Sac State Jazz Singers at Monterey - "All Along the Watchtower" - Battlestar Galactica

[mortisnoctu]

Blows my mind every time I listen to it. So dope!

[ljpm2009]

Why's my spine glowing red when I watch this? Oops... ;)

[LadyUk]

totally loving it!



[mrslovvet]

I miss Battlestar so much. I wish I could watch it again for the first time!

[Unclesamslair]

I would kill for a studio recorded version

[SRotherham]

This sent all my nerdy gleek hairs on edge! Love BSG :)

[Arctander2]

Awesome fun.

[johnreese12010]

good job u all do the song justice. bear's version is greatly better then bob dylan or jimi hendrix's version.

[kitthehacker]

@johnreese12010 I wouldn't go that far. Different. And certainly as good. But they all have their own merits

[johnreese12010]

@kitthehacker you are right i should have phrased that better, all versions are as good as the others. i just prefer bear mccreary's version more. i also like hendrix's, but i dont at all like bob dylan's.

[kitthehacker]

Any chance of some sheet music? I'd love to try this with my school's jazz vocal group!

[PadConnelly]

I've watched this at least a dozen times. Chills every time. Absolutely dynamite.

[eX3miS]

Frakkin' awesome! :)

[dremoraman1]

Can you say America's Got Talent?

[psplayer89]

WHOA....

these guys should audition for the Sing Off

[000000sabrina000000]

That was AMAZING. Love the arrangement! Makes me wish I was back in my university choir!

[NarutoKyubiii]

FRAKKIN AMAZING!

[sothothel]

Now I remeber because I say that BSG it's my favourite TV series.

[fabriloddo]

there are 7 cylongs among us ....

[NarutoKyubiii]

@fabriloddo you are clearly one. You misspelt Cylon. I think you intended to misspell it to make me think that you were just human but you cannot fool me CYLON.

LOL JOKE :D

[fabriloddo]

@NarutoKyubiii DAMN! you caught me. >_<

[SirVanhan]

This is frakkin' awesome!

[drameeba]

Every time I listen to this my nipples go hard.

[Laverty318]

Bear Mccreary sent me!

[screwingupawetdream]

rather impressive. I shared this on my fb page in honor of Bob Dylan's 70th.

[Nemesis000000]

Guy second from the right looks like Hot Dog

[mistymidnight]

This is incredible, I am so glad this is actually in the world. Is there any way of possibly acquiring this arrangement by any chance?

[Denomar]

Glee does Battlestar ^_^

[dracheneventide]

Wow, this was absolutely fantastic!!!! I can't imagine coming up with vocals in place of the instruments.... That's pretty cool! You guys are awesome!

[s2Shelle]

Oh musical nerds, how I <3 you so.

[Nemesis000000]

This might be the best thing I've ever seen done accapella

[eroswind]

Absolutely amazing performance, and great recording value. This just became one of my favorite videos on here.

[Rkiver]

This was awesome. Seriously, and even Bear Mccreary was impressed! Blown away, love it to bits. Want to buy this arrangement of it.

[AgeOfAries]

i got chills the first time i saw this. seriously amazing. i'm a BIG fan of the show & also of Bear McCreary's musical genius.

also - IT'S COMIN' FROM THE FRAKKIN YOUTUBE!

[MsDuppie]

@AgeOfAries took me like fifteen seconds to get it.. but I did and laughed out loud :)

[LissFirefly]

I got goosebumps, that was awesome! SERIOUSLY awesome.

[Jerry113]

did it justice

[CylonMATRIX]

Frak me! This rocks!

[Knibblet323]

Obviously, the 6 people who disliked this are AssHat Cylons. Not the good kind of Cyclons who heard this song in their heads.

[Gaiaquke]

Is it me or are there twelve people in this group...... hmmm

(and if i counted wrong then fail :P )

[m8416]

this made my frakkin day!!!

[anarchoid]

frakin good

[elijah620]

It's in the Frakking ship!!

[opalexian]

I'd try to say something terribly flattering about this but I think anything I could say is trumped by Bear's(!!!) comments. Amazing. Very excellent addition to the growing library of super-awesome, uber-nerd electronic music that's being done acapella. <3

[Acrab888]

always hearing --€- - raiders were approaching xD, lovely, thanks for sharing this masterpiece :)

[jbishhh]

Holy Frak! Great job!

[tehlime]

GORGEOUS arrangement! I'm so impressed.

[PrfktTear]

Incredible!!! Absolutely incredible! This song moves me so much and the harmonies and vocalizations made it even much more powerful!

[yagamiraito]

Makes me want to rewatch BSG.

[BadRobot86]

I loved that. Well done Ladies and Gents, you're awesome. Live Long and FraK!! € -- BSG € €- -

[juswise78]

That was FRACKING Awesome. Well Done. Is there anyway I get an MP3 version of this to add alongside my BSG soundtrack albums?

[Schehezerade]

Holy crap! That was amazing! Way to go, guys and gals! Congrats on the io9 mention, btw.

[Schehezerade]

Holy crap! That was amazing! Way to go, guys and gals!

[BabiesAteMyDingo]

Absolutely amazing!

[riograndedude]

Wait? where's that music coming from? Why's my spine glo... FRAK!

[TheFFV]

His voice is amazing

[uncaringtulip]

That was awful.

[Erkhyan]

Okay, now that's THREE versions of this song that I consider great. That was a really impressive performance there!

[Tinhuviel]

This is bloody brilliant.  Do you know if Bear McCreary has seen it yet? He needs to!

[fuzzyk1w1]

That was incredible!!!

I found this from Geeks are Sexy, but now I'm bummed I hadn't heard you guys before. My wife goes to Sac State! Hope to see you perform sometime!

[Arkesane]

This gave me chills. Really, really awesome chills. In fact, the next BSG show should use THIS as the opening theme. Any chance of an audio download in the future?

[LeGentlyDar]

Here's one Cylon.

[radio4ahead237]

Four people found out they were cylons while watching this.

[LeGentlyDar]

Here.

[Zecaf]

Awwwwwweeeee-sommmmmmee :)  Loved it. Eyes wet from the emotion.

[Citizenfourteen]

That was outstanding!

[TheRazorKitten]

holy crap this is awesome! You guys did *really* well. Totally made my day :)

[maxsteele77]

3 evil cylons watched this video

[nyitalian718]

frakin amazing.... this sent chills down my spine listing to this. im a hudge fan of bsg, and bear.. so hearing this and that it is so beautifuly done.. love it

[jerylmonster]

Ian freakin Brekke. So stoked for you man. I'm proud to call you my friend. Seriously. Haha. Glad the song FINALLY went viral, brother!

[ijbrekke]

@jerylmonster The pleasure is all mine, brother! Thanks for holding down those stomp parts.

[njy69]

Awesome

[deltavoyage]

This kicks ass, plain and simple.

[pete007au]

Simply awesome!

[klockheed]

Awesome, so say we all.

[tirelessone]

io9 sent me here -- amazing!  SO incredible. I loved it.

[magda1ena]

Yes, where can we buy music by this group??



[DoctorPretorious616]

Incredible acappella arrangement of this song! The kids did a damn fine job, they might all be Cylons! XD

[MreeAik]

This is absolutely awesome. And I don't even know the original song.

[fallenhorse]

EPIC!

[pfunkallstar]

Great job! SO SAY WE ALL!

[mysteriousdeath14400]

can I get a copy of the sheet music for this arrangement? My creative side is /exploding/ with ideas....

[chappedart]

Phenomenal. Seriously. 

[ddbdancers]

This is utterly fantastic! Frakkin' AWESOME!! Huzzah to all of you for such a fantastic job!

[itsthequietones]

I've seen a lot of a cappella, and this really takes the cake. Fantastic!

[insolace]

Loved it!

[Snickerf]

And hordes of sci-fi fans come tumbling in, as this was just posted on io9.com, and is already making the rounds on Facebook. Well done, ladies and gentlemen. Well done.

[rhettomatic]

how is this not an mp3 I can buy?

[sewerface]

The beatboxing really helps make this rendition. Everything is good, but the beatboxing puts it over the top.

[AlphaHotel94]

Coolest thing I have ever seen. Ever.

[spec10]

so say we all!

[CortexNewsService]

Frak. Holy frak. Frak frak frakkity frak. So frakking cool.

[mcaeli]

I don't care what anyone says, the weird last season getting all meta was great. Thanks for the reminder!

[Dreadloze]

I finished watching BSG 2 days ago...and got the soundtrack. Watching this...brought tears to my eyes. You guys had tons of fun singing it too! Awesome awesome vid!

[thevarrior]

You know, I really hated the BSG ending, but I am impressed with this. Good work!

[ogBIGmoneyMike]

Amazing! The Lords of Kobol are smiling down upon you, So Say We All!

[loupetron]

Wow, still get chills when I hear this song! Great job at taking a drum-heavy song and making still work as accapella!

[ChrisMagicDotNet]

This is great!

[visionairenaka]

This is totally mind blowing!! I wish the lead singer was a lil' bit less shy on the verses though, but, my God, what a great job on the violin solo vocalization!

[MrJediZombie]

Absolutely outstanding!

[Campmotha]

Completely BLOWN away, WOW!! There really are no words that can adequately relay just how AMAZAZAZING this is.

Hats off to you all!!

[LozH79]

This is amazing! Fave song of mine arranged by Bear and now you guys!

[TheSnarkLord]

Fantastic job!

[DonPhrostByte]

wow, this is fantastic. great job guys!

[lethak]

great !

[JoitheArtist]

holy crap. I clicked on the link that Bear McCreary posted on Twitter, and this is AMAZING. Love his version of Watchtower, and this is a fantastic interpretation of it!

[bearmccreary]

Wow, guys... this is seriously awesome. Someone sent this link along, and I'm pretty much stunned listening to this. What a killer arrangement! I think I might like it better than mine. :) Keep up the good work. So say we all...

-Bear

[simbeau]

@bearmccreary So Say We All! -from a member of the 13th Colony, Vancouver BSG fan club

[ijbrekke]

@bearmccreary Wow man, don't even know what to say, thank you so much for the kind words. We have never had more fun singing anything before. Great, great music, and I am obviously a huge fan of the show. So glad you dig the arrangement!

[TheWickentower]

@bearmccreary so say we all

[eglepetrosiute]

Absolutely amazing

[Athire5]

this is such an amazing song and im not just sayin that cause my sister is up there singing!! I absolutly love this song!!

[izzyds]

Love Battlestar Galactica, love Bear McCreary, love this arrangement!

[mairead027]

Chilling. Amazing.

[supersingerevan]

God damn it. This arrangement is SO AMAZING. Just knock your socks off rocking. I could listen to it all day.

[misfitmal17]

Awesome arrangement! It was great to see live at the "farewell" concert! Good job, Ian! This is stuck in my head now lol. Looks like it'd be a lot of fun to sing!

[ijbrekke]

Thanks so much for posting this! This is the best recording we have of this so far.

[JazzMo64]

@ijbrekke You're SO very welcome! My husband, Jack, gets the camera credit. I'll pass on the word that you're happy and he'll be thrilled. It was a GREAT performance - we loved it! I only wish we had captured more.. If you'd like, I can try to burn it to a blu-ray disk for you

[mysteriousdeath14400]

@ijbrekke So, where can I buy a cd or digital album? Like, now....