hboyce Posted July 4, 2008 Share Posted July 4, 2008 Alright, so this is only the last three corps of the evening. This was the only show I could go to so I had to see my friends in the lot. Blue Devils - L-O-U-D this hornline is almost painfully loud at times. In a good way. You have to see this show at least 5 times to catch everything going on. It is seriously like the staff went "wouldn't it be funny if we made them do...", but then actually put it in the show. This show is just plain entertaining. Guard is amazing. Drumline is smoking. Hornline is balls to the walls. My only criticism is the closer. It sounds a little different than the rest of the show. Also it is pretty dirty. I have been told there are many changes coming to that though. SCV - Typical SCV. Looks like SCV sounds like SCV. That is the SCV of this decade though. Which I can take or leave. Honestly it kind of went in one ear and out the other. The music didn't really grab me and the hornline sounded reserved compared to BD before them. I was down low and I see their field scores hurting them when the field judges come into play. The show ends abruptly. "They are done right?" "I think so the drum major just turned around." If the closer still isn't in why not? It's been two weeks. That just shows me that any changes they put in the show through tour is going to be slow to adapt and going to end up hurting them in the long run. Phantom - I actually enjoyed Phantom, which is an oddity for me. Powerful hornline. Just a tab softer than BD. Lots of in your face hits in the first couple of minutes. I was enjoying the show until they started killing people left and right. First one "wow, that was dark" second one, "alright, still killing people" third one, "STOPKILLINGPEOPLE". I understand the I am spartacus chant. I still find it cheesy. The corps looked rather clean. I feel they had the cleanest show of the night concerning all aspects from top to bottom. Visual though is a problem. Hornline members look like the are all marching different techniques. Not a guard person, but I was told the guard isn't really up to snuff. Mellophone solo was ####! Props to you. BD is in a league of their own. They are proving that 07 wasn't west coast politics. The gap between them and the top will widen for SCV. Significant changes and field performance will pull them down. Phantom will be knocking on the door of the top 3, but no one is letting them in. PS West coast inflation my ###. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Line Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 wat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugada Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 I was enjoying the show until they started killing people left and right. First one "wow, that was dark" second one, "alright, still killing people" third one, "STOPKILLINGPEOPLE" LOL! Best review line of the year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardman Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Hmm...thanks for the review, but I think you are just a bit biased towards BD. We'll see what happens with SCV... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Yes, thank you for the review, but I agree with the comment above, you're not a marching member of the Blue Devils anymore, so try to drop some of that arrogance will ya? Attitudes like this are why I have such a difficult time (although I do it anyway) loving the Blue Devils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newterak Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 (edited) nice review hun'er... now stop being an arrogant pr1ck. lol jk looking forward to some texas shows Edited July 5, 2008 by newterak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David J Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Alright, so this is only the last three corps of the evening. This was the only show I could go to so I had to see my friends in the lot.Blue Devils - L-O-U-D this hornline is almost painfully loud at times. In a good way. You have to see this show at least 5 times to catch everything going on. It is seriously like the staff went "wouldn't it be funny if we made them do...", but then actually put it in the show. This show is just plain entertaining. Guard is amazing. Drumline is smoking. Hornline is balls to the walls. My only criticism is the closer. It sounds a little different than the rest of the show. Also it is pretty dirty. I have been told there are many changes coming to that though. SCV - Typical SCV. Looks like SCV sounds like SCV. That is the SCV of this decade though. Which I can take or leave. Honestly it kind of went in one ear and out the other. The music didn't really grab me and the hornline sounded reserved compared to BD before them. I was down low and I see their field scores hurting them when the field judges come into play. The show ends abruptly. "They are done right?" "I think so the drum major just turned around." If the closer still isn't in why not? It's been two weeks. That just shows me that any changes they put in the show through tour is going to be slow to adapt and going to end up hurting them in the long run. Phantom - I actually enjoyed Phantom, which is an oddity for me. Powerful hornline. Just a tab softer than BD. Lots of in your face hits in the first couple of minutes. I was enjoying the show until they started killing people left and right. First one "wow, that was dark" second one, "alright, still killing people" third one, "STOPKILLINGPEOPLE". I understand the I am spartacus chant. I still find it cheesy. The corps looked rather clean. I feel they had the cleanest show of the night concerning all aspects from top to bottom. Visual though is a problem. Hornline members look like the are all marching different techniques. Not a guard person, but I was told the guard isn't really up to snuff. Mellophone solo was ####! Props to you. BD is in a league of their own. They are proving that 07 wasn't west coast politics. The gap between them and the top will widen for SCV. Significant changes and field performance will pull them down. Phantom will be knocking on the door of the top 3, but no one is letting them in. PS West coast inflation my ###. I read and appreciate all of the reviews, but after having watched all of the corps shows this year, find some of the comments to be outlandish. It is for that reason, that I wish to thank all reviewers for including their corps affiliations in their avatars and or subscripts. That helps to put some context to the inanity. Hard to answer the door when nobody's home. Like, seriously now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84skyrydr Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Alright, so this is only the last three corps of the evening. This was the only show I could go to so I had to see my friends in the lot.Blue Devils - L-O-U-D this hornline is almost painfully loud at times. In a good way. You have to see this show at least 5 times to catch everything going on. It is seriously like the staff went "wouldn't it be funny if we made them do...", but then actually put it in the show. This show is just plain entertaining. Guard is amazing. Drumline is smoking. Hornline is balls to the walls. My only criticism is the closer. It sounds a little different than the rest of the show. Also it is pretty dirty. I have been told there are many changes coming to that though. SCV - Typical SCV. Looks like SCV sounds like SCV. That is the SCV of this decade though. Which I can take or leave. Honestly it kind of went in one ear and out the other. The music didn't really grab me and the hornline sounded reserved compared to BD before them. I was down low and I see their field scores hurting them when the field judges come into play. The show ends abruptly. "They are done right?" "I think so the drum major just turned around." If the closer still isn't in why not? It's been two weeks. That just shows me that any changes they put in the show through tour is going to be slow to adapt and going to end up hurting them in the long run. Phantom - I actually enjoyed Phantom, which is an oddity for me. Powerful hornline. Just a tab softer than BD. Lots of in your face hits in the first couple of minutes. I was enjoying the show until they started killing people left and right. First one "wow, that was dark" second one, "alright, still killing people" third one, "STOPKILLINGPEOPLE". I understand the I am spartacus chant. I still find it cheesy. The corps looked rather clean. I feel they had the cleanest show of the night concerning all aspects from top to bottom. Visual though is a problem. Hornline members look like the are all marching different techniques. Not a guard person, but I was told the guard isn't really up to snuff. Mellophone solo was ####! Props to you. BD is in a league of their own. They are proving that 07 wasn't west coast politics. The gap between them and the top will widen for SCV. Significant changes and field performance will pull them down. Phantom will be knocking on the door of the top 3, but no one is letting them in. PS West coast inflation my ###. It seems to me that you aren't sure yourself of last years win. If your going to give an idea of what went down, great, but please stick to the show, not last year in summation. By the way, does BD use illegal voice modifications this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hboyce Posted July 5, 2008 Author Share Posted July 5, 2008 Don't know how I was arrogant. I didn't like what SCV offered and from the field level they were dirty. But because I marched the Blue Devils, I'm all of a sudden out of line? I may be biased, but the scores pretty much reflected what I said. You came here for my impression. Sorry I didn't like the corps you marched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeeWee Posted July 5, 2008 Share Posted July 5, 2008 Don't know how I was arrogant. I didn't like what SCV offered and from the field level they were dirty. But because I marched the Blue Devils, I'm all of a sudden out of line?I may be biased, but the scores pretty much reflected what I said. You came here for my impression. Sorry I didn't like the corps you marched. It has very little to do with "the corps you marched" and much more to do with my corps "is Gods gift to drum corps". You may never learn what I'm talking about. I hope you someday do. It's called humility. If not, I feel sorry for you and members of any corps that may share perspectives similar to yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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