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If You Want a Better Atmosphere, Change It

(Note, this is somewhat related to VandyImport's terrific post earlier if you haven't read it, seriously, it's legit).

No doubt, game atmosphere is one area in which Vandy lags behind other schools. And what has there been to get excited about?

But most Vandy fans agree that there is now, or at least might be, something to get excited about. Yet, by and large, no one expects our crowd to be even a little different until the team starts to win.

Coach Franklin and the football operations people are trying to make these games as much an experience as they can, but I think most of us would agree that it isn't any kind of an event without a crowd that's excited, and not just excited about the score, but excited to be Vandy fans.

My challenge to fans is simple: learn and SING Dynamite.

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I'll be honest, this is as much of the fight song as I know:

Dynamite, Dynamite, when Vandy comes to fight!

[mumbles the tune for a while, occasionally switches accidentally to high school fight song, drinks some refreshing Coca-Cola]

V-A-N-D-Y, Vandy, Vandy, Oh hell yeah!

Now, I feel quite certain that many of you longer tenured Dore fans do actually know all of the words. But, I don't know if I've ever heard anyone singing any but the last line. (This may be due to the fact that I had been sitting in the sad-sack grad student section).

As a U.S. soccer fan, I have gotten into singing the national anthem lately, singing it loudly (and usually badly) because I hated when Mexico or Costa Rica or some other country, playing in the U.S. got a louder anthem than we did. I now just sing it loud at any event, just because I wish more people would singing it.

Vandy football is the exact same way, we show up and hear Rocky Top and whatever else sung louder than anything a we sing.

Enough of that. If the recruits all said, I'll get excited about Vandy when they start winning, we'd never get any better. Coach Franklin has committed himself. The team has committed themselves. Kimbrow and Batey and Azubike and everyone else are committing themselves.

It doesn't matter if you aren't even convinced that this time will be different. If you want Vandy to be better, if you want the crowd to care, let it start with you. Be excited to be a fan of Vanderbilt. Be excited not for what Vandy has been, but for what it could be.

Sing Dynamite as loud as you can. If you're the only person in your section singing, sing louder.

We're past the days when just showing up to a Vandy game was taken as commitment. No one will get excited until we get excited.

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…your soccer reference has put a thought in my head…is there any school in the US that does the English-soccer-style crowd noise? The singing at the beginning, the various chants at players, the “OH IT’S ALL GONE QUIET OVER THERE” when the other team’s fans clam up after we score?

Might make an interesting project for some enterprising and motivated students…

"Well, if that ain't a show, I'll kiss your ass." - Gov. Jim Folsom Sr. (D-AL), 1948-52

by VandyImport on Aug 31, 2011 5:30 PM EDT reply actions   2 recs

Dynamite

Dynamite, Dynamite, when Vandy starts to fight
Down the field with blood to yield, if need be save the shield
If victory’s won when battle’s done, then Vandy’s name will rise in fame
But, win or lose, the fates will choose, and Vandy’s game will be the same
Dynamite, Dynamite When Vandy starts to fight!

by Vandy Dan on Sep 1, 2011 5:04 PM EDT reply actions  

New Dynamite Lyrics

Dean Sagan and Coach Franklin have worked together to reword part of Dynamite, to make it sound less like we are prepping ourselves for a loss. You can hear it sung by the team at the end of the video when they go bowling. So here it is, a fight song that encourages a team to actually fight:

Dynamite, Dynamite, when Vandy starts to fight
Down the field with blood to yield, if need be save the shield
When victory’s won and battle’s done, then Vandy’s name will rise in fame
And win, not lose, it’s ours to choose, and Vandy’s name will be the same
Dynamite, Dynamite, when Vandy starts to fight!

by Clark Ramey on Sep 1, 2011 11:44 PM EDT reply actions  

Alpha Foxtrot Tango

The lyrics have needed a tweak since…well, forever. Thanks for the update!

"Well, if that ain't a show, I'll kiss your ass." - Gov. Jim Folsom Sr. (D-AL), 1948-52

by VandyImport on Sep 2, 2011 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions  

Glad to hear the tweak.

I hope they let everyone else know. This is the first I heard about it. I noticed it on the video but assumed I just misheard it.

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by VUfanInNJ on Sep 2, 2011 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions  

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