This ballad will always be overlooked bc everyone was so attached to Babylon 🤧 don’t get me wrong, it was amazing, but Saro deserves more recognition 😭
@@nairbpenguinlizard not to me really, they used the singer very tastefully, unlike crown last year. Like she was treated more just like a soloist, and most importantly she wasn't mic'd so loud that she overpowered the ensemble (she was a little flat on the last hit though so that was a 😬)
@@brycetrevino8461 bro chill, the show was based on her and her growth as an artist. She represents every one of us and the rest of the core represents our emotions and the situations we go through in our lifes.
I remember hearing this live for the first time. If it weren’t for the fact that SCV destroyed it this year this would’ve probably been my favorite show of the year
This show and SCV both made me enjoy the whole outing (San Antonio show). Both had amazing emotion behind them, and this one should have beaten Blue Devils.
Probably my favorite show of 2018. I didn’t like it at first but the more I listened to it I learned to love is so much more. To me it really does tell a story of love, and don’t even get me started on the singer the Quran she is. Should’ve placed over Devils in my opinion.
Brian Riven what a bad take. Kinetic Noise gets overlooked a lot because it’s the year after T/LT but it’s got a super cool gimmick and the ballad is drop dead gorgeous.
I would too. 2018 was his age-out year so he had to cry. Session 44 was one of the best shows the Bluecoats did in my opinion. Would've loved to march with them that year to feel the experience.
Chase Miller i know it wasnt meant to be that way and was because of adrenaline problem but honestly it adds to it and i think... it honestly sounds better... old school recording in a way you know? Of course unintended but it kinda adds to it.
I cry like a baby everytime. I don't know what I'm going to do when I finally compete in my first show ever in a competition alongside the Bluecoats this summer. If you see a balling DCA performer this 2019 season, just know that it's from happiness.
Session 44 --The number "4" is the shape of a chair. --Billie Holiday was 44 when she died. This is her posthumous retrospective. --This was her 44th session. (thank you @squillz8310) --The single chair is a symbol of contemplation, of long studio sessions, of support when you're weary, and of isolation. --The featured singer illustrates the life of Billie Holiday who struggled as a black jazz singer, and as a female artist in a largely white male industry. --Holiday struggled with drug use, possibly illustrated by the toppling chairs. --She went to prison, and then performed at a sold out Carnegie Hall. --Her costume features subtle black and white stripes, like a prison uniform, a symbol of her personal struggles. --The ensemble appears dressed as studio musicians of the 1940's, each suit is individual. --This show's theme featured the music of Billie Holiday, the writer of God Bless the Child, an anthem about her independence from her mother. --The show appears to be a retrospective of her life, beginning with timid performing in a seated position, being whisked into the limelight in a flurry of success and drugs, and at the end, standing in strength of self-identity and independence. --The yellow chairs use Holiday's signature gardenia color - she often wore the yellow blossoms in her hair along with stunning embroidered gowns during her years of standing room only success.
Say what you will about this show as a whole, there’s just something magical about this part, with the trumpet solo accompanied with near dead silence throughout the stadium, the gradual adding of parts with the trombones and adding on more instruments plus the singer till the big hit at the end of Saro. Incredible, love it.
Wow really great job from the singer at the end with the long note. She was just a TINY bit sharp, hence the vibrating sound, but she toned herself to the corps and then it was just so perfect. That, as far as I know as a barbershop singer, is really difficult to do. Well done!
Directors at Bloo HQ: Guys we need pro ideas! Did anyone get any suggestions? advisor board: Yeah Lets just glue a bunch of chairs together! that'll wow the crowd Needless to say, it worked!
@@koozmik4165 Ok I meant if she was going to be pro it would be cool to see where she goes. If she's amateur maybe she shouldn't have her name out there.
Why are catches with color guard equipment so sloppy these days. Seems like the way you catch equipment just doesnt matter to the judges anymore as long as you dont drop. Sad
The show placed right where it should've placed. Babylon had a ballad that will go down as one of the greatest of all time. BD was extremely clean as they always were, and Crowns hornline book was hard enough to push Bloo out of third.
meh, people are nuts about this moment. Don't get me wrong, it is one of the top moments of the year. But as far as the signer goes, She sings well, but not impressed with the performance she gives, not even her fault. She just doesn't display a performing look much of the time. Also, they didn't keep to much of the original sound of God Bless the Child. Not very bluesy.
Sabre Stormy I disagree, I think that Drum Corps needs those new ways to innovate and create effect from a composition standpoint and the addition of voices in drum Corps has opened a ton of new possibilities.
Micah Lall-Trail i understand that. I drool over moments without the technology and with. Some of my favorite moments from the past are like early 2000’s Cadets and Cavs, and I love modern productions too. Unfortunately I haven’t been around dci long enough to have experience from the old days. I’ve grown up watching modern DCI so I love the possibilities of using new technology
I'm right with you dude. I saw this show in the theater for the premiere and it just left me bored throughout the whole thing. I saw it again late July and had the same feeling. They've definitely put on better shows than this one.
Singer: “Hey guys, remember those awesome chords you just played? I’m just gonna sing my last few notes SUPER sharp so it doesn’t blend and makes everything sound way out of tune.”
Extent Tofu Right? Honestly, it’s one of my favorite ballads ever from a hornline perspective, but the vocalist just takes a giant dump on it at the end.
At least it wasn't like crown 17. I personally liked the vocalist because she blended with the rest of the corp (except her major features) unlike crown 17, where I felt like I was watching a Disney Movie
Bluecoats is always the most gimmicky dated corp every year! Singers and electronics have no place in DCI. No more giant props. At this point they shouldn't have a color guard because their horn players dance so much
Dear lord in heaven, what on earth have they done to drum corps? Singing? Props? It was okay for Velvet Knights, but no, no, no. This isn't drum corps so much as it's football field broadway, and it's horrendous.
I find it funny that you scough at modern drum corps when this is the most popular the sport has ever been, and in my opinion, the shows are much better then shows of old, higher degrees of quality and new musical elements brings something refreshing to marching, you either hop on the train or get left behind
We got tired of the hilariously myopic military bullshit. The 1970's Viet Nam War jingoism, the Glory Glory Hallelujah, and the ridiculous flood pants and white bucks and the uptight military bearing? Come on, dude. That was so embarrassing, so provincial, so boring. Marchers looked like they were brainwashed teen victims of Stockholm syndrome.
The fact that the crowd goes dead silent for the trumpet solo is just
Wow
Just imagine the pressure and how loud his heart would of been beating omg
@@Mr_Pleb After you do it so many times it just kinda becomes another thing to do
This ballad will always be overlooked bc everyone was so attached to Babylon 🤧 don’t get me wrong, it was amazing, but Saro deserves more recognition 😭
The singer keeps me from liking it. It's so gimmicky
Brian Riven ironically, the major appeal of Vanguard’s ballad was their gimmicky horn snap.
This is our opener and Babylon is our ballad
The How To Show do u have a link so i can see the show?
@@nairbpenguinlizard not to me really, they used the singer very tastefully, unlike crown last year. Like she was treated more just like a soloist, and most importantly she wasn't mic'd so loud that she overpowered the ensemble (she was a little flat on the last hit though so that was a 😬)
By far the best singer I’ve ever seen in dci. The whole show she just nailed it. Should have been 2nd.
Totally agree
Bryce Trevino god damn lol
@@brycetrevino8461 bro chill, the show was based on her and her growth as an artist. She represents every one of us and the rest of the core represents our emotions and the situations we go through in our lifes.
uhhh no.
Astounding vocals. Soul-connected. Incredible. The proximity to Billie Holiday is tenable. Breathtaking.
2:27 glad they had a little of this at the end
I remember hearing this live for the first time. If it weren’t for the fact that SCV destroyed it this year this would’ve probably been my favorite show of the year
This show and SCV both made me enjoy the whole outing (San Antonio show). Both had amazing emotion behind them, and this one should have beaten Blue Devils.
Probably my favorite show of 2018. I didn’t like it at first but the more I listened to it I learned to love is so much more. To me it really does tell a story of love, and don’t even get me started on the singer the Quran she is. Should’ve placed over Devils in my opinion.
Stockholm is one hell of a thing
The ballad to the end has a Kinetic Noise feel to it and I love the mix between the "new"coats and Bluecoats
Kinetic Noise was nothing but gimmicky, unfiltered, unstructured noise
@@nairbpenguinlizard wdym? It's the second best show Bluecoats have ever done, right behind 2016
Brian Riven what a bad take. Kinetic Noise gets overlooked a lot because it’s the year after T/LT but it’s got a super cool gimmick and the ballad is drop dead gorgeous.
@@PostLagone dont forget tilt
@@williamnjagi2388 tilt is fourth for me
Downside Up
Kinetic Noise
To look for America
Tilt
Metropolis
0:48 Sam holding back his tears😢
I would too. 2018 was his age-out year so he had to cry. Session 44 was one of the best shows the Bluecoats did in my opinion. Would've loved to march with them that year to feel the experience.
Proof not all the best trumpet players and solos have to be screaming high notes...
If only the low notes werent shaky
Chase Miller I bet it was just nerves
Honestly one of the prettiest trumpet sounds I’ve ever heard
Chase Miller i know it wasnt meant to be that way and was because of adrenaline problem but honestly it adds to it and i think... it honestly sounds better... old school recording in a way you know? Of course unintended but it kinda adds to it.
Chase Miller I think some of it was also the prop shaking from the trombones getting down
I cry like a baby everytime.
I don't know what I'm going to do when I finally compete in my first show ever in a competition alongside the Bluecoats this summer. If you see a balling DCA performer this 2019 season, just know that it's from happiness.
Hey! How did it go?
and then the lord said, BLOOOOOOOO!!!
This one low key grew on me. It took some time to realize it’s just jazz and nothing too complicated to over think about. This show IS underrated 😂
Session 44
--The number "4" is the shape of a chair.
--Billie Holiday was 44 when she died. This is her posthumous retrospective.
--This was her 44th session. (thank you @squillz8310)
--The single chair is a symbol of contemplation, of long studio sessions, of support when you're weary, and of isolation.
--The featured singer illustrates the life of Billie Holiday who struggled as a black jazz singer, and as a female artist in a largely white male industry.
--Holiday struggled with drug use, possibly illustrated by the toppling chairs.
--She went to prison, and then performed at a sold out Carnegie Hall.
--Her costume features subtle black and white stripes, like a prison uniform, a symbol of her personal struggles.
--The ensemble appears dressed as studio musicians of the 1940's, each suit is individual.
--This show's theme featured the music of Billie Holiday, the writer of God Bless the Child, an anthem about her independence from her mother.
--The show appears to be a retrospective of her life, beginning with timid performing in a seated position, being whisked into the limelight in a flurry of success and drugs, and at the end, standing in strength of self-identity and independence.
--The yellow chairs use Holiday's signature gardenia color - she often wore the yellow blossoms in her hair along with stunning embroidered gowns during her years of standing room only success.
Also, Billie Holiday recorded "God Bless The Child" in her 44th overall Studio Session. Thus, Session 44.
That singer is literally the symbol of hope and everything in the world that is beautiful. Such a good performance.
2:27
Whoa whoa, whoa whoa whoa
Whoa whoa whoa
*WHOA*
LMAOOOO I CANT UNHEAR IT NOW
More shows need to be jazz based. They make for really good shows
check out this years cadets show... theres a pretty groovy section of it. theres a flo rip on yt if you look for it
BEST SHOW THIS YEAR. NO DOUBT. LOVE YOU BLOOOOOO!
Babylon
@@nickniehaus1763 better than babylon for me no apologies
This ballad always feels like a warm hug.
Haven't teared up at a Bloo ballad since '15. Jesus Christ this is amazing... Horn snap who?
Shy Pupper I won’t lie I cried when I watched it in indy
Bluecoats ballads always have that ability to bring tears to your eyes, no other corps ballads have ever done it for me
The mellos were wrecking me from the akron show in the early season. Don't even talk to me about how bad of a mess I was on finals
I love the bluecoats. Their design team is always trying to be innovative and they always choose amazing songs for their productions.
2018 was such a good year for dci
Specially for scv
Facts
1:55 gotta love that Ebmaj9 chord
Say what you will about this show as a whole, there’s just something magical about this part, with the trumpet solo accompanied with near dead silence throughout the stadium, the gradual adding of parts with the trombones and adding on more instruments plus the singer till the big hit at the end of Saro. Incredible, love it.
Hands down my favorite show ever!
Heckin Finally.
That note at 2:05 was my favorite note in DCI 2018
Chord*
@@TheBANDit_67 Its only a B flat major chord, nothing that special
I think the EbM9-sus4 chord before it is better tbh
Matt Jones I'm sure he's referring to the execution of the chord, not the chord itself lol
Best closer of 2018
I liked it, but I think SCV had the best closer. It gives me the fizz as James May would say.
There were so many great ballads this year and this is one of them. BLOOOOOOOO
Signature freaking sound.
Best design team in the business! and a damn good corps!!!
Not best uniform design tho
-bluecoats- greyshirts
god the trumpet solo is so emotional?? like it literally makes me want to cry
This is music, no showing off needed, just music being the typical magic.
Those mellos nailed it
1:58? yep. that was the bomb.
My heart skips a few beats every time I hear it. And my first time for THIS show was live (San Antonio)
that timpani player in the beginning has more swag and style than i'll ever have, my god.
Amazing show
ugh I love this so much but the tuning at the final 2:05 impact always irritates me
Yeah I think the vocalist was a little sharp on finals.
but she fixes it tho so you gotta give props for that
Who’s here to mourn after hearing about DCI 2020. F
Wow really great job from the singer at the end with the long note. She was just a TINY bit sharp, hence the vibrating sound, but she toned herself to the corps and then it was just so perfect. That, as far as I know as a barbershop singer, is really difficult to do. Well done!
This ballad is the best thing I’ve ever heard
Unpopular opinion: better than Bloo 2019
Wholeheartedly agree with that statement
Javin Padron agreed
I agree
@@drewtobin8367 literally something else
Luis Rivera what?
Never knew that Connor Mcgregor played trumpet
LETS GO BLOO
Bluecoats? more like should have been 2nd coats
Whiteshirts
That's why they were so blue this year.
Get it? Because sadness? I love this better than Babylon.
i just realized...THEY HAD SO MANY CONTRAS THIS YEAR....16 OF THEM
This was better than 2019 let's be real
Tilt still #1 imo ... It would be that much better if the guy on the last visual wasn't late tho...
Gives me chills everytimeb
My favorite ballad of 18
Directors at Bloo HQ: Guys we need pro ideas! Did anyone get any suggestions?
advisor board: Yeah Lets just glue a bunch of chairs together! that'll wow the crowd
Needless to say, it worked!
That was cool, but can you do this?
"Mama may have, Papa may have, but God bless the child that's got his own"
Most deserved 2nd place that didn’t get 2nd
God that vocalist is good
Absolutely love this ballad. SARO 💦💦
Pit uniforms are fire
Mellos!!!
Mello god
Hey another question, what Asics did you wear? I find them to be best for me so I'm looking to get more
You know it’s good when you have to turn down the volume
Oh god, if i had a trumpet solo like that i would die (my low notes are ass)
What is she saying?
I heard “god bless the child” somewhere in there
The singer is good. If she is going to become a professional singer, then I'd like to know her name.
Edward she does it as a hobby, but her name is Olivia hayter
@@koozmik4165 Ok I meant if she was going to be pro it would be cool to see where she goes. If she's amateur maybe she shouldn't have her name out there.
Is that Shane Obrian?
Nah
Bb Chord!
Evan James yeah...and Bloo tunes a little sharp since they are soprano heavy.
This show was magnificent but I definitely would of liked it better without a singer(s)!
@Micah Lall-Trail 1) It's a meme
2) Yes.
Dude she nailed it
💝💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖
I reported this video for pornographic content
Im sorry what in the MELLO
Why are catches with color guard equipment so sloppy these days. Seems like the way you catch equipment just doesnt matter to the judges anymore as long as you dont drop. Sad
Anyone Else here cuz of SnedgerPRIMES Rainbow 6 Seige playlist?
I wish there weren't vocals... I just want to listen to that brass
Patrick watch a lot video
Connor mcgregor
What is that vocalist saying?
Bob Bryar “Mama May have. And Papá May have. God bless the child that’s got his own, that’s got his own.”
TheDeathDragon thanks!!!
I literally can’t see or hear anything other than the chairs. It’s like the chairs are making noise audibly.
Anyone remember back in the day when the Bluecoats used to wear blue coats?
Like this year?
Like in 2019?
Bluecoats were robbed, they should have won first with this show
You dont get robbed when you lose by almost 2 points
Only good part of the show. Music wise.
That trumpet solo at the beginning could have easily been a mello solo, but the soloist is straight fire on the trumpet.
I predict Santa Clara vanguard the winner this year
Should’ve won
At least second
The show placed right where it should've placed. Babylon had a ballad that will go down as one of the greatest of all time. BD was extremely clean as they always were, and Crowns hornline book was hard enough to push Bloo out of third.
meh, people are nuts about this moment. Don't get me wrong, it is one of the top moments of the year. But as far as the signer goes, She sings well, but not impressed with the performance she gives, not even her fault. She just doesn't display a performing look much of the time.
Also, they didn't keep to much of the original sound of God Bless the Child. Not very bluesy.
Theres no need for singing in marching band would've been better w/ it
Lost me with Trombones and singers!
Imagine being prop crew
Vocals shouldn’t exist in dci...
Sabre Stormy I disagree, I think that Drum Corps needs those new ways to innovate and create effect from a composition standpoint and the addition of voices in drum Corps has opened a ton of new possibilities.
Micah Lall-Trail I’m not trying to like argue but just out of curiosity why do you think so?
Micah Lall-Trail i understand that. I drool over moments without the technology and with. Some of my favorite moments from the past are like early 2000’s Cadets and Cavs, and I love modern productions too. Unfortunately I haven’t been around dci long enough to have experience from the old days. I’ve grown up watching modern DCI so I love the possibilities of using new technology
Pls don’t at me but I didn’t like this show
It's alright this show was amazing though
It’s alright. It’s a great show but I didn’t like it either, I’m not really a fan of jazz
I'm right with you dude. I saw this show in the theater for the premiere and it just left me bored throughout the whole thing. I saw it again late July and had the same feeling. They've definitely put on better shows than this one.
Tbh don’t crucifi me but
This IN MY OPINION isn’t their best but still decent
Singer: “Hey guys, remember those awesome chords you just played? I’m just gonna sing my last few notes SUPER sharp so it doesn’t blend and makes everything sound way out of tune.”
Ever since I’ve read this comment, I’ve never been able to unhear it
Extent Tofu Right? Honestly, it’s one of my favorite ballads ever from a hornline perspective, but the vocalist just takes a giant dump on it at the end.
That singer kinda thicc
too much singing imo. felt like I was watching a musical besides a drum corps
At least it wasn't like crown 17. I personally liked the vocalist because she blended with the rest of the corp (except her major features) unlike crown 17, where I felt like I was watching a Disney Movie
get singing out of here..
@Micah Lall-Trail and all were annoying. that's not what a drum corps is...
carl 🙄
Go eat ass, Carl
@@carl-ok9gn If drum corps remained unchanged, the activity would have died years ago.
I’m sorry but I don’t like the singing
Bluecoats is always the most gimmicky dated corp every year! Singers and electronics have no place in DCI. No more giant props. At this point they shouldn't have a color guard because their horn players dance so much
what.
Bruh moment when drum corps are changing and people won't accept it.
@@mauithedemigod189 dci boomers man
Brian Riven ok boomer
Dear lord in heaven, what on earth have they done to drum corps? Singing? Props? It was okay for Velvet Knights, but no, no, no. This isn't drum corps so much as it's football field broadway, and it's horrendous.
I find it funny that you scough at modern drum corps when this is the most popular the sport has ever been, and in my opinion, the shows are much better then shows of old, higher degrees of quality and new musical elements brings something refreshing to marching, you either hop on the train or get left behind
We got tired of the hilariously myopic military bullshit. The 1970's Viet Nam War jingoism, the Glory Glory Hallelujah, and the ridiculous flood pants and white bucks and the uptight military bearing? Come on, dude. That was so embarrassing, so provincial, so boring. Marchers looked like they were brainwashed teen victims of Stockholm syndrome.
singer's garbage, but i like the positioning of the pit
I can't wait till this terrible period of drum corps with the singing and terrible uniforms and set pieces is over.
k
K
Ok boomer
The uniforms look like when bluedevils 1976 did the same