The Newfangled Four - The Wells Fargo Wagon (parody) 

Every reference: "Ugly vests from Sacramento" refers to the gaudy outfits the quartet Artistic License (based in Sacramento) wears to contest "Tap shoes and a straw hat" refers to the attire of 2017 quartet champions Main Street "Some dudes from Indiana sent me roses" refers to 2015 champs Instant Classic's song "I Won't Send Roses" "A bunch of deformed animals from Nashville" refers to the comedy quartet Lunch Break's song "Old McDonald's Deformed Farm" "Swedes all sent us hairspray" refers to Swedish quartet Stockholm Syndrome who did a set in the 2017 contest with songs from Hairspray (and had a hairspray prop) "Music stand that's magical from Denver" refers to 2010 champion quartet Storm Front and a comedy bit (where the height of the music stand made them sing higher or lower) that they did their parody of "Lida Rose" "Vocal Spectrum sent bananas that we've already used" refers to 2006 champs Vocal Spectrum and their use of a banana as a prop for the song "I Wan'na Be like You" and then to the fact that the Newfangled Four did a banana song, "Bananaphone" the year before this (and also again this year). "Cream and butter" refers to the (eventual 2018 champs) After Hours song "Butter Outta Cream" "Red shoes from Signature" refers to 2017/2018 silver medalists Signature quartet and their often-brightly-colored shoes, and "Change is gonna come" is a song that Signature quartet often sings in contests.

I would give anything to see the looks on the faces of the different groups they referenced.

"Catchyourbreathnowboyscatchyourbreathnow"-Jake at 1:50😂

Joey's high notes are absolutely bonkers; I hope everyone has recognized that over the last few years, lol.

THE FREAKING “they finally sent them!” PART HAD ME ON THE FLOOR

"The Wells Fargo freakin' wagon HOLY CRAP ITS COMING!!!" I have no idea why I got a kick out of it but that was hilarious.

Props to Joey for hitting that note at 3:20 and actually getting it to tune.

4:51 where Jake says "Sorry" after the truly horrid signature pun. All. Time. Classic. I consider myself honored having seen them live three times.

4:53 when Jake breaks character and almost asks Jackson what he’s doing is PRICELESS 😂😂

The "Thompthin' thpethial" part is GOLD! Love how they honored that classic part from the musical.

Love a good old fashioned Barbershop Quartet Diss Track from my favorite boys.

Okay but Jake's perfect note at 2:55? His entire line?? LIKE WHAT BOY

You can tell jake loves his line at like 2:40 and its beautiful

At 3:48, Ryan is also singing the "What is it" but almost without moving his mouth, I didn't even notice until just now

I'm too embarrassed to admit how many times I've watched this performance just to see Ryan's face as the wagon arrives. It's just so beautiful.

3:00 when they yelled squirrel i died laughing

I love how at 2:13 - 2:14 Jacks pointing to himself mouthing “this is my solo” over and over

If you want a great time just soely watch Ryan. His actions and faces are so hilarious

"WHAT IS IT" reference to supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Things you may have missed: 1) The sound Jackson’s face makes when he slaps it at 0:57 2) Ryan’s face from 1:16 onwards 3) The way Joey says ‘readyyyyyy’ at 1:44 4) 1:50 Jake: “Get your breath now, boys, catch your breath now.” 5) Jackson being a cinnamon roll at 2:03 6) 2:25 “Let me see!” “No.” -slap- “Ow.” 7) Joey squirting Jake in the face at 2:33 8) Joey doing a silent ‘woof’ at 3:08 9) Ryan’s face (again) at 3:19 10) Joey f****n Buss at 3:21 11) 3:35. Because it’s just so beautiful. 12) Ryan’s ‘ughhh’ at 3:40 13) Jake straight up losing the will to live at Joey’s joke and apologising for him at 4:49 God bless these boys, honestly. Protect them at all costs.

I love how Ryan makes his presence known in this one. Real nice to see a mix with the baritone lol

The milk, butter and box dropped right at the same time! 4:23!!

i'm still amazed by how they coordinated everything to hit the ground on the same beat (ON THE BEAT)

Ryans facial expressions, I cant!

Ryan's face at 1:20 kills me every single damn time

How does this not win. The coordination, the creativity, the intonation, the PERFECTLY TIMED STUFF HITTING THE GROUND ON BEAT... how does this not win. No disrespect to any of the other quartets but come on. How does this not even medal

Joey is killing that tenor game!

2:53 the melody from jake is amazing here.i love it 3:11 Also anyone else notice them humming the note here

Being that I played Winthrop in my elementary school's version of the musical, Jackson's Daffy duck/Winthrop joke got me good! Great job! Sad to hear that they're broken up for now. Hopefully, we'll see them grace the stage once more in the future.

A couple of additional thoughts: "What is it?" also could refer to "Bananaphone" The spit line is in the original "Music Man." The up-and-down line from Storm Front is also used in SF's version of "Jukebox Saturday Night"

Would not have believed it if someone told me I’d be into a 5 and a half minute barbershop diss track, but here I am

I seriously cant stop watching

Alright I'm commenting on this again because 1. This song has been stuck in my head 2. I decided to watch this four times to see what each of the 4 does in this performance individually. And I noticed that it is totally worth doing that with the NF4. I realized just how expressive Ryan is (like holy crap just watch Ryan when you watch it you'll see) and how their interpretation of the lyrics differs than mine. Specifically, I'm talking about the reindeer part and how they seem disappointed in the fact that there are no reindeer, which you can tell by Jackson and Ryan's expressions clearly. I originally interpreted it as something along the lines of "reindeer are stupid why would we have them?" I also noticed that Joey's hand was not the only one slapped at "let me see" because hey I was watching Ryan. And in the multiple times I've watched this video (and made a meme of one screenshot from it-I saw Jake's face there and came back to screenshot it because it was gold) I never noticed that Jake mouths "sorry" after the Signature pun. I paid attention to Joey and then Jackson my first two times I watched this, so I admit I don't remember much of what they did. However Joey in SQUIRREL and "mousse" is really great and Jackson in general with the face slap and "THEY FINALLY SENT THEM" can never be overlooked. Idk. I remember sticking out like a sore thumb in choir because I actually expressed myself but getting frustrated because no one else would. If the NF4 are reading this I just wanted to say that I appreciate all the work you put in! And know that absolutely none of it is overlooked!

My favorite NF4 song this year. It was a tough call considering how great everything else also was.

I will never stop loving them, I swear.

The newfangled 4 should win the 2020 contest even though it didn't happen based on the previous year's performance I hereby declare

Good freaking lordy!! The NF4 guys killing it as always. As someone in another country where barbershop is not big and having stumbled over them in the eather of RU-vid this quartet has become a standard favourite for both me and my classroom music students. Their videos, quality and entertainment are just that damn good be it the older versions of BananaPhone from a few years back or these new set of videos put out a few days back. Thank you NewFangled Four!

I'm sure this is a huge stretch and probably my brain connecting things that aren't there, but is there a sneaky Keepsake reference? Right after the Instant Classic bit, where they mention Indiana, they do that train choreo. And Keepsake did that same thing while literally saying Indiana in the Liar Medley. I thought of it immediately. If it wasn't intentional, don't tell me, because that's clever af and I Want to Believe.

Gotta love the Lunchbreak reference 😂 you guys are incredible!!!

I have watched so meany barbershop quartet's like Lunch break, Ringmaster's and more but The Newfangled Four is still my very favorite! I love you guy's Good Job!

okay the timing of the stuff hitting the floor at 4:22 is insane

Was recently in a production of the Music Man as Harold Hill. One of my favorite musicals ever! Loved the reference to Winthrop about half way through.

I love inside jokes even when I'm outside

This is such a great version of a great tune from a great musical.

So Awesome. Wish they all were still together.

At 1:50 Jake is saying "take a breath now boys, take a breath now"

MY BOYS ARE BACK

2:34 gives me a slightly panic in COVID days

3:33-3:40 is saucy

These guys are fantastic

talk about perfecting craft. The box and dairy containers landed in a perfect rhythmic line ending thump. Jake, don't ever tell me you boys "don't rehearse much" again! this stuff doesn't come by chance!

Seriously, how did they not win with this?!?!?!

Change is going to come. Audience: collective groan

Best rendition of that song I've ever heard.

Love it! Also, that Signature joke had me shook! I didn’t think they were gonna that direction!

Absolute comedy genius!! Musically....perfection

Guys, I started up this video today with my 2nd grade music class, and one kid said "Hey! Aren't these guys the bananaphone guys?" They all think you're amazing and thee bomb!" You've conquered this demographic for sure! Now I gotta play Bananaphone too! LOL. Love this tune guys.

i will never get enough of these guys theyre incredible

I just recently came across these guys and these awesome entertaining videos. This is some of the best videos I have watched. These guys can sing incredibly and are so funny. This is how entertainment should be.

What a treat! Keep NF4 stuff coming. When I need a laugh AND good singing, this is where I'll come. (Main Street won't let me on their site!)

Thoroughly enjoy these guys whenever I hear em.

Hilarious arrangement - and the harmony! OMG!

Thanks for the music and humor. LOVE IT.

just discovered these guys and love it.

Thanks for the shout out to Madison, WI!!! (from Appleton, WI) LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!

3:00 a reference to the old mcdonald had a deformed farm I love it

2:33 I know Jackson says "something special" but for a few days I heard it as "from Fresno"

I can’t stop watching their songs someone help

I'm having flashbacks from bananaphone with all this mystery box unavailing

Truly fabulous guys, keep it up.

The "SQUIRREL" reference to "Up!" made my night.

Gotta love those Voices of Gotham wristbands they're repping. Amazing and clever performance, as always!!

This is my new favorite NF4 song if only for the Main Street and Lunchbreak references 😂 But no seriously this was so creative and funny and it sounded great

Now that's entertainment!

3:02 - Wow they really did that. Reference to Lunch Break's Deformed farm Edit: And the same for a lot of other groups idk

The musical at my highschool is the music man and I'm crazy pumped!!!!

Squirrel! LOVE THAT ONE!!!!! BWAHAHAHA!!!!

Love it!!!

These are really entertaining!

Excellent, boys!

great stuff...curiously always hanging around Ryan tp bring the harmony together...Change is going to come. "Squirrel......." But it's Ryan who brings them together ....it's a mystery box

You Da Man Mike!

They timed the clatter of the box, cream and butter perfectly - give them the gold GIVE THEM THE GOLD *Oh nice singing too, I guess

These guys are just amazing

Excited for the fall competition. Buying Tix now

they’d actually be great in the new Music Man revival ...

I will soon post out-takes from Barbershop Quartet groups from Woodstock.

In case anyone really wants to dive deep into the references, I've tried to compile a playlist with the referenced videos/quartets. Let me know if I missed any and I'll add them! ru-vid.com/group/PL0ILDOBI83K50r9ikSl1H5mlMcRbF1Fo7

How did they time the box and the items to hit the ground at the same time? O.o...

I love them I love them I love them

Why haven't they ever won? I love them more than all the rest put together.

This is so smooth!

Am I the only one who thinks Jackson is really cute?

Good job, guys!

jackson sounds so nice here

I JUST noticed at 2:35 joey has a spray bottle behind Jackson's head, Jackson isn't actually spitting

I don’t know what they’re talking about half the time but I almost die laughing every time anyway

this is a nf4 classic

oh my god the cream and butter landed in time. I'm going crazy.

Wow we got some analysts in the comments here, props!