Top 5 Carolina Crown Opening Hits

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  • Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
  • My favorite Carolina Crown opening hits! You may not agree with my choices, so let me know your favorites in the comments! If enough people comment, I will make a users choice video!

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  • @Chicken_Wang1
    @Chicken_Wang1 2 года назад +111

    I love the timing of the Rach Star heckler who yells “PLAY SOMETHING” right before what will damn near be the biggest opening hit he’ll ever hear💀💀

  • @satansprettycool
    @satansprettycool 6 лет назад +469

    that rach star hit always gets me chills

    • @jjh2456
      @jjh2456 5 лет назад +9

      satan's pretty cool “play something”

  • @tylerbarfield2204
    @tylerbarfield2204 7 лет назад +1170

    I’m pretty sure that even non-Carolina fans would even say that relentless was one of the best if not THE best hit they’ve ever done or any corps has done for that matter (I edited my mistake so carl the grammar police can sleep at night now)

    • @wayneivy7568
      @wayneivy7568 6 лет назад +10

      Tyler Barfield fr

    • @carl-ok9gn
      @carl-ok9gn 6 лет назад +18

      corps.. not corp. it's not a corporation.

    • @dummystupid3108
      @dummystupid3108 6 лет назад +113

      carl it’s a typo dude. It happens to the best of us

    • @benkessler4439
      @benkessler4439 5 лет назад +8

      Gabriel Everett nope still relentless, beneath is 2nd to me somehow still

    • @ethanmellott1681
      @ethanmellott1681 5 лет назад +12

      Babylon bro

  • @Aztex_
    @Aztex_ 4 года назад +239

    If you have the audience standing up at the start of the show, you're doing something right.

  • @stabsketball
    @stabsketball 6 лет назад +540

    Anyone else hear a guy yell "play something" during Rach Star

    • @cason3705
      @cason3705 5 лет назад +35

      Anyone wondering, I know I'm late, but It's at 3:24

    • @brycenprasky2786
      @brycenprasky2786 5 лет назад +4

      @@cason3705 😂😂😂 I just heard it

    • @jjh2456
      @jjh2456 5 лет назад +46

      Oh yeah. It’s famous now as Crown proceeded to melt the poor man’s face off with a massive wall of sound.

    • @JamieSmith-fz2mz
      @JamieSmith-fz2mz 4 года назад +5

      @3:24 Yep.

    • @lbLevii
      @lbLevii 4 года назад +15

      That man is now dead, the whiplash from the impact snapped his neck

  • @erikwaterson361
    @erikwaterson361 4 года назад +97

    2019 had a badass hit to start it right off, but 2016 put some damn hair on my chest. And 2011 is iconic for that impeccable timing with the announcement.

    • @Chicken_Wang1
      @Chicken_Wang1 2 года назад +1

      2011 and 2015 were very similar in that manner and I love it

    • @MonoKyrios
      @MonoKyrios 2 месяца назад

      2019 is my favorite dci opener of all time

  • @tannermeyers
    @tannermeyers 5 лет назад +136

    How many times have you seen a corps get a standing ovation from the opening brass hit (2011 Rach Star)? Amazing!!!

  • @stephh4495
    @stephh4495 6 лет назад +653

    1. 2016 "Relentless"
    2. 2015 "Inferno"
    3. 2011 "Rach Star"
    4. 2008 "Finis"
    5. 2013 "e=mc^2"

    • @CROWBARMAN73
      @CROWBARMAN73 6 лет назад +22

      Finis feels like it should be higher but the ones above it are just that good.

    • @ashonic9685
      @ashonic9685 6 лет назад +9

      Switch finis and inferno and that's mine

    • @JoshuaEssary
      @JoshuaEssary 6 лет назад +8

      Finis is my all time favorite Crown opener. One of my favorite shows as well.

    • @ritzbittz
      @ritzbittz 6 лет назад +3

      We just finished our marching season and we had Finis as our opener. The reactions we got were unforgettable

    • @turnr3326
      @turnr3326 6 лет назад +4

      Mine
      1. Relentless
      2. Rach Star
      3. E= mc2
      4. Beneath The Surface
      5. Inferno

  • @user-dv7tl8tr6i
    @user-dv7tl8tr6i 6 лет назад +157

    3:45 C H I L L S... hoping to be apart of this some day

    • @lilcin9716
      @lilcin9716 5 лет назад +7

      My phone vibrates because of that

  • @TheGeep
    @TheGeep 5 лет назад +48

    The Rachstar opener is just epic on so many levels, incredible

  • @ScallywagBeowulf
    @ScallywagBeowulf 6 лет назад +35

    This entire list is the reason why Crown is my favorite DCI band. They are absolutely outstanding and always have a great show

  • @joshuahunt4708
    @joshuahunt4708 4 года назад +52

    I agree with these. The chord changes at the end of the "It Is" intro gives me chills. Every. Time.

  • @tylerthompson9822
    @tylerthompson9822 6 лет назад +30

    The opening to "E" is one of the finest openers in DCI history. That crowd gave me chills and goosebumps when it let out it's breathtaking roar of an applause👏🏾👌🏾✊🏾😍👑 #BrilliantShow #StandingOvation

    • @jjh2456
      @jjh2456 5 лет назад +2

      Tyler Thompson it’s their championship show. For any Crown fan it will always be special. Plus the visual added to the massiveness of that hit.

  • @Rainmaker65
    @Rainmaker65 3 года назад +12

    Rach Star - OMFG!!! An unamplified corps SQUASHES an amplified PA voice... Forget dropping the hammer...lol. I had to wait out the final opener, and you didn't disappoint...Such an aweinspiring opening, and the finish to it is nothing short of spectacular. I'm just beginning to watch, as I'm having a hard time moving away from IT IS...but these openers will now give me four other starting points.

  • @Sammy2Watkins
    @Sammy2Watkins 7 лет назад +398

    There wasn't hardly even a hit in OOTW. Relentless has the loudest and most powerful hit Carolina Crown has ever done (more so than Rachstar, which was incredible).

    • @BrettLairBandGeek
      @BrettLairBandGeek  7 лет назад +32

      Sammy2Watkins While the Relentless hit is louder, I loved the technical aspect of OOTW, Relentless would be number 6 for me...

    • @mmansour1
      @mmansour1 7 лет назад +15

      I got to hear the relentless hit live (even if it was from about the 20 yard line...) in the georgia dome and it was insane. One of their best shows overall, no doubt.

    • @drumcorpsvideos7343
      @drumcorpsvideos7343 7 лет назад +5

      I was on the side one 35 yard line which was the center of their form. My ears were ringing after the first note. Also in the Dome

    • @extremechaosftw1932
      @extremechaosftw1932 7 лет назад +5

      2008 was by far the most powerful hit

    • @aaronmoody7404
      @aaronmoody7404 6 лет назад +6

      I definitely would have put Relentless first, Rach Star second, then inferno, For The Common Good, and E=MC^2

  • @Bsonbakery
    @Bsonbakery 5 лет назад +7

    Laying in my bed FREAKING OUT at these hits like this is just insane

  • @hufflepuff23402
    @hufflepuff23402 5 лет назад +7

    I had never heard of DCI before 2015 and 'Inferno' was the show that made me fall in love with the activity.

  • @Flumphinator
    @Flumphinator 3 месяца назад

    I haven’t touched a trumpet in 15 years. This made me order a horn.

  • @bubo8329
    @bubo8329 Год назад

    3:24
    That dude yelling “play something” always makes me giggle. Knowing the decibels coming his way after that 😂

  • @zackeryhatch436
    @zackeryhatch436 5 лет назад +12

    "It Is", phew, chills.

  • @ethandaniel1994
    @ethandaniel1994 3 года назад +5

    If anyone's wondering, the melody they used for Inferno is Beethoven's 9th symphony (1st mvnt)

  • @kody2048
    @kody2048 3 года назад +14

    I feel like I’m the only one who loves the e=mc^2 opening with a passion lmao

  • @noelgarcia831
    @noelgarcia831 7 лет назад +138

    I prefer the Relentless opener than OOTW... tbh

  • @seth_acero4706
    @seth_acero4706 6 лет назад +32

    The Rach Star opening gave me chills

  • @paulblichmann2791
    @paulblichmann2791 2 года назад +2

    HELLO 2008???
    And maybe 2006 as the first time the opening hit actually got applause, in the middle of the opener not just at the end.

  • @Elloliott
    @Elloliott Год назад +1

    The drum major for Rach Star just killed me lmao

  • @toby6418
    @toby6418 2 года назад +1

    My school's marching band took the Bohemian Rhapsody chunk from their 2011 show, it's really fun to play and just sounds amazing.

  • @wafflewhale9354
    @wafflewhale9354 8 месяцев назад +1

    3:23, that guy that yelled "play something" :💀

  • @jaywatson8720
    @jaywatson8720 5 лет назад +3

    Got that Rach Star opening with bohemian Rhapsody made my hair stand up.

  • @charliewood2.023
    @charliewood2.023 Год назад +1

    And you’re telling me that none of these (with the exception of E) hot first brass?!

  • @maxmobley434
    @maxmobley434 3 года назад +1

    Rach Star still brings me to my knees a decade later. Crown is insane

  • @vinnieapicella6255
    @vinnieapicella6255 5 лет назад +15

    Omg the marching band I'm in has a fly over flag too except we all die under it

    • @waluigg2302
      @waluigg2302 4 года назад +1

      MASSive? (That’s my band and we had one too)

  • @y33tboy97
    @y33tboy97 6 лет назад +422

    Rach Star had me in tears

  • @star.set76
    @star.set76 3 года назад +1

    The mello licks are EVERYTHING.

  • @sanjayproductions5690
    @sanjayproductions5690 3 года назад +5

    Y’all are sleeping on “it is”, the chords they play sound like the gates to heaven opening

  • @brandonhillgoth699
    @brandonhillgoth699 4 года назад +5

    3:40 that gave me the chills oh my god that’s beautiful

  • @dionagustin7934
    @dionagustin7934 10 месяцев назад +1

    2011 is part of the best opener

    • @dionagustin7934
      @dionagustin7934 10 месяцев назад +1

      In my country (Indonesia).Our marching band (marching band pupuk Kaltim) Also used the song Bohemian Rhapsody as an opener in 2008 and 2010

  • @prestonjones20013
    @prestonjones20013 7 лет назад +85

    I think many people will agree with me on this when I say that Relentless has the best Crown Opening Hit ever. But you left it completely off of your list which baffles me. Just a matter of opinion and taste I guess

    • @BrettLairBandGeek
      @BrettLairBandGeek  7 лет назад +12

      Preston Jones Thinking back on it, I don’t know why I chose ‘13 over ‘16.

    • @prestonjones20013
      @prestonjones20013 7 лет назад +7

      Brett Lair I think ‘13 was definitely the best show, but ‘16’s hit was way better. On the matter of ‘14, I just see all of the technical softer stuff as part of the Opener as opposed to opening hit. Just different viewpoints

  • @jfman0006
    @jfman0006 6 лет назад +3

    Jesus Christ the 2012 hit. Amazing as ever

  • @pinkshrimp1540
    @pinkshrimp1540 3 года назад

    The first chord of each show gets me every time istg

  • @justinbonz
    @justinbonz 7 лет назад +24

    yes I love this year's opener so much. Can't wait to hear it in person!

    • @lukebingham6922
      @lukebingham6922 7 лет назад +3

      Justin Boncosky saw them in Massillon, you won't believe your ears. each section just sounds like one person!

    • @joejenkins4931
      @joejenkins4931 7 лет назад +2

      Luke Bingham, I don't know who you are, but you are stupid! There are obviously many more than one person in each section. dipshit.

    • @lukebingham6922
      @lukebingham6922 7 лет назад +1

      You're right sir sorry

    • @joejenkins4931
      @joejenkins4931 7 лет назад

      Luke Bingham Know your place

    • @lukebingham6922
      @lukebingham6922 7 лет назад

      Joe Jenkins hey vsauce Michael here

  • @jondo660
    @jondo660 6 лет назад +4

    I like the “It is” opener

  • @danielemail2868
    @danielemail2868 7 лет назад +23

    bohemiem rhapsody opener

  • @michaellisby6341
    @michaellisby6341 7 лет назад +2

    2012 has a really good opening hit, i really like your choices though. Crown can really make some of the best shows.

  • @dwildoner
    @dwildoner 4 года назад +9

    How could It Is make this list and not Relentless? That being said, obviously all their openers give me goosebumps. Love this corps no matter what the year brings.

  • @ryanb9038
    @ryanb9038 Год назад

    7:15 I am suprised to hear an implementation of einstein on the beach in a marching band. Very neat!

  • @hiimmikey_6155
    @hiimmikey_6155 2 года назад

    Out of this world has to be my favorite show they have done

  • @reedjohnson2488
    @reedjohnson2488 4 года назад +8

    The fact that 08 isn't on this list is an absolute tragedy

  • @joshfisher2316
    @joshfisher2316 5 лет назад +8

    Rach star still takes it for me

  • @bensonstrumpet_tips
    @bensonstrumpet_tips 6 лет назад

    So happy i was there to see this live on finals night !!!!

  • @ianschwalbe2161
    @ianschwalbe2161 3 года назад +3

    Who's here after 2021

  • @klebtheplebtv5346
    @klebtheplebtv5346 2 года назад +1

    This Corp will always bring a new meaning to Wall of sound

  • @theyakel1
    @theyakel1 3 года назад

    My school has the same opening hit as rach star and I’m excited now lol

  • @jacksonjahnke3519
    @jacksonjahnke3519 11 месяцев назад +1

    Were those pillows inside of the tubas in E=Mc2?

  • @strangebones2000
    @strangebones2000 5 лет назад +2

    I've never had something be almost TOO loud as Relentless was for those last 2 or 3 chords were when I saw them live. holy SHIT.

  • @desmondtaylor3315
    @desmondtaylor3315 5 лет назад +4

    Rach Star was so perfectly timed!

  • @michellelindsay5727
    @michellelindsay5727 4 года назад

    2011 strong opener always makes me cry because of my personal history. The intensity of the music, power of every musician, the precision of the flags, rifles and corps themselves. You can see, feel, hear the snapping of every person in their place. I’m waiting and watching like everyone else with eager anticipation as I believe next year we will be altogether again. We must continue to have faith. We are strong and have a purpose to bring others happiness across the nation as we show that we we stand side by side with the colors of our skin and our many beliefs. When we are together on the field, strong in unity, we are one family of DCI Crown👑 ❤️

  • @LilGeo
    @LilGeo 5 лет назад +6

    7:10 that drum major was my band director 2 years ago 🤓

  • @matthewrichardson5478
    @matthewrichardson5478 11 месяцев назад

    2017 will always be my favorite

  • @muzikl96
    @muzikl96 6 лет назад +1

    Comment is more for my memory than anything. I like the guard toss after minute 1.

  • @learningeveryday223
    @learningeveryday223 5 лет назад +1

    Color guard in the last one was amazing ngl

  • @radlikewhoa
    @radlikewhoa 4 года назад +2

    2008 and 2016 are literally the best openers of all time lol

  • @connormarciniak1013
    @connormarciniak1013 6 лет назад +12

    “PLAY SOMETHING”

  • @d.o.a.c85
    @d.o.a.c85 2 года назад +1

    1. rach star
    2. beneath the surface
    3. relentless
    4. it is
    5. E=MC2

  • @roryhemmings7860
    @roryhemmings7860 6 лет назад +1

    The 2011 hit is absolutely amazing

  • @maelstromsage
    @maelstromsage 6 лет назад +7

    the sail boat

  • @juicymango8400
    @juicymango8400 Год назад

    3:42 bro this has to be one of my favorites

  • @thecharlespowell
    @thecharlespowell 3 года назад +1

    5. Beast
    4. Beneath the Surface
    3. Relentless
    2. A Sec2nd Chance
    1. E=mc^2

  • @chrismond8878
    @chrismond8878 Год назад

    Dat Shit sound so good it’ll move you to tears😢 Lawd

  • @LeopoldMidas
    @LeopoldMidas 7 лет назад +1

    Super great brass sound (balanced and big as opposed to a chainsaw ripping through sheet metal) Listen up Santa Clara! You never will change though GBY.

  • @roadkill_666
    @roadkill_666 3 года назад +3

    2001 space odyssey gave me goosebumps

  • @jjh2456
    @jjh2456 4 года назад

    I honestly forgot how hard Inferno’s last hit slapped. Like it slapped real hard.

  • @tparkerino
    @tparkerino 2 года назад +2

    Finis not being on this list is a crime
    But they have so many good opening hits I get it

  • @Shoom-wt
    @Shoom-wt 6 лет назад +2

    Give me my 2008 finis opener with that fire ending

  • @jjh2456
    @jjh2456 4 года назад

    You gotta do another video and add Beneath the Surface. They came out the gate kicking, screaming, and blasting people face off.

  • @christianescarment6978
    @christianescarment6978 3 года назад +1

    If I was thee for Rach Star, I’d be BALLING

  • @gabby2.02
    @gabby2.02 6 лет назад +7

    3:42 gets me every time like....🤤

  • @micaiahbarnett5340
    @micaiahbarnett5340 7 лет назад +8

    you done goofed not putting those two in there

  • @andrewsterraria785
    @andrewsterraria785 7 лет назад +202

    Should I audition for Crown 2019?

    • @BrettLairBandGeek
      @BrettLairBandGeek  7 лет назад +44

      Andrews Terraria do it

    • @MasonLedbetter-ol5iz
      @MasonLedbetter-ol5iz 7 лет назад +12

      Yes

    • @peach6405
      @peach6405 7 лет назад +9

      Yes!!!!!!!

    • @keyowilson5695
      @keyowilson5695 7 лет назад +43

      It is better to try and not make it than to not try at all.

    • @purpleknight1396
      @purpleknight1396 6 лет назад +33

      Even if you think you can’t make it, it’s still a great idea to go to the camps and learn as much as possible. My friend went to a BD and Crown camp, and he took the tips and advice he was given at Crown and used it in his BD camp, and now he’s contracted as a Blue Devil. So go to those top corps and learn as much as you can.

  • @ethanbeiriger99
    @ethanbeiriger99 5 лет назад +1

    Rach star literally have me chills

  • @billyandrew11
    @billyandrew11 3 года назад

    I'd have had 2014 at 5th if its in the worst to best but I agree to 2017...had the privelage of being in the stands more than once to see them

  • @5un5hine73
    @5un5hine73 3 года назад +2

    There's nothing like that great brass swell in e=MC2

  • @albertnavarro67
    @albertnavarro67 5 лет назад +1

    Finis and Relentless had some of the best hits as well.

  • @bricksquad9552
    @bricksquad9552 3 года назад +2

    How did Finis not make this list lol

  • @josephtellier836
    @josephtellier836 4 года назад

    Unbelievable Horn Line!!!!

  • @katecoman521
    @katecoman521 6 лет назад

    My high school is doing a show based on Rach star this year. We are calling it Classic Rach

  • @legitscammer7581
    @legitscammer7581 2 года назад

    1. E=MC2
    2. inferno
    3. It is
    4. Out of this world
    5. rach stars

  • @steverman2312
    @steverman2312 4 года назад +3

    i was aboutta say "wheres beneath the surface" before i realized that this was uploaded in 2017
    oops

  • @steverman2312
    @steverman2312 4 года назад

    AAAAAGH rach star gives me goosebumps every time

  • @jakobrogershawks
    @jakobrogershawks 7 лет назад +65

    1. 2017
    2. 2016
    3. 2011
    4. 2008
    5. 2015

    • @yungtwiz
      @yungtwiz 7 лет назад +1

      NO

    • @yungtwiz
      @yungtwiz 7 лет назад +1

      YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG

    • @yungtwiz
      @yungtwiz 7 лет назад +13

      IT GOES
      1. 2017
      2. 2017
      3. 2017
      4. 2017
      5. 2013

    • @aidancraw4d
      @aidancraw4d 6 лет назад

      Miles Keaton facts

    • @loganstrader233
      @loganstrader233 6 лет назад +1

      Both of yall are wrong

  • @i_i_isaac_i_i8778
    @i_i_isaac_i_i8778 3 года назад +2

    They should have won with Inferno.

  • @atomiklan
    @atomiklan 5 лет назад

    2003 is the best for me, but then again, I may be a little biased ;)

  • @colefambrough210
    @colefambrough210 4 года назад +2

    Obviously it was after you made it but the 2019 opening hit was 🔥🔥

    • @jjh2456
      @jjh2456 4 года назад

      Like they came out the gate kicking and screaming.

    • @colefambrough210
      @colefambrough210 4 года назад

      Jose Hill yeah. They did. I saw them at Katy and they were awesome!

  • @patrickbiernat4039
    @patrickbiernat4039 4 года назад +4

    9:57 That’s my high school football field! It’s Clifton New Jersey and we have an amazing 8-5 marching band at Clifton High School, you should check us out at Romel Evangelista we have a ton of videos there! Hope you enjoy!

  • @aubsdyer
    @aubsdyer 6 лет назад +1

    Look up “Nolensville High School Marching Band 2018” you won’t regret it. If you liked each star, you’ll like their show.

  • @wayneivy7568
    @wayneivy7568 6 лет назад

    The chills

  • @nwmusic2010
    @nwmusic2010 6 лет назад

    Omg the guard. 😮

  • @justinrobertson4558
    @justinrobertson4558 7 лет назад +24

    relentless over 2013 even

  • @tccycling
    @tccycling Год назад

    Total power

  • @LizHardstead
    @LizHardstead 6 лет назад

    Where did you find the video for Out of this world??? I'd love that show soo much and would listen to it over and over again