new best performance in barbershop history! (FULL TRANSCRIPTION + EXPLANATION) 

Yeah, that's how i feel right now XD

Literally me

i actually did do this with endgame lmao

Thats unironically the first marvel movie I watched, I went to see it in theaters thinking "I watched like half of Infinity War I kinda get it". Only went because it was getting hyped up and a friend wanted to see it

What are we trying to preserve?

tbf i think the acting could be better in some weenie tiny parts but it does the trick for the most part 😂

Performance as in how they move and speak or Performance in how they sing? It's late at night so I'm skimming through the video but this doesn't seem to be too mucb special. I'll look over it better in the morning but I think I prefer the older pre-2000's voice that quartet's just don't have anymore. The first BHS quartets had a soft sound that sounded oh so nice, the quartets around the Buffalo Bill era had a harder attack than their predecessors and rung so loudly, the 1960's quartets started the same sound that would be used all the way up to somewhere in the 90's, and now here we are. I don't even know how to describe this voice but it rattles my ears to listen to. I listen to something like Mother of Mine by the Oriole Four and I'd take that any day over this (I understand that it's a studio recording and not a live one, so to give a live recording I'll give BHS's Mill Street Medley). I really don't want to sound like a debbie downer but I just love this art form so much and to see it change to a point where I can't listen to any new songs put out by quartets anymore is very sad.

If you have listened to barbershop this long you may have been aware of the The Most Happy Fellows. Intel Champs from 1977 if I remember correctly. Bob Hodge, tenor, was my Brother-in-law. He was phenomenal! I miss him and all the Haps greatly.

@@ninsophy9798the Performance category is how they present themselves, and includes any acting or speaking. files.barbershop.org/PDFs/Contests-Judging/CJ_Handbook.ver_15.4.pdf

*THUD*

Fall was OK, the impact was bloody perfect.

the impact was bloody 😂😂

I hear ya. Real butterfly-effect shit going on here.

Can anyone give a time stamp of an example? My ears aren't that well-attuned!

@@-c3202 listen to those 2 left guys at 5:11 and right after for example (humming e and g if that helps)

@@-c32024:56 and 57, and some other bits aftev that too

around 5:15ish you can hear it very softly while they're all pointing@@-c3202

@@-c3202 6:21 is a good example.

He tips his head, one legend to another

yeah hthanks jason

Now i have to go see which quartet has the mostest followers. Why? Why, spread miss i formations?

That should have been everyone's first indicator that this quartet could pull off comedy

Sounds absolutely hilarious!! Do you have some sort of link or is it completely lost :(

@@justadam3186 unfortunately there cameras weren't rolling for that. No camera tracks the quartet as they walk (or fall) off stage

@@KyleHottel Damn, haha. Sounds like it was a ton of fun! Glad you had the pleasure of experiencing it. Thanks for the info

I remember KJ gave Anthony grief for buying cheap shoes in the interview after.

That's so exciting!!! I'm glad you're getting into it :) it's a lovely world

Pretty much same here. Seen a little snippets but never gave them my full attention until one of his videos.

Same!

​@@mwiz100ditto I always thought it sounded cool, but I had no idea about the competition or community. I will keep following!!

if you listen carefully during the spoken parts u can hear the occasional hums of someone reminding the pitch and holding it... which is pretty awesome considering they have to focus on the acting as well at the same time. Super impressive

Same!

Kinda makes me wonder at the reactions of the rest of Lunch Break....especially since KJ won with basically an LB routine.

Wow, he’s my gf’s cousin! Small world!

ADHD person here, can confirm that I've actually done the squirrel pointing irl 😂

I'm pretty sure it's a direct reference to the movie _Up_ as well, as a talking dog is frequently distracted mid-sentence by seeing a squirrel. (Either that, or the writers of the movie pulled this from Lunch Break, it's way too similar to be coincidence.)

*KJ, but yeah it was really good!

It was awesome to connect with you! I'm sure we'll sing again next year :)

Spiderpig, spiderpig, does whatever spiderpig does!

@@Chiberia These days my headcanon of the Iron Man song says it has to go, "I am Iron Man, doing whatever an iron can."

@@AbuMaia01 my iron cans hold soup. That’s a superhero movie I’d go see

Just found the Simpson clip on RU-vid!!

wait who

Costume please, not a uniform, thank you!

@@carolemerckel3461 If you insist. I just couldn't remember when I posted the first comment.

Yes and it's also a self reference to earlier in the song whew they mention he likes long notes. They are completely bonkers

No

The performance score according to the guidelines send to include judging how affected the listener is by the performance (being amused, devastated, thrilled, etc.). I think I remember seeing mentions of authenticity of the performance as well as coherence of the performance, which is what really sticks for me. The other groups had great comedic performances, but this song was not just a compilation of references to those performances. It was overall a joke about a group of non-comedians playing clowns and messing up the jokes while the one actual comedian plays the straight man in the middle of the buffoonery. And as for authenticity, the other groups had a little bit of a wink and a nod campiness to their performances, whereas these guys went balls to the wall and kept (most) everything earnest, in the moment, and identifiably themselves. There's also the added directionality of KJ's "character" through the song, moving from bafflement to acceptance to concern as the expectations of him become more taxing towards the end. There's a full scene being performed here (for better or worse depending on who you ask), and I think that's what helped boost these guys up to the limit. (It's worth noting that the highest scores don't necessarily indicate a perfect performance, but that any mistakes or hiccoughs were so minor that they didn't detract from the experience of the performance.)

I'm glad you're happy to be here! That makes me happy! :)

Agreeing