Yes, yes, I've made my anathema to a cappela music quite apparent in the past (although I still maintain that McFerrin totally had that beat down coming to him) but I have to say that I really liked this performance. From TYWKIWDBI:
The featured song is "Africa," a chart-topper from the early 1980s by Toto. The performers are Perpetuum Jazzile, an a capella jazz choir from Slovenia. What impressed me about the video was not the song itself, but rather the 2-minute introduction during which the choir produces the sounds of a gentle rain in Africa escalating into a thunderstorm.I really love how they did the opening but I'll also admit that I dug the Toto song (although if you had held a gun to my head and demanded that I tell you who had originally sung this song my brains would have been cherry pie on the wall quite quickly). Check it out:
I suggest starting the video, then looking elsewhere (down this page, or open another tab for browsing) so you can hear the sound effects (note - no instrumental or percussion help). You'll probably then go back to see how it was done.
[Update: OK, I officially hate this song now. It's been playing repeatedly in my head ever since I watched this video yesterday. I'm seriously considering taking a power drill to my right temple to make it stop. Do-do, do-do, do-do-do-da-a-ah...Aargh!]
3 comments:
Martin was right on that count Philippe but I'm afraid that most of America is still too uptight and repressed to agree with him. Glad you dug the song.
I liked that.
Just be careful, sue. Like I said, I can't get it out of my head now. Thanks for checking out the site.
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