É um quarteto vocal masculino norte americano, "à capella", de Washington, ( D.C). Os caras são metidos a engraçados e, em suas composições, abordam temas inusitados, para fazer humor. No que diz respeito ao estilo e à qualidade dos vocais, é uma mistura pra lá de híbrida, de "doo-wop" com "Take 6".
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DAVINCI´S NOTEBOOK
Da Vinci's Notebook, Washington, D.C.'s award-winning a cappella quartet, takes four part harmony and stands it on its ear. Described as "Bobby McFerrin and 'Weird Al' Yankovic colliding on stage," their tight vocal blend, infectious humor, and madcap antics have made them a favorite on stages and at festivals throughout the country. Since the group's founding in 1993, their eclectic blend of a cappella harmony - a fusion of doo-wop, jazz, bluegrass, calypso, opera, and rock - has evolved into a unique show that the Washington Post called "exuberance...crashing off the walls!" The quartet has appeared at music clubs and fine arts series throughout the East Coast, including the Bitter End, the Birchmere, the Barns of Wolf Trap, and the Kennedy Center. Equally at home in front of large crowds, they have also performed at Birmingham's City Stages, the Taste of D.C., the Fairfax Fair, and dozens of other festivals. Internationally, they have toured France and the Caribbean. Winners of the 1997 Mid-Atlantic Harmony Sweepstakes Festival, Da Vinci's Notebook has been featured on NBC's Today Show, on Comedy Central, in the Washington Post and Washington City Paper, and are frequent guests on local radio stations.
(Source: www.singers.com)
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ALBUM REVIEW
These guys are funny through and through - how else could they enlist support from Bobs members Joe Finetti and Richard Greene? The former is co-author (with DVN's Paul Sabourin) of "Window-Washing Cowboy," an amusing country tune about unrequited love narrated by Richard Greene's booming bass voice. Our favorite on this CD is hilarious "Liposuction," a rhyme romp with lines like "Take the fat cells from your hips/Put 'em in Barbara Hershey's lips." More familiar tunes include "Stuck In The Middle With You," and the theme from "I Dream Of Jeannie" (as featured on their Today Show appearance!). And where else can you find "MetalShop," a barbershop-style rendition of heavy metal tunes like "Purple Haze" and "Teenage Wasteland." A must for all fans of a cappella humor.
Source: http://www.a-cappella.com
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A combination of wit, comedy, original compositions, and favorite oldies, the first CD from Da Vinci's Notebook is a prize find. Their song "Liposuction" is an amusing commentary on the "nip and tuck" society, "Metal Shop" puts familiar 80s and 90s alternative music to the tune of barber shop singing, and "I Dream of Jeannie" is a cute a capella rendering of the theme music from the TV hit. Of the oldies songs, my favorite is "Blue Moon" -- it's sweet, frankly, and the boys' voices shine through this song. In general, this album is lots of fun and a great listen. My recommendation for any a capella fan is to buy this album and keep an eye out for their new CD, which should be more widely available in January of 2000. Their new songs are even wittier, more satyrical, and utterly impossible to get out of your head. You can also buy the new disc, "The Life and Times of Mike Flanning" now at live shows (where I just bought mine).
By Chillbooks (Somerville, MA USA)
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MINHA OPINIÃO
Melhor vocês ficarem com as opiniões aí de cima, porque vou ser "curto e grosso": não acho a menor graça nesses "chatos"! E nos raros momentos em que deixam de lado o seu "jeito-babaca-de-ser", como em "Sittin´on the dock of the bay" ou "Blue Moon", não têm nada a acrescentar ao que já foi feito antes (e muito melhor), por vários outros grupos de "doo-wop" autêntico.
(*)Tentei assistir a um "show" deles na TV, nos USA, mas desisti no meio do caminho: desliguei a TV e fui dormir...
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DAVINCI´S NOTEBOOK: Bendy's Law
DAVINCI´S NOTEBOOK
Greg "Storm" DiCostanzo
Richard Hsu
Bernie Muller-Thym
Paul Sabourin.
TRACKS/FAIXAS:
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help From My Friends
2. Liposuction
3. Fish Sticks
4. Traffic Jam
5. Blue Moon
6. Window-Washing Cowboy
7. The Joy of Pickled Okra
8. Stuck In the Middle With You
9. (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
10. I Dream of Jeannie
11. Call Me
12. Shoehorn With Teeth
13. Metal Shop
14. Mickey Mouse March
