I just absolutely loved this. Not just b/c I'm a music fan, but b/c these guys are fantastically good and creative with their a cappella performance. This is "Straight No Chaser," who performed this little dittie live at Indiana University in 1998. The production company who filmed it went out of business, but one of the original members of the group managed to track the previous owner down. Lucky for us, he still had an original copy of their performance.
Just in time for the holidays, here are the 12 Days of Christmas, like you've never heard them before.Merry, merry!
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Any Christmas melody that incorporates a parody of Toto's "Africa" in it deserves a few kudos. :)
WOW! FABULOUS! Thanks for sharing that, I loved it! I clapped and cheered for them, LOL.
It brought back a lot of memories. My brother is a singer and was in a similar a cappella group when he attended UW-Madison. They even recorded a CD. I must find it and listen to it now!...
oh, i did like that! and when they sang the part of the 12 days of christmas to the tune of "the carol of the bells" i got a huge smile on my face. it was lovely.
I LOVED THIS!!! I totally stole this from you!
mugsy - agreed! I laughed my butt off at that point. Well, not ALL of it.
kila - yes - you must find it, and share with us!
laurie - that was my favorite part, too - it is a tough song anyway, but with different words - amazing!
desert songbird - steal away! The more the merrier!
That was so much fun! WIsh I could download that version to my mp3 to listen to repeatedly. :)
I guess someday I'll give kids and Christmas will be mildly amusing again. :)
Oh this kicked ass! I LOVED it! I am with you and Laurie on the 12 days being sung to the carol of the bells!! Thanks for sharing!
Very, very impressive!
When I saw this post yesterday I just bypassed the clip thinking "yeah, yeah, 12 days, a cappella, big deal", I'm glad I decided to watch it today. Thanks.
That was great!
I bet it was just as fun to practice as it was to perform.
I wonder what all those guys are doing now.
I have seen this...but still watch it no matter where it appears...they were something else....
lisa's chaos - if I wasn't such a neophyte, I might be able to help. Maybe I should ask The Offspring - she can make this computer do everything but a backflip.
m@ - GIVE kids?? LOL!! Hey - I was in labor all Christmas Day - so yeah, what a GIFT!
kaytabug - I'm glad you enjoyed - and thanks for being a regular reader! In case you haven't noticed, I'm a horrible blog visitor. Fun Monday redeems me.
willowtree - I'm glad you liked it - I haven't checked out their other clips on YouTube, but I'm wondering...as I'm wandering...BTW, thanks for being the first to let people know that I can't blog everyday b/c I'm running a company. :-) Oh, and yeah, I'm married and trying to run and husband and child. Unsuccessfully.
karmyn r - I HOPE they are still singing. And NOT on that lame Choir reality show. Thank goodness Arkansas Songbird doesn't have TV - she would be horrified!
bond - have you seen them live?
That was pretty funny...and good!!
wonderful .. absolutely positively tanfastic.
loved it.
i LOVE these guys! they are amazing and it's just a beautiful group of voices all together.
sirdar - made me giggle!
pamela - glad you enjoyed it! It's my gift to blog-land.
daily piglet - Agreed, and I think these fellows are actually better than the current group.
NO NO...never live...but the clip is floating around the bloggosphere and i have seen it on other sites...but it is fan-tabuloso (talking to you in italian, because I am betting that is what you are!) ciao bella hehehehehe
bond - I was about to be insanely jealous! I can't wait to get that test - the Italian woman in my office will be MORTIFIED if we have the same ancestry!
I enjoyed that, glad I came over for a visit and caught up with your posts.
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