Buffalo Bills from 'The Music Man' - 1962

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  • @jordyboy321
    @jordyboy321 6 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    That first ice cream from the high tenor makes me chuckle every time.

    • @John-ps6ce
      @John-ps6ce 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You make me giggle every time...

  • @PrinceFlynnRider
    @PrinceFlynnRider 2 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    This harmony will never be matched again. You are listening to the absolute pinnacle of barbershop blending.

    • @Scipio488
      @Scipio488 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Heh; well, appropriate BALANCE would be nice, too.

    • @suelistens3392
      @suelistens3392 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      I attended the barbershop national competition in Toronto in about 1964. We heard some excellent performances from the competing quartets, but the Buffalo Bills, superstars that they were, were the invited special guests. They received a standing ovation as they walked onstage! When they began to sing the audience quieted -- not so much as a cough, sniffle, or muted conversation. We were enthralled! Mesmerized! At the end, another standing ovation, this time for what seemed like minutes and minutes and minutes.
      I was raised in a SPEBSQSA family, and I'll never, ever forget this live Bills performance. BTW, my father (a baritone) once told me that SPEBSQSA really stands for: Some People Especially Baritones Should Quit Singing Altogether. This still makes me chuckle :) :). :)
      I revisit this video clip from.time to time...because it just makes me feel good!

    • @dawnreneegmail
      @dawnreneegmail 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@suelistens3392 great harmonies, ma recorded with her a cappella quartet in the early 50's (not sure it was HERS, but) we're all baritones! Boulder Colorado Chautauqua used to hold their annual competition. Was fun just to sit outside of the old music hall and listen.

    • @hellhound47bravo3
      @hellhound47bravo3 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      All I can say after hearing that is...WOW!!!

    • @altareggo
      @altareggo 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@suelistens3392 Jealous, lol. You certainly have a wonderful memory there!!!! Just for the record, however, baritones DO serve a useful purpose....try having a quartet without at least one :-=}}.

  • @deanfunk8448
    @deanfunk8448 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    I was the baritone in the quartet in a high school production of The Music Man. We four were only freshmen at the time. We sang on request for the next four years. It was sheer heaven harmonically. Ice Cream!

    • @CaruthersHodge
      @CaruthersHodge 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I don't doubt how popular you were. Your talent was married to a heaven sent score. Certainly The Buffalo Bills were sheer heaven for all of us - Where is the sin in sincere ?

    • @DavidCarlson-l3j
      @DavidCarlson-l3j 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Two or all four

    • @DavidCarlson-l3j
      @DavidCarlson-l3j 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Two replied now

    • @deanfunk8448
      @deanfunk8448 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DavidCarlson-l3jall four

  • @tadimaggio
    @tadimaggio 4 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    It's delightfully ironic that, in the very act of ducking the School Board's demand for his (nonexistent) credentials, Harold does exactly what he claims he'll do with the River City students: turn a group of non-musical people into a harmonious musical ensemble. "The Music Man" isn't just a classic -- it's a PERFECT show. And, like all great musicals, it has moments that are as deeply moving, affecting, and just plain TRUE, as any in the greatest drama. When his seeming fraudulence has been exposed, and Winthrop asks him, "Professor, why did you say that you'd start a band?", Harold gets thoughtful, and then replies quietly "Kid, for me, there's always a band." A life is in that line.

    • @robertwheeler4068
      @robertwheeler4068 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was 8 years old, and saw this great musical with my family, 2 weeks in a row! This "Barbershop" style of harmonized singing truly knocked my socks off! I had never heard anything like this before, and became completely immersed in the sound!!🎵🎶☺❤

    • @loge10
      @loge10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I've been a fan of this movie for 50 years (I'm 68) but I don't think I've ever caught that until now. His ability to see the capability of those four and then show them how to do it shows that he has an innate musicality and can guide others to express their own.

    • @alanlefkowitz7423
      @alanlefkowitz7423 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      There's always a band. Singing is sustained talking.

    • @sherisouth5963
      @sherisouth5963 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      "For me, there's always a band." That's why he's so good at selling the townspeople on the band. Because he's sold himself on it first.

    • @charliejdk
      @charliejdk 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      This is my favorite musical. My parents divorced when I was little & I didn’t see my Dad for 20 years. I knew he was from the Quad Cities & an Iowa man. I always loved this entire musical; somehow as a boy I internalized the romance of it all.
      I met him again 37 years ago & have been blessed with a father & siblings.
      For him & me, there’s always a band.

  • @harryjamieson
    @harryjamieson 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Tenor 1 deserves a raise. He was working overtime.

  • @juco13
    @juco13 10 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    The Buffalo Bills were just amazing--so wonderful to hear their impeccable harmonies. I was enthralled with them....may they live forever on youtube!

    • @johnbockelie3899
      @johnbockelie3899 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They soon found.a job singing as an 1890"s barber shop quartet.,

    • @poetcomic1
      @poetcomic1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@johnbockelie3899 They WERE a famous quartet from Buffalo NY

  • @heatherkelly2580
    @heatherkelly2580 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    The greatest musical film ever made

  • @suekrusejones4277
    @suekrusejones4277 11 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    My Dad was a good friend of these guys & sang with them from time to time. I grew up on this music, was a tenor by the time I was 4 - I'll always love this music!

  • @tyrssen1
    @tyrssen1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    I'm a rocker from the 60's -- but I'll never forget the first time I saw this movie. The Buffalo Bills really stole the show, with their magnificent vocals!

    • @SkullCrusher757
      @SkullCrusher757 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ive seen bits and pieces of this and im from the 2000s

    • @tyrssen1
      @tyrssen1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm back again in 2021, and am always stunningly impressed with these guys.

  • @MelissaCouch
    @MelissaCouch 8 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    One of the best musicals I've ever seen. I watched this on constant repeat when I was a little girl, and I still love it!!

    • @LexHeroux
      @LexHeroux 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I did, too!!! Nice to meet someone who did the same thing!

    • @ianboard544
      @ianboard544 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm not a fan of musicals, in general, but this one I really like.
      You can tell Meredith Wilson drew on a lot of personal experiences when he wrote it. Gently poking fun at characters (like the mayor), nothing edgy and always with love and affection. It's a vision of the best of America - small town in the midwest, ca 1910 with summer band concerts in the park, ice cream socials, barbershop quartets. A place where we all knew our neighbors and their foibles, and managed to get along.

  • @ericpalacios920
    @ericpalacios920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    each of their voices is so distinct, it makes the harmonies so much better ironically enough

  • @SirWinstonBeech
    @SirWinstonBeech 9 ปีที่แล้ว +384

    High tenor Vern Reed completely steals this scene. There are plenty of people who can sing that high, but his voice is completely unique and this song showcases it like no other. I've got several Buffalo Bills albums - and you still don't get to hear him like you do in this clip. Makes the hair stand up on your neck. I suppose someone who is studied in voice could explain why Vern/Jacey's voice stands out. No autotune here. I love every minute of this movie, but the moment Harold turns the school board in his favor is just jaw dropping. Don't forget to check out "Rock Island", the first "rap" ever recorded.

    • @Megatwilightwarrior
      @Megatwilightwarrior 9 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Winston Beech The most beautiful thing about singing is that the human voice can be so unique...everyone sounds different when talking, if you keep it all natural, you will sound original. No trying to copy or toying or enhance, just you

    • @smlx4
      @smlx4 6 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Vern Reed is my dad and he would have turned 100 TODAY!!

    • @charliesinatra1079
      @charliesinatra1079 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@smlx4 he and the " bills"were terrific!!!!!! loved em

    • @mikephoenix1992
      @mikephoenix1992 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@smlx4 Love it! Have you seen this clip of your dad? Looks like he was really enjoying himself... :) th-cam.com/video/UYXaWl2gAKs/w-d-xo.html

    • @gregstickler3798
      @gregstickler3798 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And he never moves into head voice all in his diaphragm
      And your correct his voice isn’t very high for a tenor but his ability to blend that sound with the others is the art not every singer can do
      There are a couple of points where he does a move and so stands out but in general I don’t see him standing out over the others
      Love this movie

  • @TomBarrister
    @TomBarrister 12 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    From left to right at 2:45, tenor Vern Reed, lead Al Shea, baritone Scotty Ward, and bass Bill Spangenberg. The Bills also performed the Broadway run of this musical from 1957 to 1961.

  • @earlefrost5512
    @earlefrost5512 6 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    This wonderful movie was my introduction to Barbershop harmonies... it was INSTANT love at first sound wave, lol!! I was in the Halifax, Nova Scotia chapter for only 7 years, but they were some of the very best times of my entire life so far. The Buffalo Bills were the PERFECT quartet for the job, and Robert Preston was PURE GENIUS. They truly don't make musicals like this anymore.

    • @rmbjr60
      @rmbjr60 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wonder were there any Marchands there chirping away during practices?

  • @allenjones3130
    @allenjones3130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Great barbershop harmonizing by the Buffalo Bills!

  • @HolyMotherofGrid
    @HolyMotherofGrid 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    One of the BEST musicals of all time - and these gentlemen were a huge part of that!!! I think they were the reason i got into Barbershopping at the age of 16 - simply inspirational!!

  • @MyDesertMyDune
    @MyDesertMyDune 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    "Your apprehensions confuse me dear"
    Professor Hill was so smooth lmao

  • @Femsa2012
    @Femsa2012 6 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    When the show was slated for Broadway the producers went out and got the Buffalo Bills who were national barbershop champions. They could teach them to act later, they could already do all the quartet numbers

    • @DavidVT23
      @DavidVT23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Meredith Wilson was already a fan of theirs.

    • @roberthaworth8991
      @roberthaworth8991 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Acting is just sustained not-singing.

  • @awesomeangelala
    @awesomeangelala 11 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Man, that tenor at 2:22! Just AMAZING! We watched this in school today, and all of my favourite parts were whenever these guys came in, just singing away. The harmony between them is absolutely gorgeous.

  • @benfrodyma6091
    @benfrodyma6091 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    They made that movie. As a matter of fact, I can't think of any other movie that has given me goosebumps...pure talent and perfection

  • @jrc99us
    @jrc99us 10 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Their finale still gives me goosebumps, they were that good!

  • @curtcloud8741
    @curtcloud8741 11 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    The first tenor is unreal

  • @thehair1474
    @thehair1474 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Hands down, the Buffalo Bills were the greatest barbershop quartet EVER.

    • @Elavator66
      @Elavator66 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ABSOLUTELY.

    • @thehair1474
      @thehair1474 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Elavator66they were very funny, too. Good actors.

  • @bwlove25
    @bwlove25 12 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    "MMMMMMMMAKE him put up a bond!" haha

  • @shannon3714
    @shannon3714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    :55 idk why but the way he says "what am i hearing?!" cracks me up

  • @dr_robrt6454
    @dr_robrt6454 10 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    ... It's great to hear the flawless harmonies but I was in love with Shirley Jones!

  • @flyingmerkel6
    @flyingmerkel6 10 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    One of the last and best big musicals.

    • @jc4388
      @jc4388 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Can u believe Bob Preston was not even nominated for best actor?

    • @CLASSICALFAN100
      @CLASSICALFAN100 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +John Croyle And, he was just as good in drama! He starred on Broadway in the original production of "The Lion in Winter" (not Peter O'Toole!)

    • @derricawright8810
      @derricawright8810 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ha ha ha

    • @tessieoshea6904
      @tessieoshea6904 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I miss the musicals. You always cane out of the theatre with a happy feeling!

    • @werksdesign
      @werksdesign 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      If there was a Grand Finale of musicals, this was certainly the one. I was ten years old when it came to the theaters...... still watch it today.

  • @jessicaspading6712
    @jessicaspading6712 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I especially love watching professor hills face at 2:24 with the high tenor.Love watching this group in this amazing musical gem.Such a favorite movie that’s been part of my whole life.No remake can top this masterpiece.🥰💕❤️

  • @bigeasy1950
    @bigeasy1950 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Haven't heard this in 18 years. This is the kind of stuff that made me into the musical minded person I am today. So good to hear it

  • @patburneson7848
    @patburneson7848 11 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    A fantastic movie with fantastically talented artists.

    • @tomjones2348
      @tomjones2348 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Superb casting of every part.

  • @BigLou5959
    @BigLou5959 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    After watching this clip, I am going to rewatch the movie.

  • @pghtile8069
    @pghtile8069 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Absolutely awesome! I suspect the football team has been trying and failing to live up to the name of this group. Holy Crap!!!! Those gentlemen were born to sing!!!

  • @Rainmaker65
    @Rainmaker65 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I can't tell how many times I've been back here to listed to this one song...always fawning over their mix and singing. OFTEN IMITATED - NEVER DUPLICATED.

  • @rickchapman4240
    @rickchapman4240 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love Barbershop, it's so much fun, I was bass in a mixed quartet in Montrose, Colorado

  • @ZeskoWhirligan
    @ZeskoWhirligan 11 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    The movie was FAR better than the Broadway presentation. Even Robert Preston said so.

    • @oleflogger6828
      @oleflogger6828 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I disagree completely. The Broadway production concentrated on the music, NOT fancy uniforms, marches, and glitter. I'll never forget that show. It was the first time I saw and heard ANYTHING on Broadway. WOW!

    • @tintinsnowyful
      @tintinsnowyful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      They're both good. Just different. I was 10 years old when I saw Robert Preston do this on Broadway. His performance was so remarkable that I still have strong images of him bouncing around the stage like a Mexican jumping bean. I have never seen anyone give that much energy to a performance. Decades later I was fortunate to perform in an orchestra with Barbara Cook who was also in the production I saw. I was able to talk with her briefly about the strong effect she and Robert had on my desire to enter the world of music performance.

    • @skelemberry3810
      @skelemberry3810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I do prefer the movie but I must say the Broadway production's still pretty good

    • @kade82
      @kade82 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I've never seen a stage production of THE MUSIC MAN, but I imagine Preston's preference for the movie may be because his dancing would have likely been more restrained on a theatrical stage versus that of a Hollywood soundstage. He seemed to be all over the place in the movie; I'm not sure that would have been possible in the same way on Broadway. I wish Broadway productions had been filmed for posterity. There are so many classic shows I'd enjoy seeing -- musicals and plays.

    • @tyrssen1
      @tyrssen1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My late mom was a "musical nut," so of course we had the LP record of the Broadway production. That, and the movie, were both great.

  • @rosebyanyname
    @rosebyanyname 8 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    2:22 “Now you're just showing off!”

  • @johnprovince5304
    @johnprovince5304 7 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    The best American musical ever done, bar none!

  • @qtippjohnson1
    @qtippjohnson1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Holy crap the face the guy makes when he get the Tenor 1 to slur up so that he is in tune is HILARIOUS. 3:03.

    • @RToni
      @RToni 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      simply: GREAT ENTERTAINMENT = HARD WORK

  • @thesnakeman8006
    @thesnakeman8006 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    3:31. The movie could have ended right here. Fireworks going off, fade to black, "the end", roll credits. LMFAO

  • @Elavator66
    @Elavator66 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The Buffalo Bills are STUUUPENDOUS!

  • @steveperry1344
    @steveperry1344 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    my mom used to blast this and other musicals and records on her record player in the morning when we were getting ready for school to get us going. we would all sing and march around the house, it was kinda fun.

  • @rgfisher21
    @rgfisher21 13 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I sang on stage with them in Burlington, Vermont in (I believe) 1962. I was only twelve at the time, but my Father was such a obsessive barbershopper that we practically lived it. They were, at the time the quartet that everyone wanted to be. After they broke up Vern Green bought a shop in Burlington. He had a booth at the Fair and I would talk for as long has he let me about the days of Music Man. He passed away in Vermont of complications of Alzheimers.

    • @richardbrucegraham1642
      @richardbrucegraham1642 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Reed. Yes, I've seen a note from his daughter somewhere about his passing and suffering from Alzheimers. Looking forward to angelic chord busting when I do!

    • @rgfisher21
      @rgfisher21 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@richardbrucegraham1642 Reed is correct... I do not know how that got to be Green on my post. He was 74 when he passed. My wife worked at the Alzheimer facility were he spent his last days. She told me that he had no clear memory of those glory days but, he did tend to occasionally head for the door to meet the boys for rehearsal. It's so sad, I think that is the worse illness ever. You lose all your past, good memories and bad. When I first started singing with the barbershopper's my voice hadn't changed yet, so I strived to be a tenor like him. As nature would have it, shortly after my voice changed from tenor to baritone.

  • @ikmarchini
    @ikmarchini 14 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    this for me is one of the great scenes of all musical theater- opera included. We cross the line from spoken and earthbound to singing and dreaming in an instant.
    Would that our world was more like this. Not to mention my Dad, a fanatic Barbershopper, had me singing this number when I was 8 years old on various parts.
    Magic!

  • @geraldthebusdriver3491
    @geraldthebusdriver3491 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I don't know what it is about those Barbershop Quartets, but they give off such soothing calming and at home vibe.

  • @williamjones7163
    @williamjones7163 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was in the Music Man presented by Billings Studio Theater in Billings Montana in the late '70s. (A few years ago...) the barber shop quartet was good but nearly as good as these guys. What do you talk? What do ya talk? What dya talk? He doesn't know the territory!

  • @VAXHeadroom
    @VAXHeadroom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We did this my sophomore year in HS - 1977 (Catonsville MD). The quartet was played by 4 'gentlemen of color' to use the current phrase. They used to climb up into the auditorium catwalks and practice. They were terrific, I hope they're all still singing!

  • @winstonbeech3418
    @winstonbeech3418 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In my high school four guys just happened to get together as a barbershop quartet. They were actually quite good. My school was full of talented musicians but most went on to become lawyers, doctors, business owners, scientists... a few had long professional musical careers. Don’t know what became of the barbershop guys. Tom, Steve, Alonzo, and Bob. They were really pretty damn good.

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing voices ever in stereophonic soundtrack, TechniColor and CinemaScope widescreen ! Thanks from Paris France and take care.

  • @heatherkelly2580
    @heatherkelly2580 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ROBERT PRESTON in "THE MUSIC MAN" (1962)

  • @miffy1950
    @miffy1950 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What a joy to watch!!! Great singing!!

  • @ianboard544
    @ianboard544 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    For my money, the best musical movie. So many great tunes.

  • @mattpolka8406
    @mattpolka8406 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I played Harold Hill in high school and truly loved the part, but often I would sing with the quartet for fun. Went on to form a quartet in high school and then to compete later in life. Best times being in a quartet!

  • @janetgates3957
    @janetgates3957 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I miss when my dad used to sing the baritone part. It always made me giggle. ❤

  • @johnakaoldguy3158
    @johnakaoldguy3158 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My all time favorite musical. Robert Preston was amazing. I am looking forward to Hugh Jackman to playing Howard Hill. Another amazing talent. 👏👏

  • @peteratkinson922
    @peteratkinson922 ปีที่แล้ว

    I sang barbershop for about a year. Tuning ok but struggled with the words and presentation. The enthusiasm and dedication is truly awesome.

  • @charbora
    @charbora 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I interviewed Vern in 1985 - this introduction of the school board by Preston was finalized in the Broadway show only a week before the Buffalo Bills left the show and went to the west coast to be in the movie.

  • @tictac4949
    @tictac4949 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    brings a tear to my eye no joke

  • @billlhommedieu8597
    @billlhommedieu8597 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Loved this movie since it premiered in 1962! I'm an eastcoast boy with my mother's family from my own River City, ( Maquoketa) Iowa. What a treasure Meredith Wilson's movie is!

  • @greasy_night_rat9102
    @greasy_night_rat9102 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I've rewatched this video many times but am only just Now making this (what was most likely not intended) connect.
    3:15 I understand the song's original context, but I like to think that this specific line in the song is making note of the quartet's bond.
    Love doesn't always have to be romantic mind you, love can be platonic.
    In this case, love would be the Buffalo Bills's shared joy in singing and just being together. :)

  • @thefabulousthomasj
    @thefabulousthomasj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Personal Opinion: "The Music Man" is the best film adaptation of a Broadway musical, period. "1776" is a very tight second. You "West Side Story" and "Rent" fans, keep scrolling.

  • @staffsaber534
    @staffsaber534 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Oh, man. We did this musical when I was in high school. I played Ewart (the guy in the light grey jacket).

  • @bobbydavis888
    @bobbydavis888 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Greatest Musical...Dick Grapes's Birthday would've been today! Original Buffalo Bill!

  • @iowanwendigo746
    @iowanwendigo746 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i was asked to play jacey squires by my chior director for this year's production of the music man. i wanted to audition, but i wasn't able to. i am honored to be working on such a great show...

  • @joker321boom
    @joker321boom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love this genre of music

  • @detsportsfan18
    @detsportsfan18 13 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    One of the best groups of all time, love them!

  • @ripjaw105
    @ripjaw105 8 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    When the 4th guy can't get the pitch and the third guy keeps pointing down XD. Best part of the whole movie. Love this scene.

    • @HegemonWiggi
      @HegemonWiggi 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      +Ripjaw105 on the contrary, that's a very common Barbershop trick and 101% on pitch, but still definitely the best part of the movie

    • @soakupthesunman
      @soakupthesunman 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Barbershop quartet is: Bass, Baritone, Lead Tenor, and First Tenor (preferably sharp.). He is not off pitch here. A sharp Tenor is highly thought of. I'm sure BBSQ members & fans appreciate this scene very much.

    • @JPurvis10
      @JPurvis10 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Its was more about resolving the chord. Another great chord to listen to is the last chord from "Notre Dame Melody by Ring Masters". The tenor is a full step down until he resolves up to complete the final chord.

  • @BluStile3
    @BluStile3 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for posting this lost treasure. I directed the show in LA in the 80s with a wonderful cast and quartet... But these guys were the finest

  • @michaelfernandez5900
    @michaelfernandez5900 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gets me everytime...

  • @VicWeil
    @VicWeil 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I was a member of the Thoroughbred Chorus and had the privilege to sing with several of the top quartets.

  • @bassetthound1234
    @bassetthound1234 11 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Ice Cream does make the world go around

  • @HelenWietlisbach
    @HelenWietlisbach 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Music Man Some of the best music ever put on film.

  • @SFKelvin
    @SFKelvin 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So unbelievably good. I LOVE male singing. Beautiful. BRAVO!!!!

  • @eurodoc6343
    @eurodoc6343 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just love that every time they try to corner Harold Hill, he escapes by getting them to start singing.

  • @georgesoros6415
    @georgesoros6415 11 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    This scene made for many a divorce, I'm afraid.
    God bless the Buffalo Bills.

  • @JeevesReturns
    @JeevesReturns 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There’s a barbershop group here at Disney World in Orlando(the Dapper Dans)... one day I’m gonna walk up to them and croon “how can there be... 🎵 “ and see if the catch on. 😊.

    • @thesnakeman8006
      @thesnakeman8006 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Make sure you film the reaction, ok? LOL

    • @Elavator66
      @Elavator66 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Did you end up doing it?

  • @daviesgarden
    @daviesgarden 13 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I think the message here is that music calms the savage beast...or beasts. Music is something that digs down into our innermost being. Music unites. Thank the dieties for music. Music, harmony, art, evalates us into a space where we can unite with the beauty of it...that's why I love music. that's why I love art. They lift us up, out of the douldrum of our everyday existance into another realm. Please excuse the spelling...artists are not very good spellers.....

    • @richardbrucegraham1642
      @richardbrucegraham1642 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      "...music is a a ladder for the soul to ascend..." I know I've read that somewhere...

  • @syeofficial2351
    @syeofficial2351 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The Tenor's modal voice is so damn different than his singing voice. Falsetto makes a difference when you're so gifted! I wish to be a Tenor in a quartet. By the way, in case you don't know what I'm talking about, it's the part when he says "Just a minute, Professor Hill..."

  • @richardgrant1093
    @richardgrant1093 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Pure talent..love it

  • @xebatansis
    @xebatansis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Damn, the second Buffalo from the right is a stud!

    • @Chequers99
      @Chequers99 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Sebastian Brinkmann
      This comment made my day, lol.

    • @hackgilliam7744
      @hackgilliam7744 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sebastian Brinkmann

    • @amandagiordano982
      @amandagiordano982 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sebastian Brinkmann His name is Oliver

    • @dmbirkeland
      @dmbirkeland 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      If you are refering to the lead, he is Al Shea. The others are Vern Reed, Scotty Ward filling in for Dick Grapes, and Bill Spangenberg. The Buffalo Bills were the 1950 International Quartet Champions of the SPEBSQSA.

    • @krimsworld
      @krimsworld 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think you're referring to the baritone, Wayne "Scotty" Ward.

  • @libbysingscontrezzo8419
    @libbysingscontrezzo8419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The baritone is smoking. I sang barbershop for many years. Great fun, and you really learn how to sing in tune and stay on pitch.

  • @charliejdk
    @charliejdk 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Year I was born; played numbers in band; soundtrack never stops in my mind, or heart.

  • @johnireland6301
    @johnireland6301 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just wonderful

  • @nahkohese555
    @nahkohese555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We did this musical in high school and the 4 guys cast in these parts had never sung together like this. They, like their characters, really did form a barbershop quartet and went off to college together, still competing in barbersop quartet competitions.

  • @jauch0
    @jauch0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Back in their time these guys were big stars. Can you imagine a barbershop quartet getting any kind of following today?

  • @wolfman1000000
    @wolfman1000000 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I cant stop laughing at that lady giggling. Sounds like she hit the fattest joint.

  • @ErinLovegood
    @ErinLovegood 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am in love with the Buffalo Bills and always have been

  • @jimi99colorado
    @jimi99colorado 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love posting this clip on FB on 4th of July

  • @shevetlevi2821
    @shevetlevi2821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such a happy old timin' sound.

  • @VorpalSnickerSnack
    @VorpalSnickerSnack หลายเดือนก่อน

    Use to watch the hell out of this on my PS2

  • @kurtreber9813
    @kurtreber9813 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice loud and clear. All the others are only about 60-80% this loud. Good harmonizing music demands volume!

  • @CodaMission
    @CodaMission ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In his effort to conning people into thinking he could improve their lives, he accidentally realized he could just improve people's lives

  • @MikeBlitzMag
    @MikeBlitzMag 13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For my money, the greatest film of the 20th century. Love it!

  • @malcolmdale
    @malcolmdale 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loved this movie :]

  • @MrVanAnderson
    @MrVanAnderson 8 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    You see? Singing is just sustained talking.

  • @orangeblossoms88
    @orangeblossoms88 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Forget Marian or Harold... The Buffalo Bills are the stars of this play.

  • @brendapetersen364
    @brendapetersen364 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love these guys!

  • @elithecartoonrailfannerdude17
    @elithecartoonrailfannerdude17 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The bass singing sounds amazing in this part

  • @CreamyBone
    @CreamyBone 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These dudes kick butt.

  • @funtimenotalongtime6122
    @funtimenotalongtime6122 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    that high tenor from 2:16 to 2:27 LMFAO!!!!!!!! so good😂😂😂😂😂

  • @dennisvance4004
    @dennisvance4004 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Learning to sing barbershop quartet: _it’s just that easy._