In the fall of 1962, a handful of Tufts men gathered to sing in the basemen… Read Full Bio ↴In the fall of 1962, a handful of Tufts men gathered to sing in the basement of West Hall. They named themselves “Jumbo’s Disciples: The Beelzebubs” and prepared an original version of Winter Wonderland for Tufts’ annual Winter Sing. By the end of the 1963-’64 academic year, the Bubs had recorded their first album, performed with the Boston Pops, and traveled as far as New York City. Throughout the late sixties and early seventies, the Bubs’ popularity grew on Tufts’ campus and on college campuses throughout New England.

In 1973, the Bubs celebrated their tenth reunion at Cambridge’s Sheraton Commander Hotel. Unfortunately, the mid-‘70’s brought harder times. Larger issues such as the Vietnam War, the Watergate Scandal, and the oil crisis resulted in less enthusiasm and opportunity for extra-curricular campus activities. Fortunately, a small but dedicated group of undergraduate singers, with the help of the Beelzebubs Alumni Association, managed to keep the group alive and strong by singing, traveling, and recording. Because the group survived these times, the Bubs remain Tufts’ longest running student organization. During the ‘70’s, the Bubs also began adding popular music to their usual repertoire of barbershop, doo-wop, gospel, and jazz.

The 1980’s brought prosperous times for the Bubs. Each year, the gigging schedule grew larger while tour destinations became increasingly farther from Tufts. By the end of the ‘80’s, the group’s most distant destinations included Florida, California, Colorado, and England. Also, on-campus enthusiasm for the group increased, resulting in stronger audition pools and more complex musical arrangements.

In the early 1990’s, the Bubs made several developments that not only changed the group’s own style but also permanently affected the characteristics of collegiate and contemporary a cappella. The 1991 album Foster St. almost completely abandoned the traditional arranging styles of glee club, doo-wop, and barbershop music and introduced a new brand of arranging which aimed to capture the driving nature of contemporary popular music.

Throughout the 1990’s and into the new millennium, the Bubs have continued to develop this new style while also performing some music of the group’s past. To date, the Bubs have recorded 25 studio and 3 live albums and have won several awards for performing and recording. They also boast an active alumni association whose Bubs Foundation raises funds for music in Boston’s public schools. The Bubs have traveled to nearly every corner of the United States and have toured Europe on several occasions. They have performed at colleges, corporate gigs, public and private elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, bar mitzvahs, wedding showers, restaurants, hospitals, churches, Fenway Park, the Bank North Garden, Disneyworld, Disneyland, Eurodisney, the United States embassies in France and England, on Late Night with David Letterman and back home in Goddard Chapel at the top of the hill in Medford, MA.

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Tufts Beelzebubs Lyrics

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Audicatiy
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Baoy
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CARD!!!!!!
Own name
BILL
SHOPPING
FRIENDS
HMMMMm
Cell phone
PHONEEE
Whoever you htink bye

Acting dumb
Calls fmmmmh
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Line by Line Meaning

Cool we tatsrsed
We are very composed and polished

Never been places
We are inexperienced and have not been to many places

Comfoy
We are comfortable with ourselves and do not need to change

CARRRRRR
We drive a nice car and enjoy showing it off

Drive itsa ksdgls day no tank
We enjoy driving our car on a clear day without worrying about gas

Audicatiy
We have confidence and are not afraid to assert ourselves

Step to me
We are ready and willing to confront any challenge

Askt to hold hmoney
People often rely on us to handle their money

Check next week
We are expecting a payment to come in soon

Type of brothet\
Our identity is tied to being a supportive friend

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We are always looking for new experiences and opportunities

Baoy
We are sounding confident and assertive

Seigstaserlk scrub
We are dismissing someone who is not up to our standards

Can butsp can sel pyiblls billls
We have the ability to buy and sell things, including paying bills

Billls
We emphasize that paying bills is a big part of our lives

Billlls
We are thinking about our bills again

I dont think you do
We doubt that someone else understands our situation

Sooooo
We are drawing out our words for emphasis

W=youa nd me are
We are confident about our relationship with another person

Thurs!
We are excited about a future day

CARD!!!!!!
We are enthusiastic about using our credit card to buy things

Own name
We are proud of our identity and name

BILL
We are thinking about our bills again

SHOPPING
We enjoy going shopping and spending money

FRIENDS
Our relationships with our friends are important to us

HMMMMm
We are thinking about something deeply

Cell phone
Our phone is an important part of our life

PHONEEE
We are emphasizing the importance of our phone

Whoever you htink bye
We are dismissing someone who thinks they know us

Acting dumb
We are pretending to be less intelligent than we really are

Calls fmmmmh
We receive many phone calls and are annoyed by them

Another
We emphasize that there is always something else going on in our lives

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14y

@LoveJB4Etenity The Beezlebubs are the actual voices of the Warblers. And on top that that, if anyone copied anyone, it was Glee copying the Bubs, seeing as this video is 2 years old.

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14y

@jafacake09 SPOILERS: according to Warbler tweets, and Chris Colfer's, which YT won't let me link you, they're filming for eps. 11-12 currently, Bills.. is one of the songs featured in one of the eps. supposedly. i doubt they've even recorded songs for Regionals yet! or they have... i have no idea bout that last part, Glee's film scheduling is confusing/hectic. anyway, can't wait to hear a much better version of the Bubs singing this on Glee. y/y.