BD were awesome then. As always. In '76 we beat them twice, but it was such a rare thing for them to lose. Lol... I remember I used to hate them, but it was more of jealousy. Now, I quietly admit that their '76 show is still one of my all time favorites.
Notice something special about this: NO ELECTRONICS, NO MICROPHONES. Just pure sound quality and talent. I love today's drum corps, but please... enough with the electronics!!
And "Let it be me" by SoA in '79 is and will always be the best closer ever. I was in the upper deck in B'ham in 1979 and they practically vibrated the stadium apart!
Trust me if you had heard this live in '76 you would be twitching, too. Although, in my opinion, DCI peaked in Birmingham in 1979, this is the best single song in DCI history.
@micropickletwo I agree ...although I loved 1980 the most..I marched in the mellophone line with North Star in 1980...but this jam is my ALL TIME favorite...I marched in St. Francis Sancians back in 1976 ...i was just in awe of this magnificent horn line..
This is REAL drum & bugle corps folks !!! The volumes that were attained in this era haven't been heard since !!! Notice NO 15 PERSON PIT, NO ELECTRONICS, NO DANCERS, just colur guard and a marching drum line. This is NOT MARCHING BAND !!!
The funny thing is that during this Era...none of us were music majors...just street kids who found out they had some talent...and produced some of the most memorable shows of the 70's and 80's...
From an old guy, me; BD's in 75 were so-so, they were pretty good but we were better, they took 3rd at finals but I never paid much attention to their show. 76 was an entirely different game when they blew this concert number out of the water in the second show of the season. We knew by the end of the song we were screwed and they were taking this all the way to the finals and finishing on top. Which they did. Years later I can only compare it my military career - shock & awe.
This was one of the songs that hooked me on drum corps. I had the records from that year, but they are long since lost. Thanks for sharing. It was nice to see.
in the comments, i see alot about the drum major, honestly i think it looks a little rediculous for conducting, but maybe its' supposed to look more free style, so i'm just gonna assume that. However the band and drum corps is awesome, I don't see much about the actual band, this is incredibly hard music, this is the third movement of our show (Blinn Junior Collage). I can't wait to see how it turns out, if half as good as this, it will be a hit.
@iliketopmoveit They were North drums. Fiberglass shells made by Roger North for set players. With the harnesses, they were 65lbs carried with most of the leverage low and in front. They were a bitch to carry but they sounded really cool. I'm the second one from the 50 yard line.
Wow ... soooooooo good memories about DCI I decided to buy the 1974 to 1999 DCI DVD.... cheers to all who ever march with DC... sheers!!! if i wouldn't overage I would be marching again!!!! special thank's to Jim McFar.... from a french-horn player in Quebec
There are so many layers in this arrangement...absolutely awesome. I personally believe the Star of Indiana 1991 was the best show in DCI history, but this is the best individual song/performance. Thirty-five years later and I still listen to this almost every day. And yes, I have been a DCI fan since 1974. Although after that horrible finals I sat through last year in Indianapolis, I am not really sure i am a fan any more.
@micropickletwo I marched in early '70's, we find common ground regarding Blue Devils, but it is interesting on "to each his own" as I don't think I would put Star in the top10 DCI shows, let along the top. But hey, the '76 are one of the top 10.
I will also back up a previous comment about 4 months before I posted this. The Drum Major is NOT Dave Gibbs, it is Dave Dugan. The fellow on cow bell is Paul Schwerdtfeger, one of the nicest guys I know. If you want to find Dave Gibbs, look at the 0:52 - 0:55 section of the video. He's the soprano player closest to the camera on the left.
And if any of you truly want to identify me, you will have to look at the recording for the '77 corps. The very last chord of the show, the camera is deliberately out of focus, and pans into a bari player gasping for air to finish the show. That's me.
And just for a fun side note, this corp performed at a Buddy Rich concert a month or two after this recorded performance. We were the warm up gig. Imagine Buddy's surprise when we came out playing Channel One Suite. Buddy came out and stood center of our snare line for the whole chart. When he finished, Buddy yelled out for all to hear "Right on drummers?". Hate all you want, but we received praise from Buddy himself. I will listen to that long before any of the haters.
For those of you that know any of the BD alumni, you can find Dave Gibbs out there, along with the likes of Bonnie O., John B., Charlie K., Jim M. Nancy N., Rick C and many others. Unfortunately, you can't see me out there, much to my disappointment. Oh well.
I marched 4 years with the Blue Devils, '74 thru '77, so yes, I am playing in this recording. I played baritone. For those of you other Blue Devils, you will know me just by my logon name here. For the haters, there's not much you can do about them and the won't go away. The tenor drums were the north drums. They introduced a whole new concept of directional percussion, and were way ahead of their time. As for the drum major, no Dave was not drunk, just having a cut loose good time.
@mhnoodles2 The drum major looks drunk? Are you on CRACK??!! The drum major is totally bad ass!! Not only that but if memory serves me correct, the drum major is none other than Dave Gibbs, the current corps director. Gibbs was a GREAT drum major!! 1976 BD, Channel One Suite - Legend of the One-Eyed Sailor - Chase the Clouds Away.. WHAT A SHOW!!
@cainanuk Actually, Gibbs was in the soprano line...he wasn't DM until 1978. My guess is this is Dave Dugan...the original DM for the corps once they added bugles in 1970. This would've been Dugan's 6th and final year as DM...Hell of a way to age out!
Jeff DeMello (another old-time BD alum) said on the alum brass site recently that Dugan was one of the greatest BD DMs....as anyone who could hold the corps together in the early days rocked!
@mhnoodles2 Actually, Dave Dugan was the original BD DM from 1971 and this was his age-out year. Charter members have said that if anyone could keep the corps together in the early days, it was Dugan.
It was showmanship....I gave his grief about spanking himself on the BD brass alum FB page the other day.
@hotdogsplinter no, they are based off the original tune by Herb Alpert, the drummer plays that intro at one point in the song, and SCV took it start off Electric Wheelchair, Devs used it because, of course, they were playing the tune.
@brueck4 forgive me, i worded that incorrectly. i was too tired to say that electric wheelchair came from songs before it. ah well. its too late to explain myself, haha
Real drum corps still lives on in DCA...though the trumpet thing is starting to creep in there too, but as of yet I don't believe synths and lame "spoken word" has infiltrated. And the reason it lives in DCA (for all the hatred that will follow) is DCA is where the people that actually played that music and marched during the good days of DCI are now. I march in DCA, and our corps is still G bugles!
Those are North tennors. BTW, they are trios - not quads. Those were the first projecting tennors used in DCI. Just for comparison, look at SCV '76. They were using the standard configuration trios of the day. 10x 14, 16, and 18" trios.
Being Old School DC, I also hold this show in the highest regard. I loved playing this song. Our rendition was actually harder with runs where these guys are just pounding out the ends of the lyrics. But still I love this show. Ya think they are having fun? You bet they are!
The true sound of Drum Corps... This show, this season, this Corps is what all of Drum Corps is measured against... The sound of todays Drum Corps is no different then your local high school band.. It is written the same with the same instruments... All the talking, the trumpets, blehhh... Bring back a 2 valve soprano.. The REAL sound of Drum Corps
Such an amazing arrangement, too, and way-different from the Mangione original, which is nowhere-near as rocked-out as this'n is. The '78 performance was great, too, but I don't think anybody's got it posted right now. It's more "unhinged" even than this is, especially at the end.
@sdingeswho I didn't like it as much. The keyboards in the beginning doesn't fit as well as just drums. And the first solo doesn't scream the last note! What the heck!?
@LordoftheHobbits "And the first solo doesn't scream the last note! What the heck!?" it's a Chuck Mangione show, it's gonna have a kick ass flugalhorn section. Also it fits the style great.
they played there asses off sure was fun back then
taylordude46 1 week ago
Seeing how much instruments have changed is so crazy!
xxxUnseenSoulxxx 2 weeks ago
Rotary valve and piston bugles! Love it!
zerosixthirty 2 weeks ago
If the stand-and-play, marching timpani, plastic heads, tri-toms, and conducting style don't scream 1976 I don't know what does.
TheDisneylander55 3 weeks ago
At 2:38 .... am I the only one seeing these crazy fast rifle spins backfield? Good goddamn, shit's crazy.
xdragon5 3 weeks ago
That's right, arch that back, that's how you push to pressbox. -.-
Phantom663 1 month ago
BD were awesome then. As always. In '76 we beat them twice, but it was such a rare thing for them to lose. Lol... I remember I used to hate them, but it was more of jealousy. Now, I quietly admit that their '76 show is still one of my all time favorites.
TC SCV 76, 77, 78
MrJazzalive 1 month ago
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This blows away anything I've heard from drum corps in the last 30 years. NOTHING tops it. NOTHING!
GermFreeAdolescents2 1 month ago
@GermFreeAdolescents2 ...well maybe the Madison Scouts laying the Malaguena bomb on us in 1988 comes close.
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GermFreeAdolescents2 1 month ago
lol they didnt even move but it was great playing :) .. lol and the drum major was really gettin funky
IAMQUICKS 1 month ago
God damn that's an awesome performance
truckdaddy3 1 month ago
Notice something special about this: NO ELECTRONICS, NO MICROPHONES. Just pure sound quality and talent. I love today's drum corps, but please... enough with the electronics!!
NateGomes 1 month ago 2
@NateGomes Tell that to teal sound...
SpaceKKadet 1 month ago
THE TRUMPETS MAKE ME HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!
TheOnlymebaby 1 month ago
And "Let it be me" by SoA in '79 is and will always be the best closer ever. I was in the upper deck in B'ham in 1979 and they practically vibrated the stadium apart!
micropickletwo 1 month ago
Trust me if you had heard this live in '76 you would be twitching, too. Although, in my opinion, DCI peaked in Birmingham in 1979, this is the best single song in DCI history.
micropickletwo 1 month ago
@micropickletwo I agree ...although I loved 1980 the most..I marched in the mellophone line with North Star in 1980...but this jam is my ALL TIME favorite...I marched in St. Francis Sancians back in 1976 ...i was just in awe of this magnificent horn line..
PauletteBoston 1 month ago
Haha, that drum major is rockin' out....but good lord, what is he conducting!?! Never seen patterns quite like that!
theuofaicon 1 month ago
This is REAL drum & bugle corps folks !!! The volumes that were attained in this era haven't been heard since !!! Notice NO 15 PERSON PIT, NO ELECTRONICS, NO DANCERS, just colur guard and a marching drum line. This is NOT MARCHING BAND !!!
robbob100 1 month ago
Those marching toms look so cool
gameboy595 1 month ago
god damn, im going to miss marching band
AVerbene 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
In first place...with a score of 92.70...the Concord Blue Devils! (And is there any doubt they deserved it that year? What a show.)
dcbandnerd 2 months ago
What a jam!!!! Miss this sound. Ban the synths!!!
pearlsnaredrummer77 2 months ago
oomf. Dat mello.
heyitsthatguitardude 2 months ago
Press 7 for dancing drum major :D
molecular360 2 months ago
The funny thing is that during this Era...none of us were music majors...just street kids who found out they had some talent...and produced some of the most memorable shows of the 70's and 80's...
PauletteBoston 2 months ago 15
@PauletteBoston Well, some talent and Wayne Downey. WAYNE DOWNEY. :)
austinkr 1 week ago
@austinkr WORD!!!
PauletteBoston 1 week ago
Make those plumes dance!!!!
Go Bonnie!
pyrvinny 2 months ago
From an old guy, me; BD's in 75 were so-so, they were pretty good but we were better, they took 3rd at finals but I never paid much attention to their show. 76 was an entirely different game when they blew this concert number out of the water in the second show of the season. We knew by the end of the song we were screwed and they were taking this all the way to the finals and finishing on top. Which they did. Years later I can only compare it my military career - shock & awe.
TheChuck624 3 months ago
@TheChuck624 "they were pretty good but we were better" what or who were you refering to as "we"?
luqmanhakimMLHBB 3 months ago
@luqmanhakimMLHBB Madison Scouts. 73-77
TheChuck624 3 months ago
@TheChuck624 oh okay!
luqmanhakimMLHBB 2 months ago
@TheChuck624
LMFAO . .OVER and OVER
pyrvinny 2 months ago
man their drum major is awesome
AuroraProductions118 3 months ago
I see they know how to rock the power stance
r7k7r 3 months ago
can anyone tell me what the heck kind of horn that is at 0:35? looks very unusual.
damayer92 3 months ago
@damayer92 looks like a rotary valve g mellophone bugle.
Jiaxis 3 months ago
Mai band played this last year. :))
sparklesparklesarah 3 months ago
This was one of the songs that hooked me on drum corps. I had the records from that year, but they are long since lost. Thanks for sharing. It was nice to see.
sluggger222 3 months ago
Mellophone solo ROCKS!
Lancerlady 3 months ago
Drum corps has come such a long way in instrument technology and drill but the music is still the same... AMAZING!
Ferreal92 3 months ago
begining sounds like electric wheel chair hah
TheguywithaAccount 3 months ago
@TheguywithaAccount where do you think Electric Wheelchair came from
fastone56 3 months ago
Woah! Check out those tenors!!! haha!!
JoelMcCoy89 4 months ago
Very good!
LordMorpheusZphiZSU 4 months ago
alright move 2 hold 300
231drummerboy 4 months ago 21
@231drummerboy glad they haven't changed much! kidding.
LHSDrummer13 3 months ago
@231drummerboy more like move 2 hold the rest of the show
IAMQUICKS 1 month ago
What is with the tenor shells? They look like they're watching me. :L
gamertooth17 4 months ago
I like the drum major...he's cool.
VerySnowy 4 months ago
Those dots are crazy.
iplaybass428 4 months ago
If I remember right all the G Bugles are the old P/R's. They had an awesome sonund!
b17fortress1 5 months ago
0:34 MASSIVE BELL-END!
carptonsil 5 months ago
in the comments, i see alot about the drum major, honestly i think it looks a little rediculous for conducting, but maybe its' supposed to look more free style, so i'm just gonna assume that. However the band and drum corps is awesome, I don't see much about the actual band, this is incredibly hard music, this is the third movement of our show (Blinn Junior Collage). I can't wait to see how it turns out, if half as good as this, it will be a hit.
dragon999965 5 months ago
Rockin' that tambourine
walley342 5 months ago
The gay with marching xylophone at 2:04 is a BOSS!
iliketopmoveit 5 months ago
@iliketopmoveit u mean guy?
dragon999965 5 months ago
@dragon999965
Thank you for the spell check! :D
iliketopmoveit 5 months ago
@dragon999965 haha ya, sorry
iliketopmoveit 4 months ago
What type of tenors are those? The shells come and face forward?
iliketopmoveit 5 months ago
@iliketopmoveit They were North drums. Fiberglass shells made by Roger North for set players. With the harnesses, they were 65lbs carried with most of the leverage low and in front. They were a bitch to carry but they sounded really cool. I'm the second one from the 50 yard line.
wineshark 4 months ago
@wineshark Those things look AMESOME! Did they project well?
iliketopmoveit 4 months ago
I think the first guy to dislike this video was George Hopkins!
micropickletwo 6 months ago
i really love this and it seems the drum major is really in to the show.!!!!!!
lovepeacepoetrymusic 6 months ago in playlist DCI
I love the drum major and the sound of this...
viptim94 6 months ago
Damn that guy at 2:10 is really going at it on that cow bell.
DarkEmberFlame 6 months ago
Only the Blue Devils can make the cowbell and tamborine look this badass to play :p
IsawesomeEduardo 6 months ago
2:38 now THAT'S how you spin a rifle.
VerySnowy 7 months ago
1:48 ahahah look at those sopranos... cracks me up every time.
VerySnowy 7 months ago
this is how we did old school! eff on-field amplification. we had chops and didn't need that abomination.
BabylonAGoGo 7 months ago
OMG look at the marching pit and WTF is up with those tenors hahaha
eggodiego1 7 months ago
Wow ... soooooooo good memories about DCI I decided to buy the 1974 to 1999 DCI DVD.... cheers to all who ever march with DC... sheers!!! if i wouldn't overage I would be marching again!!!! special thank's to Jim McFar.... from a french-horn player in Quebec
TheJazz4ever 8 months ago
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Whooo look at those tri toms!!!
suazobomber 8 months ago
Whooo look at those try toms!!!
suazobomber 8 months ago
@suazobomber
I can remember calling them Triples....LOL
CaiaphasFlag 8 months ago
@CaiaphasFlag were in the 21st century now lolz
suazobomber 6 months ago
@suazobomber I know! Quads, quints...lol!
These guys worked the hell out of the three they had though!
CaiaphasFlag 6 months ago
@CaiaphasFlag ur fuck right! They musta been goin through heads like crazy haha
suazobomber 6 months ago
@suazobomber On second thought, out of everybody else playing like mad, the tri-toms looked like they were doing the least! Ha!
CaiaphasFlag 6 months ago
@CaiaphasFlag but those things were HEAVY, almost 40 lbs I was told
thogy 6 months ago
Its cool to see a drum major keeping time but also having fun
RockstarDaniel 8 months ago 13
@RockstarDaniel Dave was a great drum major! He did have fun!
vickiebraga56 7 months ago
@mhnoodles2 Actually they all look drunk. In a good way though XD
this was awesome.
Blacktide212 9 months ago
There are so many layers in this arrangement...absolutely awesome. I personally believe the Star of Indiana 1991 was the best show in DCI history, but this is the best individual song/performance. Thirty-five years later and I still listen to this almost every day. And yes, I have been a DCI fan since 1974. Although after that horrible finals I sat through last year in Indianapolis, I am not really sure i am a fan any more.
micropickletwo 10 months ago
@micropickletwo I marched in early '70's, we find common ground regarding Blue Devils, but it is interesting on "to each his own" as I don't think I would put Star in the top10 DCI shows, let along the top. But hey, the '76 are one of the top 10.
thogy 10 months ago
Oops, I need to correct myself, as Paul is playing a tambourine.
BDTrooper76 10 months ago
This was ScoJos first year
saidincontent 10 months ago
the drum major was getting into the music! not acting drunk.
TheSwagakid 10 months ago 2
I will also back up a previous comment about 4 months before I posted this. The Drum Major is NOT Dave Gibbs, it is Dave Dugan. The fellow on cow bell is Paul Schwerdtfeger, one of the nicest guys I know. If you want to find Dave Gibbs, look at the 0:52 - 0:55 section of the video. He's the soprano player closest to the camera on the left.
BDTrooper76 10 months ago
And if any of you truly want to identify me, you will have to look at the recording for the '77 corps. The very last chord of the show, the camera is deliberately out of focus, and pans into a bari player gasping for air to finish the show. That's me.
BDTrooper76 10 months ago
And just for a fun side note, this corp performed at a Buddy Rich concert a month or two after this recorded performance. We were the warm up gig. Imagine Buddy's surprise when we came out playing Channel One Suite. Buddy came out and stood center of our snare line for the whole chart. When he finished, Buddy yelled out for all to hear "Right on drummers?". Hate all you want, but we received praise from Buddy himself. I will listen to that long before any of the haters.
BDTrooper76 10 months ago
For those of you that know any of the BD alumni, you can find Dave Gibbs out there, along with the likes of Bonnie O., John B., Charlie K., Jim M. Nancy N., Rick C and many others. Unfortunately, you can't see me out there, much to my disappointment. Oh well.
BDTrooper76 10 months ago
I marched 4 years with the Blue Devils, '74 thru '77, so yes, I am playing in this recording. I played baritone. For those of you other Blue Devils, you will know me just by my logon name here. For the haters, there's not much you can do about them and the won't go away. The tenor drums were the north drums. They introduced a whole new concept of directional percussion, and were way ahead of their time. As for the drum major, no Dave was not drunk, just having a cut loose good time.
BDTrooper76 10 months ago
look at that drum major getting krunk
Dc020Percusion 11 months ago
star bought the title blue devils the best ever next to garfield 87
tposlusny27 11 months ago
2 people have one eye.
dbacks4life 11 months ago 2
look at those quads. they look like toilets
AVerbene 11 months ago
@AVerbene Before amps were legal!
a53mp 10 months ago
Played on G-bugles with horizontal piston and rotary valves. Ol' skool.
navilluswp 1 year ago
Bonnie Ott you are classic!!!
PauletteBoston 1 year ago
One of my favorite performances of drum corps...
PauletteBoston 1 year ago
The best three minutes in drum corps history!
plaetoe 1 year ago
@plaetoe no ..search star of indianna bro
thedrummaboy68 11 months ago
funny drummajor :D
REDeyedTREEfrog55 1 year ago
pause at 2:59
molecular360 1 year ago
thumbs up if you're a proud band geek who's watching this.
:)
BrilliantlyBeautiful 1 year ago 26
@BrilliantlyBeautiful
I am a band geek... lafayette band(KY)... and im lovin this!
TheBalko371 1 year ago
@BrilliantlyBeautiful im a band jock
AVerbene 11 months ago
the cowbell player is badass.
Tuba408Bass 1 year ago 2
I thought the people holding the cymbals were midgets at first around 0:28 XD !
trumpeteer247 1 year ago
@trumpeteer247
Ahh ha ha ha.
At 1:01 they are pretty limber midgets.
knightflyte 1 year ago
Too bad they will never show this level of badassness ever again :(
MrOrangexMan 1 year ago
@MrOrangexMan Totally agree!!!
rob33cherry 1 year ago
My indoor percussion group is playin this for competitions...should be awesome
mojomojo3011 1 year ago
BONNIE OTT!! The first DCI Superstar!!!!!!!!
claybo13 1 year ago
G Bugles FTW!!
TWBaltz 1 year ago
Repeating for emphasis and historical context: BONNIE OTT!!
lariandrobert 1 year ago
I am English and so somewhat more reserved than most but you have to love this. So much energy and tight for for such a large ensemble....Bravo!
maynardgravy 1 year ago 2
SCREW THE ONE GUY THAT HATES THIS!!!!
Kimosabes2hot 1 year ago 36
@Kimosabes2hot Maybe he marched Madison that year...
homfencing 1 year ago
@Kimosabes2hot and his 3 friends!
UniversalLizard 4 months ago
DM just about made me pee my pants i was laughing so hard at 2:08! love the little dance move xD!
tydydpony93 1 year ago
this was real drum corp when you didnt have to be music major in school to march
dgllink 1 year ago
Wow. The Blue Devils played this well, but the drum major is awful. He looks drunk.
mhnoodles2 1 year ago 23
@mhnoodles2 honestly i think the drum is just plain funny cuz he is "rocking" out
ahsdrummer2611 1 year ago
@mhnoodles2 The drum major looks drunk? Are you on CRACK??!! The drum major is totally bad ass!! Not only that but if memory serves me correct, the drum major is none other than Dave Gibbs, the current corps director. Gibbs was a GREAT drum major!! 1976 BD, Channel One Suite - Legend of the One-Eyed Sailor - Chase the Clouds Away.. WHAT A SHOW!!
cainanuk 1 year ago 2
@cainanuk Actually, Gibbs was in the soprano line...he wasn't DM until 1978. My guess is this is Dave Dugan...the original DM for the corps once they added bugles in 1970. This would've been Dugan's 6th and final year as DM...Hell of a way to age out!
Jeff DeMello (another old-time BD alum) said on the alum brass site recently that Dugan was one of the greatest BD DMs....as anyone who could hold the corps together in the early days rocked!
homfencing 1 year ago
@mhnoodles2 it was the 70's man, he probably was.
cmcdonald1337 1 year ago
@mhnoodles2 i concur
MrOrangexMan 1 year ago
@mhnoodles2 That just tells you how awesome the corps is, when the DM can let loose and have fun... and let the 30+ year ass kicking commence.
a53mp 10 months ago
@mhnoodles2 I wished I would have a DM like this.... he was really feeling the music !!!!
TheJazz4ever 8 months ago 3
@mhnoodles2 its supposed to be like that
Fatcowonabus 5 months ago in playlist Sean952's Favorited Videos
@mhnoodles2 thats how drum corps was back then. YOU FELT THE MUSIC AS A DRUM MAJOR..
KauaiBallerof2012 5 months ago 2
@mhnoodles2 Actually, Dave Dugan was the original BD DM from 1971 and this was his age-out year. Charter members have said that if anyone could keep the corps together in the early days, it was Dugan.
It was showmanship....I gave his grief about spanking himself on the BD brass alum FB page the other day.
homfencing 4 months ago
@mhnoodles2 Have you ever seen Mangione perform? He's doing an admiral job of imitating the master.
thepione 4 months ago
the intro sounds pretty similar to electric wheelchair, lol
Joeasy88 1 year ago
@Joeasy88 that's where it came from.
hotdogsplinter 1 year ago
@hotdogsplinter no, they are based off the original tune by Herb Alpert, the drummer plays that intro at one point in the song, and SCV took it start off Electric Wheelchair, Devs used it because, of course, they were playing the tune.
brueck4 1 year ago
@brueck4 forgive me, i worded that incorrectly. i was too tired to say that electric wheelchair came from songs before it. ah well. its too late to explain myself, haha
hotdogsplinter 1 year ago
@hotdogsplinter Ah I see haha. no harm done pal :D
brueck4 1 year ago
@brueck4 and Electric Wheelchair was written off of Edwin Lemley's Crazy Army, which was written as a variation on the old drumbeat Army 2/4.
SomeGuyDrumming 1 year ago
So awesome! Rediculous drum major and trumpets!
rmeadztpt11 1 year ago
wow this is pretty good quality for 1976... Some modern videos aren't even this good.
Samwerd2 1 year ago
Real drum corps still lives on in DCA...though the trumpet thing is starting to creep in there too, but as of yet I don't believe synths and lame "spoken word" has infiltrated. And the reason it lives in DCA (for all the hatred that will follow) is DCA is where the people that actually played that music and marched during the good days of DCI are now. I march in DCA, and our corps is still G bugles!
DrumlineGuru 1 year ago 2
I love this part 1:00
frasamar 1 year ago
those quads look REALLY fucking creepy...
itwontcomeout5678 1 year ago 2
@itwontcomeout5678
Those are North tennors. BTW, they are trios - not quads. Those were the first projecting tennors used in DCI. Just for comparison, look at SCV '76. They were using the standard configuration trios of the day. 10x 14, 16, and 18" trios.
MrBdowning 1 year ago
Wow... look at that DM move! Talk about putting your body into conducting! :-) I'm glad he has spirit.
They did an awesome job of using plume advantage! Great visuals!
Go Mello!!!! (What can I say, I'm biased as a horn player.)
newberryandrea 1 year ago
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That 2nd Mello is the Legendary Bonnie Ott.
MrBdowning 1 year ago
yes - real drum corps ... no electronics, running around, etc
golfizfun 1 year ago
@golfizfun I rather enjoy marching
ThuggsJohnson 1 year ago
Oh BD, if only you would play music like this again!
vestman95 1 year ago 2
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DrumsAreMyMusic 1 year ago
No need for synths here! This is real drum corps....
pearlsnaredrummer77 1 year ago
drum major grooving at the start lol
BlackOnBlueSilver 1 year ago
Being Old School DC, I also hold this show in the highest regard. I loved playing this song. Our rendition was actually harder with runs where these guys are just pounding out the ends of the lyrics. But still I love this show. Ya think they are having fun? You bet they are!
thebestandy1961 1 year ago
The true sound of Drum Corps... This show, this season, this Corps is what all of Drum Corps is measured against... The sound of todays Drum Corps is no different then your local high school band.. It is written the same with the same instruments... All the talking, the trumpets, blehhh... Bring back a 2 valve soprano.. The REAL sound of Drum Corps
webuynsell 1 year ago
old school Blue Devils.......'nuff said
oldschooldrumcorps 1 year ago
its all about the dm cuing in with the hips!
4kingncountry1 1 year ago
this is drum corps at is finest, and up til about 2004 after that if became all elctronic and modification with amps!!!!! that is not drum corps
dcifan2007 1 year ago 2
Oh god, a one fingered pointing, hip swinging drum major. Gotta watch out for those.
LordoftheHobbits 1 year ago
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LordoftheHobbits 1 year ago
WOW
rufuscoss 1 year ago 2
Such an amazing arrangement, too, and way-different from the Mangione original, which is nowhere-near as rocked-out as this'n is. The '78 performance was great, too, but I don't think anybody's got it posted right now. It's more "unhinged" even than this is, especially at the end.
sdingeswho 1 year ago
@sdingeswho I didn't like it as much. The keyboards in the beginning doesn't fit as well as just drums. And the first solo doesn't scream the last note! What the heck!?
LordoftheHobbits 1 year ago
@LordoftheHobbits "And the first solo doesn't scream the last note! What the heck!?" it's a Chuck Mangione show, it's gonna have a kick ass flugalhorn section. Also it fits the style great.
dragon999965 5 months ago
What a piece of music
RogueBrit 2 years ago 3
Hellz yeah!
jomarluke 2 years ago 2