Do You Hear What I Hear? by the Bowen Beer Bottle Band

[carlathurmanita]

how could you guys make it? sounded great! :D

[maritasteffe1]

I don't like beer, I must be some kind of a neurotic german:-) but this orchestra is fantastic, I cannot believe it. Great work!! Very creative indeed.

[shyanneH2Opolo14]

I want to know how long it took to find the right bottles then the right tune at the right time

[DocWhokit15]

Hahaha, great

[09ashWEe]

I WANA HAVE THESE KIND OF CHRISTMAS PARTIES!!

[Arcnirvana]

Caralhooooooooooooo muito bom demais......very very good...ow ...very mega good..super!!!

[Flatfoot2282]

Now that was fking funny...and good !!

[minami935]

Thank you for sharing.

[saijai587]

Good music video.

[kopi5896]

Do You Hear What I Hear is great.

[Brittnibee]

awesome job guys! =) sounded great!

[6689mony]

I was an audience member at that show on the 11th of march and you guys did great!! you were my favorite out of all the acts.

[msinsatiable1]

this is actually kinda cool lol

[studmuffin2129]

@msinsatiable1 this is pretty cool

[tubaneil]

I bet tuning the bottles is a blast - whoops, I drank too much - better start with a new bottle!

[MaximumPiano]

Guy in the back looks like RWJ.

[lifepartner33]

This is Awesome!  Just had to share!!! :o)

[LadyCathryn2005]

I saw this video today on MSN, via a MSNNBC Today spot called Webtastic. Really cute! I love when family & friends get together & accomplish something like this. After seeing this video, I looked up your others; including last years 1st performance, your outtake videos & the time elapsed video. Then I read the comments with some claiming "FAKE." How silly is that?? You can pick out some of the people's specific sounds above the rest, even. This is totally possible, people! lol Great job BBBB!

[rockwinkle51]

perfect for a schizophrenic

[harpharpharpharp]

I have a suspicion that they are also bell ringers and have substituted partly filled beer bottles for hand-bells. Am I close?

[BowenBeerBottleBand]

@harpharpharpharp Actually, no bell ringers here! Just a group of friends and musicians.

[piccolomaster]

I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rover351]

pretty cool

[camomule]

Now THIS is the 'true meaning of Christmas!' Great friends, Cold Beer and all having a FUN time together, celebrating in their own way! Great Job Guys & Gals!

Merry Christmas! 2010

[mkworkman]

1:04 YouTube video by BowenBeerBottleBand on December 18, 2009.

[missmainona]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw very nice

[ThEBuCkEyEFaN9]

Very nice but not real. The one that gives it away is the dude in the white shirt, third from the right on the couch. No way he could just arbitrarily drink the correct amount from his bottle and have it in tune.

[speedracer268]

@ThEBuCkEyEFaN9 this is so true. but it's still cool.

[headlightdiamond]

@ThEBuCkEyEFaN9 Obviously he was joking - you can't hear/tune a bottle by holding it up to your ear! Hahaha

[alextn11]

Totally done by accident. They were all drunk.

[transquesta]

Somebody was off key. :-)

[StateOfBoxing]

Awesome ! 

[merhlin]

Must have some Peruvian blood in them. Think, "Pans Pipes."

[ArachnaeNonafel]

You guys totally ROCK!!! That was absolutely fantastic!!!

[Mortalvis]

LOL!! WOW..... that is SO COOOL! and all the people hiding! very creative

[samredelf]

Absolutely Amazing!!! Slow is fine. Do more Christmas songs!

[xDeath1114x]

that was amazing lol im deff showin this one around

[evolkram]

you guys are great.

[reflex0r]

Hahaha, this is so awesome

[leonel8359]

i bet they were drunk during they were playing

[bob0s062]

Finally beer bottles made useful.

[xandabach]

That is so awesome! You guys rock!

[inaplasticcup]

THIS IS AWESOME. END OF STORY.

[musicallyspeakings88]

lol this is awesome.

[otonscute]

I like ohh...v.cool

[dangard88]

I'm having a really hard time buying this, but if it IS genuine,...............wow.

[CoastStarlight11]

These guys are really good, never would I have thought of making music with empty beer bottles. You guys should try out for the TV show called "America's Got Talent"

[popro5]

:0 omg

[deadguy237]

your all buzzed no way you did that

[juvekyle05]

How much free time did you have?

It must have taken quite some time to practice this. Simply Great

[marylandann]

that was pretty cool... good job guys..

[eliaszamburiel]

Very good music with bottles!!

Wonderful!!

[cosmo2713]

you guys rock and suck at the sametime!!!!

[BowenBeerBottleBand]

@cosmo2713 no, we don't suck....we blow.

[Dolphindream15]

@BowenBeerBottleBand AWESOME  WHO SAYS ONE CANT MAKE MUSIC FROM A BLOW _ _ _ VERY UNIQUE TOO

[EyeLuvUSA]

@BowenBeerBottleBand And you blow very well! Have a very Merry Christmas :o)

[buvcatdo]

@cosmo2713 This is amazing and so pretty.

[pianomags]

Amazing...and ppl think you're faking it because it's good. The price of fame eh guys.

So - how about something with a bit of pace next?

[BowenBeerBottleBand]

@pianomags - something w a bit of pace?!? you want us to pass out?!?! haha...we'll see what we can do.

[pianomags]

@BowenBeerBottleBand LOL....embrace the belching and incorporate it into the piece. That's what they tell me when I try to get through the longer Bach arias :D

[amarisolmh]

awesomeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!­!!!

[MrCrovax999]

looooool!!!! XD

[1intheLamb]

Amazing

[Nitefeatherz]

Wow. This is the weirdest (and funniest) thing I have seen in a long time! LOL! (Especially in mid-March...lol!)

[Trandolph88]

Best Christmas Video on Youtube!

[Fersomling]

Hosers!

[BowenBeerBottleBand]

eh?

[Hermione1608]

awesom!!!

[DancingAngelicR]

Christmas all year round eh!! I love it!! Bravo!!

[lardo444]

i'll drink to that!!!

good1

[Sami4896]

That is sokol cool!!!

[jib1961]

"Darned talented"--that's an understatement. It's amazing that it only took an hour to practice, especially considering how many people were involved. It also looks like you had alot of fun doing it. I can hardly wait to see what you post next year! :-)

[gunnerb47]

Really enjoyed when the next one out

[AKetch31]

fake!

[BowenBeerBottleBand]

no...but thanks for the compliment! please visit the FAQ section of our website (found in the video description above right) for answers to questions like this. also, check out the outtakes (particularly outtake 3)...hope that helps.

[Notownsoad]

!?!?!are they playing to a recorded soundtrack or ?!?!?? I dont get it ?!?!? whats the beer bottles for for?!?!?

[BowenBeerBottleBand]

the beer bottles are producing the sound you're hearing.

[leviterion]

Try to blow air with your mouth into a beer bottle and you will get it ... ;-)

[HS1099]

Yay! Another way to enjoy beer! Tuning was pretty good, too, with only a little disonance. Y'all musta had a good time - 

[alireallyrox]

Funny(:

[Hgh0st]

Reminds me of a bell chorus! Nice!

[Maretin1]

You have made my day!!!

jejejejeje, Thank you for this moment!!

[lgskittles]

ha i loved this

[blazzyblaze1]

or you can just buy a Pan flute...

[309lincoln]

Fine Job! Great Harmony! 5*

[MrAbekosgoro]

i interest, and verry good

[caliprincess1234]

that is soo awesome! love it!!!!! XD

[IrisMadeline]

wow haha now that's useless but awesome

[Cobra2494]

Haha i totally thought i saw ray william johnson back there too xD

[Smatchimo]

twas the night they got hammered.

[jopusateri]

ha- and all thru the haze....

[Smatchimo]

not a stoner was stirring, because they were blazed.

[jopusateri]

yesss!

[XxAznKimxX]

rofl is that ray william johnson in th backround?

[vinkosugar]

svi pijani

[vinkosugar]

zajebancija

[TheOriginalErin]

Hysterical. I love it. Very creative.

[LynnetteEwing]

That was awsome!!!

[1chisai]

Terrific. We need this kind of whimsy and it shows how creative people can be.

[magicienroulios]

superbe, moi aussi j ai des video sympa,venez voir

[L1LPatstylin]

Awsome stuff guys cracks me off

[HOWTOIDK]

See, beer can help you achieve great things :)

[StillSkyHigh]

PLEEAASEE SUB ME!

[U2ForNow]

That was super cool. How do I join a beer band? lmao.

[Ulkurzz]

Innovative!

[necronominate]

lmao..such a humble abode..got some German last names, and if that was real..well done!!!

[arrysortanez]

This is soooooooooooooooo sweet 0:21 was soothing.

[EnotSV]

Funny)))))))))))))))))))))))

[corkster22]

This is sweet.

[evrenol]

Very cool

[ZenannM]

Wow......just...wow...smh

[TheHappyz]

omg that guy in the back totally looks like rwj! weird i totally thought it was him

[mariahawayek]

they must've been drunk but it was incredibly cool and ingenious

[violaotambor]

Fantástico!!! A vida é maravilhosa!!!

[SkeletonMr]

lmfao! that was awesome!

[joshuanavarro91]

hahaha! they were so drunk and bored so thats what they came up with LMAO!!

[Nastyasya1]

это круто!!!))))))

[gardyszewski]

Very awesome !!

[theNICErussianGIRL]

It's VerY CooL:):):)

[Canongl23]

I am going to switch to bottled beer !! :-)

Loved it ! Thanks :-)

[eaglerouge]

Super lulz

[trucka270]

I think people who don't believe in God should skip the performing of songs about the birth of Jesus. Try to write your own song about peace and love from an athiest's perspective. See how far you get.

[sweetteg909]

it's not hard... atheist's find peace and love. only in a more realistic manner.

(you spelled atheist wrong as well. jebus wouldn't like that)

[fanof41]

Well...we're waiting!

[Cheridaismyname]

hhaaha awesomee and my last namee is Bowen(:

[LickltXIV]

LMFAO NO WAY!

I keep thinking this is fake for some reason doe.

[72ve17]

please dont blow and drive

[User9787]

Haha great job guys!

[FloydLedZep]

This is absolutely amazing!  Bravo!

[stupeti]

manny pacquiao is on the group... lol

[lisadanielsonmusic]

wow! great job! i love this concept!

[pecamadelyn]

That is really awesome. Looking forward to more of your creations.

[RappingIsThePriority]

Check out my remix...Add/Subscribe me please!!!

[ohhmyygeez]

is that raywilliamjohnson in the back?

[BlindShinigami]

@ohhmyygeez Nope, when he turns near the end, you can see by his side profile it's not him.

[ohhmyygeez]

haha, oh. thanks. :)

[genehilbert]

Great Job........

[chevrolet37]

why can't close-minded Christians keep their fucking thoughts to themselves?

[MIT1369]

@chevrolet37

Why can't you let them be them and accept that they have their own thoughts?

The most intollerant people in the world seem to be the ones who scream loudest for tollerance. Think about it.

[chevrolet37]

@MIT1369

did you see the comment i replied to? and i do accept their thoughts i just don't want to hear about them, don't you accuse me of intolerance because i questioned a christians thought...

[MIT1369]

@chevrolet37

Did I "ACCUSE" you of anything? Sounds to me like you have issues.

[DaleATL2]

@chevrolet37 I am a Christian, and I think that this is friggin' AWESOME!!  :-D Have a great New Year!

[chevrolet37]

@DaleATL2

Thank you man, have a great new year aswel

[psYnel]

This is fantastic!

Great job!

Thank you for sharing!

[khwt10]

Haha! thts greatt! :D

[paulbolton1144]

Wow!  They really know how to get the most out of a bottle of beer!!!

[diah4]

hahahaha!! This is funny.

if I still drank, I would have joined in. lol

[VoiceBear]

You guys Rock!!

[Tsiganewants]

Awesome!!!!!

[TheBeesElbows]

Hahahahaha this rocks!

[L2the2ndpower]

Mad talented.

[TheCritiqueTV]

was that Ray William Johnson?

[KeyboardOwner]

Cheers!

[ArcanaAnthology]

Merry Christmas, indeed~!

[hobo59]

Cheers !

[dlohy]

Fucking Creative

[hungarianTEK]

i'm gonna go and drink a beer now

[Kalypso0Ryan0Anarchy]

that was pretty much the most hilariously amazing thing iv ever seen someone do with a beer bottle.

[woody72691]

excellent. I've heard bell choirs in church that don't sound this good.And they were all sober old ladies.

[demmylowther]

What can I say....it brings tears to my eyes.

People using beer/bottles to do a Christmas song.The Beer Gods are joyous,and so am I. This makes up for the millions,upon millions of people who sacrificially spill their beer and piss off the Beer Gods.They're not too angry if lite beer is spilled though.Lite beer is for people who just want a BUZZ.The BEER GODS drink Samual Adams original !

[music4mylifealways]

nice!!

[savanah626]

good stuff mon

[VickyMR313]

what mics did you guys use?

[BowenBeerBottleBand]

A Shure Beta 52 up the middle and near the floor for the bass frequencies (the guy on the floor played a majority of the bass notes) and an AKG 414 in omni also up the middle, placed right below the camera. Then two Mojaves for overheads, and two Rodes for room mics (placed really wide for exaggerated panning).

[rogelioconejo]

I have no trouble believing it is real. I'm in a music fraternity and we are such a bunch of music geeks, we would SO have done something like this if we had though of it. And it would have rocked! Just like this one does.

[liviuthehunter]

that was amazing

good job...

but tell me how you recognize the song of the bottle ... the longitude of the bottle etc..?

[BowenBeerBottleBand]

You mean the pitch? Just blow into a standard tuner (i.e. Boss)...then add/subtract liquid accordingly.

[TheMikileigh]

Merry Christmas! This is pretty Cool!

[AliBugPotter]

Haha, that's amazing!!

[tetedepoulet]

To Doubters: It's good to be skeptical but there's a point where it becomes paranoid. This is certainly real.

[tetedepoulet]

More!

[BowenBeerBottleBand]

Hey everyone (and particularly your doubters!!!)...we just posted another outtake (video is called "Bowen Beer Bottle Band - Outtake 3"). We tried to take it as fast as possible and didn't fail miserably...thought it would be fun to share.

[wfly81]

Geez...a bunch of naysayers! There is ABSOLUTELY NO evidence that this isn't real!! Why would they go to the trouble of faking it? It'd be EASIER to actually do it, than to go to the trouble of faking it.

[zahbaz]

perfect pitch nightmare... that being said, fun idea and funny execution!

[pipperoooo]

Cool!

[unlove124]

thats so bad ass

[n8wei]

Awesome idea! Thanks to this group for the comedy! Great work!

Too bad it wasn't really music being played though. I'd love to see some actual music made this way, rather than a bunch of people pretending to play the bottles.

Now THAT would be really cool.

[jopusateri]

It is real, watch the outtakes or go to our website(in the desciption). Thanks for the ultimate compliment.