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"So Good! (The Boston Song)" performance | Vincent Sneed and Eytan Nicholson | TEDxNewEngland

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    (Music)
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    [WiDiT Publishing presents]
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    [So Good - The Boston Song]
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    ♪ I'm leaving Logan
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    To catch the T
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    My destination
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    Newbury Street
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    Yeah, I'm in Boston
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    And it feels so good
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    I'm so excited
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    I got my tickets
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    To see the Pats play
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    And then the Celtics
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    And a Fenway game
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    And it feels so good
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    And it feels so good
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    So good! So good!
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    We pump our fists up in the air
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    So good! So good!
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    We're living proud
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    So we shout it loud
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    And it feels so good ♪
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    (On stage) Eytan Nicholson:
    Let's have some fun!
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    Vincent Sneed: ♪ We spend the summer
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    Down at the Common
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    And in the winter
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    We cheer the Bruins
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    The weather doesn't make the city
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    It's the people
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    And it feels so good ♪
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    EN: I want to see
    everybody's fist in the air.
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    VS: ♪ And it feels so good
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    So good! So good!
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    We pump our fists up in the air
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    So good! So good!
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    (Video) We're living proud
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    So we shout it loud
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    And it feels so good ♪
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    (On stage) EN: Let's do this,
    everybody! Come on!
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    VS: ♪ And it feels so good
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    So good! So good!
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    So we never really care
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    So good! So good!
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    Then we work all day
    and we play all night
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    And it feels so good
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    (Video)
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    So neighbors
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    Students
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    Every day is a chance to make new friends
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    (On stage) Families
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    You and me
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    All the children are building community
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    So celebrate
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    Always
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    Everywhere we go
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    We want the world to know
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    VS: And it feels so good ♪
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    EN: Let's get everybody
    out there sing this!
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    VS: ♪ We pump our fists up in the air ♪
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    EN: Get up, everybody! Let's do this!
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    VS: ♪ We're living proud
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    So we shout it loud
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    And it feels so good ♪
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    EN: Come on, everybody! Let's do it now!
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    VS: ♪ And it feels so good
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    So good! So good!
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    So we never really care
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    So good! So good!
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    Then we work all day and we play all night
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    And it feels so good ♪
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    EN: Make some noise!
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    VS: One more time! Here we go!
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    ♪ And it feels so good
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    So good! So good!
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    We pump our fists up in the air
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    So good! So good!
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    We're living proud
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    So we shout it loud
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    And it feels so good
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    Now I'm singing
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    My favorite song in
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    The beginning
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    TEDxNewEngland ♪
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    VS: Everyboby, sing it out!
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    ♪ And it feels so good ♪
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    (Music ends)
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    (Applause)
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    (Cheers)
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    Yeah!
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    (Cheers)
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    (Applause)
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    EN: Look at these people!
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    (Applause)
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    VS: I think they're awake.
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    (Applause)
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    EN: TEDxNewEngland, make some noise!
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    (Cheers)
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    (Applause)
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    VS: Yeah!
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    (Applause)
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    (Cheers)
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    (Applause)
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    EN: That is great!
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    (Applause)
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    You guys are crazy people!
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    I can't wait for the afterparty.
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    VS: Yeah!
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    (Laughter)
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    EN: My name is Eytan.
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    VS: My name is Vincent.
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    EN: We're from The Boston Song
    WiDiT Publishing,
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    and it's an honor
    to share this day with you guys.
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    We're so excited to hear all the speakers.
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    VS: So excited!
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    EN: You guys excited too?
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    (Cheers)
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    EN: That's a good thing!
    It's going to be a good day, yeah!
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    VS: A good day!
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    EN: Well, without further ado,
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    we would like to introduce you
    your host for today:
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    Mr. David Pogue.
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    Show some love! Yeah!
Title:
"So Good! (The Boston Song)" performance | Vincent Sneed and Eytan Nicholson | TEDxNewEngland
Description:

It all started in the spring of 2009. Jon Aldrich, songwriting professor at Berklee College Of Music, was instructing a class on jingle writing. Eytan Nicholson, who thinks outside of conventional norms, had a great idea. Can there be a song written specifically for a city that represents its culture and brings each community something to identify with and celebrate together - like an anthem?

For over a year, Eytan developed this idea by writing and rewriting multiple business plans for how to make his dream of creating a "Boston Anthem" come to fruition. After forming a party band with Vincent Sneed, along with Berklee scholarship students named Sweet Tooth & the Sugarbabies, they soon became songwriting partners. Now partners-in-crime, they spent the next six months researching what Boston identifies with musically. They interviewed dozens of Bostonians and faculty at Berklee, researched Boston's musical history, and tested out different songs in their weekly live shows to see which bands, styles, tempos, instrumentations, lyrics, and even keys were liked the best.

Once satisfied that they understood the city's taste in music, they began writing a song to fuse the old traditions and classic Boston sound with the new and emerging sounds of the current music industry in order to develop the new sound of Boston. With the help of Sam Burke, AJ Schortman, Mike Kilkenny-Patrick, Tim McClain, Jonah Wei-Haas, Anthony Greco, Pablo Della Bella, and Sheldon Thwaites, the new Boston sound was born. Weeks later, "So Good! (The Boston Song)" is being recognized as an innovative smash hit!

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDxTalks
Duration:
04:45

English subtitles

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