Battle of the Marching Bands

[FiveStarTubaGeneral]

SLAW

[DatBoiLow4]

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[RiccyPi11]

As the Current Drum Major for the Revels(the small band in this video) I think it's unfair to compare sound simply based on numbers, but for limited horns and instrumentation there is no way you can say there is NO sound.... @Eusi1984... ps we are slightly bigger and ALOT louder now, Come to Baltimore to see!

[suquan1]

omg do not put them in the category please but that small band did go off for real though. and corps style bands arent the best other styles produce great or even greater sounds so stop with the corps style please.

[meakalilsexy]

jusx horrible both bands..

[Floontrumpet]

it's so funny... Why we haven't got such great batlles in Germany???

[Eusi1984]

@Floontrumpet glaub mir.. da gibt es bessere ;) dieses is nur show und kein sound.

translation: belive me.. there are much better ones ;) this is just show and no sound.

[Kekaiobrey]

that was fuckin awesome

[Frizzyjack]

MY EARS!!!!! Drum line was awesome tho

[Frizzyjack]

MY EARS!!!!!

[valleykidd1]

i was in a marching band full of white kids, but i've always wanted to play music like this in the stands, but all the white kids hated. i could compose music as good as this. and i wanted to be in a college jamboree band but i didnt have enough money for the tuition. :/ and i was the best trumpet and melaphone player at my high school.

[legacydancecrew]

@valleykidd1 plz dont let money get in your way of a higher education if you are as good as you say there are many scolarship for musicians like yourself ! Schools hbcu schools will give you full ride scolarships ! hit me up if you need any help man/girl

[valleykidd1]

@legacydancecrew well yea dude i need help. but i wasted over thousands of dollars on a local tech school. which sucks. and i really wanted to study music and be in a hbcu. ive always liked marching bands and the hbcu bands. and iknow i got what it takes to make it.

[suquan1]

this is not how we act and corps style is never better jus cause u saw dis youtube video

[jillion22]

i wish these white people stop disrespecting our style of marcing and playing. we dont talk about yall borin ass style

[bamm602]

You can't blame the kids you have to blame the band directors. They're only as good as their instructors. Fun times though LOL

[stradguy93]

wow.....those bands sound like crap. Their directors need to listen to DCI, they clearly don't have a clue wheat marching music should sound like. Tubas shouldn't sound like farts, it's not all about being loud.

[MrCapricelover]

AMAZING

[zZDandezyFoshezyZz]

everyone is black what the fuk is this shit

[koreyknockout]

wheres the woodwinds?

[rosuber]

who is the sorry ass band on the steps ... u sorry disrespectful out of tune GHETTO MOTHAFUKAS...YALL SORRY N SHITTY YALL BAND SOUND LIKE SHIT .... YALL MAKE ME SICKK....yall do more dancing n runnin around lookin like damn fools...i kno a middle school band thats half ur size and will eat yall the fuck up...COCKY IGNORANT MOFO'S

[FBedgeDRUMER]

this was just disgusting. i've seen and heard much better "show style" bands. the white band were just a bunch of loud monkeys, they grey band had just enough volume and they were clean they stood still which looked much better! and what was with the tenor player holding up his drums??? how about he needs to get a carrier that fits, puts the drums back on the rods and play them!

[pvscreama010]

THE BIG BAND SUCK!!!!! THAT LIL BAND GIVIN IT TO DEM NIGGAS!!! I MEAN.....THE LITTLE BAND DOES LOOK A LIL BIT OLDER THAN THE BIG BAND.......LOL BUT THEY STILL GOT THRASHED....DONT MAKE NO SENSE......THEY TOOOOOO BIG TO BE GETTIN SMASHED ON BY BABY SIZED BANDS.......LIKE FAMU AND SOUTHERN.......LMBOOOOO!!!

[tubap92]

SHIT

[PAYTONSKILLZ1]

do anybody know the name of that 1st song dat was played?

[suquan1]

wtf jus happend i guess this is what happends when two bands dat go hard want a battle "NO RULES" lol loved the litlle band more then the big one.

[keithmello12]

dis was a waist of my time were was the drummajors n directors bt i have to say the smaller band was more organized

[saxophone2005]

WTF is going on starting at 2:40... lmfao. where is there director. im laughing soo hard right now!!!

[caciemunford]

lol all of u guys sound horrible....but atleast yall crunk though =)

[saxophone2005]

@caciemunford lol

[Molex99]

I could teach 100 1st graders to perform this NOISE (Not music) in just under a month! At least the 1st graders would do a better job of lining up and staying in a recognizable formation. What the heck are you guys playing at 8:44 ? (Insert Dogs howling at the moon here)

[quakentigers]

every body sounds like shit

no discipline at all

[deville1bigboy]

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT

[BigLongJon21]

tht second band was just ghetto as hell

[dougga17rr]

why post this bullshit come to new orleans and well give yall some tutoring or somethin yall need it bad i aint hear not one good band

[hero129]

big band country as fuck

[mgc4321]

oh stit 5:22

[ganstairi]

whoever that was running down the steps n jumping n shit sound bad ass fuck...look like a band full of hollering monkeys..no discipline at all

[Brassknite]

3:12 sounds like stabbing me in the neck!

[Brassknite]

This looks like a New Orleans second line.

[Brassknite]

This really makes show style band look really bad. Damn! they sound bad. NO discipline. Lots of wrong notes all over and people running around like animals in a herd. This is not black people. This is definitly niggas at their finest! LOud and nasty! Lmao!

[gaminzoner]

are these kids in middle school or something?

[1212169]

i tell you corp style bands will always be hating on show style bands no disrespcet and this year was just for fun for who all spectator just gotta say sum negative and most these comment are ppl who never march in a show band style i tell u corp style bands need to get off our nuts real tlk lol

[irvingblancorules]

man, the small band has some power!

[joruba176]

Very good! Impressing!!

But why are most of these musicians have overweight??? Do you play better music with more pounds?

[Cherrierune]

mean much.

their better than my band. skinny people don't always mean better

[Jarquavius101]

maybe .

they carry more air .

[ShowtimeWeb]

This is so nasty

[MrEastside07]

nice battle but who is dis i wonder

[tdubasdfg]

OKAY I'M NOT DISSIN' SHOW BANDS

but.....

anybody who says show style is better than corps style hasn't seen DCI's Blue Devils show this year titled "1930"

the music was good, powerful, entertaining, and the overall show was disiplined which almost all of the southern college bands lack with an exception for entertainment because they always have fun shows

[tdubasdfg]

IF YOU STILL DISAGREE

BD Horns: watch "Blue Devils in the lot @ San Antonio, TX Regional"

BD Drums: watch "DCI 2009 - Blue Devils Drumline in the lot @ Dallas, TX - 7/17/2009."

Whole Group: watch "Blue Devils 09 Stanford Encore"

BTW-These guys' ages start at 15 and they "age out" at 22 so they are about the same age as all of these college bands

[soundman1898]

I don't believe you can say one is better than the other, based on the fact they are two totally different styles (apples and oranges). Both offer different aspects of Showmanship.

[tdubasdfg]

well i guess i understand your point

but when it comes to disipline and being clean and precise you have to admit that corps style wins that battle

now as far as entertainment goes, thats really apples and oranges because depending on what you're looking for each band excells in their own area

but I personally look for the corps style for entertainment

[s648228]

@tdubasdfg This i not necessarily true. I come from a high school that had a very very good shows style marching band. We were very disciplined and were very precise.....we beat out a lot of corp style bands that were really good as well...

you really don't know how hard both styles work. But marching and playing is certainly harder in show style....high stepping is no easy task.

[anonymousowa1]

@tdubasdfg Until you come into a band program that does both ;)

[suquan1]

@tdubasdfg yes in some cases corps style are clean and precise just as any other style not all the time though

[JayRocSuddenEffect]

dat lil band was good!!!! dey almost out blowed the other band!!!!

[pvuband78752]

this is fun to watch . and the band at 2:40 is big and they sound loud.

pvu!!!!!!!!!!!

[PatsBooks]

I enjoyed watching you guys. It was so much fun. Black style! All the way live!

[KINGSWAGGA2010]

hmm... im not sure exactly where to start but that had to be the worst arrangment of neck i have ever heard but your tone was great (at times) the band in the white was huge! Grey shirt band sounded well to be all brass neither of the bands wow'd me tho

[CO2ish]

THE SCHOOL IN WHITE IS SO LIVE

[XxjaylonairsoftxX]

which is which ?

[MSUTrumpetDiva]

they gray and black, smaller band is the Marching revels from Baltimore. MD.

the band in the white t-shorts is the Metro band

[sippaholic713]

that boy work dem 22's

[atianawhite]

yall are super undisciplined and yall need a lot of work

[Leafninjaninja]

my word that is a huge percussion

[igualteconomas]

I dont give a peanut who won this battle, I just want to say you guys are all awesome on what you do, keep it up

[neody14]

last piece 400 degreez..

[MSUTrumpetDiva]

That was my first year performing wit the revels, it was so much fun!

[XxjaylonairsoftxX]

so you were in that video?

[MSUTrumpetDiva]

yup, at 2:03 I'm the trumpet player 4th from the left

[XxjaylonairsoftxX]

cool!

[SillySy08]

for all the -walking- bands and non-show band members out there this is what we do.. its just for fun..just to release steam from the actual performance..its another way to say who the best really is..remember the best starts and finishes strong no matter how tired they are.

[wmsscreamer]

we are corpstyle and we do da samething

but i feel you

im jus sayin its not always all corp style who are lame

cuz we be blowin

[jdogdizzy12]

they ghetto

[smbmp15]

To all the ppl talkin trash, This is what you call a battle after the battle. Sumthin like the 4th qutar after a foot ball game... Its just to see who can blow the lowest. Im sure they there is way more control in the real battle. Its just FUN Ther is no reason for ppl to post this it trash. Most of you nevr marchin in a show band so you dont kno what is like.

[evansdct]

this is just terrible, no control, not in unison, and overblowing for no reason, the whole time both bands were sharp as a mofo........overblowing

[alex12431243]

This is just horrible, this is not and could never be marching band! This is just a bunch of people playing badly.

Real marching band is what you see in Drum Corp, thing they do there is amazing. actuall moving and not sounding bad. go watch some cavaliers or phantom regiment, blue devils too!

[tigerslash12]

I love the cymbal tricks.

[cvc318]

wow this was crunck as hell lol but but country as fuck omg ......well atleast yall had fun :D yall defintely had school band spirit

[DivaRosalind]

This is all good for show, but what ever happened to "musicianship". No matte how loud you play, you still need to be in tune and crisp....Good try though.....

[ilovechristina13]

pretty good!is dis,a school,or community band?

[dominicanpoet26]

all i got to say is damn yall sound good. im older now but i have played in many marching bands and yall sound real nice. keep it up

[kelisreal]

if you don't like the video just click on another and keep it movin. you and got to say all da unnecasary stuff.

[drummerboi15208]

Best band battle on youtube

[marlena21491]

it aint no real battle if you gotta have yo effin band director der to guide you.. dats pathetic.. and yall aint got no bad ass drum majors ta get down in da front of yall??!! yall need to get it together!!

[juicyfruitbaby1]

wow at least dey had fun, wasnt none of dis serious, trust me it wud b way more intense, i loved da crunkness off da band camp band, but i got 2 admit da gray band was blowin da hell out of 400 degreez for dey size...

[Bandboy103]

I wonder how many instruments were broken in the process...lol

[GAred1976]

okay. this is hot garbage. where in the hell did these kids come from to be able to do that in a public area like this??

[Floontrumpet]

it is so funny, but it is very good...

nice, we haven't got something like that in Germany.

[bob2point3]

the band camp looked like they had fun

[broboogie]

i dnt care wat no body say dey was killin dat song "torture" at the begining

[Entatsu09]

this is one of the worse things i have ever seen. This display of ignorance and missed notes shouldve had they band director killing them. All the mellos were terrible and the trumpet player at 3:20 should kill hisself for missing a simple relatively low note. And on the trumpet thing how in the f can you scream that darn weakly? You'd be better off blowing a low note than that mess

[perantucci]

the tubas in the white sound like crap

[vountonyea1250]

ive never seen a battle like dis b4!! hott!!!!

[thebeauduy]

man dat school was crunk. who is that?

[libanczyk]

3:45-4:45 kicks ass!

[staflo10]

The Band at 2:40 and almost all of the songs they play they are more focused on moving than playing... COULD be stronger but need to get priorities straight.. that one band playin Hay I HEAR YA T-BONE!!

[Lando1Live]

lmfao!!!!!!!!!! blazian

[natejacks15]

wast was the first song bein played

[staflo10]

Torture by the Jackson 5.

[donnycross]

This is fabulous stuff

[josepheglandjr]

400 degreez is the best

ya hirr me

[deedee2454]

Does anyone have any old band tapes of Fulton High School marching Redbirds please post them.

[4debbieman]

who that was playing against them in the White

[HaloPlayingDrummer]

wow 0:08 god damn clarinet player

[qpalzmxnskwieudjcnvb]

thats not nice lol

[thatatlnigga]

i think dat band in the white is sloppy in there music catogory/technic..that smaller band was way cleaner in there music and organise...

[Blazian4life]

spotting a white person is kinda like finding waldo hahaha jks jks but still that's a huge ass band wish dey have soemthin like that up here in canada

[CarlosIsDown]

why do they raise their instruments above their heads? Is it just a horn flash?

[staflo10]

well, some people actually truly believe it helps them get notes out.. its a bad habit and i cant say that i have NEVER done it because i've caught myself moving slightly sometimes as well..

its kind of showy also like you said

[bamm602]

Does nothing but make you play at the top of the horn way out of controll just like these youngsters are doing....Nasty bad habit

[CarlosIsDown]

Wait, I meant when they phisically grab their instruments and have them up above their heads. . . Like, they're not playing, they're like sideways above they head. . . or are we talking about the same thing.

[staflo10]

at which specific part?

if they aren't playing then it more than likely is for show

[CaptDouchebag]

I see these tubas suffer from what I like to call "horse-farting syndrome."

[bamm602]

LMAO that is too funny

[ncnwhs]

eww....where is leadership?...this would not happen with nwhs..LOL...we will punch back though

[SHINE912]

I want to the Metro band couldn't have nobody in it from Redan or SWD or SHS or MLK because they would have don't that shit

[daboss120]

muda fuck dat drumline huge fuck dred

[Nickkaos56]

thats a fucking huge drumline

[Tampa0123456789]

As a long time band member(classical tho) I want to first say I am thrilled at the numbers that watched this. It says there is a demand for band stuff.

2nd the reason the music started good then went to hell is because drum majors are absent towards the end and we all no with out someone directing the band the music goes to hell. It was loud but sounded like they had peanut butter in their mouths.

Lets hope we dont see more out of controls bands cause thats a armed N dangerous mob.

[dayun35]

i beat they didn't see that coming cause i didn't

[deedee2454]

I miss high school

[diamondintherough11]

i'd prolly pass out from the heat, i cant even imagine!

[ladyofclass]

what is the name of the first song played?

[Coolyfett]

Torture by the Jacksons(6)

[ladyofclass]

ok thanks

[Tampa0123456789]

Are you sure? It sounds like that dona summers song. "enough is enough"

[ahoward1906]

call him up!!!!

[saifayouby]

are these all black schools? Not trying to be racist but sadly Atlanta is still divided between black and white lines :(

please no one take offense to this

[ilovepdub]

yup!! they are it looks like only blaks are there. not tryin to be racist either but im black ro and im jus jus proud

[Tamarfleury90]

im all for expressing urself through music but that was just retarded, i bet the music would of sounded better if there wasnt any dancin. a lil discipline is always gewd.

[Jkduck3k]

Wat da hell is dis man yall making da A look bad man yall need some dam discipline...

[Z28Alumni]

Fully agree!!!

[TeddyB2011]

i kno that the 1st song is called torture but who is it by

[TeddyB2011]

neva mind now i kno who its by ha i had to remind myself, jackson 5

[boogienite7]

ain't the small band the baltimore revels ?

[tbonedrumma]

Im surprised that people are still kinda commenting on this video. This happened how many years ago? But nonetheless, know that there are musicians in all the groups. just because we played like this at that time doesnt reflect how we can all play....

[kennyatl]

I give that little band credit for standing up to the big band. It does not make any sense to waste time battling a little ass band if you that good.

[Scolypet]

Horrible. These downtown Atlanta bands need to stop blatting so much. And they're acting like savages.

[HaitianJacker]

Thay call this a Battle.E For Effort.If The smaller band would have stayed focused and not dance around like the ohters the could have made a statment.Even that four tubas could have waxed the bigeer band just cause they played together instead o dancing.

[DJTPT]

that sounded horrible,but yall wuz crunk though.

[BTWSponge]

The songs didn't really concern me dude, it was the safety of the band members retard.

[BTWSponge]

Does anyone know what that first song they played is called?

[sinfoniansax]

torture

[BTWSponge]

Sorry for my recent out burt everyone. Thats not whati meant at all. Heres what i really thought about the whole thing. I thought it was pretty good at the beggining, nothing bad was happening. As it got towards the middle. It started getting a little out of control. At the end, i enjoyed watching the quad player call out the other quad players in the opposing band. In a rate of 1-10, 10 being the best. I give this a 4 1/2. :)

[BTWSponge]

I completely agree with jonesboy. They turned good songs like "Hey" into poop. There was no control at all. Luckily there wasn't a horn being thrown at the other band. There could have been a riot. And everyone knows that 2 bands fighting is the most dangerous thing that could happen. By the way, were the hell were the band directors? Know what forget them, were wer the drum majors? Know what forget them too. Were was any adult! Oh i know letting this all happen and enjoying it.

[jon32227]

As an alumni member of a former show band from louisiana. Personally, i have to agree with jonesboy 100%.This sounds like straight shit its more of a i can be louder that you affair. The one thinking both bands lack is quality and tone, they gain those can we say powerhouse. I give it 2 thumbs down. G.S.G.S.G.S.U U U U I THOUGHT U KNEW BITCH

[Bandnerd695]

Coming from a marching band student, I think it sounded pretty decent although the camera speakers are problem some of the problem and not really helping much at all, I think it sound absolutly Great, yes, there is room for improvement, but overall it was well done, many Kudos!

[jonesboy84]

Coming from a person who marched in a show band, this really was kinda messy. Notes was just flying all over the place. This can't be a black college marching band, because we play with better control and dynamics. This is definitely high school bands who just want to out blow each other. I know just exactly how it is because this is how my high band was like. They will learn once they go up to the next level.

[kre8tivekidd1]

This is why most Band Directors are mean ass Hell so Band Battles wount get out of Hand like this.this Band battle has goin Way past haveing fun.

[marshalloasis]

If loud meant good, they would be amazing. Sadly, it doesn't and they aren't.

[betuchel]

esta bn perron esebisnes

[hero129]

ghetto ass bands

[mariodmexican]

SOUSAPHONES @ 3 min!!!! SHARP! AARGH!

Otherwise, very entertaining. Great job guys!

[littlelou1976]

jonesboy84 :

Knock it off!

We are all band geeks...show some respect and LOVE :)

[hero129]

damn i want yall to come to louisiana.did ysll know that louisiana is known for having the best high school bands and the best college bands?come down to the south and hang wit my high school band

[jonaspodeser]

i cant see a white guy XD

[dust865]

all i can say is what in da fuck is this mess

[pickax268]

The bands in Atlanta are too blatty for my tastes. They are also too messy. I like precision, but that's just me.

[brasschic]

WOW! look at all of those snare drums! They are AWSOME!

[taybezzy123]

ohmygosh wat sound were dey playin

tayv-bcuspafanmeacsbest

[7thSwell]

Oh and ya'll gt us in Cymbals too. Not much more on the percussion and Brass. Whats the use of playing without knowing how to read music? I bet some of ya'll can but not all.

[7thSwell]

See its bands like this that give black bands a bad name. All ya'll was doing was playing loudly with a HORID tone. You can play loud but don't sacrafice the tone and quality. Damn SWAC T___T MEAC is the best. Marching wise quality wise and in just plain endurance. Ya'll just got us in loudness and screaming.

[boph8]

aite, that wuz ghetto. but 4 the band that played "hey". i dont wanna be rude and tell ya'll how to conduct ya'll band, but your arrangement could use sum lower brass parts to make your chords uh... POP if u will.

[dmactrum]

that was probably the worst thing ive ever heard...and thats bad cuz the bands in my county including my own r not really that good

[Irideson]

P-sett need to work on tone

[ctotduy]

Those are the worst sounds Ive ever heard!!

In fact, I've heard better bowel movements.....

[lildrumrboy46]

i've never seen something soo unorganized.

[jkdoe7000]

Their band directors should really teach them how to play with a good tone, not just loudly.

[Scouts12]

amen

[24Lancelot]

Exactly.

[datruthswifey]

They was playing neck too slow. Thats a crunk song. you cant play that shyt slow...speed up the tempo.

[leehomhomie]

wow...that percussion in 0.54 was great!! rhythmic was great!!!heh... i was a tubist!now too!

[heymammal]

hell yeah.

[LunarX]

NO! It's black people central! Hide your children!

[jonesboy84]

You should've hidden this comment before you made it.

[bamqbam]

What a mess! But they like it I think!

[difhiosfhsd]

Dat was a HOT MESS!!!!!!!