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And risk as civil war?!? NoOneMan Jan 2013 #1
I find both your taste regrettable and your claim ridiculous. Your preference would be...? WinkyDink Jan 2013 #2
LOL. Sorry, Brass bands have one intention: Be loud. Whovian Jan 2013 #8
Did you play a brass instrument? I did: the trombone. And I played Sousa. And no, the sole intent WinkyDink Jan 2013 #13
Trumpet here. MadrasT Jan 2013 #30
You have my envy! I love the trumpet above all! "Cherry Pink and WinkyDink Jan 2013 #41
Not a brass player sdfernando Jan 2013 #52
um......nope...... dhill926 Jan 2013 #37
I'd say an electric guitar amplified is pretty fucking loud, wouldn't you? KittyWampus Jan 2013 #45
A double-stack Marshall cranked up to ELEVENTY!!!!!!!!!! Bake Jan 2013 #58
Try this on for size! erinlough Jan 2013 #70
Er. one needs to be "loud" to be heard in an open-air setting stopbush Jan 2013 #87
You are offensive to every one of us ... dballance Jan 2013 #92
More than regrettable 1983law Jan 2013 #16
I don't mind it. HappyMe Jan 2013 #3
90%? Really? The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2013 #4
Do The Stroll? RKP5637 Jan 2013 #14
OMG, AWESOME! "Strolllllllll-in, strol-ol-ol-ol-ol-in,...."! WinkyDink Jan 2013 #24
So tell me, You sit around listening to band music in your leisure time? Whovian Jan 2013 #15
Look, you need to get off the ego trip of "we" and "90%." Not many people WinkyDink Jan 2013 #27
1st and 2nd Suites For Military Band, by Gustav Holst. Paladin Jan 2013 #34
I do listen to big band music. Oh, and there's some great dj's mixing with it too. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #47
I love it. Love tradition. TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #5
me too sad-cafe Jan 2013 #12
Where did the 90% estimate come from? RKP5637 Jan 2013 #6
Because in 60 years I have never heard "Cool! There's a Sousa Fest Nearby!" Whovian Jan 2013 #17
Yep! Quite true! Have to go waaaayyyy back before you and I were here! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #19
I'm 63, and this is a crock. WinkyDink Jan 2013 #39
I'm beyond that age. When Sousa was alive I believe there were many very popular RKP5637 Jan 2013 #46
Yet I've known plenty of people who like it in that context... NYC Liberal Jan 2013 #21
Fallacy. bayareamike Jan 2013 #35
You live in a narrowed world, one which doesn't grasp our musical heritage. Where I live, WinkyDink Jan 2013 #38
K&R !!! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #48
Does a concert qualify? Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #51
I respectfully disagree Siwsan Jan 2013 #7
its good marching music, hollysmom Jan 2013 #9
Doesn't suck as much as Kelly Clarkson or Beyonce. alarimer Jan 2013 #10
You do know what the work "pop" is an abbreviation of, don't you? Bucky Jan 2013 #49
poop? bettyellen Jan 2013 #55
*mirror* Bucky Jan 2013 #60
I'm rubber, see..... bettyellen Jan 2013 #61
. Bucky Jan 2013 #67
HA! bettyellen Jan 2013 #83
Wouldn't that mean hip-hop is pop? Igel Jan 2013 #82
+1,000 duffyduff Jan 2013 #75
I didn't mind Beyonce so much Clarkson screeching at the top of her lungs...... tpsbmam Jan 2013 #81
It's tradition. I respect it. dmr Jan 2013 #11
Dependent on measure dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #18
wow. YOU speak for 90% of the American Public? Amazing. cali Jan 2013 #20
Tell that to the The Palm Springs High School marching band Brother Buzz Jan 2013 #22
How can you have a parade without marching bands?? narnian60 Jan 2013 #23
Same could be said for the Shriners Brother Buzz Jan 2013 #42
I love Sousa music! LeftofObama Jan 2013 #25
Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" is my favorite patriotic song. kwassa Jan 2013 #26
Yep. I like the King Cotton March and the Liberty Bell the best. n/t duffyduff Jan 2013 #74
The Liberty Bell Art_from_Ark Jan 2013 #79
I know! kentauros Jan 2013 #28
Well, okay jberryhill Jan 2013 #29
I love Sousa and brass bands.... gblady Jan 2013 #31
I love the tradition of it. bayareamike Jan 2013 #32
Noooooooooooo!!! MadrasT Jan 2013 #33
Wow. I guess I stand corrected. Whovian Jan 2013 #36
it's war music, you lose :-) nt msongs Jan 2013 #40
Souza wrote marches. Igel Jan 2013 #85
I would much prefer the music of John Baptiste Philouza: Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2013 #43
Aww, I love Sousa! It's so perfect for our American Inaugural. CTyankee Jan 2013 #44
I think when you celebrate democracy, you have to celebrate all the parts of it Bucky Jan 2013 #50
My husband is from Wisconsin! We have a vacation home there, in Door County, which we CTyankee Jan 2013 #71
Thank god the president isn't you. I like John Philip Souza music. Great marching southernyankeebelle Jan 2013 #53
Whew... boy did you peg this wrong... ReRe Jan 2013 #54
But I'm one of the rare who loves Bagpipes! Whovian Jan 2013 #56
I know a lot of people who love bagpipes, accordians too. bettyellen Jan 2013 #63
Some people even like -- gasp -- BANJOS!!!!! Bake Jan 2013 #76
Hey... I love bagpipes too! ReRe Jan 2013 #69
Bagpipes are one of my favorite musical instruments n/t duffyduff Jan 2013 #73
I love it. The 90% is your wishfull thinking. demosincebirth Jan 2013 #57
And this would be just one of many reasons that you would never be President, I think. onenote Jan 2013 #59
Is today the day you decided to just be miserable? GoneOffShore Jan 2013 #62
Oh boy another person with no musical whistler162 Jan 2013 #64
You must not go to many football games. Bake Jan 2013 #65
What next? Bagpipes? Hekate Jan 2013 #66
I love the marches. ellie Jan 2013 #68
Speak for yourself duffyduff Jan 2013 #72
Sousa was head of the Marine Band LeftInTX Jan 2013 #77
i rather enjoyed tuning in to the inauguration and hearing the Monty Python theme 0rganism Jan 2013 #78
OMG noooooooo!! Boooo!! grasswire Jan 2013 #80
I could play Sousa marches all day. pangaia Jan 2013 #84
Too bad for you. As a musician myself, I find Sousa to be great. stopbush Jan 2013 #86
90% SayWut Jan 2013 #88
I thought Sousa was in the Preamble Canuckistanian Jan 2013 #89
You are so wrong... Sancho Jan 2013 #90
Please do not speak for me because dballance Jan 2013 #91
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