Everyone knows about the Acoustics and the Bostonians, Boston College's most prestigious a cappella groups. There is a newer, younger group on this campus, however, that deserves just as much buzz as the others - the Dynamics. Some think that if you have seen one a cappella group, you have seen them all, but the Dynamics Spring Café proved that theory wrong.
Armed with the edgiest set of songs on campus, the music group packed Devlin 008 Saturday night, at 7:30 p.m. Bridget McElduff, LSOE '09, opened the evening with a stellar cover of Bonnie Raitt's "Something to Talk About," which proved that the audience was about to get their money's worth of great music.
The rest of the first half was filled with some of the Dynamics' old standards, like Ryan Flynn's, A&S '07, stirring version of "Glycerine. The highlights of the first half of the show were definitely the last two songs - Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River" and Coldplay's "Fix You." The Timberlake song was debuted in the Fall Café and by Saturday had already garnered Amir Shirazi, A&S '09, an award for best arrangement at a recent competition. With sophomore Will Morrison, CSOM '09, and a complex background that covered every inch of the popular song, "Cry Me a River" was one of the highlights of the entire night. It was followed by Jimmy McNamara, A&S '09, singing the newly added Coldplay song. With its pleasing harmonies, and a snippet of the band's other famous song, "The Scientist," this was the perfect lead to intermission.
After intermission, the Dynamics proved that they truly are different than all the rest. One thing that sets them apart is their "full-time percussionist," Matt Walsh, A&S '08, who showed off more than his beat-boxing skills with the Outkast song "The Way You Move." Walsh rapped the song well, and even broke out into some dance moves, which spanned the entire room. The night went only uphill from there, with Coley Potdevin's, A&S '07, sultry version of "Love Song" and Morrison's beautiful cover of the U2 classic "With or Without You" - always a crowd favorite. Alex Macmaster-Ho, A&S '07, gained some major props when she sang Shirazi's amazing arrangement of the Dixie Chick's "Not Ready to Make Nice," which was the only standing ovation of the night.
While the café theme of "Ocean's 16" was a self-proclaimed questionable choice for the Dynamics, a cappella was at its finest Saturday night. Try going to their next show; it will not disappoint.
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