Neck in LSU's Death Valley

LSU Tiger Band playing #TheNeck #Neck ...Student section has their own version of Neck #lsu ​⁠‪@lsusports‬ ​⁠‪@LSUTigersFB‬ #STTDB​⁠‪@LSUTigerBand‬ #deathvalley #AlexaPlayNeck #ThankYouHBCU’s

[@ctprince09]

As bad as it hurts me to say this being a Bama fan.... hearing this is Tiger Stadium is one of the coolest things in SEC football. Love my Tide and the Million Dollar Band, but LSU knows how to party during the game!

[@parkerstreams9746]

Yall chose skill playing football, we chose skill partying for football

[@cashworth1444]

10 years later here i am in the same boat

[@rockmyworldmusic]

10 years later and the pain is still fresh. 😆😆

[@MickeyMouse-lm6zj]

@@parkerstreams9746 lsu beat alabama

[@Hartleymolly]

100%

[@GovnaSK]

Dear haters, we don't care what you think. Sincerely, An LSU fan

[@TheTycecreamman]

*A LSU fan

[@mga2890]

TyceCream Man No actually, he's correct. When it comes to letters, when you say L it sounds like "ELL" thus warranting an "an" before it.

[@Yawyna124]

+Molly Adams "An Louisiana State University Fan." It's not explicitly consonant sounds that determine a/an, btw.

[@mga2890]

Dude, he meant to say an L.S.U. fan. An Ell, Ess, You fan. Phonetically, he was correct. You're splitting hairs and playing devil's advocate just for the fun of it, sir. Go you.

[@rgb1110]

An is based on phonetics. You're wrong. You say "an hour", not a hour...jesus

[@blessedchild2862]

I'm a Georgia fan and I can't lie, this is amazing! Respect to LSU fans

[@jacobbellayuto9766]

I can’t wait to be in full stadiums again

[@jamescallaway5226]

100% Capacity for all games in 2021!!! LFF

[@fheenicks]

@@jamescallaway5226 Yikes, that didn't go well

[@bennieficial_9579]

Imagine. This is a daytime game. I had the fortune of going to an LSU night game when I was stationed at FT Hood. Just a 5 hour drive. Well worth it for an LSU game at night. Being a neutral fan, I was just there to feel the energy and I was not let down. The STTDB chant is deafening and very exciting to witness in person.

[@mga2890]

Damn this brings back great memories! I went to college at LSU and this was one of my favorite things to do during football season! Oh and the tailgates are like none other. My favorite of our tunes!!! THE NECK! (Graduated 2012)

[@jamesbondero9148]

im from new orleans and i went to the lsu game. 2 weeks ago. for the first time ur right they tailgate out there like its no tomorrow

[@999glue5]

A chant like no other

[@jackcandothat]

Neck has always been a HBCU staple. I must admit that lsu rocks it well though

[@bennieficial_9579]

Jack Banks FSU plays it good too. But they don’t have a chant with it. Lol. FSU is fortunate to be in the same city as an HBCU so they get a lot of stuff from them

[@chsftball57]

So did LSU get this from Southern?

[@bapeboy8866]

chsftball57 yes

[@persistanced280]

EXACTLY! I think I can confidently say that all African-American high school marching bands and HBCU bands have this as a staple in their music arsenal.

[@Bluelikeasquare]

@@persistanced280 can confirm

[@rawrsalot1]

We are not known to be classy, we have never been known to be the classy people in any sort of football game. We are the ones that make you love to party, the ones that make you feel the need to join in. We are the band that LSU deserves but does not need right now. We are the Golden Band from Tiger Land.

[@donovanstraw]

Nothing like tha Louisiana soul in Death Valley you gotta love it! GEAUX TIGERS! 💜💛

[@daquanmay9677]

Praying to god I get a scholarship to LSU to play football!!

[@justingoetzmann360]

What high school you at?

[@daquanmay9677]

Spring Mills High

[@justingoetzmann360]

Cool cool

[@deshanecoleman5802]

Did you?

[@ewokoniad2396]

Well how did it go?

[@SurfRaider7]

One of the greatest college football traditions lmao!! Bring it back!!

[@sneaky_pete18]

LSU: The only University to publicly endorse sexual relations with tigers.

[@jp50491]

TheThraex26 aw someone’s salty lmao

[@thekingofutube9328]

@@jp50491 nigga what??

[@theyenvy_trell1427]

That why I love them

[@caleb97484]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@codyschick3764]

Keep crying. Geaux Tighas!

[@lsunationalchamps08]

Who here after we just beat Bama!!!

[@they_luv_0]

lsunationalchamps08 yeaaaa go tigers

[@drewgagneaux5193]

Right chea

[@tyrondrichardson1258]

right cha

[@bert_gunda303]

Geaux tigers!

[@morganmmontz]

@@bert_gunda303 HERE AFTER LSU WON THE NATTY 2020 BABY JOE BURROW A LEGEND

[@bennieficial_9579]

I’m not even an LSU fan. But I went to a game because I’m nearby. This is much louder in person. And it just makes you wanna sing along with them

[@korykent5645]

I'm a black person that is obsessed with SU, but I went to LSU and I was at those football games. My high school played neck, my college played neck, I love SU's neck, I JAM to every version. Every band makes the song their own. Now personally I was never a fan of chants that had curse words in it. Most people at those games were drunk as hell and a little obnoxious, but it's football. It's to be expected. I had a damn good time anyways!

[@dablkman6297]

That's why this picture has my LSU cap being born and raised in down south you understand my mindset funny thing is some people say it's a Nick Saban song

[@tutru03jones77]

@Jalen Thomas It's not a fight song of Grambling. NSU was the first HBCU to play neck. Texas Southern and Southern played Neck way before Grambling. Southern made it popular.

[@VolvoCommand]

Marched alongside LSU in 2005 when ASU played LSU, they are incredible. The sousaphone sound was so much bigger than I thought it could be.

[@Tigerkem]

Man, gotta admit that this is pretty epic. Most bands can't get this amount support from the fans.

[@jailanrayvon434]

ODELL IS SAVAGE WHEN HE RE-DID THIS

[@bearfootball1]

Even the cheerleaders are in on it. Love it!

[@wilmoore5259]

No place like it. Will be there this weekend for the Ole Miss game. Night time in Death Valley, GEAUX TIGERS!

[@seanhaspel]

It might have been banned but it was certainly played at the LSU-Bama game this past year. I was there, and it was glorious.

[@ycartyahoo]

Why was it banned?

[@crazydude5825]

The profanity the student section added. Bama had to stop playing Dixieland Delight for a bit for the same reason.

[@donaldshelton]

@@ycartyahooit wasn’t banned

[@mexicanmayo3450]

@@donaldsheltonit is banned. We get a 60k fine for playing it and our last band director to call it got pushed out. We haven’t played it (publicly) in years, fans just keep thinking we’re playing it

[@yourmomsbf3651]

Vols fan. I absolutely love this shit, hype as fuck

[@Radi0Active9]

god bless our troops, god bless america, and god bless the tiger band😎

[@geaux13saints56]

I wish we could play this now that I’m in band here

[@SmackaMane]

we from out that way.. this is beautiful to us. 100. lsu till the day i day. campus 10 mins away from me.. the whole city shuts down when we have a game. wouldnt want it another way. welcome to death valley

[@Darth_atrocious]

The chant won’t be in cfb 25 but the song itself will and I can’t wait to hear it

[@sean6131]

Damn.............. I'm a Seminole but I would love to be in the stands for this song, it's right up there with the war chant for me!

[@jasonkeller9861]

You have no idea how lit this is live!

[@robbiewhite323]

You gonna get your chance

[@briaunajackson3342]

Man I love y'alls war chant plus I'm part cherokee and it's so powerful. These two chants are superior period.

[@heretillinfinity9737]

IMA NEED EVERYONE SCREAMING THIS TN AGAINST CLEMSON. LETS GO LSU

[@trevorbilliot2625]

simon cabral they didn’t let us play it :/

[@BIGSEXY929]

@@trevorbilliot2625 getting to this super late, they wouldn't let us play it but the fans still did it. i was in the middle of the Clemson section for this game they were nice all game. when they heard this chant they got their panties in a bunch. i very politely said "if you don't want to hear it, don't be down by 17 against LSU IN NOLA." in their defense they just looked at me laughed and said "true"

[@jessewarren9773]

As a born and raised razorback fan, this shit is so hard! 🎺

[@tylnoes]

What a time to be alive and a student at lsu

[@mitchelpaulus4078]

My favorite part is all the people coming in early

[@Donna_Nola]

I wish they would let us sing this again!!! hahahaha

[@desikent6352]

It’s Back !!! Heard it last weekend for the New Mexico game!

[@Thrills45]

That is savage as fuck! Never change LSU! GEAUX Tigahs! From a Carolina Gamecock fan! Go Cocks!

[@aj06bolt12r]

This is it... This is as good as college football pageantry will ever get.. It's all down hill from here... But I'm glad I lived to witness it!

[@aj06bolt12r]

@Cass Taylor Thanks for the sermon

[@michaelb1478]

@Cass Taylor 🙄

[@carolyngreen9315]

Love it, love it , love it that's how we get down

[@brianbarwick908]

This is awesome. LSU just became my second favorite team

[@lsubandtrumpet2014]

Love my band!

[@patrickrobbins9552]

Goddammit. I'm jealous this is so tough.

[@ymnation2010]

The greatest tradition in all of college football! LSU 4 LIFE

[@ATLienForLife]

Well Dayuum!

[@shirajai]

Yassss I love it!!

[@novariche8459]

The tuba break should be 8 measures instead of 4. This way, the crowd can say the chant twice before the rest of the band comes back in. (HBCU tip)

[@jpcoleman3408]

LSU has the best version of NECK I have heard from any uni, including the HBCUs.

[@butler372]

LSU VERSION IS GREAT BUT TENNESSEE STATE TOPS IT IMHO

[@adhenley4337]

🧢 af

[@wvuworld]

And I thought Eat Shit Pitt was the best dirty chant but this is awesome😂

[@225holysmoke]

Everybody secretly a LSU fan who “ain’t a LSU fan” it’s ok 🐅

[@AlexBarnes516]

Clemson, come get you some....Geaux Tigers!!!!!!

[@possiblepilotdeviation5791]

Classy

[@SlenderGinger605]

From an Auburn fan.... This is terrifying

[@alabamafanforever]

From a bama fan, this is awesome.

[@dootdoot5124]

Slender Ginger From an LSU fan this is the true shit.

[@mestillme1855]

Well...the Tigers fucking own Auburn.

[@trainprod1316]

When you say “LSUs Death Valley” you mean Death Valley

[@WildSatoriForest]

AYYYYYYYY OOOHHHHHHHHHHH OOHHHHHHHHH

[@jonahdw611]

This is the best one because of the fans. Texas tech has a pretty good one but the fans don't say anything. Either they don't want to get fined or don't care

[@latinhawkey]

JSU best band ive heard!!! I would love to see a director of an HBCU school get recruited into a big time program

[@justinray7303]

Mando G well you got your wish the band director is from JSU

[@nivlac_dj6327]

That's what this is

[@jamesbondero9148]

i seen lsu band on mardi gras day look like they were 3 blocks long

[@andymayeuxproductions]

+james bondero more than that lol

[@dootdoot5124]

Mardi Gras is the shit down here in New Orleans.

[@WildSatoriForest]

thats cold.

[@stephaniemannina6]

The best.bon temps all day..🌍🌙💛💜⚜️LSU!!! Your in tiger land..🐯

[@kellyzeringue7724]

LSU should up the price of their tickets by $10. If there are 75,000 fans in the stands, that’s $750,000 extra dollars. The reason I say this is because when we play neck, we get fined. That extra $10 is intended to pay the fines for playing neck every single home game for the rest of time. Anyone agree/disagree? Why?

[@emerald_ocean]

Imagine being as lucky as the fans sitting in front of the band and right behind the cheerleaders lmao

[@PW.1993]

Can you imagine how fucking great the student section would be? oh my god you'd have to be blackout

[@tymendelson1740]

I would be proud if my school did this

[@daizy-lq1wh]

LSU need to play Neck vs SU that would be so funny

[@nicholasbui1359]

Dajanae Taylor lsu would destroy su tf

[@daizy-lq1wh]

Nick DaNuke impossible

[@nicholasbui1359]

Dajanae Taylor i just wanna know when was the last time su was ranked 😂😂😂

[@nicholasbui1359]

Dajanae Taylor u clearly dont watch football lsu is #19

[@daizy-lq1wh]

Nick DaNuke wow that so high 😂

[@newtap]

This is what happens when you're down the road from Southern University

[@JayMagee-3455]

If Jey Uso was there he get the whole LSU Crowd Hyped on his music instead of Talking out that side ya Neck

[@tylerross2702]

FSU owns this now 😂😂

[@92ridethelightning92]

I'm a UT fan and I wish our student section was like this again. :(

[@austinm5618]

BOOMER SOONER 😁

[@thekingofutube9328]

i dont even like lsu but this is amazing

[@bryanjaska1384]

Idk why but I’m over here crying and getting emotional watching and listening to this just praying college football will happen FU 2020

[@slanginn7]

This song was like everything in the SEC even other teams liked it

[@gemgirl2000]

If I wasn’t already a fan of #DBU: ITS OFFICIAL!!

[@paulpianoman]

The band didn't go along with it, they were just playing what they were told to play...and most of them are pissed at the student section for the chant because now they aren't able to play it anymore...

[@RollOnToVictory]

@rwhit9351 only a few clubs have their entire stadium singing the whole time (thought most Turksih clubs can pull of 90 mins of full crowd). They have supporters sections and they usually start and lead the cheers. My next fav thing i like to point out is that a lot of their songs come from American tunes (ie, Glory, Glory, Hallelujah, Johnny Comes Marching Home, The Saints Go Marching In, Country Roads, etc.)

[@notme98]

@janetm1961 I was in the student section for that game. Normally I don't sing along with it, but this time I did, BECAUSE some Arkansas fans bought out the student section spots, brought their kids, and made us stand in the aisle. I hope their kids are scarred for life.

[@Rkrsmoke1]

Lmao

[@rofieldsboy04]

Man i marched at Southern University and that has to be the funniest shit i have ever heard. But LSU's crowd is into it though. Pretty nice.

[@oiuy75]

Thank you LSU. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Signed, the No. 1 collegiate marching band in Louisiana #Southern.

[@irishriot303]

I believe your mistaken on that last part. Grambling is the best collegiate marching band in LA.

[@jlandno]

Both of y'all are wrong.

[@calliesdandre]

Jean Paul Landreneau no he is right southern is the BEST

[@ChuckLetson]

Except we play it in tune without splitting the tone. I know it's hard to play correctly when you're gyrating around like you're having a seizure, and then you get used to that terrible sound and think it's right.

[@rc6lsu]

Thank you for being a janitor at my business. Signed, A guy with a degree that means something

[@Howlingburd19]

This is Death Valley, so get used to it, haters! I've always wanted to go to one! :(

[@soupa22]

Looks like Southern University mentors LSU in the band field!!!

[@hwyman01]

That's weird cause LSU does it better lol

[@movinstr8]

lmao lsu does nothing better

[@isgwill]

@@hwyman01 Said absolutely nobody. One of the members of Cameo (who made the song) was a member of band and a graduate of Southern.

[@Bakarost]

The good old days

[@OranteFrazier]

It has happen, but its the graduates that get those jobs. Penn State has a director on staff from an HBCU.

[@xav18]

Because it's not needed. People only remember the chorus anyways. I've played both the full arrangement and this and this is all that's needed at football games.

[@MrBundy15]

I LOVE MY TIGERS...

[@Xavocolypse]

We fucking rock

[@TheTigernuts]

I'm going to tell them Tigers don't play...LOVE IT!

[@ttiger1999]

Simple solution... Chant "Suck that Tiger Tail". The chant concept with the tune is a good one if it is done with some taste and respect. The song doesnt get abandoned, it motivates the team and fans without dissing the school and those who are represented by it.

[@ttiger1999]

@cajunveggie Good question... how about making some and helping them out?

[@chsftball57]

Home! 😍

[@KaiaLoMusic]

@janetm1961 Well just so you know, I'm in Tiger Band, and because of how loud this was for the Arkansas game, we were not allowed to play this for the SEC championship game nor will be able to play it for the National Championship.

[@trevorbilliot2625]

I guess some things never change. I love tiger band but I can only imagine what it was like to play neck

[@Nyghtryder229AFN]

I love this shit lol!!!!

[@notdevall3610]

I wish that they still did Neck

[@flybywire09]

Now I want a corn dog

[@ikenga02]

They took the "bitch" part of the chant from Southern University, and they got their arrangement from Southern also.

[@tube2a]

Who?

[@tigerbait134]

nobody cares?

[@joshuahuff607]

the whole phrase they say is different lol

[@Plabo21]

Imma LSU fan but 4 yall info SU was the first band to play neck cuz wasnt nobody playin neck b4 96 97 98 execpt SU

[@FRANCISnLA]

The students are supposed to say "talking out the side of your neck," hence Neck being the name of the cheer. It's an 80s song by Cameo. In 2007/2008 most of the students seemed to say "talking out the side of your neck," but after that it just got out of hand. I'm fairly certain they never play this song whenever the CBS cameras are on the band, and, if it does get caught, I'm pretty sure CBS turns off the microphones. Kids will be kids, people...

[@tylermdrums]

I really hope LSU will play this when we are at the Chick fil A bowl with them!!!!

[@gwoodealer]

I go to FSU and I think this is great

[@Petefamily]

Funny that LSU got that entire chant from across town Little brother school SU Human Jukebox and brought it to a National stage. I heard University of Washington and FSU bands doing the chant last night on nationally televised games. Fact is HBCU bands have all been playing talking out the side of your neck by Cameo since 1985 but only SU had the "Aye Yo, Bitch " chant since 2001. Not claiming rights or anything just trying to give a little history lesson.

[@johnpaulmiller7998]

LSU's version sounds SO much better than other bands such as Southern, Alabama A&M, etc...There's isn't any screeching noise when LSU plays it. Much more enjoyable to listen to in person and in audio/video.

[@reccomarcell6392]

Not....they need to learn to play the entire song. Don't get it twisted!

[@freshprince211]

uhhhh, no....lol

[@reccomarcell6392]

Yes...yes yes!

[@FranchiseRockets]

you on drugs

[@reccomarcell6392]

How can does drugs have to do anything with learning to play the entire song...I never said anything about how LSU Played the song just play the entire song and not just half the song....get it straight!!!!!

[@dlhasksombody]

lsu don't do this song no justice

[@dirtydirty5857]

Bands down south hbcu started the chant now its just southern culture 💯

[@smoochesnfeathers9493]

It's AMAZING......every band is now trying to be a HBCU marching band.....I don't mind it. Imitation is the best form of flattery. HOWEVER, give credit where credit is due. PWIs LOVE stealing from HBCU's and taking credit for their "new, innovative, creative sound." And HBCU's don't get the credit or enrollment numbers, etc. The rumor is/was that FSU started playing Neck. INCORRECT!!! EVERY HBCU band has played NECK (and it's not THE NECK, but you would know that if y'all didn't steal it 😂😂😂😂) since the song came out. They don't even know where the song or what singer sung it. Unless it was at the top of the sheet music. I guess I shouldn't be surprised 🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️ I LOVE my HBCUS!!!

[@DirtyCoast]

Changed and added for you. Credit to HBCU’s, But no one does it bigger and better than LSU. 🐅

[@smoochesnfeathers9493]

@DirtyCoast 😂😂😂😂😂😂 HBCU'S are the BLUEPRINT, so you might wanna rethink that statement. But as far as a PWI, I like LSU, I think it's the best PWI marching band. But the prood is in the pudding. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXS2ia2sr9WUhNUsi=zeG92M93EbNPhM3h Here you go.

[@MarkBailey1972]

KALEL012377 It has nothing to do with HBCU bands playing the song louder. The arrangements are just better. When LSU plays "Neck" it just sounds like they took the lower wind instruments and had them play the baseline and took the upper wind instruments and had them play the melody. There is very little separation of parts. While I may be incorrect my guess is that they simply wrote the music from listening to a marching band video as opposed to using the actual song. Maybe that's why it sounds flat.

[@jayjay2.084]

All they did was COPY neck from southern in 2003 and make it very simple for them to play it.They couldn't play it the way su plays it because its too hard for them but like you said it has nothing to do with Hbcu's overblowing the songs ,they just naturally play at that volume.

[@Jalapenomind]

True