The Longest Time - Billy Joel (Junior Guys a cappella cover)

[mymisguidedmannequin]

Beautiful tenor part (the falsetto). Your version sounds so pure; you're all very confident, which is a fault a lot of singers have. Great job. :)

[prisoncamp1]

First, the lead singer is AMAZING... the rest of the group did awesome 2!!! well done!!!



[christarra92]

So far my favorite cover on YouTube (i

[BalletBecca]

Great job. I love this song.

[AmbarALM]

nice!

[TheSwissman29]

freaken awesome

[S3iF3]

i think nr. 3 from the left side, could have snapped better ^^

good performance

[TheRapper10000]

Nice job this remind me of my choir class singing this song.

[Super3794]

This song was clearly intended for American singers. Lol

[legendofmatty]

Nice Job Boys!! you should be on The Sing off!

[MrFreeza3]

やっぱ、ジュニアボーイズはうまいな〜。

[trudbol]

Nicely done guys!

[GIPoohbah]

This is fantastic, i sincerely mean it. The soloist has such a clean beautiful voice, well done. The highest part is also done beautifully and with so much control, there is no overwhelming voice you blend beautifully. I can only imagine the amount of time and effort went into this, you should be so proud.

[Mikrahail]

You guys are great.

It must have been exciting to be on a broadcast for your group. c:

[Iceman154435]

Nice... If you guys got in then my group might have a chance on one of those. You guys still sound better... We only had 4 people though so yeah :)

[MST3Kbot]

You guy's are really awesome I wish my highschool had an a coppella group, and I lived in Japan.

[Huggie143]

I like yours a lot better than On the Rocks version. Your lead singer has a better voice and better control than any of their soloists - even if they are on TV this week. What's the group name and where are you from?

[justinlau1515]

@Huggie143 Thank you! We're the 'Junior Guys' and we're from Japan (though we're currently disbanded). Check out my channel profile for further videos and an explanation about us.

[dancinchicaxo]

@justinlau1515 youre from japan? ya have perfect english haha anyways on a serious note i hope none of you or your family were affected by the natural disasters going on in japan. if you were im so sorry and know that help is coming from your friends across the seas!! ;(

[piecesofwinter]

@Huggie143 Just so you know, the On the Rocks group from the University of Oregon is a school club. The members change from year to year. You'll notice that in the video of this song from them, that their members are different than those that were on TV.

[mikethecool1]

for the rongest time?

xD

[mikifirdaus]

perfect!!

[mrjuggalo84]

very well done

[aaflesje]

I see a dutch name there... by any chance is chris van der haak dutch?? we're doing this song with our music class at school atm.. I absolutely adore it!!

[TheEpicNemesis]

WOW wonderful! You boys should be proud!

[UpYoursNerd]

dude asian ppl do everything! theres nothing they cant do

[aaflesje]

@UpYoursNerd IKR!! soo true!!

[zitronella1]

naja -.-

[DelusionalDreamers]

...again!

[DawnfireizHYPER]

Dang you guys are so good.

>_> I wish my school choir was that awesome :3

[thenorm05]

You have great voices, but your pronunciation could be better. When I need to learn a song in another language, we make it a point to learn it entirely phonetically instead of trying to sing it how we think the words sound, other wise we mess up the vowel sounds.

[thewordthatpierces]

@thenorm05 That's picking at nits. ;P I've heard people murder English while singing a lot worse than this, they actually do it quite well linguistically, if I was gonna pick at anything, the lead is slightly off in parts vocally, their pronunciation is quite good for what it is. :)

[NikkiAkaNlg]

yay asians!

[xxxLeighaxxx]

Goose bumbs :3

[Drizzt2549909]

You guys rule! Great performance, thanks for the upload.

[thepond024]

omg so great

[regdar87]

way to slow it down and make it easier. lame but good singing

[BlinzerOmega]

male asians can sing? holy shit props

[vidzworld]

Great job!! love it!

[chickenboy2006]

this reminds me of a choir boy. Pure version.

[PolamaluFTW]

I recall hearing that Billy Joel did this with something like 50 different tracks. Now even if he only used half of that and it was 25, you guys sure did a hell of a job sounding that good with only 6 voices. Bravo!

[billyjoebob428]

nice job! 

[Rainock08]

I love this song! I like this version!

[MademoiselleMorte]

You guys are great :]

[Tatyanapianista]

Bravissimi!!!!Grazie!!!Tatyana­

[ladawnasaurus]

such good voices<3

[4seasonslove]

アカペラだから、このテンポがいいと思うなぁ

私はすごく好きです

[johnny4tuner]

nice one guys!

keep it up XD

[MsSaunataga]

temp too slow öu jeah!

[MrPixelgrower]

Tempo needs to be picked up a bit. It's a faster song than it was sung, here. ;)

Other than that, great harmonies!

[tweber225]

actually, no. the tempo's right on.

[KermitBeach]

ra ra ra rrrrrrrraaaa

[semiloaf]

You guys pack 'em in every night!

[mancreep]

HAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

aw give em a break. they still sound good:)

[toothlesshooker]

すごい！

nice work

[jamesfromwimbledon]

nice try nice song.. harmonies out though.. LISTEN

[PaulMaccasBiggestFan]

learn your part! i saw that slip-up at 2:12 :P

[jharbid]

yeah...at least snap your fingers in time with each other *shrugs*

otherwise sounds good. Not an easy vocal range for a guy.

[A67katy]

why is almost nobody there?

[RenoJeremiah]

its a practice

[A67katy]

ah ha

[knifewithfork]

good job guys!

and for those who are complaining about it not sounding perfect just remember how absolutely perfect the mic on the camera is.

[samfreemanwatford]

It's alright, but you could've done that with 3 people. Seeing as you have 6, you should improve the arrangements so that the sound is much fuller. Look the the 'Real Group' from Sweden. They have 5 people and make the most awesome, full sound.

[PaulMaccasBiggestFan]

do you have a link? :)

[Animephantom17]

no offence but this isn't that good, like don't get me wrong it's preatty good but you guys probably could do a better job on this.

[11Tessa17]

wow you guys did a really good job! I love that song

[Dabrybry]

Well done sirs

[landsell]

Very good entertainment. Well done.

[redheadit30]

AMAZING!!!! :)

[jahred1000]

coooool!!!!!!!!

[215alessio]

wow this is the best :)

[Dakmor123]

Musically speaking, this is fantastic - I love the arrangement.

I wouldn't mind a bit of emotion, though...

[sweettnloww14]

what an audience!

[Tuurbooneegroo]

the room is much too empty for such a good performance...

[annathewhale]

i love it slower. that's how my choir is singing it. but however way it's sang, the song is great, and you guys are great too! (:

[worldbeatz]

not bad XD

[headslo]

stick with 4 instead of six and speed it up and your good. 6 makes the background too thick. you listen really well tho

[blazerh44]

Not all the time. A lotta times, more is better! I do more than four all the time in my videos and people say they're great. So let them experiment

[007dina]

dudes, i love this!

[TheDanwyatt]

A little faster and this song is perfect

[swmrchc17]

you guys are the best!! this is a great song and you guys did it wonderfully!

[Nostalgie607]

It's great!

[operaandy]

You guys rock!!!! I can't believe they have this in Japan.

[hastn]

top job, i just posted my daughter doing a cover of this in her choir and yours came up top in the related videos - very nice :)

[qprmanzz]

very very nice, keep up the good work.

wish i could do stuff like that.

slightly slower than the original, but that makes it different, not bad.

keep it up :)

[GCDMauro]

very VERY nice!

[Wilbo23]

Are your classes in English, its pretty clear all you guys know English and are not singing pho-net-ic-ly.

[RenoJeremiah]

yeah the school is called Christian Academy in Japan and they are all in english.

[cqsallie]

I absolutely love this version. It's just so ... American! So embued with the stuff that drives us to go for it! You can take the slings and arrows, but this is still one helluva version of a song that may not resonate with the 13-year-old crowd, but does with their parents and grandparents - you know, those old duffuses who run the worldl....

[hotties3v3n]

i heard this song on family guy,lool

[Chaia17]

Great tone, my only criticism is that when you are all singing the chorus I dont hear enough of the melody.

[pink35orange]

Haven't noticed that I like this song since I happened to watch your stage... I remembered that one of panels said "it needs more originality" or something. Well it was so relaxing, made me listen more, and downloaded! I think that is the most important ;)

[pink35orange]

Are you guys the group sang for Hamonepu tonight??

[justinlau1515]

yup

[WAHSROVER88]

when it starts getting climatic, backround needs to chill... lol

[colormylife4692]

btw that's cool that you guys go to CAJ, I went to ASIJ the last 3 years!

[colormylife4692]

wow the soloist is REALLY good! you guys have awesome voices but you should show more emotion when you sing. great job overall though!

[AverageBeing0]

too slow.

[kdods22402]

Yeah, it is a bit slow, even slower than the original. It's still good... But it needs a little more tempo.

[boydrumsonwhat]

Part 3

Listening to eachother is key.

When I watched this video I didn't just see some talented men standing up on stage; you all showed emotion and pride in waht you are doing up there. You dance, you move, you interact. You're not dead! YEAH! I like that. And the ablililty for you all to be able to snap AT THE SAME TIME for 4 minutes actually makes a big difference.

[xchriscrossed]

Oh my God, AT THE SAME TIME?! My GOD! lol

I'm just messin' with ya, you sound like you know what you're talkin' about, it's just that that part...I can do that, in fact, I did. Last time I was at a theme park, my friend and I both put earphones in, listened to this song, and sang for everyone...even though they didn't want us. Ah well. They don't know talent! Grr...rapscallions of today...

[boydrumsonwhat]

Part 2

And another great aspect of this video is that it has great communication.

You know how hard it is to 6 grown men to work together this well. If I were up there and the bass next to me was just a little flat he'd be out cold faster then the speed of light.

You all actually work musically together. You interlock the parts perfectlly, creating a steller balance and harmony.

This is a very great performance.

[boydrumsonwhat]

Part 1

I really love this song.

Not only is it complete music, not the rap crap of the day. It really means something inside.

And then the video is just spectacular. Watch some of the Longest time Videos....they all...every single one of them....rush at the beginning quarter notes, and they want to continue to rush through the song until there singing the 3 and 1/2 minutes at 1:00. But this group really steps it up.

[CitationVPilot]

surprisingly the bass came in flat at the very beginning on the first note which made it tougher for the rest. lead sounded good, upper tenor was good too

[matchbookromance1344]

Freaking amazing.

[nessiexo]

absolutely amazing =D

[Anthonyissactsang]

the juniors are arady soo good, imagine the seniors. 'another st Mary's varsity is coming out of this choir".

[666dawson666]

you guys still made it sound very good. my high school sang this  but you guys sound way better than they did. good job guys

[GrayRainbows]

It's nice, but there's no feeling, like singerlad34 said.

[lancer5678]

i guess you guys do mostly latin hymns

[Kami9799]

very good

[nickrock23]

standing room only huh

[amarinesgirl709]

great sound!

[singerlad34]

You guys got the music, but you really need to FEEL it. It's not a ballad, make sure the attack of the note is harsh and makes more of an impression than the fact that you're holding it out.

[JustinRiray]

awesome again

[TheGiuls1992]

amazing! :)

[duhwun07]

theres no one there lol

[RenoJeremiah]

its practice

[broad7street5bully]

i have to give it to you guys sounds pretty good i give it an 8 of 10

[crystalc180]

you guys sound so nice

[gadogado123]

Awesome!

[SimplyCouture]

This is pretty rad.

[qkdwldyd002]

haha

[yuhoo1432]

only if it was better quality, it would be the best. haha

[Alexifish]

I love this song -- This is a fantastic acapella cover. I even like it better than Billy Joel's original. Great job!!!

[annaroseg]

beautiful!!!

[1PSP1DoctorK1]

Good!!(^o^)/

[bummercucumber]

Great job.

=D

[womanlybassplayer]

Excellent! Really enjoyed the harmonies and the bass singers were amazing!!

[wcclark]

Fantastic.

[VballForlyf]

asiaaannsss!!! you guys rock! :]

[sdingeswho]

Glorious performance! --- Not "amateur" at all, except in the *literal* sense of "doing something because you love it" :-).

[KillaWasabi]

my dads Filipino sing group own singing this song

[jmilfhunter32]

for the rongest time!...nah jk.Really good singers

[NdubLAX27]

it has a classic feel to it...I like it

[serity12682]

what a beautiful rendition.

[fullofkorea]

this is amazing

my school's group is doin this song too

hope we can do it as good as u did

[LoliDollAnna]

I liked it. I really like this song and I really like what you guys did. And you weren't bad to look at too ^_~ (Quite hot <3)

Good job! <3

[rooster12345678910]

its actually pretty good. johnnyb35a is mistaken because both videos are awesome and plus this is live so i guess no studio effects. nice job XD

[a469118b]

I think they were great, hott too! ^_^

I have to admit, I love the outfits.

[darksniper77]

not all those guys looked asian... but it was school in japan?

[justinlau1515]

yes. you've got singaporean, japanese, korean, american.

[Brunettefoeva98]

it was kind of slow but i liked it that way and compared to all of the other versions that suck balls, this one was really good

[justinlau1515]

go and listen to the billy joel original version and then compare the speeds. then maybe you can rewrite your comment.

[bannister09]

id like to see u do any better ass hole

[drgnwzrd1121]

this one is only a tiny bit slower its pretty good compared to other renditions of this song

[Nitengale01]

the backup singers seem to to be too loudcan't hear main singer very well, but other than that, really good.

[sosborne90]

It was great.

Felt a little slow, though.

[MarnyxSann]

Daniel you are amazing.

Your voices also sound very good together.

Beautiful harmonies happening! =]

[Bipolarvideos]

The main singer is not a terrible singer however there are plenty of pitchy problems durin the chorus

[kmahn]

yoku dekimashita!

that sounded great. fantastic harmonizing as well.

[supersoccermomof4]

You guys have amazing sound. I love how well you harmonize. This song brings back old memories. Thanks.

[jinxiipixii]

You guys sound really good! ^-^

[pwninski]

good voices got the lyrics wrong though, after they say "thats where you found me when you put your arms around me" its suppose to bei havent been there not that hasnt happened

[serenerhapsody]

wow, you guys are actually really good! best version of for the longest time in acapella since ive been browsing around.

[PirateDollie]

you boys are killer.

i really, really like your voices.

ya'll got talent!

[Redbabee]

ohhh sooo beautiful

[koreankkangpeh]

you guys are amazing. my cousin and i have not heard such beautiful acapella in years...

cousin: omg! oppa! juh oppa deul noo goo yah?! numoo musheessuh!!

she's been dreaming to be a singer for 13 years... haha she just told me you guys have inspired her even more and that now she truly won't give up on her dream

[minakovenus]

I love this song...

I think Daniel can sing...*sigh*

haha

they are soo awsome!

i wish my school had talent

like this...stupid yokota haha

[shedog22]

great job guys, you all have great vocals....the guy who takes the lead vocals...amazing x

[chriswedslynn]

Hello to Justin & team,

konnichiwa. akemashite omedetou gozaimashita.

I'd read in the bulletin about your arrangement and i knew i had to come on to hear it. This is one of my favourite songs and you guys have made it sound absolutely wonderful. Good job!

Ngui Shiyan of WEFC

[ChrisloreXVI]

What bald guys? It looks to me like all these guys have hair. Very well sung. I wish I was as awesome as you guys!

[lvinglifeJesustyle]

nice try...

[123456yoyoyo]

bald guys as in the two in the audience?

[lvinglifeJesustyle]

now why would someone mark me down just because i pointed out that chrisloreXVI is one of the singers?

[lvinglifeJesustyle]

Kinda slow isn't? Compared to the other vids on youtube, anyway. But yeah, nice shot of the two bald guys. All said in good faith, of course.

[justinlau1515]

The others on youtube are way too fast. Listen to the original.