Bear Down, Chicago Bears sung by Lyric Opera's Bryan Griffin

[filipinotenor]

This COULD HAVE BEEN Bryan Griffin's Metropolitan Opera National Council Audition Grand Finals Winning Aria, should he had known then... Love you, Griffy! (RoRo)

[TheRapper10000]

BEARS RULE AND PACKERS DROOL!

[clhatch13]

ok...i'm a bears fan.....but this is just a hilarious comment. kudos.

[CliffX]

Well played.

But now, WE'VE GOT CUTLER BABY!!!!!

[michaeldayguitar]

If you like the Bears - and if you like this tune - then take a moment to listen to my solo guitar arrangement of this song. I would love for my fellow Bears fans to enjoy our common fight song!

Bear Down!

[overby2]

Bears suck, 7 seasons finishing in last place and 8 losing seasons since 1997 SAD!

[overby2]

Chicago Bears records since 1997 1997 (4-12) 5th place 1998 (4-12) 5th place 1999 (6-10) 5th place 2000 (5-11) 5th place 2001 (13-3) 1st place 2002 (4-12) 4th place 2003 (7-9) 3rd place. 2004 (5-11) 4th place 2005 (11-5) 1st place 2006 (13-3) 1st place 2007 (7-9) 4th place 2008 (9-7) 2nplace (Nfc central use to have 5 teams up to 2000)

[alkoch8]

Actually, 2001 was the last year of the NFC Central. So, the Chicago Bears are the reigning champions of the NFC Central.

[overby2]

Chicago Bears records since 1997 1997 (4-12) 5th place 1998 (4-12) 5th place 1999 (6-10) 5th place 2000 (5-11) 5th place 2001 (13-3) 1st place 2002 (4-12) 4th place 2003 (7-9) 3rd place. 2004 (5-11) 4th place 2005 (11-5) 1st place 2006 (13-3) 1st place 2007 (7-9) 4th place 2008 (9-7) 2nplace (Nfc central use to have 5 teams up to 2000)

[jbaby1129]

Every time i see the picture of this guy i think its will ferrell dressed up hilariously.

[carter20081985]

i am laughing my ass off this is how low the bears have to go for some one to sing there fight song

[carter20081985]

bears suck

[carter20081985]

this makes me thank the god almighty that i am a packer fan

[bearsballin75]

VOTE FORTE FOR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. NFL.C0M/rookies

[dewdude9]

Im A Bolts Fan But I Can Dig the song :)

[DetroitLions4eva]

YOU SUK AND SO DO THE BEARS.

[Daaarthchris]

woooot!

[taxtra]

He needs to stencil navy blue "C" on the side of his head.. orange and blue

LMFAO

[randygray05]

YEAH!!!!!!!! GO BEARS!!!

[zanydude23]

GO BEARS!!! we goin all the way!

[bigbearsfan90]

GO BEARS! you have a nice vocie by the way

[BearFan09]

that looks like will ferrel.

anyway GO BEARS!

[chicagosfinest15]

hell yea he does hahaha

[Freakle22]

Nice.

[jlmatthews7]

Immense. Thank you.

[ateen4everandever]

hahahahahahaha

[theacademyis888]

mikecardenthankyou.

[bumptybu]

Very good voice

 RAY

[artdrtr]

We're loyal to you, Illinois,

We're "Orange and Blue," Illinois,

We'll back you to stand 'gainst the best in the land,

For we know you have sand, Illinois, Rah! Rah!

[xxgonebambamoxx]

Ugh, I'm a Packer fan... but we don't have Farve.

:[

Damn football!

[supacoop5]

Bear Down, Chicago Bears. Make every play clear the way to victory! Bear Down, Chicago Bears. Put up a fight with a might so fearlessly! We'll never forget the way you thrilled the nation, With your T formation. Bear Down, Chicago Bears. And let them know why you're wearing the crown. You're the pride and joy, of all Illinois. Chicago Bears, Bear Down!

[catchfree84]

gave me goose bumps...a man with a beard that long should be a millionaire

[Fspringfield5]

Rich Rene must be a Packers fan. Even when that team is good all their fans can think about is the Bears. Too bad. The poor pack won't be good again for a long while. Should have enjoyed it when you had the chance.

[BriantheBear12]

What a beautiful voice, more importantly what a fantastic song. Nothing is more true, and more pure than the Chicago Bears fight song. We should replace the singing of our national anthem in school with this fight song, for all of the hope and joy that it will intill in every young child's heart. Chicago Bears: Super Bowl 08-09 Champs!

[Supermanfan1126]

Ok wait they all ready are taking too much Patriotism out of our everyday lives lets not take away the National Anthem too. I mean they didn't even let them say "truth justice and the American way" in Superman returns, and if the makers of GI Joe didn't get a lot of negative emails to making the some NATO Troops in the up coming movie. It wouldn't even be "real American heros." What's wrong with liking America? Really?

[Icetitan777]

is that Will Ferrell?

[obliviousdreamer]

yes it is

[Bolzen80]

NO! If you don't know by now that is not Will Ferrell. Are u joking???

[GrowlingDavid]

XDXDXD he looks so funny

[Magilicuty]

Rock on Brother!!!

[talktofenna]

Griff, this is the funniest! lots of love your little dutch crazy ass ex collegue

[iceboxshiskevin]

he looks like robin williams knuckles

[chicagomostknown]

bears watch next year we gonna go back 2 the superbowl

[kisiel611]

Wow, 2-14 will not get you guys anywhere. Maybe you'll surprise witha 3-13 record but thats it. The only way Chicago Makes the SB next year is if everyone in the NFC forfeits their schedule except them.

Your retarded. No matter your QB, you'll still lose, and so much for Benson being "the guy". I called that one. Hes a huge bust, just like Greg "don't worry coach, ill drop it" Olsen.

[Jeff051176]

The NFC is so weak I wouldn't be surprised. Lucky for the Bears they don't have to be in the AFC and worry about the Patriots.

[Danny201111]

that was beautiful

[spunkycubster]

Looks like the Vikings aint going anywhere either.. :( boo hoo. Hey we swept the packers SWEEEEEEET SWEEEEEEEEP!!

[kisiel611]

Hey, thanks Bears team for letting Minnesota get 1 step further in the playoffs!

[elvo2010]

too bad you didnt make it

[Gutentage]

I don't know about any body else, but they are going to win against GREEN BAY SLACKERS. Hope Orton or Griese will start this week

[omgahkt]

GOOO BEARSSSSSS

[operabitch77]

he still is terrible! he sucked at juilliard!

[CliffX]

Somebody's jealous...

[illinois12345678910]

that guy is creepy please shave the beard

[smprfi26]

hope you arnt to pissed off when my broncos kick the bears ass today..........lol GO DENVER by the way i am in illinois myself

[katieeexx2]

um yea if the denver was supposed to beat the bears HOW COME THEY LET DEVIN HESTER GET A PUNT RETURN AND A KICK OFF RETURN! AND BTW THE BEARS WON SO BEFORE U START TALKING TRASH BOUT THE BEARS MAKE SURE THEY ACTUALLY WIN !!! GO BEARS!! 37-34 SUCK IT

[biggityowns]

haha you little bitch, who won, bitch?! your mom lost. and yoru team lost. go bears!!!!

[wtf4real123]

I bet you feel like a jackass now lol

[MrStyle]

Hope you aren't pissed that Devin Hester burnt those bastards two (2) times!!!! HA HA HA

[videomanic5]

HEY DUMBASS BEARS WON!!!!

[wshredskins11]

um sir. i believe the bears beat the broncos

[Naturallylatino]

Umm sir I belive they lost to the skins.

[wshredskins11]

umm sir. im a skins fan. lol

i like da bears too

[beanhead36]

BARELY...

[BCVM22]

Pretty sure the beard and hair are fake. If you look up this guy on the Lyric Opera's website, he's short- and dark-haired and clean shaven.

[bradleydog1]

Umm yeah, he is in costume for an opera. Sometimes they wear wigs and beards and stuff.

[MAnderYeah]

dont be dissin my sexy rexy!

[FallenAngel1096]

Go Bears boo grossman

[KhmerKyS]

dont hat my boy grossman

[katieeexx2]

yea i like grossman so stfu.

[MrStyle]

I hate grossman and I love Da Bears!

[Helikpterman]

the song is great but the man is suck

[KadenKash]

you suck

[KadenKash]

PROPS dawg...

[drkAdge]

funny shit, but lets face it, its nearly impossible to fuck that song up. GO BEARS

[tweetspie]

Nice. And the dude looks like a bear.

[xskydivex]

Nice. Check out my video of a rare performance of the Chicago Sym. performing Bear Down.

[nameourboarddotcom]

Yeah, The Bears really showed the Cowboys whose boss..

[macomoto]

You Cowboy Fans are just like weeds, you only come out when the "weather" is right!!

[mizztikks]

HAH!! True dat!!!

[beanhead36]

Go Cowboys!

[bushmaster23]

Cowboys is where all the ex convicts end up at. The rehab team of the NFL. You guys are a JOKE

[biggie1313]

GO RAIDERS!

[koochka]

This is hirlarious. Why do we have a Viking singing a Bears Fight Song?

[tfzfilms]

Dude! Awesome!

...I was in Die Fledermaus, too, as Ramuzin!

BEAR DOWN!

[gobearsgo4]

I have the Bears winning the super bowl on my mind. 07/08 Champs!!

[SoxSider788]

I have the super bowl on my mind.

[ArEsZuEs]

I HEAR U MAN

[lustmanj]

fantastic at least 10 of those views are mine

[dante144]

This is awesome!

[ski4evr]

I bet they paid him to do this in sausage.

[storminmorman50]

i have the super bowl on my mind. send me a message if you agree

[highguy5]

i have the super bowl on my mind

[GalacticUnit666]

HOLY SHIT THIS IS FUNNY AND GREAT!

[Arguman]

What has become of you, Harry Knowles?

[Italiana1962]

GO BEARS!!!!

[boys3boys]

redskins have a worse fight song and there so pethetic they play after every first down.

[jakeywakey123]

Is your name seriously Bryan Griffin? If it is that's just so FUNNy. PS BEARS ROCK Packers, lions, colts, dolfins, and vidkings sick

[metalmaniac1993]

he looks like a bear

[smileysmile24]

yeah. lol

[Sportsdudeforlife]

yup it sucked....

[smileysmile24]

yup

[tall32guy]

I love the beard! LOL His wild hair and beard look cool to me, and it fits the "classical" voice and persona he's got. :)

[spankadar]

I think I've seen/heard him singing at Viking games. He was wearing one of those horn hats.

[smileysmile24]

lol

[daivsam]

Nice voice but sing the song when bears get a new quarterback

[BTCarter21]

u needa shut up grossman is gonna b awesome i mean rlly pretty much his rookie season and he gets them to the super bowl think about it

[whitesoxfan123]

lol u have to shave

[SpunkyMonkey2160]

I just saw Die Fledermaus! He was very good and the beard was huge lol! one of my favorite moments from the show

[iamzerogod]

That beard is obscene.

[grgtys]

Screw the Chicago bears, the only TRUE FIGHT SONG IS , HAIL TO THE REDSKINS!

[Vaccaro28]

ha what a joke, what did redskins finish? 6th to last, damn that sucks!

[bwebr]

Well sung!

[Wholelotofshakingoin]

Get a hair cut hippy.

[languagesjunkie]

An American friend told me it means "Work hard".

[TrickyD]

what the hell does bear down mean?

[languagesjunkie]

Is the beard fake?Who are Chicago Bears?

[pumplehoober]

I think he looks like Will Ferrell!

Go Bears!

[FREXICAN]

chi-town

[4evadelayed71]

what's the story with that beard? What a freak, I only opened this coz I thought the bearded wierdo was a comedian. Bear down to the barbers mate!

[terribletotally]

cut your beard

[puccini56]

The beard was part of the his costume in Die Fledermaus.

[KingsChick]

i think we know the colts won.

[ggnubee]

Sorry, had to make 3 posts.. :(

[andrescas29]

nice. jaja

[andrescas29]

nice

[guitar2adam]

colts won!!!

[bfodder]

in responce to psychobilly06 and all bears fans

what game did u watch

[NeighborBob]

They just struck it lucky :P

Also, note that this was made almost 20 days before the Super Bowl

[staticXsniper]

colts won

[pippaknuckle]

A singing bear? Great, great beard.

[pairanoidz]

great voice but one who needs to learn the true melody of the last phrase

[skyblue351]

bears own all colts stink! BEAR DONW CHICAGO BEARS1

[psychobilly06]

Bears-39 Colts-24, Peyton and his wr's are great players but the bears are a great all around team who don't get the respect they deserve, every week they are picked to lose and all they does is kick more ass each week. Remember defense wins championships and watch for the bears o-line along with jason mckie to manhandle the undersized colts front 7. you heard it here first folks. enjoy the game

[sparkamundo]

Will Ferrell IS...

the Burger King AS...

Bryan Griffin IN...

Bear Down Chicago Bears!

[fiddlercrab3]

nice.

[game2go]

Not sure how the game will turn out. The Colts offense is as good as our defense but the favored team is the Colts. But, the Saints were favored and look at what happened to them.

[staticXsniper]

Bears suck Colts:31

 bears:10

[BigD1987]

You suck. Go Bears!!!

[StupidAngels07]

Colts= Can only loose the sport. Go bears!

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

The Bears will win the Super Bowl.

I am,

George Vreeland Hill

[jslania328]

Operaman2000-I think he would whoop you like DA BEARS did New Orleans! He is showin' showing true bears spirit, he even has an orange beard. GOBEARS!!!!

[LostNWV]

Would love to grab that beard!! GO BEARS!!!

[norafabiana]

beautifully done! Go Bears!

[VideoRanger]

Get a haircut!

[johnnybibo]

it's a wig and a fake beard.

[SvenGoody]

DAAAAA Bears Da Bears Da Bears Da Bears Da Bears Da Bears Da Bears Da Bears Da Bears, DAAAAA Bears Da Bears Da Bears Da Bears Da Bears Da Bears Da Bears Da Bears Da Bears

Thanks to Chris Farley for these lyrics.

[FreeBearHugs]

This is great! Go Bears! I'd like to hear him do some Joy Division songs! Love. Love will tear us apart, again.

[dante144]

Great stuff!

[rem1536]

AWESOME!!

[kjmcintyre]

Fantastic! It's so Chicago! I loved The Lyric and The Bears when I lived there for 25 years. This year, I'll be cheering for The Bears from New Zealand where I am teaching my Kiwi friends about American football. GO BEARS!

[onlinepro321]

Did you mandrrush yet their version of the bears ??? go to search

[staffinfect88]

Ive known Brian for some time and I can say for a fact he smells like mint with a touch of peppercorn. Team spirit, and fun surround this clip

Signed

Grosse Tannenbaum

[PrezAlex]

I'm tone deaf, but that sounded awesome.

[mjj221]

gorgeous

[shootinboi52]

C.O.L.T.S

Counted On Losing The Superbowl

[snoopdouggydougg]

This is great. Is the SUPER BOWL SHUFFLE up anywhere?

[mick00dunde]

WE ARE GOING TO WIN THE SUPER BOWL

[cjs81268]

go bryan...you've come a long way since talent shows at hartford county 4-h camp! peace bro!

[tmm03]

Only in Chicago does the opera come out and support the football team. We were at the Lyric on Saturday night for Fledermaus and for the bows, the entire cast came out waving Bears banners, wearing Bears scarves and hats. Love the Lyric. Love the Bears. Love Chicago.

[roughridersfan]

I'm enjoying it for what it was meant to be - a fun rendition of a team's song by an opera singer!

[BigD1987]

Da Bears!!!

[iagrv8]

he oughta put rubber bands in his beard...GO BEARS

[ElGrandeBlanco]

This rocks!

[jeonuchi]

I think he sings beautifully, and I don't mean to take anything away from this splendid moment, but I gotta say he does kinda wander off-key. My guess is that he didn't really know the song and had to learn it (perhaps from some opera office employee who wasn't quite accurate) and put it together in a hurry (wasn't this a sorta impromptu thing that was done at very short notice?).

[wisnagilicious]

You guys are all tone deaf...the notes are pretty close. Plus I'd like to see you sing it any better on 5 minutes notice knowing it was being filmed posted on the internet in 5 minutes. I bet you were all calling to bench Grossman, too.

[jeonuchi]

I compared it with Solti's orchestra version, and I see what he did now. The "you're the pride and joy of Illinois" part is not off-key, but probably a variation/embellishment.

[onthewebby]

yo...BROsef a.k.a. Operaman2000 - those ARE the correct words.

Your the PRIDE AND JOY of Illinois - Chicago Bears, Bear Down!

[q8b]

You people really should take a class in Ear Training before you judge someone else singing "in key" or being "off pitch". Bryan Griffin was hardly out of tune in this rendition! That's what happens when you watch too much American Idol; everyone thinks they're Simon Cowell.

[sparkamundo]

Keepin' it klassy! Right on! I'm the guy in the Bear suit that's been hanging out on Michigan Avenue giving away free hugs, FREE BEAR HUGS! Next time I go out I will do my best to emulate Mr. Griffin. I get a bit of an echo in the giant bear head, so I kinda end up sounding like Darth Vader.

[cb4dabears]

oh my God ! bryan griffin singing a common Bears Fight Song ? how could he ? who is he ? GO BEARS

[zambifreak]

lmao ^^

[mgerm26]

f-ing amazing. thank you.

[OgoTomO]

Looks,and sounds, like a Viking lost a bet.

[snoopdouggydougg]

I was going to say something about the Vikes. But you beat me to it.

[bakbak5]

I went to the bears vs. seahawks and they played this song on the tv a million times but the guy sung it wrong

[bugs0719]

I'll be playing this for all the crazy colts fans at our super bowl party

[AZDax]

Dolts Dolts Dolts

[ultimagt]

*sniff* I've never heard such a great rendition of the bears fight song, brings a tear to the eye

[m82socr]

Holy crap, the King of burger is a real person!

[fullmetal87943]

THE KING IS REAL!!! i'm hingry. get me a burger.

[etavitommedia]

nice!

[ohshit1212]

BEARS R GONNA LOSE SUPERBOWL 41!!!!

[fullmetal87943]

you wish

[VANArmenya]

yeah--like they were going to lose against NEW ORLEANS, and SEATTLE and etc etc?