Spring Creek yes I agree Madison in late 80s early 90s had that salsa brass sound like nothing I ever heard there was clearly nothing but magic coming through those horns truly A classic
I listen to comments from so called experts of today saying the bugles of those days did not have a good tone ? ? how can any fool say horn players like this DO NOT have a good sound ? ? only those who are musical illiterate ! !
And that is how you take control of an audience. I'll never understand why so many corps nowadays ignore the audience. Even those that "write for the judges" seem to have forgotten that when the audience is screaming, the corps will be even better, no matter how well they're already playing. I'm so glad the Scouts still remember. I've loved them since the '70s and always will.
I feel like 2019 Madison scouts tried to bring back that old school loud and proud sound back for their last year as an all men corp. But who knows, all I know is that I loved 2019 Madison scouts sound and performance.
My wife and I saw it live. We were in KC for the entire DCI week-Friends of DCI, great seats every night. We were at the front of the upper deck, 45-yard-line, right side for Finals night. The stadium crowd went crazy several times during the performance, but none more than when Madison *nailed* the reverse rotation into the triangle at the end of the show. Reliable Rondo said the place was electric, but that undersells it. The place went thermonuclear.
***** HOLY SH.... I've seen this a million times. How have I never noticed that!!!!????? I thought I'd finally gotten over SCV or BD not winning and now this......
Was it really that loud when seeing it in person? Absolutely. Even half way up the balcony where we sat. Lots of flying bugs? Yes. Was it worth it? Hell yeah!
The unsung hero in this video is the director. They get the final Mello solo perfect. They get the 360 into the big hit final perfect. They get the final drum lick perfect. This is gold.
I know next to nothing about DCI, and the extent of my music career is high school marching band. But it doesn't take much to recognize that these guys are absolute legends. I have been playing mello for over 4 years now and horn for 8. And after hearing that mello solo I now have a mess to clean up. Props to these gentlemen for the rippling inferno of big nuts energy they sent through the planet.
@@1991SCV Even as a BD alum (84), I felt SCV should've taken it in 87 and 88....Regiment in 89. 88 Mad was a great show...but no one ever talks about the opener (and the frackfest that was the fugue section)...it's ALL about Malaguena.
Madison toured Europe that year and I saw them at Kenilworth Rd, Luton in England. Near enough the entire crowd were in tears it was that good. Arguably the most emotive pieces of Drum Corps ever and the memory will stay with me forever. Still fill up every time I watch it, 30 years on!
I can't say, whether it's techincally the best blah blah blah, but I KNOW this; It causes a visceral reaction in me, unlike any other show/closer/moment that I've ever seen, and I've been following DCI since 1977. When, at 3:26, they start rotating those axe blades, and really leaning into the horms, it literally goes up my spine like a shot of endorphins. It's absolutely the most powerful and dramatic thing I've ever experienced in all of my years of playing and then spectating. It's like an enormous tidal wave, that you suddenly realized has turned towards shore, and you're powerless in it's wake. LOL
@@anthonykaiser974 No doubt. Santa Clara Vanguard’s, Phantom Of The Opera Blue Devils, Happy Days Are Here Again on and on. That whole finals was unreal. No props. Just straight entertainment.
I've seen 100s of drum corps performances over the past 30+ years, and can say without hesitation that this was the single most electric show I have witnessed. Those boys LIT THAT PLACE ON FIRE.
I'll bet I've watched that 30 or 40 times, and I get chills each and every time I do. I remain convinced that there is no higher point in DCI performance.
This Madison Scouts show is now legendary for it became the greatest upset in Drum Corps International history! A surging Madison Scouts defeated the Santa Clara Vanguard and Blue Devils for the fist time all season to take the 1988 DCI title for themselves! This part of the show - Malaguena - didn't just make the crowd wild, it sent the crowd into a drum corps frenzied euphoria; I know because I was there.
I'm 47 and have marched in the Championships and Got close......still today THIS was and still is the Greatest performance in DCI History and I have heard all of it!!!!The single Greatest and most memorable performance EVER!!!!!
My class A60 buds and I were sitting in the stands for this show. You simply can't understand how loud Madison were, and clean. It was a wall of sound you could actually feel; the sound pressure level was actually palpable. I'm a corp parent now and still go to many shows. I've noticed today's corps are better in absolutely every respect except that one. They are still "loud", but even with 150 bodies on the field (compared to 128), they aren't louder than the old school corps were.
And this is what a lot of kids today cannot appreciate. You not only heard a full hornline of G horns, you FELT it. I miss that sizzle in the sound. Modern hornlines may sound cleaner and more "in tune" but I dont' get that sizzle from them.
Closest I’ve seen in recent memory was the opener and closer to Blue Devils 2017. An absolute wall of sound. Crown 2012, Crown 2015, and maybe SCV 2017 are the closest other than that.
If I ever win the lottery I will put together a corps with all G bugles. To bypass "corps must play on B flat instruments" by DCI, my corps will be exhibition. I will pay for ...I mean give out "scholarships" for the best players and pay for the best staff. Then the the audience and kids today will see the benefit of G bugles. This will be a trendsetter which spur a flurry of social media posts and to protest B flat horns in ordedr to bring back G bugles and force DCI to bring it back haha
@@Ganon136 I stood in front and center of the Cadets horn line in 2015. Was it in tune? Yes. Did it sound good? Yes. Did i feel it? No. My last memory of feeling that wall of sound, that resonated in your chest, and encompassed the entire body was in 1997. I stood in front of Madison's horn line...if you know you know.
That ATTITUDE. The intent to plaster the audience's skull against the back of the grandstands. You can keep the foo foo....give me more of this and Bluecoats Tilt.
I was fortunate enough to experience this performance. The musicality and power are unequaled to this day. My first exposure to the Scouts was sitting front and center in a small stadium in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. I will never forget the sensation of actually FEELING the sound pounding me in the chest. There’s nothing like the “good old days!”
If you weren't there, there's no way to explain it. I have horrible insomnia, so the only respite is watching old drum corps videos and my husband comes out of the bedroom and he's all "Why are you crying?" LOL
Carlos De La Torre Jr yeah, today DCI is now more focused on the visual and storytelling side of things, I hope we go through a revival of sheer loudness and music focus
I think that’s to do with the sheer talent/experience level of corps members today versus in the past. That said, there are lots of shows from the past that have wonderful purity of hornline sound - Star 1993, Phantom 1991, Cavaliers 1989, and many others.
This is legendary DCI, as I remember it. It's that proverbial "Wall Of Sound" as my HS band director called it, back in the day. If you hit the right notes, 100% in tune, at the same time, with the lung capacity to blow down a house, this is the result. There was no "try", everyone would either commit 110% or get off the field. It wasn't just "loudness", anyone could be loud. It was musical talent at a high volume.
My brother marched this show and played the second part of the opening duet and I tear up every time I see this. That KC crowd was electric and saying I was proud of those young men, so many my friends, doesn't come close.
Best performance I've ever seen-in anything. If you don't get goose-bumps from this show you either don't have it cranked up high enough or you're not human.
still think SCV should have won in 88. the judges made up for it by giving them the highest score ever in 89 (while marching blanks!) unfortunately phantom should have won in 89 and they ended up getting screwed. took until 2008 for phantom to make up for that one...
joshpr Sorry but the scouts won that night because they were the best corps that night. That's how it works contrary to all the tinfoil hats out there.
joshpr i dont know about that...1975 Scouts won, while mostly standing still...their hornline still resonates. im sure 5 minutes of that show is great.
I believe that too, but my god, i was outta my seat after hearing that with goose bumps from stem to stern. What a arrangement of that classic song. Corps today cant compare
Best friend was in Madison that year. It was the 1st year that the finials were released on CD and the 1st song on the CD is Madison Scouts because they won the finials. If you listen the 1st thing you hear is GO JILES!! then the music kicks in... That's my friend. Jiles Upper lead
this 1 song won them the championship that yr.i remember watching this on tv..the power of the bassline coming thru my curtis mathis 23"in tv speakers would have brought Darth Vader to tears.and i also remember when garfield was announced as the 4th best that night :)
It’s 2021, October and things aren’t the way they used to be, but when I come here to watch and listen none of that matters because this always brings me joy!
This may be the most powerful old school and soul crushing victory snatching underdog wins in the history of marching. G bugles made a ridiculously big sound and they went for the throat on the field.
that was the only top5 corps I didn't see live in '88 as I recall they were running at about 3rd or 4th place after they won I asked a buddy of mine who was there how did they win?? his answer---malaguena
I'm glad I'm not the only one still posting on this amazing performance 3 1/2 years after it was posted and 25 years after it was captured. We played this my senior year at Del Norte High School in Albuquerque, 1984 marching season. My best friend (to this day) and I did the opening Baritone solo as a duet.Not only is this a face melting rendition, it brings back so many incredible memories of when we were young and unstoppable. Good times, good times!
Del Norte? Cool I didn't know that. Who was the band director then? Your right though. Seems to me that would pre-date La Cueva, Eldorado, and maybe even Sandia? I worked for a few years as Assistant Band Director at Sandia and put together a Scottish themed show with bagpipes. We got a lot of attention, and yes, we were young and unstoppable.
Literally the loudest thing I've ever heard. The place exploded. I marched Sky Ryders this year and we were on tour with them most of the summer, our instructors would make us watch from the end zone, "Look at what they're doing!!!???" Total rockstars, we all worshiped them. I eventually was a Scout but this was monumental. That guard was absolutely spectacular. I mean just watch that rifle feature. Unbelievable
I have seen this a hundred times and this clip is still my favorite. This is drum corp at it's finest! I must include 1989 Santa Clara Vanguard's show as well.Both are incredible on SO many levels.
I was there that night in KC. It was an electric event. If I remember correctly Madison did a European tour that summer and appeared out of nowhere to take the title!!!
I regrettably aged out of this corps in 87 and attended finals in KC. Kent Rockow was a freak on the mellophone and Clay Wacholz was a beast on the baritone. Both just normal nice guys with great talent and a pleasure to march with. A magical evening to say the least. SCV and BD were special as well but the Scouts were electric that night!
1. I had forgotten just how frickin' amazing this closer was. 2. I had also forgotten the degree of ineptitude of the video production. They did it with Blue Devils a couple of times too-- drum break, cool stuff happening, yet cameras are on color guard switching flags or a brass player's back as he's marching backfield.
As long as I've followed DCI (roughly since the 1980s), this is my favorite few moments of any show. I can only imagine how electric it was to be there in person. And such a dramatic finish, when the Scouts came out ahead of Santa Clara and the Blue Devils (who both did a fantastic job in their own right). '88 was just an incredible year for corps.
One of the greatest yrs of Dci! Corps beating each other weekly! Madison was sitting 4/5th and laid down one of the greatest, if not the greatest performances (prelims) ever!!
I'm playing this piece for marching season and it's actually a very difficult music piece. this is impressive! i just love how much emotions they put into this!!!
i actually cant get over the absolute professionalism and talent of drum corps people bro, im just a rising highschooler in band and they're such role models to me😭😭
I have always been a huge fan of the DCI Summer Music Games! I remember when my Dad took our family to Atlanta, Georgia to see DCI in the flesh! I met two of the members of the Caverliers! Their show was fantastic! My sister bought a Blue Devils mini teddy bear, and she always has it on display on one of the shelves in the hall bathroom downstairs which is hers to use on a daily basis! I still have to share the bathroom upstairs when she needs to take a shower. I saw the DCI contest on You Tube this year, and I really enjoyed it! My High School Marching Band in Arlington, Texas did a unique program this year! If you want to see it, go on RU-vid and look for the Dean Corey Marching Band Spectacular from Arlington, Texas! Scroll through the other bands until the end and look for the Martin High School Marching Band! They moved so fast, it was great seeing them perform again! My younger sisters and I went through the first nine years of this award winning Band! My middle sister went to the state competition when they played "West Side Story." My youngest sister also went to state, and all you have to do to see their show is to look for when the band played at the regional contest in 1989! Their program is entitled "Channel One Suite, " and it's a very difficult showpiece to play and perform, too! It was so worth it to watch them! There was a difficult duet towards the end of the show before the drum and color guard feature, but they nailed it!
I've watched this clip for years and will ALWAYS refer to it as THE best DCI show ever! I was 13 then and now 36.... This show is TIMELESS, great post man!
I wouldn't say "best show of all time"; I think that title still goes to the Cavaliers for "Frameworks" (if you go by scores). That said, this *is* the best performance and arrangement of this particular piece, in any instrumentation, for any ensemble, just for sheer power. And the Mello solo at the end. Holy *crap*, but that was well-executed. And I'd still love to know the structure of the power chord before the soloist jumps the octave...
Kyle Nally Sounds like a D Major chord with a G# and C# on top. Nice and dissonant. The chord tones were probably arranged like so: Bass: D - Middle voices: D, F#, A - Upper voices: G#, C#. That's one fat chord!
Jared Clark And of course those four chords before the final chord at the end, during that jazz-run move - I think it's 1st inversion A major, 1st inversion F-sharp major, 2nd inversion C major with a B on top, and then the last chord before the final C-sharp major chord reads like D-G-C.
I was in the first balcony, 12th row, between the Right side 45 and 50 yardlines that night. An auditory memory I will always cherish. I'll alway remember how the crowd went wild and I knew right then the Scouts had the title sewn up. 1991 opener for the Scouts is a favorite but this show was the whole package for me. Thank you gentleman!
This is one of the shows that really got me into DCI! It’s clear that corps in this era were more focused on musical selections and connecting to the audience in that manner. Today, it seems to be more focused on GE/Visual. Personally, I prefer shows that put more stock in the music selection/performance than GE/Visual. To me, music-centered shows are so much more universally appealing!
I saw this show a week before the world champion ships . They came in 2 behind SCV , Who know that they WON DCI that year . It’d did not surprise me at all !
