Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella! The Documentary
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  • How cool would it be to get to work with Ben Folds on a project like this? Makes me want to learn how to sing!

    BluesMan2 1 year ago

  • So wonderful! Love Ben Folds.

    But a glaring mistake! The Loreleis are from UNC-Chapel Hill!

    jen89ob 1 year ago

  • 10:26 Ben Folds looks like a god.

    popcornlover100 1 year ago

  • My friend's boyfriend was the vocal percussionist in on of these groups!! :D

    iobeygravity 1 year ago

  • Thank you for being a friend to collegiate a cappella. These young people work very hard with their music and bring smiles to many, many faces!

    dabby123 1 year ago

  • I love this album!

    Ben Folds was already awesome, but he is just made all the more awesome by making this.

    MrTulips91 1 year ago

  • awesome album. great idea. great doc

    sandwichesonmylegs 1 year ago

  • is Ben crying at 10.40 ?

    it sounds so beautiful, i would cry too =' )

    this album is amazing

    Leslie150 2 years ago 4

  • @Leslie150 i think so, i mean...to hear some group perform a song you wrote with such attention to detail in all you put into it. thats something truly amazing

    RTKaczor 1 year ago

  • LOVE a capella. LOVE this album.

    electricskillet 2 years ago 2

  • would like to have sen more complete songs but it still sounds great... I love acappella stuff (maybe because I was in choir?)

    6eeyore9 2 years ago

  • my audio's not good, at 9:40, what exactly is he telling the group?

    okonh0wp 2 years ago

  • xD xD "I'm recording with Ben folds..." just made my day!! :D

    killerq77 2 years ago 19

  • too bad University of Chicago isnt in this documentary, they were the best ones.

    supremash 2 years ago 4

  • Which song did they sing?

    ellielibbers 2 years ago

  • The album is a thing of the gods! Just got it over in Louisville, it is a definete must-have!!

    TheMusicvent 2 years ago

  • I must own this!!!

    qwertydeluxe 2 years ago

  • Yes . . .you must...

    OhRJ1313 2 years ago

  • bbbut... but money...

    qwertydeluxe 2 years ago

  • Personally, I would have rather had some creative arrangements, and not only vocal transcriptions trying to sound exactly like the CD version, but hey, I'm not the one making the CD ;-).

    jimlapbap 2 years ago

  • some of them are significantly different from the original arrangement, especially evaporated.

    yhelotharqtpi 2 years ago

  • Well, I'll give the Newtones that for not taking the CD version literally, though it's still not "out there" like I was expecting. (Perhaps because my own arrangements are borderline insane? ;-) ).

    jimlapbap 2 years ago

  • why isnt there anything on this about the ohio university leading tones?! one of the best groups on the record!

    ErinnMari 2 years ago

  • i just loved this.

    carsssgovroomm 2 years ago

  • Is it me or did the male and coed groups sound a lot better than the female ones? Female a cappella groups just seem to suffer from the reduced range.

    stratman9 2 years ago

  • I've actually heard a lot of really awesome female groups with women who can hit tenor and bass range. Perhaps the full songs would showcase that better.

    ThePublicityNinja 2 years ago

  • The editor must be on crack... or he doesn't know how to normalize audio. I was turning it up and down the whole time!

    SeraphsWitness 2 years ago 2

  • love this cd

    STRAIGHTUPN1GGA 2 years ago

  • did i hear someone mention julia nunes? 2:32 hahahaha love her

    SlackAss89 2 years ago

  • I got the CD and I really do feel that you get the "You Are There" perspective.

    JelloRolls53 2 years ago

  • a few inaccuracies ...

    the Loreleis are from UNC Chapel Hill,

    the Spartones are from UNC Greensboro.

    rosscavins 2 years ago

  • so, why the mistake, you think? i mean that is odd that it would be made since ben folds went to unc, right?  and uncg is down the road. mmmm, i wonder.

    9nilpahc 2 years ago

  • Ben folds using breathing gym? Kick ass.

    cheesefives 2 years ago

  • you suck ass

    yourbakhtak 2 years ago

  • 14:32 - Carlton Banks? Princeton Nassoons?

    criticalcaleb 2 years ago

  • Man, that a capella-R&B Brick was such an ill-conceived concept.

    gtorell 2 years ago

  • don't remember hearing that...

    osborneddotcom 2 years ago

  • The audio level differences between segments needs remeastering, otherwise, very well put together.

    flatbouy 2 years ago

  • crap how the vid is edited, with the vol differences

    Gal110Productions 2 years ago

  • The Loreleis have some hot altos.

    arothmanmusic 2 years ago

  • Wish Ben had include UCSD Beat. They are such an amazing group!

    walkthroughsky 2 years ago

  • What a crazy, disorganized video that had so much promise.

    bellizzi93 2 years ago

  • 6:18 - 7:00 AMAZING!!

    xxblackwidow 2 years ago

  • How in the name of God did Hyannis Sound not get a winning place in that competition?? they were head and shoulders above every other group bar some one elses money... Yo Ben take the ear plugs out next time mate!!! (still a maj fan tho!)

    arklowrockz 2 years ago

  • "im recording with ben folds..."

    allyam12 2 years ago

  • lol....that shit is great

    dkatz0 2 years ago

  • What a great sound....and from such a great artist.

    snyder34997 2 years ago

  • There's so much new a cappella music and arrangements coming out right now. It's really exciting to see Ben Folds endorse and pursue the cool arrangements of his music. Awesome.. kudos and props to Mr. Ben Folds.

    Sparkygravity 2 years ago

  • ola jonas soy su fan 1 los amo pero mas a nick jonas

    perro2534 2 years ago

  • Hey!!!!

    How do I get my videos to be over 10 minutes? =(

    BossHossGT500 2 years ago

  • amazing!

    digitallibra 2 years ago

  • One of my favourite albums.

    Sepharite 2 years ago

  • i really couldn't stand "not the same" on this album, but loved fred jones 2, still fighting it, and the luckiest =)

    squirrelygirl816 2 years ago

  • You should put links to some of the cappella groups in the sidebar.

    joshyboy152 2 years ago 11

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    joshyboy152 2 years ago

  • Although most of the songs on this album are great, there are other great Ben Folds covers out there -be sure to check out Brandeis Voicemale's 'Zak & Sara' and The Binghamton Crosby's 'The Luckiest'

    gullible808 2 years ago

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    silverstein2689 2 years ago

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    silverstein2689 2 years ago

  • nice!

    XuranidiotX 2 years ago

  • i have never enjoyed a video so much on youtube. I love ben folds and i love a cappella. i'm gonna go change my pants

    abonei 2 years ago 3

  • the loreleis are from unc chapel hill! but they sound amazing!

    ben folds is awesome, i don't know another artist that would do this

    dancefreak1025 2 years ago

  • Yeah, exactly its cool how he finds and records talented people.. tommy emmanual also helps out young talented musicians too.

    joshyboy152 2 years ago

  • Saw Ben Folds in Atlanta. A capella group started the show, it was neat but unfortunately the sound was messed up.

    openairpodcast 2 years ago

  • How can I be forgiven, I am a devil worshipping fool who is pissed off at God. Is hell not life, what is life? Is all sin forgiveable?

    tatorsal 2 years ago

  • helloooooooo mama

    MrsDrakeBell23 2 years ago

  • beautfiul

    thatoneeyedkid 2 years ago

  • epilipsy warnin

    muz244 2 years ago 3

  • One of my all time favorites Ben - and good job all of the schools.

    owenc123 2 years ago 3

  • very so cool!

    sherlock9527 2 years ago

  • brilliant!

    Mbookfreak 2 years ago

  • i luv it*****

    AnthonyNews 2 years ago

  • so cool !!!

    heart4musicality 2 years ago 2

  • hola

    2588amy 2 years ago

  • test

    vballgodsknow 2 years ago

  • Aren't the Spartones from UNC-Greensboro?

    BrynnPlummer 2 years ago

  • yes

    kmbethun 2 years ago

  • yes.

    KatarinaKohariMusic 2 years ago

  • Yes!

    KatarinaKohariMusic 2 years ago

  • Dude, REALLY great video!

    Made me love UAC that much more. :)

    TimelesslyTian 2 years ago

  • The Loreleis are from UNC Chapel Hill, not Greensboro.

    alluneedislove17 2 years ago

  • O. M. G.

    Yeah.

    samlynn79 2 years ago

  • cool

    YCTNA 2 years ago

  • oh my god!!! amazing!!!!

    xoxoBeatlesLovexoxo 2 years ago 3

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    okjr80 2 years ago

  • Yay for a cappella! I'm a dork, I know.

    Mystrohan 2 years ago 2

  • Amazing groups. Incredible.

    Ben Folds Please do this in Canada. We have similar numbers!

    bordonthestreet 2 years ago

  • Please continue with projects like that, I hope this could impact the way the young people is considering the music

    paisguz 2 years ago 3

  • All I can say is WOW... Keep it going guys, while part of the world is destructive you are constructive and creative. Way to go!!

    Guatemalanangel1 2 years ago 4

  • certainly

    mpfdd1 2 years ago

  • nicely done j.m.harper!

    amipics 2 years ago

  • very cool project ben! Keep up the creativity

    tubafreak33 2 years ago

  • OMFG my friend is in this!!!

    UGA mofos!

    Go dawgs!!

    BetweenTheLines7791 2 years ago

  • Can I get a "Go Dawgs!" ???

    ugadawgs1984 2 years ago

  • sic em!

    BetweenTheLines7791 2 years ago

  • Ben Folds has always been cool, in his way, but with this endeavor, he reaches ultra-cool status. I was at the Princeton show where the Nassoons opened for him, btw, and they rocked.

    disneyjoel 2 years ago

  • Awesome, Ben. How cool of you for following your muse to strange and wonderful places. I'll pay for it!

    In this video, the sound level jumps up and down in places.

    MrTechDiff 2 years ago

  • just go to thetoolbucket . com

    waynycely91 2 years ago

  • gay

    itzjoeymac 2 years ago

  • Love it!!!

    JynMeyer 2 years ago

  • Absolutely love it. Great idea Ben, and great job to everyone involved.

    PandaOnIce 2 years ago

  • so good !

    DavidSebastian 2 years ago

  • i went to see him, and he had a group with him,

    they were really good

    musiclaughtter 2 years ago

  • Alyssa smells like poop!

    bloodthrust18 2 years ago

  • Alyssa smells like poop.

    bloodthrust18 2 years ago

  • Fuck off you retarted shit.

    WTFvictor 2 years ago

  • wasnt my idea

    animalman1122 2 years ago

  • Boom box, you are a d-bag

    this is awesome

    hideyourbuttchuck 2 years ago

  • boom box is right, this sucks and ben is being a d-bag for not recording new material. even though every album since WE&EA has pretty much blown...

    TYLERWAAOD 2 years ago

  • You know what sucks about being in A Capella?

    Telling your parents that your gay.

    smashos85 2 years ago

  • how do you be in a capella? comment fail!

    1CanadianContent1 2 years ago

  • hahahaha you're one funny mother effer friendo

    TYLERWAAOD 2 years ago

  • very cool

    who knew there were so many bald college kids

    jlwom 2 years ago

  • terrible idea

    BoomBoxJakey 2 years ago

  • AWESOMMMEEEE !!

    i'm so excited

    annabanana2366 2 years ago

  • sucks eggs.....mary had a little lamb

    randombros1268 2 years ago

  • the guy soloing on time...amazing

    JazzMaster606 2 years ago

  • You Don't Know Me sounds AMAZING!

    toin9898 2 years ago

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    latinsatch 2 years ago

  • Freakin' Awesome

    acrogers11 2 years ago

  • so cool!!!!! Ben is the best! I used to be nuts about him :) what a cool project idea!

    matthewcross 2 years ago

  • lol

    jarrodpink1993 2 years ago

  • The Spartones are AMAZING.

    They performed at my school and they absolutely blew me away.

    AnnieWaits3Point6 2 years ago

  • cool

    MyPRSGuitarsSexy 2 years ago

  • Is that Anoop at 10:28, cool video

    4saIe 2 years ago

  • White people (or all colors) in their natural habitat.

    hultonclint 2 years ago

  • the video has two groups backwards....the spartones are from unc-greensboro, the loreleis from UNC

    discothequen 2 years ago 2

  • Heh, my brother has this album. It's actually what introduced me to Ben Folds.

    Jeneparlepasfrancais 2 years ago

  • I can't believe he didn't use UC Berkeley's "Bitches ain't shit" :(

    Liface 2 years ago 2

  • a bit of a downer, yes...

    cuttoothom 2 years ago

  • no no no no no no no no

    catlover421 2 years ago

  • I think this is why Ben Folds is so successful and loved -- he does such interesting, out-of-the-box things and engages his fans. He makes people want to like him.

    P.S. Brain hemorrhoid. hhaha.

    shuckslbj 2 years ago 3

  • its not that he makes people want to like him...he just understands his fans

    this is probably one of the most brilliant ideas for an album ever

    brabon1 2 years ago

  • Why aren't there more mixed male/female a capella groups?

    nytonks 2 years ago

  • I like it, the video quality is amazing too!

    Genoc1d3r 2 years ago

  • I didn't enjoy the character in the green shirt, but she was probably made to look bad in the editing like what they did to Fantasia. but I did like the girl and the boys who sang at about 13 minutes. They were really wonderful. What a great idea.This was a cool video.

    mosesonice 2 years ago

  • Somebody tell that kidin the Yellow Shirt that its too LOUD. It was overpowering the singers.

    mosesonice 2 years ago

  • So that's why I got so many hits the last time I searched for "Army"!

    Damn, I love Ben, his music AND this!

    keikocat2001 2 years ago

  • Ben Folds: Brick, Gracie Girl, Bastard, Adelaide...Love the dude

    pr0ph3ceez 2 years ago 2

  • Aww, I wish the Ramblers were in the actual documentary.. They recorded "Army" for the album & they rock.

    littlenanita 2 years ago

  • BEN FOLDS IS A GOD IN HIS OWN WAY :D

    crazed1mp 2 years ago

  • cool video to see, but the audio track is mixed Terribly, you could barely hear what anyone was saying unless you turn it way up, and then when it switches back to the audio that the video maker added it gets way way way too loud.

    obviologist 2 years ago