Watching someone discover Pentatonix for the first time is like watching a 4-year-old taste ice cream for the first time. We experience that joy right along with you. I love seeing your honesty and soft soul. Bless ya.
Brian May, Queen's guitarist, posted a link to this on his Facebook page with one word: "Enjoy" - which is pretty high praise. The references to the starry sky are a nod to Brian's Ph.D. in Astrophysics. Like everything else they do, you won't see a video if they can't do it live. As to perfection, that is one of their goals.
I couldn't help but notice that you said you want to check something out in the beginning frame and in the ending frame saying that you saw differences. You probably did. If you watch the behind-the-scenes you will see that during the filming of this when they were filming the part where the walls come back together the walls crashed back together. They broke the table they crashed everything in the scene so I'm pretty sure some things probably got broken if that's what you're talking about. A lot of their action videos have behind-the-scenes to them. I'm glad I subbed to your channel I have been watching some of your reactions to different artists and I really like the fact that you show your emotions. Thank you ✌❤😎
Now that you gone down PTX rabbit hole, you can go back to their beginning in the Sing-Off competition and see how they got started be ready to have your mind blown
I can at least tell you why this rendition makes you tear up; you're catching the emotion Pentatonix put into it. Pentatonix absolutely loves this song. They love Queen, and they love Freddie Mercury, to the point that every one of them wanted to "do" Freddie in this song, and they actually managed that (the final "Any way the wind blows" may sound like Mitch but it's actually coming from Kevin). This was one of the first songs Pentatonix wanted to cover, but it's a hard song to do properly. They were afraid that they'd botch it if they attempted it too early in their careers, which they would have seen as a tragedy. So they decided to wait until they knew they were ready. That took them five years, but it was worth the wait; they were definitely ready.
The flipping back and forth in the headphones is in the original stereo recordings. The video also pays homage to the original video with the lighting/fliashlights.
I love that reaction when Mitch starts to do the guitar solo with his mouth! And he does that live - the megaphone was just a prop for effect! They waited six years before they tackled this because they wanted to do it justice. Brian May really like is apparently and has said that Freddie would have loved it.
Ben Folds who was a judge on the Sing Off said surprises are rare gift in a musical arrangement, but PTX always has a few surprises. When you feel like you’ve really dived into their catalog (and Superfruit and some of the solo stuff), you should consider watching their Sing Off performances to understand their origin story.
If you go to Miles Reuben Channel you can see them do Bohemian Rhapsody live at the Hollywood Bowl 2022. Thwy do such a good job. I was there and loved every min.
Whenever I’m in need of a lift, I play Pentatonix reaction videos to watch others enjoying them as much as I do. Your reaction was great, again. Thanks and keep doing what you do.
PTX loves being unpredictable! Just when you think you have them figured out, or anticipate what will happen next, that's when they they throw a curve. Creativity backed by superb talent, that's our Pentatonix. Terrific reaction!
You will love going down the acca rabbit hole. After you react to some more...I look forward to your reaction to "The Wizard of Ahhhs". Thank you for being you.😃
You should watch Pentatonix from when they competed on the Sing Off. Scott, Mitch and Kirstie were only 19. They won that season. You should also check out Home Free. They won season 4. Their most popular video is a cover of “Man of Constant Sorrow.” Their beat boxer (Adam Rupp) plays the NOMONICA. You would enjoy it.
Surprisingly I didn't see a comment that shares that the megaphone is just a prop - he recreates the guitar in live performances with just his voice. And, since you are interested in the performance aspect of things, there is a behind the scenes video of the making of this video - it took place in a parking lot through a whole night and it was COLD, you can see their breath a couple times in the video if you know to look. Their work ethic is clear. Second the rec for Sound of Silence - it's with Matt, their bass since 2017/18. And with the holiday season coming up, it'll be fun to dive into their extensive holiday catalog - as usual, you'll be blown away - and they do have some original holiday songs too. Look forward to more reactions because I love your enthusiasm and insightful comments.
Know how you feel, I really only got into PTX over the last 3 years, and am constantly amazed at what they do. I knew of them, had no idea, no idea. I Have come to love them and their performances , just outstanding. Finally got to go to a live this past year at the Evergreen tour and just what you see you get, I was stunned at how they sound live. If you haven't, do their Popspring 2016 for a great live reference, or Christmas Under the Stars last year or The afore mentioned Evergreen.
It's such a great hommage to the original by Queen. The audio coming from one side (ear) to the other was also in the original song. Great cover and great reaction.
Perfection indeed. Great reaction! I’ve been waiting for this one since I saw you first PTX and it was worth the wait. Thanks for taking us with you on your PTX journey. Much love from South Africa!
I was so sick of that song, that was until PTX did it! Now I listen to it regularly, but only by them! I also never liked Coldest Winter, until PTX did it. Now that is on repeat for the holiday season.
You say that you've been given a gift. But you need to realize that you also are giving US a gift. I never would have thought that I'd become a reaction video addict. The first time I ever saw one a couple years ago, I remember saying "What the heck is this, and why in the world would I care what this total stranger's reaction is?" Now, there is rarely a night where I don't spend at least 2 hours watching my reaction videos. Over time, I've realized what it is. I can't go back in time and re-live the first time I heard a song. But the next best thing is seeing someone like you, hear/see something for the very first time, and seeing how it affects you, and it helps remind how I felt at that point. You know? I love it. I'm glad I've run in to you here.
Welcome to the wonderful rabbit hole known as pentatonix....First.. So, some things to know about this cover and video: -It took PTX years to get the arrangement to where they felt they could do the original masterpiece justice. -The cover, and especially the video, was meant to be an homage to Queen. Some of the moments paying respect were: The mono-recording of the line "easy come, easy go" followed by the panning of the voices from left to right on the line "little high, little low" (which is how the original was recorded), obviously the flashlights being used to mimic the lighting on the operatic part of the original video, the four shooting stars to represent the four members of Queen, as well as acknowledge the fact that Dr. Brian May is an astrophysicist, and the overhead shot of them lying on the couch is to represent the Sheer Heart Attack album cover. -The megaphone was just a prop. It is not needed to reproduce the electric guitar distortion. -PTX can, and does, perform this live with no backing track...something even Queen and the Great Freddie Mercury could not do. -Freddy once said he didn't care what people did with his music as long as they "...don't make it boring, darling!", so I think he would absolutely approve. -The overall video--with the "living room" and couch--is an homage to Pentatonix's own journey as a group. They lost their record deal right after winning the Sing Off and moving to LA, so they started putting out videos on RUclips, performing covers. They would sit on the couch in Kevin (beatboxer) and Avi's (bass) living room and just record themselves on Mitch's (counter tenor who took the lead on this song) iPad. Some of their earliest videos went viral and they eventually were able to secure a new deal, record an EP, go on tour, release chart-topping albums and win three Grammy awards...so they moved out of the living room and down this new, unknown road. At the end of the day, though, they're still the same choir-nerds they've always been; just happy to sit together on a couch and sing. Also when brian mays of queen heard this he posted the video on his web site with the word..."ENJOY".....NOW ABOUT PENTATONIX........They won the 2011 sing off and took off from there. They've won 3 grammys for daft punk, dance of the sugar plum fairies, and jolene w/ dolly parton all 3 are highly recomended. There are so many videos in their catalog...way too many to list but I will endevor to give you some choices for future reactions. some covers are Bohemian rhapsody (quite simply the finest cover of that classic rock song), wizard of ahhhs ( a collection of 17 pop songs arranged to tell the classic story of wizard of oz), mad world, the prayer, royals, carol of the bells, say something, radioactive, can you feel the love tonite, problem, evelotion of music, little drummer boy, my favorite things, 12 days of christmas, god rest ye merry gentlemen, and so many more....some originals include...sing, happy now, love me when u dont, coffee in bed, be my eyes, never gonna cry again, the lucky ones.....during the height of the pandemic....they released an album called "at home" (completely recorded in their own homes seperately and then mixed.....songs include...home, blinding lights, when the party's over, dreams, break my heart. Please do more pentatonix reactions. You may run into issues with the video being blocked...just put some sort of filter on the video...we really care about the music. As you do more pentatonix reactions more people will subscribe to your channel as us fans of pentatonix called pentaholics luv seeing people react to their extensive library of videos. Have a blessed day.
I absolutely love the way you show the video, yet at the same time put something over it so that you don't get blocked. This is one of the best ways around the copyright strikes that I've seen Creative 🥰
I think you need to do prayers for this world by pentatonix. It’s their newest video and it has a lot of crazy stuff to blow your mind with the song and the sound production.
This was my first PTX video I found. That was …over 6 years ago. I’ve been hooked ever since. You realize you channel is going to blow up. We are a loyal and fierce ❤ fan base.called Pentaholic’s. We will help you down their massive rabbit hole. Enjoy your journey…..love Judy D. Just subscribed …..
I would love to see you react to some of Avi’s solo songs, Change on the rise is a good one to start with but really anything if his is great. The man is incapable of writing a bad song!
For me, it's the incredible level of talent and skill that makes me emotional, not always the lyrics. Although that can send me over the edge often too. LOL I love how deeply you feel music. Rock on!
Thank you for an Awesome reaction! I'm a huge pentatonix fan and I enjoy your passionate and emotional response to the technicalities and their abilities. As you said, they are " perfection"! Keep doing what you do , I look forward to the next.
And we are just entering Pentatonix season, when we have the proper time to enjoy the PTX versions of all the holiday songs that have grown stale with overuse. They manage to put new life into Christmas music.
It took this group nearly 5 years to work on this song, sadly Avi is no longer in the group, but glad to have Matt, anyways you need to check out their live performance and just recent live performance. Oh, by the way, great reaction and Happy Thanksgiving! 🤟🤟
To clarify they didn’t work on it for 5 years. Just took them 5 years to decide they wanted to attempt it and were capable of doing it. They wanted to be able do justice to the original.
i love the fact that you can hear Scot on the left [10 o"clock} Mitch in the middle and Kirsten on the right [2 o'clock] Avi and Kevin are in the middle too . this way their voices don't get lost in the wall of sound they produce . they are just freaking awesome so is their producer Ben Bram the 6th member ;)
I am loving your reactions to PTX. I joined your channel so that I could watch all of your ptx reactions but I am not able to see them. Can you help me? I have been Pentaholic for many years and never tire of watching new reactors and your reactions are wonderful. There is a behind the scenes for Bohemian Rhapsody which you would really enjoy because you are really into the production part.
Yes people have been mentioning the behind the scenes of that one to me a lot, actually. As for being able to see the videos: The way I have them set up is that they are all going to be listen here and on my patreon (here on the "General Admissions" level and on Patreon at the "Season Ticket Holders" tier) first and then they will be made availible to the "Standing Room Only" level (which is the one you're on) one at a time about a week apart from each other and about one to two weeks before they are published on RUclips for the public. I know it may be frustrating but please understand that I put so much of my time and energy into these videos for all of you and so many of them (particularly pentatonix, forestella and nightwish) get copyright claimed which takes away even the small amount of money that I get from unclaimed videos. I love making this content for you but I have to find some way to justify the time I spend working on it. Thank you so much for your support, it really does mean the world to me and so much to my family. I will do my best to give you as much value as I can in return.
Another Pentatonix song that many reactors have to take breaks during is The Prayer, originally by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli, the Italian opera singer. It's also only a year old so shows the major growth of the band's voices.
To quote judge Ben Folds on The Sing Off in 2011, when PTX began their journey: "A surprise is a rare gift in an a capella arrangement, and you always give us one or two." Now, 11+ years later, they are still surprising us. (BTW, you may eventually want to watch their Song Off episodes, even if you don't do full-blown reactions ... although many in-depth reactors do cover all the episodes as reactions.). *ETA:* There is a Behind the Scenes for this that I think you'd enjoy a lot: ruclips.net/video/Q8ugJnIG_Lk/видео.html
MIND BLOWING just like I told it was with not only hearing but visual surprises included. I loved watching your reaction bruh and knew you'd tear up too. That's bc PTX in this specific video, it was a theatrical performance. Brian May from Queen, posted to PTX that Freddie Mercury would be proud! Besides 5 years in the making, this video was created in a neighborhood, on the street that the motorized couch traveled on, plus the floodlights and other equipment needed. If you watch it again you'll see in the dark shadows, homes and the white fences. The only reason it took 5 years is bc they respected Freddie's work and wanted to do it well. In my book, they certainly did! I'm glad I subbed you on your 1st PTX song .. I absolutely enjoy your commentary and EXCITEMENT and I'm looking forward to more bruh.
I am looking forward to the journey. Every song from them seams like their best, until you hear the next one and so on and so on. It does not matter in what order, newer or older or all mixed up. There is not one bad apple (song) in the barrel.
I loved watching your reaction to this song! And yeah, they really knocked it out of the park. They haven't really done a bad song (that I've seen anyway) and they excel at both covers and their own original work. I would definitely recommend their covers of "Hallelujah", "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", "The Sound of Silence" and "Mad World" to get a good range of their... range I guess. *LOL* And also, as some have pointed out, there's been one change in the line-up over the years. Avi, who was singing bass in this (had the longer dark hair in a ponytail) ended up having to leave the group due to some family commitments, but helped with finding his replacement, Matt, who you'll no doubt see in other performances of theirs.
Found your reaction channel, only a year to late New sub here. This is my hobby as many of my fellow Pentaholics, reactions to Pentatonix. Love your reaction and emotions. Greetings from South Africa
I think you should switch to their Christmas music for this season since they are more known for that. They tour almost every holiday season! And those arrangements will blow you away just as much.
You seem to really enjoy the production aspects of the videos as much as the music. If you’re interested in a couple of their videos that have more of a storyline in the videos I would recommend their cover of Papaoutai and a collaboration they did with Todrick Hall called The Wizard of Ahhs.
Love watching your reactions and insights. Thanks for doing this. Did you know that there is a Behind The Scenes video of this production? Linky: ruclips.net/video/Q8ugJnIG_Lk/видео.html Also there were a couple of iconic "moments" that should be noted: the first one is the shot of the four shooting stars that are a nod to the four members of Queen and especially to Dr Brian May ( lead guitarist) who's also an astrophysicist and has a comet named after him. The second moment is the sprawl on the couch, shown right after the shot of the stars, is a nod to the album cover of Queen's Sheer Heart Attack. Dr May also posted this mv on his social media with the word, "Enjoy".
This group is so amazing, they take original songs and make them their own in such an impressive way. By the way , a Dutch female group called OG3NE do an amazing cover of this on their lockdown songs .
Thank you for another great reaction! You're so into it, it's amazing to watch and I can't wait for more... you have so much to discover and I'm here for it. Please do "Gold" and "Can you feel the love tonight" 😀and I really like your filter with the music notes
I love your honest reaction and your insightful breakdown of the video production. This one doesn't look complicated but you know, as a music producer, that it is. Also it was fun seeing your face when they panned back and forth on "little high, little low" and then a minute later when Avi's bass kicked in and I knew exactly what you were hearing and why you were reacting the way you were. I subscribed for Pentatonix and I thank you for continuing to react to them. Cheers!
You need to watch the 'Green Fields, Bohemian Rhapsody, Hyde Park'. 60,000 people, singing to Bohemian Rhapsody, most of them not even born when Freddie Mercury died.
Since I haven't seen anyone else mention this, the megaphone, is just a prop for the video, when they do this live, Mitch only uses the microphone, and sounds identical, every bit of the guitar is his voice, no enhancements.
PTX will never disappoint you. They'll astound you, please you, dumbfound you, and entrance you however. Only about 195 songs await you and nary a loser among them.
I posted the link for him ( and anyone interested) in my comment up top. Hopefully he'll check it out since it's the kind of thing that's in his wheelhouse.
You might also want to check out Coldest Winter from one of their Christmas albums! Mitch is sooo good! I also recommend Love Again, which is an original, as well as their cover of Gold by Kiiara. They definitely have a way of pulling emotions out of you with their songs. Thanks for the reactions!
Is it not just completely weird, how you can hear music or a tune that brings a sense of melancholy I guess, just as he said it brought tear to his eyes even though it's not a sad type of song. This very same thing happens to me as well. But I know people who are completely unaffected but music or harmonies, but it hits me like a train.!
The Grassi Guitar does not require a megaphone. It is just a prop to draw attention to who is making the sound. I heard it done live and it was EPIC. Mitch might be the reincarnation of Freddie Mercury. Freddie died in November 1991 and Mitch was born in July 1992. He can also grow the Freddie mustache. It is so close to matching it is kinda creepy.
Ok my young friend you have a new subscriber. I've watched a few of your videos already this one for me good. Keep them coming try some early 70s and 80s promise you'll be surprised.
Watching someone discover Pentatonix for the first time is like watching a 4-year-old taste ice cream for the first time. We experience that joy right along with you. I love seeing your honesty and soft soul. Bless ya.
Starry sky is homage to astrophysicist Dr. Brian May, Queen guitarist. I heard that he posted this on his social media with the single word 'Enjoy.'
Your going to be pleasantly amazed.
Good for you. Most reactors don't notice the elaborate blocking.
Brian May, Queen's guitarist, posted a link to this on his Facebook page with one word: "Enjoy" - which is pretty high praise. The references to the starry sky are a nod to Brian's Ph.D. in Astrophysics. Like everything else they do, you won't see a video if they can't do it live. As to perfection, that is one of their goals.
Every Mitch slap is so much fun 🥰
Really like your video filter!
I couldn't help but notice that you said you want to check something out in the beginning frame and in the ending frame saying that you saw differences. You probably did. If you watch the behind-the-scenes you will see that during the filming of this when they were filming the part where the walls come back together the walls crashed back together. They broke the table they crashed everything in the scene so I'm pretty sure some things probably got broken if that's what you're talking about. A lot of their action videos have behind-the-scenes to them. I'm glad I subbed to your channel I have been watching some of your reactions to different artists and I really like the fact that you show your emotions. Thank you ✌❤😎
A cappella PERFECTION = PTX 🤯🤯🤯
Saw this live in 2018. Fabulous
Btw the megaphone is a prop. Mitch doesn't need it.
Now that you gone down PTX rabbit hole, you can go back to their beginning in the Sing-Off competition and see how they got started be ready to have your mind blown
I can at least tell you why this rendition makes you tear up; you're catching the emotion Pentatonix put into it.
Pentatonix absolutely loves this song. They love Queen, and they love Freddie Mercury, to the point that every one of them wanted to "do" Freddie in this song, and they actually managed that (the final "Any way the wind blows" may sound like Mitch but it's actually coming from Kevin). This was one of the first songs Pentatonix wanted to cover, but it's a hard song to do properly. They were afraid that they'd botch it if they attempted it too early in their careers, which they would have seen as a tragedy. So they decided to wait until they knew they were ready. That took them five years, but it was worth the wait; they were definitely ready.
The flipping back and forth in the headphones is in the original stereo recordings. The video also pays homage to the original video with the lighting/fliashlights.
Check out their live performance of this at their September 2022 Hollywood Bowl concert. It is brilliant.
I was going to suggest that
They are magic from planet music. They make us feel things Honestly I’ve seen 200plus original’s and covers and they never let me down
And always pay homage to original song/style of original artists...
There’s a behind the scenes video for this. It’s worth watching!
The balance change - the orig Queen sound. 🤤🤘🏻🎸😎
I love that reaction when Mitch starts to do the guitar solo with his mouth! And he does that live - the megaphone was just a prop for effect! They waited six years before they tackled this because they wanted to do it justice. Brian May really like is apparently and has said that Freddie would have loved it.
Ben Folds who was a judge on the Sing Off said surprises are rare gift in a musical arrangement, but PTX always has a few surprises. When you feel like you’ve really dived into their catalog (and Superfruit and some of the solo stuff), you should consider watching their Sing Off performances to understand their origin story.
If you go to Miles Reuben Channel you can see them do Bohemian Rhapsody live at the Hollywood Bowl 2022. Thwy do such a good job. I was there and loved every min.
Whenever I’m in need of a lift, I play Pentatonix reaction videos to watch others enjoying them as much as I do. Your reaction was great, again. Thanks and keep doing what you do.
For a real change of pace try their original LOVE AGAIN written by Avi and Kevin! It's a face melter!🤣
PTX loves being unpredictable! Just when you think you have them figured out, or anticipate what will happen next, that's when they they throw a curve. Creativity backed by superb talent, that's our Pentatonix. Terrific reaction!
You will love going down the acca rabbit hole. After you react to some more...I look forward to your reaction to "The Wizard of Ahhhs". Thank you for being you.😃
Aren’t they absolutely fabulous. Definitely perfection.
This was the song that made me a Pentaholic.
A piece that really shows off their stunning harmony is "Your Heart With Me". That song was written for five part harmony and they kill it.
You should watch Pentatonix from when they competed on the Sing Off. Scott, Mitch and Kirstie were only 19. They won that season. You should also check out Home Free. They won season 4. Their most popular video is a cover of “Man of Constant Sorrow.” Their beat boxer (Adam Rupp) plays the NOMONICA. You would enjoy it.
Wait for it.... the "Mitch slap"...
Amazing aren't they? Oh and the megaphone is just a prop. That's Mitch's voice!
Does it even better without the megaphone 🥰
Surprisingly I didn't see a comment that shares that the megaphone is just a prop - he recreates the guitar in live performances with just his voice. And, since you are interested in the performance aspect of things, there is a behind the scenes video of the making of this video - it took place in a parking lot through a whole night and it was COLD, you can see their breath a couple times in the video if you know to look. Their work ethic is clear. Second the rec for Sound of Silence - it's with Matt, their bass since 2017/18. And with the holiday season coming up, it'll be fun to dive into their extensive holiday catalog - as usual, you'll be blown away - and they do have some original holiday songs too. Look forward to more reactions because I love your enthusiasm and insightful comments.
Seriously!? I obviously was still impressed but I thought it was used to help make that sound. That's amazing.
You get emotional when you hear it because it sounds like perfection and the love and care that they put into the arrangement is perfect also.
That's a much more graceful justification then the one I tell myself :/, lol. So thank you ... and I do agree.
Know how you feel, I really only got into PTX over the last 3 years, and am constantly amazed at what they do. I knew of them, had no idea, no idea. I Have come to love them and their performances , just outstanding. Finally got to go to a live this past year at the Evergreen tour and just what you see you get, I was stunned at how they sound live. If you haven't, do their Popspring 2016 for a great live reference, or Christmas Under the Stars last year or The afore mentioned Evergreen.
Here's the Behind the Scenes video, put together by the production company: ruclips.net/video/Q8ugJnIG_Lk/видео.html
It's such a great hommage to the original by Queen. The audio coming from one side (ear) to the other was also in the original song. Great cover and great reaction.
Emotional overload! I know it well with these guys. Great reaction.
I love the animated overlay. Great reaction.
Enjoying your insights and the quality of your production.
Perfection indeed. Great reaction! I’ve been waiting for this one since I saw you first PTX and it was worth the wait. Thanks for taking us with you on your PTX journey. Much love from South Africa!
Since you’ve reacted to The Sound of Silence recently, I’d recommend Pentatonix’s version! It’s stellar!
I was so sick of that song, that was until PTX did it! Now I listen to it regularly, but only by them! I also never liked Coldest Winter, until PTX did it. Now that is on repeat for the holiday season.
Epic reaction! Thanks!!
You say that you've been given a gift. But you need to realize that you also are giving US a gift. I never would have thought that I'd become a reaction video addict. The first time I ever saw one a couple years ago, I remember saying "What the heck is this, and why in the world would I care what this total stranger's reaction is?" Now, there is rarely a night where I don't spend at least 2 hours watching my reaction videos. Over time, I've realized what it is. I can't go back in time and re-live the first time I heard a song. But the next best thing is seeing someone like you, hear/see something for the very first time, and seeing how it affects you, and it helps remind how I felt at that point. You know? I love it. I'm glad I've run in to you here.
Exciting! Can’t wait!!
Welcome to the wonderful rabbit hole known as pentatonix....First.. So, some things to know about this cover and video: -It took PTX years to get the arrangement to where they felt they could do the original masterpiece justice. -The cover, and especially the video, was meant to be an homage to Queen. Some of the moments paying respect were: The mono-recording of the line "easy come, easy go" followed by the panning of the voices from left to right on the line "little high, little low" (which is how the original was recorded), obviously the flashlights being used to mimic the lighting on the operatic part of the original video, the four shooting stars to represent the four members of Queen, as well as acknowledge the fact that Dr. Brian May is an astrophysicist, and the overhead shot of them lying on the couch is to represent the Sheer Heart Attack album cover. -The megaphone was just a prop. It is not needed to reproduce the electric guitar distortion. -PTX can, and does, perform this live with no backing track...something even Queen and the Great Freddie Mercury could not do. -Freddy once said he didn't care what people did with his music as long as they "...don't make it boring, darling!", so I think he would absolutely approve. -The overall video--with the "living room" and couch--is an homage to Pentatonix's own journey as a group. They lost their record deal right after winning the Sing Off and moving to LA, so they started putting out videos on RUclips, performing covers. They would sit on the couch in Kevin (beatboxer) and Avi's (bass) living room and just record themselves on Mitch's (counter tenor who took the lead on this song) iPad. Some of their earliest videos went viral and they eventually were able to secure a new deal, record an EP, go on tour, release chart-topping albums and win three Grammy awards...so they moved out of the living room and down this new, unknown road. At the end of the day, though, they're still the same choir-nerds they've always been; just happy to sit together on a couch and sing. Also when brian mays of queen heard this he posted the video on his web site with the word..."ENJOY".....NOW ABOUT PENTATONIX........They won the 2011 sing off and took off from there. They've won 3 grammys for daft punk, dance of the sugar plum fairies, and jolene w/ dolly parton all 3 are highly recomended. There are so many videos in their catalog...way too many to list but I will endevor to give you some choices for future reactions. some covers are Bohemian rhapsody (quite simply the finest cover of that classic rock song), wizard of ahhhs ( a collection of 17 pop songs arranged to tell the classic story of wizard of oz), mad world, the prayer, royals, carol of the bells, say something, radioactive, can you feel the love tonite, problem, evelotion of music, little drummer boy, my favorite things, 12 days of christmas, god rest ye merry gentlemen, and so many more....some originals include...sing, happy now, love me when u dont, coffee in bed, be my eyes, never gonna cry again, the lucky ones.....during the height of the pandemic....they released an album called "at home" (completely recorded in their own homes seperately and then mixed.....songs include...home, blinding lights, when the party's over, dreams, break my heart. Please do more pentatonix reactions. You may run into issues with the video being blocked...just put some sort of filter on the video...we really care about the music. As you do more pentatonix reactions more people will subscribe to your channel as us fans of pentatonix called pentaholics luv seeing people react to their extensive library of videos. Have a blessed day.
I absolutely love the way you show the video, yet at the same time put something over it so that you don't get blocked. This is one of the best ways around the copyright strikes that I've seen
Creative 🥰
I think you need to do prayers for this world by pentatonix. It’s their newest video and it has a lot of crazy stuff to blow your mind with the song and the sound production.
This was my first PTX video I found. That was …over 6 years ago. I’ve been hooked ever since. You realize you channel is going to blow up. We are a loyal and fierce ❤ fan base.called Pentaholic’s. We will help you down their massive rabbit hole. Enjoy your journey…..love Judy D. Just subscribed …..
I would love to see you react to some of Avi’s solo songs, Change on the rise is a good one to start with but really anything if his is great. The man is incapable of writing a bad song!
Me too! He was utterly fantastic in PTX but definitely has the talent & chops to make it solo too 🤓
I would add another vote for Avi's solo music, his songs are unique (very much him), stunningly beautiful and go straight to the heart.
Love the tears - me too! Sometimes I wish RUclips had a 'Love' Button, and not just a thumbs up - ha! Thank you for sharing.
For me, it's the incredible level of talent and skill that makes me emotional, not always the lyrics. Although that can send me over the edge often too. LOL I love how deeply you feel music. Rock on!
Thank you for an Awesome reaction! I'm a huge pentatonix fan and I enjoy your passionate and emotional response to the technicalities and their abilities. As you said, they are " perfection"! Keep doing what you do , I look forward to the next.
"Enjoy" - Brian May Tweeted
And we are just entering Pentatonix season, when we have the proper time to enjoy the PTX versions of all the holiday songs that have grown stale with overuse. They manage to put new life into Christmas music.
It took this group nearly 5 years to work on this song, sadly Avi is no longer in the group, but glad to have Matt, anyways you need to check out their live performance and just recent live performance. Oh, by the way, great reaction and Happy Thanksgiving! 🤟🤟
To clarify they didn’t work on it for 5 years. Just took them 5 years to decide they wanted to attempt it and were capable of doing it. They wanted to be able do justice to the original.
I've noticed that most other singers stop before the opera part. But PTX includes the opera part. Loved your reaction
i love the fact that you can hear Scot on the left [10 o"clock} Mitch in the middle and Kirsten on the right [2 o'clock] Avi and Kevin are in the middle too .
this way their voices don't get lost in the wall of sound they produce .
they are just freaking awesome
so is their producer Ben Bram the 6th member ;)
Great reaction to this amazing Pentatonix video. Thank you.
I am loving your reactions to PTX. I joined your channel so that I could watch all of your ptx reactions but I am not able to see them. Can you help me? I have been Pentaholic for many years and never tire of watching new reactors and your reactions are wonderful. There is a behind the scenes for Bohemian Rhapsody which you would really enjoy because you are really into the production part.
Yes people have been mentioning the behind the scenes of that one to me a lot, actually.
As for being able to see the videos: The way I have them set up is that they are all going to be listen here and on my patreon (here on the "General Admissions" level and on Patreon at the "Season Ticket Holders" tier) first and then they will be made availible to the "Standing Room Only" level (which is the one you're on) one at a time about a week apart from each other and about one to two weeks before they are published on RUclips for the public.
I know it may be frustrating but please understand that I put so much of my time and energy into these videos for all of you and so many of them (particularly pentatonix, forestella and nightwish) get copyright claimed which takes away even the small amount of money that I get from unclaimed videos. I love making this content for you but I have to find some way to justify the time I spend working on it.
Thank you so much for your support, it really does mean the world to me and so much to my family. I will do my best to give you as much value as I can in return.
Another Pentatonix song that many reactors have to take breaks during is The Prayer, originally by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli, the Italian opera singer. It's also only a year old so shows the major growth of the band's voices.
To quote judge Ben Folds on The Sing Off in 2011, when PTX began their journey: "A surprise is a rare gift in an a capella arrangement, and you always give us one or two." Now, 11+ years later, they are still surprising us. (BTW, you may eventually want to watch their Song Off episodes, even if you don't do full-blown reactions ... although many in-depth reactors do cover all the episodes as reactions.). *ETA:* There is a Behind the Scenes for this that I think you'd enjoy a lot: ruclips.net/video/Q8ugJnIG_Lk/видео.html
MIND BLOWING just like I told it was with not only hearing but visual surprises included. I loved watching your reaction bruh and knew you'd tear up too. That's bc PTX in this specific video, it was a theatrical performance. Brian May from Queen, posted to PTX that Freddie Mercury would be proud! Besides 5 years in the making, this video was created in a neighborhood, on the street that the motorized couch traveled on, plus the floodlights and other equipment needed. If you watch it again you'll see in the dark shadows, homes and the white fences. The only reason it took 5 years is bc they respected Freddie's work and wanted to do it well. In my book, they certainly did! I'm glad I subbed you on your 1st PTX song .. I absolutely enjoy your commentary and EXCITEMENT and I'm looking forward to more bruh.
I am looking forward to the journey. Every song from them seams like their best, until you hear the next one and so on and so on. It does not matter in what order, newer or older or all mixed up. There is not one bad apple (song) in the barrel.
I loved watching your reaction to this song! And yeah, they really knocked it out of the park. They haven't really done a bad song (that I've seen anyway) and they excel at both covers and their own original work.
I would definitely recommend their covers of "Hallelujah", "Can You Feel the Love Tonight", "The Sound of Silence" and "Mad World" to get a good range of their... range I guess. *LOL* And also, as some have pointed out, there's been one change in the line-up over the years. Avi, who was singing bass in this (had the longer dark hair in a ponytail) ended up having to leave the group due to some family commitments, but helped with finding his replacement, Matt, who you'll no doubt see in other performances of theirs.
Found your reaction channel, only a year to late New sub here. This is my hobby as many of my fellow Pentaholics, reactions to Pentatonix.
Love your reaction and emotions. Greetings from South Africa
Loved this! Your reaction is priceless. You are right this isn't a "teary" song but their talent is so mind blowing you can't help it.
I think you should switch to their Christmas music for this season since they are more known for that. They tour almost every holiday season! And those arrangements will blow you away just as much.
A great reaction! I await your next reaction and anything of theirs will be just as good to listen to!
You seem to really enjoy the production aspects of the videos as much as the music. If you’re interested in a couple of their videos that have more of a storyline in the videos I would recommend their cover of Papaoutai and a collaboration they did with Todrick Hall called The Wizard of Ahhs.
Hear it comes!
Love watching your reactions and insights. Thanks for doing this. Did you know that there is a Behind The Scenes video of this production?
Linky: ruclips.net/video/Q8ugJnIG_Lk/видео.html
Also there were a couple of iconic "moments" that should be noted: the first one is the shot of the four shooting stars that are a nod to the four members of Queen and especially to Dr Brian May ( lead guitarist) who's also an astrophysicist and has a comet named after him. The second moment is the sprawl on the couch, shown right after the shot of the stars, is a nod to the album cover of Queen's Sheer Heart Attack. Dr May also posted this mv on his social media with the word, "Enjoy".
You are such a sweet soul. It’s my favourite song too, since it was first played on the radio in July 1975 against BBC Radio One wishes/ orders!
This group is so amazing, they take original songs and make them their own in such an impressive way. By the way , a Dutch female group called OG3NE do an amazing cover of this on their lockdown songs .
The couch is a throwback to when they 1st started & their vids were just them sitting on a couch.
That's really cool. Thanks for the trivia.
Your reaction to this is precious. So genuine.
I love how expressive you are.
I have not heard one bad song from them ever. Not one.
Thank you for another great reaction! You're so into it, it's amazing to watch and I can't wait for more... you have so much to discover and I'm here for it. Please do "Gold" and "Can you feel the love tonight" 😀and I really like your filter with the music notes
I love your honest reaction and your insightful breakdown of the video production. This one doesn't look complicated but you know, as a music producer, that it is. Also it was fun seeing your face when they panned back and forth on "little high, little low" and then a minute later when Avi's bass kicked in and I knew exactly what you were hearing and why you were reacting the way you were. I subscribed for Pentatonix and I thank you for continuing to react to them. Cheers!
You need to watch the 'Green Fields, Bohemian Rhapsody, Hyde Park'. 60,000 people, singing to Bohemian Rhapsody, most of them not even born when Freddie Mercury died.
The megaphone is only a prop. I have seen them in concert do this live and he sounds exactly the same without the prop.
Your face is priceless.
Since I haven't seen anyone else mention this, the megaphone, is just a prop for the video, when they do this live, Mitch only uses the microphone, and sounds identical, every bit of the guitar is his voice, no enhancements.
Enjoyed your authentic reaction so Thank you,Pentaholic from the U.k x
Tears with you 🥲
There is a meaning to the frames where it is the sky and the 4 stars fall look it up
Love that you are reacting to Pentatonix!! Love them so much! Love your analysis and reactions ❤
Thank you so much!!
PTX will never disappoint you. They'll astound you, please you, dumbfound you, and entrance you however. Only about 195 songs await you and nary a loser among them.
There is a making of video for this that I'm sure you'd enjoy.
I posted the link for him ( and anyone interested) in my comment up top. Hopefully he'll check it out since it's the kind of thing that's in his wheelhouse.
Mitch is perfection!
You might also want to check out Coldest Winter from one of their Christmas albums! Mitch is sooo good! I also recommend Love Again, which is an original, as well as their cover of Gold by Kiiara. They definitely have a way of pulling emotions out of you with their songs. Thanks for the reactions!
Is it not just completely weird, how you can hear music or a tune that brings a sense of melancholy I guess, just as he said it brought tear to his eyes even though it's not a sad type of song. This very same thing happens to me as well. But I know people who are completely unaffected but music or harmonies, but it hits me like a train.!
My favorite cover of this is still from the Muppet Show!
The Grassi Guitar does not require a megaphone. It is just a prop to draw attention to who is making the sound. I heard it done live and it was EPIC.
Mitch might be the reincarnation of Freddie Mercury. Freddie died in November 1991 and Mitch was born in July 1992. He can also grow the Freddie mustache. It is so close to matching it is kinda creepy.
Absolutely love PTX and love your reaction! New subscriber and looking forward to many more PTX reactions!
magnifica reaccion. you are great. greetings from Spain.
Ok my young friend you have a new subscriber. I've watched a few of your videos already this one for me good. Keep them coming try some early 70s and 80s promise you'll be surprised.
Pentatonix😀? I'm in!
I reacted same way you did. Great job.
Subbed and totally enjoyed your reaction! PTX is amazingly talented 💕