regimentlvr Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Just watched the 2005 Rhapsody show. This corps is one that is never mentioned in Phantom's history. Way underrated. What a show, Jamey Thompson's writing was brilliant! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jthomas666 Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Yeah, it's a bit of a departure for Regiment, but it is flat out fun, and I particularly love the way the brass writing and percussion writing complement each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeN Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 I absolutely love this show. It's a great mashup of two well-worn tunes, and it got turned in to something new and different. "Lighthearted" Regiment was kind of a novel idea, but it worked so well. (I think it worked for City of Light too - fight me, bro.) The featured dancer was brilliant, and this was the same year as Madison's featured Carmen, so it was a neat compare/contrast. Just because you're rooted in Romantic-era music, it does not mean everything always has to be Gothic and heavy-handed. There's room for both, you know? I'd love to see/hear more of it from them, honestly. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouooga Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Amazing show. 04 and 05 both seem to get overshadowed in that 03-08 Phantom era, but they're just as excellent, 05 especially. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowtown Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 I cringed with dread at the announcement and then ended up loving the show which developed a ton over the season they marched great that year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdaddy Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 On 12/8/2017 at 10:52 AM, MikeN said: Just because you're rooted in Romantic-era music, it does not mean everything always has to be Gothic and heavy-handed. :) I think it worked for City of Light too :( 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Haring Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 One of my favorite PR shows. Entertaining, fun, well-performed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glory Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I tend to think the show is under-remembered versus under-rated. The show was much-loved at the time, which makes its low profile more incongruous. I suspect it's ignored in part because of the style shift but also because there are so few videos available in the public domain. Could it be the copyright police crusaded against this one more aggressively than others? Whatever the reason, the show's fame was constrained by availability. For a large segment of fans, if you didn't see this show live, you didn't see it. That might explain why it garners so little comment. Too bad. It was a great show. HH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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