SLAY ALL THE SUITORS FOR LOVE - Composer/Vocalist Reacts - Odysseus - Cant Help | EPIC The Musical

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  • @AlexSilverCat
    @AlexSilverCat 12 дней назад +242

    Breaking his hands was a pretty serious threat of maiming, given the quality of medical care in ancient Greece- it would have pretty much ensured that Telemachus wouldn't have been able to hold a weapon or be a serious warrior. Which, given the time, meant a very real risk that he wouldn't have been respected as a leader or king.

    • @songsayswhat
      @songsayswhat 9 дней назад +21

      Yep. I don't know about ancient Greece, but Crusader Kings has taught me that a ruler cannot be Maimed in medieval Greece. Broken bones often did not set the way they do today.

    • @AdamShipley-i8n
      @AdamShipley-i8n 5 дней назад +4

      But it's still a pretty big step down from what they were plotting in Hold them down.

  • @damsonrhea
    @damsonrhea 9 дней назад +99

    So Track 38 is titled "Odysseus."
    In the context of this musical, that's interesting. There are three other songs with the same naming convention.
    Polyphemus, Scylla, Charybdis. They're the songs where we meet a monster in it's lair.

    • @sukikurai
      @sukikurai День назад +3

      Another thing to note in a similar vane is until now the only time mortals have had backing vocals is when they had allies to provide it while gods and monsters could conjure their own backing vocals. Throughout this sing Odysseus has backing vocals chanting his name.

  • @alexapalma3999
    @alexapalma3999 День назад +5

    In Polyphemus there's a choir singing the cyclop's name. And Odysseus' name is sung the same in the song Odysseus and it adds to the idea that he's not the same man from when we started. And I freakin love it.

  • @Kamarovsky_KCM
    @Kamarovsky_KCM 11 дней назад +127

    If you'd like some info regarding who the main suitors here were, they're:
    Eurymachus - voiced by Dennis Diaz. He's the "Open Arms" guy, and in the Odyssey he served a very similar role, as he blames all the suitors crimes on Antinous so that Ody spares them. Though he genuinely was not that bad, as he was Telemachus's favorite, as the Prince believed him to be "the best man in Ithaca" who was most-deserving of the throne, besides Odysseus.
    Amphinomus - voiced by Tristan Caldwell. He's the "Damn he's more cunning" guy. In the Odyssey he's genuinely a kind guy, and was Penelope's favorite. He was very much against Antinous's plot, and was warned by a disguised Odysseus "not to come into the school tomorrow" in a way, before the massacre lmao. Tristan also voiced the unnamed suitor saying "You don't understand it, this man plans for every fight!"
    Melanthius - voiced by Jamie Wiltshire. He's that final suitor who begged for mercy, and who probably had the most lines here. In the book he's actually Odysseus's old goatherd, who sided with the Suitors and aided them, enough to become one of them. At the end, he got brutally mutilated by Ody or his helpers, and I mean BRUTALLY.
    Some of our other beloved singers also provided some lines, like Luke "Zeus" Holt doing some Frenchy accent for "We have the advantage, we've the numbers and the might" and "we know these halls, the odds can be tilted" lines.
    Also TROY "Hermes" Doherty sang the "We're empty-handed up against an archer, our only chance is to strike him in the darkness" line.
    Likely all 5 of those, as well as the singer for Ares, Earle Gresham Jr. voiced the remaining unnamed suitors.
    And they all sounded so amazing! Their voices so unique and brilliantly characterized!

    • @shellyappiah
      @shellyappiah 9 дней назад +8

      Thank you for this cause I knew some of the voices were familiar but couldn’t place it

    • @niffleraku
      @niffleraku 7 дней назад +4

      wait what the french sounding ones were Luke?? Holy shit the range

    • @falcoskywolf
      @falcoskywolf 4 дня назад +2

      What a great rundown of the suitors! And daaang, I never would have noticed Luke and Troy- they've got some serious versatility there. Could give them even more options for voice acting in the future.

    • @Kamarovsky_KCM
      @Kamarovsky_KCM 4 дня назад +3

      @@falcoskywolf Thank you! And yeah I couldn't believe it was Luke either, but he confirmed it in one comment. Yesterday I also asked Earle AKA Ares if he voices any, to know for sure, and yep he said that two of the suitors are him!

    • @manthannandha1095
      @manthannandha1095 День назад +2

      @@Kamarovsky_KCM Seems like "In the heat of battle" and "Where is he? Where is he" was Earle, but that's just me listening with my ear, so I could be wrong

  • @Greenyoshi72
    @Greenyoshi72 12 дней назад +122

    Love how Odysseus learned a corresponding response to all the suitor’s pleas throughout the show.
    “You’ve destroyed the serpent’s head” ❌ “how much longer til the snake breaks free?”
    “Now the rest of us are no longer a threat” ❌ “He’s still a threat until he’s dead.”
    “old king forgive us instead” ❌ “You could learn to forgive.” “No”
    “So that no more blood is shed, let’s have open arms instead” ❌ “The blood on your hands is something you won’t lose” -> “The blood we shed it never dries” -> “wash it away like the blood your hands have known.”

    • @RacketEPIC
      @RacketEPIC 9 дней назад +5

      the final bit also correlates to "Aren't you tired of this war bloodshed? Is this how we're supposed to live?"

  • @platinum_noelle
    @platinum_noelle 4 дня назад +10

    One thing i never see brought up is that, when that one suitor Eurymachus makes the plea for mercy, forgiveness, and open arms, Ody responds with the exact same response and tone as Poseidon when he also asked for forgiveness in Get in the Water: _"No."_

  • @airiatasui8591
    @airiatasui8591 9 дней назад +60

    The fact that pop makes things familiar is perfect for Odysseus and Telemachus. They don't know each other, but there's something there.
    All the stories Telemachus heard about his father and Odysseus seeing his wife in his son's features.

  • @marys6436
    @marys6436 10 дней назад +49

    5:28 Dude the fact that you caught immediately how special the change in perspective is is so great. It really emphasizes the fact that Odysseus has become the monster.

  • @wiredjeweler211
    @wiredjeweler211 11 дней назад +61

    The final chord of "Odysseus" being the same final chord of "Monster" such a great call back.

  • @callie5232
    @callie5232 12 дней назад +52

    ‘i can’t help but wonder’ sounds SO much like ‘just a man’, the beginning part specifically where he’s holding an infant and reminiscing abt his son. the high parts in ICHBW sounds like “how could i hurt you?” when he’s speaking to the baby

    • @cloversghostsings
      @cloversghostsings 12 дней назад +3

      yeah and the reason it sounds like "Maybe" ('We'll Be Fine') is because that song is just Warrior of the Mind + Just a Man which i love tbh

  • @olessiatchijova8605
    @olessiatchijova8605 12 дней назад +40

    Honestly, my favorite bit was Jay’s explanation behind Telemachus’s strikes and how they fit in musically. It’s so cool

    • @mekenataunton6237
      @mekenataunton6237 6 часов назад

      I was just about to comment the same thing 😂

  • @robbieg6838
    @robbieg6838 12 дней назад +57

    If you wanna talk about layering. Go back and listen to the sword clashes during song 38. They’re call backs to telemacus and songs including him like little wolf.
    Also the last song makes me cry everytime

  • @sarka2008
    @sarka2008 9 дней назад +16

    14:16 "I see a man who gets to make it home alive but it's no longer you"

  • @alexispincock7409
    @alexispincock7409 12 дней назад +59

    Here are all the callbacks I’ve managed to catch in Odysseus:
    1:51 Beginning is like Monster
    2:24 Danger Motif
    4:36 Odysseus guitar riff
    4:37 Choir sings Odysseus like Polyphemus
    5:27 The suitors = Survive (music wise not the same, but vibe wise)
    6:27 Choir sings second Odysseus in danger motif like the end of Mutiny before Zeus arrives
    6:37 “Where is he”: Legendary
    6:40 “Keep your head down he’s aiming for the torches” = “My real wife knows I’m not scared of the water” music callback to Different Beast
    6:40 The torches: Scylla
    7:40 Suitor asking forgiveness and mercy like Ody in Ruthlessness
    8:13 Open Arms callback
    8:16 “No” = Get in the Water
    9:32 Quick thought: Athena
    9:35 Legendary
    9:37 Warrior of the Mind
    10:59 Where is he
    11:09 Hold him down
    12:01 12:58 *shing* Poseidon boss battle sound
    13:03 Choir last rendition of Odysseus: No Longer You
    13:25 Final beat drop: End of Monster

    • @manthannandha1095
      @manthannandha1095 12 дней назад

      What's Poseidon boss battle sound?

    • @alexispincock7409
      @alexispincock7409 12 дней назад +4

      @ in Get In The Water, after Ody asks Poseidon if he could forgive him and then Poseidon says no and then spazzed out for a second and the giant water Cthulhu thing appears there is a *shing* type of sound… I couldn’t think of a better description other than “Poseidon boss battle sound” 😂

    • @TinyShinyUnique
      @TinyShinyUnique 8 дней назад

      @@alexispincock7409it is a genius and very fitting description ☺️ imo

    • @alexispincock7409
      @alexispincock7409 8 дней назад

      @@TinyShinyUnique thank you 😂😂

  • @loubug9309
    @loubug9309 9 дней назад +25

    Jay did a video recently explaining that after we see Athena, two motifs play on two different instruments. On the piano, the “this is my goodbye” is playing, and on the guitar, the “Penelope” motif plays, kind of showing where their current thought are.

  • @timshen5542
    @timshen5542 8 дней назад +23

    10:35 maybe the song "Storm" from the ocean saga fits better?
    "Headddd towards the island and avoid the crashing waves
    Stayyy where the tide is flat and then you will be safe"
    its like the suitors are the evil counterparts to the crew

    • @prez.cookie980
      @prez.cookie980 3 дня назад

      Which may parallel Odysseus' speech in the intro to the musical in The Horse and the Infant to Antinous' in Hold Them Down.

  • @lijahsampson6979
    @lijahsampson6979 6 дней назад +8

    Also 9:25 Imagine this. "I find it hard to believe that the sharpest of kings left his armory unlocked." "I say we strike first, we don't have time to waste, so let's raid the place and-" (Full Speed Ahead reference)

    • @RacketEPIC
      @RacketEPIC 4 дня назад

      It's more likely
      "I made a mistake like this, it almost cost my like, I can't take more risks of not seeing my wife." From Different Beast

  • @manthannandha1095
    @manthannandha1095 12 дней назад +22

    22:16 It sounds very similar, but that's definitely the opening of Just A Man, not Wouldn't You Like

  • @keirashango2544
    @keirashango2544 12 дней назад +12

    That is so true! Before telemachus's fight with the suitors, it uses the same sound as "wouldn't you like" because it's like getting the suitors "drunk" or "high" on the thought of getting one over on odysseus

  • @andronixbegayaf
    @andronixbegayaf 9 дней назад +12

    6:01 that melody is actually Odysseus's melodic Motif! You can hear it in most of the song where he's acting cunning or fighting(The Horse And The Infant, Done For, etc.).
    Fun fact. Telemachus's attacks in "Odysseus" are all different motifs too, fist being the Worrior Of The Mind motic, second being Telemachus's Legendary one, third being "fight little world, fight" and fourth being the second half of the Odysseus's one(just a bam bam bam bam bam, where the full one would be pararara bam bam bam bam bam)

  • @lorelaimillet
    @lorelaimillet 3 дня назад +1

    My favourite part of this is the transition between Ody's voice in 'Odysseus' being raw and angry, to be so soft and gentle in 'Can't help'. It's a prelude to the next song with Penelope where she can clearly see that he's still in there.

  • @MusetheInsomniac
    @MusetheInsomniac 12 дней назад +15

    10:21 I’m *so* glad you caught this! The suitors wanted a taste of the power, but bit off more than they could chew! They didn’t quite have the blessing of a certain god 👀

    • @RacketEPIC
      @RacketEPIC 4 дня назад

      Pretty sure that's supposed to be
      "Head towards the island and avoid the crashing waves" from Storm

  • @VTPPGLVR
    @VTPPGLVR 5 дней назад +3

    05:48
    Aren’t those the same notes for “all I hear are screams”? If so, it seems like
    - underscoring the violence
    - callback to the pain that’s fueling him

  • @Xonology
    @Xonology 9 дней назад +4

    The change in perspective is cool because in all the songs where all the monsters are named, (Polythemus, Scylla, Charybdis) and now Odysseus. In all of these songs, the named monster doesn’t lead.

  • @words-with-wooly
    @words-with-wooly 5 дней назад +3

    I think I know why I Can't Help But Wonder sounds familiar. The melodic introduction before the guitar matches that in Just a Man... as does the finger pattern in the acoustic guitar, the main difference in instrumentation being Telemachus' Legendary theme. I can't believe it took me a month to realize the callbacks here 😭

  • @Smootiful
    @Smootiful 12 дней назад +15

    Wow. It is STUNNING to me that you caught that both Hermes and Athena are there! 👏👏👏 Just love your whole body reactions. We feel the music the same way man.

  • @s1riustar
    @s1riustar 12 дней назад +14

    The motif you're hearing in ICHBW is the notes of the Just a Man instrumental btw!! :)

  • @Pumakat95
    @Pumakat95 12 дней назад +11

    Great breakdown. I can’t wait to see your reaction to the finale song. Also, it always gets me that you hear the piano of My Goodbye at the end of I Can’t Help But Wonder because it is their last goodbye.

  • @konik.15
    @konik.15 12 дней назад +19

    Personally I think you should react to the videos Jorge has made where he goes over the music. You'd love them!

  • @sovereignmogale6024
    @sovereignmogale6024 12 дней назад +27

    The 'Old King' VA is Dennis Diaz

  • @lijahsampson6979
    @lijahsampson6979 6 дней назад +1

    6:45 Actually, more than two. In "Remember Them" the cyclops family sings "Who hurts you?" to the same tune, because they are also wondering where Odysseus, though they do not know his name, is. In all these instances, Odysseus is an unknown figure.

  • @michaelavail3554
    @michaelavail3554 12 дней назад +13

    absolute banger as always! I love your reaction so much dude! And I can’t wait for gilgamesh!!!

  • @issackoi
    @issackoi 12 дней назад +6

    FYI the Cyclops' name is Polyphemus

  • @DellBlackberry22
    @DellBlackberry22 8 дней назад +2

    This is the best reverse jumping I have seen in any musical. 108 v 1 is wild. Odysseus is like I am the Monster I am the Danger

  • @NorthShadow_21
    @NorthShadow_21 12 дней назад +12

    The fact that The Odyssey and Jorge were able to pull off making a journey seem very action packed is mind blowing. Most books I've read the journey is really boring.

  • @felixhenson9926
    @felixhenson9926 8 дней назад +4

    Broken hands isn't death for sure but it more or less means you'll be dependent on others to survive tbh. We use our hands for EVERYTHING, as someone w a lot of pain in mine who's tried to limit my use of them it's fucking impossible. Try keep an eye on how much you use them, you'll be surprised. Esp given the hands are such delicate, complex structures that even medical doctors now have to subspecialise in hand surgery and even for them it isn't easy to repair them. But your certainly don't have anything that sophisticated in Ancient Greece.

  • @ghostsquad7883
    @ghostsquad7883 12 дней назад +4

    Just discovered you today and loving your reactions to the Ithaca Saga. Jay is super duper talented, and clearly so are you. 😉

  • @beckenfuggle644
    @beckenfuggle644 12 дней назад +3

    “And then it murdered my heart…” 🥹🥹🥹🥹 oh that made me cry…again 😅

  • @candyloverthegreat871
    @candyloverthegreat871 7 часов назад

    5:47 the guitar riff I think is also the same riff from the very first song the horse and the infant when they're preparing for war but it's with a different instrument

  • @candyloverthegreat871
    @candyloverthegreat871 6 часов назад

    21:38 the calypso song not sorry for loving you plays in the background lol

  • @andronixbegayaf
    @andronixbegayaf 9 дней назад +3

    15:11 okey, this is interesting. The notes you're playing here sound really close to the start of a cut song that used to be the finale: Olive Tree

  • @lijahsampson6979
    @lijahsampson6979 6 дней назад

    15:50 it's in "Just a Man" when he sees the infant that reminds him of his son.

  • @핑엘리
    @핑엘리 8 дней назад +2

    can't wait for the finale heehoo

  • @jaynayoung108
    @jaynayoung108 11 дней назад +3

    Olive tree it's the perfect epilogue song for epic even though It's the cut song that was supposed to be the last song In epic.

  • @AdamShipley-i8n
    @AdamShipley-i8n 5 дней назад

    16:09 it is literally the "Just a Man" Motif.

    • @AdamShipley-i8n
      @AdamShipley-i8n 5 дней назад

      As in it's at the beginning of Just a man (Though it's Piano in Just a man)

  • @uksinimene1196
    @uksinimene1196 6 дней назад

    I love when he says just "no." To the suitor, reminicent of poseidon when ody asked him for forgiveness, hence also ruthlessness, both in just 1 word is crazy work imo, might be reaching though

  • @candyloverthegreat871
    @candyloverthegreat871 6 часов назад

    16:11 we heard that in the just a man song at the start!

  • @Smileynify
    @Smileynify 11 дней назад +2

    I still stand by my opinion that Athena transfered Ody to Ares, and took Telemachus in as the new warrior of the mind :D hence the red eyes staying through the last animatics

    • @sage_justice1383
      @sage_justice1383 10 дней назад +5

      I’m fairly certain Ody is just done being an individual for any God or Goddess at that point. I actually don’t think Ares was involved other than a possible happy observer.

    • @Smileynify
      @Smileynify 9 дней назад +1

      @sage_justice1383 I base my opinion on the fact that somehow he was resurrected from the dead in 600 strike (and I think that was the time he gained the red eyes) and was able to defeat Poseidon into a really bad shape. I just cannot believe he did that with no help from the gods, even if he was a descendant of Hermes :D

    • @leonglitch
      @leonglitch 2 дня назад +1

      ​@Smileynify First Odysseus didn't literally come back to life. The ghosts are just Odysseus hallucinating because of his guilt and his guilt dies there. He metaphorically dies. Second, Odysseus had the wind bag which contained poseidon's storm his own power. That's how he beat him. Third, I think that takes away from Odysseus' character arc and the red eyes meaning becomes a monster if it's ares' fault.

  • @carissahaight3455
    @carissahaight3455 4 минуты назад

    Odysseus is upsetty-spaghetti is an interesting way to describe the murder of 108 people

  • @cinnominbubble
    @cinnominbubble 2 дня назад

    "This is my goodbyyyyyye" 😭

  • @HanaSakura-c4z
    @HanaSakura-c4z 6 дней назад +2

    Wait I’m confused, why did you say “new character” when Telemachus appeared, he appeared two sagas ago 8n the wisdom saga

  • @songsayswhat
    @songsayswhat 9 дней назад +2

    Psst, the cyclopes is Polyphemus. Spelling could be off.

  • @beckenfuggle644
    @beckenfuggle644 12 дней назад

    Yay. Been waiting for this

  • @beckenfuggle644
    @beckenfuggle644 12 дней назад

    I love your reactions ❤

  • @Ilovealtrock227
    @Ilovealtrock227 8 дней назад +1

    Is it just me, or is eurymachus’s verse similar to a melody from Polyphemus where Odysseus was asking for mercy from the cyclops. Not exactly the same, but similar. Also, I think the notes in the beginning of I can’t help but wonder are the same as the ones at the beginning of Just A Man but I’m probably wrong. It’s just a bit lower in I can’t help but wonder.

  • @KalebSparks-c7j
    @KalebSparks-c7j 9 дней назад

    The beginning of “I can’t help but wonder” I think is from just a man, and I know the Athena’s entering them is also from there.

  • @tobylangan
    @tobylangan 9 дней назад

    you where trying so hard not to cry 🤣

  • @SourandSassy
    @SourandSassy 11 дней назад

    You should react to more Musicals!!!

  • @Lucy-y932
    @Lucy-y932 6 дней назад

    I love the video but I think you forgot the last song

  • @chisasukelover1
    @chisasukelover1 12 дней назад

    Honestly, no I don't want to sing along to I can't help but wonder. Where you hear happy, I hear sad. And i can chalk it up childhood trauma. Suppressed emotions, and just bring unable to relate though. From non music and separating myself to appreciate the story/ narrative yes it happy.
    And honestly i always worried Odysseus anger might have caused him to blindly hurt or kill Telemachus during the last song of suitors slaying 🤷‍♀️ but i don't favor slow song no matter how happy the musical intention. Because it's not dopamine releasing for me. Wish it was, but its not😔