UC Men's Octet - "O Fortuna" and "O Joe"
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- Yes, we were wacky enough to do an acapella spoof of the famous orchestral song "O Fortuna" from the ballet Carmina Burana. It follows into a truly old-school, and quite corny Octet number from the 1940's.
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!
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!
omg lol at o fortuna...this rocks, definitely a day-brightener
Epic Tenor + Epicer Bass = Epicest Win Evar.
man on the right rocks! he and his bass-voice -> awesome! :D
Know all the words to O Fortuna = Officially Obsessed.
he does look just like billy, i cant believe i still remember that. i watched the first one when it came out...lol
Quite funny! Very good singing. Thank you for posting.
They do sing it awesomely! :D
OH MY GOSH, these guys are so freaking amazing, best orchestra i have ever heard
lol this was mine and my husbands entrance music to our wedding reception..lol people got a kick out of it
very entertaining. thanks for that. this made my night.
oh memories.. i sang this my sr. year in high school! loved it! amazing job guys!
jejeje estos cuates son geniales , que vengan a MEXICO para ir a verlos jejeje si son geniales , soo good ,
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 beats those fancy pantses with their instruments in the orchestra by far. :P
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!
This guys are at an artistic level... really ...unbelieveable
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 :)
Hahaha!! Their facial expressions crack me up!!!
haha - The Mane Event is going to do this as our opener for the Spring Concert. It will hopefully be equally hilarious.
@Pam4Rob Ahhahahaha! Darth Vader tune. That was an awesome mental picture. O Fortuna has a grand sound to it.
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..."
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
My high school played Carmina Burana my freshmen year. Hardest shit ever. Great job! :) and funny!
Awesome!
wow! they did very good for such a hard song.
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)
haha, that was awesome. Though a very intresting arangment. Also very intresting facial expression.
Dude all the way to the right doing the drums goes crazy at the end of oh fortuna...lol
Genius!
lol that was amazing!
This is so effin' awesome! LOL! LOVE IT!
THEY ARE SOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!! i was really shocked when i heard them singing "O Fortuna" it's soooooooooooo FUNNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
your bass is a beast.. well done
Thanks!
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
Hell yeah!
DAMN THERE SOO GOOD
@monkfan72 I meant to say Tenor through to Bass, but thanks for the correction :D
There is a video posted called "impromtu octet reunion"...Ken is Hawt. Parker (never ages) and Jordan (w/ a beard) are in it, too.
I must admit the tuning in the beginning was quite funny...
I like the thirth guy (count from left).. he got something that's cute =D
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.
Haha. You guys are funny. x] Nice job, btw.
thank you soooo much monkfan72..... :D: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
Man that was epic!!!
Say it aint so, Joe!
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.
omg i love the guy who looks like waldo! or wally, as we say here
hihi, amazing :)
thank you so much again. pardon me on the pitch pipe though.... sounds exactly like a harmonica...
Winnar!
@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
Funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You might recognize O Fortuna from a Rickards beer commercial.
They, of course, are amazing
I can't find the lyrics for "O Joe" anywhere
Cookies bring most things into perspective.
@Pam4Rob It's pretty grim stuff. You can find the translation on Wikipedia.
i would love to see a rendition o fstyx's renegade :)
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. ;)
Its been answered I believe. They started with 8, however one of them (Brandon?) could not continue for some reason.
...and the dead horse is beaten...lol. :D
If # means sharp, then yes.
@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.
@scoty2kk Hahahah...no problem. ;)
What's sad is that I've had a conductor who did that. xD
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.
I thought it was a harmonica at first, too. I suppose it's kind of a cookie shaped harmonica. :)
No prob... : )
They are great! Congratulations! Does this group still exist?
would you know where i could get any of their albums from? all songs are brilliant!!! :D
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!
LOL!
Trust exercise at 3:28 !
HAHAHAHim singing the actual full song (like 14 parts) with an orchestra
but this was still amazing hahahah
@scoty2kk & Epicestiest Baritone
Lol, A# Major, haha.
And no, it wasn't in hunchback.
"Hellfire" was though
@HeWentToJared75 - lol I have no idea what the words translate to...lol
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.....
For my morbid curiosity, how high did the first initial chords get for your tenor 1s?
i was replying to kennyk's last response but somehow the reply got posted here as a comment...
HAHAHAHAHAH OMG Awesome
lol!
its a big ad... very big ad.. this ad is frea-king-huge
I know. Thats what I meant. They sing latin with an american accent.
I like o fortuna
I'll send you the link.
especially the asian guy!! lol
are you saying their antics are insulting or their beautiful harmonization is insulting?
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.
Nice! Where are you from? You sing with an typical english accent... nice try to sing in latin ^^
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. ;)
over dramatized "O Fortuna" But good!!!
heh heh... :P please do thank you
i loved it. but i on;y see 7 people. wtf?
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
Have you read the lyrics to "O Fortuna"? LOL