Blackmail No More
I was emailed something by a reader the other day.
I have yet to figure out how this got out.
How the safe was cracked.
But there is a leak.
And I do not intend to go down without a fight.
So I am going to post it before it gets leaked.
Readers…Meet Exaltation. A singing group from Berry College.
Welcome to BS 101.
The art of sounding spiritual while lusting after 7 girls in the crowd, while speaking 22 octaves higher than you should so your voice sounds closer to The Lord.
Welcome to 1994. Welcome to what I could have ended up as had So Cal not intervened.
“When you sit and think about it, we don’t even deserve, were not even, we don’t even deserve to be, to be able, able to just say that name at all. It’s It’s a wonder and I’m still in awe at the opportunity that He gives us all to come into his presence and to stand before Him and pray…”
HHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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RAIN IT DOWN
Wow.
Nice.
I love the world wide interweb.
We need the rest of the song to really take shots at you. Where’s Part 2?
THAT IS THE FREAKING FUNNIEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN.
Hilarious.
HAIR?
reminds me of a young wesley snipes ala “new jack city”.
but with a tie & khaki’s…
I didn’t see any black male.
There’s even a floating cross in the background…
You’re not running for the Republican nomination and trying to appeal to Christian voters…are you?
The girl on your right can’t stop adoring you!
Beautiful singing. Serious! Why isn’t it in English?
Oh, my how things change!
what the crap?
It kind of reminds me of Carlton from the fresh prince
Was this how you looked when you met Heather? How did THAT happen?
…ha but if it weren’t for exaltation, the watchmen would have never been. there’s redemption even in BS.
I don’t now Carlito.
I couldn’t even hear a word you were saying.
Like the girl next to you, I found myself having haughty eyes for your sweet Cahmbray Shirt and Aeropostale Tie.
oh my… now I’m worried about that video of me singing 12 minutes of Te Deum out there somewhere….
Oh my.
Well… I still have hair tho… well… kinda…
i am so scared.
Sorry. That’s CHAMBRAY.
Wikipedia if you must.
carlos…man.
i would take shots but i too was a choir geek in college. vocal performance was my major at the time.
i feel your pain. there are videos of me…just not online.
that has to be the token song that sounds ethnic that every choir did to sound cool back in the 90s.
I’m with Chris. It would be hypocritical to make fun. Azusa Pacific Men’s Choral baby. We had to wear tuxes though. Nothing GQ like you my friend.
i don’t even know what to say. It’s to bad this wasn’t leaked before LA Ink.
Beautiful.
I’ve done the same thing for the same reasons, and sounded just as stupid. Fortunately no one recorded it.
Yep… we sang that too.
hahahahahahaha
that brings back memories. i sang that same song back in my high school audition choir…
…we did it much better though.
so.. yea.. that girl wanted her some los.. bad..
but what i’m wondering is who was the monkey running the camera.. what was that? robotics cam from hell?!
Yeah…
If I thought of your 1994 self…
that image would not come to my head. haha
And I agree…. those girls wanted you! ^.^ haha
Did someone have to hold you down and super-glue that tie on you? Or were you bucking for a modeling gig at J.Crew back then?
Wait, I saw you wearing a tie last week too, didn’t I? My whole view of you is shattered.
I just wish I had video of you swing dancing. Now that would be HOT!
OMG… I have to be honest, an expletive escaped my lips watching that… only because I am truly afraid I have video similar to that somewhere out there.
And… I’m still laughing.
Just think what you’ll be saying about “Los 2007″ in ten years:
“I can’t believe I didn’t wear fleece”
“Why did I buy that Urban Outtfitters jacket”
“What was I thinking with those boots”
“Shaved head and beard, really?”
Oh man, Los…that made my day!!! Takes me back to my college singing group days! I believe that was First Call, was it not?! God bless CCM!!!
Oh my gosh.
As odd as it is for all these people to see you WITH hair…it’s weird for me to see you WITHOUT hair…still the same Carlos though
Wow. That’s tragic.
Yes. I thought I would show you that ANYONE has hope ladies and gents. Anyone. Even skinny, old, BS’in me.
You are welcome.
No wonder cranberries are the frozen food of choice in the Whittaker household…you did go to Berry College…
Two words:
TOTALLY.
HOT.
(Be still my beating HEART!)
Was the girl on your left by chance named Stacy? We might have another link in our pasts…. I’m not sure I want to be linked with that Carlos,
but I’m just curious…
(blinking back the tears)
Praise the Lord.
I feel your pain, Los.
Just search “Mylon” on YouTube and you’ll see what I mean. Parachute pants. Mullet. Fingerless gloves. 80’s faux dance moves.
I’d like to find and hurt the guy that put all those on there…
Not so bad. What sucks is that my old church is doing that song this weekend.
Wow! $%@!#$ LOL
umm . . . yeah . . . see , I knew technology was the gateway to hell . . . this is one of those things that gets lost in a fire of buried in a time capsule
A hearty laugh from this one. Seems I’ve been doing that a lot lately when I read your blog. I didn’t recognize you at first, that’s for sure. How uncool we all are at some time or another.
Ah, Los. Someday I hope to officially meet you and I think it’ll be too much fun.
It is so good not to live in the past and to know that God isn’t counting my past against me. My mom has senior pictures of me that make me cringe to this day.
I just know that I am going to have to explain this to my wife when she gets the X-watch alert thanks to how that blonde was undressing you with her eyes. Optical fornication… I think that sets off X-watch, right?
Also, this a great video to show that you don’t have to spif-up how one describes God other than just being real.
Kudos for knowing another language.
after the cranberries AND this I am speechless…
DUDE!!! I sang that in song in high school. That exact part! man that is weird…..Vuoom Ve yo tee. Good stuff!!
Dear. Sweet. Jesus.
I was holding it together okay until we hit O Sifuni Mungu…then I died.
Everyone together…na mfalme wetu!
Am I the only one who only sees a brown Topher Grace?
Oh, Carlos. You were so young, and doing the best you could with what you had. Even if you were hanging on by a God-thread, He was still working in you and leading you to exactly where you are today.
I would give a WHOLE LOT for you to be on our stage being that goofy for us right now.
Dude you were hot, what happened?
I wish I had a video like that.
To Wendy… yes, the girl on his left is Stacy! Is your connection from Briarlake or Berry?
Kind of reminds me of the young Homer Simpson flashbacks.
Dude, looking back….First Call was actually pretty good in their day, didn’t Acapella do that song too? Didn’t that song always come up around Missions Fest time in most churches? Dude, I still think you could SoCal some Kakhi’s bro.
Im in complete awe……..
You should have come across town and sang with a REAL choir dude! Shorter College–Class of ‘95.
Clay
Brilliant.
PRICELESS!!
oh my.. you look so…so…baptist! not baptist in the traditional sense, but it’s a TBN late-night throne-room sitting with Oral, Paul and Jan Crouch kind of baptist. Wow.
My kids came into the room as I was watching this, and I asked them who that was singing….without hesitation they both proclaimed…..Carlton Banks!!!
I can’t take any shots at you, bro. I sang with the University of Maryland Gospel Choir in the 1990’s and we sang THAT same exact song! Oh Si Funi Mungu! I’ve only heard that song in two places through out my entire life. The first time was in with the choir. The second time is now at your blog. Thanks for the memories!
Looking good Los.
WOW. if they had fleece back then, your would’ve worn it.
Interesting….I’ve never heard that rendition of “Glorify Thy Name”.
Ha! A brown Topher Grace
Will there be a reunion tour? Would so totally love to book you….
You have a nice voice…..and you even talk *pretty*!
that was AWESOME! got any more??
Let me be the first to say: Los, I’ll be your huckleberry.
*snicker-snicker*
I don’t know what everyone is talking about. I for one was blessed beyond measure by this excellent performance… uhh.. ministry.
oh my……and the hair…..there’s hair! that’s comedy if I’ve ever seen it.
Dude.
That is fantastic!
Well, let me just say. um, that I for one did uh, not ever in a million years ever sing that song, and well, The Awesome Majesty of God and His Divine Purpose did protect me from doing stuff like that.
I have no words.
What is crazy is that I sang that same song in choir when I was in middle school! No joke