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63 Comments
chrisyfsays...This makes my choir geek self sooo jealous. And happy.
siftbotsays...Moving this video to Bradaphraser's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.
MojoeMANsays...Love it
maatcsays...The storm in the beginning is worth it alone! *promote!
siftbotsays...Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued - promote requested by maatc.
EndAllsays...http://www.videosift.com/video/Amazing-Choir-uses-hands-body-to-create-a-thunderstorm
You've been duped! Just goes to show what a difference a title can make.
Someone with the privileges can invoke dupeof for you and get the votes transferred to this video.
JTZsays...*nochannel
*bravo *Music *livemusic *happy
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siftbotsays...Tags for this video have been changed from 'music, acapella, live, cover' to 'music, acapella, live, cover, toto' - edited by RhesusMonk
ReverendTedsays...Featuring lead vocals by Tobey Maguire with Jerry Seinfeld on beatbox?
brycewi19says...The beatboxer does know that he doesn't have to make the drum motions with his hands to get those sounds, right?!
MycroftHomlzsays...*promote
siftbotsays...Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Sunday, June 7th, 2009 3:21am PDT - promote requested by MycroftHomlz.
lovelynotessays...This kind of makes me miss choir.
siftbotsays...Tags for this video have been changed from 'music, acapella, live, cover, toto' to 'music, acapella, a cappella, singing, live, cover, toto' - edited by calvados
siftbotsays...Tags for this video have been changed from 'music, acapella, a cappella, singing, live, cover, toto' to 'music, acapella, a cappella, singing, live, cover, toto, perpetuum jazzile, africa' - edited by kronosposeidon
Paybacksays...I upvote cuz it's a cool video, but David Paich wouldn't be caught dead singing that off key.
deedub81says...^I'm with you on that one. That's what happens when every single choir member has their on mic.
...eeeeOuch. My ears. Especially the melody.
soulmonarchsays...As a live sound technician myself, I nearly had an orgasm just watching this video.
They each have their own mic. Oooooo, how I would love to see that setup!
robbersdog49says...The singing wasn't exactly the greatest, but it gets my vote for the storm at the beginning. Absolutely superb.
dagsays...Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)
Oh come one, they were a little off in a few places, but all-in-all a great performance.
MaxWildersays...I thought the singing was great, but the beat-box was distracting. A cappella is a celebration of the human voice, and the arrangement of the song needs to clear away the clutter of poorly imitated instruments.
Yes, there are beat boxers who are absolutely amazing in their skill, but in this instance all it said to me was "we weren't allowed to use a real drum set, so we had a guy fake it".
spoco2says...Fantastic, although... what is it with choirs and the love of cheesy hand movements? Really... don't do that 'rains' hand move... urgh
Paybacksays...>> ^MaxWilder:
Yes, there are beat boxers who are absolutely amazing in their skill, but in this instance all it said to me was "we weren't allowed to use a real drum set, so we had a guy fake it".
I kinda thought he would have done better stomping his foot and clapping.
K0MMIEsays...Acapella is stupid and you're stupid if you like it.
dagsays...Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)
>> ^K0MMIE:
Acapella is stupid and you're stupid if you like it.
Oh yeah? Well, I don't like comic books. nyah!
turboj0esays...we used to simulate rainstorms like this at summer camp around the fire
Truckchasesays...I don't like it. I must be evil inside or something.
Laekrothsays...That was great! Who would have thought Frodo could actually sing...
gwiz665says...Do you have a little mustache? You could be the evil version of you.
>> ^Truckchase:
I don't like it. I must be evil inside or something.
gnargnarsays...We used to do the whole "hand storm" thing at camp and stuff. it was basically an excuse to get 100 kids to work together, but I guess they've decided it's "artsy" now. sounds great with the thunder.
kulpimssays...>> ^brycewi19:
The beatboxer does know that he doesn't have to make the drum motions with his hands to get those sounds, right?!
I'll tell him you said so — he's a friend of mine, we went to school together:)
K0MMIEsays...>> ^dag:
>> ^K0MMIE:
Acapella is stupid and you're stupid if you like it.
Oh yeah? Well, I don't like comic books. nyah!
I HOPE DINGOS EAT YOUR BABIES!
zorsays...Amazing, about forty gals and guys accomplish the same thing that Brian Wilson or Boyz 2 Men could have done with five voices.
HollywoodBobsays...>> ^kulpims:
>> ^brycewi19:
The beatboxer does know that he doesn't have to make the drum motions with his hands to get those sounds, right?!
I'll tell him you said so — he's a friend of mine, we went to school together:)
Tell him I asked him to "Stop, Just Stop."
dirtythirtyixsays...Jazz fingers for the absolute WIN.
Hive13says...Wow, that was really good. Choir type things are not normally something I enjoy, but I got chills when they did that first thunderclap.
dagsays...Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)
*promote 188,000 viewers can't be wrong.
siftbotsays...Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Sunday, June 7th, 2009 5:34pm PDT - promote requested by dag.
Margie55says...I did this storm exercise at a teamwork workshop 40 years ago. My daughter did it at camp and I have seen children do it at school assemblies. It is not new nor is it the best version I have seen. In fact, it has been done to death! Ya need to get out more!
marciesays...I thought beginning the video with the simulation of a thunder storm and the rain was a fabulous novel idea which I thoroughly enjoyed. Then when the singing began, oh my! The harmony and dynamics gave me goose bumps.
Loved every minute of it. This choir did a super job of combining accapella singing with choreography.
Randomotionsays...This one of the BEST online music presentations I have seen. I love this group!
thepinkysays...Bah! Humbug!
Out of tune! Ear carnage! There are much better choral performances that can't even get sifted. I want to downvote on principle, but I'm trying to resist.
The rainstorm part is cool, but I've seen choirs do similar things many times. It's not all that inventive. The thunder was very well done, though.
irish818says...Terrific! That's all I can say! Terrific!
dagsays...Comment hidden because you are ignoring dag.(show it anyway)
460,000 viewers can't be wrong.
EndAllsays...Holy shit! Look at all those views!
ChamberDocsays...>> ^kulpims:
>> ^brycewi19:
The beatboxer does know that he doesn't have to make the drum motions with his hands to get those sounds, right?!
I'll tell him you said so — he's a friend of mine, we went to school together:)
And you can tell him (and the guys playing air guitar behind him) that I think he contributed materially to the success of the performance. I may not be a concert level performer like some who post here, but I know what makes the hair in the back of my neck stand up. I applauded here in the office!
siftbotsays...Tags for this video have been changed from 'music, acapella, a cappella, singing, live, cover, toto, perpetuum jazzile, africa' to 'acapella, a cappella, singing, perpetuum, jazzile, africa, rain, storm, rainstorm, clap' - edited by yoghurt
siftbotsays...Tags for this video have been changed from 'acapella, a cappella, singing, perpetuum, jazzile, africa, rain, storm, rainstorm, clap' to 'acapella, a cappella, toto, perpetuum, jazzile, africa, rain, storm, rainstorm, clap' - edited by yoghurt
Cookiesays...Its amazing to me that the people who feel the need to be so negative and nasty are usually the ones who have no talent for anything in their lives except to be that way. Instead of picking this apart, close your eyes and enjoy a group of people who are enjoying themselves. This is a lovely peice, no its not perfect, but nothing on earth is.
oldmode12says...I like it. I play it when I need an uplift. It is happy music and the choir looks like they are really are having a good time. Would like to hear more of them.
rocassays...The human creativity never ceases to amaze. Not the best choir, but as Cookie said this people are enjoying themself, lets join them and enjoy also this beautiful tune.
radxsays...*quality
siftbotsays...Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by radx.
rosekatsays...Would love an audio file of this...
kulpimssays...for all who love this choir, here's their website
dooglesays...Didn't know Elijah Wood was in a choir. He has talent.
lucky760says...*Quality! 807,517 viewers and 6,349 Facebookers can't be wrong.
siftbotsays...This video has already declared quality - ignoring quality request by lucky760.
lucky760says...Doh! It was already quality. I'll *doublepromote instead.
siftbotsays...Double-Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 12:42am PDT - doublepromote requested by lucky760.
radxsays...*length=6:18
siftbotsays...The duration of this video has been updated from unknown to 6:18 - length declared by radx.
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