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I started watching barbershop a year ago because of the newfangled four.

Great video! Very informative

Awareness doesn’t really matter in an era seeking to contentify and clickbait anything that existed sadly

Boston common shown for .01 seconds🗣️🗣️🔥🔥

Now do Fred!

song name at 12:40 ?

Well done and thank you! The barbershop quartet is a wonderful way to sing in harmony or enjoy listening. The BHS UA-cam channel is full of amazing performances and musicians. Check it out.

yes, the newfangled 4 successfully attracted me to the barbershop harmony even here in china

Has to be quite a interesting topic to make a video essay with, very well presented, pretty great that you included the interview as well, overall a 9/10 video, great stuff!

This was such a wonderful analysis, i can't believ you only have 800 subscribers

Thank you for this video! It’s so well done! Definitely subscribing and hoping for more barbershop lore. 😊 My first introduction to barbershop was when I found “a pitch pipe thingy” (as I excitedly called it) in a box that had belonged to a relative long passed. For some reason I’ve kept it all these years. Then one day I saw Ringmasters perform The Bells… on UA-cam. What an introduction! Then NF4 popped up and has become my favorite quartet. The comedy style feels like I’d love to just hang out and have some (morning) beers with some dudes my age. I also enjoy their (all too infrequent) behind the scenes videos. Also I feel like I was just tired of current music for a multitude of reasons, but that’s a whole ‘nother topic haha. As a female who sometimes feels excluded from all the cool stuff, I’d love a deep dive into the Sweet Adelines!

A few more barbershop songs that weren’t mentioned in the description that I personally love and you should probably check out (feel free to add to these in the replies!) Crossroads - Lucky Old Sun Acoustix - Stars and Stripes Forever PLATINUM - Cuddle Up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine Instant Classic - How Could I Ever Know? Instant Classic - Simple Gifts/Shenandoah Medley Midtown - You’re Falling in Love Ringmasters - Love Me and the World is Mine Max Q - You Can Fly (the Ringmasters’ performance of this is very excellent too) Max Q - Here’s to the Losers Vocal Spectrum - Go the Distance Lunch Break - Love Me and the World is Mine Lunch Break - Part of Your World Newfangled Four - Give Up! (this might be recency bias but I think this is their best song) Adding Midtown’s Spider-Farm here but only after you watch the entire discography of FRED and Lunch Break too lmao and from Sweet Adeline’s (admittedly I don’t know as much about this but I had to include this) - Ambiance - Rhapsody of New York

26:20 Massey Concert Hall Belmont University!

Well done young'un well done!!

This is the best gateway to the art I’ve ever seen

No mention of the Osmond Brothers Boys Quartet?? That’s how they got their start, singing barbershop at Disneyland after.. The Dapper Dans.. went on to be the first barbershop chorus featured on The Andy Williams Show. ua-cam.com/video/O5nwowBIxyQ/v-deo.htmlsi=SqL9EGWJntEA6N-V

Does anybody know the name of the song that starts at around 5:06?

Very nice job with the essay and production! I recently noticed the same stats you did about the Newfangled Four (most views/influence). Barbershop has been a huge influence on me and I would not take it back if I were given the option: For comment-readers, here's an important note on the membership decline - There were multiple factors at play that I both experienced and heard of: - Money/cost of membership - Changes in arrangements (to accommodate pop/show tunes) - Explicit emphasis on Diversity/Equity/Inclusion *(much more can be said on this)* - Opening the organization to "all people", which gave chorus members the (very real) concern of losing their all-male sound *(much more can be said on this)* - The "good ol' 2020 worldwide incident" And likely many more...That said, affiliate organizations around the world have brought this uniquely-American art form to their countries, which is something to be glad about! Membership overall may not be down as much as it may seem. Regardless, I'm glad that Barbershop is still around - I hope it never dies. An old guy I used to work with once said that Barbershop is the happiest style of music there is - I still agree with him.

I am not an active member these days, but the one thing I wish has been included is that BHS is now open to all. David mentioned the misogynistic and racist past, but that should have been followed by the fact that’s no more. BHS membership is open to all races and genders. Everyone In Harmony.

4:00 Earliest as in early in North American history, or colonized North American history, or United States history?

How dare you speak the ancient texts to me, i was there when they were born!

My dad and his brothers sang barbershop and entertained our huge family at all our family reunions. It was always followed by all of us singing together. It just doesn’t get any better than that. All of us 21 cousins would agree.

Great video! I've had the pleasure of watching the New Fangled Four live over the years. They've always been my favorite quartet!

Anyone who thinks modern music can be squeezed into barbershop harmony has zero understanding of harmonics. Melody progression demands specific harmonics and if you stray too far from those harmonics, you destroy the melody.

how in the world of anything do you not even have 1k subs yet, that is blasphemy with this video quality

The Longest Time by Billy Joel, a Barbershop song sneaked into Pop Music...

Of course the discovery that Barbershop is REALLY black music has just been made. That's the politically correct conclusion of revisionist musicologists.

Go hustle

In the video game Bioshock: Infinite they use a barbershop version of the Beach Boys song God Only Knows. Performed by A Mighty Wind.

Really awesome video!

Great piece here. Joined SPEBSQSA in college -1970’s -only because both bothers went to nationals. With a huge academic load I still found time for this. Some one said it, but it still rings true -“You cannot both sing and carry the weight of your troubles simultaneously.”

Southern Gospel quartet guy here. Great, informative video about. Thank you for this!

Interesting documentary. I didn't know Barbershop singing style is still so active. I also didn't know there are female quartets singing in Barbershop style.

It's Viola not Wala!

I love Barber Shop, but I still get a kick out of an episode of Car 54 Where Are You where Jan Murray had to judge a Barber Shop competition. The competition when on for hours and each group sang the same song, which almost caused Murray to end up in a padded cell.

Wow, I loved Barbershop Quartets before and after your video, I love them more! 🤗🤗🤗 Thank you. 😊😊😊

As a trumpet and trombone player, 1st tenor singer, and lifelong music lover (all genres), THANK YOU! This type of work helps raise awareness and teaches the uninformed to have a deeper appreciation for this American art form.

i like the clever idea that you only win the Big Prize once......... it has a 'Confusious he say' wisdom to it

I'm a 70 year old American man, a Native of Iowa. I saw The Music Man at a Drive In Movie Theater when I was about 6 or 7. It took place in a fictitious town on the Mississippi. Loved it . Sang in Middle School and High School Choirs and the Iowa Allstate Choir. Thanks for a great video. Bravo.

As a former BHS member, this was a great historical trip. Most of which I knew, but many things I didn’t. Like the Unfangled Four. I knew they a song or two but …. Dunno. Definitely heard of Lunch Break and the other entertaining quartets.

The Mills Brothers, Good to the very last doo-wop!

HA! I spotted one of the Crabb twins in there! My daughter would be so proud of me. 🤣

I didn’t know women could sing four part. I thought they were always a trio. I guess that shows what I know🤷‍♀️

Southern gospel never lost 4part harmony. I think God invented music to demonstrate that things are better and in fact, amazing, when we work together in harmony instead of insisting on getting our own way ,from the nursery to the resolute desk.

One of the nicest surprises I have had the opportunity to experience was one night when my wife and I were at a B.E. Restaurant and there was a group of Sweet Adelines. They asked those of us who were dining if it was okay if they gave a little performance. We of course said, "YES BY ALL MEANS!" We were blessed to hear some beautiful female 4 part harmony. Talk about a lift in your soul!

Well done I'd say. Thank you.

The Fairfield Four. The original group...

Greatest video on the platform ever

Definitely leaving a comment for the algorithm. only 600 subscribers is criminal, AMAZING video. For anyone interested in one of the best showcases I would personally recommend Signature's Dance with my Father again. That is my personal favorite

The distinctive character of classic barbershop harmony is because it was performed in just intonation and stayed close to diatonic chords except when resolving passing chords diatonically. That's almost impossible to maintain with modern songs that modulate. Even a 12 bar blues that uses dominant chords on l and lV won't work out in just intonation and the traditional harmonic effect disappears.