Barbershop has to be the most underrated music genre of all time, i genuinly dont see how you can NOT like it

@buckhorncortez

9 ай бұрын

Yeah...everything today is somehow "underrated"...soon, I'll be hearing that the Grand Canyon is underrated as a hole in the ground...

@ImMacke3000

9 ай бұрын

@@buckhorncortez using the term "underrated" is in fact, underrated

@Msfifisquarepantz

9 ай бұрын

It’s not under-rated. It’s not rated at all.

@22knightx

9 ай бұрын

Because most of today's singers only know "harmoniser" pedals and auto tune

@kindaterriblegamer3605

9 ай бұрын

When I introduce my friends to barbershop, they always really enjoy it right until Vocal Spectrum holds the last chord for 20 seconds

I LOVE that the modern song that they open with is heading on for a quarter of a century old already.

@tactileslut

9 ай бұрын

and they second-to-end with one from about 40 years ago.

@garynordeen4296

9 ай бұрын

which one was that@@tactileslut

@laurag7295

9 ай бұрын

One needs to wait until the music is there to buy, not always fast, and then someone has to arrange it into barbershop!

@JScaranoMusic

9 ай бұрын

Thriller was released 41 years ago, 32 years before All About That Bass.

@kaiyotee2475

9 ай бұрын

Wait is that a coyote profile picture? We are siblings in spirit.

"All about that bass" actually sounded right as a barbershop quartet.

@sherisouth5963

Ай бұрын

Myron? Is that you?😂

@kenetickups6146

4 күн бұрын

Better than the original

I know a guy who has sung competitive barbershop. He's an amazing Tenor. Singing this level of barbershop is NOT easy. A lot of technique, skill, practice and talent on loan from God. It's a wonderful a fun musical art form.

@DonMachado

9 ай бұрын

My dad had several quartets in the 50's and 60's and singing lead, went to international competition with two of them; The Statesmen placed 5th two years in a row, and The Wizards placed 9th. I loved being a barbershop family, we got to go and do so many things growing up.

@Msfifisquarepantz

9 ай бұрын

It is fun. Harmony is a true gift from heaven

@ellaluna5514

9 ай бұрын

God!!! 😂😂😂

@KaylaMoont

9 ай бұрын

My elementary music teacher was, and as far as I know, still is in a barbershop shop quartet, and he got top ten in a worldwide contest once, he was my favorite teacher

@ellaluna5514

9 ай бұрын

@@Michael-ho7iq 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

I've sung everything from hymns and classical to madrigal and modern music, and I can tell you categorically that this style is immensely technically difficult. It requires very strong vocal physiology, prefect pitch, a precise "ear" able to overcome acoustically variant venues... That these guys are able to make it look easy is testament to an extremely highly honed of skill and talent. SERIOUS PROPS.

@alistairwall5470

9 ай бұрын

(And they didn't even win this year)

@bragtime1052

5 ай бұрын

​@@alistairwall5470they won in 2017 and once you win, your quartet can't compete anymore (though individual members can compete in other quartets).

@Dancestar1981

5 ай бұрын

They’re wonderful

@alistairwall5470

3 ай бұрын

@@bragtime1052Yes, I am aware. I meant they didn’t win in the year of the video, which was 2015.

@ginabalestracci140

Ай бұрын

It doesn't require Perfect Pitch, but you need to listen like mad (the precise ear). My dad was heavily into competitive barbershop when I was a kid, so I've heard a LOT of it.

This was ear candy and comedy genius at the same time. I have to say thank you for random KZread scrolling because this popped up and absolutely made my afternoon! I can't wait to hear more. ❤

@jlidean3541

9 ай бұрын

The voice control along with the emotive performance is top, doing facial comedy and to sing at this level chefs kiss.

@unseelie63

9 ай бұрын

I was random scrolling as well and HAD to check it out.Worth it!

@brianaschmidt910

9 ай бұрын

Same

@snsnplpl

9 ай бұрын

Then you will like 'Newfangled Four'

@lynndhering1218

9 ай бұрын

@@snsnplpl I'll be sure to check them out. Thank you for the recommendation. :)

2:09 Oops I Did It Again - Brittney Spears 2:25 Bye, Bye, Bye! - NSYNC 3:00 So What - P!NK 3:39 Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars 6:14 Poker Face - Lady Gaga 6:25 Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 6:31 All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor 6:43 Gangnam Style - PSY 6:53 Thriller - Michael Jackson

People don't understand how hard some of these harmonies are... Fantastic work, performers

These groups' harmony is always spectacular, and I love the fact that they can make fun of themselves.

The truly amazing thing to me is that Barbershop is the only style of a cappella music that is not pitch corrected. Even my favorites (Pentatonix and Home Free) have their releases pitch-corrected to death.

@K.RobertRichardson

Ай бұрын

Tell me that your experience with the canon of a cappella music is extremely limited without telling me it's extremely limited.

I like how, even at the time, most of these weren't really modern songs.

@TrumpetMeta

10 ай бұрын

They keep saying "20 years from now" and there's a 32 year gap between the oldest and newest song they include lol

@michaeltulus4582

10 ай бұрын

Tbf it kinda makes sense: in 15 years, people that's teen when the songs came out, will be parents of teenagers themselves (+ Thriller, but that song is ageless and there'll always be MJ fans whatever the age)

@VincentLowe

9 ай бұрын

Seems like this was made about three or four years ago. The point is good. In the seventies, Happy Days was hot. In the 90s, the hit was That Seventies Show. That pattern recurs

@SonofSethoitae

9 ай бұрын

Probably because this is from 2015

@user-dm1tv6nl2e

9 ай бұрын

Believe that's by competition requirement

Their annunciation is incredible and their harmony is unreal ! Respect!

@kathrynmolesa1641

7 ай бұрын

Enunciation

@miriamrobarts

6 ай бұрын

@@kathrynmolesa1641 Well, my dictionary includes this "formal or archaic" definition: "the announcement of something", so technically it also applies.

@kathrynmolesa1641

6 ай бұрын

@@miriamrobarts 😅

@miriamrobarts

6 ай бұрын

@@kathrynmolesa1641 Always enunciate any annunciations. 🙃😄

@believingisseeing

4 ай бұрын

Youre deaf 😂

I love all these transcriptions they make for incredible teaching aids

The final chord had a SCREAMING D# overtone (major third over the tenor)! Wow!

@jospenner9503

10 ай бұрын

That's B for Barbershop.

@sherisouth5963

Ай бұрын

I've known how to read music for many years, but I'm not familiar with barbershop lingo (in spite of the fact that I, a woman, once filled in singing in a men's quartet!). When you talk about overtones, are you talking about the high note you can "hear" even though no one is singing it?

@OrbiliusMagister

Ай бұрын

@@sherisouth5963 Exactly.

Also ironic that barbershop was once considered ultra modern pop music. Or the equivalent. It was the stuff that made the old time music seem stuffy and outdated. It was what people were singing. At least some of it.

My father loved and sang barbershop with his father and brothers. He would play his Buffalo Bills records, and we would sing along at home, which is how I learned to sing. Sadly he is gone now, but I found his old competition badge in his dresser drawer, and I kept it. Your performance was outstanding and brought a happy tear to my eye. Thank you!

@fuzzipariah

9 ай бұрын

The Buffalo Bills were wonderful in The Music Man.

@kathimorrical9912

9 ай бұрын

We sang barbershop in high school choir. As separate groups AND as a choir. Such fun. Close harmonies, done correctly still gives me chils

There should be a 'Love' button. Outstanding vocals. These guys are awesome !

@reallyfreakingoodvideogame468

Ай бұрын

Well said!

my family knows some of these guys! we made friends with some of the dapper dans at disney world years ago, and “main street” is one of the group names they use when performing outside of disney! they’re all such fantastic guys

@robertmac7833

9 ай бұрын

When was this video recorded?

@BonnieBuggie

9 ай бұрын

@@robertmac7833 2015!

@frocat5163

9 ай бұрын

I was in high school choir with the bass. His dad was our choir teacher.

@katherineroland6008

6 ай бұрын

@@robertmac7833This is from about 8 years ago.

@MistahRankin

Ай бұрын

The Dapper Dans (all of them) have been incredible. I think I met the baritone when I was there a while back (or there was a guy that looked like him). Barbershop's the bomb.

These guys just killed it. In every way. Lovely and so, so funny.

@K.RobertRichardson

Ай бұрын

In every way ... including "overkill."

These gents are perfection! I used to sing with Sweet Adelines. I was quite young (late teens) and musically nerdy, but was welcomed whole-heartedly. Difficult stuff, and also beyond fun. When you hear the overtones ringing, you know you've nailed it!

Classic, goofy barbershop routine; great singing with a killer tag at the end 👏👏👏👏

Barbershop is the frosted 4- tier - and -a- topper -wedding -cake -of vocal music.

Oh god. I just realized that we might get kpop songs in the future. It will definitely be interesting to see in 20 years.

@wachamcaulid

9 ай бұрын

Would be interesting for a non-Korean speaking group to do (in a phonetic approach) 🤔

That was awesome! I worked at Walt Disney World for 3 years and because I worked on Main Street, I was blessed to be sung to many times by the Barber Shop Quartet. It was definitely one of the perks of working there.

Oh my word. I'm giving these guys a standing ovation here in my kitchen. Talented in voice, creativity, humor. 💕💕 Wow.

And not one, not two but four songs were also part of Weird Al’s polka medleys! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

They should throw in a “Stop. Hammertime” at the end.

That was most certainly the bomb yo

When you realize that most of those songs ARE already 20 years old 😑

The sheet music/lyrics increased my enjoyment!

"Wow" doesn't even begin to explain how excellent that was put together. My most sincere thank-you for singing, editing, and posting this video, and sharing it with everyone who has the pleasure of seeing and or hearing it.

It just popped up on my KZread channel and I am so glad that it did! I sang barbershop harmony for 15 years and truly enjoyed it. Thanks for putting this on.!

Q: What's it like to be wife or partner of a barber shop quartet singer? There has to be a book here ... Edit: I can't imagine marrying a guy like this without having a DEEP sense of humor.

@shmataboro8634

9 ай бұрын

@josepherdhart164....after we divorced my ex-husband changed jobs, move to the big city and joined a barbershop group. I always thought his timing was perfect.

@josepherhardt164

9 ай бұрын

@@shmataboro8634 Did you ever see him perform?

@susancunningham5847

9 ай бұрын

My son sings barbershop and his wife loves it. It's like a big family.

@MaydayAggro

9 ай бұрын

My ex-wife sang barbershop, and then started using fake "competition weekends" to have an affair.

@josepherhardt164

9 ай бұрын

@@MaydayAggro Faking a competition is quite a trick. Or did she say she was going to the competition and then just went elsewhere? And you don't go to a competition by yourself--you need the other three people. Anyway, it sounds like a bit of a shaky excuse or ploy.

I really enjoyed being able to read along with the sheet music for this. That was cool. Very good video. :)

@kathleenking47

9 ай бұрын

It sounds 1950s

Well it looks like I found the Rabbit Hole of youtube again

These guys need to be at the Grammys or something. This is awesome.

Myron's happy little nod when the last chord locks always gets me

@kathleenking47

9 ай бұрын

In the 1920s...it was old, until Four freshmen and others brought it back after big bands

Loved the barbershop quartet in the Music Man.

@josepherhardt164

10 ай бұрын

Hey, ya gotta know the territory!

@patricialynn6327

10 ай бұрын

The Buffalo Bills

I love this so much. My dad sang in a chorus when I was young, and I grew up with barbershop music. I remember going to his practices when I was around 4 years old. His barber was actually in the chorus, and he went to him up until the barber couldn’t cut hair anymore. I even had the barber’s quartet sing at my wedding. My dad passed away 3.5 years ago, and barbershop will always have a special place in my heart.

That last note…. *chef’s kiss*

I used to love to listen to the Osmond brothers sing Barber Shop… so glad I found this 🙂

These guys are always incredible. My chorus teacher made sure all of us boys were able to compete for spots in any Barbershop Festival in the state, or close. I couldn't be more thankful for that. Mrs.Sanborn for the win!

@teresapretelt9494

3 ай бұрын

Hey, someone else also commented about Mr. Sanborn @lindacaldwell6251

I've always loved Barbershop Quartet style. The harmonizing is absolutely incredible.

I'm glad you're transcribing all the "classics" of barbershop KZread! (There's a small irony in referring to these vids as classics in the context of this specific performance lol)

This was so much fun to watch. Great job, guys. Perfect humor and notes!

As one who used to sing barbershop (lead and baritone) I love the genre. You did such a great job with these arrangements, and your singing was perfect. Loved this video, and now following.

Pretty amazing. My dad sang barbershop music for many years. My sister and I considered ourselves “barbershop brats” since we LIVED in it so much! Lol

Truly talented singers and it was awesome how they incorporated new pop songs in this set. Very entertaining!!

I love the idea and presentation, but the harmonies are just out of this world. Thank you.

Just happened upon this, and it made me long for the days when I and my Grandpa sang with barbershop chorus out of Cincinnati. Absolutely brilliant. Love and respect.

Thank you for your hard work

@jasonfieler

10 ай бұрын

No problem!

Barber shizzle. 😂

That last note is fantastic!

This gives me so much hope in humanity.

Nothing like four guys perfectly harmonizing and funny, too. 😅😅

Bravo bravo bravo! Wonderful! What a performance! So creative. They took everything from modernity but made it at skillfully barbershop. Again bravo! One of the most enjoyable performances I've seen in quite a while.

Amazing!! I love barbershop! I worked at a pizza parlor had tocal barbershoppers come in every Tuesdsy night after practice and they would sing while they had a few beers. It was great! These guys are amazing!!

Not even 10 years and people are looking back at these songs in nostalgia

In a recent (rerun) of Emergency (TV show) the crew entered a barbershop singing contest and took a trophy for best comedy act!

thank you for this gem, haven't seen the original video in a long time and greatly appreciate the transcription to the masterpiece

Barbershop has always been beyond impressive to me and these four incredibly gifted and hilarious gentlemen were such a delight! I would listen to pop if they were the ones singing the songs. Absolute perfection. 👏👏👏👏

Two very amused thumbs up👍👍for this inventive and humorous take on today’s hits by these barbershop harmonizers!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟Keep on singing,fellas!!! Very,very well done!!!🌟🌟🌟🌟Superb beyond belief!!!

I laughed so hard at the into to uptown funk 😂😂😂 This is fabulous 🤩😍

Our chorus teacher was Mr. Sanborn in Michigan and was my favorite class! Loved it dearly. These guys are great!

Have been a barbershop fan all my life. Sang in one group for a short time, but have been in choirs most of my life. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!

That was so clever and fun to watch! Awesome!

Thank you sidebar algorithm, for giving my my evening laugh XD

I feel like some of the people in the comments dont know that this song is already kinda old. I remember watching these guys sing this years ago. Thats why some of the songs are already "old". Anyways, love these guys!

Wow, what talent these guys have!

My dad was a tenor in barbershop since he was 18. He has been gone for 14 years now but I still like barbershop

Main Street! These guys are awesome! My husband is a baritone in barbershop! This style of music is so underrated! It’s SO good!

Love it - including the printed music is a nice touch - thanks!

this is the first barbershop video I ever watched, so nice to see it again!

@JoelERea

10 ай бұрын

This will be the good old 1ˢᵗ Barbershop video you ever saw, 20 years from now.

THAT WAS AWESOME!!! Love a good barbershop any day , any year - forever !! Timeless !!

I completely lost it at Uptown funk. I almost spat my cereals and fell from the chair. Not only they sang it close to perfection, they managed some funny interludes while not losing pitch and ending on the high note. Barbershop at its finest.

Excellent. I noticed the "Barbershop Harmony Society" backdrop, a change that I was not aware of until now though I see that technically it's still the SPEBSQSA (admittedly not always a catchy title) 😅 Anyway, five decades ago I had the pleasure of belonging to a local chapter with my Dad for a few years, and it was a wonderful fellowship that I wish lots of young men could try. As Cervantes said "He who sings frightens away his ills."

@pepamicro

9 ай бұрын

“Quien canta sus males espanta” how true!! ❤ this popular saying is even older than Cervantes, he took it for his Don Quixote… and it is still widely used in Spain and Latin American countries!! Sing and chase your worries away

@valkasolidor6727

9 ай бұрын

@@pepamicro Thank you for sharing this 😃

Very well done. Performers are great, but also, the arrangement. Whoever arranged it (created the barbershop adaptations we're seeing recited) knows how to make things sound good. It goes to show - knowing how to arrange it is more important than good songwriting! Or alternatively, it's the most important aspect _of_ songwriting. Even a dumb song can be arranged to sound good anyway.

Two words: Postmodern jukebox

Great job guys. I love barbershop harmonies...especially when they get creative.

This is actually one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. Barbershop is one of my absolute FAVORITES

I've watched this so many times and it never gets old! The fact that they put what was then current songs into a barbershop format was genius. The only out of place song was Thriller.

They picked fantastic songs!!😄 All my faves!

I did Barbershop in High School. This was great.

@kathleenking47

9 ай бұрын

I've heard people had barbershop quartets..because, barbers used to do more than cutting hair They were makeshift doctors without decent anesthesia. Hence, the striped poles Singing would block out screams

Wow... Barbershops are definitely under-rated.

Thank you so much for including the score. Those are just super arrangements. Terrific singing and the tenor could have been on the Opera stage.

I love barbershop! Always have. Harmony is king.

I appreciate the entertainment value of this clip.

I'm so unhip that I didn't recognize any of the new stuff until MJ's Thriller. Thanks Guys, you were great!

@quentinquogamoddy1999

9 ай бұрын

I did catch a little of 'NSYNC's "Bye, Bye, Bye" and the hat raising was reminiscent of their Mad Sq Gardens performance video. But that was it. I guess the rest were hip hop songs.

@M_SC

9 ай бұрын

@@quentinquogamoddy1999no they were not

@ZeHoSmusician

9 ай бұрын

@@quentinquogamoddy1999 , @williamjones7163 : 2:10 Britney Spears - Oops!... I Did It Again 6:14 Lady Gaga - Poker Face 6:24 Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger 6:31 Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass (Pop / Hip Hop crossover) 6:42 Psy - Gangnam Style (first video on YT to get a billion views, back in 2012) 6:52 MJ - Thriller

@quentinquogamoddy1999

9 ай бұрын

@@M_SC I stand corrected. 🙂

@quentinquogamoddy1999

9 ай бұрын

@@ZeHoSmusician Thanks. Songs I don't know and only 3 of the 6 artists I know, but don't much for their music. I'm more into jazz and blues.

Gotta love Main Street!

OMG. Thriller reference. There's a KZread channel called "There I ruined it" which has Michael Jackson's "Bad" done in bluegrass. WORTH SEEING!

Still better then the Original. First time i can listen to the Songs without Headaches

That was absolutely fantastic. Thank y'all so very much! ♥️♥️♥️👍👍😁😁😁

Thanks for taking me back to my youth! LOVE this!

My dad did stuff like this in the 90's. I miss this kind of music.

Favorite song in the year 2024. Praying I get to see you live one day

WAY BACK WHEN (1980's, early?) I participated in a chess tournament held in Fredericksburg, Va. Unbeknownst to me, there was also a barber shop quartet contest going on, at the same time, in the same hotel. All times of the day or night, you could go out into the hallways and hear quartets practicing their oeuvres. Yes, I did win a minor trophy. :)

I'm totally loving that you post the arrangement, so that musicians like me can follow it. Incredible talent...

WOW!!! THEY ARE. AWESOME!!! 🥳😃😍😘 So talented to sing like that! And that last chord--even through the lousy speakers of my earbuds--I could feel the meshing of their harmony! Beautiful!!! BRAVO, DUDES!!!!!👏👏

It's so nice to watch another performance by this group. They are (were?) truly among the very best and SOOOO FUNNY as well. Extremely difficult close harmony requiring great ears, voices and concentration and many, many hours of work.

@alistairwall5470

3 ай бұрын

Yeah I don’t think they’ve done loads since winning in 2017, although Tony has a new quartet with his son called 3 1/2 Men who are very good

Listening with my jaw dropped on the account of how professional they are! ❤❤❤