Damn, the 2003 is the best. You should have the spring 2003 performance on dvd and sell it worldwide! Me and my friends would buy a lot of copies! -greetings from Asia!
Thumbsup for the basso who did tha "Bumm bumm bumm bumm" thing, cause it's realy hard to keep that up while the others are singing something completely different in your ear.
In high school I actually got to sing John Rutter's Requiem at Carnegie hall. We had a few sessions before the performance directed by John Rutter himself, to tell us what he wanted out of certain parts. Amazing..
His name is Jerome Mayer-Cantu. He's the music manager for this incarnation of the Octet. He solos in Beauty's Only Skin Deep & did the arrangement for NIrvana Medley. If you haven't already seen it, I suggest you check out the 2003 opening video to see him in full leadership mode. Find it on kennyk314's channel (upper right on the screen) and enjoy 10 minutes of pure, unadulterated AWESOME! from all the guys. btw, It's a pitch pipe, though, not a harmonica
There are three guys who wear glasses in the group. The fellow of the far left is Kenny (Adorkable) Kamrin (See Any Vid), 3rd from our right is Ben (Mr. Smooth) Sae-Tang,(See Blackbird vid) and on the Far Right is Rick "Harry Potter" Wood. (See Not Prety Enough vid)
o fortuna is about how fortune and fate like to break people or build them up. it was based on poems found in 1803 all written in latin. carl orff only chose 14 of them to write music to. music history +conducting really teaches you a lot. that being said...good job guys :)
The UC Men's Octet does still exist, however the members are different. Some of their vids are on RUclips. My favorite '09 Octet vids are Sex Bomb and Final Countdown.
I've decided I must learn to sing this "O Fortuna". I sing along with it on my mp3 with a lyric sheet...earliest observations prove that this is nor appreciated on the elevator. On a positive note, when i'm walking home at night, singing this at full volume is a great deterrent to muggers. "O fortuna velut luna statu variabilis..."
Absolutely! I listened to the 'real' versions of this song online and even learned the words to O Fortuna because of this video. The Octet didn't perform the whole song, just most of the beginning, a bit from the middle and most of the ending, and I think they sang Sine Nora instead SIne Mora - but I LOOOOVE it. :D
@monkfan72 - I'm sure it is, it sounds pretty grim, we just used it as a joke though..lol We used The darth vader music for the entrence of my wedding party then when it came to introducing the husband and wife we used O fortuna..people got a kick out of it
who is the guy in glasses.... please tell me his name :D he is adorable...:P:P the whole ensemble is amazing......wish we could be as good as you guys.....
There are many good a cappella groups in there but choreography as general is their key card. Most just sings but these guys are funny. I Like a lot and I go with others that UC Men's Octet would be just gold international.
You mean the right? This song had pretty loose choreo and the only thing I was paying attention to was if Ben was gonna drop Parker. Okay, maybe not the only thing. ;)
technically there is, no one really cares tho. There is a "correct" way to pronounce the vowels and a few letters but no one really does that when speaking/reading latin. Made our latin class pretty interesting, I can say that much.
Damn, the 2003 is the best. You should have the spring 2003 performance on dvd and sell it worldwide! Me and my friends would buy a lot of copies!
-greetings from Asia!
I don't feel very manly right now, O Fortuna is one of my favourites and this performance actually brought tears to my eyes. Good work!
oh memories.. i sang this my sr. year in high school! loved it! amazing job guys!
Quite funny! Very good singing. Thank you for posting.
Thumbsup for the basso who did tha "Bumm bumm bumm bumm" thing, cause it's realy hard to keep that up while the others are singing something completely different in your ear.
Rick Wood for the win!
OH MY GOSH, these guys are so freaking amazing, best orchestra i have ever heard
In high school I actually got to sing John Rutter's Requiem at Carnegie hall.
We had a few sessions before the performance directed by John Rutter himself, to tell us what he wanted out of certain parts.
Amazing..
This guys are at an artistic level... really ...unbelieveable
very entertaining. thanks for that. this made my night.
This is so effin' awesome! LOL! LOVE IT!
man on the right rocks! he and his bass-voice -> awesome! :D
His name is Jerome Mayer-Cantu. He's the music manager for this incarnation of the Octet. He solos in Beauty's Only Skin Deep & did the arrangement for NIrvana Medley. If you haven't already seen it, I suggest you check out the 2003 opening video to see him in full leadership mode. Find it on kennyk314's channel (upper right on the screen) and enjoy 10 minutes of pure, unadulterated AWESOME! from all the guys. btw, It's a pitch pipe, though, not a harmonica
haha - The Mane Event is going to do this as our opener for the Spring Concert. It will hopefully be equally hilarious.
There are three guys who wear glasses in the group. The fellow of the far left is Kenny (Adorkable) Kamrin (See Any Vid), 3rd from our right is Ben (Mr. Smooth) Sae-Tang,(See Blackbird vid) and on the Far Right is Rick "Harry Potter" Wood. (See Not Prety Enough vid)
omg lol at o fortuna...this rocks, definitely a day-brightener
o fortuna is about how fortune and fate like to break people or build them up. it was based on poems found in 1803 all written in latin. carl orff only chose 14 of them to write music to. music history +conducting really teaches you a lot. that being said...good job guys :)
There is a video posted called "impromtu octet reunion"...Ken is Hawt. Parker (never ages) and Jordan (w/ a beard) are in it, too.
Haha. You guys are funny. x] Nice job, btw.
your bass is a beast.. well done
The UC Men's Octet does still exist, however the members are different. Some of their vids are on RUclips. My favorite '09 Octet vids are Sex Bomb and Final Countdown.
They, of course, are amazing
I can't find the lyrics for "O Joe" anywhere
Epic Tenor + Epicer Bass = Epicest Win Evar.
THEY ARE SOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!! i was really shocked when i heard them singing "O Fortuna" it's soooooooooooo FUNNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
he does look just like billy, i cant believe i still remember that. i watched the first one when it came out...lol
lol this was mine and my husbands entrance music to our wedding reception..lol people got a kick out of it
My high school played Carmina Burana my freshmen year. Hardest shit ever. Great job! :) and funny!
I've decided I must learn to sing this "O Fortuna". I sing along with it on my mp3 with a lyric sheet...earliest observations prove that this is nor appreciated on the elevator. On a positive note, when i'm walking home at night, singing this at full volume is a great deterrent to muggers. "O fortuna velut luna statu variabilis..."
i would love to see a rendition o fstyx's renegade :)
Absolutely! I listened to the 'real' versions of this song online and even learned the words to O Fortuna because of this video.
The Octet didn't perform the whole song, just most of the beginning, a bit from the middle and most of the ending, and I think they sang Sine Nora instead SIne Mora - but I LOOOOVE it. :D
They do sing it awesomely! :D
you guys are sooo FUN... see now i'm giddy, it's 2:30 am... i don't need to be giddy, i need to be sleeping... YOUR FAULT! ;-D
Know all the words to O Fortuna = Officially Obsessed.
@monkfan72 I meant to say Tenor through to Bass, but thanks for the correction :D
haha, that was awesome. Though a very intresting arangment. Also very intresting facial expression.
@Pam4Rob Ahhahahaha! Darth Vader tune. That was an awesome mental picture. O Fortuna has a grand sound to it.
jejeje estos cuates son geniales , que vengan a MEXICO para ir a verlos jejeje si son geniales , soo good ,
Hahaha!! Their facial expressions crack me up!!!
This beats those fancy pantses with their instruments in the orchestra by far. :P
Man that was epic!!!
thank you so much again. pardon me on the pitch pipe though.... sounds exactly like a harmonica...
lol that was amazing!
@monkfan72 - I'm sure it is, it sounds pretty grim, we just used it as a joke though..lol We used The darth vader music for the entrence of my wedding party then when it came to introducing the husband and wife we used O fortuna..people got a kick out of it
@Pam4Rob It's pretty grim stuff. You can find the translation on Wikipedia.
Dude all the way to the right doing the drums goes crazy at the end of oh fortuna...lol
thank you soooo much monkfan72..... :D:D
Awesome!
Its been answered I believe. They started with 8, however one of them (Brandon?) could not continue for some reason.
I love the warmup at the beginning or O Fortuna, and the execution was excellent. Was Jerome singing while he was conducting? And O Joe = Fantastic!
They are great! Congratulations! Does this group still exist?
@Lee42able I think that the idea was that they don't compare. LOL.
@Menamebephil Hahaha...the only time I listen to Britney Spears songs are when they are covered by the UC Men's Octet.
Genius!
would you know where i could get any of their albums from? all songs are brilliant!!! :D
who is the guy in glasses.... please tell me his name :D he is adorable...:P:P
the whole ensemble is amazing......wish we could be as good as you guys.....
wow! they did very good for such a hard song.
@HeWentToJared75 - lol I have no idea what the words translate to...lol
Lol, A# Major, haha.
And no, it wasn't in hunchback.
"Hellfire" was though
Thanks!
DAMN THERE SOO GOOD
I must admit the tuning in the beginning was quite funny...
There are many good a cappella groups in there but choreography as general is their key card. Most just sings but these guys are funny. I Like a lot and I go with others that UC Men's Octet would be just gold international.
Nice! Where are you from? You sing with an typical english accent... nice try to sing in latin ^^
Hell yeah!
If # means sharp, then yes.
I like the thirth guy (count from left).. he got something that's cute =D
i was replying to kennyk's last response but somehow the reply got posted here as a comment...
You might recognize O Fortuna from a Rickards beer commercial.
HAHAHAHim singing the actual full song (like 14 parts) with an orchestra
but this was still amazing hahahah
great job as usual guys but who was the moron who threw the paper air plane.
another quick question.... could you tell me please who the guy is who keeps on getting the note on the harmonica...he is the conductor in this video.
hihi, amazing :)
I'm think he was joking. He also introduced the Octet as the Men's Symphony Orchestra and thanked some of the audience for carnal pleasures. ;)
omg i love the guy who looks like waldo! or wally, as we say here
I thought it was a harmonica at first, too. I suppose it's kind of a cookie shaped harmonica. :)
Say it aint so, Joe!
Cookies bring most things into perspective.
For my morbid curiosity, how high did the first initial chords get for your tenor 1s?
You mean the right? This song had pretty loose choreo and the only thing I was paying attention to was if Ben was gonna drop Parker. Okay, maybe not the only thing. ;)
...and the dead horse is beaten...lol. :D
are you saying their antics are insulting or their beautiful harmonization is insulting?
What's sad is that I've had a conductor who did that. xD
its a big ad... very big ad.. this ad is frea-king-huge
i loved it. but i on;y see 7 people. wtf?
Have you read the lyrics to "O Fortuna"? LOL
I'll send you the link.
HAHAHAHAHAH OMG Awesome
@scoty2kk Hahahah...no problem. ;)
Trust exercise at 3:28 !
I know. Thats what I meant. They sing latin with an american accent.
@scoty2kk & Epicestiest Baritone
Winnar!
No prob... : )
technically there is, no one really cares tho. There is a "correct" way to pronounce the vowels and a few letters but no one really does that when speaking/reading latin. Made our latin class pretty interesting, I can say that much.
Funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LOL!
I like o fortuna
especially the asian guy!! lol
yeah it's on the video i'm not pretty enough. it's a funny one. i think it's a joke though. well the reason anyway
over dramatized "O Fortuna" But good!!!
lol!