Dan Milliken is “Goin’ Green”
April 13, 2009
In conjunction with Earth Day and the global Earth Hour initiative, Belmont University is holding a contest to find their official “green” song. Five songs were chosen by a panel of professional songwriters, faculty members and environmental experts to promote environmental awareness. The competition is comprised of Belmont University students. The writer of the winning composition will receive a $500 Apple gift card and the song will be featured on their website as their official “green” song.
We at Country Universe are excited to announce that Dan Milliken is one of the finalists in the Belmont Unplugged Song Challenge. Dan wrote the witty and catchy “Goin’ Green” with his friend, Jake Hartsfield. He can even be heard singing high harmony to Hartsfield’s lead vocal, along with contributing the hilarious main spoken word portion of the third verse.
Country Universe is rooting for Dan. So, we encourage you to listen to his entry (the middle song), along with all of the other submissions. The winner will be chosen by poll voting. The winning song will be announced on April 22, Earth Day. Check out the songs, cast your vote and then come back and tell us what you think.
Kudos to Belmont University for promoting such a worthwhile cause.
And, of course, good luck to Dan!
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Nice song. I voted for ya.
I thought this was well done and lots of fun going into the talking section, when it just turned extremely funny.
I laughed outloud when you carpooled with Robert on your two-seater bicycle (in your recycled t-shirt). Also, if recycling t-shirts counts as being green, I admit I was very eco friendly in my college years.
Luckily, Bill’s not quite so eco-friendly now:)
Dan’s got my vote, too.
I’m going to say “Girl, I got my own bag!” at the grocery store tomorrow.
Kevin, you should totally say that. It’d be greentastic for sure!
You guys are awesome. Leeann, I think I may owe you my firstborn for writing this post.
When did Belmont become all hippie-centric anyway? When I was there, they wouldn’t even hire non-Trinitarian Christians.
I admit to being very eco-friendly recycling t-shirts when I was in college too. Thanks for making me feel like a friend of the Earth.
Dan Milliken has my vote.
I think being surrounded by a bunch of eco-friendly people at hippie college made me more militant about doing laundry. Don’t think I ever recycled a shirt.
I’m not sure, Kevin. When did Bob Fisher become President? It seems like he’s been a big part of Belmont moving toward the middle of the road; I think he really wants the University to become a well-respected mainstream institution.
We’re not affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention anymore, so things are definitely more “open” than they probably were. But the rule that forbids any homosexual activity is still on the books (though it’s not stressed at all, so I don’t think most people care), and last year they tried to implement a complete campus ban on smoking, which I thought was absurd. And I know the school is still very obsessed with maintaining a good Christian image, to the point where I’ve heard about them actually trying to suppress some rather critical bad news, which is horrifying to hear about as a student. So I dunno; it’s hard to say what’s really going on with Belmont these days.
Thanks a million to everyone who has voted!
I voted for Julianne Hough 357 times omg lol 2 4 6 8 who do we appreciate.
j/k. I listened to all five submissions (I’m not a Grammy voter, after all) and voted for Dan.
Blake,
Who says Grammy voters even listen? Or, perhaps ’tis your point?
‘Twas my point. :)
Not all Grammy voters are slackers and Julianne Hough is not a really horrible artist either, just for the record.
Great job Dan! You got my vote!
“Girl, I brought my OWN bag!”
hilarious.
That’s my favorite part!
Awesome song, Dan! “Girl, I brought my own bag” may just become my new catchphrase.
In all honesty, Dan would get my vote even if he didn’t write the best song, but he did!
Great job! Very entertaining! And of course, as mentioned by others, the talking part was very funny. I also think the crowd vocals at the end were a nice touch too.
I agree, Kevin. His is definitely the best song of the choices. It was well produced too, I might add.
Didn’t Dan give Darius a D?
Ooo, I like that alliteration.
Alliteration is almost always awesome.