What song brings you back to your time at Colgate? What would you add to a playlist of Colgate essentials?
Back to Your Stories
Mike Milone
’78
| Alumni
Aerosmith - Walk This Way, great cover by the Frogs at fraternity parties.
Susan Gegan Fleming
’89
| Alumni
Music was a huge part of my Colgate experience. My roommate introduced me to Joe Jackson and a variety of other artists I had not previously appreciated. By senior year, the songs that stand out were Fine Young Cannibals “she drives me crazy”, Spin Doctors “two Princes” and of course, Theta Chi’s “Brown Eyed Girl”. They all make me feel 20 again when I listen to them!
Eric P Schlubach
’85
| Alumni
Colgate 13 at the pub with my mom, sister, son @ 8 yrs old, playing quarters (for newbies) bouncing quarters into shot glass! Class of '85...Go Gate!
Eric P Schlubach
’85
| Alumni
The Clash
Melissa Graham
’91
| Alumni
Van Morrison’s Brown Eyed Girl brings me right back to the ATO house in 1990.
Juan Flores
’80
| Alumni
Lowdown by Boz Scaggs. I heard it at parties and also heard it blasting from the quad dorm windows when I got out of lab in the spring.
Richard D. Rasor
’61
| Alumni
In the olden days when Colgate was a proud "men only" campus, our renowned acappella singing group, The Colgate 13, always included "Colgate Is The Place For Me", unfailingly evoking a loud, enthusiastic response. The verse that generated the most applause and laughter always was:
The coed leads a sloppy life
She eats potatoes with her knife
Once a year she takes a scrub
And leaves a ring around the tub.
And yet she's loved by every one
Who is a loyal Colgate son.
I double dare the wonderful "13" to try that one today!
