Spider-Farm - Midtown

SPIDER-FARM BACKSTORY - See the performances that inspired MIDTOWN’S record-shattering SPIDER-FARM PARODY in the 2023 BHS International Quartet Contest Finals. ruclips.net/p/PLcwXdNVvSNbiRMPWm1cnzUvHjTmTdoxEf

This is the only song to EVER receive a perfect score in Performance!! Midtown crushed this!!

KJ's acting carried this performance so hard with his acting. You can almost believe that he is actually confused and embarrassed.
Most deserved 100 Performance Score

Having KJ play the straight man is such a genius move

I love the lore of Barbershop Harmony Society that shows up every year.

Barbershop: Into the quartet-verse

This is the ultimate inside joke for barbershop fans. The best treat I could ever possibly imagine. Also seeing KJ so just proud and happy at the end almost made me tear up. What an amazing performance. Long live the kings! MIDTOWN!!

Seeing Midtown whip out comedy in finals was one of the coolest things I've ever had the pleasure of witnessing

I just imagine all of the things they could’ve done and still won gold medals, but they choose to do this. To work their butts off to create this extraordinary gift that is still giving. Kudos and bravo, my friends.

Barbershop lore goes DEEP

I love the idea that KJ has always been wearing his Lunch Break shirt close to his heart the entire time no matter if he's singing with another quartet, and now after this song he's decided he's proud enough to let everyone know he's been secretly wearing it all along XD
Very clever lol. I just wish I could share this performance with others and have them get it though. It's so deeply deeply clever but like nobody would ever get it unless they were following barbershop. So sad that 7-level-deep in-jokes like that can't be shared more widely.

Gotta love a barbershop song that will keep you fully interested for 13 minutes

I'm dumbfounded. Making what likely took countless, countless hours, years of improving skills, to practice and perfect, seem as if it were unpredictable and, help me, off the cuff... standing on the shoulders of those came before... just... astounding. Bravo isn't a cheer big enough. I feel like this is a network award show ceremony level of quality

KJ wins the award for best character arc in barbershop history.

8:07 “I used to love watching that as a kid”
Me too, me too. I remember I wouldn’t stop singing about Old McDonald’s Deformed Farm back in grade six, and I still sometimes sing that to myself when I’m bored. Lunch Break and Main Street were the ones that really got me hooked on barbershop as a kid.

Here's a little tidbit about Christian Diaz who the bass of Midtown, he is an accomplished tenor who can sing high notes full voiced without ever straining. He once even matched his voice to a high pitched soprano singing opera.

That look of realization on KJ’s face when Anthony said “I used to love watching that as a kid” was priceless 😂😂😂

0:51 Anthony’s “Hello folks” is like BUTTER it’s so smooth

This is STILL hilarious!!!! I just literally ROFL ....
(And I actually HAVE Narcolepsy).
Dying over here!😅😂😅😂

Gotta give it up for the laughing lady who really turned this into the perfect performance

I still can't get over Anthony's first sloth face. I don't know how KJ didn't break character looking at him.

This popped up in my feed again months later, and it's still 10/10 in my opinion. Even Christian's glance at KJ after he rips his shirt off is priceless.

This has been a masterclass in "knowing your audience."

I like how at 11:13, Anthony's clearly unzipping the back of KJ's jacket for the tear-away effect at the end, but you don't notice because of Nick's toilet paper shenanigans.

lady cackling deserves mega props

After a couple hundred watches, I finally found a flaw in this performance. At 12:05, Anthony, like the rest of us, is so enthralled with KJ's Lunch Room reveal that he forgets to start the final "Spider Man" tag with KJ and Nick.

Being in the room, hearing Spiderman start, then the switch up, oh man it was everything you could ever want in a performance.

It’s crazy how these guys turned their lowest scoring song last year into their highest scoring song this year! Did not disappoint!

KJ you were such a great actor in this with the perfect pauses too.

Lunch Break walked so Midtown could fly! Congrats!

Even after the craziness of this, Spider Pig hit me like a ton of bricks!!

The facial expressions in this performance are everything!😂

I've rewatched this so many times solely with the intention of seeing the reveal from 1:55, but its so brilliant musically and so entertaining i end up rewatching the entire thing evey time 😂

Absolutely brilliant. Great nod to Lunchbreak. KJ smashed it with his acting and the singing and harmony was great too xxxx

Its the nuance in the performance that makes it so wonderful, my favorite being, when KJ finally does the prat fall, the other 3 guys do the perfectly timed little bounce that attention to detail is what makes this performance truly legendary!

Love this so much😊😊😊 So glad you got a perfect score - it surely was deserved.🎉🎉🎉

A great tribute song - I was able to catch a performance of Lunch Break in NW Wisconsin years ago. I believe it was sponsored by the local S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. chapter. It was a great show, and afterglow gathering, where extra animals that didn't make "the ten" were showcased. I didn't realize that it had been 10 years already. I still enjoy watching the DVD that I got there! And a belated congratulations to KJ and the rest of Lunch Break guys for making "the ten" in your final competition! I love the final Lunch Break outfit reveal at the end!

That little jump the others do when KJ falls ads so much to the comedy. 😂 All of them really nailed that whole performance. 👏

8:03 He’s back! He did the thing! I used to love watching that when I was a kid.

Adding Midtown to the list of quartets who don't usually do comedy (especially on contest stage) CRUSH comedy! ❤

Goddamn, let’s just take a second to appreciate the blend through the bari jumps KJ had to do…gah just fantastic!

Even their comedy is extremely rehearsed and perfectly calculated. Never change, Midtown

what a music!!!! Great JOB GUYS!!! HUGS

This is like the 10th time I've seen this and just now noticed the "Wee!" reference at 3:29 😂

I would love to give this more thumbs-up. It doesn't matter how many times I watch it, I'm always howling with laughter within seconds and can hardly breathe at the end. Hilarious, sweet and perfect, in one. I hope Midtown will continue as a group (and not split up form another quartet and win, then form another quartet and win .. :) )

A B S O L U T E L Y P H E N O M I N A L!!! 😉❤️🎶🇺🇸

I think my favorite part is the little baby notes you can hear while they're holding for applause

12:18 Nick Gordon perfectly launches the toilet paper to the judges panel 👌🏼

I see a lot of people worried about KJ hitting his head, but don't worry, if you look closely, he lands on his shoulder with his left hand as support. But damn does he make it look realistic! Incredible job guys!

10 years ago, the very first Barbershop YT vid I watched was Lunch Break Old MacDonald. It made my turn 6 year old and I laugh hysterically. I’ve followed Barbershop ever since. What a wonderful full circle moment! The perfect score was so well deserved! I look forward to all the videos from this year. 🥰

I keep on laughing at this parody. Loved the version with the score and side captions. They are brilliantly funny and talented harmonies. Been playing it over and over and over to get all of the words memorized to say it to my friends. Here an and there a …..

5:04 the whole eye reveal is just hilarious

10:39 now THAT is dedication to the craft 😂

Saw the 100 performance score, and see that it was deserved. Wow! A singing quartet that can out-schtick all of them.

Outstanding performance and what a great tribute to Lunch Break! Love it!!

Oh yeah, now that's bah'bah'shop right there.

How many times have you watched this?
Me: Yes

This song/act reminds me of Bar D Wrangler's "Old Matt Palmer's Farm," which I thoroughly love!

Love this so much. These guys worked as hard as anyone I’ve ever seen, especially on this song. And yes it’s inside baseball, but some of the greatest performances in barbershop history have done that and this is another incredible example!! ❤

KJ: This is a terrible idea.
Christian: 😀
of all the bits in this video this stands out to me the most and honestly I wouldn’t want it any other way

I knew as soon as I heard them sing their first song in the quaterfinal that these guys were gonna be the champs this year. Way to go midtown❗️

This Quartet ROCKED It!

This is the most epic thing I’ve ever seen for a long time. 😂🤘🏻

Nothing has been this perfect since Who’s On First

Reading the negative comments is almost as funny as this performance. The beauty of this are all the inside references. Remarkable.

Those sloth faces were epic.

Can’t stop rewatching this perfection

Wait, was this actually presented as "Spider-Farm" or did everyone think they were going to do "Spider-Man" straight again? If the latter, that's some grade-a trolling up there with NF4 rickrolling the competition.

4:48 might be a reference to Category 4's Two of a Kind where one guy (i think the bass? but i can honestly never tell which guy is what) holds 4 fingers in front of the others face and the other guy pushes it down like KJ does

12:15 I just noticed after two years that the judge caught the toilet paper thrown by Nick at the end, lmao

Truly magnificent. Right on point. Clever without being smarty pants. Class gents. Well done and thank you to the Team that came up with this beauty.

WOW WOW WOW! What impresses me the most is how fantastic and consistent the singing is throughout all while messing around and clearly having a blast on the stage!
The slide upwards on "hang up" in the tag gives me immeasurable joy :D

Ok, I'm crazy🤣 this was so funny

I feel like there were inside jokes in this that I would love to know. But this was an A+++++ either way. Great job guys!

What can one say except fantastic!!!!! ln 4 part close Barbershop harmony😅😂❤

I'm SO glad this is the song they decided to upload in honor of Midtown's win! What a historic performance that had me freaking out in the arena! Well deserved 100 performance and 97 overall!!!

"Everyone is saying this got 100th. How could this get 100th?!? This oughta be at least good enough for ninth!"

The little jump they do when KJ hits the ground is so perfect

I can’t stop watching this. I have watched it a few times a day since it came out. It’s so entertaining!

That's why he looks so familiar :D

Absolutely legendary, the callbacks to lunch break and slowly pulling kj into the performance were hilarious

Absolutely amazing performance. I can’t wait to watch this year after year!!

An absolutely incredible performance that requires a significant amount of homework to fully appreciate!

Legendary! So proud of my brother and the Midtown boys ❤❤❤ 2023 CHAMPS BAYBAY!!!

Incredibly amazing performance/humor!

"Let me catch my breath" had me ROFL

Great! After Hours needs to "update" their version of the song...

Awesome! Thank You!

I think I've watched this atleast 2/3 times a day since seeing it live... It's so good! 😂

WOWOWOWOW!

Hovv about THAT ! ! God Bless SPEBSQSA and, along vvith; also The Salem Senataires [thanks Pop].

so amazing. best hommage to a classic, while still being original. well done

The throwback to the Lunch Room Break quartet (or whatever they are called) was well needed! amazing stuff

i love you Nick!

This is a video YEARS in the making. Glad I stuck around for such a fantastic performance.

But how DID he fall, without seriously harming himself?? Awesome performance by the quartet!!

Now that KJ won, he's obligated to form another quartet. Then win

That was both hilarious and amazing!

Thank you BHS for releasing this early!!

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't there a video made of Lunch Break's last year as a quartet in competition at International, where it showed the call off and they actually made THE TOP 10??