Question: What is the chant during "Dixieland Delight"?

[JBama_in_PCOLA]

I've been to 4 games this year (3 in BDS) and never noticed any added lyrics at all. No one around me was singing anything loud enough to hear.

The last part about Auburn doesn't even flow well. I mean, it's just a poorly sung add on. Also - classless.

What Auburn part?


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[JBama_in_PCOLA]

Song seems pretty tame, especially with the rap music they play. I actually enjoy this sound and country music is as garbage as it comes IMO. I still don't know what they say during the middle. All I say is Roll Tide.


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[TideMan09]

Here's a video from Saturday nights game when Dixie Land Delight was played..

 

[Special K]

Mano y mano means hand to hand, not man to man. It refers to physical combat. In English we would say hand to hand combat.

Sorry, my mistake, thanks for the correction. I've been using that expression incorrectly for years and never bothered to look up the translation!

 

[bamabelle1991]

When certain words are used by others around my children, I politely ask them to refrain from using the language. This usually happens in the presence of college students at a football game or restaurants, etc. College kids, in general, usually have no idea that the world is revolving around them and their mouths run like broken faucet. The particular 4-letter word combined with "Auburn" at the end of the song doesn't bother me when I am in an adult setting, but do not say it in front of children in my presence. You will not like what I have to say to you. I commented on Saturday night that the Bama/LSU game environment was not one that I would bring my children to. You never know WHAT or WHOM you may encounter and I would just rather not risk my kids seeing or hearing something that I do not approve of. During the playing and singing of Dixieland Delight, I could not decipher the added words other than "Roll Tide." I was sitting in the South Endzone above the students, too.

All that said, I LOVE the music in BDS with the exception of Sweet Caroline. I have always hated that song!!

 

[92tide]

So you think it should be family safe, but because of WORDS that the coaches and players use you would use physical violence in front of your kids?

Baffled.

one thing i remember from going to games as a kid is the smell of whiskey and cigars that permeated the stadium. that always went along with very drunk people who cussed, fought, and did all of the other stupid things rowdy, drunk folks do at games. at least as long as i've been going to games (1978 homecoming was my first) and i imagine long before that, large sporting events have been like this.

 

[rolltide_21]

I absolutely despise this during the games. It's fairly recent too. How did it get started?


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[RammerJammer14]

Just fyi, Sweet Caroline is no longer played at football games.

 

[CrimsonPride]

I absolutely despise this during the games. It's fairly recent too. How did it get started?


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It was played as one of many songs a fews years ago. I guess it was to keep the crowd entertained during commercial breaks and advertisements were not working. The more we were on TV, the more songs were needed to fill the void. Some stuck and some didn't.

Dixieland Delight was a hit with the crowd the first time they played it. It was like the crowd had just met up with a long lost friend. People began singing and hugging their mates. Being that my taste in music is for R&B/Soul, contemporary jazz, and hip-hop, I had never heard the song before but it wasn't a bad song. This song very quickly became a fan favorite and was permanently placed in the rotation. I even look forward to it now. But I cannot tell you why it resonated with the fans the way it did Saturday night. It was truly a spectacular moment. Glad I was part of it.

 

[RammerJammer14]

It was played as one of many songs a fews years ago. I guess it was to keep the crowd entertained during commercial breaks and advertisements were not working. The more we were on TV, the more songs were needed to fill the void. Some stuck and some didn't.

Dixieland Delight was a hit with the crowd the first time they played it. It was like the crowd had just met up with a long lost friend. People began singing and hugging their mates. Being that my taste in music is for R&B/Soul, contemporary jazz, and hip-hop, I had never heard the song before but it wasn't a bad song. This song very quickly became a fan favorite and was permanently placed in the rotation. I even look forward to it now. But I cannot tell you why it resonated with the fans the way it did Saturday night. It was truly a spectacular moment. Glad I was part of it.

That was the best crowd-singing game I have been too. The entire stadium was singing along to every song. We Will Rock You was pretty tight.

 

[Snuffy Smith]

Sorry, my mistake, thanks for the correction. I've been using that expression incorrectly for years and never bothered to look up the translation!

Well technical Mano y Mano means hand AND hand. Mano a Mano is hand to hand. Not to be confused with mono y mono which means monkey and monkey.

 

[jef0071]

Send me one if you don't mind

can someone also PM it to me too, thanks

 

[TideMan09]

I agree 100% with y'all that it shouldn't be played, if folks are going to use words like tha to refer it sexually, in the stadium that's full of children..Is their someone y'all can call or write to within the athletic department to express concerns about it & see if something can be done about it that way..I'm all for adults to have fun & all, but, when little kids are around, common sense should prevail..As y'all all know too well, common sense doesn't always prevail..

 

[CrimsonPride]

That was the best crowd-singing game I have been too. The entire stadium was singing along to every song. We Will Rock You was pretty tight.

Yes, it was. One of my best experiences in BDS. The rain and cold did not affect the crowd's enthusiasm at all.

 

[rolltideallday]

I agree 100% with y'all that it shouldn't be played, if folks are going to use words like tha to refer it sexually, in the stadium that's full of children..Is their someone y'all can call or write to within the athletic department to express concerns about it & see if something can be done about it that way..I'm all for adults to have fun & all, but, when little kids are around, common sense should prevail..As y'all all know too well, common sense doesn't always prevail..

The entire song is a sexual reference. So if you have a problem with the sexual words added then it makes no sense.

And the fact that a thread had to be made to tell people what was being said shows that it is pretty hard to decipher unless you know what is being said.

And honestly, kids are more likely to walk around campus and hear, to where they can understand it, the one dirty word than they are during that song.

 

[rolltideallday]

I taught my kids what language is acceptable and what is not and even though my youngest is 23( and a student BTW) I still correct them from time to time. Locker room language is meant for just that the locker room, not in front of thousands of people. We as Alabama fans like have always prided ourselves that we are above the vile rantings of the other fan bases in the SEC. We will be no better than them if we allow this kind of bad behavior at the games. Buying a ticket does not give anyone the right to do or say whatever they like at a game.

Pretty sure that Nick Saban and the players don't keep that in the locker room. And I honestly don't see how one word in one song makes us a completely classless fan base. If that is the only time your kids hear a word like that on a football Saturday then that's very lucky.

 

[TideMan09]

The entire song is a sexual reference. So if you have a problem with the sexual words added then it makes no sense.

And the fact that a thread had to be made to tell people what was being said shows that it is pretty hard to decipher unless you know what is being said.

And honestly, kids are more likely to walk around campus and hear, to where they can understand it, the one dirty word than they are during that song.

Everyone is entitled to their opinions, I don't & a lot of folks on here don't feel the same way as you do, I understand what you're saying, I don't agree with your opinion..Kids are bombarded with sex already enough on TV, at schools, and everywhere in life in general with sex sex sex, an Alabama football game shouldn't be one of those places..Like I said, we're all entitled to our own opinion, and you certainly do on here like we all do, I don't agree with ya this time..

 

[rolltideallday]

Everyone is entitled to their opinions, I don't & a lot of folks on here don't feel the same way as you do, I understand what you're saying, I don't agree with your opinion..Kids are bombarded with sex already enough on TV, at schools, and everywhere in life in general with sex sex sex, an Alabama football game shouldn't be one of those places..Like I said, we're all entitled to our own opinion, and you certainly do on here like we all do, I don't agree with ya this time..

My point with the sex stuff is that the original lyrics include that material so if that is your issue the added lyrics shouldn't be a major focus, you should want it off because of the original lyrics. And there are plenty of rap songs they play before games that have the same material. So if it is just the sexual lyrics, get on more than this song. If it is just that one word, while I don't agree with you, that is a different issue.

 

[JBama_in_PCOLA]

You would think this is a rap song.


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[92tide]

It was played as one of many songs a fews years ago. I guess it was to keep the crowd entertained during commercial breaks and advertisements were not working. The more we were on TV, the more songs were needed to fill the void. Some stuck and some didn't.

Dixieland Delight was a hit with the crowd the first time they played it. It was like the crowd had just met up with a long lost friend. People began singing and hugging their mates. Being that my taste in music is for R&B/Soul, contemporary jazz, and hip-hop, I had never heard the song before but it wasn't a bad song. This song very quickly became a fan favorite and was permanently placed in the rotation. I even look forward to it now. But I cannot tell you why it resonated with the fans the way it did Saturday night. It was truly a spectacular moment. Glad I was part of it.

alabama played one or two concerts in BDS on the friday nights before homecoming (i think it was called the bama bash, iirc), and a lot of folks grew up with their music.