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Lodestar

(2,388 posts) Wed Dec 24, 2014, 03:52 AM Dec 2014

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The Lion Sleeps Tonight - A capella in a NYC subway

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The Lion Sleeps Tonight - A capella in a NYC subway (Original Post) Lodestar Dec 2014 OP

Wonderful! Thanks for posting. JDPriestly Dec 2014 #1

i've never liked that song, but they were so good, I would have given them $. irisblue Dec 2014 #2

They slapped some funk on that tune. AtomicKitten Dec 2014 #3

Love the "lions and tigers and bears, oh my!" n/t Lodestar Dec 2014 #4

Thanks, Lodestar... ReRe Dec 2014 #5

Awwwww..... so glad to spread some joy. No doubt these guys do it all the time. Lodestar Dec 2014 #6

In my younger days... ReRe Dec 2014 #7

Great memory! Merry Christmas! n/t Lodestar Dec 2014 #9

Cool! oldandhappy Dec 2014 #8

Thank you For posting! n/t Melissa G Dec 2014 #10

I'd have contributed to the money box Warpy Dec 2014 #11

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)

1. Wonderful! Thanks for posting.

Reply to Lodestar (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 04:01 AM

Dec 2014

They look like they are having so much fun. Wish we had thought to do that when I was young.

irisblue

(32,982 posts)

2. i've never liked that song, but they were so good, I would have given them $.

Reply to Lodestar (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 05:27 AM

Dec 2014

very good voices

AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts)

3. They slapped some funk on that tune.

Reply to Lodestar (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 09:40 AM

Dec 2014

Lodestar

(2,388 posts)

4. Love the "lions and tigers and bears, oh my!" n/t

Reply to AtomicKitten (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 10:15 AM

Dec 2014

ReRe

(10,597 posts)

5. Thanks, Lodestar...

Reply to Lodestar (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 11:27 AM

Dec 2014

... that made my day.

Lodestar

(2,388 posts)

6. Awwwww..... so glad to spread some joy. No doubt these guys do it all the time.

Reply to ReRe (Reply #5)

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 11:50 AM

Dec 2014

A joyous revolution through song...when and where you least expect to find it, here there and everywhere.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)

7. In my younger days...

Reply to Lodestar (Reply #6)

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 12:13 PM

Dec 2014

... I worked with some men like this. We worked our butts every day, and at Christmas time the company would throw a big party for the employees. These talented fellows would break out in acapella song like these guys did in the subway. It brought back a beautiful Christmas memory.

Season's Greetings, Lodestar!

Lodestar

(2,388 posts)

9. Great memory! Merry Christmas! n/t

Reply to ReRe (Reply #7)

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 12:31 PM

Dec 2014

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)

8. Cool!

Reply to Lodestar (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 12:29 PM

Dec 2014

Thanks

Melissa G

(10,170 posts)

10. Thank you For posting! n/t

Reply to Lodestar (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 08:26 PM

Dec 2014

Warpy

(111,277 posts)

11. I'd have contributed to the money box

Reply to Lodestar (Original post)

Thu Dec 25, 2014, 12:37 AM

Dec 2014

They're very good. Singing with no backup at all is harder than it looks. Acapella Soul does a great job of it.

This is more where the song came from and like a lot of Zulu songs, it's got layers of meaning, some of them quite political.

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