Cole Parker Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 I don't know these chaps. They sound British to me. But they're marvelous, and this tribute to classical composers, their names sung in the style of their writing, is wonderful. http://twentytwowords.com/2012/02/27/singing-famous-composers-names-in-the-style-of-those-composers/ C Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted April 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 And for you guys not raised on classical music, you might enjoy this one more. Everyone but everyone here should like this one: Link to comment
DesDownunder Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 The King’s Singers are a British a cappella, two-time Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble who celebrated their 40th anniversary in 2008. Their name recalls King's College in Cambridge, England, where the group was formed by six choral scholars in 1968. In the United Kingdom, their popularity peaked in the 1970s and early 1980s. Thereafter they began to reach a wider international audience, appearing frequently on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in the U.S. In 1987, they were prominently featured as guests on the Emmy Award winning ABC-TV special Julie Andrews: The Sound Of Christmas. They have a web site at http://www.kingssingers.com/ I am old enough to remember the impact they made when they started out. Thanks for the posts, Cole. The Choir -Boys Don't Sing, I hadn't seen before, but it reminded me of when I was in the school choir. (I think I was supposed to keep quiet and just make up the numbers.) Link to comment
Bruin Fisher Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Wow, guys, you've brought back memories. As Des says, The King's Singers were founded back in the late 60's when the original line-up were students at King's College, Cambridge. One of my teachers had previously worked at the university and claimed to have had a hand in getting them started, and booked them twice to perform concerts at my school. Their rates became too high for the school to afford a third visit. Here is the original line-up, that I remember from those days, singing 'I'm a train'. I'm not sure the current line-up is as good. Here they are being interviewed by Gareth Malone, Choirmaster and TV personality: I remember they used to do a rivetting version of 'The Peanut Vendor' and also a song specially composed for them in which they proclaimed they would sing for any event - wish I could remember more of it. Couldn't find either of these on YouTube. So there are still some things you can't find on the internet... Link to comment
DesDownunder Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 [...] So there are still some things you can't find on the internet... Too true Bruin, I've been Googling for my virginity, and I can't find it anywhere... Link to comment
Bruin Fisher Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 I've been Googling for my virginity, and I can't find it anywhere... Can't find your virginity? Try and remember what you did with it... Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted April 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Why in the world would you want it? C Link to comment
Lugnutz Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Some things you keep like luggage. Link to comment
colinian Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Des, You can search for your virginity here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginity Colin Link to comment
DesDownunder Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 Thanks Colin, it looks as though I have not only lost my virginity forever, but it's also been buried in the depths of past experiences, too obscure to remember. I can relax now, in the knowledge that I don't need to include losing most variations of virginity on my bucket list. Link to comment
The Pecman Posted April 8, 2013 Report Share Posted April 8, 2013 This was the first a capella track I ever heard by The King's Singers, "Penny Lane": Really beautiful harmonies, and extremely well recorded. Link to comment
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