Lance Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 el paso by marty robbins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobrien Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 "The King is Gone (and So are You)" by George Jones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowtown Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Troopers must have done some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rifuarian Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 The crippling obsession with speed makes a lot of the best country music useless in modern day drum corps. There is a lot of material for ballads, especially for the "mini" ballads that are starting to become popular. Lots of great country melodies that would be useful in that regard. Leaving country aside . . . what about bluegrass? A lot of bluegrass tunes could transformed into blistering drum breaks (think about Madison's famous Dueling Banjos duet). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rifuarian Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Troopers must have done some Sure . . . Ghost Riders is one of their classics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) I don't think that on the face of it that there is any genre of music that can not work. Its all in the presentation and the arrangement. That said, Phantom Regiment is not a Corps that I'd like to see experiment some year with Country Music. Edited January 17, 2012 by BRASSO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevedb1975 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) I am no country music fan, but I also dont' dislike it. As a matter of fact, after I heard Lady Antebellum's "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", I started to think that country music could work. It would be very different than what I expect to hear from a drum corps, and it would have to be one heck of an arrangement of this number by Lady Antebellum to do it justice. I think Phantom could pull this off. Any other corps or songs y'all can think of that would be good candidates for an all country music show? And for the record, I am not from the Midwest or the South. I am a from the West Coast. I noticed that Music City in Open Class is doing a mix of country and Phantom of The Opera. I'm a little skeptical of such music in drum corps but I have been surprised before with that which I doubt. As for world class corps that I believe could pull it off, I could see Spirit Of Atlanta and maybe Troopers doing something cool with such music with the right show concept to support it. "Phantom Regiment"? NO. Edited January 17, 2012 by stevedb1975 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgerbob Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 No. As stated previously, music of this structure doesn't lend itself to the idiom. Pop music is the same way, as is rock, etc. And yes, they have been done before- lots in the 70's, Madison last year, Crown last year. But you'll notice, they use the very recognizable parts that are not too repetitive. Also, country blows. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scouttimp Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 cr@p! I should have said: (besides "devil") America/O Canada- every corps for lots of years Them songs is about country, aint they? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRASSO Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 No. As stated previously, music of this structure doesn't lend itself to the idiom. But you'll notice, they use the very recognizable parts that are not too repetitive. .... and thank heavens that Ravel decided not to make Bolero " repetitive " in verse and structure. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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