Mike Tompkins - P.Y.T (Pretty Young Thing) (A cappella)
You knows While You Were Gone loves a cappellas, so I was always going to post this great cover version of MJ’s P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing).
(hat-tip: @bobacks)
Sacred Harp - Shape Note Singing All California Convention Jan 2009
I first heard of Sacred Harp singing from a BBC Three documentary about White Gospel music I saw on Watchification a year or so ago.
This is not as good an example as the ones in that programme (my YouTube-fu is weak, today), but you get the idea. I think it would be a powerful experience to be singing your little heart out in the midst of that volume of voices.
Michael Jackson A Cappella
I didn’t post this back when I first saw it, because I was slightly disappointed it wasn’t ten off-the-cuff a cappellas. It’s just the vocal tracks from the actual songs on your Best of the Jackson 5 album.
But today is A Cappella Day! So here you are. Enjoy!
Continuing A Cappella Day, another great find from whileyouweresleeping, reminiscent of the A Cappella Thriller from last Halloween (except this guy can really sing).
Socks. Knocked. Off.
Perpetuum Jazzile, an a cappella choir from Slovenia, SIMULATES A STORM to perfection - and then gives a crazy cool rendition of Toto’s Africa (Wimp may have a better version of this footage).
I swear, it makes you want to curl up under a blanket with a hot cup of tea. And McVities. The ones with dark chocolate. Did I mention I live in London?
— Thanks to the QI Elves, from London.
This whileyouweresleeping character certainly has an ear for blog names. Worth keeping an eye on for that alone, and if he/she continues to post stuff as excellent as the stuff she/he’s been posting for the past few days then all the more reason to.
I love massed voices almost as much as I love massed dancers, and so this particular post has inspired me to dub today A Cappella Day on WYWG. Watch this space for more unaccompanied vocal wonders!
A Cappella Thriller
Happy Halloween!
I think what makes this already impressive creation even more wonderful, is the fact that, if you go by the lead vocal, the guy isn’t even a particularly good singer. Awesome.
