The King's Singers - Down To The River To Pray

From Byrd To The Beatles

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  • @CrimsonFountainofYou
    @CrimsonFountainofYou13 жыл бұрын

    The purity of their voices and their control is absolutely amazing.

  • @Sylvanas590
    @Sylvanas59013 жыл бұрын

    The highest tenor on the left is absolutely astounding. Wonderful.

  • @Wire_Mother
    @Wire_Mother7 жыл бұрын

    I used to listen to the King's Singers when I was about 8 years old... Truly inspirational!

  • @Hirome_Satou
    @Hirome_Satou11 жыл бұрын

    David's voice is simply beautiful. There's no other word for it.

  • @daintyWatch
    @daintyWatch14 жыл бұрын

    best version of this song I've ever heard ! Fabulous !

  • @alaincastonguay8374
    @alaincastonguay83748 жыл бұрын

    I love that song, heard it for the first time from Alison Krause in "O brother where art thou'?", film made by Ethan & Joel Coen. This version is awesome!

  • @bertiersgurl246
    @bertiersgurl24611 жыл бұрын

    BABY CHRIS GABBITAS. Omg that is so adorable! And he's singing so high.

  • @Jackman24601
    @Jackman2460111 жыл бұрын

    Has anyone noticed how, in pretty much all of Philip's arrangements, he gives himself a solo every time? I mean, I love him, and the group, and his arrangements, I just felt it was worth mentioning...

  • @VanSensei
    @VanSensei12 жыл бұрын

    They have a phenomenal blend, oh my God...

  • @ralstonmonster1
    @ralstonmonster111 жыл бұрын

    love this version :)

  • @mawithaxdd
    @mawithaxdd8 жыл бұрын

    I love listening to males that can sing soprano and falsetto. It's so interesting to hear them go that high.

  • @Robin06190
    @Robin0619014 жыл бұрын

    very beautiful

  • @markapaden
    @markapaden15 жыл бұрын

    1 of my favorite songs!

  • @TheStrappingLad
    @TheStrappingLad13 жыл бұрын

    2:00 gave me serious goosebumps. Awesome!

  • @iggy1589
    @iggy158914 жыл бұрын

    dude on the right next to vanilla ice looked like mr bean!! lol i agree i could not stop laughing

  • @diggingdon
    @diggingdon13 жыл бұрын

    Perfect !!

  • @Mariki6002
    @Mariki600214 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Oetjepoef...

  • @lawqq
    @lawqq14 жыл бұрын

    i love the bass

  • @NoliMeTangere1163
    @NoliMeTangere11635 жыл бұрын

    Oh Lordy, men. You know I love you. I even sung with you, once. You gotta give us those American vowels. This piece doesn't want an iota of High Brit.

  • @Jackman24601
    @Jackman2460111 жыл бұрын

    Their blend is PHENOMINAL. If you listen really hard, you can hear him when it's just the trio at 0:54, but he's sandwiched inbetween Paul and David, so it's quite hard!

  • @belindedireds
    @belindedireds13 жыл бұрын

    Meraviglioso.

  • @MrAgent7307
    @MrAgent730711 жыл бұрын

    the first tenor is so cute...

  • @MrpositiveArt

    @MrpositiveArt

    7 жыл бұрын

    THEY ARE ALLLL CUTE BRO

  • @danielvs7080
    @danielvs70803 жыл бұрын

    nice!!!

  • @ace2044
    @ace204414 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Bean is my fav

  • @Sabrefrix
    @Sabrefrix11 жыл бұрын

    Dat bass!!!!!!!

  • @SuburbanWhiteBoy4lif
    @SuburbanWhiteBoy4lif12 жыл бұрын

    That one bass looks like Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) it's kind of funny!

  • @Ravenfire385
    @Ravenfire38514 жыл бұрын

    2:04. Oh my God, I just died and went to heaven.

  • @effinreffin
    @effinreffin12 жыл бұрын

    One doppelganger you guys have missed is Paul Phoenix :: Robbie Keane (Irish soccer player). And although I've been watching/listening to this song for several years, today was the first time that I noticed the title is "Down TO the River..." while the lyrics are "Down IN the river..." Weird.

  • @Jackman24601
    @Jackman2460112 жыл бұрын

    Yes it is, it's a spiritual.

  • @jeannettemoyen9278
    @jeannettemoyen92783 жыл бұрын

    many southerners, your forefathers were Brits ....so you would have sounded like these talented fellows! xo

  • @BCSchmerker
    @BCSchmerker9 жыл бұрын

    Impressive harmonization of a spiritual traced to an anonymous writer in the collection _Slave Songs of the United States_, edited by William F. Allen, Lucy Garrison, and Charles P. Ware (New York, NY, USA: A. Simpson & Co., 1867).

  • @themrqwertymark
    @themrqwertymark13 жыл бұрын

    @slmacd1 yea they sang it in Charleston right after Winnipeg. Great then too.

  • @kabenck
    @kabenck12 жыл бұрын

    @schafernewman - That is why music is a universal language. While it's an "American" song, anyone can sing it. I'm a music major in college and everything I sing by Mozart, Bach, Haydn, etc. isn't "American." I'm singing about that culture's traditions, events, heartbreak, and joy. Folk music from other countries in enriching. I say kuddos to TKS for managing to perform it so well! :) But I understand your belief, too.

  • @santiryro19skibuni
    @santiryro19skibuni11 жыл бұрын

    Dat counter tenor! :D

  • @anthonywarnecke8260
    @anthonywarnecke82606 жыл бұрын

    When men go into freezing cold water 0:53

  • @paulbryson2771
    @paulbryson277111 жыл бұрын

    You should hear him in Hallelujah, he gets a good bit higher.

  • @Madhatter1781
    @Madhatter178111 жыл бұрын

    Do Robin and David sing in unison a lot? I find it really hard to pick out Robin's part, maybe they're just blending super perfectly, i dunno :)

  • @CharlesNewson
    @CharlesNewson13 жыл бұрын

    British men singing a Negro spiritual, can this get any better!

  • @moldyorangepeel
    @moldyorangepeel14 жыл бұрын

    i just got rick rolled into watching this by some random person

  • @joecook91
    @joecook9113 жыл бұрын

    @daintyWatch This version is very good, but you can't beat Alison Krauss' rendition. If you haven't listened to it I strongly recommend it.

  • @joecook91
    @joecook9113 жыл бұрын

    @daintyWatch this version is good, but you cant beat Alison Krauss' version. If you haven't listened to it I strongly recommend it

  • @indraputrawendi6001
    @indraputrawendi600111 жыл бұрын

    I thought the one who frequently gets a solo is paul?

  • @samsf90
    @samsf9013 жыл бұрын

    Weird to hear a bunchof brits sing this, but they did a fantastic job

  • @jaber2005
    @jaber200512 жыл бұрын

    Mr Bean??

  • @katerinavicikova519
    @katerinavicikova51911 жыл бұрын

    Except Paul :D

  • @daintyWatch
    @daintyWatch13 жыл бұрын

    @joecook91 Alison Krauss' version ist really good, but I still like the Kings Singers' version a lot more :-)

  • @awkwardbarry
    @awkwardbarry14 жыл бұрын

    You should be grateful.

  • @LU71flames
    @LU71flames12 жыл бұрын

    @TheChange1961 not sure how that make isaiah a gospel really tho it is foreshadowing of the gospel in essance but the gospels by deffinition are the 1st four books of the new testiment which is what i was reffering to. ur making a slight assumption here that i implied that theres a "right" way of baptism i would say thats not the case and yes we are baptized by the holy spirit but this emersion baptism is simply a visual commitment almost like a pact in a way

  • @moldyorangepeel
    @moldyorangepeel14 жыл бұрын

    frankly I'm pissed off

  • @LU71flames
    @LU71flames12 жыл бұрын

    @TheChange1961 isaiah 66:17 is not part of the gospels...prayer is to be said in private but is not wrong done in public as well on top of private prayers (which are neccessary) furthermore baptism is not prayer its a sign of commitment to christ. this song is a followers private prayer combined with their telling of their baptism. i suggest u should look further into what the gospel is with all due respect and btw very good referencing just make sure u arent prooftexting

  • @TheConshuscriterion
    @TheConshuscriterion12 жыл бұрын

    This song doesn't belong to any one race of people! This song belongs to God it's simply on loan to us!!

  • @LU71flames
    @LU71flames12 жыл бұрын

    @TheChange1961 its a christian song about baptism....not a KKK song haha

  • @QuagZeldaFan
    @QuagZeldaFan13 жыл бұрын

    the guy on the right looks kinda scary

  • @AngryRussian15
    @AngryRussian1511 жыл бұрын

    NECROPOST.

  • @JackofSpadesMedia
    @JackofSpadesMedia9 жыл бұрын

    Did anyone else think the bass was a little flat at the start of the piece?

  • @leerhode1021

    @leerhode1021

    6 жыл бұрын

    It can happen to any singer or group. Not a major crisis.

  • @Icyveins906
    @Icyveins90612 жыл бұрын

    I must say, the king's singers were a bit too proper for once. Normally they put a good amount of soul into this kind of stuff.

  • @breauna209
    @breauna20913 жыл бұрын

    Love the guys singing it! But I still hate the song... I had to sing it I choir last year I got the solo but for some reason I do not like this song at all

  • @funkycow10
    @funkycow1013 жыл бұрын

    It's too fast!!! Slow the song down ...

  • @levissssss
    @levissssss14 жыл бұрын

    Not if they sing it so well....

  • @schafernewman
    @schafernewman12 жыл бұрын

    im not really sure how i feel about a bunch of brits singing this... doesn't seem quite as authentic. this is a very american song. not to hate or anything, just saying...

  • @dinesjoe
    @dinesjoe12 жыл бұрын

    Not much emotion

  • @reallywow67
    @reallywow6712 жыл бұрын

    ummm this song is not the inspired word of God it's not holy or nything just saying...

  • @lexo30
    @lexo3014 жыл бұрын

    This song should really be sung by American women, not by a bunch of white English guys, but they do their best. (White English guys are absolutely brilliant at singing certain types of music, but not...um...this.)

  • @TheChange1961
    @TheChange196112 жыл бұрын

    This must be a KKK super hymn, or what?

  • @getdownto311

    @getdownto311

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wtf are you talking about???

  • @Madhatter1781
    @Madhatter178111 жыл бұрын

    Only Chris has bad teeth -.-

  • @owonubijobsunday4764

    @owonubijobsunday4764

    5 жыл бұрын

    Let's see yours

  • @AngryRussian15
    @AngryRussian1512 жыл бұрын

    ha. they have bad teeth.

  • @owonubijobsunday4764

    @owonubijobsunday4764

    5 жыл бұрын

    Show me yours.

  • @Mariki6002
    @Mariki600214 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Oetjepoef...