Delta Rhythm Boys - Dry Bones

[gobykinglord]

Dude all the way to the left owes someone money

[bluesborn]

A pitch perfect performance made to look effortless.I can't imagine the work that would go into trying to reproduce this arrangement

[Calumoninc]

why isn't dry bones in fucking mario kart 7?

[MrQomp]

rain man

[JasminJuzbasic9]

Sion brought me here

[Meninx87]

Thumbs up if you're here from Monkey Island

[saxymax]

The kneebone's connected to the... something. The something's connected to the... red thing. The red thing's connected to my wrist watch.

Uh oh.

[icchoumenopochi]

It is very nostalgic.　Thank you.

[icchoumenopochi]

grate!

[ninja88888888888]

the song rocks!

[Soowoopy]

i love them

[KriKriKio]

Classic Goodness

[TheAuralab]

Number 6

[Ludiffio]

the End of the prisoner!!

[nerffan1]

Rain man

[IamTheiPhone]

Here is the best picture ever

[department47]

EVIL ED anyone

[SuperWawanquero]

GENIOS

[kalexandria17]

this is....creepy

[meatsuds77]

21 people lack butt bones...

[timarison]

Trying to play this on the piano but is always easier if i hear it first

wish me luck

and if you are a christian thumbs up :)

[HMTcomp]

Very good song, reminds me of the Dry Bones from Super mario bros 3.

[EpicBlueSpikes]

and yet when i wrote this on a biology exam last week i failed...

[animatetime]

@EpicBlueSpikes Commiserations. I just flunked my first year anatomy for the same reason.

[rvkan]

I always enjoy guessing which one of those singers sings the low notes, and which of them the high ones. But maybe that's just me.

[MegaWawawiwa]

This vid always makes me laugh, haha

[bajatmerc]

they look scared

[axxisis]

they dont look happy

[Bigtimehans]

AGHH!!! Singing robots are taking over YouTube! I think... Hmmm

[teengirly123]

They sorta look like strange singing manmade robots cuz They dont exactly move too much and kinda stare into space a lot

=(

[jezusIlovejou]

mensen dit is geniaal

[totallybindipop]

Is it me can you imagine this song speeded up  on Skulduggery Pleasant?

[Jannientjuhhh]

This song we tried to sing in class!!!!!!!!!!! That did not quite, because these images were quite humorous!!!!!!!

[Leiflton]

this must be where the kid song comes from. except they removed the biblical reference.

[eddsork]

best music video ever

[1Ebrithil]

Durch Zufall gefunden, völlig anders als die Musik die ich normalerweise höre, aber..

....ICH LIEBE DIESEN SONG

[berenice6]

18 people don't have bones

[yoppl42]

im singing this in choir class

[andreyb98]

oldies but goldies;)..and I am 13...

[swordmasteral]

18 people couldnt connect dem bones

[chyziej]

The Ruling Class brought me here.

[potsiiscool]

am I too immature for thinking of the super mario character?

[KiwiChristian]

See, real proof that God made us. And it is medically correct. They teach this stuff at doctor school.

[thecatofdoom]

@KiwiChristian How does a song sung by 3 guys prove the existence of this god? You are not making any sense

[TheSnuffkin]

@KiwiChristian Shit that's just incredibly  retarded! America in a nutshell!

[genevief]

wtf,

[TechnologyGod]

Heard it on Rain Man had to hear the whole song, catchy tune.

[GLAD0Sisaspy]

I herd this song in The Prisoner (greatest t.v. seris ever) and i absolutely love it.

[MegaModeltrains]

why it was amazing with the censorships back then, they werent allowed to move virtually.but they look good ,and sound good.

[unbrokencaboose]

they forgt the arms!!!

[gftqoh]

black and white!

[williamswhistlepipes]

snoooooooooop dawwwwwwg just add weed

[xBabymeat]

AWESUUUUUUUUUM ^-^

[grimeybeats1]

they are sooo stiff

[DanTaylor1992]

@grimeybeats1 i doubt back then that they the video technologies of today where they could dance to it :L

[woodenfriend]

holy shit, i used to sing this song in choir when i was a kid

[LindaDooWop]

I saw this when I was in my 20's, in the early 70's, and I got so emotional because I remember when my Dad dressed and wore his hair just like this, back in the day - especially when I saw their trouser cuffs!!

[sistermachinegun]

This was my godfather's, father's band. carl jones, sr.  he's second on the left. he passed away today, sept 21, 2010. he was a great, lovely man. r.i.p., carl.

[higgme1ster]

@sistermachinegun

What a great heritage and legacy he left you for all of us to see! You are truly blessed to have been part of his extended family! Of course this seems almost magical to me and I'm sure I am not alone in feeling this!

[giorgetti11]

@sistermachinegun hello there my father meet your godfathers father back in the day i got the picture..

i think it was in 1957

[Kwabadatchor7]

@sistermachinegun wat part did he sing?

[headbonesconnected]

@sistermachinegun That's an awesome connection!

[Hugemarley]

Whatafuckin' good sound ???XD heh i love it

[ThePatrickinator]

Although it is not acapella the parts are Bass, Baritone, Lead, and Tenor.

[TRRProductions09]

One of my 3 favorite groups to come out of Oklahoma, the other two being the Flaming Lips and Caroline's Spine. I'm danged pround to be an Oklahoman. The place is a good bit more diverse than many out-of-state folks think.

[georgegrew]

Best singers...

[1skunkus]

This is all symbolic in Ezekials vision regarding Israel's exile in Babylon, that they would be awake again and have hope, not physically as they were already living, but spiritually speaking. Ezekial 37:1-10. Ezekial saw the valley of bones come together, cover with flesh and then breathe. Intense huh?

[feldypt]

Love this! 

[misscustard1]

i cant find the lyrics :(

[Bowserisdabest]

I can understand why they made a song intierly for dry bones THERE AWESOME!!

[Staticmelancholy]

I love The Delta Rhythm Boys

[BlackHeartNeko]

i remember this from when i was a child. it brings back good memories. thankyou

[TheGrumpyAmerican]

Lol They look creepy

[ViccardXViccc]

We listen this song at music class, and now everybody is singing this song ^^

[adzug]

modulation n harmony are amazing this is cool!

[CJAproductionsINC]

This song was used in "Rain Man" XD

[PinkYellowMaria]

@CJAproductionsINC ive been trying to think what film this was from, Thanks !

[pinkiipoof]

haha eskile cryed dem dry bones

[MrWoofington]

Nice harmonies.

Also, awesome moustaches.

[elizabethdark15]

i finally found it and i love it

[Ky1ed]

So catchy, I love it!

[commedykid]

easy A+ for human anatomy :D

[jaegereniskoven]

it's not them but the africans slaves who made this song

[puffyMACtits]

OMG!!!! lOokkkk!!! its kobe bryant!!!! 3rd from the left!!! HAHAHAHAHAH!!! wooo! now we know what he did before he went into basketball. HAHAHA!!

[jarbon5]

Yeah, this is a classic, and I really dig that classic harmony. But, the thing that caught my ear how the tone of the song (or whatever they call it) takes the elevator to the top floor, then goes back down to the first. Love that:)

[MindlessMichiel]

After listening to this song I suppose I don't have to make my biology practises anymore xD.

Nevertheless, a nice song:P

[AristYdes]

they are puppets

[essanay45]

Songs about skulletins are culture?BULLSHIT!

[AristYdes]

@essanay45 anatomy is culture, although many of the "bones" they mention dont exist hehe

[mojochessclassics]

dick cheney, is it really you?

[Glumlock]

they're totally not miming that :)

[jeukaanmehoofd]

whahahhaaahahahhahahaha so funny

[NocturnMaster]

What a cool number

[petugue]

I heard this awesome and classic song for the first time in Barry Levinston's "Rain Man" and I fell in love...

Thanxxx

[ketsusama]

'Dem Bones, 'Dem Bones.

[narutofanfriend]

we sang this in school b4

[averageskill]

god my mom was right, i am re-encarnated, i like the lollypop song, dry bones, a lot of old songs, and im a 14 year old kid for god sake!

[gschjetne]

That's how it is, living in a society where youngsters are discouraged from cultivating themselves and fed with crazy frog and hanna montana instead.

[19111ellyc]

Nothing wrong with that. You grew up in a good era.

[syst3mofad0wnn]

Home schooled.

[13marquartc]

@averageskill

I hear you man, nobody in my high school has even heard of Django Reinhardt or Benny Goodman.

[ilikechoco888]

@averageskill Who doesnt love the lolypop song!!!

[MechaLuigi3000]

@averageskill Nah, you just grew not exactly to be in this years... and find the 40's and stuff more comfortable like sort of i do as well

[IamNaphula]

@averageskill No, you just haven't developed a musical taste yet.

[Outlawcatgirl]

@IamNaphula Maybe I was a bit harsh...but your comment seemed a little mean.

[ChaneyisBishop]

@averageskill i am the exact same way, i want to bring back the 50's society.

[mance02]

@averageskill What other artist do you like. I like that old southern gospel too. Like Elvis Presley.

[Factnotfictionpeople]

@averageskill Lucky you! You've got a whole lifetime to enjoy great music. Go for it - and ignore those who decry your taste, what do they know! :-)

[henryfire]

C O O L

[jfcc9086]

Yeah, I was 18 when I discovered this song with Rain Man too. So much fun to sing. Classic accapella!!! Love it!

[KSCrosby]

this is a true story. read your Bible.

[AtkiUlsterman]

the bible is fiction :-)

[19111ellyc]

Now hear the word of the Lord...maybe you are

[Carnage1235]

Believe it, don't preach it.

[Shawnster65]

I knew it...THAT'S where Herman

Munster got the idea for his song, LOL

Great harmonizing though..these guys went right up and down the scale, w\o a wrong note. Classic!

[mgenigma5]

I know. There seems to be no good singing anymore.

[Kevinyee25151]

we have to sing this in chorus i goof around a lot. lol

[Ogaitnas900]

keeping a polite smile for so long must have been tiring

[bonzaibonzaibonzai]

I remember this from the last episode of " the prisoner " when he escaped ! so wonderful!!

[Thepersonwhowantsto]

I've been listening to this song and "All you need Is love" after watching that episode.

[AdamRooth]

Isnt this song sortof featured in the Lucasarts game Monkey Island 2?

[stfudonnie]

how appropriate. you fight like a cow

[davidodowd1]

What can be said but "Praise the LORD!"

Elihu

[Deanna405]

I'm a doctor, not a singer (said Bones)

[oanapredescu]

splendid!

[EaglesDo]

taigaooma、"である; shit"。 行く方法!

[nemzalnzood]

That's right! I remember that, the ending of the entire mysterious series was so unbelievably vague! I was about six when my dad showed me the serieses, and I had no bloody CLUE what was going on! "Why is he a gorilla?" was my first thought about the vagueness... And the Prisoner is the first time I heard it, too. In fact, the reason I scoured Youtube for this song was because I remembered the Prisoner. Wow, my dad did something right for once; showed me the Prisoner.

~~Nemzal~~

[zzaa334]

i remember this from the prisoner too, it was great! :-)

[taigaooma]

昔から、ジョーダン？音楽好きですけど、Lennon・Sも動画­あるなんて、趣味いい！！！！

[EsrimArba]

I remember this song from the show "the prisoner"

[curlingto]

Now,..HEAR!! the Word of the LORD!!!

[Palescue]

TOP! Thank you for this video

[curlingto]

The GREATEST!!

[cacho11zaku]

can you put a lyric here on youtube cuz i want to kno it and memorize it..pls im 12

[migsly]

I sang this to my great niece who's 5 and she hung on every word! lol. I did the same thing when I was 5. I grew up listening to a Delta Rhythm Boys album my parents had.

[gazuaman]

is it so easy to sing so well? it seems so. great voices.

[mactcn]

Ohhhh yeah...i like this music

[SeaHelsinki]

Great song!But somethin else:Delta Rhythm Boys song `Grandpa`s Strawhat` (Made in Finland)

[ellyc19111]

Wow!!! What a blast from the past. Just in time for halloween too! Great harmony.

[reneecalling]

What a great performance! Real tight harmonies.

[grifders]

that camera panning up and own is hilarious!

[54spiritedwill54]

This is great; I need to memorize this!

[fondare]

are these guys still singing?

[dirbjurholm]

Short answer: No.

Long answer:

The group were formed in 1934. They continued to perform until Otha Lee Gaines's (one of the members) death on July 15, 1987.

[fondare]

oh :(

which one of them is Lee Gaines in this video?

[idaltuguy]

Gaines & Lee had moved to Sweden (where the group were huge stars-more famous, in fact, than in the U.S.). I learned of them yesterday, while watching an old NBC evening news clip. (You can see it on Vanderbilt University's television news archive h*t*t*p /*/* tvnews . vanderbilt . edu) Bryant's death was sad and bizarre! He told someone at Gaines' funeral, that he would soon be joining Gaines in heaven; he collapsed and died while giving Gaines' eulogy.

[idaltuguy]

I forgot to add, leave out the * in the address. I just put them in, because youtube won't allow the posting of web addresses for some reason.

[idaltuguy]

I 1st heard of the Delta Rhythm Boys the other day, while browsing Vanderbilt University's news archive. I didn't know they did work w/ Ella Fitzgerald. Their music was cool. Gains' & Bryant's deaths were bizarre though; At Gains' funeral(July 22nd), Bryant told someone " I'll soon be joining Lee." He died while giving Lee's eulogy. U can see the(funeral)news clip, at H*t*t*p*/*/*tvnews . vanderbilt. edu Once there, type "Delta rhythm boys," in the "search" heading. You need to have realplayer.

[fondare]

Halvan maukasta lakritsaa!

[heijala]

The lyrics are just pure genius

[justdru]

nice..but herman munster sang it best! i do like this version though..very catchy! :)

[Louanna007]

or did they not write it?

[HelvonMaranburg]

no, they didn't. it's a traditional spiritual

[Louanna007]

It's a cool rhythm & song musically, but why is this a song? It's kinda odd to have them singing seriously about such an odd topic. Anyone know why they decided to write such a song?

[challismiller]

Yes, Ezekiel is an old testament prophet, MikeofPete and Cricketboy1200 are absolutely right.

[DaCorks]

TRUE HARMONY. I LOVE THIS!

[SyberkaPL]

5 and that's all!

[sihingjimo]

Best yet, that's all it takes...

[sihingjimo]

I learned to sing this song in High School Glee Club..of course, there were 50 voices or so doing it back then, but this version really sets it!!!

[sihingjimo]

I learned to sing this song in the late '60's in High School Glee Club...of course it was done then with 50 or so voices, a bit different than a Quartet, but this is much better..it has a real feeling...

[jbbremerton]

it's strange seeing singers just stand there. i guess they usually recorded with a single microphone and it was the standard then. if singers just stood around today, it would look awkward.

[pinkmileyemily]

AMAZING SONG!

[privs]

My 5 year old loved this, the chorus is in a book she has about a skellington family...

[joeyhyyeung]

my grade 1 teacher used to teach us the simple structure of the human body using this song :)

[barneybros]

Ezeikiel? who's ezeikiel? oh well! A+!

5/5*

[TheVeryGuy]

A biblical prophet methinks. Couldnt find enough just men alive ti fight for his cause, so he raised an army of the dead, buried in the desert (DRY bones :)

but i might be absolutely wrong on this one.

[Cricketboy1200]

he was a prophet which the Jewish think very highly of, and is celebrated each year at passover

[MikeofPete]

God sent him to the valley of the Dry Bones.

[moglin23]

das lied ist auch in meinem englisch buch!

[sihingjimo]

GREAAATTT!!!!

[madamerotten]

Heavenly!

[arvinwynn]

just great, just as good as any southern gospel group...great A+++++++

[sihingjimo]

the more I watch it, the better it seems...

[diams13000]

Delicious ! What a perfect song! sung by excellent singers !!!!

great :D

[zorroazulapex]

This is great; I need to memorize this! XD The guy with the deep voice at the end is the best!

[cissymorticia]

I love this song and vid... It's one of my all time favs.

[sihingjimo]

I sang this song in High School Glee Club in '68 or '69, and these guys are an inspiration to this day!!!

[Skybania31]

there so much better at this song than my choir =P

[satan6662]

Fuck man...thats perfect..i love it :)

[saskabush2006]

I think this is the same group whose recording of Dry Bones was used in The Prisoner, except the version on TV uses a faster arrangement.

[srg2457]

No. That was a group called "7 plus 2".

[OsmanHassan33]

great