DWEST Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 worst year : 2002 I have a few favorites from SCV and 1999 and 2007 are definitely among them. Eureka is the most underrated show of this decade. Yep. Eureka was an excellent show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paralda Posted October 3, 2009 Share Posted October 3, 2009 The top 5 this year didn't really "do it" for me. BD was a snorefest, Cavaliers were great, but didn't have any of their classic "wow" moments, Crown was phenomenal, but I still don't think they have much of an identity, Cadets were great in a horn arc, but moving that fast on the field really hurt their sound, imo. A lot of the top 12 just weren't my thing. I loved Glassmen, SCV, Troop, and Boston, but most of my favorites this year weren't finalists. But maybe I'm biased because 2008 was such a great year for drum corps, it was very hard to follow it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyBoy_ Posted October 10, 2009 Share Posted October 10, 2009 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyBoy_ Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 2005 ok 2004 also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted October 11, 2009 Share Posted October 11, 2009 Maybe I'm just insane, but I can't think of any year that is "the worst".... 2001 is probably the year I skip over most often, but I would hardly say it is "the worst" - you have Crossmen, Blue Knights (while visually horrendous, their guard was full of talent), Colts, Blue Devils.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leadsop97 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 it's either 2002 or 2007 for me. Cavies in 2002 were awesome visually, but that's about it. After that, I think the only shows that i liked were Phantom and Crossmen....and even then, they're nowhere near my favorite shows for either corps. In 2007, I don't know if there's a single show that I liked in the top 12. Crown's hornline sounded pretty awesome, but I didn't like the show concept. I don't understand how 1995 could even come up in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Time Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Down years in my opinion... 1994 through 1998 I think the 2000's have been awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 My vote has to be for 2005. Outside of Phantom & Madison, the rest of the shows were pretty forgettable. That was the first year I skipped buying even the CD's, not to mention the DVD's. Outside of Boston, 2000 was pretty forgettable too. This year ('09) was a letdown, but after '08 (possibly the best year ever, IMO) I guess it was to be expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_S Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Outside of Boston, 2000 was pretty forgettable too. Just goes to show, it's all relative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madalumni Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 (edited) The top 5 this year didn't really "do it" for me. BD was a snorefest, Cavaliers were great, but didn't have any of their classic "wow" moments, Crown was phenomenal, but I still don't think they have much of an identity, Cadets were great in a horn arc, but moving that fast on the field really hurt their sound, imo. A lot of the top 12 just weren't my thing. I loved Glassmen, SCV, Troop, and Boston, but most of my favorites this year weren't finalists. But maybe I'm biased because 2008 was such a great year for drum corps, it was very hard to follow it up. Well, we have differing tastes I guess. To me BD was anything but a snorefest. Their show had alot of melody, tons of impact both visually and musically...I actually loved the use of the chairs as an added visual/staging element. To me, it was their most entertaining show since 2004. I was entertained by more corps this year than in a long time. My favorite was SCV...just a great emotional, melodic, artistic show from beginning to end. Blue Knights had their best show since doing Trittico. Bluecoats were awesome and had their best hornline to date IMHO. Loved Troopers, loved the Colts. Cavaliers had what I considered a very underrated show - it was musically exciting and interesting and the visual, while not quite up to the level of Machine and Samuri, had moments of brilliance...and the show had moments of humor, which I thought was a great touch. Overall 2009 was an awesome year of Drum Corps and it revived my interest in the activity! Edited October 13, 2009 by madalumni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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