Ysgol Glanaethwy: Rhythm Of Life - Last Choir Standing - BBC One

[surge1927]

Still get goose bumps when they start singing in Welsh, love it!

[TheRogelio101]

Thiz song Sound way kooler in that way and that language

[TheRogelio101]

What language Is that

[afroman123450000]

I'm American and i like this song, My choirs sung this song we sung it in english and i think this sounds better then the way we sung this so i like it in Welsh better.

[Emmie7587]

damn

[melbabes13]

I'm English but I love it when they sing in Welsh - it sounds so good!!!

[jamiewalker1982]

makes me proud to have welsh blood!

[xGeeTee]

I'm proud to say that I was a part of their Junior Choir :) and I actually know those people.

[Saakar10]

When I sung this in English for choir last year it was completely different lyrics...

Intro wuz like this I was walking down the street last Sunday feelin mighty low and kinda mean, suddenly a voice said go forth neighbor spread the picture on the wider screen. And the voice said neighbor there's a million reasons why you should be glad in all four seasons forget all about worry and strife just spread the religion of the rhythm of life...

[noxomox]

@Saakar10 thats the Politically correct version . . .

[Saakar10]

@noxomox truee

[policeman1956]

young lady on left foreground at 0.12 and 0.37 stunning, watch for her performance in anything ysgol do. Amazingly talented and has got to be the happiest, most beautiful female there is in Wales.

[Gazzz87]

stupid fucking language,. talk austrayin you cunts!

[TinyAbii]

Little do people know they're singing a song about drugs and 'hitting the floor' and crawling to their drug 'daddy'.

[Miriam89]

When Welsh speak, it already sounds like a music. And when they sing... WHOA.

[Gavestonful]

@SosasRoomProductions It really is a school choir - a school that specialises in music and theatre. The title of the school is YSGOL GLANAETHWY in Bangor, North Wales. The word "ysgol" means "school" in the Welsh language, which is the main language spoken in the school in a predominantly Welsh speaking part of Wales.

[giley124]

wow welsh girls are really pretty. 

[Verderer]

@LauraJeannieJimenez Of course it is a different language! This school choir is from Wales and part of the lyric is being sung in their native UK language - Welsh. In parts of Wales, especially in the west and north, where this choir is based - in Bangor, North Wales - Welsh is widely spoken & is the main day-to-day means of communication, but of course every Welsh person speaks English fluently as, like in the rest of the UK, English is the official language of Cymru (that's Wales in Welsh).

[SosasRoomProductions]

@Verderer how it is a school choir?

[lonesniper931]

@Verderer Unfortuantely, welsh is now not spoken day to day as you have said in your post. Coming from wales as i do and speaking welsh fluently also this dissapoints me.....

[AnothervsXIII]

New Directions, eat your hearts out.

[LauraJeannieJimenez]

Halfway this song I found out it was a different language

[CarreiraOri]

Daddy started out in San Francisco,

Tootin' on his trumpet loud and mean,

Suddenly a voice said, "Go forth Daddy,

Spread the picture on a wider screen."

And the voice said, "Brother, there's a million pigeons

Ready to be hooked on new religions.

Hit the road, Daddy, leave your common-law wife.

Spread the religion of The Rhythm Of Life."

THIS I understand... but the rest I don't and it doesnt match with the online lyrics. Can any one tell me the rest? =D

[lonesniper931]

@CarreiraOri You probably dont understand it because the chorus was sung in welsh.

[jamesjube]

I'd buy a recording of this if it were available? It's excellent!

[Corf68]

This is quite possibly the finest version around imho. Whilst I'm not Welsh and therefore don't understand the Welsh language, I love the way the choir is so obviously proud of its culutural heritage by singing in Welsh. I love it - if it were up to me, this would be a winner.

[Anosch]

I love it! <3

[xxEviee]

i really like the part from 1:07

[kaz2024]

I'm English and British. This is one of the finest collective vocal performances I've ever heard. And with a daughter in musical theatre I've heard many. Confirms what I've always said. The Welsh were blessed with the voices of angels.

[likeaninca]

I want to know the Welsh bit! Does anyone know it?!

[Djbiggie24]

Great Britain SUCKS! Thumb up if you agree <3

[tiaccisaw]

@Djbiggie24 Thumb down, and I'm not even British.

[123malichi]

@Djbiggie24 LOL............grow up

[sunderlandgrl]

@Djbiggie24 Hmm, how strange..no thumbs up. I guess your point has proved very unpopular. You seem to be the only one who thinks this way.

So you're from Denmark huh? My friend moved there a few years back and I visited her quite recently. The people there were nothing but nice to me. I guess in the end, every country has a spiteful person like you in it.

Have a good day :)

[sakramenski1]

great :-)) i love the moment on 0:42

[tuatai27]

Ysgol Glanaethwy should have won i absolutely positvely 100% agree with KaedeTatsu

[KaedeTatsu]

THEY SHOULD OF WON!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheFayser]

how did they get a waistcoat to fit him!! 0:22

[4DreamWeaver4]

O-O

[EllenHanraads]

I agree



[Jessicakey93]

VOCAL ADRENALINE!

[TheFayser]

the blonde at 1:07

[123malichi]

@DemiMileySelinaFan They came 2nd!!

[AlbionLegend]

And they didn't win...why?

[CatrinLoisxx]

@GOLDENDRAGON250

You mean: Mae hon yn can wych, os gwelwch yn dda neith rhywun rhoi y geiriau i mi, Diolch!

Which means: This is a brilliant song, please will someone give me the lyrics(words), Thanks!

What you wrote is completely rong, and in the rong order :L

[GOLDENDRAGON250]

@CatrinLoisxx you can hardly talk before you give a critique on someone elses comment look at yours

Regards

[JD917782908]

@CatrinLoisxx wrong** =)

[CatrinLoisxx]

@JD917782908

Wrong i mean, but the writing is right...

[AndyStapes]

That's proper Welsh boy'o lol. btw ysgol =school

[boabibingo]

I thought my ears had had a stroke until I realised they were singing in Welsh.

[CeforJCG]

@boabibingo I just lol'd, thank you :D

[LeoDeGrand]

A waistcoat is called a vest in America....Hence Mr. Burn's 'See my Vest'.

[VanSensei]

I want that Wales flag vest.

[giley124]

@VanSensei its actually a waistcoat :P not a vest

[ongeify]

1:12 I like the most :-D

[yep0its0patrick]

*insert something witty in welsh here*

[bengarrion]

@yep0its0patrick mae geni bidlen fawr!!!

[samanthaesp14]

wat language is this

[x8holly8x]

@samanthaesp14 They are welsh

[tinkslvzstacey1]

@samanthaesp14 Welsh :)

[0425mia]

Awesome choir amazing clap clap

[spider23000]

I know where this song comes from and its origins, but it still creeps me out to hear people singing "hit the floor and crawl to daddy, crawl crawl crawl"

[LikatuMandy]

SUCH A GREAT CHOIR!!!!!:)

[baritonesinger95]

i know this might sound SUPER dumb of me, when people are talking of welsh...were is that from...sorry, im ussally way smarter than this....

[3tangle3]

@baritonesinger95 from cymru/ Wales ...its a brythonic language that was in Britain before the coming of the english language

[emROARS]

@baritonesinger95 the welsh are the first Britons, and the people or Merlin and Arthur until the Saxons came and made us move into what is now wales. We are cousins to the Irish, Manx and Scottish while we're brothers to the Cornish Bretons and Cambrians.

Welsh is the language of wales and the considered the second or third oldest in europe, even older than latin.

[LeftyHandedGuns]

Why am I not able to sing? Why am I not Welsh?

Urgh, this is unfair~! :(

;D

[ricky070572]

OMG!!!! That was F*****G Amazing!!!!

[SamanthaJ101]

This is brilliant! I smiled all the way through it, absolutely fantastic.

[emROARS]

they added welsh to this?

BENDIGEDIG! How hard must that have been to translate AND keep to the melody! XD

[3tangle3]

@emROARS bilingualism is good for brain health....ppl are sharper and can easily switch languages, have always found that with ppl at university

[mack87mlm]

This is such a fun song to sing

[kbamiot]

We're gonna sing this is choir. A group of 82 kids I think.

[jd7x7]

who is the handsome Darius Danesh look-a-like? :)

[Llwyrddawg]

The language is Welsh, which is spoken in Wales by about half a million people.

[grandpiano2007]

what's that language?

[IrishKeshiHead]

@grandpiano2007 Welsh!

[giley124]

@grandpiano2007 indian. no its not i was joking. its welsh (no racism intended)

[3tangle3]

@giley124 north walians like these sound nothing like indians unlike some southern accents (stereotype accent) ;).

[Llwyrddawg]

Da iawn i chi cor Glanaethwy. Wnaethoch chi ganu yn wych iawn! Dwi'n meddwl y ddylech chi wedi enill y cystadleuaeth.

[jnmklo9]

Brilliant that is.

[1stdannunu]

0:27 - 0:36 is one of the best things the world will ever hear

[giley124]

welsh girls are fit :P

[freebird887]

we have to sing this song in chior :P

[Bobbiegel]

@freebird887 me too! and we just performed this song in front of the mayor.

[freebird887]

@Bobbiegel its an okay song.. i find choir somewhat fun actually.

[Polkaplaid]

Its so good! Wish it was english though. Its hard to sing regarless though

[3tangle3]

@Polkaplaid they are welsh. ergo sing in welsh, the old language of the britons

[tempamore]

AAAMMMMMMMMAZZZZZINNNNNNNNNNNN­NG!!!! Well done!

[bak2001]

WOW !! Loved It. I am Brazilian and don´t understand a word of what they say. But all the same it´s VUDERBACH !!

[xxDaisyxx2007xx]

omg welsh.

[emmettlover11]

my chior tried to learn this song! 

[MedicineMan1226]

Glee's got nothing on this choir!

[mamatpunggol]

Nice , Like the harmonies parts ....

[policeman1956]

There is no finer version on the net. found this by chance a few weeks ago, probably watched it a hundred times, bought the CD. Ysgol makes the spine tingle.

[3tangle3]

@policeman1956 i really think this could get a few million views if it got out to the world.

Glanaethwy is the name of the school (ysgol =school/ladder in welsh) and they are from NW Wales on menai atrait btw :)

[3tangle3]

@3tangle3 strait*

[mangojuise]

I love this song

[attitude7788]

my school choir did this song but we were no where as good as them

[ingridlemair]

Wow, it really is amazing!! They blow my out of my chair!! It's a party, to listen to this choir!

[Malanrea]

We sang this every year when I was in middle school. I love how you all sang this. <3

[TRWolf]

@my1988i They decided to randomly change it into Welsh half way through.

[angelafisher]

Love this!!

[alijb61]

Absolutely love this - fantastic performance, well done guys & gals x x

[kikipig1995]

they just perform...........

not like choir~~~~

I can't feel what they are doing

[MedicineMan1226]

@kikipig1995 If you didn't feel anything at 1:07 then you're being overly critical. The harmony is amazing, and their movement changes just give more meaning to the different parts of the song. Not to mention the fact that they have AMAZING balance! That's not easy to come by for a High School choir.

[kikipig1995]

@MedicineMan1226 oh~Thank you for your comment~!But I still can't get the feeling they sing...

[falcosl37]

i've watched this a few times and i dont get board of it

[mattyb1500]

@my1988i its in welsh, well a mix of welsh and english

[mattyb1500]

@my1988i its in welsh

[Gavestonful]

I went to school in Llanrwst as that is where my mother was born and brought up of Welsh parentage. Welsh is very widely spoken in Llanrwst and elsewhere in North Wales, and the Welsh people are to be congratulated for insisting that their ancient language is to be kept alive at all costs - many young people in North Wales, especially, mostly use Welsh for every day communication with each other, as this young choir in Bangor so clearly demonstrates. Noswaith dda o Sir Henffordd, Lloegr.

[Gavestonful]

Blwyddyn newydd dda i chwi oll yng Nghymru! Pob hwyl!

[yeahhitsSKyNiCOle]

this is amazing i love this hopefully i get to do it for chcrous next year the older group for us did it this year

[3tangle3]

@WarriorOfWriters they have offered plenty of cultural contribution you total ignorant fool. Just cos we dont all wear low slung pants and sing aggressive ganster rap songs unlike certain american wannabes

[WarriorOfWriters]

@3tangle3 I don't wear low slung pants or listen to crap, it undermines classical culture, the pinnacle ideological model of civilization. So does anything that vicariously degenerates normal human beings so they can't wander too far from their dwarfen warrior except to get a cheesy snack. The responsible mythology I'm afraid originates in Gaelic territories.

[WarriorOfWriters]

no wonder so many of them are ugly as fuck, Welsh flag explains it.

[naomiskin95]

@WarriorOfWriters :O!!

[bengarrion]

@WarriorOfWriters Pray tell fool! and be concise, lucid, intelligent and arbitrary, or you'll make of yourself.....again.

[WarriorOfWriters]

@bengarrion I actually love the Welsh despite their lack of aristocracy, cultural contribution, fashion sense of pioneering of any variety.

[3tangle3]

@WarriorOfWriters and fuck off out of australia whitey...the arrogance when you live on aboringal land......*laughs at hypocrisy* ;) ;P

[WarriorOfWriters]

@3tangle3 Funny, aboriginal law states that they belong to the land, not the other way around. No hypocrisy. Also try being openly gay in the aboriginal community. Not fun.

[3tangle3]

@WarriorOfWriters they intolerant of gays??...surely some aussie can be a bit like that too

[WarriorOfWriters]

@3tangle3 alot of them are, but nyoongar people in particular are the most active about it, they lynch people.

[WarriorOfWriters]

@bengarrion actually, I'll have another swing at it, I have Welsh roots and I mock the treetrunk legs, bounty of summerwear made from wool and the ghastly poetry that sounds like foil in perpetual mastication because the entire island of Great Britain is in denial of its pantomime Edwardian Loiza Dow-li'ul act. The truth is that most of you are fairly plain, and if you aren't plain you sound like you're being dragged screaming facedown while swallowing gravel as it slowly tears your faces off.

[5000XChick]

one of the guys is reeeaaaalllly good lookin ;)

[0oCIARAo]

I love the sound of Welsh! I hope to learn some someday, I'm fluent in Irish and I am going to learn Scots-Gaelic next year, next step Welsh!

[3tangle3]

@0oCIARAo i know websites and books that can help...as a fellow learner i can help too :)...learning from welsh songs also helps

[TheTy82]

omg i love the welsh =) im welsh =D

[TheKarlez]

Wow theyyy aree sooooooo goood!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love this song.. I wish I was in that choir :( though I'm probably not good enough. Our high school choir only has 13 people!!!! I wish I was a part of that...

[jnmklo9]

Fabulosa darlings

[giley124]

that welshh acent is fuking awsome i love it

[yubabaghibli]

@giley124 by the welsh accent do u mean north welsh accent or welsh language?

[giley124]

@yubabaghibli im english, it just sounds cool so i guess the accent

[francerobert58]

I love this choir. Congratulations.

[jirarachofmine]

Spread your wings and fly to Daddy, Take a dive and swim to Daddy, Hit the floor and crawl to Daddy Crawl, crawl, crawl to Daddy *2 I deimlo rhythm y ras I deimlo rhythm y gwaed I deimlo ysbryd yn y galon I deimlo ynni yn ddawns, ddawns, ddawns Gyfaill, mae gen ti rhythm, rhythm, rhythm rhythm y ras!

[jirarachofmine]

Gan mae rhythm y ddawns ydi rhythm y gwaed

mae na ysbryd yn y galon mae na ynni'n y traed

rhythm yn y galon, rhythm ar stryd gan mai rhythm y ddawns ydi rhythm y byd

*2

Dos a ddeud dy stori yn Llanandras

Ac mae angen mynd i Lanberdoes

Wedi bwrw'i Drefdraeth yna Malltraeth Dyffryn Clwyd, Penllyn ynghyd a Phen Y Groes. Wel, mi gei di gynulleidfa

Tyrd a pawb i'r gymdeithasfa

Gawn ni ddawnsio yn yr

oedfa Yn yr hwyr hwyr hwyr!

[jirarachofmine]

lyric

Daddy started out in San Francisco, tootin' on his trumpet loud and mean

Suddenly a voice said, :Go forth Daddy. Spread the picture on the wider scree."

And the voice said. Brother, there's a million pigeons

Ready to be hooked on new religions

Hit the road, Daddy leave your common'law wife

Spread the religion of the Rhythm Of Life

[HazzPk]

@jirarachofmine our version says "trouble and strife" instead of "common'law wife"

[jirarachofmine]

@HazzPk You're right. common-law wife is our choir version. This is funny to me. I like to say trouble and strife more but it does not goes with my ministry. I'm only a member.

[k3riann3]

This is amazing, I can't stop listening!!

I want to learn Welsh! Anyone got the welsh lyrics? :)

[jirarachofmine]

We're going to do this song for christmas fund raising this year. Wish me luck. :)

[HazzPk]

The girl at 1:31 omnomnom :)

[tessakib]

this was the best one this choir did!

[melancholicmedicine]

I have no end of respect for multi-linguistics who can snap between languages that well. And their singing was AMAZING

[jascap900]

They are just fucking awesome :)

[jacelynraine06]

I keep on watching to it.

[Danfan216]

In Two Words : Just Amazing can't stop listening to it

[PickMonitor]

That gave me chills. Unbelievable!!!

[MaryOttMusic]

We did this song in chorus and All County last year! We did a different version, but the song still rocks.

[doctorjasonfowler]

First of all... this is awesome.

Are they singing in welsh between 0:26 and 1:07?

[HazzPk]

@doctorjasonfowler Welsh :)

[TheJimmy1987]

anyone have the lyrics of this song???

[MaryOttMusic]

@TheJimmy1987 The english version, or the welsh version?

[BreretonGirls]

oh my god i love this song and this group wicked !!!

[Bleumange]

The conductor is shite D:

[MaffiaAnh]

@Bleumange i went to this school an he is not shite!! he is amazing and so is his wife! they gave me the best oppurtunitys in life,,i got to performe at the Albert Hall wen i was 8 and 12! how amaing is that! i left becuase it was too much with my GCSE's and evrything but it is amzing ther!!

[lilmissbourne]

@Bleumange ahahah... he really isnt he is absolutely amazing, one of the most genuine people i have ever met in my life.

[ComedyHannover]

Fun-Tastic !! SUPER !!!

[shaxnerd418]

There must be something in the water in Wales that makes everyone sing so well.

[jd7x7jd]

hey judges you're allowed to enjoy yourselves....

[hanwelvaarts]

great

[EmilyJustem]

I like the original better -.- they made this version up with a couple arrangments

[iastan]

I sing this song at School. It's lovely to sing!

[leakatt]

this song made me want to learn Welsh.. I wish we had shows like this one in America. I get to find out about amazing choirs through youtube because our tv shows suck.. -_-

[GeorgeoKinkladze]

the bloke in the Wales waistcoat...LAD.