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1 minute ago, KVG_DC said:

I remember much of the chatter about this brilliant show being more about the 'message' they were bringing and if the layering they added poured it on too thick.  There was also the triggered chatter about the G7 proposal.   Other chatter was "it's just performed too dirty."   With sometimes recognizing that it was an incredibly hard show and ambitiously pulling those kids a bit too far beyond their performance capabilities.  

But they did not back down or hose it. 

It wasn't until later some of the praise I was lavishing on it started to get echoed more.  The drill is one of the better examples of 'using the drill to tell the story' I can think of.  As dirty as it was, in retrospect, this seem the begining of the BAC guard aesthetic and swagger that has been returned to for their Zingali's.  I know the staff has changed but there's a spirit here that echoes what we've seen from the guard the past two competitive years.  I'll never forget when they led them onto the field during retreat doing that super creepy herd of uncontrolled animals movement gait thing.  The expression on some of the corps next to them as they came on was classic shock and awe.  

The music arranging was no easy feat too and did many ambitious and effective things.  The super aggressive opening, the SOLO that opens the ballad, she nailed the emotion shift all year, the long sustains with subtle melody rippling underneath it in the ballad, the pathos of the ballad hit when they raise the human pyramid windmill.  Playing Conquest in a minor key and making it eerie and creepy.  It was Angry Boston and it was good.

I loved this show from the moment I saw it live in Ft. Wayne.  

I agree about a portion of the messaging.  The G7 formation could have stood alone without that small narration part about "being equal" or the baby powder at the end.  That being said, there are parts of the show that are "wow" no matter how dirty the execution was.  It's full of constant risk and Boston stuck to its guns during the season and it helped me to be a bigger Crusaders fan.  Few corps would ever take this kind of risk nowadays.   

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43 minutes ago, Continental said:

I don't remember it being bashed over and above the usual.  I love that show!

LOL. Yea that show caught a lot of heat. I think the hate only simmered down because Cadets ended up winning and deservedly so.

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1 hour ago, BlueStainGlass said:

My point being you can't say underrated and follow with top 4 groups. Maybe it wasn't their best show after following others but it's not underrated. This show you mentioned, Blue Stars, crossmen, and some of those 13th place shows. Those are shows that are underrated because they are talked about way less. Glassmen we're the definition of underrated IMO because they consistently made finals but were never talked about until they folded. 

Good point! But I still feel that 1998 BD is underrated. And Bluecoats 2006.

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5 minutes ago, Continental said:

BD 2011 is melody, melody, melody.  That fall I listened to it over and over and loved every minute. 

Yes! You speak the truth. 

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1 hour ago, 84BDsop said:

SOOOOOO glad you didn't say 84!!

loved 84. loved another 84 show a smidge better LOL.

 

but 85 was BD trying slightly different things, and it doesnt get the love it should. also truly brought Metheny to the DCI stage

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1988 SUNCOAST SOUND!!!!!!!  Probably wins this thread

84-86 Suncoast Sound

1988 Star - their first serious serious attempt at being great

1990 Boston

1988 VK - am I the only one who thinks this?

98-99 Glassmen

99 BK ---- weren't they 5th in semis?

1987-1990 Northern Aurora and a dozen other Class A corps that were darn good at that time.

 

 

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