N.E. Brigand Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 We have a voice telling us what music is before the horns come in [for Impulse]. Nice opening statement! Yes, from the horns. Annoying "opening statement" (and later statements) from the narrator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 You know, I do love "Hymn of Acxiom", but I have yet to see or hear a marching group use it with the original meaning of the song. Everybody just likes it because it's so pretty, but the lyrics are pretty #### haunting, if you ask me. True, and a point that someone (David Byrne?) made last year, but then again, the composer was apparently pleased with Bluecoats' use of it. That said, at every DCI competition, there's a song played without any consideration of whether its original lyrics are appropriate. Anyone know what it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shofmon88 Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 True, and a point that someone (David Byrne?) made last year, but then again, the composer was apparently pleased with Bluecoats' use of it. That said, at every DCI competition, there's a song played without any consideration of whether its original lyrics are appropriate. Anyone know what it is? I have nfi what song that would be. Only one I know of that's played at every DCI competition is the Star Spangled Banner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Flags are now white and green, along with the guard uniforms, further accenting the move to environmentally friendly industrial practices. This show won't go over well in West Virginia, I'm thinking... Or Kentucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 That said, at every DCI competition, there's a song played without any consideration of whether its original lyrics are appropriate.Anyone know what it is? I have nfi what song that would be. Only one I know of that's played at every DCI competition is "The Star Spangled Banner". Ding! Ding! Yes, that's the one. The music was written originally for a British drinking song called "To Anacreon in Heaven", more than 30 years before Francis Scott Key wrote a poem called "Defence of Fort M'Henry", which were then fitted to the older tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Les Stentors. I know! I know! It must be "The Troth". Something to do with a wedding, doubtless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Oh, good. You can't have a court without a court jester. Yeah, that character appeared about thirty seconds after I thought, "Maybe this show could use some irony." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Music City. Repeating a question I asked in the Nashville thread: wasn't Jersey Surf told, in their "Bridgemania" show a few years ago, not to have a soloist perform from the DM stand, or risk a penalty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.E. Brigand Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 Sounds like there may be a local kid in the corps. They've got a cheering section here! Holy cow! I think I met him last year at TubaChristmas in Lorain. There was a local student wearing a Legends jacket just in front of me, and he said he'd made it to the next round of auditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrumManTx Posted August 7, 2016 Share Posted August 7, 2016 (edited) OH MY GOD JUST SAW LEGENDS SHOW. From a week ago. That closer. OMG. When they turn around with the lights on and that HUGE hit. AHH! I really want them in semifinals. Holy crap that show is EXCITING! Edited August 7, 2016 by DrumManTx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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