The fact that this didn’t get them in top 5 is... bananas. But in all seriousness, this felt right in line with the barbershop style, they were in-sync and in tune, the arrangement was solid, and it was extremely entertaining. No wonder they started to get more passive-aggressive after this year lol
The following year, they did a parody of All Star and there was a bit where they were singing “you’re and all star (points to each other), and you’re an all star (points to audience), and you’re an all star (points to audience center), and… not quite (pointing to the judges)
@@nathanapplegate5374 Taking good-natured pot shots at judges is classic barbershop competition fodder, and in no way is indicative of them expecting to have gotten better scoring.
Their sense of humor is so unique, it gives them such entertaining character. On top of that incredible sound, I think they'll be champs not too long from now.
The 2 year old I babysit asked to watch this today! She said "I wanna watch bana phone." We haven't watched it in a while, but she remembered it and wanted to watch it! I was pleased!!! I always get excited when she wants to watch barbershop! 😁😁😁
Love this quartet. Tight harmonies, great blend, so stinkin fun and funny!!!! Hope they win someday. Am I the only one that loves Ryan's face (the bari) at 3:03? Lol. Also, shout out to Kohl Kitzmiller (bari of Instant Classic, sorry if I misspelled it...) for this arrangement, great puns haha.
@@lifeontheledgerlines8394i don’t have barbershop experience but i did acapella in college and my group competed in icca. all the groups competing loved watching each other and were super friendly. just because you’re competing for first place doesn’t mean you can’t be big fans of each other
So sad this group broke up during COVID. But appreciative of their very honest and open message about their reasons. It sounded like it was just too mentally and financially difficult to keep traveling while holding jobs, having families, etc. Sad, but glad they are able to still be friendly.
I'm interested to learn how one can be both a tenor AND a bari, but anyway, if you come to the central coast-ish of California they do a lot of community barbershop events around there, I've had the honor of meeting them a few times, and even have a t-shirt signed by all four of them, if you are interested at all, they will be at a Harmony Camp September 8-10 in pollock pines, which is between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe
🎶"If you like to waltz with tomatoes, up and down the produce aisle..."🎶 All I could think of while listening to this haha. Awesome job buddies, y'all are the best.
OMG! I haven't heard this song in 15 years. It was on the first cassette tape I ever got and came with the walkman I got for christmas. I used to love this song until the tape broke. I love it! Yay!
Just re-listened to the original Raffi version, and there's a lot fewer changes than I thought... Beijing is changed to Stockholm Syndrome, and the 'Ring-a-ding-ding' is added. That's about it. Even the 'This song drives me bananas' was in the original.
