FRED - 1997 International Quartet Semifinal

Comedy quartet FRED, from Marietta, GA brought home the silver medal at the 1997 Int'l Quartet Contest in Indianapolis.

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  • @paullyboy
    @paullyboy11 жыл бұрын

    That was back right after Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield's ear in a boxing match. FRED did that gag in the set the previous day. The lead got "mad" at the tenor and bit his ear. So the tenor wore a band-aid on it.

  • @joshuawiener820
    @joshuawiener8208 жыл бұрын

    "The Dixie distrik" gets me every time

  • @MrWuChung
    @MrWuChung3 жыл бұрын

    I miss FRED. They don't make quartets like this anymore.

  • @Wahl95
    @Wahl952 жыл бұрын

    The chord on “ERFD” at 2:12 is LOCKED.

  • @jqd5
    @jqd511 жыл бұрын

    I got to meet the baritone at my hotel this year for the regional competition. A very nice and funny guy, and of course a great performer.

  • @bleu_fever
    @bleu_fever2 жыл бұрын

    I’d do anything to see them perform live

  • @rogerdotlee
    @rogerdotlee13 жыл бұрын

    Why did this not make it on to the 'Putting the HA in Harmony' DVD? This is CLASSIC Pookie and CLASSIC FRED!

  • @guibox3
    @guibox312 жыл бұрын

    I had the privilege back in 2008 to sing Tenor in a polecat with FRED at a teacher's convention they performed at! I approached the bass after the show and told him I was a barbershop director and we went into the foyer to find the other guys so we could sing together. I held my own really well but I was panicking that I would screw it up!! What a great bunch of guys!

  • @CatOfBlue
    @CatOfBlue12 жыл бұрын

    I've heard it stands for, well, "Four Really Enormous"....

  • @lifeontheledgerlines8394

    @lifeontheledgerlines8394

    5 жыл бұрын

    Dinosaurs.

  • @johncarlson725

    @johncarlson725

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes they are!

  • @bleu_fever

    @bleu_fever

    2 жыл бұрын

    LMAO

  • @mrblue1768

    @mrblue1768

    3 ай бұрын

    Dudes

  • @thepalmettostatesmen4363
    @thepalmettostatesmen436311 жыл бұрын

    Having watched their rise from the beginning it the Dixie District, the best answer we ever got was it stands for FRED! A comedy quartet of four really enthusiatic dudes that sing fanasticaly well. Three of them sang together in various other comedy quatets before the bass joined them. They have always been very entertaining. Wally Stewart

  • @douglas2437

    @douglas2437

    6 жыл бұрын

    Was it pure happenstance that you typed out 'Four Really Enthusiastic Dudes'? Hah

  • @JeffSegroves7
    @JeffSegroves712 жыл бұрын

    These guys bring happiness

  • @guibox3
    @guibox34 жыл бұрын

    I got to sing tenor in a tag with them at a teacher's convention they sang for back in 2008. Man, I've never been so nervous in my life. Ha ha! 'Sweet and Lovely' actually! What an awesome experience!

  • @batmanrox1818
    @batmanrox181813 жыл бұрын

    Was not sure what to expect when I was sent this, but comedy gold!

  • @johnmclaughlin1946

    @johnmclaughlin1946

    3 ай бұрын

    I'm loving it also

  • @mattdre88
    @mattdre8813 жыл бұрын

    Love the inappropriate major 3rds!

  • @SamMichael
    @SamMichael12 жыл бұрын

    wow. i wish i could see these guys live!!!!

  • @JuanitaStone
    @JuanitaStone11 жыл бұрын

    These guys are awesome in person!

  • @MrStraponJr
    @MrStraponJr9 жыл бұрын

    Why does this not have more view?

  • @Jackman24601
    @Jackman2460111 жыл бұрын

    Seeing this comment before I remembered the context just made my day. And even after I remembered the context, I'm still laughing.

  • @quanticoyoungmarines2591
    @quanticoyoungmarines25917 жыл бұрын

    Awesome!

  • @laithghattas1632
    @laithghattas16326 жыл бұрын

    2:28 my favourite part. Absolute geniuses

  • @gammer0016
    @gammer001610 жыл бұрын

    They should have won that year :D but I don´t regret that, because otherwise, they wouldn´t have shown us their extraordinary performance next two years...

  • @pisslizard01

    @pisslizard01

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's how I feel about them, Gas House Gang and Keepsake. Keepsake totally should've won in '91 and GHG in '92, but, since they were both robbed of the title in those years, they came back with even better material.

  • @PockASqueeno
    @PockASqueeno7 ай бұрын

    That first song just shows their incredible talent. They manage to hit every note and blend perfectly, with perfect choreography, and also keep things hilarious without laughing once.

  • @lindaodle3952
    @lindaodle39522 жыл бұрын

    Love FRED! ♥️❤️💚

  • @EddieFonzarelli
    @EddieFonzarelli11 жыл бұрын

    I need more FRED. Theres this, '98 '99, a 2000 performance, I got Rhythm and Loves old sweet song. Where are the goods at?

  • @SierraAshton
    @SierraAshton12 жыл бұрын

    PELVIC THRUST!!! xD That made my day. My barbershop group just competed in Harmony Explosion and we placed! Thats ya'll for paving the path

  • @johnmclaughlin1946
    @johnmclaughlin19463 ай бұрын

    I could listen to narrator for ever

  • @williamadolphe5939
    @williamadolphe593911 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant!!!!!!!!

  • @theshugchannel
    @theshugchannel10 жыл бұрын

    Genius!

  • @LtsSng1
    @LtsSng18 жыл бұрын

    New Attitude sang sigh them at Intl. One year.. What fun ! Stephen NA Qtet

  • @Skyfan1000
    @Skyfan10009 жыл бұрын

    What wonderful, fun memories!

  • @chrislinton6606
    @chrislinton66069 жыл бұрын

    Great routine!!

  • @MsTosaKim
    @MsTosaKim9 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic.... love em!

  • @Jackman24601
    @Jackman2460112 жыл бұрын

    Damn right! I've come back about 8 times just so I could keep giving your comment thumbs up xD

  • @steveziki
    @steveziki4 ай бұрын

    Legendary! So fun to be able to call them friends! Ya goofballs!

  • @Violadude96
    @Violadude9612 жыл бұрын

    this is amazing!!!!!!

  • @ItsDaveTweats
    @ItsDaveTweats12 жыл бұрын

    FERD DERF ED ERFD RDEF FDER DFRE 3 The many scrambled versions of FRED

  • @borisvandruff7532

    @borisvandruff7532

    6 жыл бұрын

    Dave Tweats No REFD, though. Or FRDE.

  • @eldiablo1000

    @eldiablo1000

    6 жыл бұрын

    And from their 2011 AIC set... F!!!

  • @09terd
    @09terd10 жыл бұрын

    this is legit

  • @borisvandruff7532

    @borisvandruff7532

    6 жыл бұрын

    FRED DERF Best. Username. Ever. For this comment.

  • @brendapetersen364
    @brendapetersen3646 жыл бұрын

    Love it!

  • @kasiaraholmes904
    @kasiaraholmes90412 жыл бұрын

    LOL! These guys r freakin' funny!

  • @jeffjeff136
    @jeffjeff13610 жыл бұрын

    joe has the best bass ever

  • @kateschroth3304
    @kateschroth33042 ай бұрын

    I was there!!! At The Convention!

  • @Thaulopi
    @Thaulopi10 жыл бұрын

    What a pity that this America has disappeared for-ever!

  • @jazzjohnson6

    @jazzjohnson6

    7 жыл бұрын

    our current economy doesn't permit a renaissance. everyones too broke to spend time to perfect an art

  • @dkpygman
    @dkpygman12 жыл бұрын

    @rogerdotlee It made the VHS tape.....I'm surprised it's not on the DVD....maybe I'm showing my age by pointing that out....sorry.

  • @luciferlived666
    @luciferlived66611 жыл бұрын

    fuckn great!

  • @USAbootie
    @USAbootie8 жыл бұрын

    Get over here you idiot! 😂 Gets me everytime

  • @221mime
    @221mime11 жыл бұрын

    yay

  • @brannoncpa
    @brannoncpa12 жыл бұрын

    Come to Johns Creek High School next Saturday May 12th. Check out the Atlanta Vocal Project web-site.

  • @EddieFonzarelli
    @EddieFonzarelli11 жыл бұрын

    well there '96 but the static on the video is deafening

  • @rogerdotlee
    @rogerdotlee13 жыл бұрын

    (where 'this' being the second number of this set, of course...)

  • @RMunderscore01234
    @RMunderscore0123411 жыл бұрын

    Well.. it was in the 90's, I am not really sure what you are expecting.

  • @TheSsAaRrAa5000
    @TheSsAaRrAa500012 жыл бұрын

    Is that what "FRED" actually stands for? cause I really want to know now :P

  • @bdhsingfish
    @bdhsingfish11 жыл бұрын

    rick bit him in the quarterfinals

  • @CODRD
    @CODRD11 жыл бұрын

    Does it stand for "Four Really Enormous Dinosaurs"?

  • @lifeontheledgerlines8394

    @lifeontheledgerlines8394

    5 жыл бұрын

    Why not?

  • @GaninIsMyName
    @GaninIsMyName7 жыл бұрын

    what's the second set called?

  • @BHentertaining
    @BHentertaining11 жыл бұрын

    LMAO!!!!!

  • @HEEEERESxFREDDY
    @HEEEERESxFREDDY11 жыл бұрын

    my names fred

  • @rogerdotlee
    @rogerdotlee12 жыл бұрын

    @bbstenor419 It appears that earlier in the show, he lost a bit of it. Now whether this is a parody of Mike Tyson's antics or supporting tomfoolery from an earlier part of the show, I don't know.

  • @ShotTower1
    @ShotTower111 жыл бұрын

    They sort of remind me of laurel and hardy.

  • @InkawgNeetoh
    @InkawgNeetoh12 жыл бұрын

    Ahahahaha "Ferd" XD

  • @mike129995
    @mike12999511 жыл бұрын

    Rick Bit him in the quarterfinals.

  • @bayonnetenor
    @bayonnetenor11 жыл бұрын

    What is that thing on Pookie's ear?

  • @pedro23895
    @pedro2389511 жыл бұрын

    torrente? que haces ahí?

  • @lingimagz
    @lingimagz11 жыл бұрын

    SLIVER?!?! Sorry came here by accident

  • @lukesbiblevideos
    @lukesbiblevideos7 жыл бұрын

    Did the tenor get replaced in the later group?

  • @Spalonebabbaguscooties

    @Spalonebabbaguscooties

    6 жыл бұрын

    no

  • @PockASqueeno
    @PockASqueenoАй бұрын

    What’s the name of the first song?

  • @SamMichael
    @SamMichael12 жыл бұрын

    im busy saturday :/ darn

  • @LiveFromWonderland
    @LiveFromWonderland11 жыл бұрын

    Yes you do. Look up the Finnish Association of Barbershop Singers.

  • @Peronioz
    @Peronioz11 жыл бұрын

    At what time? they change positions all the time.

  • @mike129995
    @mike12999511 жыл бұрын

    It was probably just part of the act.

  • @EddieFonzarelli
    @EddieFonzarelli11 жыл бұрын

    the tall fella?

  • @bdhsingfish
    @bdhsingfish12 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @RMunderscore01234
    @RMunderscore0123411 жыл бұрын

    Ducks, right?

  • @georgefleming2423
    @georgefleming242310 жыл бұрын

    haha

  • @Wahl95
    @Wahl958 жыл бұрын

    What's up with the thing on the tenor's ear?

  • @rocketman544

    @rocketman544

    8 жыл бұрын

    I think it's a reference to Mike Tyson biting off Evander Holyfield's ear, which happened shortly before this concert.

  • @strayster2

    @strayster2

    7 жыл бұрын

    I think it's actually a reference to a previous time that FRED was at this competition, one of the other members did something to his ear.

  • @rocketman544

    @rocketman544

    7 жыл бұрын

    .....that makes a lot more sense. :-D

  • @EddieFonzarelli

    @EddieFonzarelli

    7 жыл бұрын

    i heard it was the tyson-holyfield thing too, but it doesn't add up 100%

  • @otownsoundchorus

    @otownsoundchorus

    7 жыл бұрын

    When did Mike Tyson bite Holyfield?On June 28, 1997, Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield fought in Las Vegas in one of the most anticipated rematches in heavyweight boxing history. Holyfield was the defending world champion after he had shocked Tyson seven months earlier in an 11th-round knockout.

  • @mananachokhonelidze8986
    @mananachokhonelidze89862 жыл бұрын

  • @codduckypond
    @codduckypond12 жыл бұрын

    God i hate it when people clap before they end the chord. You have to let the chord ring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @justinanderson4497
    @justinanderson44977 жыл бұрын

    so what's the firework joke about?

  • @gammer0016

    @gammer0016

    7 жыл бұрын

    are you deaf? :D how he stomps it sounds like fireworks - you should also know original song "NAT KING COLE L-O-V-E" to properly enjoy this ;)

  • @otownsoundchorus

    @otownsoundchorus

    7 жыл бұрын

    In 1997 when they were competing in Atlanta GA, the entire final quartet session was delayed because it was the 4th of July and there were fireworks going off in the Olympic Village ( from 1996). That is what the joke refers to, this amazing quartet adlibbed that line while waiting backstage for their turn to sing.

  • @jaymerjaymer

    @jaymerjaymer

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@otownsoundchorus That is totally incorrect. I was at this performance, and a member of the performing Big Chicken Chorus. It WAS the 4th of July, but it was in Indianapolis. Literally, the contest took a break and encouraged the audience to go outside and watch the fireworks in downtown. FRED appeared after the break.

  • @theduhdee
    @theduhdee11 жыл бұрын

    Dunderheads?

  • @bjaurdryy
    @bjaurdryy3 жыл бұрын

    Goofy

  • @l4dfanatic11
    @l4dfanatic1111 жыл бұрын

    i think the word you may be looking for is "doo-wops"... also enourmous doesnt fit....enigmatic perhaps??

  • @ButtplugMcGee
    @ButtplugMcGee11 жыл бұрын

    jesus this runs about 6 minutes too long. also could those pants be any more 90s

  • @craigrfoley
    @craigrfoley11 жыл бұрын

    Creepy