Obligatory context comment for poor confused mathew: In 'dead mom', lydia is singing about how much she misses her mom who died recently and how her dad has moved on with another woman so soon. I 100% recommend listening to the entire song, either for a video or in your own time. In 'say my name', lydia is about to commit suicide until beetlejuice catches her attention and tries to convince her to summon him so he can wreak havoc. When she wants her dad to "say [her] name", she means it in the way of trying to get his attention so he can see how much she's hurting. Then instead of using him, she decides to use adam and barbara since their services don't come with repercussions. The house lydia and her dad currently live in is also the one adam and barbara lived in before they died.
Fun fact alex brightman (the man who plays beetle juice" Has something called a ventricular fold where it lets him sound like that without breaking his vocal cords! He is literally irreplaceable
Context: Yes, both "That Beautiful Sound" and "Dead Mom" were cut here. They're both in the middle of a song. Why they cut "That Beautiful Sound" at the half point I can understand, but they did you so dirty with "Dead Mom".
yeah but if im not mistaken that clip was from a tv show performance, so needed to get cut from time. dead mom was from broadway so they couldve easily put the whole thing, but the establishment is against professional recordings for some reason@@prettybonesuglybody
7:38 yes that is the same guy! Alex Brightman is INSANELY talented and puts on the beetlejuice voice for every single performance and somehow doesn’t hurt his voice at all. He’s an absolutely incredible singer so the Beetlejuice voice doesn’t show the extent of his talent
@@clemclemclemclemcl Fizzarolli 🤝 Beetlejuice Gremlins, green & stripes, very... *unique* sense of humor, voiced by Alex Brightman, absolutely zero chill or subtlety whatsoever. Hm... Maybe there's a pattern to my favorite characters... 🤣
@@twist_ending7545 he is either cutting out a majority of the song for patreon or only found the short clips of the songs. either way we still get his opinion on the song and with the parts played its easy to get the jist of each one.
She isn't a ghost. She sings about being suicidal during the song. He also says "THEY'RE sweet but" meaning the two others are ghosts, so she is implying they can help her instead
I absolutely love Beetlejuice.. I am SOO happy you are covering it!! Alex Brightman (aka Beetlejuice) is a phenomenal actor, Beetlejuice shows that (especially The Whole Being Dead Thing).
I hear Alex Brightman singing and all I can think of is Fizarolli now, there's literally NO DIFFERENCE between the two voices when he sings. Also you should check out the old Beetlejuice cartoon, it's delightfully strange
"Yes" to Beetlejuice giving an introduction to the recently deceased (Adam and Barbara). Listen to the Pt. 2 of "the Whole Being Dead Thing", it helps explain things :) "No" to Lydia being a ghost-Lydia is alive and human. She is unrelated to Adam & Barbara, but she and her dad now live in the house those two died in.
Since you've been doing some more musicals recently can I suggest you listen to songs from ride the cyclone? Specifically "the ballad of jane doe", "noels lament", and "fall fair suite" :D Also if you do, make sure to watch with video, because the choreography just makes it SO much better
I COMPLETELY second this!!!! Ride the cyclone is just such a, for lack of a better word, ride. It's an absolute trip of a musical and every song is so different but so GOOD!!
For the record, the “beautiful sound” referenced in the first song is the sound of someone screaming in terror. So. And yes, there’s only one Beetlejuice. He can just replicate himself as one of his party tricks.
7:38 yeah! Alex Brightman (the actor who plays Beetlejuice) is crazy talented when it comes to voices. In addition to musical theatre, he's also done voice acting for some things, including Fizzarolli in Helluva Boss :)
this musical is truly i think one of the best theater experiences i’ve ever seen in person half bc of alex brightman, half bc of the set/lighting design. the show is super meta (given the whole being dead thing) and essentially beetlejuice is a underworld demon who can become a physical entity but only if a living human says his name 3 times in a row, uninterrupted. most living people can’t see him but for some reason, lydia can. beetlejuice stops adam and barbara from going to the netherworld and staying in the in between to get them to possess a living person to say his name fun fact: alex can do the beetlejuice voice w/o issue bc he has something w his vocal box that most people don’t have so it’s not damaging his voice like it would be for most
Beetlejuices actor calls himself a freak of nature lol, his vocal chords are literally made in a way that gives him the ability to do that more scratchy voice so well
Tiny bit of clarification. Lydia is not dead. Betelgeuse stopped her from committing suicide in that last song. She was gonna jump off the roof because it seems like everyone has moved on from missing her mother. Betelgeuse sees the opportunity to take revenge on her dad. (This is coming from someone who knows the songs but hasn’t seen the play, I could be a little off)
alex brightman has a weird anatomical thing that makes him be able to do 8 shows a week like that without damaging his voice so if you wanna sound like him be extremely careful (and also probably don't do 8 shows a week yknow)
I do want to inform you that there's a beginning to That Beautiful Sound and it's way more chaotic than what you listened to. There's also a beginning to Dead Mom. It gets so crazy.
You should do a video with songs from the percy jackson: the Lightning Thief Musical. They are so good! Especially tree on the hill and my grand plan, Overall, it's a really fun time, really recommend. Also, the guy who was Michael in be more chill (George salazar) is grover in it!
My college did the show just this month. Before, I didn't even know a musical existed, but when I saw the flyers for auditions, I was hyped to see it. I'm not sure how the original cast was like but I did enjoy what I saw at school.
without spoiling too much (bc i'd love for you to do another video reacting to more of the musical,) lydia is NOT dead. beetlejuice, adam, and barbara are. you got beetlejuice's character down pretty good but adam and barbara are the newly dead ghosts. lydia is the only living person that can see them because ghosts are strange and unusual and as she says; "i myself am strange and unusual" great video as usual! i'd love for you to react to more broadway :) there's a TON of fantastic shows out there for you to check out
i loved this reaction!!! if you didn’t know, Beetlejuice is also a movie staring michael keaton and wynona ryder. it was then later turned into musical which is what you’re reacting to. if you want more info about what’s going on, watching the movie would be a good way!!
I wish he had found an actual version of both Beautiful Sound and Dead mom, that wasn’t halfway through the end of the song. Either way, great video Matt! (If you like any of the songs, definitely look up a full version)
So Lydia, the goth chick, is an alive human girl, who embraces the idea of death, and because of that, she is able to see and communicate with the dead. Beetlejuice is a ghost demon dude who's powerful and needs to have his name spoken by someone 3 times for his full potential and begin his master plan. (He's also the worlds creepiest ghost with lewd jokes and stuff left and right) That's all I'll say, hope it didn't spoil all too much. (But the person who plays Beetlejuice, aka Alex Brightman, is the voice of fizzeroli from helluva boss)
NOOOOO!!! I was so excited that he was going to listen to Dead Mom, but it was only the last portion. He needs to listen to the whole thing! Easliy one of the best songs.
It's actually hilarious in the show when Barbara says "Look at these jugs!" because Beetlejuice just turns around really fast, then he looks annoyed and stalks off. I think he was hoping she was going to flash him and then got all annoyed that she was actually talking about real jugs.
You should had listened to the entirety of Dead Mom. That was just the end of the song. Lydia 's mother was named Emily. Her dad, Charles, isn't only moving on with someone else, but Emily's death was tragic and he didn't want to acknowledge it because it hurt too much. Lydia feels invisible and pushed away because of this, and worried that her mother's memories were fading as a result. Beetlegeuse, who's first name is Lawrence, is a demonic ghost, but an anti hero, who's stuck in our world, where no one can see him. He's lonley and feels invisible, until he meets the Maitlands (Adam and Barbara) and Lydia (who he becomes friends with) saying his name three times in a row summons him and he can wreak havoc. Lydia moved in to the house that the Maitlands died in. She is the only one who can see them. But she wants to move back to her home town and wants to scare her dad into leaving. Lydia is not dead, not a ghost. The Maitlands are dead. Lydia is alive. The Maitands become her surrogate ghost parents.
Yeeaah, you probably should have watched one of the filmed live performances of the whole being dead thing, it's definitely the better way to experience that one haha.
The most mind-blowing thing about anything Beetlejuice is the fact that, despite the musical and movies being called "Beetlejuice", the titular character's name is actually spelled "Betelgeuse".
@@dradel2050it's true. It's how it's spelled in there movie and the Broadway show made a replica of the light up sign in the film, so canonically, yes, that is how his name is spelled. It's also a real star in the galaxy.
I was kind of hoping you’d watch one of their songs titled “Creepy Old Guy” your reaction would be hilarious since you wouldn’t have any context on what is happening XD
I'm not a big musical person, but I adore this one. It just stands out so much. I actually used The Whole Being Dead Thing to see if my brother would be interested. He got such a kick out of it that he was game to go see it. Took him to see the final show on January 8th. He was laughing, bouncing in his seat, and had a good cry. (He was actually salty about the cry part; I didn't warn him that it has some gut punch moments.) The soundtrack is now in his music rotation. Lmao. (Also-- There's a touring show for it. I haven't seen one of those, but I've heard great things.)
No, Lydia is not a ghost. She's suicidal. She's saying she doesn't need Beetlejuice because there's already ghosts in the house who can possess people. She's one of very few people who can see ghosts. I'm not sure why Beetlejuice can't say his name, but I'm guessing because it would be too easy to summon him if he could tell them what to say? As it is, his name is actually supposed to be spelled 'Betelgeuse", but it got spelled the way it is now so everyone could pronounce it. The movie isn't scary either, just typical Tim Burton.
19:18 (in the musical anyway) Lydia’s mother died roughly a year earlier (cause of death; not said) they moved to a new house, and the father moved on from his wife very very quickly. Lydia was upset about all this. She’s contemplating suicide, but beetlejuice stops her, mostly bc he is a demon that needs a living person to say his name 3x. Adam and Barbara are ghost who are recently deceased.
Musical videos are back. I want to tell you that there's a musical based on Death Note. And there's an concept album in english, you could react to it! Musical and anime in the same videos.
One of my favorite musicals tbh the cast was too loveable and perfect in their roles and it's a perfect balance of real emotion and comedy. And of course the music is amazing lol I hope you'd be open to maybeeeee doing a reaction to the full play in some kind of stream?? Maybe it could be planned and watched in discord cause damn this is a good one to watch with full context. The master cut you watched of Say My Name is the kind of thing that is best (if you can find them) they're gems because people put effort into sorting through a lot of bootlegs to find the best shots and stitch them all together.
So...Lydia is alive, and wants her dad to acknowledge her, Beetlejuice is a ghost/demon thing who is a human exorcist, at one point sort of employed by the couple in 'say my name', who are the ghosts of the people who died in the earlier song (Adam and Barbara) to get humans out of their house. Things get complex, for Bj to stay out of hell he needs to get married, which is where lydia comes in in his plans. And then for some reason he gets either pushed into hell or eaten by a massive sandworm. Can't remember which, both the musical and the film are beyond weird.
Please listen to the rest of the soundtrack! Also, you should hunt down the full version of "Dead Mom"!. Here's the song list in case no one's offered one yet, I recommend "Invisible", "No Reason", and "What I Know Now": Prologue/Invisible [✓] The Whole "Being Dead" Thing [✓] Ready Set Not Yet The Whole "Being Dead" Thing, Pt. 2 The Whole "Being Dead" Thing, Pt. 3 (Not in the cast recording) [ * ] Dead Mom Fright Of Their Lives/Ready Set Not Yet (Reprise) No Reason Invisible (Reprise)/On the Roof [✓] Say My Name Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) Girl Scout [✓] That Beautiful Sound Barbara 2.0 The Whole "Being Dead" Thing, Pt. 4 Good Old-Fashioned Wedding What I Know Now Home Creepy Old Guy Jump in the Line/Dead Mom (Reprise)/Home
You really should react to the next ones, seriously! Especially to Creppy Old Guy (but listen to the others first so you have at least SOME bit of context) and What I Know Now. Also, honey, u just heard Barbara and Adam DYING! THEY are the ghosts. Beetlejuice is a demon, and Lydia is just an emo/goth regular kid that somehow can see and interact with them all (and through the song he's trying to convince her not to jump of her home's roof cuz he needs her to say his name 3 times while being alive and to find another way, WITH HIS "HELP", to get her daddy's attention instead of ending her life)
Yeah the transition from the Original film to the Broadway production did it's thing, Opening Number: The Whole Being dead Thing: A Meta 4th wall number with plenty of wordplay puns and cultural/Broadway references [Rogers/Hammerstein, [Sound of Music etc score writers] Ready, Set. Not Yet: Adam and Barbara's song of Procrastination and aimlessness... Lydia: "Dead Mom": Lydia's power ballad to feeling invisible, missing her mom and being generally depressed and angry at her dad Say my Name: BeetleJuice's attempt to convince Lydia to 'summon' him to 'employ' him to get her dad's attention That Beautiful sound: A celebratory song w/ Lydia And Beetle juice for getting her dad's attention and being 'seen" maybe not the most accurate summary but lol
To clarify: Beetlejuice - Demon. Trapped in the house due to being technically dead. Invisible to living humans. Adam and Barbara - New homeowners who buy the house and instantly die by falling through a hole in the floor "Ready Set Not Yet" They spend the rest of the show as ghosts. The rest of the show is set 10 years later when the house is sold again Lydia - Alive. Just moved in with her dad and new stepmom. Is able to see BJ due to recently having seen the death of her mother.
The "Beatifull Sound" song wasn't complete on that video. And the sound they talk about is the screamings and the sound of terror people make when they traumatize people for life.😂
some context: "The beautiful sound" was actually not the full song you listened to. Only the last part. The song is one of the first songs of the second act, in which Lydia and Beetlejuice end up scaring anyone who comes up to their door. (Including a young girlscout with heart problems, who ofc has a heart attack. But she ends up being fine). "the beautiful sound" they keep referring to is the sound of screams of terror. "The whole being dead thing." is the second song in the musical. Where Beetlejuice quite literally introduces the AUDIENCE to the concept of death. Yeah, Beetlejuice constantly breaks the fourth wall lol. He's the only character in the musical who does. Depanding on if you watch the show or listen to the album, the lyrics will also change. For example, when listining to the album, the song will say "If you die while listening to this album, it's still gonna keep playing." while in the show he'll say: "If you die during tonight's performance, the show will not stop" "Dead mom" is also not the complete song. The song is about how Lydia deals with the recent death of her mom. She has trouble moving on (naturally) and has fallen into a depression. The line "Or i'll be in my bedroom, wake me whem i'm twentyone." refers to her wanting to drink her pain away, for which you ofc need to be 21 in the states. Her father on the other hand, deals with his wife's death by simply not talking about it. Something Lydia doesn't understand. "Ready set, not yet" is the third song in the play. In which Adam and Barbera Maitland are preparing their home for their future kid (which both ofc aren't ready for and are doubting if they'll even try for a baby rn), but sadly, at the end of the song, both of them fall through the floor and die. Resulting in the now haunted house being bought by Lydia's dad. "Say bmy name" is like is sort of obvious, Beetlejuice trying to onvince Lydia to say his name. Basically, as an old ghost, he is invicible to most people except Lydia. If she says his name 3 times in a row, he'll become visible to all the living. He basically walked into Lydia trying to kill herself and took it as an opportunity to become visible, promising her that he'll make her dad hurt if she helps him out. Also, did the slightly sexual remarks make you uncomfortable, just wait until you hear about the piece of lore that states ghosts can become alive again if they marry the living person who's seen them first. and that's how we get the song "Creepy old guy"
Alex brightman’s voice is actually naturally that raspy and raw it’s not a character that’s how he sings its very cool he also voices fizzirolli in helluva boss
it’s not naturally like that, it’s just a skill he has. if you want to hear his natural voice, listen to him in interviews or in the musical “school of rock”.
I love Beetlejuice so much, it's one of my favourite musicals and I was so excited to see you'd reacted to it! Also your confusion is very understandable, it is very weird (I think by design). I hope you react to more songs from Beetlejuice in the future!
Beetlejuice is really weird but totally awesome! Dead Mom, The Whole Being Dead Thing, Ready Set Not Yet and Barbara 2.0 are my personal favorites ❤ I commented this on one of your JATP videos but I totally think you should listen to Newsies the Broadway musical! The lead is a voice from Tangled the Series too- Nothing Left to Lose is sooo good
There's only one Beetlejuice (his first name is revealed to be Lawrance) but the others were magical clones he creates just in that scene. Also, Lydia is not dead, not a ghost. The Maitland's are ghost. Lydia is the only one who can see them.
7:34 alex can do this thing with his voice. So Alex has a kind of naturally high Tambor to his voice and he started to playing around with his voice to find the right voice for beetlejuice. And what he found is that he sort of a mutant and he has capacity to squeeze together things in his throat that not everybody can. He’s beating other things together in his throat and when he found that out it became wildly easy to play around with.
These clips go right into the middle of the song and so it takes a lot of context out of the songs. It’s probably best just to listen to the album itself like you did with ‘the whole being dead thing’.
I clicked this video faster than I've ever clicked a video before! I absolutely adore the Beetlejuice musical (and movie). I am so glad that you got to listen to some of the songs and hope you react to even more! I had the pleasure of seeing Beetlejuice on Broadway 4 days before the show finally made it's last run on January 8th of this year and it 100% lived up to expectations! I'm actually going to be seeing it on tour this October as well!
SPOILER Beetlejuice is a story about found family, Adam and Barbra never got the chance to have a kid due to all the fears of not being ready. Lydia feels abandoned by her family and wishes to get back at them. after Adam and Barbra die they support Lydia (her family moves into there house after they die) and in an interesting win win Lydia gets parents and they get a kid.
When I clicked on this vid I was expecting a reaction to the full stage musical, but your utter confusion and utter concern is almost better it's just so good
Oh you poor sweet summer child. Beetlejuice came into this world the same year I did, and the sequel just dropped this year and was WORTH THE WAIT! There was also a cartoon from back in 89 or 90, and this musical from a couple years ago. Watch em all. 💚💚💚💚💚
I was supposed to go see it May of 2020, a month before it went off. It was meant to be a birthday gift for me because I'd listen to the soundtrack all the time. It never happened for obvious reasons.
I just love Beatlejuice, thank you for reacting to this musical!! Also, i want to highly recommend you musical "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (if you haven’t watched it already)
Our whole family loves musicals and our 8 year old got our family into this one. We didn’t know anything about it till she started singing dead mom. It’s such a great show.
Love your videos! It’s be really cool of you reacted to some Scooby Doo songs. Here are a few good ones: Scooby Doo: Pirates Ahoy- “That’s the Way We Go” Scooby Doo: Pirates Ahoy- “Blow Ye Winds” Scooby Doo and The Cyber Chase- “Hello Cyberdream” Scooby doo and the Goblin King- “Goblin Oogie Boogie” Scooby doo on Zombie Island- “It’s Terror Time Again” Scooby doo and The Alien Invaders- “How Groovy” Scooby doo! Mystery Incorporated- “Trap of Love” Scooby doo and the Witch’s Ghost- “Earth, Wind, Fire, and Air” Scooby doo and the Witch’s Ghost- “I’m a Hex Girl”
man my talking skills were so bad in this vid lmao my fave is "b-b-b-b-beauty is in thye of the be-hollld-ERR" 🙃
🤣🙃
It’s ok you tried
It’s the effort that counts Matt 😅
Just call it beatboxing and you're fine
Matt, I suggest going back and listening to the entire version of "Dead Mom"
Obligatory context comment for poor confused mathew:
In 'dead mom', lydia is singing about how much she misses her mom who died recently and how her dad has moved on with another woman so soon. I 100% recommend listening to the entire song, either for a video or in your own time.
In 'say my name', lydia is about to commit suicide until beetlejuice catches her attention and tries to convince her to summon him so he can wreak havoc. When she wants her dad to "say [her] name", she means it in the way of trying to get his attention so he can see how much she's hurting. Then instead of using him, she decides to use adam and barbara since their services don't come with repercussions. The house lydia and her dad currently live in is also the one adam and barbara lived in before they died.
I think he just needs to watch the movie
@@Aqua1515or the Beetlejuice “slime tutorial” on RUclips
Yes! Listen to the whole song!
@@Aqua1515The movie and the musical are two pretty different things.
@@saddlebag even so, you can get the basics of what beetlejuice is, how to summon him, who adam/barbara/lydia all are... ect.
Fun fact alex brightman (the man who plays beetle juice" Has something called a ventricular fold where it lets him sound like that without breaking his vocal cords! He is literally irreplaceable
Trueee
I apparently also have that, I just have no clue how to sing in it, I call it my venom voice and i named it
Basically a “mutant”
Off topic I love your pfp
@@bboleyngirl ty
What’s your favourite npmd song?
Context: Yes, both "That Beautiful Sound" and "Dead Mom" were cut here. They're both in the middle of a song. Why they cut "That Beautiful Sound" at the half point I can understand, but they did you so dirty with "Dead Mom".
I agree, Dead Mom is one of my favourite songs in the soundtrack and it works so much better listening to it all the way through!
the beginning of beautiful sound does add context to the song for someone who’s never seen it though
DEAD MOM DESERVES BETTER :(
yeah but if im not mistaken that clip was from a tv show performance, so needed to get cut from time. dead mom was from broadway so they couldve easily put the whole thing, but the establishment is against professional recordings for some reason@@prettybonesuglybody
Dead Mom is AMAZING and it's so sad that it's been a victim today
7:38 yes that is the same guy! Alex Brightman is INSANELY talented and puts on the beetlejuice voice for every single performance and somehow doesn’t hurt his voice at all. He’s an absolutely incredible singer so the Beetlejuice voice doesn’t show the extent of his talent
He can do that with his voice because he has something different about his vocal chords!
@@karabelle221 He also trained a lot with a vocal coach to make sure he could do it in a safe way
Maybe he should react to School of Rock? Alex Brightman AND talented kids.
also he voices that one
that one from the hell show
woah
@@clemclemclemclemcl
Fizzarolli 🤝 Beetlejuice
Gremlins, green & stripes, very... *unique* sense of humor, voiced by Alex Brightman, absolutely zero chill or subtlety whatsoever.
Hm... Maybe there's a pattern to my favorite characters... 🤣
I absolutely ADORE Lydia’s voice
It scratches an itch in my brain i didn't know i had
Same
I KNOW
fr! I'm so sad he didn't listen to all of Dead Mom :(
@@v69alix Bro I know! The rest of the song is so good!
Sophia will always be missed 😔
But neither Elizabeth or Presley are bad, either.
MATTHEW LISTENING TO BEETLEJUICE? What tf did we do to deserve this?! 😦💗
Ikr
Barely. He's not listening to the whole song
@@twist_ending7545 he is either cutting out a majority of the song for patreon or only found the short clips of the songs. either way we still get his opinion on the song and with the parts played its easy to get the jist of each one.
I'd say this is a total Sucks-yes
IKR I'M CRYING OUT OF HAPPINESS
She isn't a ghost. She sings about being suicidal during the song. He also says "THEY'RE sweet but" meaning the two others are ghosts, so she is implying they can help her instead
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shame that you only listened to clips of 'That Beautiful Sound' and 'Dead Mom', those are some of the best songs in the soundtrack!
Whoever uploaded those clips is evil. Who uploads half a song? 😭
Yeah! He should’ve listened to the whole song :/
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"Mr. Juice" lmao I'm dying there's a moment in the show where Lydia's dad calls him that and just as funny when you do it
I absolutely love Beetlejuice.. I am SOO happy you are covering it!! Alex Brightman (aka Beetlejuice) is a phenomenal actor, Beetlejuice shows that (especially The Whole Being Dead Thing).
IKR the way alex brightman sings in character is AMAZING. i tried to attempt wut he does when i was younger and i brutally failed🤣
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True, but if you keep going and don't stop, as well as singing from the back of your throat, you will eventually get it.
I hear Alex Brightman singing and all I can think of is Fizarolli now, there's literally NO DIFFERENCE between the two voices when he sings. Also you should check out the old Beetlejuice cartoon, it's delightfully strange
Nice, when he sings all I can think of is Mr Sneably from School Of Rock throwing a Halloween party
He also does puglsey in dead end:paranormal park
His range is wild
With me, it's the opposite. Every time I hear Fizzarolli, I can only think of Beetlejuice.
I'm quite sure they are the same person
@@weirdo10157 Yes they are, I know that but the thing is there's literally no difference between his Fizarolli and his Beetlejuice voices
"Yes" to Beetlejuice giving an introduction to the recently deceased (Adam and Barbara). Listen to the Pt. 2 of "the Whole Being Dead Thing", it helps explain things :)
"No" to Lydia being a ghost-Lydia is alive and human. She is unrelated to Adam & Barbara, but she and her dad now live in the house those two died in.
technically speaking, Beetlejuice is giving the *audience* an introduction in The Whole Being Dead Thing.
Since you've been doing some more musicals recently can I suggest you listen to songs from ride the cyclone? Specifically "the ballad of jane doe", "noels lament", and "fall fair suite" :D
Also if you do, make sure to watch with video, because the choreography just makes it SO much better
I COMPLETELY second this!!!! Ride the cyclone is just such a, for lack of a better word, ride. It's an absolute trip of a musical and every song is so different but so GOOD!!
@@tomvanvuchelen5576you could say it's a roller-coaster ride of emotions
@@Asmodeus_682 it's just a RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDEEEEEEEEEE
yes yes yes!
I was literally about to comment this!
we NEED part 2. ‘Home’ will blow your mind. Also “Creepy old guy” is very fun
Definitely! And Banana Boat(I think that’s what it's called)! That song is chaos incarnate.
Yes!!!!
I’d love to hear his thoughts on No Reason 😂
Creepy old guy is a complete fever dream lmao
Yesss creepy old guys
For the record, the “beautiful sound” referenced in the first song is the sound of someone screaming in terror. So.
And yes, there’s only one Beetlejuice. He can just replicate himself as one of his party tricks.
7:38 yeah! Alex Brightman (the actor who plays Beetlejuice) is crazy talented when it comes to voices. In addition to musical theatre, he's also done voice acting for some things, including Fizzarolli in Helluva Boss :)
this musical is truly i think one of the best theater experiences i’ve ever seen in person half bc of alex brightman, half bc of the set/lighting design. the show is super meta (given the whole being dead thing) and essentially beetlejuice is a underworld demon who can become a physical entity but only if a living human says his name 3 times in a row, uninterrupted. most living people can’t see him but for some reason, lydia can. beetlejuice stops adam and barbara from going to the netherworld and staying in the in between to get them to possess a living person to say his name
fun fact: alex can do the beetlejuice voice w/o issue bc he has something w his vocal box that most people don’t have so it’s not damaging his voice like it would be for most
Makes sense why he can also play as Fizzarolli since Fizz is a survivor of basically a full body burn.
For some clarification: Lydia is NOT a ghost, however, the two "5 star reviewers" are, hence her saying "What do I need you for?"
Beetlejuices actor calls himself a freak of nature lol, his vocal chords are literally made in a way that gives him the ability to do that more scratchy voice so well
Fun Fact: Alex Brightman (Who plays Beetlejuice) is the VA of Adam and Sir Pentious from Hazbin Hotel and then Fizzarolli from Helluva Boss
Tiny bit of clarification. Lydia is not dead. Betelgeuse stopped her from committing suicide in that last song. She was gonna jump off the roof because it seems like everyone has moved on from missing her mother. Betelgeuse sees the opportunity to take revenge on her dad. (This is coming from someone who knows the songs but hasn’t seen the play, I could be a little off)
I love watching Matthew go “he’s a demon-“
YES YES
“and she’s a ghost”
NOOOO SO CLOSE
Accidentally hit this notification but oh my god it was a beautiful mistake I love some Mathew content and I fucking adore beetlejuice
happy accident
@@MathewMcKenna you're right holy shit
Other songs to listen to:
- What I Know Now
- No Reason
- Girl Scout
- Home
- Creepy Old Guy (it’s exactly what it sounds like)
- Day-O
alex brightman has a weird anatomical thing that makes him be able to do 8 shows a week like that without damaging his voice so if you wanna sound like him be extremely careful (and also probably don't do 8 shows a week yknow)
I love knowing the context and seeing Mathew genuinely confused 😂
Creepy Old Guy is a song where it is necessary to look up the plot of the musical for context
Oh gods, can you imagine his face WITHOUT the context?! 😂😂😂
I do want to inform you that there's a beginning to That Beautiful Sound and it's way more chaotic than what you listened to. There's also a beginning to Dead Mom. It gets so crazy.
You should do a video with songs from
the percy jackson: the Lightning Thief
Musical. They are so good! Especially
tree on the hill and my grand plan,
Overall, it's a really fun time, really
recommend. Also, the guy who was
Michael in be more chill (George salazar)
is grover in it!
yes yes yes!! thank you because i've been recommending it for ages as well. super underrated but the songs are amazing!
finding an order of what to listen to would be so interesting here if Matthew doesn’t know PJO
YES P L E A S E
My college did the show just this month. Before, I didn't even know a musical existed, but when I saw the flyers for auditions, I was hyped to see it. I'm not sure how the original cast was like but I did enjoy what I saw at school.
No joke screamed when he said “dead mom” and then slowly started to die inside when I realised it was the live version bc it’s not the full song
without spoiling too much (bc i'd love for you to do another video reacting to more of the musical,) lydia is NOT dead. beetlejuice, adam, and barbara are. you got beetlejuice's character down pretty good but adam and barbara are the newly dead ghosts. lydia is the only living person that can see them because ghosts are strange and unusual and as she says; "i myself am strange and unusual"
great video as usual! i'd love for you to react to more broadway :) there's a TON of fantastic shows out there for you to check out
i loved this reaction!!! if you didn’t know, Beetlejuice is also a movie staring michael keaton and wynona ryder. it was then later turned into musical which is what you’re reacting to. if you want more info about what’s going on, watching the movie would be a good way!!
I wish he had found an actual version of both Beautiful Sound and Dead mom, that wasn’t halfway through the end of the song. Either way, great video Matt! (If you like any of the songs, definitely look up a full version)
If we’re getting more musical reactions, I would 100% recommend Twisted. It’s my favourite musical of all time.
Yes yes yes yessssssss please
So Lydia, the goth chick, is an alive human girl, who embraces the idea of death, and because of that, she is able to see and communicate with the dead. Beetlejuice is a ghost demon dude who's powerful and needs to have his name spoken by someone 3 times for his full potential and begin his master plan. (He's also the worlds creepiest ghost with lewd jokes and stuff left and right) That's all I'll say, hope it didn't spoil all too much.
(But the person who plays Beetlejuice, aka Alex Brightman, is the voice of fizzeroli from helluva boss)
NOOOOO!!! I was so excited that he was going to listen to Dead Mom, but it was only the last portion. He needs to listen to the whole thing! Easliy one of the best songs.
Lydia is alive , Adam & Barbara are ghosts, and Beetlejuice is a demon/ghost
i never realized how weird "ready, set, not yet" was out of context😭
Mathew always comes up with such an amazing content and she always makes our day or night even better RESPECT
It's actually hilarious in the show when Barbara says "Look at these jugs!" because Beetlejuice just turns around really fast, then he looks annoyed and stalks off. I think he was hoping she was going to flash him and then got all annoyed that she was actually talking about real jugs.
You should had listened to the entirety of Dead Mom. That was just the end of the song. Lydia 's mother was named Emily. Her dad, Charles, isn't only moving on with someone else, but Emily's death was tragic and he didn't want to acknowledge it because it hurt too much. Lydia feels invisible and pushed away because of this, and worried that her mother's memories were fading as a result.
Beetlegeuse, who's first name is Lawrence, is a demonic ghost, but an anti hero, who's stuck in our world, where no one can see him. He's lonley and feels invisible, until he meets the Maitlands (Adam and Barbara) and Lydia (who he becomes friends with) saying his name three times in a row summons him and he can wreak havoc. Lydia moved in to the house that the Maitlands died in. She is the only one who can see them. But she wants to move back to her home town and wants to scare her dad into leaving. Lydia is not dead, not a ghost. The Maitlands are dead. Lydia is alive. The Maitands become her surrogate ghost parents.
I definitely recommend checking out the full songs, that beautiful sound for example started like halfway 😅
And dead mom you missed a lot of the song
Remember he is THE VA of Fizzarolli (clown character in Helluva Boss) ✨
Yeeaah, you probably should have watched one of the filmed live performances of the whole being dead thing, it's definitely the better way to experience that one haha.
8:44 another line that I like is, “nobody is bulletproof!”
The most mind-blowing thing about anything Beetlejuice is the fact that, despite the musical and movies being called "Beetlejuice", the titular character's name is actually spelled "Betelgeuse".
??????
@@dradel2050 You are welcome
@@dradel2050it's true. It's how it's spelled in there movie and the Broadway show made a replica of the light up sign in the film, so canonically, yes, that is how his name is spelled. It's also a real star in the galaxy.
Beetlejuice is so chaotic and it’s amazing
DO THE FULL VERSION OF DEAD MOM PLEASE ITS TOOO GOOOD
The timing of this video is HILARIOUS because I’m literally going to see Beetlejuice live on Saturday
I was kind of hoping you’d watch one of their songs titled “Creepy Old Guy” your reaction would be hilarious since you wouldn’t have any context on what is happening XD
I'm not a big musical person, but I adore this one. It just stands out so much. I actually used The Whole Being Dead Thing to see if my brother would be interested. He got such a kick out of it that he was game to go see it. Took him to see the final show on January 8th. He was laughing, bouncing in his seat, and had a good cry. (He was actually salty about the cry part; I didn't warn him that it has some gut punch moments.)
The soundtrack is now in his music rotation. Lmao.
(Also-- There's a touring show for it. I haven't seen one of those, but I've heard great things.)
The touring show is great. The actors playing Lydia and Betelgeuse are the closest I've seen come to the original cast.
I’m going to see the touring show in a few months! Definitely haven’t been listening to the soundtrack on repeat since I’m so excited-
OMG THIS IS MY FAVOURITE MUSICAL!!!!!!!! I'M SO EXCITED FOR THIS VIDEO ITS GONNA BE INCREDIBLE- WAS TOO THRILLED HAD TO COMMENT RIGHT AWAY LMAODNDK
Yes, “The Whole Being Dead Thing” is the intro song and yes all of that (minus background singers) is Bettlejuice himself.
No, Lydia is not a ghost. She's suicidal. She's saying she doesn't need Beetlejuice because there's already ghosts in the house who can possess people. She's one of very few people who can see ghosts. I'm not sure why Beetlejuice can't say his name, but I'm guessing because it would be too easy to summon him if he could tell them what to say? As it is, his name is actually supposed to be spelled 'Betelgeuse", but it got spelled the way it is now so everyone could pronounce it. The movie isn't scary either, just typical Tim Burton.
Loved you reactions, but I'm so sad you didn't hear all of Dead Mom. It's such an amazing song! I highly recommend listening to the full version!
19:18 (in the musical anyway) Lydia’s mother died roughly a year earlier (cause of death; not said) they moved to a new house, and the father moved on from his wife very very quickly. Lydia was upset about all this.
She’s contemplating suicide, but beetlejuice stops her, mostly bc he is a demon that needs a living person to say his name 3x.
Adam and Barbara are ghost who are recently deceased.
Lydia isn't dead. The other two are though 😊
Fantastic reaction. I hope to see you reacting to the other songs because they are fantastic!
Musical videos are back. I want to tell you that there's a musical based on Death Note. And there's an concept album in english, you could react to it! Musical and anime in the same videos.
The is fun, also Jermey Jordan is awesome.
One of my favorite musicals tbh the cast was too loveable and perfect in their roles and it's a perfect balance of real emotion and comedy. And of course the music is amazing lol I hope you'd be open to maybeeeee doing a reaction to the full play in some kind of stream?? Maybe it could be planned and watched in discord cause damn this is a good one to watch with full context.
The master cut you watched of Say My Name is the kind of thing that is best (if you can find them) they're gems because people put effort into sorting through a lot of bootlegs to find the best shots and stitch them all together.
So...Lydia is alive, and wants her dad to acknowledge her, Beetlejuice is a ghost/demon thing who is a human exorcist, at one point sort of employed by the couple in 'say my name', who are the ghosts of the people who died in the earlier song (Adam and Barbara) to get humans out of their house. Things get complex, for Bj to stay out of hell he needs to get married, which is where lydia comes in in his plans. And then for some reason he gets either pushed into hell or eaten by a massive sandworm. Can't remember which, both the musical and the film are beyond weird.
Adam and Barbara* but I'd say the rest is about right
@@trystinew.469 My mistake, fixed it.
I would love if he did a part two to this and maybe even an "Out of Context" reaction vid
Please listen to the rest of the soundtrack! Also, you should hunt down the full version of "Dead Mom"!.
Here's the song list in case no one's offered one yet, I recommend "Invisible", "No Reason", and "What I Know Now":
Prologue/Invisible
[✓] The Whole "Being Dead" Thing
[✓] Ready Set Not Yet
The Whole "Being Dead" Thing, Pt. 2
The Whole "Being Dead" Thing, Pt. 3 (Not in the cast recording)
[ * ] Dead Mom
Fright Of Their Lives/Ready Set Not Yet (Reprise)
No Reason
Invisible (Reprise)/On the Roof
[✓] Say My Name
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)
Girl Scout
[✓] That Beautiful Sound
Barbara 2.0
The Whole "Being Dead" Thing, Pt. 4
Good Old-Fashioned Wedding
What I Know Now
Home
Creepy Old Guy
Jump in the Line/Dead Mom (Reprise)/Home
You really should react to the next ones, seriously! Especially to Creppy Old Guy (but listen to the others first so you have at least SOME bit of context) and What I Know Now.
Also, honey, u just heard Barbara and Adam DYING! THEY are the ghosts. Beetlejuice is a demon, and Lydia is just an emo/goth regular kid that somehow can see and interact with them all (and through the song he's trying to convince her not to jump of her home's roof cuz he needs her to say his name 3 times while being alive and to find another way, WITH HIS "HELP", to get her daddy's attention instead of ending her life)
Yeah the transition from the Original film to the Broadway production did it's thing,
Opening Number: The Whole Being dead Thing: A Meta 4th wall number with plenty of wordplay puns and cultural/Broadway references [Rogers/Hammerstein, [Sound of Music etc score writers]
Ready, Set. Not Yet: Adam and Barbara's song of Procrastination and aimlessness...
Lydia: "Dead Mom": Lydia's power ballad to feeling invisible, missing her mom and being generally depressed and angry at her dad
Say my Name: BeetleJuice's attempt to convince Lydia to 'summon' him to 'employ' him to get her dad's attention
That Beautiful sound: A celebratory song w/ Lydia And Beetle juice for getting her dad's attention and being 'seen"
maybe not the most accurate summary but lol
To clarify:
Beetlejuice - Demon. Trapped in the house due to being technically dead. Invisible to living humans.
Adam and Barbara - New homeowners who buy the house and instantly die by falling through a hole in the floor "Ready Set Not Yet" They spend the rest of the show as ghosts.
The rest of the show is set 10 years later when the house is sold again
Lydia - Alive. Just moved in with her dad and new stepmom. Is able to see BJ due to recently having seen the death of her mother.
The "Beatifull Sound" song wasn't complete on that video. And the sound they talk about is the screamings and the sound of terror people make when they traumatize people for life.😂
The eyeliner made it look like he was crying 😂
some context:
"The beautiful sound" was actually not the full song you listened to. Only the last part. The song is one of the first songs of the second act, in which Lydia and Beetlejuice end up scaring anyone who comes up to their door. (Including a young girlscout with heart problems, who ofc has a heart attack. But she ends up being fine). "the beautiful sound" they keep referring to is the sound of screams of terror.
"The whole being dead thing." is the second song in the musical. Where Beetlejuice quite literally introduces the AUDIENCE to the concept of death. Yeah, Beetlejuice constantly breaks the fourth wall lol. He's the only character in the musical who does. Depanding on if you watch the show or listen to the album, the lyrics will also change. For example, when listining to the album, the song will say "If you die while listening to this album, it's still gonna keep playing." while in the show he'll say: "If you die during tonight's performance, the show will not stop"
"Dead mom" is also not the complete song. The song is about how Lydia deals with the recent death of her mom. She has trouble moving on (naturally) and has fallen into a depression. The line "Or i'll be in my bedroom, wake me whem i'm twentyone." refers to her wanting to drink her pain away, for which you ofc need to be 21 in the states. Her father on the other hand, deals with his wife's death by simply not talking about it. Something Lydia doesn't understand.
"Ready set, not yet" is the third song in the play. In which Adam and Barbera Maitland are preparing their home for their future kid (which both ofc aren't ready for and are doubting if they'll even try for a baby rn), but sadly, at the end of the song, both of them fall through the floor and die. Resulting in the now haunted house being bought by Lydia's dad.
"Say bmy name" is like is sort of obvious, Beetlejuice trying to onvince Lydia to say his name. Basically, as an old ghost, he is invicible to most people except Lydia. If she says his name 3 times in a row, he'll become visible to all the living. He basically walked into Lydia trying to kill herself and took it as an opportunity to become visible, promising her that he'll make her dad hurt if she helps him out. Also, did the slightly sexual remarks make you uncomfortable, just wait until you hear about the piece of lore that states ghosts can become alive again if they marry the living person who's seen them first. and that's how we get the song "Creepy old guy"
Alex brightman’s voice is actually naturally that raspy and raw it’s not a character that’s how he sings its very cool he also voices fizzirolli in helluva boss
No it's not naturally like that? He uses a voice distortion with his vocal folds to achieved that sound. Its a technique.
it’s not naturally like that, it’s just a skill he has. if you want to hear his natural voice, listen to him in interviews or in the musical “school of rock”.
Yeaahhhhh no, his voice isn’t like that
I think by naturally the commenter was saying he does that without computer effects
@@lydiphobiaHES IN SCHOOL OF ROCK?
I love Beetlejuice so much, it's one of my favourite musicals and I was so excited to see you'd reacted to it! Also your confusion is very understandable, it is very weird (I think by design). I hope you react to more songs from Beetlejuice in the future!
IM SO HAPPY YOU REACTED TO THIS!!!
PLEASE DO MORE BROADWAY!
Fun Fact: Beetlejuice in the Musical is the same actor for Fizzaroli in Helluva Boss Alex Brightman!
Mathew: At the end of this video I finally get it. He’s a demon-
Me: Yes!
Mathew: She’s a ghost-
Me: NO!
This and Death Note The Musical convinced me that anything can become a good musical.
Beetlejuice is really weird but totally awesome! Dead Mom, The Whole Being Dead Thing, Ready Set Not Yet and Barbara 2.0 are my personal favorites ❤
I commented this on one of your JATP videos but I totally think you should listen to Newsies the Broadway musical! The lead is a voice from Tangled the Series too- Nothing Left to Lose is sooo good
There's only one Beetlejuice (his first name is revealed to be Lawrance) but the others were magical clones he creates just in that scene. Also, Lydia is not dead, not a ghost. The Maitland's are ghost. Lydia is the only one who can see them.
7:34 alex can do this thing with his voice.
So Alex has a kind of naturally high Tambor to his voice and he started to playing around with his voice to find the right voice for beetlejuice.
And what he found is that he sort of a mutant and he has capacity to squeeze
together things in his throat that not
everybody can. He’s beating other things together in his throat and when he found that out it became wildly easy to play around with.
These clips go right into the middle of the song and so it takes a lot of context out of the songs. It’s probably best just to listen to the album itself like you did with ‘the whole being dead thing’.
I clicked this video faster than I've ever clicked a video before! I absolutely adore the Beetlejuice musical (and movie). I am so glad that you got to listen to some of the songs and hope you react to even more!
I had the pleasure of seeing Beetlejuice on Broadway 4 days before the show finally made it's last run on January 8th of this year and it 100% lived up to expectations! I'm actually going to be seeing it on tour this October as well!
SPOILER
Beetlejuice is a story about found family, Adam and Barbra never got the chance to have a kid due to all the fears of not being ready. Lydia feels abandoned by her family and wishes to get back at them. after Adam and Barbra die they support Lydia (her family moves into there house after they die) and in an interesting win win Lydia gets parents and they get a kid.
The only songs ive heard from this musical is "Dead mom" and "Say my name"
For me it was this whole being dead thing and say my name
The whole being dead thing is probably cus I’m in hb
5:39 He’s breaking the fourth wall, not talking to someone
When I clicked on this vid I was expecting a reaction to the full stage musical, but your utter confusion and utter concern is almost better it's just so good
OOOO! I love the beetlejuice musical! I’m glad you listened to it!
Oh you poor sweet summer child. Beetlejuice came into this world the same year I did, and the sequel just dropped this year and was WORTH THE WAIT! There was also a cartoon from back in 89 or 90, and this musical from a couple years ago.
Watch em all. 💚💚💚💚💚
she's not dead, she's just goth 😭
I saw the musical recently. It was the first musical i ever watched. And it was FANTASTIC. I'm so happy you're reacting to it!!
lmao Beetlejuice Musical breaking Mathew's brain for 20 minutes. b-b-b-beautiful, this musical's amazing
No, Lydia is not dead she’s alive. She can see ghosts though.
More! Part 2 please! You need to see the FULL VERSION of That Beautiful Sound (that was only a clip from the full song)
I was supposed to go see it May of 2020, a month before it went off. It was meant to be a birthday gift for me because I'd listen to the soundtrack all the time. It never happened for obvious reasons.
how about the 2022 run?? 😢
I just love Beatlejuice, thank you for reacting to this musical!!
Also, i want to highly recommend you musical "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (if you haven’t watched it already)
Wow I’m really happy that my favorite content creator posted it definitely cheered my day up! Thank you ❤
you?? reacting to my fav musical?? on my birthday?? omgg thank you!!
You should definitely listen to Ride The Cyclone! Especially The Ballad Of Jane Doe
Our whole family loves musicals and our 8 year old got our family into this one. We didn’t know anything about it till she started singing dead mom. It’s such a great show.
Love your videos! It’s be really cool of you reacted to some Scooby Doo songs. Here are a few good ones:
Scooby Doo: Pirates Ahoy- “That’s the Way We Go”
Scooby Doo: Pirates Ahoy- “Blow Ye Winds”
Scooby Doo and The Cyber Chase- “Hello Cyberdream”
Scooby doo and the Goblin King- “Goblin Oogie Boogie”
Scooby doo on Zombie Island- “It’s Terror Time Again”
Scooby doo and The Alien Invaders- “How Groovy”
Scooby doo! Mystery Incorporated- “Trap of Love”
Scooby doo and the Witch’s Ghost- “Earth, Wind, Fire, and Air”
Scooby doo and the Witch’s Ghost- “I’m a Hex Girl”
The Hex Girls are icons!
Really enjoyed this! Wait until you see the other pieces, such as Part 3 and 4 of The Whole Being Dead Thing!
To bad you didn’t react to one of the fan made animatic versions “ the whole being dead thing they’re so fun to watch