Football season is back, and everybody who knows HBCU culture knows the real showdown is at halftime. The Alabama State University Mighty Marching Hornets are bringing the noise for 2008, and FreddyO has the footage of the band breaking out Cameo’s classic “Talking Out The Side Of Your Neck.” From the first blast of the horns to the last step, this is that down-South band energy that turns a stadium all the way up.
Alabama State’s Hornets, out of Montgomery, have a reputation to protect every single weekend. In the SWAC, bands do not just play music, they compete: the drum majors, the dance line, the tubas dancing in the stands and arrangements that flip funk and soul records into marching band anthems. “Talking Out The Side Of Your Neck” is perfect for that treatment, all groove and attitude, and the Hornets lean into every note like they have something to prove.
With the Magic City Classic against Alabama A&M coming up on the calendar and bragging rights on the line all season long, performances like this are why HBCU band videos stay on repeat on YouTube. Fans who were not in the stands get to feel it, alumni get to relive it, and rival bands get a reminder of what is waiting for them across the field. Halftime is game time, and Alabama State understood the assignment.
Salute to the Mighty Marching Hornets for representing Alabama State and HBCU band culture the right way. Press play, turn it up loud and let us know in the comments which band you are riding with this season!
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