College A Capella Groups - C/D

I very briefly dated a girl in one of these groups, and I did admittedly swoon when she sang the solo in Big Yellow Taxi.

I met some acapella people through the same group of friends via whom I met that girl. The problem I had with it was the whole "scene" nature of it. It reminded me of the newspaper, or Hillel, or Campus Crusade for Christ even.

But the few concerts I attended were surprisingly non-awful

cool idea for a thread, tho.

Passing by a NYU streetfair I came upon a group doing Radiohead's "idoteque" which was surprisingly great.

out now, or soon, is Petra hagen's full acapella version of The Who Sell Out, commercial bits and all.

does anyone know if there is one in madison?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/fashion/23acappella.html?ex=1364097600&en=4315b52c944cd465&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

“I couldn’t play an instrument well enough to be in a band, so I thought, O.K., this sounds like something I should look into,” (James) Van Der Beek said. And yes, membership had its privileges. “A girl heard me sing ‘Englishman in New York’ and I got to, like, go to her dorm room to give her our CD.” But now, he seemed less enthusiastic about those exploits. “I can’t believe I’m talking about this,” he said.

WAS DANG PERRY A KROKODILOE??

There was a bootleg record called Killed by Absurdity a few years ago with a bunch of "found songs." One of them was an awesome rendition of Toto's "Africa" by one of these groups.

There's the one that became a hot YouTube clip recently featuring the Indiana University all-male group doing "The Twelve Days of Christmas," which then segued amazingly into "Africa."

I was not a Krok. I thought about auditioning but I probably would not have gotten in. I almost joined the Din & Tonics but I would have had to have quit the men's chorus I was singing in and, since I was vice-president, I didn't feel right about doing that. (In retrospect, I REALLY REALLY REALLY SHOULD HAVE.) Instead, I sang with HGC Lite, a psuedo-a capella group for guys who wanted the experience but didn't want to quit the Glee Club. I sang "Stray Cat Strut" as my one and only solo song.

I can't sing so I wouldn't join an a capella group, but I would join a club where all we would do is come up with terrible punny names for a capella groups and their CDs.

my dad sang in a barbershop quartet in college so classic. though please note this was circa 1950.

my god, dan, all the singing!! heavy politics around all this singing groups, too, by the look of it.

xp yeah barbershop is actually kind of amazing. if there were dudes into street-style doo wop that would be rad too.

Hahaha man, tell me about it! At various times I sang with:

- University Choir (every Sunday church service + religious holidays)
- Morning Choir (subset of UC that sang a weekday morning vespers service at 8:45 AM)
- Glee Club (all-male choir singing 2-part to 8-part harmony music)
- HGC Lite (Glee Club a capella doing goofy arrangements of things like "The Bear Necessities" and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love")

Never did any shows because I was convinced I couldn't carry off being a solo singer in a college setting. I was an idiot.

thread reminds me of this
Ritual Killing of "Roundabout"

went to a a cappella thing last night. singing geeks are a very specific kind of geek! related to other kinds of geeks but there is something unique about them. one group did a rendition of "free fallin" with new lyrics about wearing no underwear. guess what it was called.

i sang in collegiate-style a cappella groups from grade seven until sophomore year in college e_e

i have the CDs somewhere; the last time i listened to them i was appalled at the number of pitch problems and rhythmic wonkiness that i had not heard at the time.

would hate this to death if not for the audience laughing at the midget

this one on the other hand

otoh i support this college a capella version of "kiss kiss"

can i just brag that my friend is in the tufts all girls group, which often performs with the beelzebubs?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ywWzKnJvPA

they are so fucking good

not to mention hot

My sister was in an a cappella group whose repetoire included a pretty smoking rendition of the Pixies "Hey".

May or may not be worth noting this was prior to TV on the Radio's a cappella "Mr. Grieves".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnbMkHU6AwY

Forgive my ignorance, but at what point did it become de rigueur for performers (or hearers) of that song to repeat the "So good" a few times? Was it a commercial, a sporting event? I don't remember that bit from the original record or from Elvis rendition.

that's how they do it at sawx games

OK, thanks. http://boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2005/05/29/another_mystery_of_the_diamond_explained_at_last/

<3 glee for using the Beelzebubs, their "Teenage Dream" made me feel all fuzzy inside