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!
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)
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.
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).
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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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💀💀
that rach star hit always gets me chills
satan's pretty cool “play something”
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)
Tyler Barfield fr
corps.. not corp. it's not a corporation.
carl it’s a typo dude. It happens to the best of us
Gabriel Everett nope still relentless, beneath is 2nd to me somehow still
Babylon bro
If you have the audience standing up at the start of the show, you're doing something right.
Anyone else hear a guy yell "play something" during Rach Star
Anyone wondering, I know I'm late, but It's at 3:24
@@cason3705 😂😂😂 I just heard it
Oh yeah. It’s famous now as Crown proceeded to melt the poor man’s face off with a massive wall of sound.
@3:24 Yep.
That man is now dead, the whiplash from the impact snapped his neck
Rach Star had me in tears
Same here
Me too 😅
Me too
“Play Something”
same, blew my hairs
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.
2011 and 2015 were very similar in that manner and I love it
How many times have you seen a corps get a standing ovation from the opening brass hit (2011 Rach Star)? Amazing!!!
3:45 C H I L L S... hoping to be apart of this some day
My phone vibrates because of that
1. 2016 "Relentless"
2. 2015 "Inferno"
3. 2011 "Rach Star"
4. 2008 "Finis"
5. 2013 "e=mc^2"
Finis feels like it should be higher but the ones above it are just that good.
Switch finis and inferno and that's mine
Finis is my all time favorite Crown opener. One of my favorite shows as well.
We just finished our marching season and we had Finis as our opener. The reactions we got were unforgettable
Mine
1. Relentless
2. Rach Star
3. E= mc2
4. Beneath The Surface
5. Inferno
This entire list is the reason why Crown is my favorite DCI band. They are absolutely outstanding and always have a great show
The Rachstar opener is just epic on so many levels, incredible
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).
Sammy2Watkins While the Relentless hit is louder, I loved the technical aspect of OOTW, Relentless would be number 6 for me...
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.
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
2008 was by far the most powerful hit
I definitely would have put Relentless first, Rach Star second, then inferno, For The Common Good, and E=MC^2
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
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.
I agree with these. The chord changes at the end of the "It Is" intro gives me chills. Every. Time.
I prefer the Relentless opener than OOTW... tbh
Same
love the reaction from the guy in the pink shirt
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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.
"It Is", phew, chills.
Laying in my bed FREAKING OUT at these hits like this is just insane
I feel like I’m the only one who loves the e=mc^2 opening with a passion lmao
the sailboat !
I had never heard of DCI before 2015 and 'Inferno' was the show that made me fall in love with the activity.
The Rach Star opening gave me chills
Omg the marching band I'm in has a fly over flag too except we all die under it
MASSive? (That’s my band and we had one too)
bohemiem rhapsody opener
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
Preston Jones Thinking back on it, I don’t know why I chose ‘13 over ‘16.
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
If anyone's wondering, the melody they used for Inferno is Beethoven's 9th symphony (1st mvnt)
Got that Rach Star opening with bohemian Rhapsody made my hair stand up.
Y’all are sleeping on “it is”, the chords they play sound like the gates to heaven opening
The drum major for Rach Star just killed me lmao
Rach star still takes it for me
3:40 that gave me the chills oh my god that’s beautiful
“PLAY SOMETHING”
the sail boat
I like the “It is” opener
Should I audition for Crown 2019?
Andrews Terraria do it
Yes
Yes!!!!!!!
It is better to try and not make it than to not try at all.
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.
3:24
That dude yelling “play something” always makes me giggle. Knowing the decibels coming his way after that 😂
yes I love this year's opener so much. Can't wait to hear it in person!
Justin Boncosky saw them in Massillon, you won't believe your ears. each section just sounds like one person!
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.
You're right sir sorry
Luke Bingham Know your place
Joe Jenkins hey vsauce Michael here
My school's marching band took the Bohemian Rhapsody chunk from their 2011 show, it's really fun to play and just sounds amazing.
Jesus Christ the 2012 hit. Amazing as ever
So happy i was there to see this live on finals night !!!!
The fact that 08 isn't on this list is an absolute tragedy
7:10 that drum major was my band director 2 years ago 🤓
Rach Star still brings me to my knees a decade later. Crown is insane
Rach Star was so perfectly timed!
The mello licks are EVERYTHING.
2001 space odyssey gave me goosebumps
The first chord of each show gets me every time istg
My school has the same opening hit as rach star and I’m excited now lol
Give me my 2008 finis opener with that fire ending
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.
Who's here after 2021
3:42 gets me every time like....🤤
The 2011 hit is absolutely amazing
This Corp will always bring a new meaning to Wall of sound
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.
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.
The chills
Out of this world has to be my favorite show they have done
2017 will always be my favorite
Comment is more for my memory than anything. I like the guard toss after minute 1.
2012 has a really good opening hit, i really like your choices though. Crown can really make some of the best shows.
relentless over 2013 even
Color guard in the last one was amazing ngl
Rach star literally have me chills
AAAAAGH rach star gives me goosebumps every time
Omg the guard. 😮
Unbelievable Horn Line!!!!
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
2008 and 2016 are literally the best openers of all time lol
I honestly forgot how hard Inferno’s last hit slapped. Like it slapped real hard.
you done goofed not putting those two in there
7:15 I am suprised to hear an implementation of einstein on the beach in a marching band. Very neat!
Dat Shit sound so good it’ll move you to tears😢 Lawd
3:23, that guy that yelled "play something" :💀
How did Finis not make this list lol
There's nothing like that great brass swell in e=MC2
If I was thee for Rach Star, I’d be BALLING
Finis not being on this list is a crime
But they have so many good opening hits I get it
They should have won with Inferno.
My high school is doing a show based on Rach star this year. We are calling it Classic Rach
Were those pillows inside of the tubas in E=Mc2?
My god I love Crown
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.
Total power
where the heck is relentless???????
Justin Robertson this was made before Relentless was showcased at finals.
@@sgthaddix2604 But it has their 2017 show...
Triple Crown was pretty fire too.
Finis and Relentless had some of the best hits as well.
I love Carolina Crown👑
3:42 bro this has to be one of my favorites
1. rach star
2. beneath the surface
3. relentless
4. it is
5. E=MC2
Hey we play that music in our show this year (from it is)
Rach Star should've been no. 1
2011 is part of the best opener
In my country (Indonesia).Our marching band (marching band pupuk Kaltim) Also used the song Bohemian Rhapsody as an opener in 2008 and 2010
And you’re telling me that none of these (with the exception of E) hot first brass?!
You gotta do another video and add Beneath the Surface. They came out the gate kicking, screaming, and blasting people face off.
relentless and 2008?
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
5. Beast
4. Beneath the Surface
3. Relentless
2. A Sec2nd Chance
1. E=mc^2
i was aboutta say "wheres beneath the surface" before i realized that this was uploaded in 2017
oops
It is is underrated
What does the black banner say in the opening clip?
A B A N D O N A L L H O P E , Y E W H O E N T E R H E R E!
Watch the second part of inferno. The entire band shouts it.