On December 9, 2013, a group of five men walked onto the stage for season 4 of
The Sing-Off. The show was previously recorded, so it didn't have the same "gotta watch NOW" drama of your usual musical performances, and while I love a capella music, I've always felt it had some inherent weaknesses to traditional bands. This, I'll point out, means the truly outstanding bands really are amazing, because when a group can make you not miss guitars, drums, and any other number of instruments, they're doing something few people can do.
So anyway, this group of five guys were talking about their origin, about how they were the only a capella group doing country music (something I'm usually rather "bleh" about), and doing dumb jokes involving corn. I was...not really impressed. Then they were back on the screen, sitting on stools, and they
busted out a song that blew my mind.
Immediately, I knew who was going to win this season.
I was right.
