Texas73

We sing The Eyes in the way people used to sing songs at minstrel shows? I've been doing it wrong for 49 years.

FYI, it has been sung at events that have not been minstrel shows in the last 117 years; hence, it is not a specifically minstrel song. You're welcome.

Alexander from Tennessee said he knew Trump did what he was impeached for but he didn't think it was a removable offense.

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I agree with your positive sentiments about the song. I was lucky enough to be in the Rose Bowl when Vince Young put us in the endzone. I have also read that the team is forced to do it and I'd like to know more about that. are aIn my 49 years as a season ticket holder there have always been players that don't sing The Eyes. They didn't stop me from singing it and I didn't care that they didn't sing it. Maybe they hate singing, maybe they were too tired to run down to in front of the band, maybe they needed to get to the locker room to piss or whatever, maybe they sat on the bench and didn't feel like singing it. I'm not giving much credence to the idea that they are forced to sing it and thus my enthusiasm toward the song is not as destroyed as yours, you having compared it to finding out Santa wasn't real. I might compare it to finding out the tooth fairy wasn't real since I never believed in her anyway.

Aggy and ou sucks will have won the war if we stop singing The Eyes. Yes, my opinion.

Exactly but I did mistype the date since I have been a season ticket holder, 1971 here. If people didn't give two shits about The Eyes, this thread wouldn't exist or would have ended. It is hard for me to believe anyone who has been to the games and/or graduations think the song has awkward lyrics and a lame melody. It is the act of the song, all being sung together that makes it fucking awesome.

Anecdotes prove nothing. I've been a season ticket holder since 1971 and I love the song. It is sung at wedding, births, funerals and more. WAY more people have the opposite opinion of your hot take. One swallow doesn't make a summer.

Prove your point. Were you there at the Austin Opera House? Did you talk to someone who was there? Provide their name and phone number. This excerpt is from the University of Texas about the origins and history of UT's songs: A Varsity Minstrel Show was scheduled for Wednesday evening, May 12, 1903, in the Hancock Opera House on West Sixth Street, and was packed with music, dances, skits, and even a tumbling act. Proceeds from the show would pay for the University Track team to attend the All-South Track and Field Competition in Atlanta. Leading off the show was an overture by the ‘Varsity Band, followed by “Oh, The Lovely Girls,” “Old Kentucky Home,” and “The Castle on the Nile” performed by the University Chorus or student soloists. The fourth piece listed on the printed program was cryptically labeled a “Selection” by the Varsity Quartet. You have no proof that all the music, dances, skits and tumbling act were all done in blackface and you continuing to post it as fact is not correct. Enough.

Here is a picture of the quartet that sang The Eyes of Texas the first time it was sung, at the Austin Opera House in 1903. I bet most think it was sung on campus and by students, students dressed in black-face. Most probably think it was sung not only by students on campus but by members of the Cowboys. The Cowboys didn't exist in 1903.

The song is not steeped in racism. Statues of Jefferson Davis and Robert E Lee and the confederate flag flying are steeped in racism. How President Prather ended his speeches admonishing staff and students to remember to do their best and the right thing because the eyes of Texas are upon you is not racist. I've marched in BLM protests several times, my significant other is black and we both stand and sing The Eyes before and after the games.

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Really? You and I see steeped in racism differently. I'm all for BLM, I marched over 3 hours a couple of Sunday's ago and I'm old. I remember when R L Moore Hall was built and named the PMA (Physics, Math, Astronomy) building and yes as a math major I knew R L Moore was a racist and when they named the PMA after him it was controversial and written up in the Daily Texan. I'm in favor of all of the demands except for ending The Eyes of Texas.

Have you ever been to a Texas game? I've had season tickets since 1971 and individual players are NOT required to sing the Eyes.

You think all Texas students or Texas Exes or Texas fans knew a building on campus, R L Moore, was named after a racist professor? Th.ey didn't

When I was a kid we would drive the 40 miles from a small rural east Town to Tyler to shop and my mom always took us to Luby's. She loved that place and so did I. LuAnn with fried fish and mac and cheese. After moving to Austin in '71 I used to go to the one at Twin Oaks shopping center which is catty corner to the HEB at Oltorf and Congress.Yes, I go way back. Then the new one at Oltorf and 35 opened and we went there for years. Haven't been to a Luby's in almost a decade though. Good memories though.

Didn't you get the memo: History is written by the winners.

There were thousands there and it did not get ugly.

Finally agree with you.

Trump will get about 9% of black men.

And therein lies the problem.

Don't ask, he posts too much already.

You speak for the body of the Church of Christ? The ones that I know who are members now are full blown Trumpsters and they are even more anti-higher education and anti-science than they were in the 50's and 60's when I was attending. Oh, they are okay with you going to Abilene Christian. On a side note, Churches of Christ are closing and losing membership in record numbers as the older folks pass and younger generations reject their messages.

Cornyn is a member of the Church of Christ, which is the church I grew up in a small town near Tyler, population 3000. He and I are the same age and many many of these church members are perfect for today's Republican party. They are anti-higher education. I remember the older members of my church say don't send your children to college because they will lose the faith. I agree that Cornyn is safe for this election. It is Texas and while his opponent has yet to be chosen, it will probably be Hegar and just being a woman will cost her critical voting percentages. People complain all day long about their Congressman but then vote for the incumbent. Rural Texas hates "libtards" and will vote for anyone with an R in front of their name. I don't think Cornyn will run again since he would be 74 at the time of his re-election in 2026 and enough of my generation, the baby boomers, will have passed that Texas should be competitive then. If Hispanics and millennials would vote Texas could go blue this year but I'm not counting on it.

To own the libtards