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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
***** 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......
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 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'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.
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!”
@@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.
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
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.
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!!!!!
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.
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 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!
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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 :)
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!!!
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.
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!!
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.
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
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!!!
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 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 !
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 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 UA-cam 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!
Hey people, can we agree to disagree? I happen to be a fan of both classic drum corp, and modern drum corp. This was a different time, and different things were implemented. This is drum corp, just like today it is drum corp. These musicians care just as much today, as their predecessors did in their day. DCI can only be defined by one specific definition, and that is a higher musical art form, put into motion on a field. It is not defined by loud g-bugles, or by strange field props and amplification. It is defined by its members. If it did not evolve, then shouldn't we all still be doing military style shows on valve-less bugles? I believe that it was all drum corp, and that we should stop speculating on which was better, and agree that they are both incredible, in their own aspects through an evolving art form.
real good points there, look at corps 26 years ago compared to now. Then compare corps 26 years before that show and others. The 1980's was a pivotal decade, I am just glad corps are still around considering the f*c*ed world we live in. Not to mention how music ed programs are"falling along the wayside." If you are old school be glad your corps or band is still in existence. If you are new school, be proud of your organization's history ! You never know how long it will be around.
I know this is a very old comment, but this is my first time seeing it so replying anyway. When you say that, "....It is defined by its members...." I'm not sure I agree. All art, music, and really anything of cultural value is always defined by the spectators/audience. This goes for it's raw "value" as well. Musics only purpose is to be heard, and if nobody wants to come and listen it has no value...no matter how good the performers play. The value is dictated by the audience, NOT the performer. I do agree that people need to stop bickering over what era is "better"...personal taste and so on....just give respect. With that said, I prefer the 80's/90's DCI because I like exciting, loud, and impressive technical music. Today movement on the field seems to trump all and because of that the music is a little less technical. Emotion does NOT need to be technical though. I just prefer the former, personally.
We performed Malaguena for the closer of our show this year, and at Band Camp, our directors showed this video to us. I was blown away, and even though Marching season for us ending quite awhile ago, I still love watching this. I'm so glad that this was the last song I ever got to march to for High School marching. :)
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!
"Why do you need a 9 man Cymbal Line?"
"Because our Brass is too loud."
From a time when soloists' balls were *HUGE*
I appreciate all eras of Drum Corps, but nothing can top this sound right here.
I was there man and we didn't even hold a shine, Madison blew the gates off and set a new standard; gotta love PR
Definitely no Microphones for the soloists!!!!!!
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 ! !
True no need for anything to be amplified like it is now this was true melt your face off sound
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.
This was the ultimate G.E. performance.
You do realize the Scouts now perform before most of the crowd is in the stands right? 🤦🏻♂️
30 years later and the end still gives me goosebumps.
i would literally do anything to go back in time just to see this live
Daniel Shao yes i would
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.
Lee Jackson Exactly. Being there, I can’t image any other corps being named champs that night.
Coasterkid0801 it would be worth it, believe me.
@@LeeJacksonAudio Jard to reproduce that with today's marching bands.
God, I wish DCI corps would play music like this again. Incredible!
Back when you could lean back and pelvic thrust the fortissimo to the press box.. This is old school scouts
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.
Amen, My Brotha! 🙌🏼
The fuck does that mean
@@Certifier Did you even bother reading it?
@@Certifier I’m going to assume that you don’t know anything about Drum Corps.
I never get tired of listening to this...again, one of the BEST finales in DCI history!
Full body chills every time.
The best
and no one knows what DCI even stands for. It's an acromyn, right?
@@tubaduba9702 Drum Corps International.
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.
Thats classic angry mello sound.. It can be a dunk moment for a show
99% of the planet will never know how much dedication, hard work and passion went into this. Fucking Awesome!
The Maleguena that all other Maleguenas are measured against....
EXCELLENT QUOTE--I m going to use that!
1996 wasn't bad. Still that hard hitting Madison horn line. .. . . but all of Madison's Malaguena arrangements sends chills down the spine.
Stan Kenton says not to forget the Muchachos... lol
@@steveanderson6180 you got that right, pure animalistic horn playing ! I don't think those guys were humans.
....and found wanting.
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!
And after that last note is played, it echoes across the cornfields in the night sky
The stands were shaking and you could feel the air moving around you and the vibrations moving through you..... Yeah it was LOUD.....
Loudest thing I've ever heard.
Fantastic!!!!
@@armynurseboysuch is band
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.
No props. No narration. No electronics. Just a bunch of talented youth showing how its done and done extremely well.
Exactly how it should be. I hate props and narrations.
Yea, I totally hate when stuff evolves over time.
Things do evolve. I just enjoy this blast from the past.
Jeffrey Hancock Pretty sure that's a synthesizer
Kilbo98. Okay. Fair enough. Where is it?
I was there. 50 yard line, balcony, front row. This right here was the 2nd best feeling I've ever had. :)
TheWorkShopofEverything
You ever had sex?
+24 Lancelot Savage
24 Lancelot What could feel better then this? Ohh....sex
Ok
Jordan Arthur depends on how good the other person is. Might be a toss up. 😆
Every DCI fans should watch this. This is Drum Corps!
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 was there too, marched Concord D & B Corps. What a great day and honour to witness the legendary Madison Scouts here in the UK - just breath taking
Thats really because despite me living in the states my grandparents live in luton
They need to get this sound back. I love Madison scouts.
Me too Thurrock marching brass .. I’ll never forget watching this
My highschool band director is the one playing that baritone solo in the opener haha
thts actually pretty badase
+Bob Clutch Infinite respect to him.
good ol Clay..
Woah, cool! If you're still in touch with him, ask if he remembers Dan Feeney!
Laoch You mean the rookie left guard for the LA Chargers?
3:13
Hey you
Bottom right corner.
... Don't think I didn't see that shit.
***** Haha! 😁 I had to take a second look because I didn't quite catch it the first time! 😃
***** 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......
Eric Bolivar Aww. 😞
Eric Bolivar 2013 Carolina Crown someone did literally the same thing, and the trumpet solo in the opener was messed up, but they still won. :)
***** hah XD
3:42 Commence Operation "Park and Blow"
+Quoth the Raven Operation Status: Success
“Park and Bark”
@@laughoutgoudo1084 do you have a video of it?
i don’t think i’ve ever laughed more at a comment about dci
We also called it BYFBO. Blow Your F'ing B@lls Off.
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.
The place EXPLODED. I was there... I've never seen or heard anything like it.
I know people that don't like drum corps but love this clip. Madison Scouts should be proud to have one of the best DCI closers ever.
Without doubt, the greatest 5 minutes in Drum Corps history. Nothing else is even close.
Definitely one of the GOAT closers in DCI history. IDK what it was about 88, but DCI was stacked that year.
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.
In 50 years of watching DCI, I don't know of anything even close.
96 phantom comes close
That is the best arrangement of Malaguena ever played,!
YES IT IS---ABSOLUTELY ---
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.
I was there marching Bluecoats in ‘88. This performance was mind blowing.
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!”
HEART PUMPING IN YOUR FACE DRUM CORPS THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO CURE DEPRESSION!!! EXCELLENT, MISS THEM DAYS!!!!
The 13 dislikes were folks who marched with Santa Clara in '88.... ;o)
...and/or BD, who were undefeated coming into Championship week.
Nah it was definitely Blue Devils
Bwahahahahaha
If there are 13 dislikes 7 of them are BD and 6 are SCV. SCV gets #2 in everything in hte 80's. SCV was the 2nd place lock in those days
@@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.
How is it that 34 years later I still get chills - especially at 4:44???!!!!
My favorite 5:15 of drum corps over the last 50 years
One of the most glorious moments in drum corps history-one for the ages.
And I was fortunate to witness this moment.
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
I truly enjoy watching this show over and over! Very talented group that represents true drum and bugle! Hat's off Madison Scouts well done!👍
Even non-drum corps enthusiasts and people who DON'T follow drum corps know about this performance are usually fascinated with it.
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.
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.
Was there on the 50 mid way up. I marched DCI and that final push had me screaming out loud cause it was so freekin loud and the crowd made it iconic
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!!!!!
Hands down.
I might be inclined to agree with you. The power of that horn line is epic
Yup
I raise you Madison '95
@@betaomega04 The hype was off the charts in Buffalo, but this one won the night AND the fans.
And they still try to tell me mellophones shouldn't scream...
Max McMullen who says Mellos shouldn’t scream. They have never met an angry mello.
I was a mello screamer most of my DCI time lol
Mary-Ann Penttila YAAAAAASSSS!!!!
They should hear Southern Univ HUMAN JUKEBOX mellos screaming!
Taurean Livermore now look...those are some screaming mellos.
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.
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😭😭
Whoever wrote those last few bars for the baritones deserves a gold star.
John Georgeson.
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!
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.
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.
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!
I remember watching this in the stands. Such a great show!
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.
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
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.
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.
Brings tears to my eyes no matter how many times I watch it...
One thing I miss about DCI is the shear loudness that it use to have. I remember being blown away from performances from corps in the 90's.
That's why i never understod why amplification came into play
Um, it was not random loud noise. I don't think the audiences then (going wild) would respond to random, loud noise.
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.
People were so hyped when they heard the first chord of this song, they heard it in 1980 and again in 88, super excited.
Also 1981
I love how the judge at the end is like "Welp. That's the best closer I've ever seen. No words."
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 :)
I remember watching this on PBS in '88. It was shortly after my DCI days were over. LOVED it. Brings back great memories. Madison, you nailed it.
This will ALWAYS be the standard for me! 34 years later and still packs a punch. Pure, unadulterated power!
This is the definitive DCI sound. I had a set of cassette tapes in 1991 and this was the one that still blows me away.
As a marching member of the corps in 88, I loved marching the show then, and love watching and listening to the show today. It never gets old.
We watched this song in 1993 for our High School. DCI is great for these youth!
Listen to the sound quality of this video and think…this was recorded outside. This group blew this out of the stadium. Man that is so good.
I think everyone was on their feet at the end of that one, it's still one of the best shows 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!!!
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.
Ought to be required label when G bugles are being played.
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.
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!!
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.
Back when Madison were the bad boys of Drum Corps....
Very nice, excellent version of song Malaguena, great musicians, drummers, & trumpet solo. Very good performance on field marching. Bravo.
This is the greatest 5 minutes in Madison Scouts history (77 years).
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.
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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.
love 88 madison, just think scv was better that night
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
Man what I would give to see this live!!!
It was amazing. They literally shook the stadium...
I was there. It was absolutely electric. No doubt Madison won.
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!!!
it was amazing
Their brass line fucking ROCKED!
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
Hands down, one of the BEST finales in DCI history!
Many others have followed/copied .... but not one single corps has even come close to the intensity of this performance.
This is one of my mom's favorite Corp performances. My dad, sister and I are listening to it now in honor of her passing 3 days ago. RIP mom
Same for me and my Dad. I tear up every time. Peace.
Nearly 1 MILLION views and Still going strong!
Great pure drum corps closer of all time...this is when I LOVED DCI
best show ever in DCI history of all time
Magical piece of history never to be repeated. Bravo.
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 !
OMG! The drill and the tempo were R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S! That they could still BLAST the walls down on pitch is A-Mazing! LOVED the "good old days!"
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!
It’s not the best show ever. BD and SCV had better shows that year. It’s the best closer ever
Most incredible high step rapid marching I’ve ever seen.
My ears are STILL ringing from when I saw them that year!
One of my favorite shows. I’m pretty sure I have a VHS tape of this show in the basement somewhere. Love it!
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 UA-cam 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!
Oh dear God the baritones
My brother was one of them. Always been very proud.
Baritone Gang
Baritone gang
Baritone gang
I love this show! This clip is an all time favorite. Madison! Always Madison from 1988! ❤
played this for our show this year :)
Hey people, can we agree to disagree? I happen to be a fan of both classic drum corp, and modern drum corp. This was a different time, and different things were implemented. This is drum corp, just like today it is drum corp. These musicians care just as much today, as their predecessors did in their day. DCI can only be defined by one specific definition, and that is a higher musical art form, put into motion on a field. It is not defined by loud g-bugles, or by strange field props and amplification. It is defined by its members. If it did not evolve, then shouldn't we all still be doing military style shows on valve-less bugles? I believe that it was all drum corp, and that we should stop speculating on which was better, and agree that they are both incredible, in their own aspects through an evolving art form.
real good points there, look at corps 26 years ago compared to now. Then compare corps 26 years before that show and others. The 1980's was a pivotal decade, I am just glad corps are still around considering the f*c*ed world we live in. Not to mention how music ed programs are"falling along the wayside." If you are old school be glad your corps or band is still in existence. If you are new school, be proud of your organization's history ! You never know how long it will be around.
I agree fully there. The skill they had for the way DCI ran at that time was insane. Their precision and form is perfect in this.
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"DCI can only be defined by one specific definition," .. yep .. DRUM and BUGLE Corps.
I know this is a very old comment, but this is my first time seeing it so replying anyway. When you say that, "....It is defined by its members...." I'm not sure I agree. All art, music, and really anything of cultural value is always defined by the spectators/audience. This goes for it's raw "value" as well. Musics only purpose is to be heard, and if nobody wants to come and listen it has no value...no matter how good the performers play. The value is dictated by the audience, NOT the performer. I do agree that people need to stop bickering over what era is "better"...personal taste and so on....just give respect. With that said, I prefer the 80's/90's DCI because I like exciting, loud, and impressive technical music. Today movement on the field seems to trump all and because of that the music is a little less technical. Emotion does NOT need to be technical though. I just prefer the former, personally.
Gives me goosebumps every time I watch 🔥🔥🔥
So amazing. Absolutely perfect!!!!!!!!!
The first time i was introduced to DCI was this 1988 year and Madison Scout was the first program i heard. Been my favorite ever since!
I was there. Words can't express how incredible the finals were that year.
All these years later and I still get chills!!!
We performed Malaguena for the closer of our show this year, and at Band Camp, our directors showed this video to us. I was blown away, and even though Marching season for us ending quite awhile ago, I still love watching this. I'm so glad that this was the last song I ever got to march to for High School marching. :)
I was there and yes, it was as awesome to hear live as you would think.
Makes me cry
Mello solo FTW. That whole ending still raises the hair on my arms every time.
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 song arrangement is inspiring all over the world at 90s
It’s sad that DCI isn’t as mainstream as it used to be. THIS is music!