@RenaissanceTuber glee was NOT using auto tune. i first thought that Glee was using auto tune, but i was researching A LOT, and found that they weren't.
But in all honesty, this aired before Glee's Journey medley. Glee breaks their seasons in two. So even though it was the end of season 1 when Glee did it, it was the second half of season 1. This show was like December :)
@FuchsiaKnight This wasn't ripped off at all. There are many many differences between this one and Glee's. However, I do say the Beelzebubs ripped off the SoCal VoCal's arrangement of "When I Get You Alone" when they sang it with Darren Criss on Glee.
@Maestrojosh87 I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say either one ripped off the either. I was just trying to say that this definitely didn't steal the idea from Glee, since it came first. But I didn't mean to imply that Glee ripped them off.
honestly my only problem with this performance was the vocal percussionist... he was just... taking himself waaaaay too seriously and, in my opinion, it just left me distracted. I was watching him flail around rather than focusing on the music
The guy who does the guitar solo, when he sings Open Arms, his voice is ridiculous, esp. at 1:22. Wow! And the bass singer's face at 2:37 is hilarious!
dont get me wrong, this group is pretty good, but i bet the winner of the show is probably the group that sings the most popular songs lol i enjoyed this though ;)
What is the name of the lead tenor? The one in the glasses. He's the best single singer I've ever seen in any A Capella group (except maybe the blonde in Rockapella)
@myposchange - So basically the Backbeats was set up as an "all star" group? I can't believe they didn't win against Committed and Street Corner Symphony. I mean Courtney, Johanna, Kelley, and having exactly 5 girls and 5 guys? Seams on paper like an unbeatable group, but America liked Boyz 2 Men part 2 more I guess.
@zippy0099 yes Kenton Chen assembled a team of superstars picked from rival vocal groups across the country. I'm sure you agree, as the judges did, that he picked an incredible roster. I loved all the finalists. I'm also glad that Committed won. It's about time that real soul and harmony was brought back to the airwaves, not this crappy version of "rnb" that's been on the charts since the mid 90's & no autotune! I hope The Backbeats continue together. They're remarkable.
I hate it when people say oh this ripped off this show. What all of you idiots are debating on is who ripped who off when both performed covers of a song that has been around since the 80's. Seriously soon people will be adding that both shows ripped off the scrubs episode with the air guitar to Journey. I guess ignorance is bliss for some people its just not for me I guess.
@diclonisvector Also mad props to them... cause they did it LIVE where in shows... those kids get many takes then recording studio time... to sound good for the show.
SoCals are actually the part of SoCals Vocals, the acapella group from USC. The Journey song has been done by them long before Sing Off or Glee. I think it was also in their album which they came out with a few years back.
SoCals are actually the part of SoCals Vocals, the acapella group from USC. The Journey song has been done by them long before Sing Off or Glee. I think it was also in their album which they came out with a few years back.
They may not have ripped Glee of but they certainly did it better. No Autotune. No girl soprano hitting the Steve Perry high notes (Sorry that's cheating) and no musical accompaniment.
@Linxer22 they actually don't use auto-tune it's just something called layering, they make them sing the song a few times, then layer there voices over each other to make it sound stronger, that's all they do, it's not auto tune, just a more powerful version of there original singers, and that's basically just what a lot of microphones do, so ha on the people who just assume that they use autotune.
anyway, they didn't "rip this off the show, glee's there to inspire people to do stuff like this!
@tartarcreamxx No, Glee actually do use auto-tune, especially the guy who plays Finn, listen to when they sang, "its my life". The auto-tune can be clearly heard. When they do layering its only to enhance the voice to make it stronger. But listen to some of the songs they sing, you can clearly hear the warping of the voice that is side effect of auto-tune. Even Charice and Lea Michelle, who are probably two people who don'tt need to use auto-tune, still use it when they sang "Telephone."
@Linxer22 they use autotune on the songs where there is autotune in the original song, because they're doing it in the style of that song, eg, when they sung "tik tok" by Ke$ha that songs autotuned to death, so is telephone, and they can't cover an autotuned song, in the same format as is, without autotune, that's the only reason they use it on those songs, they have this thing called talent.
@tartarcreamxx Again, as I said go look for the glee cover of "its my life" by bon jovi, That song is not meant to be sang in auto-tune, but the moment Finn opened his mouth, you could instantly hear his voice was heavily auto-tune. And no, you could actually sing many songs that are originally sung in auto-tune without auto-tune. Prime example, when Chris Daughtry covered Lady Gagas "Poker Face", he sang it in acoustic style and without auto-tune. And it sounded pretty good as well.
@Linxer22 it's my life" was layering and yes you can sing originally autotuned songs without autotine, but not in the same style of the original, as you said "chris Daughtry" sang it in acoustic style, not the autotuned style, which in order to make it sound right, would require autotune, i think you need to accept that the cast aren't disney stars or half the singers in the charts right now, they can actually sing, move on.
@tartarcreamxx haha..thats funny, the only thing i have to accept is that when they made glee i thought they would cast people who are good singers.....they got me good...I dunno what you think layering is supposed to sound but its suppose to make singers voice stronger but yet sound natural...there was nothing natural in the sound that came out of Finns mouth when they sang "its my life."..sounds like a voice from a black eye peas song...
@Linxer22 *sigh*, you really are stubborn, you'd think i'd insulted you or something, i only told you, that they don't use autotune on the songs they don't have to, it was natural, it's just just different from live songs, because it's sung in a studio, where the acoustic's are different from on a live stage. run along now.
@tartarcreamxx nice, is it me who's acting all insulted? I'm critisizing a show that I believe should have hired better singers suited for a show about a "glee club", you're the one who is stubbornly rejecting any suggestion that some of the show singers aren't as great as they try to portray them to be and that they use electronic aid to hide that....besides, i'm not the one who had stooped down to the level of using condescending phrases when replying....
@Linxer22 yes it is you who's acting all insulted, i'm just stating the facts that they don't use autotune (exept when they have to because it's in the original), and you're stubbornly refusing to accept it, you could just say, oh ok, well thank's for telling me, but you won't, because you seem to have a compulsive need to be right, do tell me, have you looked it up?, read article over article about it?.... no?, well i have, also "condescending phrases" no, that's just my english dear
@tartarcreamxx And why would I thank you for telling me something which I believe is wrong. I don't know about you but I can clearly here the auto-tune when they play their songs, they didn't really try to hide it that much, and what exactly did your extensive research tell you, that they don't use auto-tune on songs that originally aren't, I already gave you an example that earlier that debunk that. I don't believe I've read a proper musical analysis paper that claims that they don't use it.
@tartarcreamxx I don't believe those articles even exists, I highly doubt a music professor would take the time to do that anyway, what i've read though is critics complaining that the show is using way to much of it in their songs, which just makes me realize that i'm not the only way thinking that they rely on auto-tune too much considering the type of show it's supposed to be. I'm more surprise how much you firmly believe the glee cast are really good singers.
@tartarcreamxx They can sing, but thats all I can say, I admit one or two of them are pretty good, but the rest aren't as impressive, they are not bad singers but they certainly are not award winning chorale singers that compete in competitions. Here's a question, since all this stem from watching this video, do you actually believe they could compete in a competition against groups from say "the sing-off." They can't, they can sing by there own right, but they are not good enough to compete.
@NDawgHoyt :The resemblance to Glee is uncanny: red and black outfits, similar choreography, a male and a female sharing the lead vocals with the man singing the first line, the woman singing the second line, and then both of them singing together.
@Garris13 Glee original run - May 19th, 2009. The Sing Off original run - December 14th, 2009. Glee originally aired 7 months before The Sing Off. If anyone ripped off anyone, it's The Sing Off.
@tsl141 Yeah, right. They (SoCal Vocals - the USC a capella group the SoCals are formed from) did it way back in 2005. It was part of their "Get In. ROCK. Get Out" album. Glee wasn't even conceived back then.
what a powerful opening for the song, and seriously, i like this performance way better than glee. they balance better and use the voices to their strenths. not to mention the lead for don't stop believing sounds EXACTLY like the original. what a show!! i would so pay to see them live
Considering this aired last December, and Glee's version of DSB aired in May of that year (and was recorded earlier), I fail to see how Glee stole the song from the Socals. I love this group, but if anything, they were trying to capitalize off Glee's success.
i love this show, don't get me wrong. but i feel like they are trying too hard to capitalize on glee's success, so they do songs like ":dont stop believing" and make it almost identical to the glee version.
Of all the performances from all the groups (and I've watched them all many times), this is the one I keep coming back to . Solid, non-gimmicky performance. You keep hearing things each time you didn't hear before. These guys should have won.
Ok, I just watched Glee's version of DSB again, and now I definetely think they got the idea from SoCals. There are just too many similarities to be coincendental, but they made it just different enough that SoCal couldn't sue Glee for plagarisim.
I hate when judges pick things. I was in for the Socals, Noteworthy, and the Beelzebubs in the top three, but nooooo. Nota won. Don't even understand that one.
oh my goodyness! Greatest representation of Journey i have ever heard in my life! Its so freakin amazing how they use nothing more than their voices to do all that!!!
The one person that disliked this has a serious stick up their ass
@Drtbaggae I think they may have... I saw a video of the SoCals singing DSB in 2008. It was a similar version that they did here, just with more people.
@Drtbaggae : I wouldn't be at all surprised if Glee got the idea from this version. When the guy was singing the first line of "Don't Stop Believing," I was thinking to myself, "if a girl sings the next line, then I'll know where Glee got the idea," and lo and behold! The choreography was almost identical as well.
I loved this performance, but the girl in the Open Arms part wasn't in the right key. Too low then too high. Kind of drowned the guy out. But it's still one of my favorite performances
This was one of my favorite performances of the entire competition. I love Journey and they were my favorites for the competition for sure. I wasn't crazy about the girl who sang Don't Stop Believing but that's just me. [Also loved their performance of Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now]
I was shocked and upset myself! They were my FAVORITE group. They have such great presence and personality on stage. And ALL of them can sing well, unlike Voices of Lee, which depends mostly on the brown-haired girl ( the rest are like back-up singers). My favorite singers in the SoCals are the pretty blonde-haired girl and the lead guy with the glasses. So amazing!
Haha. Glee got nothin on them...
nashiemaroony 3 days ago
lol unlike glee, these guys don't need max auto tune >:)
RenaissanceTuber 2 months ago
@RenaissanceTuber glee was NOT using auto tune. i first thought that Glee was using auto tune, but i was researching A LOT, and found that they weren't.
GLEEGIRL1221 1 month ago
That guy singing open arms in a lead in The Westminster chorus
jjesus2468 3 months ago
this guy sings Don't Stop beleivin so well!!! so does the girl:-) super good medley!!!
pictureperfect971 3 months ago
But in all honesty, this aired before Glee's Journey medley. Glee breaks their seasons in two. So even though it was the end of season 1 when Glee did it, it was the second half of season 1. This show was like December :)
FuchsiaKnight 3 months ago
@FuchsiaKnight This wasn't ripped off at all. There are many many differences between this one and Glee's. However, I do say the Beelzebubs ripped off the SoCal VoCal's arrangement of "When I Get You Alone" when they sang it with Darren Criss on Glee.
Maestrojosh87 3 months ago
@Maestrojosh87 I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say either one ripped off the either. I was just trying to say that this definitely didn't steal the idea from Glee, since it came first. But I didn't mean to imply that Glee ripped them off.
FuchsiaKnight 3 months ago
David is the man!
codelittlefield 3 months ago
I love Journey
TheVic81 3 months ago
the bass is so good
Tomongdong 3 months ago
2:18 I love the guy beat boxing
MsFunkyMonkeyz26 4 months ago
These guys are just so cute...
Kaliwowads 4 months ago 2
honestly my only problem with this performance was the vocal percussionist... he was just... taking himself waaaaay too seriously and, in my opinion, it just left me distracted. I was watching him flail around rather than focusing on the music
anocatodeep 4 months ago
WOO!!!
piratechic77 4 months ago
the guy who did the open arms part was amazing...now excuse me while i go clean up my chair
rduquett 4 months ago 4
The lead lacks the raw vocal power of Steve Perry, but....y'know, so do most singers in the world :P
ObsessiveSketch 5 months ago 2
is there any available arrangement of this? or anything remotely similar?
elgigante42 5 months ago
the second guy sounds like nph!!!!!
beyourselfth 5 months ago
They probably did that at 2:05 so that the song wasn't to long.
EBrownie1998 5 months ago
2:05 they slipped
pianoman571 5 months ago
watch the girls expression at 2:05, its hilarious!!!
sgnorush 5 months ago
6 people don't have lives
sgnorush 5 months ago 2
Won** wow
haa23gth 6 months ago
They should have one
haa23gth 6 months ago
so much better than stupid glee
topsyturvy104 6 months ago
The guy who does the guitar solo, when he sings Open Arms, his voice is ridiculous, esp. at 1:22. Wow! And the bass singer's face at 2:37 is hilarious!
greg2725d 6 months ago 7
@greg2725d its 1:37 and 2:22
kidsrap1000 1 month ago
dont get me wrong, this group is pretty good, but i bet the winner of the show is probably the group that sings the most popular songs lol i enjoyed this though ;)
MrMiunseicmrafnt 7 months ago
What is the name of the lead tenor? The one in the glasses. He's the best single singer I've ever seen in any A Capella group (except maybe the blonde in Rockapella)
Kruezoraxe 7 months ago
@Kruezoraxe His name is Payson Lewis.
essbeth 7 months ago
im a BIG fan of Journey!!This was pretty awesome!!
mokuyk7 7 months ago
I have.. CHILLS!!
ASweetKindaCandy 8 months ago
ENUNCIATE, dammit! It's not "lying be sigh Jew."
RCHairbrush 8 months ago
Now, put the guy with the glasses, with all of Nota and a few guys from the Bubs, that would be a power-group of Acappella.
ellis12241 9 months ago 23
@ellis12241 And Courtney from Noteworthy/Backbeats =]
dellafiora3395 8 months ago
A cappela guitar solo. That's fuckin' talent.
DBIYBIMWBIU 9 months ago 5
its that bloke from westminster!
ElCapitanoDeBasso 9 months ago
A Capella, wooow
Stringbubu13 9 months ago
4 people stopped believin
RaistlianMajerie 9 months ago 4
wow!! this is amazing! :D
Sasuke6350 9 months ago
so...glee did a cover of this
TheLalalaness 9 months ago
i love it when people argue
stuntmen405 10 months ago
just about pissed myself at 2:38-39 watching the bass guy xDDD
ilikepie91750 10 months ago 3
Rakita ftw. Seriously.
kuchikuu 11 months ago
can anyone tell me who the epic soloist with glasses is? he's stupendous...
chimaera27 11 months ago
@chimaera27
Dan Payson-Lewis aka Payson Lewis, recently seen on "How I Met Your Mother", "Rules of Engagement" and "Victorious"
essbeth 10 months ago
awesome
robingroentje 1 year ago
This is so much better than the Glee version
WinsorIII 1 year ago
ok so glee did a cover of every journey song ever so a group doing a medly of one of the greatist bands ever isnt stupid...
hikonator 1 year ago
that also is one of my favorite performances of this season....they were really a great group!
dacrazeekorean 1 year ago 2
Still my favorite performance of this season. :)
Luv2Dnce4 1 year ago
y do all guys doing bass make such odd faces lol
evolutionamation 1 year ago
Two people don't need it like they wanted it...it's sad but true: they stopped believing.
Raziroth 1 year ago
Wahooooooooooooo love it!!! Go Rakita!!!!! xxx
BassfaceColey 1 year ago 2
that guitar solo.. loved it hahha
fleebub 1 year ago 2
Wasn't that blond with the pink sparkly skirt also in the Backbeats with Courtney from Noteworthy????
zippy0099 1 year ago
@zippy0099 yes, Kelley Jakle is in both groups.
myposchange 1 year ago
@myposchange - So basically the Backbeats was set up as an "all star" group? I can't believe they didn't win against Committed and Street Corner Symphony. I mean Courtney, Johanna, Kelley, and having exactly 5 girls and 5 guys? Seams on paper like an unbeatable group, but America liked Boyz 2 Men part 2 more I guess.
zippy0099 1 year ago
@zippy0099 yes Kenton Chen assembled a team of superstars picked from rival vocal groups across the country. I'm sure you agree, as the judges did, that he picked an incredible roster. I loved all the finalists. I'm also glad that Committed won. It's about time that real soul and harmony was brought back to the airwaves, not this crappy version of "rnb" that's been on the charts since the mid 90's & no autotune! I hope The Backbeats continue together. They're remarkable.
myposchange 1 year ago
I hate it when people say oh this ripped off this show. What all of you idiots are debating on is who ripped who off when both performed covers of a song that has been around since the 80's. Seriously soon people will be adding that both shows ripped off the scrubs episode with the air guitar to Journey. I guess ignorance is bliss for some people its just not for me I guess.
diclonisvector 1 year ago 66
@diclonisvector Also mad props to them... cause they did it LIVE where in shows... those kids get many takes then recording studio time... to sound good for the show.
thisisuncomfortable 7 months ago
@diclonisvector The Air Guitar was to bostons 'More than a feeling'.......cmon man
wikiman871 6 months ago
so... glee-ish :)
cscp18 1 year ago
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SoCals are actually the part of SoCals Vocals, the acapella group from USC. The Journey song has been done by them long before Sing Off or Glee. I think it was also in their album which they came out with a few years back.
vaivij 1 year ago
SoCals are actually the part of SoCals Vocals, the acapella group from USC. The Journey song has been done by them long before Sing Off or Glee. I think it was also in their album which they came out with a few years back.
vaivij 1 year ago
mouth solo=beast.
bubbaj7396 1 year ago
Kelly jakle is so hott
ethong007 1 year ago
They may not have ripped Glee of but they certainly did it better. No Autotune. No girl soprano hitting the Steve Perry high notes (Sorry that's cheating) and no musical accompaniment.
AllPwrflSteve 1 year ago
Glee came out before this show, so Glee did Don't Stop Believing first. ;)
They are both great shows though.
NDawgHoyt 1 year ago
@NDawgHoyt Unfortunately Glee also auto-tune the singers so this is what accapella don't stop believing should really sound like.
Linxer22 1 year ago
@Linxer22 they actually don't use auto-tune it's just something called layering, they make them sing the song a few times, then layer there voices over each other to make it sound stronger, that's all they do, it's not auto tune, just a more powerful version of there original singers, and that's basically just what a lot of microphones do, so ha on the people who just assume that they use autotune.
anyway, they didn't "rip this off the show, glee's there to inspire people to do stuff like this!
tartarcreamxx 1 year ago 3
@tartarcreamxx No, Glee actually do use auto-tune, especially the guy who plays Finn, listen to when they sang, "its my life". The auto-tune can be clearly heard. When they do layering its only to enhance the voice to make it stronger. But listen to some of the songs they sing, you can clearly hear the warping of the voice that is side effect of auto-tune. Even Charice and Lea Michelle, who are probably two people who don'tt need to use auto-tune, still use it when they sang "Telephone."
Linxer22 1 year ago
@Linxer22 they use autotune on the songs where there is autotune in the original song, because they're doing it in the style of that song, eg, when they sung "tik tok" by Ke$ha that songs autotuned to death, so is telephone, and they can't cover an autotuned song, in the same format as is, without autotune, that's the only reason they use it on those songs, they have this thing called talent.
tartarcreamxx 1 year ago 2
@tartarcreamxx Again, as I said go look for the glee cover of "its my life" by bon jovi, That song is not meant to be sang in auto-tune, but the moment Finn opened his mouth, you could instantly hear his voice was heavily auto-tune. And no, you could actually sing many songs that are originally sung in auto-tune without auto-tune. Prime example, when Chris Daughtry covered Lady Gagas "Poker Face", he sang it in acoustic style and without auto-tune. And it sounded pretty good as well.
Linxer22 1 year ago
@Linxer22 it's my life" was layering and yes you can sing originally autotuned songs without autotine, but not in the same style of the original, as you said "chris Daughtry" sang it in acoustic style, not the autotuned style, which in order to make it sound right, would require autotune, i think you need to accept that the cast aren't disney stars or half the singers in the charts right now, they can actually sing, move on.
tartarcreamxx 11 months ago
@tartarcreamxx haha..thats funny, the only thing i have to accept is that when they made glee i thought they would cast people who are good singers.....they got me good...I dunno what you think layering is supposed to sound but its suppose to make singers voice stronger but yet sound natural...there was nothing natural in the sound that came out of Finns mouth when they sang "its my life."..sounds like a voice from a black eye peas song...
Linxer22 11 months ago
@Linxer22 *sigh*, you really are stubborn, you'd think i'd insulted you or something, i only told you, that they don't use autotune on the songs they don't have to, it was natural, it's just just different from live songs, because it's sung in a studio, where the acoustic's are different from on a live stage. run along now.
tartarcreamxx 11 months ago
@tartarcreamxx nice, is it me who's acting all insulted? I'm critisizing a show that I believe should have hired better singers suited for a show about a "glee club", you're the one who is stubbornly rejecting any suggestion that some of the show singers aren't as great as they try to portray them to be and that they use electronic aid to hide that....besides, i'm not the one who had stooped down to the level of using condescending phrases when replying....
Linxer22 11 months ago
@Linxer22 yes it is you who's acting all insulted, i'm just stating the facts that they don't use autotune (exept when they have to because it's in the original), and you're stubbornly refusing to accept it, you could just say, oh ok, well thank's for telling me, but you won't, because you seem to have a compulsive need to be right, do tell me, have you looked it up?, read article over article about it?.... no?, well i have, also "condescending phrases" no, that's just my english dear
tartarcreamxx 11 months ago
@tartarcreamxx And why would I thank you for telling me something which I believe is wrong. I don't know about you but I can clearly here the auto-tune when they play their songs, they didn't really try to hide it that much, and what exactly did your extensive research tell you, that they don't use auto-tune on songs that originally aren't, I already gave you an example that earlier that debunk that. I don't believe I've read a proper musical analysis paper that claims that they don't use it.
Linxer22 11 months ago
@tartarcreamxx I don't believe those articles even exists, I highly doubt a music professor would take the time to do that anyway, what i've read though is critics complaining that the show is using way to much of it in their songs, which just makes me realize that i'm not the only way thinking that they rely on auto-tune too much considering the type of show it's supposed to be. I'm more surprise how much you firmly believe the glee cast are really good singers.
Linxer22 11 months ago
@tartarcreamxx They can sing, but thats all I can say, I admit one or two of them are pretty good, but the rest aren't as impressive, they are not bad singers but they certainly are not award winning chorale singers that compete in competitions. Here's a question, since all this stem from watching this video, do you actually believe they could compete in a competition against groups from say "the sing-off." They can't, they can sing by there own right, but they are not good enough to compete.
Linxer22 11 months ago
@NDawgHoyt :The resemblance to Glee is uncanny: red and black outfits, similar choreography, a male and a female sharing the lead vocals with the man singing the first line, the woman singing the second line, and then both of them singing together.
macychick 1 year ago
they should've been top 2 ( nota sucks! )
Zmscott777 1 year ago
Wow Glee ripped this show off hard.
Garris13 1 year ago
@Garris13 Glee original run - May 19th, 2009. The Sing Off original run - December 14th, 2009. Glee originally aired 7 months before The Sing Off. If anyone ripped off anyone, it's The Sing Off.
tsl141 1 year ago
@tsl141 Yeah, right. They (SoCal Vocals - the USC a capella group the SoCals are formed from) did it way back in 2005. It was part of their "Get In. ROCK. Get Out" album. Glee wasn't even conceived back then.
vaivij 1 year ago
@vaivij
Just to add on, The SoCals are a combination of 2 USC a capella groups. The SoCal VoCals and Reverse Osmosis.
behemoth6079 1 year ago
@behemoth6079
The SoCals are current and alumni members of the USC SoCal Vocals.
essbeth 1 year ago
@essbeth
I could have sworn I'd seen a couple of them on Reverse Osmosis. My apologies if I'm wrong.
behemoth6079 1 year ago
@vaivij maybe you thinkin bout it backwardo? Glee based on them perhaps? I'm Just Sayain...
brycen27 1 year ago
@tsl141 Here's the thing though, The Sing Off doesn't auto-tune the singers! This is what don't stop believing accapella should really sound like.
Linxer22 1 year ago
@tsl141 and acapella was started by the whiffenpoofs
gr33ndestLny 1 year ago
2:21 FTW!
Souten66 1 year ago 53
they look to white and too rich -_-
prockjohn 1 year ago
The only problem I think this had was the girl singing in Open Arms, she was off. But I still loved this performance. My favorite after Nota's Down!
narutoguy03 1 year ago
can one person be on two different season? i think one of the chicks here is on season 2 also.
cubsfanatic1 1 year ago
@cubsfanatic1 Kelly Jakle, a member of the SoCal Vocals was part of the SoCals. She is currently a member of the Backbeats on Season 2.
essbeth 1 year ago
Meh... their okay I guess, but their too bobby, and cheesy. Too much like glee, their good, but just not my thing. :)
Fanns23x 1 year ago
Uuggh, I hate that the audience won't shut up! I wanna hear the song, not them clapping
ghgrrl38 1 year ago
I just fell in love at 0:47
DennyAgassi 1 year ago 2
sooo good!! the male lead has an amazing voice, wow. and the guitar solo made me lollll =]
liljenjen222 1 year ago 2
They were stacked with talent.
ProductPlacer 1 year ago
Absurd. Someone must be punished for this. It's too good.
dugw15 1 year ago 4
love this performance!!!!!!!!
katezy13 1 year ago
this amazing..and i usually hate journey covers!!!
ashleymeade92 1 year ago
i think they should of one. i mean i lov nota, dont get me wrong, but i loved tese guys
ktstrawberryz 1 year ago
I just about had a heart-attack when they started singing Journey XD
That was the most epic guitar solo ever..
LilJamieP 1 year ago
I literally screamed, "That was awesome!!" :D
kevincostnermyhero 1 year ago
GLEE! This was before glee though wasn't it?
ItBeKristi 1 year ago
@ItBeKristi it was after
dc3fan2003 1 year ago
@dc3fan2003 it was before glee's mashup of journey songs but after glee aired on television
NickBlack86 1 year ago
@NickBlack86 i meant that their rendition of Dont Stop Believing was after glee's version came out
dc3fan2003 1 year ago
Yeah, the Beach Boys and the Bee Gees had some high ass voices, too. It can be done.
eowyn1964 1 year ago
glee?
njdevilsgiantsnetusa 1 year ago
those white boys got some high ass voices
lk0micho 1 year ago
Ha! Love it! Glee surely must have been inspired!
Jooshkabob 1 year ago
I agree that they should have made it furthur in the competition... they are very talented.
mytwins9909 1 year ago
how does it feel to be the only one to dislike? bet it sucks.
justintzou 1 year ago
1:35 BEST SONG
LegendaryShard 1 year ago
was this performance before or after glee? lol
wutever22 1 year ago
Okay, the guitar solo was very, very cool. Strong work guy.
TeagueChrystie 1 year ago
Don't stop believing was amazing!
EddyPeer92 1 year ago
i was so mad when they left. Voices of Lee sucked, and they didn't deserve to get to the finale >:(
girlybird120294 1 year ago
Alright! who was the one person who has no taste in music and disliked this video?!?!?!?!
Cupidboy96 1 year ago
hahah loved the guitar solo
dman4595 1 year ago 2
0:45 - The way they sang "Open Arms" gave me goosebumps!!!!
artnstories 1 year ago 2
what a powerful opening for the song, and seriously, i like this performance way better than glee. they balance better and use the voices to their strenths. not to mention the lead for don't stop believing sounds EXACTLY like the original. what a show!! i would so pay to see them live
greendeath 1 year ago
nota all the way
jorge10928 1 year ago
Considering this aired last December, and Glee's version of DSB aired in May of that year (and was recorded earlier), I fail to see how Glee stole the song from the Socals. I love this group, but if anything, they were trying to capitalize off Glee's success.
memphreblues 1 year ago
amazing guitar /singing solo its incredible
love12laugh12live12 1 year ago
glee = SHIT
SoCals are awsome sauce.!!!
they are the original acapella version, so glee should just stuff itin a porta-potty!!
musiic4life 1 year ago 2
notas version of lean on me was better. and their jacson 5 medly
xxsamplextextxx 1 year ago
i love this show, don't get me wrong. but i feel like they are trying too hard to capitalize on glee's success, so they do songs like ":dont stop believing" and make it almost identical to the glee version.
jewbowl225 1 year ago
Good thing Anyway You Want It and Don't Stop Believing sound EXACTLY like the glee cast version. They should sue Glee for stealing....lmao
llamalover1993 1 year ago
Guitar Solo-Orgasmic lol
lauraxrenee68 1 year ago 3
Of all the performances from all the groups (and I've watched them all many times), this is the one I keep coming back to . Solid, non-gimmicky performance. You keep hearing things each time you didn't hear before. These guys should have won.
texmatt 1 year ago
Ok, I just watched Glee's version of DSB again, and now I definetely think they got the idea from SoCals. There are just too many similarities to be coincendental, but they made it just different enough that SoCal couldn't sue Glee for plagarisim.
macychick 1 year ago
I hate when judges pick things. I was in for the Socals, Noteworthy, and the Beelzebubs in the top three, but nooooo. Nota won. Don't even understand that one.
AIReject 1 year ago 2
Great
BOBCARUANA1956 1 year ago
oh my goodyness! Greatest representation of Journey i have ever heard in my life! Its so freakin amazing how they use nothing more than their voices to do all that!!!
The one person that disliked this has a serious stick up their ass
TwilightFreak11295 1 year ago 3
i literally get chills going down my spine when that one guy comes in for the guitar solo during Don't Stop Believing! So AWESOME!!!!
newdrummerboy 1 year ago
love these guyz!!!
connan198 1 year ago
Shoot. Nice mash-up!
(Wait...this was before the Glee episode, right....?)
YetAnotherMovieBlog 1 year ago
Forgot about this performance, glee's version is pretty close to this. I'd say glee might have stole this from them
Drtbaggae 1 year ago
@Drtbaggae I think they may have... I saw a video of the SoCals singing DSB in 2008. It was a similar version that they did here, just with more people.
EnyaFan210 1 year ago
@Drtbaggae : I wouldn't be at all surprised if Glee got the idea from this version. When the guy was singing the first line of "Don't Stop Believing," I was thinking to myself, "if a girl sings the next line, then I'll know where Glee got the idea," and lo and behold! The choreography was almost identical as well.
macychick 1 year ago
@Drtbaggae : and they're even wearing red and black like in Glee!
macychick 1 year ago
it wasnt a copy if glee thats how most acapella groups have recorded this song before glee
1cbivens 1 year ago
on dont stop belivin the guy with the glasses was messing with his tones to much
1cbivens 1 year ago
i can't believe they got voted off on this show after this performance! they soooo shouldda been in the finals
twelve98 1 year ago
I love 2:22....look at boy with the stripes...he jammin with his drum
NuNu003 1 year ago
I sware I get goose bumps when I watch this. They were the best
foxxymama4u 1 year ago
wow great job!!
angiekins21 1 year ago
I have said before... they should have won!! they were awesome, and this song(s) prove it! =)
tinkerbell52589 1 year ago 2
I loved this performance, but the girl in the Open Arms part wasn't in the right key. Too low then too high. Kind of drowned the guy out. But it's still one of my favorite performances
narutoguy03 1 year ago
@narutoguy03 Yeah, the flat notes are a bit earhurty alright.
akariNoRyu 1 year ago
This was one of my favorite performances of the entire competition. I love Journey and they were my favorites for the competition for sure. I wasn't crazy about the girl who sang Don't Stop Believing but that's just me. [Also loved their performance of Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now]
Carolina20Forever 1 year ago 2
they were my FAVORITE group! I think they should have won! LOVE IT!, thanks for posting =)
tinkerbell52589 1 year ago
It was a solid medley, but I still like Beelzebubs' medley of The Who better.
RemyCoolX 1 year ago
copy of glee at the end...
mav1610 1 year ago
I love this songg(:
tinkerboop45 1 year ago
they're heka good and i like their dont stop believin but i think their transition isnt as smooth as the other groups just my opinion
jamdoughnuts333 1 year ago
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Dominicanwarriorr21 2 years ago
so damn good
sizzlecofizzle 2 years ago 2
and whats the glasses guy`s name? he is so good!
1234hellohello 2 years ago 3
Dan Payson-Lewis
essbeth 1 year ago
they were so much better than voices of lee! why were they eliminated??
1234hellohello 2 years ago 2
I was shocked and upset myself! They were my FAVORITE group. They have such great presence and personality on stage. And ALL of them can sing well, unlike Voices of Lee, which depends mostly on the brown-haired girl ( the rest are like back-up singers). My favorite singers in the SoCals are the pretty blonde-haired girl and the lead guy with the glasses. So amazing!
TheSongSiren 1 year ago 2
Just their voices give me chills they are awesome
ambergar07 2 years ago
OMG! I love the guitar solo in Don't Stop Believin'