Haverford College Humtones (a cappella) - Loch Lomond

[RichardOliverWY]

makes me think of Shelley

[Cortiago]

I love everything about this performance. It's outstanding.

[maiasm]

I love the arrangement and the pacing of this version, because, since it's slower paced, you can feel the sadness and the longing in each lyric. It sounds like a group of men, soldiers or something, sitting around a fire singing about how they want to be back home. Helps it feel more real, I suppose. It's beautiful.

[dennisdey]

Beautiful, beautiful rendition of an old favorite

[incplanusa]

This could not be lovelier!

[goblinonacloud]

Truly lovely. Men's choirs large or small, a cappela or with full orchestra can hit home the way women's choirs cannot for some reason. The lower timbre of voice perhaps.. soloist here excellent..

[NeonKneeHighSocks]

Fail at the 8 dislikes, beautiful.

[ToxicPopsicle]

I love this soloist.

[beaniecree]

the soloist has a beautiful voice! the background is well blended and all maybe a hair slow but very nice

[jackbauerinvc]

go Haverford!!!!

[orientfrog]

lovely

[kayleestarr]

I LOVE THIS!

[jayhl77]

Nuttin' special, except for the soloist. Kudos to Nick; the inversion at 3:10 was truly shiver-inducing.

[EuropeNChance]

Good job from an Engel.

[bluebellpolka]

Very very nicely executed. Well done

[pgfx1]

brill job from a scotsman :)

[NorthernLime]

TBB nice

[jobrofan13]

This would be even more amazing with bagpipes! Great job!

[crystallygem]

Nice voices and unity, but I agree that the American pronunciation substituted for Scottish just kills it. I saw a PBS special recently (called Highland Tones or something like that) by Scottish singers doing Scottish tunes, and noticed in this song they pronounce "take" like Americans say "tack" - very different sounds. I love your group, just think you can do better on this.

[JAGEME]

you should research this song a little and add a Scottish accent to keep the integrity of the piece. Otherwise, good job...

[Nordra]

Beautiful, almost made me cry.

[Inanna1]

MAGNIFICENT! Bravo!

Wonderful voice!

[alexdokopoulos]

I just wish i was born Scottish :/

[Nordra]

Me too!

[Biestle]

Awesome!!!!!

[lovesabiotchh]

This version is absolutely beautiful.

[Frag85]

Unique, different, quite simply brilliant. Guys that's a fantastic version of a song I sing with gutso at the football (soccer). Lovin the work!!!!!! Be proud of that one!!!!

[PleaseHoldStill07]

Wow! Thank you.

[Sealcow]

Man, I adore the soloist voice and the group; this is literally the best non-mennonite a-Capella singing I have heard on Youtube.

[aboutthismac]

Chorus is fantastic, no real pitch issues or technical errors, although i'm personally not a fan of the soloist, his voice comes across as very weak and shaky

[shadowlord03]

that was REALLY good!

[cwb25]

nice rendition - have you heard the Baker's Dozen version of this from awhile back by chance? I heard a lot of similarity and was wondering if it had influenced you at all.

[abigailien]

my choir is singing this song for our district music contest.

i love this song so much.

its so beautiful.

it brings me to tears.

[jb7714]

ok see this is techinacally right ya i know i mighta fucked that word up but as a music student and music major i haft say that this isnt all that good theyrs no emotion and the dilect is all wrong your supposed to sound scottish not like youg american highschool guys in order to sing anything with this power you hafta know what your singing to have any effect on people

[MrSteve55]

I understand why you say that cuz you are a purist and nothing wrong with that, but it is okay for others to experiment with music... you are wrong though about it touching folks, just read the comments.....

[jb7714]

see you would be right but im no ware near a purist but the highschool i go to its all about the arts and music and stuff and we hear lots and lots of versions of songs and we tear them apart thats why i have that mind set and if u want somthing touching watch Farther Along men's octet sings Loch Lomond then you will see the diffrence..

[MrSteve55]

okay, I will check it out, so far my favorite video is the Corries version....

[ColonelRHS]

Good job...really enjoyable

[AngylCourt]

lovely rendition of this song....i love listening to all male choirs or just singing groups sing...acapella is the best.

[RichardOliverWY]

Just makes me float away. Sent it to folks who love music.

[haedarea]

this is such a beautiful performance~

[BrItTaNeEe]

really good

my choir sang this a couple years ago but we had a different arangement

but still i loveeee this songg

[peacelovecali]

Beautiful, I just wish the video had better viewing quality

[RadumaJin]

I really like this interpretation of the song.

Sure as much as I would have loved for it to be more legato, Scottish pronuctiations and connected this is quite lovely for what it is.

Our Wind Ensamble played this song last season and I fell in love with the song then.

Nice work!

[valentineflower]

Love that lead's voice!

[jazzcup]

Beacuse of this, I am moving to Scotland.

[woolstenhulme]

Thank-You I Myself enjoyed it emenesely!

[plumbarb]

Good job, boys. Great voice on that lead.

Other comments about the performance being choppy could be right enough.

You will notice that the director is conducting in a choppy manner, so what do you expect. We were always taught "sing what you see", and that is what they are doing.

A bit more legato in the phrasing, with a touch of dynamics will lift this from a nice performance to a great one!

Keep the good work!

[cronocide]

as a scotsman i thought this was fantastic, our culture is for all to share and love. beautiful :)

[Kenziegh]

I must say i think my school did it better, best in the northwest for choral competitions, i think so. ^_^

[karolily]

i think what some people might call 'choppy' is the elegant, measured order of this preformance, this gives it a kind of lovely precision, i like this quality.. each word is really given attention and the measured quality is very fine, i don't think at all that more 'flow' needs to be added, that might detract from the wonderful sense of beat, measurement and annunciation that gives this preformance its power

[mgoblogger]

@karolily Agreed, though I'm not really sure what this means.

[karolily]

What a beautiful preformance, I love it

[landramman]

Not bad at all. It is very choppy and I think if you work on the flow of the phrases it would sound better. Also listen to Real Time sing this song. I heard it live and both times I saw it I got chills down my spine. Keep it up. Remember you are given only so many notes to sing. Dont squander them.

[Badasscommy]

The soloist sounds very nice, but unfortunately the choir has no sense of line. This song should flow, not sound like a marching tune. But I guess it's all in the interpretation.

If you want to have an all-out musical orgasm, listen to the Chanticleer version of this. ;)

[mdusablo]

Bad camera.

[DragonSword35d]

This is truly a beautiful performance.

[wiccan2509]

awesome... my fav choir song

[sanderssam]

Not a bad version. personally I prefer the Georgetown Chimes version... search for it.

[lameexcuse17]

The lead singer is very good.

[fatgirlgrobie]

how many accapelare there per college?

beautiful song beutifully sung BTW

[thanksmoo]

yes - this version is arranged by vaughan williams...

can probably work on the end of phrases, but good on the whole...

[Wallace5000001]

Oh Dear.  Tell the Music Teacher to get oot of the shot .

The Lead singer cannae sing and the chorus lacks any sense of cohesion or indeed melody of the song .

Oh well, it's a free country , each to his own .

[TheTruMarksman]

Aye. these people ha' no more sence of melody than a blooterd' hedgehog!

[Yotoshira]

where the hell did you learn music? it sounds just fine. I'm pretty sure a Harvard professor knows a thing or two about music as do the students attending Harvard.

[minkish]

First, read the title of the video one more time chief. If you'll notice, these guys are from Haverford College.

Haverford. Not Harvard.

Second, are you sure that you know what you're talking about when it comes to music?

[minkish]

Also, you guys can work on creating line, every phrase is very choppy. Don't sing one note at a time, you want to sing a phrase like you speak a sentence. Use the music to help you tell the song's story (if you don't know why this song was written, look it up because it's pretty moving). When you understand the meaning of the song, simply trying to tell its story will give you a performance that's 50xs better, guaranteed.

It's definitely on the right track, Keep up the good work

[minkish]

To the Humtones, you guys have a great sound. The soloist has a perfect voice for the song, and the group's blend in general is right on.

Things to work on:

Dynamic contrast. The is at one dynamic the entire time. Everything is at a nice mezzo-forte, but you should give the song somewhere to go. Start quieter so you can grow to a convincing climax in the final chorus. If you keep the dynamics low the entire song, it makes the parts that are loud much more dramatic and convincing.

[Yotoshira]

most likely ur criticism wont even be acknowledged UR KEYSTROKES ARE USELESS FAAAAAAGGGGG

[vechik]

There is no music teacher.

[JRpec]

A well rehearsed group, especially at the college level, has no need for the teacher in front. That is merely a formality.

[soph425]

That's not a teacher, it's one of the members

[JRpec]

I said they didn't need a teacher in front of them when they are this good, not that he was a teacher!

[LeParaluieIrlandais]

a cappella groups are student-run

[jblackrussian]

I get chills every time i hear this song

[rezanasimjan]

The Georgetown Chimes' version of this, frankly, awesome song is way better. Search for it and listen, just incredible.

[parkermwhite]

I realize that tastes vary, but really, you have to be kidding. The Chimes' version has some interesting harmonies, but suffers from a lead who cannot sustain the notes necessary to deliver this song's spine tingling impact when done right.

[NeoJockyProductions]

isnt the arrangement by Jonathan Quick?

[swedchef79]

Excellent excellent arrangement by vaughan williams - very inspiring for anyone involved in music - you can tell you spent a lot of time on this - well done.

[happyface139]

I must agree it pretty but you took the scottish out of the song! It's ye'll tak the high rroad not yooou'll take the high road

[MBaumann]

Probs, man! Beautiful, beautiful solo!

[nakcyrk]

I thought this was very pretty.

[msnguy16]

sorry people.. but what the hell have you done to this beutifull song?? this version is terrible.. and thats coming from me a scot.. runrigs version is soo much better.. or even football fans singing it a games

[defenestration689]

You're kidding, right? This version is gorgeous, and probably closer to how it was originally intended to be sung when the song was first written.

[loveablenclassy]

GORGEOUS!!!!

[midnitebassist]

Beautiful, beautiful song.

[ismeralda1214]

A

MAZING!!!

my brother did this song for an Honor Choir thing and it has been meine liebing (favorite) ever since!!!

whoever is singing in this group is phenominal, especially the lead.

*sigh* this song is hauntingly marvellous!!

props.

[k3a9y]

We did this song for graduation. I love this song, everytime I hear it it sends shivers down my back.

[croft0921]

Gosh this is just incredibly beautiful.

[dlcanne]

you guys sound fantastic! thanks for posting, I needed a Ford fix!

[tumalo]

i played this in concert band. I like it.

[goremi]

was the Loch Lomond you played for band by frank ticheli??

[tumalo]

yup!

[CowsGoHiss]

hey i played that song, too. last year year. I loved it and this years music sucks.

[CowsGoHiss]

i meant last year. -_-

[midnitebassist]

That is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever, EVER had to fortune to play. No question about it.

[Lalaith87]

... I assume it's not, given that they have also sung cry me a river ;)

[Lalaith87]

This is giving me such THRILLS! Is this very old? Cause the voices sound like.

[parkermwhite]

Amazing a cappella! Great solo, great harmony

[rgers]

1 word amazing

[1eonhart1]

Fantastic

[suzakusnomiko]

Wow, that sent shivers down my spine it sounds so awesome!