Popular Post ykw Posted July 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2022 Script for “Riffs and Revelations” I had this trippy dream where this cat was driving me around in an old convertible. Later on it turned into a VW van and near the end it was more like this spaceship kind of thing We were high up looking over the road but the front console was shaped like a van and it still had the convertible top The guy who was driving me around was an older dude, an old hipster with a weathered voice, kind of like Lou Reed’s After trombone solo – He kind of had some of that vibe and energy of Dennis Hopper in Easy Rider Yeah, like if you could imagine a cross between Lou Reed and Dennis Hopper, that's the dude who was driving After opener/contra solo – We were heading due north coming up to a stop light. The light was beautiful in the dream, with all that nice washed-out orange from the pollution. I had this happy feeling in my stomach but also like this scared feeling like something was gonna happen but I didn't know what. Anyhow as we approached the light all of a sudden this cat in a sports car came out of nowhere and just cut us off My man slammed on the brakes and narrowly averted a mash-up, got my blood boiling but I wasn’t the one driving After car wheels thing – Yeah, so wouldn’t you know it, we pulled right up behind that cat at the light and there he was glaring at us through his rear view He was all like “Yeah that’s right I cut you off, what are you gonna do about it?” So I said to Lou Reed/Dennis Hopper (I'll just call him Lou now), Man, aren’t you gonna say something to that guy? But Lou just looked straight ahead and said, “You know man, the only way I'm gonna put something out there like that, is if I'm ready to dance with that cat. You know what I mean? You put something out there and there's consequences, you know? All you got are your actions man, and remember, words are actions too, you wanna dance with that dude?” KEYTAR SOLO! You know, now I realize that Lou was driving me around and I wasn’t even thanking him. At first I thought he was kind of a bad influence, but actually he was taking care of me, watching my back, talking me down from something. It’s funny how sometimes in dreams, you don’t realize who’s your friend. Looking back maybe all these different people were you in your dreams. And they’re there to lead you to either good or trouble. Yeah, but maybe like that crazy dude in the other car was me as well. Like you got this one part of you that watches out for you, keeps you steady, and this other part that's raging, full of anger. Like old Lou and the crazy dude in the dream, they're all a part of you. Crowd: “BLOO!” You know, I think of it like taming a dragon. The dragon is the crazy dude, and if you don’t watch out he’ll bite you hard. You see Lou knows about the dragon, he’s there to set you straight. You don’t try to kill the dragon, you wanna make friends with it, harness its powers so you can use them. But I only realized that when I woke up. 3 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrownBariDad Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Maybe 3rd time's the charm -- who is doing the narration? (Forgive my senior moment if it's obvious to everyone but me.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldSnareDrummer Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 2 minutes ago, CrownBariDad said: Maybe 3rd time's the charm -- who is doing the narration? (Forgive my senior moment if it's obvious to everyone but me.) My money is on Timothy Leary. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePlanets Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 Whhhooaaaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NakedEye Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 One of my favorite parts of this whole thing is the “ I’ll just call him Lou now.” It always makes me smile because it sells the entire story as a guy trying to remember his dream as he describes it to someone else. I’m looking forward to them getting the ending right as those words are important, and they weren’t coming through clearly yet, other than something about a dragon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smug Trumpet Guy Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 I've just woken up from being frozen for twenty years. Can someone explain why so many of the drum corps shows have constant narration over the loudspeaker this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiga Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 People keep asking about about who the narrator is for Bloo, Crown. Cadets. I am surprised that these corps are using real people for these.....since there are tons of computer generated options out there.....Boston's Don Quixote, Wicked Games, SOS, ZOOM etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenHut Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 46 minutes ago, Smug Trumpet Guy said: I've just woken up from being frozen for twenty years. Can someone explain why so many of the drum corps shows have constant narration over the loudspeaker this year? All of it is extremely distracting to me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ykw Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, CrownBariDad said: Maybe 3rd time's the charm -- who is doing the narration? (Forgive my senior moment if it's obvious to everyone but me.) Probably some random voice actor Edited July 25, 2022 by ykw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawdn Posted July 25, 2022 Share Posted July 25, 2022 Will you be posting a transcript of the BD narration? 😉 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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