It's tradition to come back here every once in a while

Shared this with a choir friend like "Dude, you need to see this, these guys are incredible!"and his reply was just : "Oh, I know. I was there."

Parents: "what do you want to be when you grow up?" Me, a 30 year old: *points at the man with the funny hair and the voice that can do anything* "that"

The bass in barbershop quartets always look unique, you can tell usually just by looking which one is the bass.

As a baritone, I can say we don't tend to be the life of the party... This one nailed it, incredible.

Notre DAMN!

Check out 2:36 - the guys at either end raise their hands and hold perfectly still - just like the gargoyles on the outside of Notre Dame. And it creates a mini-cathedral for Quasimodo to begin his solo. Flat out brilliant.

The perfect octave between the lead and the bass at 6:00 is one of the most satisfying things I've ever heard in my life

My friends: what’s your favorite song? Me: it’s complicated

I'm finally glad to see people realize that Hunchback has a great soundtrack.

There's no punch line to it; this is one of the best barbershop performances in the history of the institution. Quasimodo himself shedding a tear even comes to mind

6:18 the man on the left covering his face is such a reaction. This performance is simply one of the best I've EVER witnessed. The arrangement, the voices, the performance, all of it is a exemplary form of the art.

It's so much fun following the baritone part with headphones. He is absolutely all over the place.

It's 2024 I'm watching this for the first time and I find myself clapping at the end of the performance. Amazing.

I love how everyone laughs when they do the tag for the 2nd song and then go back and finish the first song tag.

6:00-6:20 holy shit how long he could sustain that high note. Impressive and mind-baffeling. Overall perfect pitch, not a single tone felt out of place, great chemistry and harmony you guys got running there!

I’m Japanese student studying English so I cannot understand what they say well. But I can find that their sang is so Beautiful.

This song is my main source of serotonin

That 22 second long tag at the end gives me full body shivers every damn time. Bravo, you freaking madlads.

6:16, the tenor on the far right turns, with his very last note, a dark minor ending into an enlightening major. Fantastic. Look at the guy sitting just to the right with the green shirt... He immediately recognizes that this is something outstanding and nods to full approval of what he just witnessed. And can't stop grinning.

So nice to have a baritone take the lead for a portion of the song! I think this medley shows how the baritone plays a critical role completing the chords and sound of barbershop

Let’s give some serious credit to the tenor in this group. I’ve seen comments on the lead, baritone and bass (here and in other vids of the same performance) but none of them would shine quite as brightly if there wasn’t someone covering the upper register for those harmonies.

We appreciate a sOLID BARITONE IN THIS FAMILY

This is insane human power

WELL WHAT A GREAT TIME TO BE RECOMMENDED THIS

5:08 is probably the best thing I've ever heard

Came for the hair, stayed for the talent

This song has kind of ruined the rest of Barbershop for me. It's just too good. Nothing else comes close.

Whoever arranged this is a genius. (I read the description, the genius is Aaron Dale) And they are the perfect quartet to pull it off. What I wouldn't give to be there...

Everyone else is praising their voices, so I'll take this opportunity to praise how into it they clearly are. Their stances are always so enthusiastic and they bob all over the place (especially the lead holy moly dude do musical theatre already lol), it's so fun to watch. On top of that, unlike other medleys I've heard, this one is actually smoothly-transitioning and seems to follow a narrative, making it far more enjoyable to listen to in my personal opinion. Great performance! (Edit: Sorry for the confusion, I called the Baritone the Lead because he sings the melody a lot of the time)

To anyone coming back to experience this magic again: blessed be. To anyone coming to experience this for the first time: Hold onto your butts.

A nice set of headphones and this is easily the greatest audio recording in existence

Favorite parts (edited because I mixed up some of their vocal parts, partially because I didn’t know lead was a vocal part in barbershop): 0:24 bass’s first D2 (C#2? My internal middle C is tuned to like A415 lol) 0:45 descending chords on “Notre Dame” & the imagery of the big bells & little bells 1:31 “Kyrie Eleison” 1:44 the simple but stunning open 5th on “Quasimodo” 1:50 “Dies irae, Dies illa” - LOVE the ominous tone to emphasize Frollo’s religious hypocrisy 2:33 the outside singers’ hands freezing in gargoyle claws is GENIUS 3:00 the chords created by the bass pedal - *chef’s kiss* 3:10 from here to the start of the chorus I just LOVE the bass line so much 3:22 bass note on “high” - also the fact that it’s such a low note and the word is “high” always makes me chuckle 3:41 beautiful chords & resolution 4:05 love how everyone has independent backing harmonies 4:15 THE TONE SHIFT- this might be my favorite part 4:29 flawless key change, & love the tenor’s high note on “there” 5:00 LOVE how the bass leads everyone into the chords in this section 5:16 Lead’s 1st long note- if you count “out” as part of it (which I do because it’s on the same breath), he holds this E for 19 seconds 5:30 the bass sliding down!!! 5:50 the subtle key change during “bells, bells,” so they end in A 6:00 Lead holds the final A for 20 seconds less than a minute after holding a note for 19 🤯 6:09 the final resolution. No words necessary! This is probably my favorite video on the entire Internet, if that wasn’t already clear haha

the amount of joy that the chord at 4:52 gives me is inexplicable

This is the number one absolute best barbershop performance ever done and my mind will never be changed. I KEEP LISTENING TO IT. I’ll come back to it then listen to the last 2.5 minutes of the song over and over and over and over and I can’t get enough. Untouchable. Unbeatable. THE OVERTONES IN THE LAST NOTE. I die every time. And somehow am more alive every time.

I literally come back every night, the part where they sing "Out there" I swear I've felt that all my life, I've felt every word ever since I first seen this movie, and even more in their rendition

I've lost count how many times I've watched this. Still here 2018

Today is march 26th, 2020, 11th day of the COVID19 quarantine - I now watch this video at least 3 times everyday

I come back here often. Its too good.

Legend has it he's still holding that note

First 5:15 of video. The single best song I have heard to date. Last 40 seconds. ***Complete brain shutdown*** Absolute insanity in vocal form

Convinced the bass's sequence from 04:49 is what takes this to another level

THE KEY CHANGE!! THE HARMONIES!!! THE FREAKING BELTS!!! ARE U KIDDING ME . literally the best performance i’ve ever watched.

Ever wandering around the web and then remember this performance and get sucked back in to watching it on repeat for hours? No? Just Me?

The way he sings “vice and sin” makes me want to commit vice and sin.

Can we just appreciate Emmanuel's dancing and hand gestures. I guess you could say I'm BARI into it

I had no idea Piers Morgan could hold a note for that long.

I just cannot. Stop. Listening. Again. And again. And again. Morning in Paris...

I've only watched this 14K times. It never ever gets old.

I'm no choir expert, but I did do band to know enough about music, and the way you can almost here more than 4 voices at the final chord at 5:35 shows you the chord was so in tune it RANG

That last harmony just saved all the shelter dogs from euthanization.

When people tease me that barbershop is my guilty pleasure music...I direct them to this video

Their group stance in the tag is physically powerful. It feels like a large, imposing wall of sound coming crashing forward in the most delightful way. I love how in this quartet you can watch a member and isolate their part, and understand just how the pieces fit together and how the song is just wonderful. Excellent job, this is my favorite barbershop piece for so many reasons.

6:09 As the bass descends towards his final *A2* , pay attention to the scale sung by the bass, *F3 - E3 - A2* , which of cource is a minor scale! This scale combined with the *E4* and *A4* sung by the baritone and lead foreshadows the final harmony as being a "dark" minor chord. Then right as the bass hits his final note, the Tenor (guy furthest to the right) steps in to save the day, shifting his *B4* into a *C#5* , which in turn completely changes the structure of the entire harmony from a minor to a perfect major. Had the tenor simply stuck with the *B4* , it wouldn't have been a happy ending! Instead a somewhat apocalyptic ending. This is musically speaking a true silver-lining, leaving us with a sense that in the end, light prevailed over darkness. And all it took was for a Tenor to go up two half-steps.. This is by far the greatest barbershop tag I've ever heard!

6:16. Just in case you guys have listened to this 100 times and want something else to be impressed by... the gentleman on the far right jumps up like 9 million octaves to sync it perfectly right as a finishing touch. So beautiful

Anybody else notice how the lead looks really light headed 6:22. Thats what an A for 30 seconds straight will do to you.

Yep, I think Kip Buckner's 'Oh My GOD' facepalm speaks volumes. Even after all this time, I still get goose bumps just listening to this.

I guess you could say the audio was... Ringmastered

I wonder if they were aware while they were singing that they were making history right there.

Yep, it's still insane. Probably come here a hundred times, but it's just as mindblowing every single time

The tritone at 6:09 is so good. It gives me chills every time I hear it.

That bass slide has me in tears

The counterpoint part from 4:07 is just slept on... such immense satisfaction when the parts merge together again in unison.

Periodically I randomly start playing this on the living room tv, the whole family stops what they are doing and comes to watch it. We back up the tag a few times, say how amazing it is, then go about our day.

The greatest arrangement for one of the greatest quartets and the greatest performance. There is no other song quite as difficult and busy as this one. This is the culmination and climax of all barbershop.

It's the tenor's shift from the B up to the C#, and the bass' shift from the E down to an A, both at the same time in the last 2 beats at 6:16 that locks it in for me. The harmony at that point is unreal.

5:29 the way that chord just LOCKS into place oh my GOD

Watching this on April 15th, 2019. Notre Dame burned today. The bells will ring again, and again, and will always be the soul of the city.

That bass at the end hit me in my soul

Still one the greatest things I've ever heard!

Martin is just a beast on bass!!

I watch this at least twice a week 🔥

I’ve never jumped to my feet so fast at the end of a performance as I did that night. Could not believe what I had witnessed. A moment that I’ll remember for the rest of my life.

What I wouldn't give to go back in time and hear this live....

Look...I'm no barbershop master. But I've listened to my fair share of Acoustix, Keepsake, Vocal Spectrum etc. This might be the greatest tag I've ever heard. Someone step up with a worthy argument against, if you dare...

Second from right dude holds that note for aaaages. Unbelievable stuff.

Hands down the best barbershop quartet in existence! I could listen to these guys all day.

"Every day they shout and scold and go about their lives, Heedless of the gift it is to be them..." The Quasimodo soliloquy is incredible, the melodic complexity and accompanying harmonies are immaculate

What the hell did I just watched?! I just’ve shouted in amazement in the middle of a cafeteria!

Possibly my all time favourite arrangement. Exquisite.

gotta say, the tenor 1 really tied this group's voice together, with such a prominent baritone and loud bass. Overall a superb performance worth the title of champion 😍

5:30 that glissando like crack for ur ears

Coming back regularly to hear this masterpiece of harmonies is always a pleasure for our ears and heart 😇

The absolute pinnacle of Barber Shop singing.

After 372 listens it’s clear to me that the bass is carrying.. and the others are also absolutely insane and when they meld it’s angelic

No matter what arrangement this soundtrack gets, this is the best disney soundtrack Alan Menken has ever written. Almost every song is harmonically interesting, the main character songs being powerful arias and The Bells of NotreDam being a tone poem of its own. Not to mention the singers being as in tune as I've ever heard.

When will another group be as incredible as this? Rasmus the perfect lead/tenor, Martin the perfect melodic bass, Jakob the true tenor who can take over any song, and one of the best baritones to ever exist with such a dominant range, Emanuel.

The best a cappella performance I’ve heard - by some distance.

Watching as the majesty of the Notre Dame Cathedral goes up in flames.

this long notes guy is just a monster himself. Magnificent!!!!

This is the greatest barbershop performance I have ever heard

I cry every time I remember that this isn’t on Spotify 😭😭😭

Very well done. Still always disappointed when there's a Hunchback medley without Hellfire.

Haha, I love how you can hear Marty Monson laugh at 5:43

I found this song as my introduction to barbershop, so all other performances have always come beneath it. Wish I'd experienced barbershop for a while before stumbling across this utter masterpiece.

At seventy now I’ve done a lot of choral work over the years, and I happy proclaim that these fellows, and this arrangement, are so far over the top it’s practically unbelievable! Bravo indeed!

My favorite moment of this that I’m not sure gets appreciated enough is the stunning visual that the arrangement creates through the second verse of Out There - during the “out there among the millers and the weavers and their wives” section, each voice having its own independent melodic/harmonic line paints such a vivid picture of the crowds in downtown Paris, the camera panning through a cheerful street market, the chattering of the happy townsfolk, and then the striking tone shift - and the switch to unison - on “every day they shout and scold and go about their lives” brings the visual back to Quasimodo up in the bell tower in solitude, watching all of this happening from a distance and longing to be a part of it - just the way the music alone created that crystal-clear visual is absolutely amazing to me. Chills, every time. (And I know the tempo choice on “go about” was taken from the original song, but the way it was executed was *flawless* )

Came across this by chance, my jaw is on the floor, not to mention the goosebumps!!! Such range, power and charm and the harmonies!!!!!!

My choir director and I are massive barbershop nerds and on a bus ride to a concert he asked what I was listening to and I happened to be listening to this, and he begins to brag that he watched them live.

I have watched this many times and it is the greatest barbershop performance I have ever witnessed. It’s not just the singing, but the performing too. Let’s not forget that this was live and in front of all those other champions and still they brought this. People on here may nit pick tiny tiny things, but this is about as close to perfection as is possible. It has gone down in barbershop history and rightly so.