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beardedlamb · Post by **beardedlamb** » February 15th, 2006, 7:58 pm

since there seems to be a lot of closet fans out there and i like procrastinating.

beardedlamb · Post by **beardedlamb** » February 15th, 2006, 7:59 pm

ok. so i voted first. so what.

Evilpandabear · Post by **Evilpandabear** » February 15th, 2006, 9:04 pm

haha ive been a fan of christian death for a long while now. its always refreshing when someone at least knows of them

sara farr · Post by **sara farr** » February 15th, 2006, 10:16 pm

I've always been of fan of educational television. Never heard a Hanson song, though I have heard them being made fun of on late night tv. And I don't know the other group. So I guess my vote could through the whole poll out of wack. If so, discount it.

beardedlamb · Post by **beardedlamb** » February 21st, 2006, 1:37 am

wow. christian death over hanson. i am constantly surprised by this community. love that.

by the by, rockapella winning out makes me want to do a show that uses/makes fun of a capella. it's a genre that has fallen away a bit recently and i love that about a genre. good time to pounce.

Roy Janik · Post by **Roy Janik** » February 21st, 2006, 1:45 am

When I hosted my "Devil Went Down to Georgia" radio extravaganza, I played 2 different a capella versions of the song. Good stuff.

deroosisonfire · Post by **deroosisonfire** » February 21st, 2006, 9:19 am

i can't beleive you spend time on college campuses and think that a capella is dying out. from what i've seen, it's a rite of passage to be in an a capella group as an undergrad. we had 40 a capella groups at cornell (i'm not even exaggerating). my personal favorites* were the chai notes, the all jewish a capella group.

*by favorites i mean i think their name is funny.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » February 21st, 2006, 1:45 pm

i thought it said Christians' Deaths.

...one step closer to a jewish theocracy...

Go back to Europe!

acrouch · Post by **acrouch** » February 21st, 2006, 2:18 pm

Mike Ferstenfeld was in an a capella group called Rhythm and Jews.

beardedlamb · Post by **beardedlamb** » February 21st, 2006, 3:34 pm

oh, believe me i see plenty of lame heartthrob a capella groups at booking conferences and the like. i'm talking about in the real world. rockapella was on a tv show, they had a folger's commercial, they WERE the peak of the genre. now that it's sliding off the cracker a bit, i want to take some cheap shots. and why is it so popular among college students? that would make for an interesting anthropology project, eh?

Evilpandabear · Post by **Evilpandabear** » February 21st, 2006, 6:57 pm

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HOLY SHIT! I totally forgot about Rythm & Jews! I remember laughing for so long when I first heard their name, and now I just bursted our laughing in the middle of my work place where people are talking about all sorts of cancer & the one girl next to me was talking about anal leakage to the person on the phone. wow, didnt mean to blurb that out all at once. oh well, i stand by it.

The geek in me really liked the name Schrodinger's Cat for an a capella group. Dead cat's are funny. ^_^

deroosisonfire · Post by **deroosisonfire** » February 21st, 2006, 7:03 pm

you do not need to do an anthropology project, i can tell you why a capella is popular on college campuses. boys in a capella groups sleep with lots of girls.

it's easy to start an a capella group, just find a tuner and a bunch of friends. way easier than coordinating an actual band. and girls* go crazy for it. because it means you can sing. and girls dream of being seranaded. guys in a capella groups are campus legends. girls would do anything to get invited to the afterparties for their concerts at my school. and these girls would do anything once there. a capella singers are the college equivalents of rock stars.

*unless you had to listen to a capella every freaking weekend at some stupid benefit show where your improv group was performing. then you hate a capella.

Evilpandabear · Post by **Evilpandabear** » February 21st, 2006, 8:12 pm

maybe that was a northern thing. i dont seem to recall many girls swooning over male a capellas here in UT. from my memory most of them were in relationships or the type of cat where you couldn't tell if he was the straighest gay guy you've ever met or the gayest straight guy you've ever met. (and this was way before the term metrosexual hit the pop scene) and they never really accumulated girls. if i recall properly an aquantance of mine was in a a capella and was miserable. he started his own band and the girls flocked instantly. there are a lot of girls in a capella though as well, and i'm not entirely sure the attraction works the same way for the opposite sexes.

but wait! what about barber shop quartets?

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