Steve Knob Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 (edited) The 1988 and 1993 Blue Devils called to say how much they are laughing at this thread, after being texted by 1985 Suncoast Sound. giggle, giggle... 79 Guardsmen for execution. 08 Crown for sound. Edited April 25, 2011 by Steve Knob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottgordon Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 89 Phantom 88 Blue Devils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimbreDeBrass Posted April 25, 2011 Author Share Posted April 25, 2011 maybe I should have gone by decade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tariq.shah Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 96 PR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phirefenix Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Best sound? Hands down 92 Star for me. A G bugle line has never sounded better than that opening statement. Simply gorgeous. Best execution? Cadets 07. Sop feature was pretty epic. The line as a whole really threw down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjeffeory Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Star 1990 is my absolute favorite sounding brassline. ME too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasPRfan Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 hard time narrowing this down. Sound: Star 90. Wall of sublime brass Execution: Star 91 Overall honorable mention brass lines since I started attending finals in 88: BD '88, 99, 04 Phantom Regiment '89, 96, 97, 03 (emotion & impact, not execution), 06 SCV '99, 09 Crown 07, 08, 09 Cadets 90, 00, 05, 07 Cavaliers 00, 02 Harvey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Tanji Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Best brass sound AND execution: 2010 Blue Devils. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Priester Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 That one, too. And for BITD brass sound... a tie, for me, between 1975 Madison Scouts and 1971 (pre-DCI, I know) Argonne Rebels. Gotta agree with Fran on this one. As good as many of the more recent horn lines are, I will put any of Sandra Opie's Argonne Rebels horn lines up against ANY of them for cleanliness, execution and musicality. Co-ed lines with mucho intestinal fortitude. Oh yeah, '75 Madison was smokin' also. Ray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRacer Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 (edited) I had the pleasure of marching with two Guardsmen vets while at SCV (one was our DM in '84, the other was a lady FH player from '79 with mucho intestinal fortitude; cute too!) and being taught by one of their instructors (Tim Salzmann, who idolized Sandra Opie.) My picks are: Execution: '79 Guardsmen, '81 SCV (Young Person's Guide was rumored as being tickless at Finals), BD '88 (a legendary year hornwise even by their standards, from what a former MM tells me), Star '93, BD 2010 "OMG Factor": '72 Argonne Rebels (keep in mind the equipment of the day!), Academie Musicale 1990 (a Class A-60 corps from Sherbrooke, Quebec; they first won Class A-60, then went on to place 23rd at Semis the following day), Sky Ryders '81 (triple toungue hell), Suncoast, Cavies 2002, SCV '87, Star '93 (running mellos culminated by the big hit into the large wedge.) For our younger readers, the first time I heard '72 Argonne I had to pull the cassette out of my Walkman twice to make sure I'd read the year correctly on the label; it still sounds 10-15 years ahead of their time. Edited April 26, 2011 by TRacer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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