Jeff Ream Posted January 21, 2006 Share Posted January 21, 2006 87 hands down was the best show ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
year1buick Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 (edited) Good grief, I was just going to write the same thing, only to see that a guy I marched with, and haven't spoken to in 12 years, just posted.What's up, Corey??? I'm doing well, how bout you? I'm back as a full time student at UNT (probably the only person from Regiment going here for something other than music-- pre-dental). I have a wife and 2 kids (Sarah, 3 1/2 yrs old and Tommy, 1 1/2 yrs old) and (still) obsess over drum corps, of course-- when I geek out too much, my wife starts calling me Uncle Rico. I wish I could go to the home show this year (of all years...) but I'll have to settle for seeing the corps in Dallas. It's good hearing from you. (BTW.... since we're so off topic... we know the real year the "buicks" got their name.... B)) Edited January 22, 2006 by year1buick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubadon Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 I voted for 87. I just saw it for the first time tonight (heard it a hundred times). Wow, that was a cool show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malibu Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 (edited) Had to vote for '87....IMO it was the best visual respresentation of West Side Story a corps has performed on the field. Edited January 22, 2006 by Malibu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84BDsop Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Had to vote for '87....IMO I was the best visual respresentation of West Side Story a corps has performed on the field. For me 84 Garfield was better musically....but visually, yeah...Sky had it. I ausually tear up when Tony and Maria run off at the end...and the fact that the upper and lower brass lines never meshed visually except for "Mambo" and "The Rumble" must've been a nightmare for the drill writer...all the usual staging theory went right out the window. And something you don't see on teh DVD because they cut away too fast....at the very end when you haqve the upper & lower bass evenly meshed,, you get pairings leaning against each other....one upper (in white) and one lower (in black)....the camera focuses on one pair....the upper player is a black gu and the lkower white....absolutely brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyRyder_FMM Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 I know I teared up at the very end...Hey Tom....was that you on the mello solo in "Rainbow?" I think my fave musical moment of that show is the sop enterance in ther "Wonderful Lamd of Oz" part -- after the perc feature, but before the Wicked Witch came out with the "Surrender, Dorothy" banner....the sops were absolutely, frighteningly airtight in that passage The mello solo in 86 was played by Mike Ellis. I played the solo in retreat in 87 and 88. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAV Posted January 23, 2006 Share Posted January 23, 2006 Good morning: I listened to '82 and '86 (I'm real tired of "West Side Story.") Both are good...but I voted for '82 specifically because it had all the elements: "Over the Rainbow" and double rifles and soloists that tear up the place. That guard was something special. I actually remember watching that live (on TV) and being absolutely mesmorized. (Yeah...I was...um...five at the time. :) Oh...and "Come in from the Rain" was a beautiful ballad. MAV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifer Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Hey Poodle! Interesting how this thread about the Classic Countdown has been running since 1/20 but my "vote Garfield 1985" thread was closed on day one, as you wrote, "Please keep discussion on the Countdown to this thread: http://www.drumcorpsplanet.org/forums//ind...pic=73908" Nothing against Sky, but shouldn't you be imposing your editorial zeal a bit more fairhandedly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBrancheau Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 I did actually voted for Sky's 87 show as one of my 1980's representations. Visually innovative with the black and white elements, which touched but NEVER intermingled until the end...WOW. Not a very clean show. But loved the guard unis, flags, choreography...just gorgeous! A wonderful interpretation of WSS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielle Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Topic Closed. See our pinned Countdown Classic thread http://www.drumcorpsplanet.org/forums//ind...showtopic=73908 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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