames7807 Sample? There's a huge difference between creating and plagiarism. When you plagiarize some other band's art, the courteous thing to do is give credits. I say this for those who think that Brian was being so genius and creative with this drill when all he did was an imitation of another band. He's developing a reputation as a drill thief as well as a Jukebox marching style thief. Demand change before its too late and you are another imitation band like Jackson State. Nothing wrong with it, so there should be nothing wrong with it being pointed out to those that's naive about it.
TxSU did a AWFUL job at IMITATING TEXAS A&M Fightin' Texas Aggie Band during the down-field. #SAD The mid-field drill was dope and the band sounds AWESOME!! The girls were really good. The feature got sloppy at points, but overall it was really entertaining and eye-catching! The band dance added zero to the show, lol. 💯💯💯
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