Hymn of Acxiom - Coastal Sound Youth Choir: Indiekör 2016 (Vienna Teng cover)

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  • Coastal Sound Youth Choir - directed by Carrie Tennant
    music by Vienna Teng
    Mixing Monteverdi with The Magnetic Fields, Ron Sexsmith with Rachmaninoff, and Arvo Pärt with Arcade Fire, Indiekör is a boundary-pushing playlist of indie-rock and choral classics.
    Recorded June 11th at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver.
    Video produced by Tom Prilesky and Kirsten Aubrey of Carbon Life Media www.carbonlifemedia.com
    Learn more about Vienna Tang here: viennateng.com
    / viennateng
    Check out Coastal Sound Music at www.coastalsoundmusic.com
    or / coastalsoundyouthchoir
    Or subscribe to our youtube channel / coastalsoundmusic

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  • @bassbaritoneguy
    @bassbaritoneguy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +242

    I get chills every time they turn their phones around showing the blank white screens and then sing the line "Now we possess you" This is such an incredible performance.

  • @potatoes__tomatoes__2993
    @potatoes__tomatoes__2993 7 ปีที่แล้ว +210

    This song was MADE for a choir. It's got those haunting chords that can only be affective if a choir sings it... I got chills when I heard this. Amazing job 👏

    • @thelivingcat0210
      @thelivingcat0210 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Potatoes__tomatoes__ but it also has some really beautiful chords

    • @nickpeschel3557
      @nickpeschel3557 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Ever heard Bluecoats 2014 or any marching band arrangement for it? Sounds amazing like that as well.

    • @padraicfanning7055
      @padraicfanning7055 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nicholas Peschel Blue Springs 2015 is also pretty good

    • @taylorr.3464
      @taylorr.3464 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It was MADE for DCI, TH-cam Hymn of Axiom Bluecoats, and thank me later.

    • @westleyking1111
      @westleyking1111 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@taylorr.3464 factsssss

  • @AstheCrowTries
    @AstheCrowTries 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This is from one of my FAVORITE albums and I thought a choir could never match the creepy inhuman quality like what Teng does with the autotune. And they didn't, but that's GREAT. Instead it's these masses of kids singing the hymn TO Axciom, WHICH IS JUST AS CREEPY. Amazing.

  • @Sebastien051
    @Sebastien051 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This could not be more relevant than ever before.

  • @LezerniWolf
    @LezerniWolf 5 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    I always found "Now we possess you, you'll own that in time" to be creepy and ironic. A bit of a backstory: Vienna Tang looked her husband up on Acxiom's servers, and discovered that anyone could look up anything about anyone at any time, and they keep everything electronic, hence "every crumb you drop." And the aforementioned phrase is saying that Acxiom possesses your identity (and essentially owns you), and that you'll own up to that over time, kinda like they stole you away from yourself. Or I'm just overthinking lyrics way too much. :3

    • @tornoutlaw
      @tornoutlaw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Minor correction. It wasn't Vienna's Husband. As she told it, a colleague of hers did look up her Husband. Vienna only got married this or last year.

    • @davidjack7418
      @davidjack7418 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Nope, not overthinking that. It is absolutely meant to evoke the very creepy nature of this type of data collection.

  • @madipalmer3652
    @madipalmer3652 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Somebody hears you. you know that. you know that.
    Somebody hears you. you know that inside.
    Someone is learning the colors of all your moods, to
    (Say just the right thing and) show that you're understood.
    Here you're known.
    Leave your life open. you don't have. you don't have.
    Leave your life open. you don't have to hide.
    Someone is gathering every crumb you drop, these
    (Mindless decisions and) moments you long forgot.
    Keep them all.
    Let our formulas find your soul.
    We'll divine your artesian source (in your mind),
    Marshal feed and force (our machines will)
    To design you a perfect love
    Or (better still) a perfect lust.
    O how glorious, glorious: a brand new need is born.
    Now we possess you. you'll own that. you'll own that.
    Now we possess you. you'll own that in time.
    Now we will build you an endlessly upward world,
    (Reach in your pocket) embrace you for all you're worth.
    Is that wrong?
    Isn't this what you want?
    Amen.

  • @rxlcochrane5971
    @rxlcochrane5971 7 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Learning this song is amazing. Wish others can have the experience.

    • @ludwig4997
      @ludwig4997 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Rxl Cochrane it's fucking boring hahah

  • @Tyler-hx5mj
    @Tyler-hx5mj 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    How on Earth could someone dislike this video? This cover made me cry in front of my friends when I first heard it.

  • @zackhenderson4995
    @zackhenderson4995 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    This is really the only way the piece can ever be performed again--the phones and the dark stage are the perfect effect. Great piece by Vienna Teng and the execution here was marvelous.

  • @sajrra
    @sajrra 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Absolutely amazing.
    I will sing this song this saturday with the Choir I'm in.
    Sadly we found this Idea of performance to late to adapt something similar.
    For pacticing my parts I listened again and again to this song, but just now found myself in tears after actively watching the performance.
    Amazing.
    I hope our performance will shed some tears or tear some smiles into our audience's faces, too.

    • @stormiwelch4769
      @stormiwelch4769 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi, I just found this song through a friend and I know its been 2 years since you wrote this, but do you happen to remember what its about? My friend never told me that and I want to know.

    • @cucckles
      @cucckles 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@stormiwelch4769 it’s about big data brokers (namely Acxiom) collecting all of our data online and selling it to marketers

  • @mynameforever1
    @mynameforever1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ahh a paradox! How can I heed the warning and still enjoy this fantastic work of art?!

  • @theguildrat-8902
    @theguildrat-8902 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    This is absolutely beautiful - I really enjoyed the original song, and this is a great rendition, but in my opinion the staging of this is what makes this special. Amazing job

  • @ratkillerthe
    @ratkillerthe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Is no one going to talk about the "Amen"? It is awful creepy to realize just at the end that this piece has been a praise to God (Acxiom) all along.

  • @Lawrence89MUSICman
    @Lawrence89MUSICman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This performance brought me to tears. With how beautifully executed and sung - and not to mention how haunting the text is. But that’s art, to evoke an emotion and make you question reality a the good and bad.
    Bravo!!!!

  • @ARC-TROOPER0918
    @ARC-TROOPER0918 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I’m in a marching band and we play this. Listening to the choir version has given me a whole new view

    • @pokegaming2590
      @pokegaming2590 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I also was in a marching show that played part of this song.

  • @katewootten6003
    @katewootten6003 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    More goosebumps from listening to this fabulous choir!

  • @dcLarien
    @dcLarien 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    FANTASTIC!! The props were a great touch.

  • @sheilawhitaker8291
    @sheilawhitaker8291 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm absolutely obsessed with this song! The harmonies are sublime - especially the 'crunchy' chords - and the staging is so clever and atmospheric. I love it! 10/10, tick, VG and a gold star!!

  • @chopincookies
    @chopincookies 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This presentation!; I've been wandled for exactly a year to discover, if possible-interpretation of this piece. Bravi tutti.

  • @billycarroll9153
    @billycarroll9153 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just Brilliant....BRAVO!!!

  • @rachelraimi19
    @rachelraimi19 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Crazy good. Makes me weep for us all, every time. Well done!

  • @MoiraRussell
    @MoiraRussell 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Stunning!

  • @rcripps008
    @rcripps008 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    SO GOOD!

  • @alessandramacedo18
    @alessandramacedo18 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Amazing!

  • @thatonetenor1547
    @thatonetenor1547 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another choir did this for a choir festival I was apart of (maybe a AA festival? Idk) but in watching this at 2 am, it is just as amazing and goose bump-inducing as I remember

  • @DarkIltis
    @DarkIltis 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hauntingly Beautiful!

  • @ALolleW
    @ALolleW 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Chills!!! So well done!

  • @Kat.k8268
    @Kat.k8268 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    amazing

  • @Kapenguin448
    @Kapenguin448 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was fantastic!

  • @TheManyNations
    @TheManyNations 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    INCREDIBLE

  • @somesinger1575
    @somesinger1575 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hauntingly well done.

  • @holidaysinsweden
    @holidaysinsweden 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, that was really cool!

  • @KellyDurgan
    @KellyDurgan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Okay this is incredible!!!

  • @dwppreston1098
    @dwppreston1098 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brain is melting. Wow!

  • @isaac-fe6qy
    @isaac-fe6qy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this is wonderfully done and the choreo is gorgeous!

  • @StephenDix
    @StephenDix 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The two people who downvoted - be behind the gym at 315. We fightin.

    • @DaDASHDevil
      @DaDASHDevil 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Stephen Dix Hahahahahaha

  • @manolocorp
    @manolocorp ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was so impressive for so many different reasons. Great job!!

  • @freshgarbage1492
    @freshgarbage1492 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is so cool!! Screens!!

  • @SuopIsTheWinner
    @SuopIsTheWinner 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh god this is so freaking creepy and awesome! NICELY DONE you all!!

  • @manitou1954
    @manitou1954 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WoW!

  • @derlaine
    @derlaine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Absolute miss that this song was not included in Social Dilemma

  • @kadenking7367
    @kadenking7367 7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Can anyone else see a twisting "digital" DNA strand at 2:29?

  • @zachlewis1437
    @zachlewis1437 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow. What a beautiful cover of an amazing song. This is so much more pleasing to me than the harmonizer of the original. But Bloooooooooooooooo too!!

  • @Shuey272
    @Shuey272 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Damn Son that was Beautiful

  • @sadiekeddy9782
    @sadiekeddy9782 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This song is amazing as a choir arrangement! My choir is doing this for a concert this year 😊

  • @mriley7110
    @mriley7110 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We're doing this song for our next concert!

    • @cleliavera
      @cleliavera 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      could You, please, tell me the name of the song?

  • @berndgruner8510
    @berndgruner8510 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ❤❤❤Danke ❤❤❤

  • @jameswaller717
    @jameswaller717 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Even in voice, it reminds me of Bluecoats 2014 BLOOOOOO

  • @dedmo79
    @dedmo79 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    This choreography is so powerful. I'd love to emulate this--are they using their actual phones?

    • @siobhanennis4433
      @siobhanennis4433 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They used their actual phones

    • @TheManyNations
      @TheManyNations 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      No, they bought fifty smartphones to use as props :)

    • @3teeth
      @3teeth 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, we're doing this piece in my chamber choir and it looks great.

  • @FPark-nx6tv
    @FPark-nx6tv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All I can think of is 1. Bloo 14 and 2. wonder if they're looking at the lyrics on the phones

  • @christianbernard8652
    @christianbernard8652 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    what arrangement was used?

  • @mriley7110
    @mriley7110 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How did you guys get the white screens?

  • @clintonleonard5187
    @clintonleonard5187 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is the best performance of this song. Better than the original.

  • @maggiegareca7952
    @maggiegareca7952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Does anyone know the lyrics?

  • @ceciliamartin-lof4326
    @ceciliamartin-lof4326 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    HI, who has written the arrangement for choir??

  • @Extremejournalist81
    @Extremejournalist81 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    BLUECOATS! Great job on this though!

  • @cartoonringo
    @cartoonringo 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who is the arranger? Or is this the original Vienna teng arrangement?

  • @JM-if6br
    @JM-if6br 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bravo Indie Kor.

  • @dreadlockbanana
    @dreadlockbanana 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    This piece is performed so intuitively. The meaning of the piece could be derived without audio of this performance.
    This piece is disturbing and terrible. Every chord could be replaced with a minor chord to convey the same concept, but with a very basic feeling of understanding with little emotion. The first time I heard this piece I thought "oh, that's pretty cool and sounds uplifting." Upon further examination I felt an unlikely real sense of terror. "Terror, when you come home and notice everything you own had been taken away and replaced by an exact substitute."-Stephen King

    • @e_N_n
      @e_N_n 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      JohnOosterMusic Yeah I think the key being the way that it is draws that extra attention to the dissonant chords that sound more frightening and computeristic. If it weren't surrounded by that dreamy, uplifting sound then those chords would be totally lost and lack their impact.

  • @AJMansfield1
    @AJMansfield1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great performance, although IMO it just doesn't sound as good without the sorts of low bass parts you can do with an adult choir.

    • @marionotarangelo6856
      @marionotarangelo6856 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think it's the recording. If you listen closely with headphones, you can hear the dudes hitting the low notes and sounding good. It just doesn't get picked up as well by a single mic in a big room (which is how it sounds like it was recorded)

    • @sheilawhitaker8291
      @sheilawhitaker8291 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My choir has just started learning this. At rehearsal last night, we had just the basses singing their part - sounded a bit like a Gregorian chant! Spine-tinglingly wonderful :-)

  • @gwreevesReeves
    @gwreevesReeves 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My goodness....this might as well be a Screwtape letter!

  • @gramarson9562
    @gramarson9562 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They were missing Bass

    • @davidjack7418
      @davidjack7418 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That really bugged me too. Feels pretty hollow without i.

  • @Nooneyouknowrightknow
    @Nooneyouknowrightknow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks, destroyed my 200€ box with it🙄

  • @jackcothron7742
    @jackcothron7742 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I feel like the whole phone thing is a bit boomer. The song is about giving in to data collection, not really cell phones themselves. I get what they were trying to do, but it just comes off a little tacky