Ursa Minors - Hyperballad

The Brown University Ursa Minors perform "Hyperballad" by Bjork at their Parent's Weekend concert on October 25, 2008 with the Bear Necessities.

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Music

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• ursa
• minors
• ursas
• hyperballad
• bjork
• brown
• university
• cappella
• acapella
• acappella
• bear
• necessities

[razrv3lc]

That woman singing, her voice doesn't fit this song at all. She is actually pretty annoying.. and the backing is kind of annoying too.. I don't like this very much..

[calvinday]

Bjork herself often mimics throwing things when she performs live. See the jools holland perfomance. The audience clearly doesn't see the song for what it is.

[SordidCrayon]

I wonder if the person laughing is laughing at the singer? If their laughing at the lyrics, they need to listen to the song without the distracting a Capella novelty.

[KatVaab1810]

...

I hate her voice -__-

[friarkhan]

Well it seems this wasn't a Bjork fan audience so the choir drew upon the comedic potential of the lyrics in their performance to make the song more palatable for a mainstream audience. Specifically you can see that the lead singer mimes throwing things off the cliff with her mic hand, which I found to be funny in a nutty way. Other things about her performance are funny/nutty in a subtler way.

I'm not a choir expert, but I found the performance to be great in general. :)

[cbc21492]

yeah really why is the audience laughing so much,

great arrangement, could of done with a bit less of the soloist i think, but really great.

[themange59]

I don't get why they are laughing when the song talks about jumping off a cliff.

[piotramazing]

brilliant. any chance of getting the audio?