THE NORTH WEST CHOIR PERFORMING BABA YETU

[dinozo070]

oh my god! this is horrible mix of voices... the conductor had to be drunk!

[prayerpurewc]

i mean To much Bass and Harmony!

[prayerpurewc]

i dont wanna hurt someones feeling but This SUCK!

[Gaijin071]

not to sound mean, but.. it's like they're just shouting :/

[Tomster10010]

shudder



[mia2468ful]

Ill!!!! Im gonna need 2 listen 2 da regular version a million times 2 get this out of my head ..

[khwissler]

I feel sorry for the kids, it is clearly the director's poor preparation and choice of drums in the background that makes this just painful to listen to.

[blankens1]

OMG!  It hurts! It burns!

[3jamhampton]

wow its sound bad not trying to sound mean

[sexse97]

D:

[Doomguy2112]

Kill me. Do it please.

[danne65]

Ok.... I admit... off tune and I did not like it, but hey, they were having fun!

[555yruhere]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!

[xMarianneee]

gosh... do they even know the words..? LOL , and the parts and rhythm are wayy off ... and the tempo kept changing... the key is weird too, but that shouldn't be too much of a problem.

and wth was with the... random sounds between .. and random pauses...

i don't even...

[sharnacat18]

Oh my goodness. I hopr your choir has improved since. This is not a good covet especially with the guys singing. They need a lot more work.

[judsonchoirboy]

woah

[bosssaucerickross]

these chinks need to grow some balls and sing...............my choir would tear their shit up

[mylovebug983]

my school is gonna be singing this soon for their parents. we sound so good.

[giorgiosdm]

Flag as Animal Abuse! :)

[BOYCV3]

The males let the team down here...

[civmaster50]

I've never mashed the thumbs down so hard in my entire life.

[decitos]

worst cover ever heard

[MrDrCaptainPreston]

bleck! holy cruD! i actualy took my head phones out just to stop this!!

[inloveZita]

OMG THAT IS AWFUUUUUL :O the guys really need to learn how to sing

[ferniumcupronium]

it was the worst cover of this song, what I saw

[jsbaker6415]

RIght off the bat I knew i was going on an adventure and not the kind that ends in a happy ending. This was just awful.

[kateberebere]

This is good not up to the Civ version but they have the advantage of not being live. Well done

[madridisinSpain]

This is not as good as the Civ version

[TheWhiteOwl23]

fail...

[TheLinkbro]

THIS HUUUUURRRTS PLEASE MUTE IT DOWN!!!!!!!!

[nexxan85]

What is this? A choir for the tone deaf? This was horrid....sorry but you are getting a thumbs down for this

[dean84921]

you would think high school guys could harmonize, or at least match pitch.

[SHINeeloveize]

hey be nice i was in this don't be so rude

[BisonFTW]

@SHINeeloveize sorry, but it was terrible

[Nuicthenoble]

Good lord that is terrible...

[lizziesalley2013]

this is an amazing song IF done right...key word IF. but hey ill give you credit for trying to sing this song but i just didnt work for you guys.

[bigalmd09]

i have to agree with everyone...they are a bit tone deaf...and they pronounce things weirdly and it is majorly off key, kind of feel bad for the conductor, but then again the conductor could be tone deaf.

[awesomeallison10]

They're like so off tune...I think all of them are tone deaf

[24aritafee24]

Oh dear...its awful!

[joeaguilar1231]

its not that bad.... i feel it lacks the soloist this song needs.. im just saying...

try looking up " "Delano High School Platinum Choir, Baba Yetu @ bhs 4/09"

i feel its the best choir that pulled it off!! :D

YOU'LL BE AMAZED!!!!

[IceInMySnowCone]

@joeaguilar1231 Yeah! I agree, this one wasn't that bad, but the one you suggested was also really awesome. They had their own movement dance thing and everything. XD

[tman55343]

Tone deaf a little

[gamingeagle19]

I've never heard a more tone deaf choir in my life. God damn.

[Ozzypig]

The men are all flat, and the vowels are terrible.

[EthanGergen]

Awful

[TheXela1000]

This is obviously the directors fault, good vocals, terrible diction (a good director would catch that), bad harmony sections, and too much bass harmony, this is supposed to be a Soparano song.

[civmaster50]

SO BREATHY might I add. YOU ARE SINGING PEOPLE.

[civmaster50]

this sounds terrible. lemme go put my face into horse shit.... brb....

[crazyoboist]

WOW - The accents killer - yetooo ???

[fragfestchampion]

It sounds like they have an accent.

[BaconPeach]

Wow, the comments on here are brutal. I thought it was nice. People are just too used to listening to things that are digitally altered somewhat now.

[civmaster50]

@BaconPeach noob

[BaconPeach]

@civmaster50

Go take your mean spirit somewhere else.

[SweNoXc]

lol it sounds awefull tbh.. :S

[sonilos]

yiiikes i hope its just the camera D: i bet my choir could do better then this.. and were just a high school choir.. in fact ive seen another HS choir do it lol annnnd my choir is doing it i hope we sound good... and i want that tennor solo... wish me luck guys :D lol or be mean and insult lol

[elfchaos17]

Ugh...Horribly flat.

[brettsworld99]

it gets better as it goes on

[leopardhunter99]

This Was So Retarded! Your school is so cheap they're making you sing a video game song! :P

[McCRAAAZY]

@leopardhunter99 not a video game song -.- it's a swahilli prayer, Baba Yetu, a.k.a. "Our Father". Plus, it's truly humanities anthem. IT's OUR SONG, THE SONG OF HUMANS!!! WE MUST UNITE!!! Amina, brothers ans sisters, for singing this.

[leopardhunter99]

@McCRAAAZY I am Muslim, and this song is in a game called Civilization 4.

[McCRAAAZY]

@leopardhunter99 yes i know, i'm saying it's originally a swahilli prayer song. :)

[sonilos]

@McCRAAAZY totally dudeor dudette lol but yea we should like teach loads of people to sing this song and like yeaa... but my idea would require world peace ...

[ameliarogerrs]

@leopardhunter99 it's nominated for a grammy...

[zcman3616]

The Bellarmine Prep Vocal Ensemble sounds much better.

[BalletDancer26]

@zcman3616 yeah! we turned the floor upside down! even when that one choir sang fireflies! (:

[Bodach89]

I thought it was great guys. The arrangement is really interesting. I liked how you increased the tempo towards the end, and have a great voices in your choir.

[gamexmasterxfire]

U guys aren't half bad, but the coordination was awful. Give it a little more work and it's gonna be A-OK

[coymelody]

Wow, you guys aren't that bad, I am very impressed! The comments are horrible, they do not reflect your performance at all!!! This was a very hard piece to do and obviously this school choir accomplished to do it wonderfully, very impressed. Keep up the great work!

P.S. we had tried to do this song in middle school and it was barely 1/2 the performance yours is. I am very impressed.

[FreyaTheUnknownKid]

@coymelody lieing is a sin

[Adjuni]

AAAH!!! *Covers ears in pain* 

[Tangerine1193]

this is so ... not ok... i didn't understand what was happening at first... but no they were just really that out of key and ... wrong.

[cowboysrule12]

I stopped at 36 seconds

[MrClickity]

Fucking terrible.

[videocritic2463]

yeah i gotta agree kind of the limit to being ear rape but hey they tried

[talon1824]

I don't think anybody knew what key they were supposed to be in. God. My ears.  Fuck.

[Cotif11]

Truthfully, only Africans sound good at this

[pekarna]

Well... I'd say the original is slightly better :-)

[bluminous8]

Horrible

[kiddunknown0]

oh my goodness.. i thought they would be good., but so out of tune !

[nexxan85]

this was a crappy coir, sorry bu they just weren't any good (at all)

[hale7295]

the very opening song sucked. it doesn't sound clear or unified in tone.

[SondaroSasuke]

Good attempt =) attempt, though, but good anyways. hey, you do it better than me!! so you got my thumbsup if you promise you will keep singin' =)

[nancyann112233]

wow just bad i guess its good that its loud but its nothing like it should be

[MrSamu85]

The Veritas High School Choir are better than you guys, and there not even a trained choir. go and find them and you'll see what im on about!!

[AngelicBoom]

out of sync and tune

[FarrSight]

It would have helped if everyone was on key and singing in the correct octave.

[dannyboy5100]

this wonderful song interprated soo sucking

FU!

[cominotti]

lol, sux

[deankiller1]

Its very good but I still prefer the original

[567hurricane]

I must say, this is not bad, more on the good side, it's just that the men need to sing at a higher pitch, can't have just a bass or baritone, harmony is needed. Overall, good!

[lilross2k6]

ew...how did i get here?

[AmRules1]

I like 3:06 the best

[timmyfender]

@AmRules1 lmao agred

[mam2z]

@AmRules1 Me to :)

[bbysiham]

ati baba yethu xD bt good trial!

[redgrimstone]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL.

[OrdinisDualiAnimi]

das orginal ist einfach das beste.

diese version ist schlecht gesungen, finde ich zumindestens.

[marquoth]

The first 20secs or so are terrible. Once they get going it's really good, but they need to work on the first bit...

[bluefire533]

Compared tooh The Okeeheelee Middle Chorus. .

Sinqinq This Sonq. . .These ppl. .

Dont Sound Tooh Good . . >. <

0Keeheelee Pride .' ! :DDDD

[ffuzzybutt]

worst performence ever.... that is your ticket to hell:-)

[Earthbound64]

lol MEN FAIL! Shame for you xD

[beccaishereyay]

i may be biased but i think my high school performed it best.

valencia hs choir - baba yetu 0> it's over in the related videos :)

[Gaprielll]

somebody kill me pleass, and resurrect me so you can kill me agien !!!! Son of a goath. i have never heard so much off tone sound in my life. LORD have mercy LOL

The best part is in 3.06

[Kaldhore]

Not really a good translation of the song tbh different and individually good but nothing like the enjoyment of the real one.

[catbone10101]

LOL.

[RyanPurplePeterson]

wow, just wow the bass was way off. i'm angry.

[Jkisiah]

Is it a high school choir? The beginning is very shaky. Someone's not blending from 0:27 to 0:27. Fair performance.

[coniaric]

lol a good example of women dominating men! ;-)

[RileyRandom]

I just lost my faith in Civilization. :l

[LunateLights]

amateur choir, but those look like kids, so i'll let it pass. i'm glad they chose this song. this was pretty decent in terms of dynamics, props to conductor for training them~

[darthvader815]

................wtf is this

[paskek26]

This really isn't good

[soundboardbaby]

ouch. so out of pitch.....

[DeMonIcTurtle01]

WTF? sound so dead and barely any life. round up!

[RoyalJackofSpades]

holy fuccccck who chose the choir members

[JoeSClevland]

Haha my choir is doing This with my schools orchestra..Halo.Baba Yetu..then some kingdom hearts song...awesome

[IsThisReallyMy3dLife]

The rendition of the song doesn't really matter, what's important is that you are glorifying God, the lyrics are just the Swahili version of the Lord's Prayer

[lefredvoncarstein]

for sure. God's language isn't English after all

[Flamehawk1]

@lefredvoncarstein probs if ur catholic its not english its latin :)

[aca20031]

@Flamehawk1 definitely Swahili bud

[36MonkeysThatFly]

@IsThisReallyMy3dLife I'm not typically one to disagree with religious connotations of songs, but it's only an opinion. There is no right or wrong way to approach a song, but to say that it is MEANT for the glorification of one God is rather single-minded. There's more to a song than just its lyrics

[kalvincha11]

hmmm...something sounds wrong and the begining wasnt good all the guys weren't together....just work on it

[gbc1230]

rofl this isn't too good

and by that i mean bad

[runnergirlsub5]

this is.. an interesting arrangement.. our choir just did this. was this arrangement made to make is easier..? it sounds odd..

[HansKrautShow]

it definitely get's better as it progresses, ppl commenting only the bad part seem pretty ignorant to me

[PirateWizardRebel]

yikes. um, not the best thing i've ever heard

[bigall247]

Dang u guys suck!

[vincenator2193]

ouch....

[Radenshaal]

omg horrible, nobody synchs with eachother

[FluteCake15]

@Radenshaal They aren't supposed to....

[JacksonCrown]

@FluteCake15 there not supposed to be synched with each other? Why would that even be the case? Cause it might sound good?

[FluteCake15]

@JacksonCrown If you knew anything about the song at all you would no that the song has different parts, which means people are singing different words at different times. I'm not sure if that's what @Radenshaal was talking about or not, but if so, that's what I was referring to. I didn't listen to the whole song, but I do know that the song is supposed to sound like they are singing different parts. They could've just had different tempos going on, I'm not sure what they were referring to.

[50baybeeih98]

they r not that bad ive heard better but seriously u guys make iht sound like they cant sing 4 shit i thought iht was prety gud...

[Iron1Daisy]

god this was not very good

[RadioHyperactive]

The acoustics are terrible.

[amoxtlacatl]

To everyone saying "my choir did better":

Please watch this:

watch?v=XNyfKBwf72Y

Compare yourselves against THAT and tell everyone if your choir can really top THAT.

If not, SHUT UP and strive to be better than yourselves.

[jedihunter176]

This isn't my choir, but you could compare THIS with what you gave:

/watch?v=jA5pwkAmYCI

[haku4ever]

You are right, that group is good. Our choir is still learning this song... I will get back to you if we topped it or not... but I will say. We will need to work hard at it if we want to match that.

However, that being said... the choir on this video... we have them beat already.

[gotanysparecake]

These guys SUCK. This song doesn't work if its sung by anyone other than Africans.

[amoxtlacatl]

gotanysparecake,

It might surprise you to learn that the original soundtrack was - to my knowledge- NOT recorded by Africans.

It is originally sung by the Stanford Talisman - a coed group of singers from Stanford University, in California, USA.

Further, their ranks include a number of white singers.

You are, however, essentially right in one thing: the Stanford Talisman specialize in African music.

So the original singers ARE African - and very much so - in spirit.

[gotanysparecake]

I didn't know that. Allow me to rephrase my comment.

These guys SUCK! Their accent completely spoils it.

[astromancer]

Oh my god. There's diarrhoea coming outta my ears!

[yoyoyocap]

who r these people!!!!! the solo sucks theyre awfull!!!!!!

[andyrooney11]

sorry but this was awful. The singing was great but where is the music?! The drums would have been nice to incorporate into the actual song but...

Basically this version is like an eagle without wings...the sweet melody of the original song gives it its wings.

[gratefullydead67]

oh lordy...

[tentenor11]

It sounds like a chant not a song, and do your tenors have a falsetto?

[ajvw91]

What is happening at 0:59? That is supposed to be a tenor part in falsetto...

0:54 "U toko whey" (sp?) pronunciation is... interesting...

also at 1:20 there is no "Whey" between the "Oooos"

1:41 U fal Mey Wa Ko is closer to the pronunciation.

2:00 all guys part lost in this part, bad balance

2:20 I like it here!

Ending needs more MEN!! i cant hear you!!

[ilikefoodxD]

@ajvw91 My, someone's picky.

I think they did a fair job.

[LovelyOne625]

@ajvw91 you've picked this song apart perfectly! i did this with ym choir 2 years ago n we had more of a percussion as well as piano, but man was it better than this. i'm also recording this by myself in 4 part harmony on a cd. but good ears. kudos for you! <3

[matthoenn]

@ajvw91 BLOODY HELL I HAVE NEVER SEEM SOMEBODY COMPLAIN SO MUCH. JUST SHUTUP AND STOP BLOODY CRITASISING THEM! THEY DID A BETTER JOB THAN YOU EVER COULD!!

[ajvw91]

@matthoenn On the contrary, I am not beating them down at all, I am simply sharing my opinion on their performance. Music/choral festivals are designed for this purpose. I guarantee you, this choir has paid money to go to festivals, preformed and then were criticized in order to improve. As to your comment on my ability to preform,I have participated in national competitions using this song.Thanks for your attempt at an insult but your going to have to try harder then that. PS Caps Lock=fail

[4charm15]

Baba Yetu - Valencia HS Choir

check out my choir singing baba yetu =]

[tentenor11]

Is there a way I could aquire the score you used? I would like the choir I am in to have the oppertunity to perform it.

[musique13579]

I mean, the soprano and alto are at best ok, but the basses are about the most terrible thing to hear in the whole universe........

[musique13579]

the part around 0:59 is the suckiest thing i have ever heard....... why do they even bother...

[Nulonistic]

Haha, why would you even post this?

[archezsss]

omg the begining is horrible... and it sounds they cant pronounce the words well... like ther was something in theyr mouths :D

[onlineADHDmonkey]

thanks to lord god, jesus, muhammed & co. for bringing so much killing into the world!

[kibbles5724]

Oh yes! Because everyone knows humans are violent because of religion!

[bobthemage]

It is not our saviour who brings war. We can do that ourselves with a little help from the devil, sheitan, Beelzebub or how you ever name the evil!!!

[7FlashFlash]

fail

[darkmuffins2]

wow they suck..

[OndraZostrova]

nice talars, that´s all. Teach to intonate first guys...

[Snyder7077]

this is a great song, and this choir makes it look like it sucks

[Sandsplash18]

Truly horrific, this makes the beautiful song sound like rubbish

[CarolineV411]

hurts my ears.. Sorry! :(

[dragonninja777]

wow the guy singing the first solo is a horrible singiner

[Teishasmusic]

wow.

umm

[jappleseed12]

I'm sorry. I only listened to the first couple seconds and thought, "wow. They suck." I'm not saying i'm better, I just thought they could've done better. sorry, not trying to be a douche.

[cmmbmgrp]

INTONATION!!!!!

[Flarinite]

The beginning of that was just awful. No sense of pitch at all.

[Easytoremembermember]

Good fucking God.

I want to die.

[Killidan233]

hahah

[Varlin2]

Cadence, tuning and balancing are deficient.

[pokedude104]

sing the right notes please oh and no offense but this is nothing like the real song

[BaleMulte]

it is. i mean the instrumental not... but the voices are :)

[mmmmmmmmmatt]

its called intonation..

[hakahaga]

do better please