The Newfangled Four - It Sucks to Be Me (parody) [from Avenue Q]
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It Sucks to Be Me (parody) [from Avenue Q], arr. Kohl Kitzmiller
Performed live at the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, Utah during the Barbershop Harmony Society's 2019 International Convention
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No more passive aggressiveness. They’ve gone full aggressive lmao
When they all pointed at the one judge you could just feel the aggressiveness ness cause after him they were pointing at different people😂
At what point will they just flat out attack them?
Mr Porkchop
What
@@thebrutusmars The 'them' is the judges
Mr Porkchop
Yeah, no, I figured that part out. I’m questioning the rest of your comment.
Ironic that this was their highest scoring song with an average of a 91
Where can one find these scores?
I’m happy they scored so high assuming it’s out of 100, even if they don’t get a medal I love them
@@AnimeLover930 Yep, all barbershop contests are scored out of 100. To frame it, the best song of the quartet contest was Signature's Dance With My Father with a 95.6, and their average over the entire contest was 93.8, compared to NF4's 89.7
actually 16. :)
@@alistairwall5470 Acoustix won after they changed their bass singer. They were good with both.
You always know it's going to be golden when they start looking at the judges...
Indeed, Sully. Indeed.
Wtf. Nice to see you here my lad.
Oh god he's back again. (lolimjokingdonthatmeplease)
Have you ever seen any other quartets or just NF4?
Sully? You watch barbershop too?
Otamatone barber shop when?
Welcome to Barbershop Harmony Society, where everyone loves comedy quartets.... except the judges.
So, it hasn't changed in the last 50 years... ;)
Robin? What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be working on your next video?
Lmao
Woah, I used to watch your videos.
How's life going for you now?
@@Joyful_StaR Going okay, still making videos.
NFF: gets all the views on the channel
Also NFF: never wins the contest
Curse of being the fan fav? Shrug. 😕
They'll win someday, just the top 5 are better quartets.
Just don't be surprised when don't medal next year either as two fantastic Swedish quartets are back in in Lemon Squeezy and Stockholm Syndrome - both of whom medalled when they last competed.
Think about it, having them not win means we get more videos of them at contest easy
@@AlwaysHungryAlwaysThirsty I'm pretty sure they said that somewhere. In 2017, they came to BABS, and 2018 and 2019 I think they took of to settle in with they're new bari.
The CZcams audience and the Judges look for different things in performance. CZcams looks for humor and the judges and look for nice barbershop.
When they said they were gonna stop, the audience went "nnawww". The audience love them so muchh.
John Faustin and I do too!!
Yeah LOL but not the judges
Me too👍😊💞
This has basically turned into seeing how they can insult the judges
"Artistic Liscence"
"No that's too easy."
SHOTS FIRED
I dont get it.... an explaination please?
@@maxilye Artistic Licence is another quartet from the same district as the NF4. They've been competing for quite a while and I don't think they've ever made the top 10. Look up their version of "Everybody Wants To Be A Cat"
Sydney for the sake of clarity before anyone pounces on this, Artistic License have made the 10 for the last several years and got leapfrogged out of the 10 by Midtown arriving and Pratt Street moving up. Hence why this year pertinently would suck for them. I think between the two of us that should cover the OP
@@joshwmiltonman Thank you for the info! I am not very knowledgeable in the history of barbershop so thank you!
"Distinguished judges...and Jay Dougherty."
They may have not won but they were the ones in my youtube recommendations the most, so who's the real winner?
The BHS channel lol
Bob McFishkens
Seconded
Artistic license?
@@nunoribeiro7407 No, that's too easy
@@nunoribeiro7407 They're our friends, they're our friends...
I literally know little to nothing about Barbershop, yet I can't help but get excited everytime I see a Newfangled video. These guys are hilarious!
Kyle H. - TurtleXD Me four!
Lol me too!
Let me add to your playlist: Storm Front, Lunch Break, FRED
Check out Main Street, too.
NF4 is the reason I enjoy barbershop.
I like how they showed off their separate singing voices in this one. Sometimes I forget that they can sing well individually even though they are literally singing together the entire time..idk if that makes sense lol
@Terri Seaton true, which is why I felt dumb when I first heard this because OF COURSE they all sound good individually when they're all singing their parts. When listening to this stuff though you just kinda forget sometimes that they're all singing though and it's not some backtrack their singing along to. Which I guess also shows that they're good at what they do too :)
You can hear them individually when they sing their Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious parody.
It totally does. Frankly, a lot of people in choirs don't have stellar voices - that's part of why they're in choirs instead of singing individually (and I know this because *I* am one of those people, LOL.) If your voice is really good, you strive for the solos, for example.
In Barbershop, where you have only 4 people, you have to be a LOT better - and I also know this from singing Barbershop (again, in a choir class, and with about 4 people per part instead of only one) and it's a LOT tougher to stay on your part (especially if, like me, you enjoy singing harmonies.) With about 4 people per part, I did much better as there was someone else singing my same part, so I didn't accidentally wander to another part. Again, from my own experience, I cannot even IMAGINE trying to sing alone, as the only one doing my part, when the people around me are singing such gorgeous harmonies and doing it so well. It's so easy for me to "wander" off of my part to a note that seems like it should be in "my part" even though it's not.
So to be in a foursome like this, you have to be WAY better singers. You have to be able to carry your part, not wander, and balance your volume so you "fit in" with the overall harmony - a lot of things to think about at once. And because their voices blend so nicely, it's easy to forget, just as you said, that each of them are an individual voice, and they ALL have to be good in order to sound good together.
I would (generally) argue that in each singing group (no matter the kind) you have some people who are relatively better and some are relatively worse, but I would say that in this particular group, it's pretty even. It's part of why their "sound" is so good. And I think that's generally true for Barbershop as a style. There's not really any room to NOT balance each other out and still have it sound good. So I think Barbershop inherently requires more talented (and better trained - note follows) people than other singing styles.
So yes, you completely make sense to anyone who has sung anything with another person where they're singing a different part. Even if you're just doing "Simon & Garfunkle" with a friend!
NOTE: I DID discover that you CAN learn some of this stuff by training - my barbershop class showed me that! I'm much better at following "my part" in small groups than I used to be, though I'm REALLY out of practice since I haven't sung with a small group in at least a decade now.
I also had a choir director in HS who encouraged me to participate in a solo event, and her additional training really improved how I sing overall - as did the advice from the judges - I still use the techniques I learned from that one experience. So, if anyone out there reading this has any desire to improve the way you sing, as long as you can do two things to start with (carry a tune and be on the beat) I firmly believe that you can improve your singing ability with training. You may never be a fantastic solo artist, but you can seriously improve your skillset. If this is something you love, I heartily encourage you to go for it.
It sucks to be us since we don’t get to hear enough of them.
I'd like to think that Jake always introduces himself with, "My name is Jake, bum bum bum bum."
I know they joke about their unisons, but their response to Jaxst7on at 2:33 is incredibly clean.
You mean Jastqq (I'd like to purchase a vowel)?
You mean Jhaxxahn?
You mean Waxoffandwaxon?
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Jaqqsaun Nintendoburger
90 upside down = 06, which happens to be their placement last year
and this year
They've gotten sixth place, like 5 years in a row.
@@brianmchaney7473 I thought this was only their second time in 6th. (The joke still applies, even if my ranking history is a little off).
@@Klffsj yeah, idk. I was just joking, too. I don't follow it very closely.
@@brianmchaney7473 2013 - Int. Youth Quartet Champs
2014 - 16th
2015 - 14th (Finishing one place above this year's champs Signature)
2016 - 11th (where they mic tested the finals with the Hello My Baby thing)
2017 - 9th
2018 - 6th
2019 - 6th
www.harmonize.ws/HarmonetReporter/scores/scormain.htm - This website has all the scores and final placements.
4:43 the bass is so GOOD!!! I love it whenever he gets the melody or solo
Dawson Brown 3:11 though…
Just him in general man. He is on a godly level
Underrated moment: Jackson’s little dance at “we were untrue” at 6:26 he’s so excited to have hoaxed the judges lol
He dances like Bear in The Big Blue House- I can’t cope.
So good hahaha
All their voices work so well in a theatrical style, jake especially
I feel like Joey could do the Josh Gad type, especially when he sings "So do you, that's why I'm unwell too"
Ryan and Jake holding hands is so pure
Well It sucks to be me more, now that my favorite barbershop quartet isn't complete anymore.
Dude I was just about to say, the intro hits different now
what happened to ryan?
Klemen Vidmar He’s leaving the group, Joey left a long message about it on their Facebook.
Jekyll they’re actually disbanding completely. They said at the end of the post that Jackson had also been wanting to leave, and that even with only one different singer, it wouldn’t be the same
@@visualeyesmusic Ah I see I missed that part. That's unfortunate, but it makes sense. After all it's not the Newfangled Four without those four.
"Artistic License?"
"No, that's too easy."
I've watched this so many times but Jackson and Ryan trading around the backup part while the other one is talking at 1:16 always amazes me
Holy shit you’re right
Wow I never noticed that before! Amazing
Jeezzzzzzz how did they do that
Yeah, I just noticed that and came here to say that, but I'll just like your comment instead!
Without a doubt the funniest NF4 song this year! Would not be surprised if this ends up the most popular song of the six.
or the most popular 6th :P
What I'm most impressed about is how they break off the singing so many times and then come right back in pitch.
Fan favorites ✔️
Entertainment value through the roof ✔️✔️
Parodies and self deprecating/judge targeted humor ✔️✔️✔️
They need a category all their own.
call it: the newfangled factor
The chord on “you” at 6:29 might be the most money chord of the whole contest
I’m very sad that Ryan is leaving, but I really hope he can find himself in a better place. So much love for these boys
Where is he going?
@sharpdressedcat230That also sounds like he died… 🥲
@@lukegimenez8146 He got married and now he's a vocal coach at his local school of Jazz
“My name is Joey”
“And my name is Jake”
“(They’re pretty cool)”
That part killed me 😂 (3:09)
I didn't even realize this untill I saw this😂😂
A really small but funny note is that at 0:32, Joey winks on the word throwback as a nod to another competing quartet named Throwback
I'm just getting into Barbershop and don't know much about it yet... but the comedic timing in this video is on point. I've seen a couple of performances by the Newfangled Four now, and they're really nailing that... well, charmingly self-ironic kind of humor. I think one of my favourite moments is how after the "how about a higher pitch?" they actually drop the pitch back down after like four bars.
I wanna hear them sing "you gotta change parts" just so Jake can sing the lead.
They sacrifice winning for being a meme which I love
These dapper boys deserve all the love and medals in the world. Also, Ryan and Jake just holding hands for support was precious. NF4 never stops being funny~
3:49 jake got me feelin some type of way
Same, and also at 4:45 :D
Girl me too he's magnificent
His mom Kathy Tickner teaches at my old middle school as the art teacher, her husband was also an Olympic medalist, I’m so proud of their family!
whats a girl gotta do to join the jake fanclub around here
@@TheKnowledgeWizard Exist. Everyone is a member by their very existence.
0:47 seeing the two guys on the right holding hands is the most wholesome thing I've ever seen
I fell down an internet hole. Wound up here.
I think I may have just found the one single song / act that defines my entire life in roughly 8 minutes.
This is amazing.
If you watch the original by Avenue Q it hits HOME
3:12 i just made this time stamp to go back and listen to ryan and jackson sing "they're pretty cool".
3:00 having to time a conversation perfectly to a rhythm, and having all those backing vocals stay consistent through the whole thing 💀💀💀 that is incredible
What a boat load of crock, 6th place. Everybody loves them except the judges. At this point giving them the medal would seem beneath them. They don't need a medal to prove nothing. They are best thing to happen to Barbershop. More people are listening to Barbershop because of them. Whether the judges realize that or not.
Calm down, they're not perfect. Their humor sometimes misses its mark. Timing and pacing are also slightly unpolished. Joey is sometimes a bit off on the high notes. This was really good song, got one of their best scores. But some of the others weren't up to snuff. Yes they have much more mainstream appeal than the others, and they're also my favourites, but that doesn't make them the best in a technical optic.
LucAs Bune What, are you one of the judges? Barbershop is a dying art, and it’ll keep dying if new blood isn’t injected into the medium. They’ve also really improved-and it sucks that all these old guys are still around, it’s stiff competition.
@@stormcloudsabound They definitely have improved. And i'd even agree that they deserve better than 6th. But the notion that they should flat-out win on the basis that they inject new blood and have mainstream appeal alone, i'mma have to hard disagree.
To be fair, the top 5 was absolutely stacked. Midtown scored a 90.
This is the second song I have heard of theirs and I’m dying for more. Time to continue this binge session.
Joey has the perfect voice to actually be in musical theatre
One step away from physically attacking the judges.
Can we just appreciate how beautiful Jake’s voice is and how large his range is?😭
Sad to hear the opening to this song now that the group isn’t returning
So, I just kinda got thrusted into this via CZcams recommendations. You seem to know about them splitting... may I bombard you with some mighty fine questions? ^^
First: This feels like it was part of a TV show. Where did it air? I figured it was some kind of contest and aside from just crawling this youtube channel, I'd love to watch an entire contest to have a bit more context.
Second: Is this an annual contest and can I watch it from Germany? (Hallo! ^_^)
Third: Is there like a website or Twitter or something where all those related infos land? I'd love to keep an eye out. This stuff is phenominal and so entertaining!
@@IngwiePhoenix Hi! 1. This video was from the Barbershop Harmony Society's 2019 International Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. 2. I believe this is an annual contest, obviously there wasn't one for 2020 but fingers cross we get a 2021 contest! 3. I'm not sure but I'd recommend searching the Barbershop Harmony Society on various media sites, but the best way to see more barbershop videos like this is on the society's CZcams video :>
nf4 have major edgy millenial/gen z energy while the judges have boomer “kid get off my lawn” energy
Absolutely hysterical -- Avenue Q and The Newfangled Four, the perfect combo!!
"I try to get rhythms right but sometimes I mess it up"
That has to be the funniest joke they have ever done.
I'm a simple man, I see a new Newfangled Four video, I like it.
The original nff. I will miss you dearly and be so thankful I got to work with these four men at harmony explosion. Both with Joey and Ryan.
the final punchline really got me, not gonna lie
JAY DOUGHERTY WAS MY CHOIR/A CAPELLA DIRECTOR IN COLLEGE AND THEY CALLED HIM OUT. IM DEAD 😂
Jake and ryan holding hands at the beginning gives me life
no matter the song they always try to find a way to make fun of the judges
It's truly amazing
Gonna miss these guys. Good luck, Ryan, be well!
0:48 This hits different knowing that they're not touring together anymore :( Y'all were my favorite, sorry COVID ruined your plans to go out with a bang.
I love Ryans solo part in this, he both acts and sings it absolutely perfectly!
Things that make me happy in this video:
0:55 the audience yelling "No!" after they said "maybe then we should just stop"
1:37 - 2:13 Ryan has such a beautiful voice
Ryan's face at 1:45
Jake laughing at Ryan at 1:52 and 2:05
Ryan's "shut up" at 2:13
Jake being so happy about that "No" at 2:34
3:11 Jake's "bumbumbumbum" is sooo perfect
3:48 "baaad oh"
4:25 "What's my note?" "DOOOO"
Jake 4:41
5:46 everyone being so enthusiastic about a higher pitch
Jake's disappointed face at 7:03
The rest of the video
0:34 Joey's wink after Throwback
@@catswag16 Oh, I missed that! Also 3:12 Jackson and Ryan singing "They're pretty cool" (I was too focused on Jake to notice at first)
4:39 and the „...woah!“
We need a Newfangled Four TV where the plot is just them singing a comedic song like this through a story, in a sitcom like fashion
yes
Legitimately had water squirt out my nose during the ending
So freaking funny
You made a difference to Barbershop : you made me discovered it, and love it !
It sucks to be us now that they broke up :(
People who like Avenue Q before this performance gang
Garret Castro I saw this and was like now this needs to be converted into puppet form
@@meganfrigerio2274 YES oh my god the puppets would be awesome tho
Saw it live off Broadway a few years ago
Every time a newfangledfour video comes out:
Everyone: This is by far my favorite!
Goes to show how far these legends have come
I've completely lost count of how many times I've rewatched this.
I love how Jake and Ryan are holding hands at one point! SO CUTE!
I kinda totally love it that Ryan and Jake held hands for so long before they had to
BRUH ONE OF MY FAVORITE MUSICALS AND MY FAVORITE BARBERSHOP GROUP!!!!
Know what doesn't suck? Their uncanny ability to keep a freakin' tonal center through all that! 😲🤯💯🎶🎶
I'm here waiting for George Collier to transcribe this
Not only is this my favorite performance of the year just because of the *QUALITY* jokes and perfect singing but JOEY FINALLY GETS TO SHINE HERE AND HES SO TALENTED WITH SUCH AN INCREDIBLE RANGE!!!!
3:42 that laugh... jimmy carr in the audience!
Saw these guys a few years ago on tour - a year ago I played Kate in a production of Avenue Q - this video ticks allllll the throwback boxes for me
I DIDNT KNOW I NEEDED THIS IN MY LIFE
ALSO SCREW THE JUDGES PERSONALITY WISE
SONG WISE
AUDIENCES WISE
THEY ARE THE BEST
THE JUDGES JUST HATE THEM
THEY ARE ALWAYS 1 IN MY HEART
I love them they are the only group good enough to funny songs
@@HallowCosmo Plenty of groups do comedy songs. NFF just isn't at a championship level yet with their technical skill. Judges aren't picking on them or anything, they're just not as technically good as the quarters above them yet. Give it 5-10 years and they'll be in the AIC.
At a champion level**
The big guy has a golden voice!
I really wish these guys had their own channel where the regularly uploaded their stuff. I know theres a channel with some sketches from a few years ago
I want to live in a world where nf4 are a part of the AIC
Pedro Roque don’t we all!
They will be, some day. Don't you worry about that!
Wait 5 - 10 years, they'll defo be there by then.
These guys are genius artists. When breaking the 4th wall like pros.
I love this song already, and now I double love it because of newfangled four
3:11
Jackson and Ryan say "they're pretty cool"
Holy cow, it's the two things I love: the Newfangled Four and Avenue Q 💚
I love Avenue Q. I love those guys. This is epic
I feel like they actually took the problems they had as a group and made fun of it because it didn't actually matter because of their friendship and I love that so much
Ryan has always been the funniest to me and always will be. He will be missed.
5:21
The judges: It's treason then
They are honestly the best
I know right
Ryan and Jake holding hands is everything to me ♥️
I’ve probably seen this 20 times & I’m here to watch it again😁
Still cracks me up how happy all of them look when they say no we will not say your name right lol
I hope they cry all the way to the bank. I LOVE these guys. If they're not the best, nothing is.
Buying the CD tonight.
I’m living for the bromance between Ryan and Jake
You guys always win the internet to me. I never watched barbershop till now. You are the reason I watch it now and you are now the most I watch and listen to on spotify!
Get you a friend who you can say "I treasure your soul, and I treasure your friendship, if you wanna take this outside I can take you back there--" to 😂
I’ve rewatched this an unhealthy amount of times
New favorite NF4 song. I will be listening to this on repeat for the rest of the year
The "they're pretty cool" at 3:13 is so wholesome? I can't.
Ryan! Ryan! Ryan! Ryan! Ryan! Ryan! Ryan! Ryan! Ryan! Ryan! Ryan! Ryan! Ryan! Ryan! Ryan!
Sorry them being self deprecating in this song made me flash back to their last show in Dublin there for a second :D
You guys had such fun songs this year, I can't wait till the next one! Hopefully we'll finally see some medals around your necks 😁💙🎵
Sublime moment of CZcams perfection: putting my barbershop playlist on shuffle, having this song come up, and then having it immediately followed by Main Street's "Life's A Happy Song" from The Muppet Show.
The best lads that got me into barbershop ❤
NF4 is the reason I enjoy barbershop.
I want them to get a medal but until then, I will enjoy hearing them sing
Thanks NF4! Now you go this stuck in my head and ive probably listened to it 50 times since its release!