Matt_S Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 If Spirit can play a Kansas show, then I want some corps to use synths to play a Wolf Parade show. I'm not even joking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_S Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Phantom+Turangalîla-Symphonie = Ooof, I like unorthodox shows, but I think I've been outdone. That will never, ever happen but it's cool to dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Just because it was one of my favorite songs when I was a little kid, and all of the instruments are snyth (yep, everything), I'd like to see a Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam show. "Head to Toe" and "Lost in Emotion" and "Can You Feel the Beat" would have to be part of the rep of course: Head to Toe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr7iKcilty0 Can You Feel the Beat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-F5lQNrxg7c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ostinato Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Seriously...Phantom+Turangalîla-Symphonie = THIS....except for Phantom. Turangalila is a fantastic piece of music and I think could be a great DCI success, now that we have electronics. But, Phantom's musical product is increasingly "not-classical" in a similar way that recent Blue Devils shows are "not-jazz": The stylistic traits of the music are often lost in the larger, synthetic flow of the program. With Phantom, this has been harder to notice than with Blue Devils, because they have wisely stuck to music that lends itself to drum corps histrionics: Ginastera, Prokofiev's wilder stuff, Corigliano, all music that can be reduced to pounding open fifths, drones, and cluster chords and still sound fantastic. Tearing out the thick harmonies and watering-down the textures of Turangalila to only leave in the skeleton rhythms and loud aspects would really miss the whole point of using Messiaen's music in the first place. I wish Star was around to tackle something this intricate and bizarre (They did Belshazzar's Feast after all!), but Crown's eclecticism and facility with technique seem like the best match to me. Your mileage may vary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stimmung Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share Posted June 23, 2009 Drum corps histrionics? I like that term, I'm going to keep that in the back burner for now.... Anyway, several thousand points to whoever said the Messaiean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeme70 Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 leave that to the high school bands...Im sure Hal Leonard has an arrangement Northwind did this in 1991 - minus the electronics, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 leave that to the high school bands...Im sure Hal Leonard has an arrangement I did it in 1991...it sucked. See above... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbevillekid26 Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 star wars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Devo..Think about the uniform ideas... "Whip it, Whip it good." Heh, we did Whip It in my high school band. And we had gigantic cue cards so the audience could yell the chorus. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBadMadMan Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Maybe someone will tackle some Mannheim Steamroller stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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