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...
@@Ryan-dz7mg My response is 2 years late, but I did it. I did not march my age out year, or even the year before that. I could have marched up to and including the '79 season, but I marched '74 - '77. By that time I had knee surgery on both knees, and it was just too painful to continue.
I marched Scouts 95-97...these are some of the best shows still. I would have loved this drill...a full on park & blow! Why doesn't DCI go back to this? I recall the crowd going nuts during that part of any of our shows...forget the fancy drill!
I'd say the modern corps make much harder things sound easy. Listened to Crown '13 yet? They blow this group out of the water. In every way possible way.
Bone-Tone Lord This was state of the art for its time. The performers in today's corps are pseudo-professionals who have been training for years, following training models that have been developed over the years, and look nationwide for the best corps that they can be in. The 1976 Blue Devils most mostly local kids from Contra Costa County.
@@chrisnguyen1186 - part of the show was a concert piece where they wouldn't do m&m. Not sure, but I think it was in the rules that they had to do that.
They were pitched in G which make them naturally louder than today's Bb and today the music is so much more demanding, the performers can't play all out for the whole show. But I agree the sound of those old school bugles is something else. Check out Madison Scouts 2001, that was the last show ever to produce that sound.
@@dukeingraham6530 And the bugles only had two valves (rotor and piston) which limited them to only being able to play eight notes on a chromatic scale. They were louder for the same reason...they were 1/3 shorter than a Bb trumpet of the day.
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.
You'd be surprized what the crowd reaction would be like if a corps did an OLD SCHOOL style show !! If the Blue Devils did this type of show....they'd win again !!! Bring back the actual G BUGLES and bring back the volumes of yester year !!
i remember watching this, brings back a lot of memories for sure. one eyed sailor was my favourite number. i was in KW Northstars in 77 in Boulder. My brother was in Seneca Optimist on the snareline. these were the best years for Corps.
My GOSH! Best version ever of this tune. I have never seen it live until now. Before I had only heard it on the record. What a performance! Oh and the snares actually sound like snares.
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.
one of the best performances, ALL TIME, songs played in the world of Drum Corps start to finish no one could ever play that song any better than the Blue Devils. However, lets get back to where we were. Class A performances that don't appear as a Broadway Show.
Thank you Liz. I marched Blue Devils '74 - '77 on baritone. After all these years, you have no idea how nice it is for comments like yours to still be offered.
77 was my last year with Phantom Regiment as a drummer. I miss it, but I could have never afford the way it is now. I still go to shows and have attended a few DCI finals and of course support my corps as much as I can. But Legend of a One Eye Sailor is the best song to date that I can still hear playing in my head. I love it.
Liz A I marched 4 years with the Blue Devils, '74 - '77. My nickname with BD was 'Trooper' as DCW regularly would post caricatures of various corps, and I was a perfect match for the Troopers caricature. I am still called Trooper within the BD organization to this day. It was good nickname to have as in '74 BD placed 9th, and Troopers were 5th, and are always a class act.
@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.
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.
I love how when the corps started and at the time of this show, the intro lick on the snares was the “Crazy Army” lick. Then in 2017 they reused it again. It’s amazing.
It saddens me to see people argue about DCI :/ What's wrong with just being able to enjoy old and new? Both have perks, both have faults. Why argue about something everyone here loves?
Because the majority of drum corps fans love THIS, not the moronic, flamboyant, prissy garbage they crap out today, designed for a dwindling audience of judges, parents living vicariously through their children, art critics who aren't even in attendance, and sexual predators.
what amazes me is the music composer for this show on how do u write music and make it possible for these bugles to play it knowing that they only had one valve and a trigger in the key of G. it amazes me.
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.
dude if you would have been, youd really understand what us older farts are saying. my son sees it big time and hes 20, he digs toughness and power over dancing. its cool that you see it too...
All I really see are angry old people who think that because things are different, they must be worse which is one of the absolutely most retarded things I've ever heard.
@Micah Lall-Trail thats like saying a c trumpet is harder to play because its harder to stay in tune. Maybe because they have been praticing on Bb horns most of their life
nobody does it like this anymore sadly i have lost interest in today's corps i marched in the 70s got to hear and see the greatest of all time some are on youtube some are not but the memories do last a lifetime which is cool
