The cultural impact of Darude - Sandstorm at South Carolina College GameDay

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Nov 23, 2023 #Gamecocks #Darude #CarolinaBand Psalm 23 🕊️ This video and every other video depicting a South Carolina football game is dedicated to a dear friend of mine from high school and her family. On August 15, just about two weeks before the season got underway, her father very unexpectedly passed away while at work. He was a huge Carolina fan, and by all accounts a great person and loved by all who had the pleasure of knowing him. May he rest in peace, and my continued thoughts and prayers are with you all. 🙏🙏🙏

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Welcome to the fifteenth episode of Double Beat 2023!

The stars are out in Columbia this weekend! Darude himself—Finnish DJ and producer, the composer of “Sandstorm,” and the “Mozart of Columbia”—is in town to perform his hit single LIVE! Released in 1999, Sandstorm became the anthem of Gamecock Football in 2009 when it was played in the Thursday night upset victory over #4 Ole Miss. Sandstorm has continued to evolve in its presentation at USC games with the introduction of the remix and the garnet lighting, so it only seems fitting that Darude himself is now in Williams-Brice for the first time and surely not his last.

Additionally, it’s South Carolina vs. Kentucky, Shane Beamer vs. Mark Stoops, senior night for the Carolina Band, and the football game debut of the Secret show featuring Tom Cruise, Austin Powers, and James Bond. It’s Saturday Night in the SEC—what more could you ask for?

The Beats Covered: 00:00 – Fri. 11.17.2023 || Friday Night on the Bridge 11:14 – Sat. 11.18.2023 || Live from the Lot: Darude & the CBDL 15:15 – Sat. 11.18.2023 || CAROLINA BAND PREGAME 31:38 – Sat. 11.18.2023 || First Half Highlights 36:35 – Sat. 11.18.2023 || Senior Recognition / HALFTIME: Secret 44:30 – Sat. 11.18.2023 || Second Half Highlights 57:07 – Sat. 11.18.2023 || Postgame Concert

Carolina Selections:

♪ • “CBDL Lot Pieces” ♫ • “Double Beat 9000” ♫ • “Penské” ♫ • “Sandstorm” ♫ • “Cola” ♫ • “CBDL Cadence Sequence”

♪ • “Carolina Band Pregame” ♫ • “Pregame Entrance” ♫ • “March Out” ♫ • “Gridiron Fanfare” ♫ • “Four Corner Salute” ♫ • “Carolina Let Your Voices Ring (Old Fight)” ♫ • “The Star-Spangled Banner” ♫ • “We Hail Thee Carolina” ♫ • “The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way” ♫ • “The Garnet and Black March” ♫ • “Go Carolina” ♫ • “STTR Fanfare” ♫ • “Second Down Offense” ♫ • “Tunnel Conversion”

♪ • “Secret” ♫ • “Mission: Impossible” by Lalo Schifrin ♫ • “Soul Bossa Nova” by Quincy Jones ♫ • “Live and Let Die” by Paul McCartney

♪ • “2023 Offense Cheers” ♫ • “Touchdown”

♪ • “2023 Defense Cheers” ♫ • “2nd Down Defense – USC Cheer” ♫ • “3rd Down – Verdi Requiem” ♫ • “4th Down Defense – Gamecocks on Parade” ♫ • “Spur” ♫ • “Penalty”

♪ • “2023 Stands Tunes” ♫ • “2001” ♫ • “All of the Lights” ♫ • “Amazing Grace / America the Beautiful” ♫ • “Bully” ♫ • “Neck” ♫ • “Zombies”

Carolina Nuggets of Wisdom: ▶️ Concerts/Recitals Livestreams on ‪@GamecockMusic‬ channel: • 231120 USCSW: Captured on Film
💸 Help the Carolina Band get to NYC: https://crowdfunding.sc.edu/project/3…

Other Content:

🎼 More from This Season – “The Band’s Music” Videography: The 2023-2024 Season: • DOUBLE BEAT: 2023-2024 Szn
🎹 Other Seasons – “The Band’s Music” Videography: / @thebandsmusicvideography
📸 An Occasional Vlog – Behind the Themes: • Behind the Themes

🐦 X/Twitter – Brendan Emm (@BrendanEmm): / brendanemm
🌌 Instagram – Brendan Emm (emmbrendan): / emmbrendan
🔗 Website – Brendan Emm, YouTuber: https://emmbrendan.wixsite.com/brenda…

👏 Footage Credit: South Carolina Band Parents Facebook Page

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