Hail Varsity: More Than You Want to Know About the Huskers New Anthem

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And to attribute this all to DJ Kool is probably an error. The song is little more than a call-and-response style jam, though Kool’s rasp adds something, but the real reason people love it is for the samples. It opens with the familiar horns fanfare from Kool & The Gang’s “Hollywood Swinging” and then drops right into the unforgettable sax loop, a powerful one-two punch, and that’s where things get interesting.


That saxophone was originally recorded for Marva Whitney’s 1969 song “Unwind Yourself.” Whitney was a funk singer from Kansas City. She released a few singles but didn’t find much success as a solo act, eventually joining the James Brown Revue. (And, if Wikipedia is to be believed, entering into a romantic relationship with the Godfather of Soul himself.) “Unwind Yourself” never made a major dent on the charts and probably would’ve been forgotten if not for a DJ from The Bronx sampling it nearly two decades later.
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I've been wanting this to be a staple of Nebraska games for years, and was so bummed out when they botched it so bad in 2012. Glad Chris took over at Memorial Stadium and brought it back - that guy is way too good at his job.

 
I like it, but can't help but feel like it's a pretty shameless rip off of Wisconsin's tradition at Camp Randall before the fourth quarter.

 
Hujan said:
I like it, but can't help but feel like it's a pretty shameless rip off of Wisconsin's tradition at Camp Randall before the fourth quarter.
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Shameless would be using Jump Around.

 
Hujan said:
I like it, but can't help but feel like it's a pretty shameless rip off of Wisconsin's tradition at Camp Randall before the fourth quarter.
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Wisconsin? Minnesota been doing it to this for awhile. They just haven't been a rose bowl contender

 
And it doesn't matter. Been years and years of opportunity to be original. Who cares, it's fun and everybody loves it!

 
Hujan said:
I like it, but can't help but feel like it's a pretty shameless rip off of Wisconsin's tradition at Camp Randall before the fourth quarter.
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If we started playing it at the end of the 3rd quarter every game then ya. But we don't. I do think it'd be funny if we played it at the end of every 3rd quarter that we're playing Wisconsin though.

 
Hujan said:
can't help but feel like it's a pretty shameless rip off of Wisconsin's tradition at Camp Randall before the fourth quarter.
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