Boston Common A Capella Barbershop Quartet

[kevindmcc]

I'm watched this 3 times in 24 hours... I can't get it out of my head, nor will I ever be sick of this.

[mpacht1]

Still the greatest barbershop quartet!

[kyuubicat5]

i love this music

[basteanelle]

one person was rejected by the boston common.

[MickDargan]

@basteanelle One person just loves to be different. Probably stumbled across this looking for a video about pulling legs off spiders.

[billb0925]

What a wonderful video. I like the studio recording just fine, but the live version is just so much more real to me. I know there are lots of great quartets and great songs in the history of this genre, but I can't imagine any better combination than this song and this quartet.

[InvalidFingerprint]

Is there an alternative name for the first song "Who Told You?" because I'd really like to find the sheet music, but that song name doesn't give any results for any website that I've searched; any and all help is appreciated, thank you.

[Barbershoperlead11]

@InvalidFingerprint Go to the BHS website and download the PDF of the Music Catalog. Its there

[thebl00per]

The "by my side" swipe in "Who Told You?" at 1:45-1:51 is breathtaking and powerful. Of course, "Old Quartet" is chilling and timeless, vowel matching be damned. Their tuning is impeccable! That song should be prohibited from all future contests.

[recquilt]

I've listened to the audio recording of this gem a hundred times but what a thrill to see this video clip...Thanks for posting

[chrisring123]

I knew what words and what chords were coming, and I STILL got chills! What an amazing gift they gave us all that night! Thanks so much, jcarboneda10r, for finding and sharing this with us!

[DavidVT23]

I think FRED said it for us: "They won in 73 and 74 and 75 and 77 and 78 and 79 and finally in 80. What were you thinking?"

[Charlesprit]

Best Barbershop Quartet I've ever heard. 1st heard them in 79 in Minneapolis when our small Alabama Jubilee chorus got to go and compete, and I agree with the prior post...there was great disbelief among many in the audience when they didn't win then. Great Compilation CD of theirs. At least I can continue to hear them again and again. Brings back a lot of great memories of my time in that chorus and our one show with Boston Common in Birmingham. Great group of guys!

[ZootInNH]

The Holy Grail of Barbershop indeed. Have heard this off the 1980 Quartet Championship LP a zillion times, and every time I hear it my hair still stands on end on the chord on "Time" at 5:47. Thanks much Jamie for posting this!

[RH2golf]

I saw them in '79 when they lost to Grandma's Boys and thought the crowd was going to riot. All other groups only wish they could harmonize this well.

[Mike26860]

I was heavily involved in barbershop in the 80s. Absolutely loved these guys. My favorite song was "What'll I do when she is gone." Does anyone have a copy fo this?

[2006nationalchamps]

this is the real barbershop music i grew up singing , todays classics like this need to be sung again not the doowap music i hear today , gosh i love these guys .

[rmosutton]

OMG. Jamie, that really was the Holy Grail. When all else goes away, there will always be the memory of that fantastic performance to remind us of the purity of barbershop singing and the unity of a group on that one special occasion. No, there will never be another like them, and that is truly a good thing.

[LeighAnnNC]

love these guys forever....

[gatlinburgbearjj]

My dads favorite song. Happy fathers day I miss you.

[frzmachn]

when you can't explain what barbershop means to you....when you can't explain what barbershop makes you feel....you only need to listen to Boston Common sing and share in their joy.....and that, my friend, is all that needs to be said....

[frzmachn]

when you can't explain what barbershop means to you....when you can't explain what barbershop makes you feel....you only need to listen to Boston Common sing and share in their joy.....and that, my friend, is all that needs to be said....

[jayliminator]

they just make you so incredibly proud to be a barbershoper in the NED. BC is b4 my time (no pun intended) but i am an old soul and i wish more quartets today sang the good old songs with even half as much heart.

[revsonny]

I, too, get the goosebumps! I think they're enhanced by realizing that these guys had decided that this was their last contest, win or lose. Thanks, Jamie, for providing these videos. They prove to me what I've always heard about The BC - that they sang with heart like no other quartet!!

[1ChinaMike]

Thanks, Jamie. These guys were one of the all-time greats in barbershop, and I've waited since 1980 to see this performance. A bunch of us in the CT/MA area saw a benefit a few weeks before they won, and we all thought that was the year for them. They had such a HUGE sound, and they were singing so tight.

There is not, nor has there been, anyone remotely like these guys. Truly extraordinary.

[Lexxxcellent]

Goosebumps of awesomeness :)

[stevepressley]

wow, is all I can say. Listened a million times, never saw it.

[GargleBlast]

Long before I ever had the chance to compete or stand on the stage in a quartet, I was inspired by That Old Quartet of Mine. Thanks for sharing this gem.

[shaneforamerica]

Thank you so much for posting this! I have always enjoyed the version on the cd collection, but to here the original verse and the original lead in the contest environment is truly a pleasure.

[estanleyault]

Fantastic! A perfect marriage of quartet and song... every part adding to the heartfelt and masterful interpretation by the lead. Kent Martin, Rich Knapp, Larry Tully, and Terry Clarke - we were not worthy then, and we're not worthy now.

Thanks so much Jamie!

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