Okay, I missed Ben Folds. I love him, he cracks me up.
Sean also makes me laugh.
Jewel is going to be a good judge. Funny, smart, solid commentary.
Vocal Rush -- Those chillun SANG! Great, soulful. Lead singer swallowed the lyrics a little in a few places, but awesome.
Home Free -- Scarf boy needs to rein it in. He reminds me of every sensitive actor/singer I knew in college who slept his way through his little fans. @@. Song was great, loved the bass.
Princeton Footnotes -- Loved the whimsy of doing Taylor Swift. The lead is trying to be this season's Dartmouth guy. It was kinda eh.
Calle Sol -- nice change. Need not to let the movement detract from the singing. A few places, they were busy dancing and were away from the mic or not as strong.
Street Corner Renaissance -- Loved this arrangement! Old school!!!!!!
Ten -- Too much glory noting.
Element -- Nice. Nothing particularly great about it, but nice.
VoicePlay -- Male lead didn't have enough power, felt uneven next to the female lead. Liked the "remix" .
Filharmonic - Love their energy/spirit. And you know I love the 90s. And you know I love big guy who dances.
AcoUstiKats -- Started behind the 8 ball for me, I hate this song. The falsetto sounds like a guy trying to sing like a woman. They were fun, though.
I agree with the eliminated group. The other group did more with the song, did some different styles.
Vocal Rush--they are adorable AND good. I agree with vortex that the lead needed to enunciate a bit on a few of the beats, just to give it a bit more kick. But that was still awesome.
Home Free--WTF is with the cornfields thing? Minneapolis is not a cornfield. I like country music, but...yes, scarf dude is totally that guy from college who slept with all the a capella groupies. Dang. I feel like they just seem...thin? I mean, they're five guys, and maybe it's just in comparison to Vocal Rush before them, but ...meh. I feel like they don't all go together, somehow? Maybe it's their song choice (I like that song, but I don't feel like the arrangement was the best, cute as some of the bits were). I just...not love. I really like parts of them, but....not the whole them.
Princeton Footnotes--Just based on the intro--they are such a stereotype. Of nerdy old-school a capella group that has been singing the same songs since 1959? I can't tell in this intro--are NONE of them cute, or do the jackets and orange ties just magically fuglify people? OK, their performance was better than their intro.
Calle Sol-I feel like they needed to move around a little bit less and focus a bit more. But generally fun.
Street Corner Renaissance--very cool choice of song. I think I'd like one of their guys to sing a little lower, give it a little less tenor (or less falsetto?). But yeah.
....and on that note, I'm hitting record, adding a season pass, and telling myself I need to go to bed.
(OK, I totally didn't go to bed, and loved Filharmonic. They were all adorable)
I love Filharmonic, Street Corner Renaissance, and Vocal Rush.
but...yes, scarf dude is totally that guy from college who slept with all the a capella groupies.
it also doesn't help that he looks like Jesse from Vocal Adrenaline of Glee.
Street Corner Renaissance was my favorite.
I love that Courtney and Kathryn were bridesmaids.
