I still remember the first time I heard that opener hit. I was running around the stadium trying to use a bathroom after our performance and I was stopped in my tracks. What a phenomenal moment.
Something about this show, out of all other Crown's productions, displays the absolute essence of what drum corps is. I believe it contains all facets of our activivity. Including; the preservation of tradition, in that everything from uniforms to militaristic values of excellence, honor, blood, sweat, and tears, getting things done right when it counts. The style is all there, in the precision of the entire ensemble, working together to accomplish a mission. The mission was accomplished. The music is what pulls me in more than anything. "Finis", is an example of superior musical arrangement, as well as visual design and execution. Hands down, my go-to performance. I enjoy the experience every time I watch "Finis", and I seem to always discover something new. My favorite is the Claire de Lune segue into Leonard Bernstein's "Somewhere", then back. As though it was naturally that way.
If the preservation of tradition were to be done to its fullest extent, then there would be rope snare drums, no pit, soprano bugles with no valves or crooks, fifes, colorguard uniforms matching the horn uniforms, and Lee Enfelds being used as rifles.
The best part about the closer, all those drill moves were from different corps closer throughout history. Stepping over the guard was Cavies from the 70's. Also the Gafield z pull from 83 maybe. As well as SCV and others I have yet to identify.
Finis: The show was all about finding the perfect ending. It's an ode to Cavaliers 1980 closer: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0UTX6Nbrehs.html
@@CeriusDelugeDiamond Cutters in the Barotones/Euphoniums, I forget what you call the circle to cross to box the Contras were doing. I know they told us all the references, but it's been 15 years and my band brain has withered.
@@NotAJollyPotato I just gave a listen to that one since since mentioned, nah still think this one has a bigger impact just because of the intense contrast between the Candide and the big hit explosion 🎊
The opening hit at 1:29 is what you show someone who has never seen drum corps before "oh, cool... they're moving around fast... they're playing... cool....cool...." KABLAM biggest opening hit of all time
We knew that moment was going to be "the shot", we rehearsed it so much. I'm the furthest mellophone back (still forward marching) during that set. It was the best moment to perform.
Just an absolutely insane show. Magnificent. From the guard to the perfection of the drill and the musical arrangement and performance from the brass. That’s damn near the most perfect show in DCI history... yet it didn’t win? The irony
Arguably the BEST year of drum corps EVER. I know, it’s biased, but I’ve seen the last 20 years live at finals and this HANDS DOWN was the greatest most memorable and brilliant year! 2008 and the top 4 were MAGNIFICENT AND MAGICAL 🤩💥
Brady Lenz their drum line literally sounded like rocks tumbling around in a dryer on finals night. I was there. 2008 Finals is by far the single worst performance I have ever seen from any edition of the Blue Devils’ battery, including tapes from the 70s. Their battery cost them the night, and rightfully so, because they were absolute garbage that night.
@@leaguemaskthaamumugod7552 I marched spirit in 08. We got 15th so I was sitting in the stands on finals night. BD could have won. They had a bad finals run. Agreeing with the sentiments above about the drumline and the hornline had a dirty run. At least thats what I hard with my own two ears from the sideline. A lot of trumpet inconsistencies. Other than that I love all DCI and think it is the coolest thing on the planet. GE wise BD's show was the one that was underwhelming compared to Regiment's design and execution . IMO
Great opener, great horn line, great drill. But the piece that clinched this show as one of my favorites is the attention to detail at the end when the corps formed an imperial crown using the IU logo as the jewel on top!
I so miss this era of DCI. It was about clean music and clean marching. Now it’s about putting your instrument down and acting like a ballerina for half the show. Don’t get me wrong, I love some of the new and newer shows, but a lot of it has gone outside of the good old traditional DCI shows that gave you chills every minute.
I'm with your band members with my trombone singing, in my dreams its' 1974 Buckhannon Upshur Highschool again ,I played to the hilt and sometimes gentle: miss those times. 65 years old, how did I get this old? I want to march. Get down C.S.; what a high point in my life at WAMSB in my hometown 2023.
Wow first time watching this show won’t be the last. Shows like this make me appreciate the amount of work guard does. They where incredible. Brass kicking ass as usual. Percussion not my favorite year :(
Their percussion didn’t start getting good till 2017. In 2019 they added a 6th bass drum to their battery and it added a lot more clarity to the drumline to help support that massive hornline.
Jose Hill crown 2009’s battery was top notch, and 2016 is when they got super good again. Nobody remembers it, but crown’s drumline was beefy and super clean in 2016
There are a small but vocal minority of drum corps pseudoboomers in this comments section (myself included), and I find that....interesting. I first became a drum corps pseudoboomer back in 2014, when I was a high school freshman. I, like so many other high school first yearers in marching band, fell in love with drum corps when I saw the theater broadcast of the 2014 DCI World Championships. A few months later at my last competition in November, I picked up a DVD titled "Inside the Blue Devils: 1996-1999." When I plugged the DVD into my DVD player once I got home, I REALLY fell in love with drum corps--from that era. Those shows made it hard for me to go back to watching 2014 and 2015 drum corps shows, and I even lamented the adoption of front ensemble amplification in marching band. While I'm surprised to see brand new drum corps boomers, I think about it again and realize that I'm even more of a drum corps boomer, so....screw it.
Whatever happened to shows like these. The clean lines, formations, Music power, marching? That’s what DCI was. Now it’s all gimmicks props all over the field and even corps dancing. I remember being in band and watching shows like these inspired us to play and March in a higher level. Just an opinion. What do you guys think?
I'm the woodwind instructor for my old high school marching band (I'm 23 years old), and anecdotal evidence from my students suggests that current generation shows inspire them to "play and March in a higher level." Interestingly, when I showed them my DVD copy of 2001 Cavaliers and 2001 Blue Devils, one of them said, "It's amazing to see how much DCI has grown over the years, with the props, uniforms, drill, and synthesizers. Not to say that these old shows aren't technically impressive, but still." Mind you, 2001 isn't 2008. Uniforms somewhat evolved between those years, amplification became a thing, G-bugles became an anti-thing, horn books became more and more demanding, and the performance quality of the 7th-12th place corps improved back to 1988/1991 levels. I guess some people could gush at a 2003 show but cry fowl about a 2008 show. When drum corps was first broadcasted on television in 1974, the high school marching band world was mesmerized. Looking at shows from that era now, it is easy for many to write them off as a curiosity (although the poor audio engineering may have had a negative impact on younger peoples' opinions on them). If you take a closer look, however, there is a lot going on. Rifles were heavier and thus harder to accurately manipulate. You didn't have people jazz-running everywhere, but there was a lot of high-stepping, taking a similar toll on their lungs and legs. Horns from that era were in the key of G and had only a piston valve and a rotary valve. Therefore, the quality of sound from those hornlines is a miracle! Music from that era was also generally more catchy and accessible. In 1976, the Bridgemen rebranded themselves, utilizing a bunch of silly Broadway shenanigans and gloriously garishly 70s banana uniforms. They were highly controversial for those reasons, with older fans crying fowl that drum corps was dead thanks to the Bridgemen. Boy, wouldn't they be in for a shock if they saw 2022 shows!
@@MicahtheDrumCorpsPseudoboomerthey would probably have went to the DCI headquarters and burnt the place down with no remorse and made a new company called "MCA" "Military Corps of America" and would make drum corps turn back time to ONLY play classical marches in their corps shows 😂
I’d really like to know the specific drill moves at the end and their relation to other closers. Crab-step wedge, Phantom 93. Cadets’ Z-pull. Company front step over, many have done it. Cavies’ gradual spinning diamond, I saw another Cavies drill above the Z pull. Am I missing any?
Damn it Crown!!! Nineteen seconds of the most epic badassery has, yet again, reduced me to a puddle of gelatinous goo that wants to run to a corner in my room, cower there and suck my thumb and cry for mommy, all the while expecting to see God descend from the heavens with lightning bolts being emitted from His eyes and smoke from His nose and fire from His mouth...harkening the eminent destruction of EVERYTHING as we know it. WOW... EDIT: And an ending that brought what was left of the universe as we knew it, together in cosmic harmony...HA!!! My life is complete!
Can anyone tell me where i can find the source music for the first hit of the show???? I’m an arranger for some local bands and i REALLY want to use that opening hit. (Not talking about the Candide stuff before it though it was 🔥❤️)
As far as I know it’s a rather heavily rearranged arrangement of the end of toccata and fuge in d minor by Bach. It’s the ending chord progression i believe.
Overture to Candide-Leonard Bernstein Toccata and Fugue in D Minor- J.S Bach Overture to Barber of Seville-Gioachino Rossini Ode to Joy- Ludwig van Beethoven Claire de Lune-Claude Debussy One Hand One Heart and Somewhere from West Side Story-Bernstein Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2-Franz Liszt Festive Overture-Dmitri Shostakovich 1812 Overture- Peter Tchaikovsky Appalachian Spring- Aaron Copland Hallelujah from Messiah- George Händel
