{"id":3551,"date":"2012-01-31T20:08:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T01:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3551"},"modified":"2012-01-31T20:08:12","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T01:08:12","slug":"start-wearing-purple-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=3551","title":{"rendered":"Start Wearing Purple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aVWtgZLSE8U\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Todd has been one of a number of JMU fans clamoring for the school to adopt Gogol Bordello&#8217;s &#8220;Start Wearing Purple&#8221; as some sort of unofficial theme song. I was a little late to the party, but finally jumped on the bandwagon prior to football season. The song became a staple of our tailgates and typical gameday routines all season. Now the pep band has stepped up and begun playing this version. And it&#8217;s awesome. Next stop, full MRD&#8217;s version in Bridgeforth.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D3551&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Todd has been one of a number of JMU fans clamoring for the school to adopt Gogol Bordello&#8217;s &#8220;Start Wearing Purple&#8221; as some sort of unofficial theme song. I was a little late to the party, but finally jumped on the bandwagon prior to football season. The song became a staple of our tailgates and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[458,261],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5824,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=5824","url_meta":{"origin":3551,"position":0},"title":"JMU Cannot Let Kansas State Steal Start Wearing Purple","date":"September 2, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In case you missed it, here is the video from the MRDs pre-game performance of Start Wearing Purple. As we previously stated, the band sounded great. The crowd participation element has a ways to go though. 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