King's Singers - Madrigal History Tour - La Bomba

[Pretendkid]

I INSTANTLY FELL IN LOVE WITH THIS

and the King's Singers

[arqueologo]

This is an amazing (alas, abridged) version.

[notaire2]

How quickly and flexibly their mouths open and shut!

[sarbinson]

These guys kick some serious tail.

[matosbarbosathais]

There are six people who don't understand music! This is simply awesome!

[sergiodrum1]

El vestuario hace que toda la escena sea un desperdicio.

[Nathan1097]

I love Bill/Grayston Ives' tenor voice!

The countertenors develop their upper register and are trained. Look at most English cathedral choirs - they have men singing the Alto part.

[Nathan1097]

I love Bill/Grayston Ives' tenor voice!

The countertenors develop their upper register and are trained. Look at most English cathedral choirs - they have men singing the Alto part.

[thehillcefis]

i migliori! meravigliosa!!!!!!!!

[SalleAnglaise]

How do men sing that high? Are they just blessed with those kinda vocal chords?

[ClavedeFa0]

@SalleAnglaise 1 word: Castratis :)

[molealto]

Cardigan-tastic - love Al Hume's intro too :)

[mouthmouse]

a part is missing about 1:59

[mouthmouse]

Something I love is that the 6 singers have the same level, no one sing louder than the other, while in the actual group it's very different!

[arqueologo]

Los King's Singers, como siempre, maravillosos, pero faltan un par de versos de la versión original de Mateo Flecha! Falta:

"Yo triste ofrezco también, en saliendo de este lago ir descalço hasta Santiago, eu yendo a Jerusalem"

[polarkreis201]

sry but mens are the best at all xD

cant thinking about this would singing a womens chor

the power this is a ode to men xD

[Parri13]

5.11

[Ametsetanbizi]

Impresionante y divertidísima; en fin, una obra maestra.

[MrPauclaris]

Visca el Geni catala. Visca MATEU FLETXA!

The Catalan genius lives!

[1963us]

@MrPauclaris Querido amigo, pura casualidad es que Flecha fuese catal'an... Como que yo sea andaluz o uruguayo...Su genio es humano y sus textos ? por qu'e est'an en español¿ No uses el ascua de Mateu para arrimarla a tu sardinilla identitaria... Saludos cordiales.

[mboschm]

@1963us Amigo, Mateu Fletxa escribía en castellano, porque en el renacimiento, el catalán estaba entrando en decadencia, que duró hasta el siglo XIX.

[MrAndress05]

Que ensamble, excelente......

[barbarabarbi]

eran tan, tan entrañables....

[MrElgranRoble]

Muy buen villancico, se nota que el mundo profano tenía también una muy buena música.

[TheEinargallardo1]

Maravilloso. Y se les entiende perfectamente. Qué buenos son...

[chorister88]

part from 4:46 - 5: 15 is soooo good!!! :)

[jacky25511]

@moezzig 90 out of 100, actually

[kingssingersgirl]

on feb. 19th, i saw the current 6 perform this song live. what a treat! one of, if not *the*, best song all night!

[NotQuarex]

I am infinitely jealous. When I saw them last year, I kept hoping they would sing this, but I assumed the odds of them actually singing it live were one in a million. Oh, how close I came!

[kingssingersgirl]

@NotQuarex aww. im sorry you didnt get to see it. it was an honor to see it. and so funny in some parts.

[bildougo]

incredibile! Ad ogni ascolto, sempre a bocca aperta

[jeanmolin55]

Siamo al TOP della musica a Cappella.

Da ascoltare e lasciare entrare nel cuore in silenzio assoluto!

Una sintonia perfetta, ununica voce:

SPLENDIDO !

Fan.....grazie, grazie.

E grazie per questo post straordinario!

[wenglishsal]

These are the 'King singers' I remember watching on BBC 2 with my mum, in the 70's and 80's ...

Crackin' stuff, well sung Gentlemen... BRAVO :0)x

[ericabranagh1992]

this is amazing! this is the first "pre-stephen" video i've seen, but the six shown here do the song beautifully!

[mythbusternf]

La Bomba is my favorite music of King's Singers. They're perfects, wonderful and very funnies! I Love The King's Singers, Forever and ever!!! :):):)

[CPDMedia]

hi guys!!!!!! i am very happiness... i'm in the ISMEV's chorus... see you there..... bye!

at last, very nice job with "la bomba"

[andapalantelu]

hermoso!!

es invreible que siendo solo 6 suene como muchos más ☺

ese es el secreto de los coros jaja

[ACQUAPOTABILE999]

Eccezionali in maniera incredibile!!!!!!!! Semplicemente pazzesco, anche se in altri pezzi giocano di più con le voci... Incredible! Simply crazy, even if in other pieces they play more with voices

[francolero99]

Qué hermosa interpretación de los KS... Aún conservo dos cassettes de ellos y La Bomba siempre ha sido la que más me ha gustado, especialmente la parte en que afinan la guitarra (5:30-6:25)... parapelos!!

Esperad que esté templada!!! Dios bendiga estas privilegiadas voces...

[barbarabarbi]

"hi de ruin".... jajajajjajaj

hay algunos fallos en la letra transcrita: es San Telmo, no Sant Elmo; y "es por demás", no "es porde más".

gracias por el video, una absoluta delicia.

[barbarabarbi]

Es curioso que en mitad del texto hay una frase con tres palabras en portugués: "poys o vento....".

La parte de "la gala chinela" es extrañisima, no la entiendo bien.

[Anakay]

Não creio que essa frase esteja em português, mas sim que, naquela época, escrevia-se assim em Espanhol.

E acho que "San Telmo" e "Sant Elmo" são a mesma pessoa. Existe um artigo na wikipedia inglesa referente a Saint Elmo (Erasmo de Formia ), talvez isso sirva de prova.

[barbarabarbi]

Não; 'poys o vento' é mesmo português, não é espanhol nem de agora nem de aquela época. O 'poys' deve com certeza estar escrito "à antiga", por causa do 'y'.

Este tipo de obras, chamadas ensaladas, tinham precisamente a característica de serem escritas com frases em várias línguas, misturando assim idiomas como o castelhano, o francês, o catalão, o italiano, o português, o que fica muito engraçado. Repara só em obras como "La tricotea" o "El Fuego".

[Anakay]

haha, é verdade, inclusive faz sentido o nome "ensalada". Obrigado pela informação! É bom ver traços do português em obras tão lindas como essa...

Você é de onde?

[barbarabarbi]

jajajajajja aquí me recuerdan a Les Luthiers en Las Majas del Bergantín

jejej

[alvindenniss]

3:43 De tan grande beneficio

i like it :-)

[nicodagger]

Hey this is a big ripoff!! It doesn't sound anything like the Richie Valens original!! And where are the correct words? ripoff.

[JamesOC91]

I'm completly open to criticism here but is it just me or has the caliber in the King's singers make a huge leap forward in the last ten years or so? Don't get me wrong these the 'classic lineup' as i like to call them are amazing but the calibre of individual voices is much higher in the current line up in my opinion.

[Freezepally]

I prefer the "classic" King Singers over the current ones. They sing more complicated songs and do it flawlessly.

[GiachesDeWert]

Agree.

May be that now they "play" more with voices: especially in modern pieces, but even in Reinassance, where these 80's guys were IMHO more philological.

Also the care in pronunciation of non-english texts is greater in the 80's lineup.

I'm Italian and I have been astonished to hear such a perfect italian pronunciation in their madrigals.

I've heard the current king's singers live and, even if still excellent, their pronunciation is a bit worse perhaps because they sing less Reinassance.

[kikivolauvent]

James; I never asked myself that question.... I admire the KS for well over twenty years now and I am still equally attracted by their skills and their dedication.... Having heard them life a few times I never wondered about their maybe improvements but I do guess that nowadays the technical possibilities of registration (enregistrement) are far better.... although it's their human voices that make their music so incredibly wonderful!

Thanks for your ideas and question though!

Kiki

[MrSludov]

Bellísima. ¡Qué voces y qué intérpretes! La parte en que afinan la guitarra es un encanto... y la melodía del villancico que le sigue resulta arrebatadoramente bella. ¡La alegría y agradecimiento hechos música!

[Nyctia]

muchas gracias de todos modos, saludos

[Nyctia]

Lo cierto es que para ser ingleses lo han hecho muy bien, pero no se trata de un madrigal, sino una Ensalada. Por cierto, estoy buscando otra de las ensaladas de M. Fletxa: la Negrina. Tengo el CD de Las Huelgas, pero no la aciertan, como en la mayor parte de las versiones que encuentro. Había otro con la portada con imágenes de verduras formando un cuadro que sí estaba bien, pero no llegué a saber el coro ni nada más, ¿Sabe alguien algo? Gracias, saludos

[ihoannes]

la negrina la tengo en cd, bah, todas las ensaladas por un coro de Bogota, Colombia. No esta nada mal, pero no es lo mas ortodoxo ni puro como lo haria un grupo de musica renacentista

[MrSludov]

@ihoannes Hay una versión estupenda de "La Negrina" interpretada por la "Capella de Ministrers" dirigida por Carles Magraner. El album se titula "Iudicii Signum"

[bense97]

escucharlo son buenisimos

[arroyita]

Does anyone know of a good translation for this song? Also, does anyone have a link to purchase the video/DVD this is ripped from?

[eltrompo83]

This is such a great song! They perform this perfectly and with comedic value in concert.

Me encanto esta cancion! La melodia es la parte mejor de la cancion!

[alvindenniss]

BRAVO!!!

[goldenlion40]

I love the Soprano guy... i cant get enough of his voice

[zoomyzoomy123]

its called a countertenor

[citysnidget]

brilliant.

[Freezepally]

Even though I have no idea what they are saying, this is amazing I can't stop listening to it

[grandplans]

I know what you mean. I have very little understanding of what they are saying. I still have about 12 music cd's of theirs though. very beautiful music.

[Arsalias]

to me, the words don't matter.

[Astal4352]

that stupid "silence-cutting" thing is so terribly annoying!! separates everything apart!! The performance still is perfect, but we can't appreciate it plentily bescause of this lack of reverb it makes...

[FlysOnEaglesWings]

Oh, qué ventura he tenido ... the BEST PART

[Wolf0nFire]

I'm 16 and i find this awesome :) i love the capella and this cain of music .

[jacky25511]

@Wolf0nFire wow, talk about out of fashion, this song is ok

[satchisthebest]

@Wolf0nFire The same as you, 16 and love Ancient Music, well almost every kind of music out there, that's the magic of music, there's enough to satisfy every person, yet not enough that we create new beautiful music every day.

[gattusaurus93]

@Wolf0nFire me too... :) 

[gattusaurus93]

@Wolf0nFire I'm 16 and love this kind of music too! where are you from?

[174565876]

when the 4:40

they pretend tunning~

they are so amazing

=]

[nickypoods]

You should listen to the studio version of this song on their album "Fire and Water, the Spirit of Renaissance Spain."

[youneedanurse]

They are SO cool.

[1963us]

Desde Miami thanks a lot for your Xmas presents... espero que hables español... gracias ... donde se pueden conseguir estos DVDs?????..,. haces la rutina más llevadera... Vielen danke

[bunsentransen]

meisterhaft, das sind Masstäbe

[Sileithel]

I'm just speechless...they're more than amazing!

Does anybody know the names of the King's Singers in this video? I know one of them is Jeremy Jackman...what about the others?

Perfect pronunciation!!

[scocad]

There's Jeremy Jackman, Alstair Hume, Bill Ives, Tony Holt, Simon Carrington, and Colin Mason (A1, A2, T, Bar1, Bar2, Bass).

[Sileithel]

Thx so much!! ;)

[marodrey]

It's beyond human! It's addictive!! haha, I'm spanish speaking and it's incredible the detailed care in pronunciation! just a teeny thing might have slipped but what! not compared with the majesty of the art! Thank you for posting it and that God for the King's Singers!!

[richard10661066]

Brilliant...the King Singers.....now thats CLASS......

[Operaandchant90]

what key is this in?

[BenDalmont]

starts in F minor, and Ab major (la tonalité relative)the rest of the time, which doesn't really change the armor (still four b)

[JERJES58]

But remember that it's a modal piece, and tonality changes along the time...

[CaballeroCatalan]

Que cancion mas guapa!!! Cinco estrellas

[PestisNigra]

The performance is perfect, beyond doubt.

The story ( ship in sea, etc ) is reminescent to the current financial crisis. Now we are praying to Sint Elmo and Virgin of Guadalupe to save us. Tomorrow, should we be saved, we shall resume where we stopped before the crisis.

[JERJES58]

you are not wrong: its the truth

[firebreathone2]

Great performance.

[saintandrews84]

The best male vocals i have every heard in my life. Each voice has pure tone all combining to produce an exhilerating sound.

[tamylibelula]

Muito bom!!! Adorei!!!

[fhunrichse]

Check the subtitles added!

[tkpadilla]

what does it matter what how guitar is tuned. You were just saved from a shipwreck. rejoice anyway!

[space1zebra]

This is a most excellent work. Thank-you.

[Orbazzano]

Perfetti, mi danno i brividi!

[emilcar]

Me quedo muerto ¿cómo no conocía yo este impagable video?

[luisalgimia]

Ea, ea, sus, empecemos: Empieza tú, Gil Pizarra, A tañer con tu guitarra, Y nosotros te ayudaremos. Esperad que esté templada. Tiemplala bien, hi de ruin. Oh, cómo está destemplada. Acaba, maldito, ya. Es porde mas. Sube, sube un poco mas. Muy bien está. Jajajajajaja. Muy bueno.

[pc0sence]

At 6:00, instead of the deen deen, they should bring in a grand piano.

[theFatTubist]

Maybe, but since they are imitating a guitar there, a classical guitar would be more appropriate.

But it's pretty awesome as it is.

[SRebecca71]

Thank you for posting this. It is lovely.

[danensago]

para mi es la mejor del renacimiento español. Gracias

[realtypo]

muy bueno, muy buen tema, cuanto para desentrañar! "La nave de la vida", no habia pensado eso...

[Alueckard]

esa cancion la encuentro buen apero hay otras mucho mejores, te quedo muy bueno el video bro.

[dgivy]

thanks for the post! LOVE IT!!!!