BLUE RIBBON GLEE CLUB "California Uber Alles"

The Blue Ribbon Glee Club sings "California Uber Alles"

Glee Club video mashup #2

These locals tip the scales at around 30 members, culled from the lineups of other Chicago groups, but you can't blame that on the Polyphonic Sufjan mega-band trend—they're a bona fide glee club. Their sound is so wobbly, so amateur and informal, that calling them a choir would be a bit grandiose, and they plunge into the songs they've chosen—mostly punk and indie-rock standards—with a reckless enthusiasm for which glee is really the only proper synonym. They ooh and aah and bomp-bomp-baah their way through Fugazi's "Waiting Room" and the Clash's "Spanish Bombs," bringing out the songs' latent whimsy—plus you can finally understand all the words. Performances are entirely a cappella, save for some sparse drumming or tambourine shaking—they even sing the riffs and solos. —Jessica Hopper/CHICAGO READER



BLUE RIBBON GLEE CLUB:
www.myspace.com/theblueribbongleeclub


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Category:

Music

Tags:

• Blue
• Ribbon
• Glee
• Club
• California
• Uber
• Alles
• Dead
• Kennedys
• Punk

[burgercide]

i love the old folk songs

[duuude3]

it is freaky. i can just picture the club like digging trenches or something, and singing this.

[hndixon66]

i watch this show at gleeonline. org

[DrTeeth1976]

to quote Peter Griffin, "That. Was. Awesome!"

[tsstromberg]

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[dakotagonz]

Oh my God that was amazing!

[apagao]

sensacional

[tvance52]

Amazing cover...love the video mash ups for this and "Waiting Room"