While musically appealing, I find this particular rendition too pop-y and dismissive of the fatalism of duty and surrender to circumstance. Tenessee is thus far the only rendition that truly captutes how dark yet resolute, this narrative's unfolding should be borne. One of iron and one of steel in particular, in this rendition comes across like they might as well have said burger and milkshake. Their actual voices are wonderfully lustrous, but they fundamentally do not understand the emotion of "owe my soul to the company store". To me personally, it sounds like a jazz remix by white people that do not understand the struggle that gave rise to jazz.
YUP! One of the best things about this channel is how much she LOVES music! This makes it FUN for her to react (so we have fun watching her). Elizabeth's professional background makes it possible for her to pick the technicalities apart into understandable pieces for laymen. It's AWESOME, which is why I keep watching her channel. She does get giddy, which is WONDERFUL to watch! It's hard to find people who are so invested and passionate. It's a beautiful thing to see.
@@kd5nrh Something in her is vibrating more than a standard subwoofer, I'd wager. Heck, I've seen multiple reaction videos to this Sixteen Tons arrangement. All women featured in these reaction videos had a... well, let's say physical bodily reaction not completely in check by their forebrains, but rather the more reflexive sections. At least the body language as well as the facial expressions indicated a bit more than just a reaction to the musical pleasure. But that's ok in my book and completely relatable. :D
The little "no, no.." at the 11:40 mark where Elizabeth starts to 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 in response to Geoff's voice might be my favourite part of this reaction. 😄
If someone said, "Step aside," like that to me I would straight up disappear. I would learn how to cross dimensions to get away from them. That being said, I would virtually sell my soul for that voice.
He has a video where he teaches and demonstrates how he gets low. It's essentially a vocal technique that's used in metal. Find your Vocal Fry and then add a bit of voice to it. Practice with the "O" sound and get the right tone to it. Once you sing that in a microphone, it amplifies it to the point of sounding gravely and shaky. ruclips.net/video/XKLaYGHJoJM/видео.html
@@adamcorfman573 of course when you hear the beginning of that lesson and realize that his speaking voice is that of an ENT from Lord of the rings then you realize it might not be quite that simple.
11:22 the start of her brain breaking over the base drop on the “walk the _line_” lyric 16:40 for similar reaction to “step _aside_” 17:40. 3rd brain break at “16 _TONS_” 19:27. She’s slain by “owe my sooo_OOUL_”
@@e_climber2160 eh? What is it you think I’m supposed to be planning? (Aside from an easy way to quickly access some of the low-note highlights of this review)
Elizabeth: this note could unscrew screws making things fall apart Also Elizabeth: continues to play that over and over again I see we are dealing with someone who enjoys chaos
I'm so glad I'm not the only woman who turns into a squealing fangirl when listening to Geoff and his insane deep notes! Also, his Bear Necessities is great! I know you're a Disney nerd!
Where did he say this I believe he can chest the notes but they sound like subs especially at the last few notes of - I owe my *soul* to the compan*y* *store*- and -I can't *go*
Love how Geoff starts off with that super smooth, easy-going bass voice of his, and you go, "Oh yeah, this guy's a great bass singer!" And then at some point- returning fans know it's coming but first-time listeners are shocked- he goes THAT low, and one's life is never the same after that.
That’s my favorite part about the reacts. Just knowing it’s coming and they don’t know yet. It also brings me back to when I first heard the song & it made me girly too. Those frequencies just do something to you. Lol
Just wanted to point out, PattyCake Productions is a studio owned by Layne Stein and Tony Wakim, which is where this video was filmed. All the actual video production and editing is done by Geoff himself 🙂 and as others have said, there are no subharmonics in this song, the melody is all full voice 😊 Geoff confirmed it either in the comments of "Sixteen Tons" or in the live chat before the premiere, I can't remember. As far as the instruments, I believe he's using his keyboard and plug-ins. I don't believe any of his solo work so far has been a capella 🙂 If you turn on the captions, he confirms that he did a "super dramatic bend to F#1" at the end 😉 I really love your reactions and in-depth analysis, VoicePlay (and Geoff obviously) are my absolute favorite musicians, and it's so nice to see them get the recognition they deserve 💗
You are correct about there not being any Acapella projects. Geoff confirmed in his interview with Peter Barber that he purposefully does not do Acapella on his solo channel, instead leaving those for VoicePlay projects.
This was fantastic. Reaction videos are ubiquitous on RUclips these days and yet, very few of them are worth the time to sit through. The majority rely on a gimmick/formula and offer precious little in the way of actual substance. Love yours for so many reasons: the attention to detail, the thoughtful analyses, the descriptiveness, the enthusiasm. I always leave with a new perspective on whatever you've just reacted to, even if it's something I'd heard a million times before. Anyway, thanks and keep up the great work!
Thank you both of you! I and we try really hard to bring substance to the content, but it's you the community that helps this channel grow and be amazing. Thank all of YOU!
@@TheCharismaticVoice You're definitely my favorite music reactor just because you put so much analysis and detail into your work. Too many reactors feel like I'm just watching the original video with a friend who likes to mutter a lot. I love it when you pause and go into depth about something.
Geoff is basically the musical opposite of Myles Kennedy. When hearing Myles, I always think "He can't get higher than that, can't he???" When hearing Geoff, it is always "He just got deeper and deeper, what is happening??" That would be a really fascinating crossover, both of them building a song together.
Have you ever heard of Dimash Qudaibergen (I might have gotten the transcription slightly wrong)? He's a singer from Kazakhstan who can get from baritone to literally off the right side of the piano keyboard. I'm pretty sure he hit a D8 (>4.4 kHz) once accidentally, he was aiming at a G7 but he had a bit of a cold so he landed at like C8 and decided to roll with it
I saw him with Voice Play last year, and when he hits low notes, you can feel it in your sternum. I've never experienced that from a human voice before, and it was amazing.
I've loved this song ever since I heard it as a child. But Geoff is beyond talented. I always say he is so nimble with his vocals. He has the rare ability to not only HIT the low notes, but sustain them and you can understand the words. Where a lot of basses may hit the same note and it's just a noise. Another thing that amazes me is that Geoff never sounds forced or strained his tones are clear and beautiful. He bounces up and down the octaves like a ping pong ball. Like he opens his mouth and all of these delicious words just fall out perfectly! One thing's for certain, he's a rare gem. Great reaction as always!
He’s really focused on extending his chest voice down so he rarely needs subs; he’s really focused on the clarity of his voice. I can go a lot lower, but I don’t sound anywhere near as good.
I’m now convinced that Geoff harnesses the vocal power of everyone within a 20 mile radius of him to create these notes. There is no way there is that much power inside one person.
My mom fell in love with my dad the moment she heard his voice booming from the back of the auditorium at the university. Dad loved singing Eastern Orthodox liturgy which requires such super-deep bass voices. His voice was sought by conductors and he sometimes was a member of two or three choirs at the same time. He sang in church (and I joined him a couple of times as I can read music from a sheet), but also traveled around the world, cut records, sang on stage in opera choruses, etc. Of course, over the decades of singing he made friends. The guys in his choir section - with equally incredibly deep voices - were his lifelong best friends. So, every now and then they'd come for dinner. After they ate, they'd each pick up one of my 3-4 guitars and start singing. Songs like "Go down Moses", "Long White Robe" and "Born under the Wandering Star" and yes, "Sixteen tons". The whole house was booming and shaking (and that was a 64-appartments building) and all the neighbors could feel it if not hear it. My voice is deep, but not like his. Also, unlike my Dad, I never studied how to sing properly (perhaps I can watch Geoff's videos on techniques of singing deep). I was, for many years, invited to all the parties to bring my guitar and sing. But how I wish I could sing the way he could. He died in 2003, and mom died last month (her 89 birthday would have been tomorrow). So these songs make me sad and nostalgic....
Just a couple things The whole lead vocal is sung in chest voice! He tends to start doing subharmonics at a G1 (in fact I think there’s only 2 songs where he’s sang subharmonics at a higher pitch) It’s hard cuz us mere mortals cannot understand how it’s possible to sound like that at the bottom of his voice but that’s just the timbre of his natural voice. Subharmonics sound a bit more electronic or robotic 13:11 this ones a G#1 His lowest chest note is indeed an F#1 which he sings twice in this at “step a *side* and that low slide at the end
Yep. If you turn on the closed captions, he actually put, in parentheses. that the final slide goes down to a low F# (with a little wink emoji, to all those he knows are checking the notes he's singing on their pianos) ..😉
Its the kidnap the sandy claws Marcelo, and I think almost everyone who watch it thinks it as an overtone but Geoff just change the placement he sing the subharnonic.
How the hell does ANYONE watch Elizabeth's videos and click "dislike"? Her take is always fresh and professional without being condescending to those if us who aren't professional musicians. She has absolutely increased my appreciation for music of all types
You're right, and thumbs up from me too! But Elizabeth "reacts", she doesn't critique. Not that she needs to--jeez, her fun and enthusiasm add so much. I've seen 10 or so reactions. She eludes to "mistakes" in a 3rd-person way ("here's where many singers struggle..." etc.). An interesting video show some real-life clunkers along with Elizabeth's ideas on how to help them out.
I have listened to Geoff’s. Sixteen Tons I don’t how many times. But he makes me smile and my heart skip a beat or two. He is the stuff dreams are made of.
People will mention this a lot in the comments, but he actually didn't use a single subharmonic in this song, it was all 100% chest. His lower chest voice is just so thicc that it sounds sub-ish I guess, but his subharmonics definitely sound different than his lower chest notes
@@FlarkeFiasco I doubt any of it was doubled, I think the volume was just raised, if you can hit low notes like that, the notes just rumble like that, it’s just natural
I don’t think his chest voice sounds very similar to subharmonics but I can understand why people who have only had a surface level introduction to the world of bass singing might get confused
It's not sub, it's just a mix. Like fried-chest and chest-fry. It depends of the notes we're talking about, but the "thick" G# we can hear is fried. I can get the same type of tone with that technique. If you boost the bass and let drop the high, you get the same sound too. Last point : honestly it doesn't matter. Sub, pure chest, mix, growl.. I don't care. If it sounds beautiful, that's matters to me. And when Geoff sings, it makes me feel a lot of things! And I know that I'm not the only one!
Geoff does use some instruments in most of his covers, he doesn't advertise them as a capella because there not but his voice is still very front and center, never fails to disappoint.
My grandfather was a coal miner. He died (and the local mine closed) before I was born but I heard my grandmother and father talk a little bit about it. The mining company provided housing for the miners and also owned the local general store. The mining company would get the wages of the miners back through the expenditures they had to make at the company store. It really felt like the mining company owned its miners. It certainly owned every thing the miners "owned".
Elizabeth's limbic system is going into overdrive, fluttering eyes and the face touches. Geoff's voice is literally stressing her body out and it's doing all these subconscious things to release that stress lol love it.
You were surprised he could sing "high", but if you view his RUclips video in which he shares tips for singing "super, super low", he states he's actually a natural baritone. The very low range has come to him with only a massive amount of work. He said he's more comfortable in the baritone range. Enjoyed your perspectives on this cover and thanks for your analysis!
I went to a hotel in San Francisco to visit some friends that were in town. We met up in the lobby and hit the streets. Evening came and we went to this bar. We are hanging out and there was a singer at an open mic thing. She was singing these songs and playing a guitar. Most of the songs were in a higher register. She sang about 6 songs then she broke out into sixteen tons in a very very low register. The room was shocked when her voice dropped down to those low notes. After the song ended she acknowledged the fact that she wasn’t as womanly as she appeared. I love San Fran....
I still remember my first time finding Geoff and it was exactly this song. I think everyone's first reaction is "What in the utter fuck is that???" Geoff is awesome and every time hearing him sing it is sooo special :D
I can remember my Dad singing part of this song in the kitchen, while he made us breakfast/lunch/dinner. When he wasn't at work being a Navy pilot/ supply officer. His Dad was a coal miner.
First time I heard this version I was blown away (being from the generation of Tennesie Ernie Ford), this is a GREAT cover. And boy does it show his range.
I agree with you. The first time I saw his video I was stunned at how deep he went with his voice and I had to repeat it a few times just to be sure I wasn’t imagining what I heard! Pretty impressive!
This is so addictive and unique! I heard that his wife was the one behind the camera for this one, which probably contributed to his "something extra." This is huge because his songs are almost always amazing! I just think another big reason people love him is his solid family values and reliability, which is so rare!
Yep, for me Blackbird is also his best solo song... and maybe even better than this one to start reacting to his solo work... but well, hope it's the second soon :)
Guys, take the time out to watch and listen to Elizabeth singing, wow. Certainly lends credence to her reactions to others songs. Lovely voice and lovely lady to boot.
Now we need a video of Geoff Castellucci reacting to Elizabeth 'The Charismatic Voice' reacting to Geoff's 16 Tons. In addition to all the amazing vocals, the choreography of the individual Geoff's backup singing and glances is amazing.
Geoff's voice is just out of this world! He is constantly perfecting it and making it sound easy! Takes lots of dedication! He confirmed that there are no subharmonics in this song, it's all his amazing, mesmerizing chest voice! I love your videos, the way you 'have to' go back and play it again, because you can't believe your ears! But it's all real. There's only one Geoff! I wish you could interview him, like you did with Layne. That would be awesome! All his solo work is great! The Headless Horseman, Take Me Home Country Roads, Mele Kalikimaka, Blackbird, High and Dry, the Bare Necessities. Please review them all, you won't regret it! Keep your giggling going!!
@15:50 Workers were paid in coins that were for the companys store, workers and their families essentially didn't have to leave the mining camp. But wages were rarely enough, so the company store would extend credit to the miners. Often times the miner would never make enough to free themselves from the debt that would be due in full upon their departure.
Ohhhh boy. The headphones will be *shaking* Monday morning! My chest hair doubled just listening to the original video. That deep TUUHNS just makes me giggle. Awesomesauce.
@@DennisKovacich Join the club, Dennis. Here, try this Bath and Body Works Sun Ripened Raspberry Shower Gel. One of the best scents out there, and soooo smooth.
I love watching your reactions. Reminds me of watching a kid in a candy store for the first time...all the excitement and how animated you get. Its so refreshing to see. To me it seems to really influence your explanations and how you want to share that excitement and have the viewer experience it as well. You are one awesome woman.
Your pure love of music, of all kinds, and how you react to it is amazing to watch. Jumping onto the piano and figuring out the key changes was so very cool to watch.
Missed it. Elizabeth looked lika a tree full of owls reacting to Geoff singing and going down low 😁. He sure have some pipes and talent, bet he can swoon the birds off the tree also. She had some Geoffgasms. With the giggles. Carry on, lady 👍👍.
Her face at 16:55 is priceless- so intrigued and confused. She’s so silly about Geoff’s voice, it’s always a joy to watch her react to his stuff. Thank you Miss Elizabeth!
Your "innocent joy" in listening to music/sounds just makes you utterly adorable 😇. You would keep any man in your life youthful by just being the one you are 😊. Watching your videos is a treat ⚘
I watched Geoff's video on how he trained his voice to get that low. He describes it as a painful process and the first attempts actually hurt and he could only do a few notes which was painful. But then over time his "voice" grew stronger and learned to handle it like any muscle. So some of the pitches and changes .. he has repeatedly trained his voice to be able to handle those moves.
the reason i love Geoff, the man is a consummate professional. and imminently talented. he spends practically all of his time working on increasing his range, and then creating amazing works that we get to be amazed by. and his channel is amazing, he genuinely loves his work and loves to talk about the details, how he does it and what he is doing, and how he trains.
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BTW that is not his subharmonics, this entire song is Chest voice. Edit: Changed Full to chest voice, Geoff stated it himself in a comment on his original video
I found myself smiling whenever you smiled. You are infectious. Thank you for these vids. I'm rediscovering some of my fav music and in this case music I grew up on thru you. You are awesome.
@@ba_charles really? because her and like 50 other professionals all assume hes using them, and he demonstrates it in another video sooooo hows that work?
@@masterreaper115 they don't know what they're talking about is how that works. I would love it if you could find 50 confirmed pros who talk about this guy because that's possible.
Three years later (2024) yeah, I've come back to listen to one of my all time vocal favourites and watch Elizabeth's gorgeous face, eyes, eyebrows and expressions overloaded with vibrations and brain frying auditory experiences! 😍🤪🤣❤
Elizabeth, you really need to review Geoff's version of the Beatles's Blackbird. This is a must to see (hear!) the full range and beauty of Geoff's voice! Thanks for the great content!
I love Geoff's solo stuff. If you want to see him really show off his range, check out his cover of "Blackbird" by The Beatles. Also, his recent cover of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is phenomenal.
Having been down first a Voiceplay rabbit hole, and now a Charismatic Voice rabbit hole, I have to leave a comment. You are adding another layer to already incredible performances, and even making your vast knowledge understandable to complete novices like myself. Thank you very much for a remarkable effort.
This is the ultimate bass song I think-- since I received my baritone voice at 11 whenever I've woken up with allergies I've always sung this song just because it's fun to be able to sing, to feel it rattling your body and all the furniture around you...
I hadn't listened to anything from him before watching this video and whoa he is so amazing ! Thank you Elizabeth for the discovery I think I want to take singing lesson now :D
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why does this comment have no likes?
It's more akin to slaves working on a railroad, a really soothing and somber style
Unsafe webpage, you should let your IT person check it.
While musically appealing, I find this particular rendition too pop-y and dismissive of the fatalism of duty and surrender to circumstance.
Tenessee is thus far the only rendition that truly captutes how dark yet resolute, this narrative's unfolding should be borne. One of iron and one of steel in particular, in this rendition comes across like they might as well have said burger and milkshake. Their actual voices are wonderfully lustrous, but they fundamentally do not understand the emotion of "owe my soul to the company store". To me personally, it sounds like a jazz remix by white people that do not understand the struggle that gave rise to jazz.
Anyone else have a fun time watching Geoff bring out the happy,giggling,little girl in Elizabeth
YUP! One of the best things about this channel is how much she LOVES music! This makes it FUN for her to react (so we have fun watching her). Elizabeth's professional background makes it possible for her to pick the technicalities apart into understandable pieces for laymen. It's AWESOME, which is why I keep watching her channel. She does get giddy, which is WONDERFUL to watch! It's hard to find people who are so invested and passionate. It's a beautiful thing to see.
@@jamescurfman3284 Well said!
@@DravenGal Thank you. :)
I still say those headphones must have a separate subwoofer. Her expressions during the low notes don't look like just music appreciation.
@@kd5nrh Something in her is vibrating more than a standard subwoofer, I'd wager. Heck, I've seen multiple reaction videos to this Sixteen Tons arrangement.
All women featured in these reaction videos had a... well, let's say physical bodily reaction not completely in check by their forebrains, but rather the more reflexive sections. At least the body language as well as the facial expressions indicated a bit more than just a reaction to the musical pleasure.
But that's ok in my book and completely relatable. :D
Geoff Castellucci: generates resonance from places where most of us don't have places.
Truth. I patiently waited decades for those places to sprout -- never happened...
I'm concerned. This is sounds like inception shenanigans.
Carl, you're awesome. 😂
LOLOLOL!
@@alanclarke8117 They say: "beer builds better bodies". I don't know you. But soundwise: I might say it's a lie. :-)
As my old gran used to say, 'that was so beautiful it brought a tear to my leg'.
My word, that caught me off guard.
Got like number 69
🤣🤣🤣
Your gran is a legend
DOT DOT DOT
The little "no, no.." at the 11:40 mark where Elizabeth starts to 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 in response to Geoff's voice might be my favourite part of this reaction. 😄
Same @14:30
And don’t forget 17:43 🎤and 19:30🎶 and 21:41.😊
When you start singing so low you can hear the individual sound waves you do that to people.
If someone said, "Step aside," like that to me I would straight up disappear. I would learn how to cross dimensions to get away from them.
That being said, I would virtually sell my soul for that voice.
Anyone can learn anything if they put their mind to it.
He has a video where he teaches and demonstrates how he gets low. It's essentially a vocal technique that's used in metal. Find your Vocal Fry and then add a bit of voice to it. Practice with the "O" sound and get the right tone to it. Once you sing that in a microphone, it amplifies it to the point of sounding gravely and shaky.
ruclips.net/video/XKLaYGHJoJM/видео.html
Reverse Ariel
@@adamcorfman573 of course when you hear the beginning of that lesson and realize that his speaking voice is that of an ENT from Lord of the rings then you realize it might not be quite that simple.
@@falxonPSN have you tried it yet?
You literally have the most expressive face i ever seen...disney needs to study you for future princess references
Yes!
Maybe they just make her the next Disney princess
I read expensive face at first lmao
That is so true...Eliz. never lost her "inner child" and it can escape at any magical music moment that pops up!! soooo fun!!!
True
11:22 the start of her brain breaking over the base drop on the “walk the _line_” lyric
16:40 for similar reaction to “step _aside_”
17:40. 3rd brain break at “16 _TONS_”
19:27. She’s slain by “owe my sooo_OOUL_”
HAHAHAHA I love this comment.
well, you kind of missed her reaction at 6:40 😜, but other than that - spot on descripion, epsecially the last one 😂🤣😂👍
Wish there was some surgery that could give me a voice like that. I'll never have a voice that anyone would go crazy over. :(
@@zek62482 that's not true until you try
@@e_climber2160 eh? What is it you think I’m supposed to be planning? (Aside from an easy way to quickly access some of the low-note highlights of this review)
Elizabeth: this note could unscrew screws making things fall apart
Also Elizabeth: continues to play that over and over again
I see we are dealing with someone who enjoys chaos
Now this is an Avenger level threat.
Is it me or does it seem like any time a woman listens to this guy they always need a new change of underwear after they're done lol
@@nathanhammond7705 not just you.
Well she is listening with earphones..
@@nathanhammond7705 thats why i dont have underwear so i dont ruin them
I am in awe of Geoff
Castellucci.
This guy causes serious eargasms. Such a beautiful tone and range. The production and combination of overlapping vocals is absolutely amazing.
I'm so glad I'm not the only woman who turns into a squealing fangirl when listening to Geoff and his insane deep notes! Also, his Bear Necessities is great! I know you're a Disney nerd!
No worries, watch a few of the 'best of' reactions to Geoff's songs, you'll see you are in good company, female or male. :D
I am, but I'm not a Jungle Book fan. However, I am a Geoff fan, so I'd listen to it!
@Jeff Jensen my dad (a one-time bass) would agree with you, and he's 83.
Geoff himself said he used no subharmonics, only his chest voice. He's just that amazing 😎
That’s insane
no way dude
Where did he say this I believe he can chest the notes but they sound like subs especially at the last few notes of - I owe my *soul* to the compan*y* *store*- and -I can't *go*
Should I talk to someone about being able to sing this note for note
@@Damienmcelwee93 Same dude lol, it's fun to sing when you can too.
Love how Geoff starts off with that super smooth, easy-going bass voice of his, and you go, "Oh yeah, this guy's a great bass singer!" And then at some point- returning fans know it's coming but first-time listeners are shocked- he goes THAT low, and one's life is never the same after that.
That’s my favorite part about the reacts. Just knowing it’s coming and they don’t know yet. It also brings me back to when I first heard the song & it made me girly too. Those frequencies just do something to you. Lol
I want just one person love me as much as this woman loves Geoff's voice.
Same😮💨
Both Geoff and Elizabeth have fantastic hair!
Just wanted to point out, PattyCake Productions is a studio owned by Layne Stein and Tony Wakim, which is where this video was filmed. All the actual video production and editing is done by Geoff himself 🙂 and as others have said, there are no subharmonics in this song, the melody is all full voice 😊 Geoff confirmed it either in the comments of "Sixteen Tons" or in the live chat before the premiere, I can't remember.
As far as the instruments, I believe he's using his keyboard and plug-ins. I don't believe any of his solo work so far has been a capella 🙂
If you turn on the captions, he confirms that he did a "super dramatic bend to F#1" at the end 😉
I really love your reactions and in-depth analysis, VoicePlay (and Geoff obviously) are my absolute favorite musicians, and it's so nice to see them get the recognition they deserve 💗
Awesome comment, thanks for setting the record straight
My God. Every time you think Geoff can’t get better, you’re proven wrong. ❤️
I’ve only just discovered Voiceplay is Lyne the one with the carrot in some of their videos?
I love Pattycake’s stuff
@@lizwildcatmunro2460 yes, that's Layne 🙂
You are correct about there not being any Acapella projects. Geoff confirmed in his interview with Peter Barber that he purposefully does not do Acapella on his solo channel, instead leaving those for VoicePlay projects.
Would be cool if you could interview Geoff. Maybe he could answer some questions of yours. ;)
Yes! :)
Agreed!!
I would love to see that.
Like, if we sat down on May 3rd and had tea time? ;-)
@@TheCharismaticVoice EEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! So excited!!
This was fantastic. Reaction videos are ubiquitous on RUclips these days and yet, very few of them are worth the time to sit through. The majority rely on a gimmick/formula and offer precious little in the way of actual substance. Love yours for so many reasons: the attention to detail, the thoughtful analyses, the descriptiveness, the enthusiasm. I always leave with a new perspective on whatever you've just reacted to, even if it's something I'd heard a million times before. Anyway, thanks and keep up the great work!
Elizabeth is absolutely the best
Thank you both of you! I and we try really hard to bring substance to the content, but it's you the community that helps this channel grow and be amazing. Thank all of YOU!
@@TheCharismaticVoice You're definitely my favorite music reactor just because you put so much analysis and detail into your work. Too many reactors feel like I'm just watching the original video with a friend who likes to mutter a lot. I love it when you pause and go into depth about something.
Geoff is basically the musical opposite of Myles Kennedy.
When hearing Myles, I always think "He can't get higher than that, can't he???"
When hearing Geoff, it is always "He just got deeper and deeper, what is happening??"
That would be a really fascinating crossover, both of them building a song together.
I think reality might break at that point actually.
Have you ever heard of Dimash Qudaibergen (I might have gotten the transcription slightly wrong)? He's a singer from Kazakhstan who can get from baritone to literally off the right side of the piano keyboard. I'm pretty sure he hit a D8 (>4.4 kHz) once accidentally, he was aiming at a G7 but he had a bit of a cold so he landed at like C8 and decided to roll with it
Geoff is extremely impressive, but Tim Foust is the a capella bass GOAT
I saw him with Voice Play last year, and when he hits low notes, you can feel it in your sternum. I've never experienced that from a human voice before, and it was amazing.
Edit: 2 years ago. Covid time has my sense of time all muddled.
I've loved this song ever since I heard it as a child. But Geoff is beyond talented. I always say he is so nimble with his vocals. He has the rare ability to not only HIT the low notes, but sustain them and you can understand the words. Where a lot of basses may hit the same note and it's just a noise. Another thing that amazes me is that Geoff never sounds forced or strained his tones are clear and beautiful. He bounces up and down the octaves like a ping pong ball. Like he opens his mouth and all of these delicious words just fall out perfectly! One thing's for certain, he's a rare gem. Great reaction as always!
I prefer Tennessee Ernie Ford,'s version better.
He’s really focused on extending his chest voice down so he rarely needs subs; he’s really focused on the clarity of his voice. I can go a lot lower, but I don’t sound anywhere near as good.
I just love her and how she gets so excited and is not afraid to show it
I’m now convinced that Geoff harnesses the vocal power of everyone within a 20 mile radius of him to create these notes. There is no way there is that much power inside one person.
My mom fell in love with my dad the moment she heard his voice booming from the back of the auditorium at the university.
Dad loved singing Eastern Orthodox liturgy which requires such super-deep bass voices. His voice was sought by conductors and he sometimes was a member of two or three choirs at the same time. He sang in church (and I joined him a couple of times as I can read music from a sheet), but also traveled around the world, cut records, sang on stage in opera choruses, etc.
Of course, over the decades of singing he made friends. The guys in his choir section - with equally incredibly deep voices - were his lifelong best friends. So, every now and then they'd come for dinner. After they ate, they'd each pick up one of my 3-4 guitars and start singing. Songs like "Go down Moses", "Long White Robe" and "Born under the Wandering Star" and yes, "Sixteen tons". The whole house was booming and shaking (and that was a 64-appartments building) and all the neighbors could feel it if not hear it.
My voice is deep, but not like his. Also, unlike my Dad, I never studied how to sing properly (perhaps I can watch Geoff's videos on techniques of singing deep). I was, for many years, invited to all the parties to bring my guitar and sing. But how I wish I could sing the way he could. He died in 2003, and mom died last month (her 89 birthday would have been tomorrow). So these songs make me sad and nostalgic....
Was he a basso profundo
yes
I do DJ gigs and played this at an event and people just freaked out. Love this guy and his videos are excellent.
Geoff’s my favourite artist and Elisabeth, with all her knowledge and enthusiasm, is my favourite reactor. This can’t be anything but great!!
Just a couple things
The whole lead vocal is sung in chest voice! He tends to start doing subharmonics at a G1 (in fact I think there’s only 2 songs where he’s sang subharmonics at a higher pitch)
It’s hard cuz us mere mortals cannot understand how it’s possible to sound like that at the bottom of his voice but that’s just the timbre of his natural voice.
Subharmonics sound a bit more electronic or robotic
13:11 this ones a G#1
His lowest chest note is indeed an F#1 which he sings twice in this at “step a *side* and that low slide at the end
Yep. If you turn on the closed captions, he actually put, in parentheses. that the final slide goes down to a low F# (with a little wink emoji, to all those he knows are checking the notes he's singing on their pianos) ..😉
Its the kidnap the sandy claws Marcelo, and I think almost everyone who watch it thinks it as an overtone but Geoff just change the placement he sing the subharnonic.
Didn't geoff comment on his video that no subharmonics were used?
Yeah that’s what I said?
@@CapriUni, and he called that slide “super dramatic” or something like that. The captions on “Oogie Boogie’s Song” call the last note “subterranean”!
How the hell does ANYONE watch Elizabeth's videos and click "dislike"?
Her take is always fresh and professional without being condescending to those if us who aren't professional musicians.
She has absolutely increased my appreciation for music of all types
You're right, and thumbs up from me too! But Elizabeth "reacts", she doesn't critique. Not that she needs to--jeez, her fun and enthusiasm add so much. I've seen 10 or so reactions. She eludes to "mistakes" in a 3rd-person way ("here's where many singers struggle..." etc.). An interesting video show some real-life clunkers along with Elizabeth's ideas on how to help them out.
One from the boss of Geoff's mine. Others from men that stepped aside in time and didn't get killed.
im sure she has said no to many many men.
I have listened to Geoff’s. Sixteen Tons I don’t how many times. But he makes me smile and my heart skip a beat or two. He is the stuff dreams are made of.
One of my favorite singers doing a cover of one of my favorite songs all while being analyzed by my favorite RUclipsr 🔥
People will mention this a lot in the comments, but he actually didn't use a single subharmonic in this song, it was all 100% chest. His lower chest voice is just so thicc that it sounds sub-ish I guess, but his subharmonics definitely sound different than his lower chest notes
I think the reason it almost sounds subharmonic is because a lot of it was doubled, or maybe even tripled.
@@FlarkeFiasco I doubt any of it was doubled, I think the volume was just raised, if you can hit low notes like that, the notes just rumble like that, it’s just natural
Is fry vocals
I don’t think his chest voice sounds very similar to subharmonics but I can understand why people who have only had a surface level introduction to the world of bass singing might get confused
It's not sub, it's just a mix. Like fried-chest and chest-fry. It depends of the notes we're talking about, but the "thick" G# we can hear is fried. I can get the same type of tone with that technique. If you boost the bass and let drop the high, you get the same sound too.
Last point : honestly it doesn't matter. Sub, pure chest, mix, growl.. I don't care. If it sounds beautiful, that's matters to me. And when Geoff sings, it makes me feel a lot of things! And I know that I'm not the only one!
If you do another one I’d recommend “high and dry” to hear more of his higher range
Personally, I prefer Blackbird, but I see where you're coming from.
@@matthewrayner571 Blackbird was awesome! I have not seen High And Dry (yet). Thank you both. :)
Or country roads
Absolutely! High and Dry is one of my favorite covers he does. I like to sing along too. Not saying I am anywhere near as good, but I try.
@Michael Wayne Iirc the last note in Headless Horseman is an F#1.
Geoff does use some instruments in most of his covers, he doesn't advertise them as a capella because there not but his voice is still very front and center, never fails to disappoint.
"never fails to disappoint."
Uh...
LMAO.
I think you meant that he never fails to impress or he never disappoints. The way you said that makes it sound like he always disappoints you lol
My grandfather was a coal miner. He died (and the local mine closed) before I was born but I heard my grandmother and father talk a little bit about it. The mining company provided housing for the miners and also owned the local general store. The mining company would get the wages of the miners back through the expenditures they had to make at the company store. It really felt like the mining company owned its miners. It certainly owned every thing the miners "owned".
Elizabeth's limbic system is going into overdrive, fluttering eyes and the face touches. Geoff's voice is literally stressing her body out and it's doing all these subconscious things to release that stress lol love it.
Eargasm much? :p
thats step one.
As a kid, I got to meet Tennessee Ernie Ford and spend some time with him. Great guy
Geoff also did an incredible version of the Beatles song Blackbird not to mention a whimsical version of the Headless Horseman, both great songs
His “Headless Horseman” almost perfectly duplicates Thurl Ravenscroft’s version. There’s even a video on RUclips with both of them, one on each side.
You have the best facial expressions!🤣
Avi and Tim abuse speakers.
Geoff abuses physics.
Rotflmfao that's awesome! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
i love how expressive she is it's too cute and she really captures how i felt when i first heard him
That’s why I love watching these reacts! This cover made me so girly I was glad I was alone 😂
I don’t think you can control it!
Ladies, we are all in love with this guy 💛
I'm not even a lady, and I'm in love with this guy.
You were surprised he could sing "high", but if you view his RUclips video in which he shares tips for singing "super, super low", he states he's actually a natural baritone. The very low range has come to him with only a massive amount of work. He said he's more comfortable in the baritone range. Enjoyed your perspectives on this cover and thanks for your analysis!
I feel like she's basically the Disney Princess of music with how passionate and expressive she is. Really love this Chanel
I went to a hotel in San Francisco to visit some friends that were in town. We met up in the lobby and hit the streets. Evening came and we went to this bar. We are hanging out and there was a singer at an open mic thing. She was singing these songs and playing a guitar. Most of the songs were in a higher register. She sang about 6 songs then she broke out into sixteen tons in a very very low register. The room was shocked when her voice dropped down to those low notes. After the song ended she acknowledged the fact that she wasn’t as womanly as she appeared. I love San Fran....
I mean, that's amazing. And good for them and the bar! I would have loved to see that performance!
I would have been over the moon from such a surprise!! 😀 I'd gush about it forever! Love it!
Her reactions to his voice is as great as Geoff’s voice is. Love this. He is literally my fave
I still remember my first time finding Geoff and it was exactly this song.
I think everyone's first reaction is "What in the utter fuck is that???"
Geoff is awesome and every time hearing him sing it is sooo special :D
Yes!!! Some of Geoff‘s solo work! This is what we need on this channel! And judging by the thumbnail, you‘ll like it😄
Oh, Yes. I love Geoff's voice.
Yes! Thank you! His solo work is absolutely incredible!
I can remember my Dad singing part of this song in the kitchen, while he made us breakfast/lunch/dinner. When he wasn't at work being a Navy pilot/ supply officer. His Dad was a coal miner.
One of the only songs written for a deeper voice. Thank you for helping me understand my voice.
Sums Geoff up in one sentence: "It's so low, it's so difficult but he doesn't even show it off, it's so amazing."
I think that would be 3 sentences. Still true. :)
@@victorylane2377 Eh I think commas don't count as a new sentence
I love your excitement when listening to other singers.
Omg Geoff in the new Voice Play My Mother Told Me.... It’s right up your alley for sure
First time I heard this version I was blown away (being from the generation of Tennesie Ernie Ford), this is a GREAT cover. And boy does it show his range.
I agree with you. The first time I saw his video I was stunned at how deep he went with his voice and I had to repeat it a few times just to be sure I wasn’t imagining what I heard! Pretty impressive!
This is so addictive and unique! I heard that his wife was the one behind the camera for this one, which probably contributed to his "something extra." This is huge because his songs are almost always amazing! I just think another big reason people love him is his solid family values and reliability, which is so rare!
Geoff's solo work is great, I think my favorite is his version of Blackbird.
Blackbird is my absolute favorite
Yep, for me Blackbird is also his best solo song... and maybe even better than this one to start reacting to his solo work... but well, hope it's the second soon :)
Guys, take the time out to watch and listen to Elizabeth singing, wow. Certainly lends credence to her reactions to others songs. Lovely voice and lovely lady to boot.
Geoff recently did Big Bad John. I listen to you often including with Home Free, but I got chills with Geoff's cover of Big Bad John.
The world isn't strong enough for four Geoffs in tank tops, change my freaking mind
Now we need a video of Geoff Castellucci reacting to Elizabeth 'The Charismatic Voice' reacting to Geoff's 16 Tons.
In addition to all the amazing vocals, the choreography of the individual Geoff's backup singing and glances is amazing.
Geoff's voice is just out of this world! He is constantly perfecting it and making it sound easy! Takes lots of dedication!
He confirmed that there are no subharmonics in this song, it's all his amazing, mesmerizing chest voice!
I love your videos, the way you 'have to' go back and play it again, because you can't believe your ears! But it's all real. There's only one Geoff!
I wish you could interview him, like you did with Layne. That would be awesome!
All his solo work is great! The Headless Horseman, Take Me Home Country Roads, Mele Kalikimaka, Blackbird, High and Dry, the Bare Necessities. Please review them all, you won't regret it!
Keep your giggling going!!
His latest - misty mountains cold - floored me. My daughter thought it was not his actual voice.
Great reaction! Loved that you did so much research on the song. His version of Headless Horseman and Take Me Home Country Roads are superb!
I love that your reaction to the deepest tones mirrored my own jaw drop!! This guy!!
@15:50 Workers were paid in coins that were for the companys store, workers and their families essentially didn't have to leave the mining camp. But wages were rarely enough, so the company store would extend credit to the miners. Often times the miner would never make enough to free themselves from the debt that would be due in full upon their departure.
Ohhhh boy. The headphones will be *shaking* Monday morning! My chest hair doubled just listening to the original video. That deep TUUHNS just makes me giggle. Awesomesauce.
"My chest hair doubled..."😆😂😂🤣🤣🤣
My chest hairs could double, and I’d still probably have less than some women!
@@DennisKovacich Join the club, Dennis. Here, try this Bath and Body Works Sun Ripened Raspberry Shower Gel. One of the best scents out there, and soooo smooth.
I love watching your reactions. Reminds me of watching a kid in a candy store for the first time...all the excitement and how animated you get. Its so refreshing to see. To me it seems to really influence your explanations and how you want to share that excitement and have the viewer experience it as well.
You are one awesome woman.
Yes! Geoff is out of this world
I love how clear the "Cuz I can't go" is at the end after he holds that low note. So deep and clear lyrics.
Your pure love of music, of all kinds, and how you react to it is amazing to watch. Jumping onto the piano and figuring out the key changes was so very cool to watch.
Thank you so much for the reaction! Loved your giddiness and the shocked faces you made. There's only one Geoff Castelucci and he's out of this world.
Missed it. Elizabeth looked lika a tree full of owls reacting to Geoff singing and going down low 😁. He sure have some pipes and talent, bet he can swoon the birds off the tree also. She had some Geoffgasms. With the giggles. Carry on, lady 👍👍.
I loved how some of the notes/sequences seemed to break her brain...and bewilderment on her face. Adorable.
This is one of those songs that if you never heard the song you still know where the song is going musically. Thats a sign of brilliance.
Her face at 16:55 is priceless- so intrigued and confused. She’s so silly about Geoff’s voice, it’s always a joy to watch her react to his stuff.
Thank you Miss Elizabeth!
SO glad to see you react to this one! You absolutely must listen to Blackbird by him as well!
Agreed 👍🍻
Yeah, his version of Blackbird is simply perfection! Goosebumps the whole time!
I just love Geoff's voice. I could listen to him all day long. 💜 And I loooove sixteen tons. My dad used to play it on piano. 💜
Your "innocent joy" in listening to music/sounds just makes you utterly adorable 😇.
You would keep any man in your life youthful by just being the one you are 😊.
Watching your videos is a treat ⚘
I watched Geoff's video on how he trained his voice to get that low. He describes it as a painful process and the first attempts actually hurt and he could only do a few notes which was painful. But then over time his "voice" grew stronger and learned to handle it like any muscle. So some of the pitches and changes .. he has repeatedly trained his voice to be able to handle those moves.
Great pick, Elizabeth! Get ready for some goosebumps!
This is all chest voice, which is INSANE, hes so good! Great reaction
You’re absolutely going to love this version! Can’t wait till tomorrow.
Totally amazing, thank you for introducing me to Geoff!
You just crack me up as you completely immerse yourself in the performance. You deeply appreciate so many details.
the reason i love Geoff, the man is a consummate professional. and imminently talented. he spends practically all of his time working on increasing his range, and then creating amazing works that we get to be amazed by. and his channel is amazing, he genuinely loves his work and loves to talk about the details, how he does it and what he is doing, and how he trains.
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BTW that is not his subharmonics, this entire song is Chest voice.
Edit: Changed Full to chest voice, Geoff stated it himself in a comment on his original video
I found myself smiling whenever you smiled. You are infectious. Thank you for these vids. I'm rediscovering some of my fav music and in this case music I grew up on thru you. You are awesome.
@@masterreaper115 I should hope so: subharmonics are inaudible by definition.
@@ba_charles really? because her and like 50 other professionals all assume hes using them, and he demonstrates it in another video sooooo hows that work?
@@masterreaper115 they don't know what they're talking about is how that works. I would love it if you could find 50 confirmed pros who talk about this guy because that's possible.
I love your reaction to the thing he did at 11:25. That quick and VERY distant register change was WILD.
Three years later (2024) yeah, I've come back to listen to one of my all time vocal favourites and watch Elizabeth's gorgeous face, eyes, eyebrows and expressions overloaded with vibrations and brain frying auditory experiences! 😍🤪🤣❤
Man I get endless shivers feeling those bass notes through my studio monitors. Hard to believe a human can do that, but its so cool!
Elizabeth, you really need to review Geoff's version of the Beatles's Blackbird. This is a must to see (hear!) the full range and beauty of Geoff's voice! Thanks for the great content!
Geoff's voice is amazing...and such a delight to watch, too!
I love Geoff's solo stuff. If you want to see him really show off his range, check out his cover of "Blackbird" by The Beatles. Also, his recent cover of "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is phenomenal.
Blackbird is awesome!
Blackbird was my favorite of his solo work before he put this one out. So phenomenal.
He just has phenomenal vocal range and his voice is amazingly smooth.
Having been down first a Voiceplay rabbit hole, and now a Charismatic Voice rabbit hole, I have to leave a comment. You are adding another layer to already incredible performances, and even making your vast knowledge understandable to complete novices like myself. Thank you very much for a remarkable effort.
17:10 to 17:12 might be the best showcase of fangirl Elizabeth I think I've seen. It's so perfect it almost hurts XD
There are very few vocalists that can do what Geoff does with his voice. That's what makes him so great to listen to
This is the ultimate bass song I think-- since I received my baritone voice at 11 whenever I've woken up with allergies I've always sung this song just because it's fun to be able to sing, to feel it rattling your body and all the furniture around you...
I love seeing the right-hand Geoff smirk at right-center Geoff as he does that last progression and scoop. 😋
I hadn't listened to anything from him before watching this video and whoa he is so amazing ! Thank you Elizabeth for the discovery
I think I want to take singing lesson now :D