UC Men's Octet - "O Fortuna" and "O Joe"

Yes, we were wacky enough to do an acapella spoof of the famous orchestral song "O Fortuna" from the ballet Carmina Burana. It follows into a truly old-school, and quite corny Octet number from the 1940's.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• octet
• berkeley
• acapella
• Carmina
• Burana

[CarlaGuga]

OH MY GOD THE BASS ARE INCREDIBLE!

[GSKrol]

Goosebumps with O Fortuna! :)

[MrJDurao]

i just cant stop laughing at 2:14 xDD

[professor2442]

@yurismir1

Medieval Latin. The text of the 19 songs in CARMINA BURANA are based on a bunch of stuff written by students in Medieval Latin and German that were found in a cellar in the late 1800s. It's like a bunch of love stories and drinking songs that their teachers took up in class, only to have them found centuries later.

[22Angel099]

2:49 :D

[qwinkly]

(You have to connect all the bits of those links - everything from the beginning h of that h t t p through to the last part - h t m l ) I don't know any other way to defeat this box that won't let me post a link. Hey, I was "just a music major" after all. I can only count to four ! Right?

[qwinkly]

Blog entry is here: ht tp : // qwinkly. livejournal. com/ 14656. ht ml There are some other entries about music there, from when I was a music ed major (in Massachusetts - in the Jurassic era). The funniest one - for u, & the most humiliating moment of my life - is "My First Days at Band Camp - a Laugh at My Expense" ht tp : // qwinkly. livejournal. com/ 6726. ht ml "Musically Mixed Up" is also funny, and about music. All are welcome to read any parts, comments welcome, too.

[qwinkly]

Misunderstanding a word of "O Joe", I tried to find it via Google. There it was called "Down in Honky Tonk Town". There was a Wikipedia link to Honky tonk, so I moseyed over. U never know what tasty tidbits you'll find when u poke about - perhaps not even on the same subject. Here, I found out how WHITE people got started getting called HONKIES!! Put the whole thing in my blog entry, & posted about the fantastic UC Men's Octet '03.

[qwinkly]

I love it when Jerome starts flinging the music away. Brings to mind the old greats like Victor Borge and Danny Kaye ! I'd live to know it these guys had coaching on the dance moves - how they were coming along, and the acting/emoting. Did they just critique themselves? Besides spot on music, and great vowels when needed (which helps keep the pitch perfect), their acting and dancing put them over the top above any a cappella group I've found in 2 months of scouring the net for hours a day.

[TheDarkDimensions]

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[gssop13]

ojoe 24

[charlottelburgess]

wowzers!!!!