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  • I do prefer the white-robed "sacred swag" of Libera today, but what I love about this video (in addtion to Libera's magnificent hallmark vocals) is their willingness to be creative in exploring different ways to reach diverse audiences with their music. The world needs more Libera.

  • Beautiful song, horrible picture quality

  • This is the first version of the song "Libera". It's from 1995. Daren can also be heard on the soundtrack to the film Shadowlands.

  • you said so...:D

  • It's actually very cool.

  • I can't believe there are any dislikes! This is so awesome!

  • @jillanthrophy its just 11 people pressing the wrong button accidentally

  • I actually like this version, it's refreshing to see Libera without robes and dancing ;D But they seem so few back then, now they are over 25 members or something..

  • brilliant.....this is a masterpiece version. The Libera guys are consistently fantastic, past and present. Mr Prizeman the director, is in my mind, a genious.

  • one of the best versions i've ever heard!! :)

  • wow... wasn't expecting this...

  • Anyone still looking for a translation? This is very rough, but it's the gist. De profundis clamavi ad te Domine (From the depths we cry to you Lord) Domine exaudi vocem meam de profundis (Lord hear our voices from the depths) Libera me, Domine, de morte (Free me, Lord, from death) Aeterna - Libera (Everlasting - Free) De morte, libera (From death, free me) De morte, aeterna (From death everlasting) I know it's not perfect by any means, but this is roughly what they are singing!
  • @veniteangeli thanks I was wondering!

  • @jillanthrophy you too huh...lol

  • GAY! ;D jk

  • @vicisrussian You know what they say: it takes one to know one.

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  • i got a other version on my channel...

  • it was 1995, give 'em a break...

  • Omigod... they're dancing.

  • soooo good..... I love this version.

  • There is a serious message to the current members of Libera in this and that is IF Robert Prizeman or ANY TV Producers/Directors suggest they should try and dance or use ANY choreography, then the first thing they should do is say have you seen THIS VIDEO on YouTube!

    GREAT SINGING THOUGH, shame about the choreography!!! ;-)

  • Libera has definitely come a long way

  • and the next boy band on top of the pops are........

  • this is so awesome! they danced. B-) \:D/ COOL. 8D

  • I can only imagine Simon Cowell's face if they showed up for an X factor audition doing this dance lol

  • These are amazing vocalists, whoever got them to do this cheesy dance routine really dropped the ball. To be fair tho, the vocals are so good the get away with it....just!!! haha

  • very good...100 points!!!

  • I hope Josh and Tom would do something like this before they go. :] It'd be lovely!

  • Adorable!

    Daren!! <3

  • wow....casual clothes.....so rare......i mean....yeah , whatever is daren steven's brother??

  • WOW. This is old. It's not even Steven, it's Daren. Still every bit as amazing. They're a lot more boybandish in this video. There's only like five boys and they DANCE. How adorable! How GOOD.

  • lolllllll really 90s worthy

  • Was this the old libera?? this is funny hahaha

  • yeah it's the old libera with daren gerarthy the soloist

  • daren you are beautiful and i love you lol

  • No parole, out of here, go

  • this older vocals... of... libera was flawless.. and... the.... newer version.. of.. libera 2008 was... also great but... the bass was to.. loud....

  • Świetne nagranie-

    A jakie głosy , oby więcej takich nagrań na YouTube się znalazło....

    mlodzibardo-Poland

  • orale, se me hace raro verlos haciendo una coreografía así, pero bueno, la canción es indudablemente extraordinaria. Saludos

  • Beautiful!

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  • didn`t know steven add a brother wow

  • The group is British. The song is latin. I believe libera means free. They have a website you can google which has lyrics.

  • Thanks :) I did check out the site and they have the lyrics in Latin, but no translation. I'm looking around though. Thanks a bunch! :)

  • libera does mean free in latin i took latin so i know some of the word's meanings

  • Nice!

  • Does anyone have the translation for the Latin lyrics? Or at least a rough idea of what they mean?

    Thanks!!

  • i dont think its latin cause libera means soul in italian i think.... this song could be italian and i think they are too

  • Mikingen, they're actually from England. And the song is definitely Latin. Libera means "free". I think this song is quoting Psalm 130, but I'm not sure. i know a bit of Latin, enough to get the general idea, but not enough to translate the whole song. Thanks though! :)

  • it's latin i took a course in latin and libera means free in latin

  • It comes from one of the psalms..out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Lord hear my prayer...

  • my days the first time i saw that boy in the middle, i thought it was my friend and i was like why the hell is he there but then i looked closer and it wasn't him...'-_-

  • i love this song but who's the blonde headed kids name again i know it starts with an s and kit and daren are cuteeeeeeee

  • Daren Geraghty has a beautiful voice just like his younger brother Steven Geraghty

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  • i saw libera live when they had more members they still did the 'raise arms' move on the words Libera, that is when this group was older and no longer in the line up

  • Omg if daren was like like this now i would have a huge huge crush on him

  • Daren and Libera are awesome and amazing!

    Actually Daren is really on his 20's now

  • simples is the best

  • One time, i saw Libera in my tv, and they were singing in a church, but i think it was in England, they were singing so many songs, also that there voices were amazing, sounded as angels voices, besides i didn't even kno what their group name before, now i kno n im in love wit Libera music, Libera are my favorites.

  • I really love this song!

    I love Libera!!!

  • I still think that Daren was an still is one of Libera's finest soloists, and whether you like the dancing or not it is not important, what is important is that that it was the early work of these boys that made today's Libera possible.

  • I agree with you. Daren was one of Libera's finest.

  • he's sooo hot

  • Daren is the best

  • I honestly think the dancing is adorable, it may have been embarrassing but it added to thier 'pop' effect, sure Libera should stick to being a robed-boy's choir but they have more than beautiful voices, this is what I expect to hear when arriving in Heaven and from the moment I heard Libera I fell in love with thier songs, They're beyond amazing and thier little dances are cute, Daren has a gift, his voice is beyond any words can describe, he makes me smile. :]

  • i know they want libera to go somewhat "pop"

    but i really wish they wouldn't...they are classically trained and it looks so much better with the white robes and no dance moves...leave this stuff to brittany spears

  • is so good i like it so mutsh so i listen on it every day

    im from sweden so i cant speak so good english

  • I think no one of Libera in the future can sing this song again. I mean, the new boys can sing it, but never bring the feeling come back again...the youthful spirit, the spark of young lads...their moving steps are sinple, but good...

  • is there a site where i can download this song? i really really want this song.

  • YouTube  Downloader Then Covert It To mp3 Format

  • I like this song , his voice sounds blowing in the wind with a dreamy quality .

  • definatly

  • Wonderful!

  • I would murder my choir director if she made me dance! I presume they're miming to a prior recording? It'd be hard to stay on tune while doing ridiculous little dances.

    great voices as always, though!

  • hahas.True,very true!

  • da brivido!! bravissimi!1

  • I think this difficult of choreography would make it harder for the boys to sing and perform as well as they do. That's the number one reason I'm glad they no longer do this. The other is it makes them look silly and they look stiff, and I like when my angel boys look their best, for sure. =P Gave me a good chuckle, though.

  • It's adorable, but they don't do it during concerts. I laughed, too. =DDDD

  • Well, the dance might be stupid, but it is completely synchronized!! The do all the moves at exactly the same time!! And of course, the voices are all fantastic =)

  • i kno, i wonder how long it took them to get it so perfect....tho it is LIBERA so i guess i shouldnt be too surprised i guess....=P just that if we tried the movements with the kids at my school, it would be a DISASTER!

  • Oh yeah, if I tried to get some of my neighbors to do that, first they would look at me and say something REALLY rude, and then if they tried it, they would say some more R rated things, and then they would all fall over trying to do it, because of course, they don't really think that it is that stupid at all, which is the story of my neighbors!!

  • yea, like in my school, were doing a little musical thing (the high school duz a bigger one, but we have a little one) and these other 4 ppl and i have to do the Monkees walk, and after trying to do it 10 gazillion times, it looks OK, but its really hard still. =P

  • He he, you mean you walk like a monkey?? 5 people??

  • yea, 5 people! from that one old show, the Monkees or something, we have to put out arms over each other shoulders then we all step to the side with our left foot, then with our right foot, then our left, then right again, and its a LOT harder then it looks, cuz in this one song, we mention 'Monkees' so our director decided to see if we cud pull it off. =P

  • Oh.... that makes more sense!! Luckily, doing dances is not something I am usually required to do..... probably because I am really bad at them! Daren and the other boys are good at it though!!!

  • haha, yea! Tho they dont have to do the Monkee...=P But its almost like theyre computer animated or something, they all move at the exact same time, and their legs are always parallel to the other boys' legs, i dont know how they do it!

  • I know!! Kinda like they are robots of some sort!! Or thats what they look like, the way they all have over shirts that seem to move at the exact same too!!

  • oh yea! Its like they have a mental calculator calculating how far their legs are from the other boys and making sure everythings perfect and the same distance apart! And in the beginning, when theyre walking, their legs all hesistate a little bit AT THE EXACT SAME TIME!!

  • Yeah!! Someone made my comment about you guys dancing like monkeys, negative.... maybe they thought I was talking about the boys!! Well, they don't look like monkeys, the dance might be a little stupid, but they are doing it well!!

  • haha, oh yea, i see it now! well anyway, everyone in my school is a LITTLE bit 'monkey' i have to say. =) thats a complement by the way if any of you people at my school are reading this. =P But even if the dance is a little bit 'stupid' they did i well, and anyway, theyre not the ones who made it up! ...i think

  • Yeah!! Well, I don't think Libera choreographed this... Libera has a more calm style!! Like, raise your arms, put them down, type choreography!!

  • uh huh, and, Step forward then go back and turn sideways and make a semi-circle! =P

  • And, put your hands behind your back, and then bring them back around again!!! I'd do current Libera's kind of choreography better than the kind they do in this video!!

  • haha, me too! Its a lot easier now.....

    Special Choreography Note: Ben, put head in hood and chase Liam. Hold him hostage for 5 seconds. Let go and carefully remove hood from your head. Do not give in to temptation to keep Liam in hostage for more then 5 seconds.

  • can some1 send me the song? plz.

  • i like this version better than the newer version

  • so do i.

  • hahahahahahahahaha! I LOVE the moves! cmon,thats the best part of this video!

  • Libera is amazing. I love all of the songs they have sung and they do it so well.

  • I love this song, but the dance moves just crack me up! What a difference a decade or so can make, huh?

  • Tha song is great.

    But thank God they dont use to dane like this anymore...

    =)

  • Excellently sung. Thank you

  • I love this song!!!

    (where did the dancing come from??)

  • haha i was in slight shock too. and ur username is funny tehehehe

  • omg that daren kid has such a gorgeous voice...if he was my age id have a serious crush tehehehe =p

  • He is 27 years old now

  • oh. haha

  • who the blonde one in front? he's cute. ^_^

  • bahahaha thats so dated. i never thought id me rockin out to music in the anglican church ya know what im sayin lol =p

  • The soloistis Gareth Loman so that would put it early 90's or late 80s

  • Not Gareth. The soloist is Daren Geraghty, older brother of Steven. This video was made in 1995.

  • this songs good what year was this?

  • around early 90s me thinks

  • Interesting very nicely done!!

  • Thankfully Libera renounced this worldly choreography a very very very long time ago. Praise be to God!

  • they could do both and be ok, Christ wouldn't mind :)

  • omgosh.. i totally agree! I was a little scared when they started dancing.. not gonna lie :P

    They are EXCELLENT singers.. absolutley amazing.. but trust me when i say that dancing is not their forte. :P

  • ...it was dancing? the lead singer is great (cant remember his name :P)

  • this song is very nice!!!i am 9 years of age!

  • According to your profile you're 38. Why lie you idiot?

  • You **** My son was the one that gave his comment and his 9 years old so pull your head out of your *** you idiot

  • ppl...age is just age...why get so mad..u'll get more wrinkles losing ur temper so easily...

  • would you talk to your 9 year old son like that?

  • you know Mordecaliath, accusing someone of lying is not very faith-like. Maybe if he was 9 and he wanted protect himself from the psychos out there he could change his age, you never know who might contact someone. And why check his profile to see his real age? Theres no point to it! I love this video, Libera is fantastic!

  • It's cuz he's a stalker.

  • I think we all need to sit back, relax, and listen to more Libera music!!!

  • i love this song!!!

  • interesting to see the early libera. quite obvious that the recording studio version has been dubbed over it, but still..

    Lead singers voice has excellent control. His voice has obviously started to break if you hear him speak in the interview after this clip, but he maintains the ability to sing the high notes. Stunning!

  • Da sieht man mal wieder das Jungs die besseren Sänger sind^^

    Ne ganz ehrlich schönes Lied ich kenne den Aufwand einfach nur sehr schön gemacht 5Sterne

  • PERFEKT!!!!

  • How do they sing that high?? It scares my friend and me.

  • Unbroken voices!

  • focus on the positive!

  • great voices shame about the video quality

  • Somehow it reminds me of Drill team

  • cheesy dancing.. but voices are great.. tops man

  • yeah I agree on the dancing it is a little weird but the voices are wonderful!

  • i just read the funny comments and listen to the beautiful voices so i dont have to deal with the poser nsynce dacning ^_^

    i love libera.

  • really cool! :O

  • This is such a great song! Libera is great band!

  • very beautiful, I loved it.

  • To kinkyunscrambled - they are only 5/20th of 'Angel Voices' part of St. Philip's Choir in 1995. This song was composed over a period of time in the earlier 1990's and originally called 'De profundis' from Psalm 130. Five because it is the top five boys in the group for TV purposes.

  • Fantastic, I could see them singing with Enya, and Enigma, what voices fabulous talent, parents must be very proud, what angels, thank you for Libera sent from God. xxx

  • Why is there only 5 of them?

  • I love this song. Which album is this song on?

  • The song is called "Libera" by Libera. Very beautiful.

  • What title is this song ?  Please anboboy let me know ~

  • I would think the title of this song would be Libera because they say Libera in it a whole bunch of times.

  • Can't argue with that logic. =D

  • its called LIBERA

  • Who is the guy in the front? He has a beautiful voice. I know they all do but he is wow.

  • that would be Daren Geraghty

  • Wow thier voices are so beautiful.

  • Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. Libera would be proud!

  • This is just like having another boy band :3

  • How could they... I can't tell whether the choreography is better than the beat of the orchestration...

  • To everyone that has something negative to say - this is for you- Try to sing the way do, and dance as cute as they do, and then you are entitled to say all the negatives ok? They have the voices of angels and they dance much too adorable! Dont be jealous because they are- do something outstanding yourself, so there won't be the need to put down talent and people that are above and beyond spectacular.

  • Of course, in this and most of their videos they're lip-synching (to their own singing in studio) but who cares, the voices are angelic as is the whole aural effect!

  • Thanks for the info !

  • They *are* Libera...well, before they figured out what style and direction they wanted to take the music. Daren Geraghty, brother of Steven, is pretty recognizable here as the lead singer, and Chris Baron is here too. Keep in mind that this video is over 10 years old. Daren's almost 26 now, and in this vid he's 14.

  • i agree there not libera boys.. just mer imatation...

  • How can you say that they aren't Libera. This is Angel Voices, the public name before Libera but the same choir non-the-less.

  • Very highly entertaining. Thank you for sharing it.

  • These kids are NOT Libera. Fake video.

  • It is Libera!

  • It's the pre Libera days, when they had a different name.

  • Damn, they can sing!!

    -LilyRodgers-

  • I think they lost in this song the whole point of Libera, they're exceptional cause they create this beautiful yet dark enviroment anywhere u play it. U cant imagine choir boys danicng like cheap british N'sync, the song's good.

  • I am a 23 yr old guy but these guys really caught my soul man!!! I rarely listen to this kind of music The first time I heard of them when I was aboard on United airlines bound for Tokyo, I just listened to them by accident.

  • I admit they really had me there!! does any1 can tell me how can I get their videos and mp3 expecailly "Far Away" I usually listen to rock but this is my new thing now!

  • yeah the dancing is ...Well they all got great voice! very cute boys too =] nice song

  • well the song is very nice but the video sucks lol

  • Think about it yall,these guys are in their twenties by now and looking at this video and saying,"oh my gosh! The dancing sucked but the song was great!"

  • ya lol