Gigi de Lana - Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Reaction | UNEXPECTED CONFUSION

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @AleksReacts
    @AleksReacts  4 дня назад +4

    Thank you so much, @continentzero7572! I really enjoyed Gigi's voice and this is certainly a different interpretation. I am pretty sure I'd enjoy more of her music.

    • @Hundhammer
      @Hundhammer 4 дня назад

      Gigi - Better Days (see my other comment)

    • @AleksReacts
      @AleksReacts  4 дня назад

      If I can help it, I don't miss your comments. It's already on the list. 😉❤

  • @edwinvalencia7624
    @edwinvalencia7624 3 дня назад +1

    Thank you for reacting to Gigi de Lana.I love her version ❤

    • @AleksReacts
      @AleksReacts  3 дня назад

      Happy to! She's quite lovely. ❤❤❤

  • @continentzero7572
    @continentzero7572 4 дня назад +8

    Ah! Ah! Ah! No problem at all with you expressing what you think and feel. On the contrary, that’s exactly why I’m here. Finally, a reactor who speaks their mind ! How refreshing !
    Of course, if you approach this song as a song, considering its background and the mood its creators intended… you are absolutely right. Gigi didn’t sing it "correctly," but… let’s take a closer look at who Gigi is to understand what she’s doing.
    She’s a former child prodigy, a stage powerhouse since the age of 9 or 10, with a voice capable of winning any competition. Now approaching her thirties, she leads the typical life of a Filipinette singer, recording albums, performing concerts, appearing on the Wish Bus, and so on. But between her teenage years and now, she founded Gigi Vibes with the musicians you saw accompanying her.
    This video is a snippet of the sessions she has been doing for years at the request of her RUclips followers. In the comments, her fans suggest songs. She makes a list, rehearses once or twice with her band (sometimes not at all), and on weekends, she performs all the songs from her list live for an hour or two straight. Most of the time, she reads the lyrics and sheet music from a stand to her left (though sometimes she knows the song by heart). Later, she selects some of her best performances, saves them, and uploads them to RUclips.
    This means there’s a huge amount of improvisation involved, especially when you consider that Gigi is 80% jazz. So, if you approach what you’ve heard not as a song but as jazz (and remember, jazz has always been about twisting songs in every possible way based on the mood of the musicians and singers), then Gigi didn’t make a mistake. She sang jazz.
    By the way, if you ever hear Christina Aguilera’s rendition of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," you might suddenly think, "OMG, how sweet Gigi was !"
    Thank you for the reaction and the much-appreciated sincerity. Good to know : the big hits from Gigi Vibes : Through the Fire, Better Days, Unholy, Yesterday When I Was Young...

    • @AleksReacts
      @AleksReacts  4 дня назад +3

      Thank you so much for not taking my real opinion against me. It seems we both have the same view of what a reaction should be - either say truthfully what you feel or don't react.
      I do agree it depends on the approach. As you know I try not to know too much in advance, so I literally reacted to what I saw and heard and you are right. If we think about the song only, it sounded odd, but if we consider that she's primarily a jazz singer, it makes sense.
      Funny, but I have never heard Christina Aguilera’s rendition of this song. Maybe because I generally do not listen much to Christmas songs or rather do not search for them. I know many, but it's because they're everywhere. I now wonder what Christina's sounded like and knowing her style, sight unseen I'm very ready not to be surprised if I was to think "OMG, how sweet Gigi was !" 🤣

    • @Hundhammer
      @Hundhammer 4 дня назад +2

      Hello my fr fr, French friend or French fries, depending on context, what a beautiful comment, couldn't have said it any better, actually I said something quite similar, but not as detailed, in my comment, also mentioned Better Days and Unholy (+FMTTM) - but instead of mentioning the Xtina I went with Haley, not saying, but thinking, that if you would compare Gigi's version to Haley's, you might think "Gosh, how brutal Gigi was..." - Haley's is pure sweetness, a teeny-tiny merrylarry little Christmas... In case you haven't heard it, here's a link:
      ruclips.net/video/BHLQRURRubA/видео.htmlsi=FlsRfBNVECPVfyQa
      Passez un joyeux petit Noël!

    • @AleksReacts
      @AleksReacts  4 дня назад

      @Hundhammer Aha, now I have the link too! Love to you and BavaRAYa, dear Dominik! ❤❤❤

    • @continentzero7572
      @continentzero7572 4 дня назад +2

      @@Hundhammer
      Oh, I love that ! Naturally ! Even more tender than the lively Ella or the plaintive Billie (Eilish), though still not as sweet as the syrupy Judy. In short, it’s just beautiful !
      Regarding Gigi, I was mainly emphasizing that we should recognize what we’re listening to : an improvisation for fun, not something polished or finalized. To hear Gigi in her role as a singer (and not in her hobby mode), it’s better to listen to her on her "Sakalam" in Tagalog and on the Wish Bus, which is an absolute marvel.
      I’m not sure if you remember Yao Xiao Tang, whom I mentioned recently regarding her soft tone vs Wang Xin. Well, I just discovered another female singer with a similarly sweet voice, curiously named Wang Xin Yi. Here she is in the beautiful classic song "Spring Breeze Ten Miles" : ruclips.net/video/q2zj74iK1MI/видео.html.

    • @Hundhammer
      @Hundhammer 4 дня назад +2

      @@continentzero7572 If you loved Haley's Have Yourself I have another on for you:
      Haley Reinhart - Santa Baby
      ruclips.net/video/W4m5tX5K7RU/видео.htmlsi=4MkYpUY4zTLhvMD-
      I saw Gigi's newest hobby is cooking, if she does that only half as well as she executes her first hobby, her cuisine will easily outshine L'Oustau de Baumaniére...
      Wish Bus is quite magical, they manage to bring out the best in any given artist, no matter if Gigi or Morissette or Katrina, you name them... and in the US Angelina Jordan recently with Toby Gad... I remember the vocalist you suggested, but not her name, I'm sorry, but Chinese names, even if Latinized, are not compatible with my poor brain. I'm content to remember Wang OK (but not her real name...), and the other day I was very proud of myself as I spotted a video with AiNA THE END in it, which had only Japanese characters in its title, my brain identifies that combination of signs and points... Japanese names are slightly easier for me than Chinese, I also know Fujii Kaze, and Band Maid (but they are not my style...), but the latter band name is but a play on English words anyway...
      I listened to your link: A very beautiful voice and a beautiful song, merci beaucoup! I'm afraid I will have forgotten Wang Xin Yi in an instant - the name, not the voice... we can call her Wang the Second, or WXY...
      Salut!

  • @josephinejohnson6230
    @josephinejohnson6230 4 дня назад +2

    Thanks for featuring Gigi
    Welcome to her Beautiful World ❤❤❤
    New sub here love your reaction, thank you very much ❤

    • @AleksReacts
      @AleksReacts  3 дня назад +1

      Thank you and welcome to the channel! Always happy to feature good voices and good or better yet, great artists! ❤❤❤

    • @josephinejohnson6230
      @josephinejohnson6230 3 дня назад +1

      @
      You would love Give love on Christmas Day , not too much unexpected here
      But O Holy Night will surprise you
      Very unexpected 😁

    • @AleksReacts
      @AleksReacts  3 дня назад +1

      Both added to the list. I don't mind surprises, it's just that I do GET surprised and confused by them. 😂

  • @josephinejohnson6230
    @josephinejohnson6230 4 дня назад +2

    Yes you just described Gigi well, that’s the way she covers
    She does her own whatever her heart desire
    That’s the way Gigi is
    Just like one reactor commented , expect the unexpected 😊

    • @AleksReacts
      @AleksReacts  3 дня назад +1

      That is a good way to put it, "expect the unexpected". 😉

  • @xerezjg52
    @xerezjg52 4 дня назад +3

    Good morning! (my time of course😁) First thing Aleks if nothing else, you are so open and honest in your reactions, if something doesn't strike your ear right we know it right away, love it! Now about the song, the very first words evoked a little bit of Judy Garland to my ear but as you so accurately described as being combative, it very quickly evolved into a look at all that I can do with my voice. You are correct "any other song" ...maybe but not this song. Like a lot of the great vocalists know, just because you can belt an F5 or do an amazing vibrato or vocal fry you should only use those talents when they go with the rhythm and style of the song. If that was coffee you were having then cheers, I had just sat down with mine to watch you☕

    • @continentzero7572
      @continentzero7572 4 дня назад +1

      "Look at all that I can do with my voice," you say ? Oh no… go check out her other performances to see everything she can really do with her voice. Here, she didn’t do anything with her voice. She just had some fun doing a little bit of jazz.

    • @xerezjg52
      @xerezjg52 4 дня назад +3

      @@continentzero7572 Not saying she hasn't a great voice or talent, just didn't go with the spirit of this Christmas song in my view, didn't mean to offend.

    • @continentzero7572
      @continentzero7572 4 дня назад +3

      @@xerezjg52 OMG, absolutely no offense taken. I’m not a fan hypnotized by Gigi’s divinity. 😂 I was simply clarifying a fact about what she was doing : a kind of jazzy improvisation for fun.

    • @AleksReacts
      @AleksReacts  4 дня назад +1

      @xerezjg52 Thank you so much! I am very fortunate that my truthful opinion opens up a conversation, rather than a fight over who's right. It only proves that no intelligent person wants to be pandered to. If a reaction is not real, than it's not worth doing at all, in my opinion at least.
      As @continentzero7572 pointed out, she seems to improvise a lot and I can understand that when you have a strong voice, like she does, you might want to play with a song. Some people will LOVE it, others might have a similar opinion to ours, and truth be told, if I was listening to this in a club, I might have loved it too. A lot to take into account.
      I didn't even know why her voice sounded so sweet to me at the start, but you're right, she does evoke Judy Garland a bit there.
      Unless I'm sick, if I'm holding a mug, it's always coffee. Glad we had one together! ☕
      Also, I have to say I love reading interactions between you guys - a lot for me to learn often, or at least enjoy a healthy, respectful and intelligent discourse! Thank you both once again. ❤❤❤

    • @xerezjg52
      @xerezjg52 4 дня назад +1

      @@continentzero7572 Will check out her other videos in order to experience a bit more of her!

  • @KChun81
    @KChun81 4 дня назад +3

    You will probably enjoy her other version of this song which she sings in s more classical styleil, she is wearing a black shirt in this other video.

    • @AleksReacts
      @AleksReacts  3 дня назад

      Found it and listened. You were right, the black shirt version feels more natural to me. 😊❤

  • @josephinejohnson6230
    @josephinejohnson6230 4 дня назад +2

    Another fave Xmas song is
    Give love on Xmas day , different ❤

    • @AleksReacts
      @AleksReacts  3 дня назад

      Thank you! This Christmas list is full, but there are many more to come and it's great to have a lot of choices. Still, I understand there are many non-Christmas songs by Gigi, so I'll be sure to check out some others.

  • @poolhallshark
    @poolhallshark 2 дня назад

    Yo! Gigi is an absolutely amazing singer, but one that I haven't listened a whole lot to, despite our friend Kiddo's repeated attempts. I like what I hear, but I feel no REAL incentive to really deep-dive.
    I always appreciate your honesty, Aleks 🙂 A rare quality in this biz. Or in any biz for that matter😉 Love from Norway ♥♥♥♥♥

    • @richardthomas1531
      @richardthomas1531 12 часов назад +1

      Can't judge a book by the cover.But in her case the story only gets better.

    • @poolhallshark
      @poolhallshark 9 часов назад

      @@richardthomas1531 🙂

  • @josephinejohnson6230
    @josephinejohnson6230 4 дня назад +2

    My fave of all is O Holy Night from a you tube Xmas night few years ago ❤❤❤

  • @Hundhammer
    @Hundhammer 4 дня назад +4

    What a nice surprise, Aleks, to see Gidget on your channel. Yes she's really, really good, actually one of my favorites for quite a few years, but I agree, she has many songs that work much better for me than this (the merry merry cutest little little Christmas ever imo was sung by Haley Reinhart, I think I mentioned her before, but for that song we got audio only... One of my favorite Christmas songs these days, I will play it right after leaving here, haven't heard it in this season. AJ also has a beautiful version, but for me with this song it's Haley without the slightest doubt...
    For Gigi on the other hand, some of my favorites are: Better Days, an incredibly beautiful Dianne Reeves cover and absolute masterpiece of story telling. Fly Me To The Moon - another vamped up version, but with this song the arrangement and her adlibs / scats work perfectly... and, just for contrast: Unholy, the amount of sass, grid and beastiness she lays in this cover is insane, a clear case of cover better than original... She has many more great performances (during the pandemic they were doing a weekly live stream of about two hours, each stream containing 15 - 20 songs, many of which were suggestions from the live chat, so you would often see her reading the lyrics on a phone or tablet during the recording, and she never misses a word, also her pitch and timing and phrasing are supreme. Great artist, also she's such a nice person as it seems and from all I've heard - and the GG Vibes are a great band as well! So you can guess how many cover by Gigi there are, she must have sung close to all songs available on this planet...
    Now, if I'm not mistaken and your plans haven't changed, tomorrow will be another Rayeday? More scatting in a Christmas classic (in case "White Christmas" wasn't blocked...? I couldn't find the original video anymore when I wanted to watch it again recently, only one reaction...), I'm curios how that one sat with you...
    Have a great evening and enjoy it, peace and love!

    • @AleksReacts
      @AleksReacts  4 дня назад +1

      Thank you so much, Dominik! I'm sure you know that @continentzero7572 provided me with this interesting rendition. I really do want to hear more by Gigi, as her voice is really beautiful, just surprised me in this rendition. 😊 So, all the suggestions you just gave have made it onto my list.
      There was no change of plans, but the plan was for Sunday, December 29, 2024. Remember, I have longer for Christmas songs and the season ends on January 7th. 😉 There will be 8 more songs and one that manages to combine Polish artists and a Serbian Christmas song.
      However, I just checked the video link I kept for my Raye White Christmas reaction and it has been blocked. Tried to search and like you could not fine one... I guess I might have to go with Raye - O' Holy Night instead, unless they block that too. 😒
      Always good to hear from you, dear friend. Greetings to Bavaria. ❤❤❤

    • @Hundhammer
      @Hundhammer 4 дня назад

      @@AleksReacts RAYE has the audio of Oh Holy Night on her own channel, that one will not be blocked as she's independent, but also the video has been up for quite a while now and there are several unfiltered reactions out... It's a great choice as well, anything with RAYE in it is, except for one song called Tequila, but that was many years ago when she had no control about her career (I would not have found it if she hadn't mentioned it in an interview, being asked if there's a song she regrets having sung... - it's really bad, not her vocals, but the song... :) ... it's maybe even worse than Angelina Jordan's performance at the FIFA Awards... :D ...) - anyway, if you want to stick with the Christmas theme for now, Oh Holy Night is perfect, the angel of music who is RAYE will drip it on you like nectar and ambrosia even on the 29th (or whenever you're recording...) Good night piccolina!

    • @AleksReacts
      @AleksReacts  4 дня назад +1

      Goodness, all I got out of this is that I want to hear what AJ and Raye both hated when they sang it. 😂 I found the audio, so if I have no other choice, I'll go with that, but I will try the version with video if it works... Good night, kiddo. 😉

    • @Jackie-w2o
      @Jackie-w2o 2 дня назад

      @@Hundhammerhi bh J ħuu J high t jig

  • @junaldin
    @junaldin 4 дня назад +2

    You better watch her cover of yesterday once more by Karen Capenter

    • @AleksReacts
      @AleksReacts  3 дня назад

      Thank you! I've added it to the list. I really like her voice, though this one felt a bit odd to me, so I do want to hear other songs she performed. 😊

  • @mikeebarvia1662
    @mikeebarvia1662 4 дня назад +1

    ❤❤❤

  • @lourdesandes3491
    @lourdesandes3491 3 дня назад +1

    Please do watch other different kinds of covers of Gigi de Lana Hosanna, Through the Fir Unholy of SAm Smith and Kim Petras Fly me to the moon Frank Sinatra I love the way you lie Eminem and

    • @AleksReacts
      @AleksReacts  3 дня назад

      Happy to, this was just the first one, given that I do think her voice is really beautiful.

  • @rlew49ers
    @rlew49ers 4 дня назад +4

    You think this is good...checkout their reimagined "Fly Me To The Moon"!

    • @AleksReacts
      @AleksReacts  4 дня назад

      I sure will, you're not the only one to point me in that direction. 😉

    • @rlew49ers
      @rlew49ers 4 дня назад +2

      @@AleksReacts If it hadn't been mentioned GiGi is "The Cover Queen".
      Another song Christmas song "Grown-Up Christmas List" (written by David Foster in 1989 originally released by Natalie Cole and covered by Amy Grant in 1992) - 2023? covered by 4 Filipino singers Daryl Ong, Sam Mangubat, Katrina Velarde, Gigi De Lana.
      ruclips.net/video/xT1qTF0Dg0Q/видео.html

    • @continentzero7572
      @continentzero7572 4 дня назад +1

      @@rlew49ers This last one is a masterpiece !

    • @AleksReacts
      @AleksReacts  2 дня назад +1

      Thank you so much!
      Unless someone provides me with an original Filipino Christmas song, this one will be a good addition to my plan for Christmas 2025 - originals from 14-15 countries. In the meantime, there seems to be quite a choice of songs by Gigi de Lana to hear and get to know her better.

    • @continentzero7572
      @continentzero7572 2 дня назад

      @@AleksReacts I’m failing all my duties ! What a scandal ! Not a single Christmas song in Tagalog (for "Christmas," say "Pasko"), from the country most specialized in Christmas songs in the world ! Filipinos even have a TV channel exclusively dedicated to Christmas. And they’re not nostalgic people. They celebrate it joyfully.
      Here’s a collective video featuring the legendary jury from The Voice Kids, composed of the international superstar Lea Salonga (with the most beautiful diction in the world) and two Filipino stars, Sarah Geronimo and Bamboo, joined by some of their best child prodigies, like Vanjoss and the adorable Alexa Salcedo. It’s mostly in Tagalog, though with a few English words… which is inevitable in the Philippines : ruclips.net/video/wKNUGzaRjow/видео.html
      It’s typically Filipino and, as I mentioned, just one song among hundreds of others dedicated to Pasko.

  • @edwinvalencia7624
    @edwinvalencia7624 3 дня назад +1

    Honest opinion is accepted try another song she can do any genre .better days , thru the fire & saving all my love for you, all I ask , I'll be there by MJ , bring me to life live concert .hero by Mariah Carey .a lot more .

    • @AleksReacts
      @AleksReacts  3 дня назад

      Thank you so much! Tastes differ and I am glad that we can both appreciate the beauty of her voice, even though it seems this arrangement suits you better than me. Btw, people pointed me to the other version of this song, where she sings in a black shirt, and I admit - I liked it better. Just enough improv, but not too much for my taste.
      I'll gladly listen to more by Gigi. She has a very pleasant voice and seems to be a sweet young lady, too. I've jotted down the many suggestions including yours and will explore further. Thank you kindly for giving me a shot and for your comment! ❤❤❤

  • @tolun99
    @tolun99 2 дня назад

    I was introduced to Gigi a few months ago, and I think she is very talented. This isn't be best I've heard, but it's OK. I think I'm leaning more and more into the jazzy version of Christmas songs these days. But they need to be done in a chill and calm way. I guess the too happy and too cheerful, or belting becomes a little annoying to me. I think we're on the same page.

  • @DennisButton-h7i
    @DennisButton-h7i 4 дня назад +1

    She has a nice voice but it did not put me in the Christmas spirit. The whole purpose of a Christmas song is to put you in the holiday spirit and this did not do that for me.

    • @AleksReacts
      @AleksReacts  4 дня назад +1

      Seems we agree on both counts. If you watched the entire reaction, I wonder if the reason is the same for this performance not putting either of us in the holiday spirit...

  • @Jackie-w2o
    @Jackie-w2o 3 дня назад

    Don’t watch if don’t like her style. Btw r u vocal couch? Ur voice is irritating. 8:24

    • @AleksReacts
      @AleksReacts  3 дня назад

      As you so aptly put it, don’t watch if don’t like it. At least I wasn't insulting when I commented on Gigi, unlike your comment about something I can't even influence.

    • @Hundhammer
      @Hundhammer 3 дня назад +1

      Same to you!

    • @continentzero7572
      @continentzero7572 3 дня назад +1

      @@AleksReacts Do you better understand now what I mean by "religiosity"?

    • @AleksReacts
      @AleksReacts  3 дня назад +1

      Thank you both! 🥰
      Mr. Zero, oh yes!

    • @levymanlapig8970
      @levymanlapig8970 3 дня назад +1

      @Jackie-w2o
      We're having a very Merry Little Christmas here ... pls. don't spoil it.
      I do hope you have a Merry *Grand* Christmas!