Bluecoats 2021- Final Run - Lucy (4K)

[@stephaniehamid2788]

Watching this online does not do justice to how amazing this show was In person.

[@squillz8310]

I got to see them in 2019 but I'm so sad they didn't have a DCI show in Nashville this year. I would've LOVED to see this show in person

[@stephaniehamid2788]

@@squillz8310 I actually traveled from Dallas to Boston just to see it. My sister thinks it was to visit her. I’m not telling her the truth.

[@jodiinwi]

I traveled from Wisconsin to see them in Marion, Indiana. It was SO worth the trip!!

[@Ace_v120]

@@stephaniehamid2788 i hope you brought your sister with you lol

[@stephaniehamid2788]

@@Ace_v120 oh I did. She has only seen high school and college bands so this was crazy for her. She looked over at me half way through the show with this manic look on her face and yelled “this is f*cking amazing. I had no idea”

[@lawrencedove8369]

This show was the absolute perfect sequel to their 2019 production. I was there in Indy on the second night of the celebration and when they hit those 4 "Hey Jude" notes the crowd lost their freaking minds it was so good.

[@nathanielparson2615]

So disappointed DCI held a non-competive season when this comment thread could have easily served as the DCI Finals judging panel 🙂

[@NinjakickJax]

Well this show wins without any competition, literally watched it 30 times

[@NinjakickJax]

I’m a pit guy myself and this front ensemble is the best I’ve ever heard, I even downloaded the sheet music and learned the 1st marimba part lol

[@Ryan-dz7mg]

@@NinjakickJax I hate to break it to you, but it probably doesn’t win if it was judged

[@dukeingraham6530]

The issue was they couldn't provide a full season schedule and some corps only wanted to do championships. It was deemed unfair for some corps to be able to get judges critique on a regular basis and some would not due to Covid concerns. There was a concern that if championships were judged, many corps would feel obligated to compete and DCI did not want that.

[@evanhayes4333]

@@NinjakickJax omg where are the sheets at?

[@myascott155]

I really love this show. It really shows how fun marching band can be

[@Music_MikeZ]

This was a phenomenal run! I noticed some throwbacks from other pieces during this show, and there's so much to look at in this performance. Kudos for the upload, BLOOOO!!!

[@makinbacon3846]

To quote the director Mike Scott: “A surprising number of people don’t get that “The Bluecoats” and “Lucy” - in concept - was a concert of the Bluecoats’ greatest hits, through the lens of “The Beatles” and their greatest hits.”

[@jodiinwi]

Those mello runs during the first Lucy hit!! 🙌🤩

[@isekai_neo]

1:41 2:26 Ok but whoever is singing the Lucy in the sky with diamonds part killed it. Very beautiful voice

[@ciarajordan1807]

it was a member of our colorguard named Hunter:)

[@disgustangy4901]

Tell Hunter he did a damn good job

[@1049berkeley]

I have always loved their transitions, so seamless

[@Natethesax]

DCI Audience Clapping: along Oh, btw, we're all musicians, none of that clap rush like from a usual audience.

[@squillz8310]

The only place where the audience is capable of clapping in time. I've been to many concerts and sports events but DCI shows are the only place people can clap in time! Lol

[@rossvistamail]

So we’re gate keeping clapping today?

[@cardnal44]

@@rossvistamail I had a show once where the band(highschool) was set off time because the audience wasn't clapping in time, so yes, I'd prefer this over an out of time audience clapping whenever

[@rossvistamail]

@@cardnal44 sounds like y’all don’t know how to keep time

[@chair547]

@@squillz8310 Jacob collier concerts

[@cherryboi2624]

2:32 is so dopamine-inducing I can’t even explain it. Bloo has done it again. 💙

[@SilverTheFlame]

Thank you so much for this recording.

[@lexmonteiro3511]

the last 2 minutes of this show is just amazing

[@silo4762]

man i wish they save this performance for the actual competition man. it's so good

[@squillz8310]

RIGHT??? SOMEHOW I like this show more than "The Bluecoats." Such an amazing Act 2.

[@hturt4]

I’m sure they’ve got something amazing up their sleeves for 2022.

[@nhpowell12]

Honestly, that first half was a hot mess. Did about as much for me as Jagged Line. But the second half was actually pretty solid. It felt like they forgot it was supposed to be a Beatles show until the halfway mark

[@vapidfox]

Personally I feel like this show was better in a non competitive season. It was still great nonetheless

[@silo4762]

@@nhpowell12 ik. but somehow i rlly enjoyed it. need more polish to put this show on a competitive season but still great imo

[@_-.alexiss.-_1404]

YAAAAAAAASSSSSS THIS WAS SO AMAZING, by far my favorite show out of them to me and there my favorite DCI

[@MidwestDavesGoldProspecting]

Very exciting show worthy of being called the Best of 2021 !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Khay0sTV]

Did anyone else notice the whistle from the crowd at 11:50 is the trumpet note and then it goes up a half step? Strange lmao

[@squillz8310]

Yeah, he kinda cracked the note there unfortunately. Still impressive tho

[@msmith53]

Congratulations on a fine performance!

[@deepnocean]

You’re awesome for doing this! Thank you

[@christopherauert6634]

Another Blue Coats Masterpiece.

[@christinaspitznagel3927]

Spectacular!

[@kylersmith709]

favorite moment was golden slumbers!

[@stephaniehamid2788]

I’ve become obsessed with that song thanks to the show.

[@SaneTheBro]

visual is so clean for the short season

[@veer4849]

just saw a headcam vid of this, pretty cool to see the same guy from up above too

[@chadtarver3301]

This show is soooo good. The whole closet is fantastic.

[@taterman0247]

I love the (I assume) alternate contra coming onto the field for the last note

[@jaydee-222]

Would love to see them do some Genesis from their prog-rock years. Or 25 or 6 to 4.

[@RishiJalukar]

I can just imagine Firth of Fifth in a DCI setting

[@judahr03]

or some Yes! if they did close to the edge they would absolutely KILL it

[@justincoffey8718]

"...In That Quiet Earth"

[@justincoffey8718]

"Duke's Travels"

[@greysongriffey7663]

Thank you 💙

[@lolom8772]

Really good show, I feel like it emplified high school marching bands by using so many props on the field and the pit feels slightly too loud making the music seem in the background. Besides that tho really clean show, wish I could’ve seen it in person

[@msimonse]

Wow, just outstanding job!

[@Incognit05]

8:31 WHERE IS SHE

[@Zuperdawg]

from the best vocals headcam ever :)

[@lucasjedi2449]

Well she’s there in this run… THERE IS SHE

[@vapidfox]

Anyone know the song they used at 6:10? I think it's Tomorrow Never Knows but all the recordings of this song that I can find do not sound like this

[@vapidfox]

@@abrahammughal7313 wish I can just listen to this version of it as its own song

[@sebastianmarsol]

check out the Herbie Hancock version

[@christopherwilliams5656]

What’s the song at 4:40?

[@zeillingworth6344]

I am the walrus

[@Parzival2001]

So glad drumcorp is back

[@icysand3962]

Forever my favorite Bloo show (Sorry downside up D:)

[@xmaniarock1138]

Who noticed that they removed or lowered the sound to the electronics during the snare break

[@jasonstone6134]

i know i kinda liked it

[@xmaniarock1138]

Same here I just liked hearing loud snares but I was ok with the electronics but this sounded better

[@ciarajordan1807]

audio mishap. it was supposed to be there

[@Jao.m4]

@@ciarajordan1807 not true, those electronics were missing in other recent performances.

[@xmaniarock1138]

@@Jao.m4 I just like it either with or without the electronics but either way it is a great show

[@bm7j64]

My question is why are they still called the Bluecoats if their uniform isn't blue nor a coat/jacket?

[@c.mosher]

Blue Knights’ show title in 2015 is your answer

[@isekai_neo]

@@c.mosher I love you for that😂😂😂😂😂

[@Jeremee22]

​@@c.mosher genius 😂

[@hopeiswherethehomeis9606]

rip to me when I went to the show close to home I had to pee during their show :/

[@CJ-222]

Blasphemy. Never pee during a bloo show

[@hopeiswherethehomeis9606]

@@CJ-222 If it helps I was also bleeding in unfortunate places 🤷🏻

[@Kamoojaan]

@@hopeiswherethehomeis9606 what?

[@hopeiswherethehomeis9606]

@@Kamoojaan If ya don't get it it's honestly better not to ask man

[@brownie3454]

@@Kamoojaan out the bum

[@trizlet]

why are the coats not blue anymore

[@wilsonruleman]

RIGHT?

[@lls3676]

Nice! 👏💐

[@Ace_v120]

Was the snares audio not working or was it where the camera was standing and couldn't hear the electronics?

[@jtellgass]

The mics didn't work for finals

[@aubreyalm0nd]

was just about to ask this lol

[@bluckss]

5:13

[@schuyleryager9677]

A nonscored season I think allows more creativity. You would probably get a Beatles themed show any other season, but I don’t know if it would have been as psychedelic if a score was on the line. They literally depict a piece of blotter in the first 3 minutes.

[@AshtonBruno_2313]

Blue22 said try me

[@apuuc]

A quick question from a new DCI fan. I know they didn't score this year but watching videos from different corps I noticed a big difference in some corps like The Cadets who do a very physical show with lots of marching and a show like the Bluecoats here where they really for the most part played without moving around. Is there a scoring difference between the two?

[@abrahammughal7313]

The Bluecoats did an insane amount of marching this year except for the last two minutes.

[@apuuc]

I stand corrected..thxs

[@trevorgagnon8383]

@@abrahammughal7313 shoutout page 76 to 87

[@rsa.crabguy7583]

Not sure how much different it is beyond just being more precise with the scoring, as I've only ever marched in a high school band, but for that they broke it down into captions then averaged out the scores. You have General Effect which breaks down into Music GE and Visual GE, basically how well do your music and visuals portray the theme of your show. Music Performance and Visual Performance, how cleanly are you playing/marching/dancing/etc. For high school each caption had two judges, with the exception of GE, which only had one judge for music and one judge for visual. Each judge had two sets of scores which they scored out of 100. (For example, Music Performance included Composition and Performance.) These two scores would be added together then divided by 10 to get the caption score, if a band got 98 for music comp and 97 for music perf they would have a 19.5 overall for that caption. These caption scores are then added to get the final score out of 100. For my state the highest a high school has ever scored was 93.625, which just happened this past season. My guess would be that DCI is a bit more in-depth than that, considering it's sorta like the NFL of marching band lol, either way, hope this helps clear things up a bit! :)

[@marker848]

Playing on the move vs standing still isn’t scores differently. Playing on the move will help add to the content score but also you become less musically clean witch will subtract. You’ll normally see smaller/slower drill with more complex music and larger/faster drill with easier or no playing responsibilities. Really tho the score is how well the marching won playing works together to make an effect (GE). It’s a game of five and take where corps usually have a strengths they lean on like vis or music. Then you have the individual visual consistency and music cleanliness scores in the captions.

[@yudhaprananda5595]

2019-2021 Bluecoats was the real "Music of The Champions" Yes BD Fans, I didn't say they won

[@michaelince7998]

Hell ya

[@drummersnare6276]

Why did they take out the snare effect

[@RealJoey]

It wasn't taken out. There were technical issues throughout parts of the final day.

[@Tothemoon96]

That solo was better in down side up ain’t goin 🧢

[@harrys2331]

Wasn't their last show also on the beatles o.0?

[@NicK-wq1fv]

Yes, "Lucy" is a sequel show to "The Bluecoats" from 2019

[@TheSoftballstar1261]

What's that opener piece called?

[@zombie2.059]

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

[@squillz8310]

Very beginning of the opener is "The End" and "A Little Help From My Friends" with "Hey Jude." Then "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" is the second piece in their opener.

[@Propane_Acccessories]

But is Paul dead or not?

[@isekai_neo]

He’s not👍

[@estebanramos9023]

Who won???

[@lars_geurts45]

It wasn't a competition this year. It was judt for fun basically

[@silo4762]

@@lars_geurts45 so that's why it called "celebration" huh

[@msmith53]

No scores this year, and I love that decision....how can you decide? Awesome talent, effort and dedication to music and motion!

[@CJ-222]

Incoming permanent scoreless seasons from dci 😂

[@Mario-gd5qk]

Idk man I love me some Blue, but as a diehard Beatles fan I’m disappointed. Thought they were sticking with psychedelic era Beatles due to the theming, but obviously they didn’t. Felt like they could have had better selections as some places and transitions were just plain awkward and as a listener it comes off as a jumbled mess. I’ll chalk this up to covid and budget and I’ll take it as it is as it was still performed beautifully.

[@HavenMarches]

I like Lucy a lot as feels like a mix of downside up and The Bluecoats, though I just wish they had done something like what Phantom or Cadets did and re-performed Tilt or another one of their iconic previous shows. Since they're essentially using the same show concept as 2019 they might as well have done that, though I digress all of that is on the design team and these performers were truly spectacular.

[@isekai_neo]

@@HavenMarches ngl seeing a remastered or throwback theme show would’ve been dope cuz the last straight 6-7 years of Bluecoats have been sheer heat and insaness

[@veemann9644]

why Lucy?

[@myascott155]

From “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” by The Beatles

[@ryant8424]

I think this could have taken down ghostlight in 2019.

[@reynolds727]

Nah.

[@squillz8310]

I agree it could've. In a full season definitely.

[@marcosdossantos4089]

I do not think so, I still prefer Ghostlight. This show is not good like 2019.

[@builderphil13]

This would not have made top five

[@RishiJalukar]

Kinda happy the electronics didn’t work for the snare feature lol

[@hayhayhay8372]

HOW CHAMPION DCI 2021??

[@ag225-ml]

Another fantastic finals run: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHaVXpuVmLyJnqcsi=GcqAh0y5eO-iKhiy

[@jesuspectre9883]

The hidden drug references are so juvenile. The Mickey Mouse blotter rolling stage. LSD Lucy in the sky with diamonds. The ostinato echo like when you are tripping on acid. To hear the show coordinator prop up the pathetic defense of John Lennon son coming up with Lucy is an absolutely painful inside joke. If you’re going to do a show with hallucination references, take your balls out and show them.

[@Freakface666]

Sorry but this is too confusing and overproduced (as a spectatator) to watch. Not taking away from the immense skills though

[@Danny-sy7bg]

I'm kinda disappointed by this show tbh. Bluecoats had an opportunity to go back to tradition or push the boundaries because of an unjudged year, and instead they decided to do the same show again. It was phenomenally performed by the wonderful musicians, but it's just kinda boring

[@sebastianmarsol]

a minute-long vocoder snare solo and the first instance of live-looping with the brass wasn't pushing any boundaries?

[@Danny-sy7bg]

@@sebastianmarsol I meant in a show design way, live looping and a fancy snare solo are both kinda just gimmicks

[@squillz8310]

@@sebastianmarsol I really like it. They not only used music from past shows, but they used other effects and even improved on them from past years. Love this show so much

[@cavie95]

Very boring.

[@domandal3015]

Well it’s a celebration.

[@leisa6376]

Best blue coats show they fell off after 2021😭😭

[@ItzEnder27]

Bluecoats in 2024: 🗿

[@cavie95]

Meh. Bluecoats are obsessed with the Beatles. Why keep banging that drum? Their best shows have been the unique ones. This is not it.

[@CJ-222]

Totally agree. The Bluecoats have been known to innovate and revolutionize dci. They did it in 2014, and when they didn't get the success that they should have then, they chose an entirely different route in 2016 and finally got paid the respect they were due with a title. 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2021 were all lovely shows, but they don't really seem very unique and each has become pretty forgettable in the context of the vast pool of historical dci shows. The Coats need to go back to the drawing board and pioneer a new revolutionary show again. They have great success when they do.

[@noahbrown5471]

I understand why, but I still wish that drum corps had some woodwinds.

[@Propane_Acccessories]

They'd need microphones duct taped to each player, unless the music is written to where they only play when the brass is quiet. In my opinion, a good compromise would be to have woodwind soloists play up front with the pit percussion.

[@isekai_neo]

Nah tbh it’s fine without em, basically what defines drum corp and gives its own unique sound, I say just watch Boa San Antonio vids and UIL state marching band competition vids cuz they have some bands with really crazy shows and amazing sounds, they feature tons of woodwinds and overall just amazing bands.

[@noahbrown5471]

@@isekai_neo don't get me wrong I love drum corps but this is just a personal preference because I myself am a woodwind player, but your right they do have amazing unique sounds.

[@gregoryfrech2310]

visually dissonic; the sounds were eclectic like random verse for horns. This is not sustainable.

[@log9705]

Bruh no way you weren't flipping through the dictionary when writing this abomination lol

[@gregoryfrech2310]

@@log9705 it's called vocabulary.

[@adain6047]

@@gregoryfrech2310 smart ass

[@lamestudiosinc418]

In English please

[@asdf072xxp]

Weak.

[@whoami2310]

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