Theres such a beautiful video of Avi doing this in concert. Scott introduces the song and the whole audience lights their cell phones. Its just wonderful.
Standing By is one of my absolute favourites, and sadly is not reacted to very much. It is so hauntingly beautiful and the lyrics are so special for Avi. Love it.
It cracks me up when ppl forget that Scott is a very good bass!! His low range is so underrated by most people just like Avi's higher range. And yes, Avi and Kevin wrote this!
Standing by is one of my favorites. It's so underrated I reckon and AVI just makes it so perfect ! He is always able to bring so much emotion out with his voice .
Scott is a beast! I love this original. Avi’s voice is so smooth. Kirstin, Kevin and Mitch had those complicated harmonies. I love the puck up tempo when Kevin drops the beats. Avi and Kevin wrote Standing By.
@@QofyReacts there is a GREAT LIVE tour video of this song. You can see them doing their parts. Scott really holds that bass perfectly Kirstie and Mitch harmonies are out of this world K.O. slayed the beatboxing. Avi's GORGEOUS VOCALS tho!!😍😍😍 Avi and Kevin wrote this song!!!
Mitch blows my mind. His range is unbelievable, and his quality/tone is superb always, whether he’s at the bottom of his range or the top, including every single note between. I could listen to him endlessly. I love them all, really, I do. I can’t imagine this group without each person there. They are all fantastic singers all by themselves, but there’s something about Mitch and his God-given voice, quality, and tone that just gets me every time. He is simply one of a kind and I thank the Lord, for that, whenever I get to listen to Pentatonix.
Thank you so much for reacting to 'Standing By!' Hardly any reactors choose this one, and it really is one of their greats - and a rare chance for Avi's vocals to get showcased, for a change. You know you're a true Pentaholic when you can recognise each member's voices without even seeing them. 😁
Avi's sweet voice is so perfect for this song ,it's one of my favorites 😍!! Listening to the lyrics combined with Avi's voice ( especially on the live versions) , you can feel how much he misses his fam. and friends when they are on tour for a long time . "Take on Me " has a totally different vibe and is such a great cover! Thank you for pointing out so much (again 😊), you have such a good ear for it !!
Haha 🤣 so expected of Mitch to go higher that's what makes him an alien 👽 and then Scott coming in with the riffs after haha 😂 great reaction to both songs ❤️
I'm here!!! I am watching this while I am typing this... I had my job interview this morning, then drove an hour away for a dr appt. So I just got back & found this & it is just erasing all of the stress from my day immediately! Shoutout to the Qofy Gang ( AND the coffee gang!!! LOL!!) You know, the 2 albums that these songs are from are my 2 favorite albums of theirs!!! Take Me On just instantly makes me happy when I hear it! Standing By makes me cry, but it's worth it coz it's so beautiful!! And AVI sings it, so that makes it really special!! I love the attention to detail in your reactions & how much you appreciate Ptx's brilliance! Thanks Qofy, for making my day!!!!! I love you & all the Qofy Gang!!! 💜💜💜💜💜
@@QofyReacts Thanks for ALL THAT JOY!!! I am still smiling! My interview went well. Thank you for asking! I know there were over 20 applicants, & I am much older than most of them & maybe not quite as qualified, but I do have 17 yrs experience & the kind of personality they are looking for, so we'll just have to wait & see. I did my very best & that's all I can expect from myself. It's out of my hands now. If I don't get this one I will just keep looking! XO 💜
Love, love, love Standing By and how it showcases Avi's upper register and then how they blend together for an amazing song. The take they put on Take on Me as well. Their harmonies lifts so many of their songs, but that's a huge part of why we all love them. You point out a lot of great details! Thanks for doing both of these reacts, which many do not do.
You’re all over the place my guy lol! Standing By is an original song from PTX Vol. 3, then Take On Me was a cover from the 2017 EP of Classics. (Last EP before Avi left) It’s all good though, I’m just letting you know lol!
@@QofyReacts yes pretty sure Vol 3 was in 2014. I’m thinking whoever posted the audio you were listening to must’ve done it in 2018. Pretty hard for Avi to be singing with them once he’d already left end of 2017.
Experiencing Standing By live was an unforgettable experience. They get rid of the mics and stand real close to the front of the stage in a tight semicircle with all but one light extinguished. Everyone in the crowd turns on the flashlight on their phone (think holding a lit lighter up at a concert but with cellphone flashlights). I goosebumps just thinking about it. It was so incredible.
When you look at official PTX videos, it will typically list all members as the writers (much like the legal Lennon & McCartney arrangement was, regardless of whether one of them hadn't actually written on it). They all had input on "Standing By", but it was primarily Avi's song, which is what makes the legal block that was put on him from ever being able to perform it himself (same with "Run To You" and "Na Na Na", which he mostly created) truly onerous. I don't follow PTX's new, post-Avi songs, but does anyone know if PTX still performs "Standing By" in concert? I tend to doubt that they do. It was just too much Avi's song. They wouldn't be able to do it justice without him.
@@donnamiller6967 His video filmed on the mountain may have been permissible because it wasn't for profit. Same when he performed it with the Honor Choir back in April 2019. Plus, we can't know for certain what legal issues there were at his leaving, since such things are legally confidential.
Here's a link to a video of Standing By done by Avi. I believe he put it on Facebook. The background is really beautiful. ruclips.net/video/oMWkjEfql04/видео.html
Nice with the double reaction to these beautiful songs. Standing By is brilliant. I love watching the live performances to it, as so much passion. A great rendition of Take On Me. Hugs to the #Qofygang 💛 #ScottWithDaRiffs #Aliens #KOTheHuman808 💛
Just FYI, the EPs with the Volume numbers were actually called "PTX", not "Pentatonix". The album "Pentatonix" was their first all-original album, and also their first actual full-length CD (they had released a few full-length CDs earlier, but they were all either "Deluxe Editions" of the EPs with bonus tracks or compilations).
Great reaction QoFy! I sometimes actually really like it when there is not a video accompanying the song and you can actually sit and listen to and experience the beauty of the song/ music without having to stop a video for copyright laws. It’s a whole different experience and you were definitely into it 😊
I have to turn up up up the volume! because "take on me" is my favorite song of all time!it is the song that always lifts me from my chair 🕺and puts me in an indescribable good mood. and I must say that Ptx. version did justice to this song! Ooohhh and Avi's voice is like a rainbow after the storm!
Qofy love your reactions! I’d like to see you react to a few songs/artists if you haven’t already. Haley Reinhart and PMJ doing “Creep” and Chris Stapleton doing “Tennessee Whiskey” and/or “Sometimes I Cry”
Thanks for the great reactions to of my two favorites! If you get a chance, please check out a live version of Standing By. You can see all the percussion and back up that Scott and Kevin are doing. Here's a link to a great live performance: ruclips.net/video/GyARVE4ijrk/видео.html
"Is he gonna do it?" Hell yhe you bet he will xD That low note is too low for him though, I guess the last times he sung that song he didn't go that low.
Is he gonna do it? The high note there which sounds so high it seems unreal when Morten Harket did it back in the day? Not even a warmup for Mr Grassi 😃😍
Hey buddy, I'd seen your comment on one of my videos and hadn't gotten around to replying. Dropped in to check out some of your content and let you know you can contact me on any of my available social medias. Talk to you soon, keep up the good work :) -Flare
as much as we all love your reactions to everything PTX and I love them also but I hope you will find time to react to their counterparts the only all female acapella group performing Citizen Queen and their covers of never enough and no more tears left to cry this group deserve to be heard !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They opened for Ptx at their 2019 concert (at least the one that I went to in NC). Scott put that group together I think. Him & someone else- probably Ben. Citizen Queen is awesome!!!
Check out all Pentatonix reactions 😊 :
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Theres such a beautiful video of Avi doing this in concert. Scott introduces the song and the whole audience lights their cell phones. Its just wonderful.
Yes, I love them in concert
Standing By...one of their best; it doesn't get nearly the love it deserves.
I agree
It’s really good
Mitch's ability to switch voices mid song is just insane!! Not to mention the range! I love him so much!
It’s so amazing
Agreed Jennifer! Love, love, love !
Standing By is one of my absolute favourites, and sadly is not reacted to very much. It is so hauntingly beautiful and the lyrics are so special for Avi. Love it.
1000% agree!!
Avi said in their documentary that he wrote Standing By.
It cracks me up when ppl forget that Scott is a very good bass!! His low range is so underrated by most people just like Avi's higher range. And yes, Avi and Kevin wrote this!
Standing By, one of my favorites. Avi and Kevin wrote it when they were on tour for so long and really missing their families.
Standing by is one of my favorites. It's so underrated I reckon and AVI just makes it so perfect ! He is always able to bring so much emotion out with his voice .
Scott is a beast! I love this original. Avi’s voice is so smooth. Kirstin, Kevin and Mitch had those complicated harmonies. I love the puck up tempo when Kevin drops the beats. Avi and Kevin wrote Standing By.
So awesome
@@QofyReacts there is a GREAT LIVE tour video of this song. You can see them doing their parts. Scott really holds that bass perfectly Kirstie and Mitch harmonies are out of this world K.O. slayed the beatboxing. Avi's GORGEOUS VOCALS tho!!😍😍😍 Avi and Kevin wrote this song!!!
Mitch blows my mind. His range is unbelievable, and his quality/tone is superb always, whether he’s at the bottom of his range or the top, including every single note between. I could listen to him endlessly. I love them all, really, I do. I can’t imagine this group without each person there. They are all fantastic singers all by themselves, but there’s something about Mitch and his God-given voice, quality, and tone that just gets me every time. He is simply one of a kind and I thank the Lord, for that, whenever I get to listen to Pentatonix.
Thank you so much for reacting to 'Standing By!' Hardly any reactors choose this one, and it really is one of their greats - and a rare chance for Avi's vocals to get showcased, for a change. You know you're a true Pentaholic when you can recognise each member's voices without even seeing them. 😁
Avi's sweet voice is so perfect for this song ,it's one of my favorites 😍!! Listening to the lyrics combined with Avi's voice ( especially on the live versions) , you can feel how much he misses
his fam. and friends when they are on tour for a long time .
"Take on Me " has a totally different vibe and is such a great cover!
Thank you for pointing out so much (again 😊), you have such a good ear for it !!
Avi has the most smooth voice. Love the higher parts by Kirsten and Mitch! Can't get enough of Pentatonix. Thanks for the funny, genuine reactions.
Glad you enjoyed it
Kirstin
Haha 🤣 so expected of Mitch to go higher that's what makes him an alien 👽 and then Scott coming in with the riffs after haha 😂 great reaction to both songs ❤️
Hahaha Scott with the riffs
I'm here!!! I am watching this while I am typing this... I had my job interview this morning, then drove an hour away for a dr appt. So I just got back & found this & it is just erasing all of the stress from my day immediately! Shoutout to the Qofy Gang ( AND the coffee gang!!! LOL!!) You know, the 2 albums that these songs are from are my 2 favorite albums of theirs!!! Take Me On just instantly makes me happy when I hear it! Standing By makes me cry, but it's worth it coz it's so beautiful!! And AVI sings it, so that makes it really special!! I love the attention to detail in your reactions & how much you appreciate Ptx's brilliance! Thanks Qofy, for making my day!!!!! I love you & all the Qofy Gang!!! 💜💜💜💜💜
Hey lovely Beverly! How was your interview and I'm glad to bring some joy to your day
@@QofyReacts Thanks for ALL THAT JOY!!! I am still smiling! My interview went well. Thank you for asking! I know there were over 20 applicants, & I am much older than most of them & maybe not quite as qualified, but I do have 17 yrs experience & the kind of personality they are looking for, so we'll just have to wait & see. I did my very best & that's all I can expect from myself. It's out of my hands now. If I don't get this one I will just keep looking! XO 💜
@@beverlykrebs4372 great attitude! If you don't get the position it is their loss! Best of luck.
Love, love, love Standing By and how it showcases Avi's upper register and then how they blend together for an amazing song. The take they put on Take on Me as well. Their harmonies lifts so many of their songs, but that's a huge part of why we all love them. You point out a lot of great details! Thanks for doing both of these reacts, which many do not do.
I appreciate you David
I haven't even finished watching the video and I already hit the like button
You’re awesome
Love both songs,, Avi's voice is smooth. Mitch's voice is insane. Avi and Kevin wrote Standing By
#QofyGang
#HitTheButton
Thank you Ms.LaPerry!
Don't know if anybody said yet, but written by Avi and Kevin. Also it was on PTX album, their orginal album, release 2014.
You’re all over the place my guy lol! Standing By is an original song from PTX Vol. 3, then Take On Me was a cover from the 2017 EP of Classics. (Last EP before Avi left) It’s all good though, I’m just letting you know lol!
Haha thanks
@@QofyReacts yes pretty sure Vol 3 was in 2014. I’m thinking whoever posted the audio you were listening to must’ve done it in 2018. Pretty hard for Avi to be singing with them once he’d already left end of 2017.
Experiencing Standing By live was an unforgettable experience. They get rid of the mics and stand real close to the front of the stage in a tight semicircle with all but one light extinguished. Everyone in the crowd turns on the flashlight on their phone (think holding a lit lighter up at a concert but with cellphone flashlights). I goosebumps just thinking about it. It was so incredible.
I’ve seen it live as well... unforgettable and amazing 💜
I believe you're thinking of "Light In The Hallway", not "Standing By".
When you look at official PTX videos, it will typically list all members as the writers (much like the legal Lennon & McCartney arrangement was, regardless of whether one of them hadn't actually written on it). They all had input on "Standing By", but it was primarily Avi's song, which is what makes the legal block that was put on him from ever being able to perform it himself (same with "Run To You" and "Na Na Na", which he mostly created) truly onerous. I don't follow PTX's new, post-Avi songs, but does anyone know if PTX still performs "Standing By" in concert? I tend to doubt that they do. It was just too much Avi's song. They wouldn't be able to do it justice without him.
They haven't in the recordings I've seen online, though they do/did sing Run To You for the off-mic encore performance.
Avi has performed Standing By solo several times
@@donnamiller6967 His video filmed on the mountain may have been permissible because it wasn't for profit. Same when he performed it with the Honor Choir back in April 2019. Plus, we can't know for certain what legal issues there were at his leaving, since such things are legally confidential.
You should check out their stuff with Matt. They are still amazing.
Here's a link to a video of Standing By done by Avi. I believe he put it on Facebook. The background is really beautiful. ruclips.net/video/oMWkjEfql04/видео.html
Take on me is very special to me, because it was the 1st song Liza and I heard :) in 1984 after we had had a brief separation.
Ah man it’s such a blast
PTX really are masters of arrangement to spotlight all their many musical talents. Great reaction, as always.
Nice with the double reaction to these beautiful songs. Standing By is brilliant. I love watching the live performances to it, as so much passion. A great rendition of Take On Me. Hugs to the #Qofygang 💛 #ScottWithDaRiffs #Aliens #KOTheHuman808 💛
Songwriters: Kevin Olusola / Avriel Kaplan
Standing By lyrics © Sony/atv Ballad, Avi Kaplan Publishing, Olumusik Publishing
I don't know why but seeing his "full" name puts a smile on my face for some reason...
Take on me is my summer jam, just blasting this in the car with the windows rolled down and wind in my hair. There is nothing better 😎
Hahah such a dream
Thing I love about standing by is that its the only song I've recorded myself singing and not hated/ cringed
Haha brilliant
Love this song and this reaction. Thank you.
You really should watch this one live from one of there concerts. Its awsome.
It features Mitch, my favorite 😍 (Take on Me). I love it!
Just FYI, the EPs with the Volume numbers were actually called "PTX", not "Pentatonix". The album "Pentatonix" was their first all-original album, and also their first actual full-length CD (they had released a few full-length CDs earlier, but they were all either "Deluxe Editions" of the EPs with bonus tracks or compilations).
Ahh thanks Larry
Great reaction QoFy! I sometimes actually really like it when there is not a video accompanying the song and you can actually sit and listen to and experience the beauty of the song/ music without having to stop a video for copyright laws. It’s a whole different experience and you were definitely into it 😊
When you revisited the "bridge" (I'll be gone), I notuced Kevin's subtle tom fills. Sublime!
Não aguento o ouvido bom desse homem, consegue ouvir até os mínimos detalhes... perfeito sem defeitos
Love your reactions always brings a smile to my face! Your appreciation of all things PTX and Avi are awesome! Thanks for brightening my day.
I appreciate you Heather
Thank you for doing this reaction, Qofy. I enjoy your reactions.
Thank you for always watching 🙏🏾
I’ve never heard Standing by before but I love it!
Do you know Light In The Hallway. Avi is taking the lead too. It is so beautiful it makes me cry.
I wish you have watched/ heard it in concert 🤩
Love love love!! I just love your reactions so much!!
Thank you so much!!
I have to turn up up up the volume! because "take on me" is my favorite song of all time!it is the song that always lifts me from my chair 🕺and puts me in an indescribable good mood. and I must say that Ptx. version did justice to this song! Ooohhh and Avi's voice is like a rainbow after the storm!
Haha they’re such good songs
AVIIII IS 🔥 AMAZINGGG
와우!~~두곡 모두 아름답네요...Beautiful ❤
It really is
😍Avi's voice is S.T.U.N.N.I.N.G...
Scott is AMAZING on the bass!!
There is an GREAT live tour video of this song.. HOPE you react to it too!!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏
Standing by was done before Avi left so it should be around 2014/15
Released 2014.
mitch is a beast
So true
Facts👌🏻
A fabulous Queen Beast..
Not sure where you getting the 2018 date for Standing By. This is one of their earlier songs. That album cover is the original PTX first album.
Qofy love your reactions! I’d like to see you react to a few songs/artists if you haven’t already. Haley Reinhart and PMJ doing “Creep” and Chris Stapleton doing “Tennessee Whiskey” and/or “Sometimes I Cry”
Will check it out
The Qofy gang always gets what you mean
Hahah hey Marta
❤️😊
You should react to Chase Holfelder ‘s high note challenges
Take on me is one of the songs he does
Thanks for the great reactions to of my two favorites! If you get a chance, please check out a live version of Standing By. You can see all the percussion and back up that Scott and Kevin are doing. Here's a link to a great live performance: ruclips.net/video/GyARVE4ijrk/видео.html
Thanks for watching and the live version is already done in one of my previous livestreams
"Is he gonna do it?" Hell yhe you bet he will xD That low note is too low for him though, I guess the last times he sung that song he didn't go that low.
Hahah yes!!
Is he gonna do it? The high note there which sounds so high it seems unreal when Morten Harket did it back in the day? Not even a warmup for Mr Grassi 😃😍
@@olabergvall3154 That's 'cos Morten is more a baritone than a tenor, albeit with an insane range. But it sounds great both times!
@@elizabethhostetter1946 couldn't agree more 😃
Avi and Kevin wrote this
Could you react to acapop kids "and I'm telling you" it's their best cover
Omg YAASSS
He already did react to it in a livestream, however he didn't go in depth in it cuz he had other videos to react to
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Hey buddy, I'd seen your comment on one of my videos and hadn't gotten around to replying. Dropped in to check out some of your content and let you know you can contact me on any of my available social medias. Talk to you soon, keep up the good work :)
-Flare
Oh shoot just hit around seeing this! We’ll talk soon brother
Where the heck was standing by?
Two versions of Standing By that you should check out: ruclips.net/video/GyARVE4ijrk/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/oMWkjEfql04/видео.html
Watch the recorded video
Avi wrote it.
as much as we all love your reactions to everything PTX and I love them also but I hope you will find time to react to their counterparts the only all female acapella group performing Citizen Queen and their covers of never enough and no more tears left to cry this group deserve to be heard !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They opened for Ptx at their 2019 concert (at least the one that I went to in NC). Scott put that group together I think. Him & someone else- probably Ben. Citizen Queen is awesome!!!
@@beverlykrebs4372 they opened for them in Green Bay Wisconsin as well and you're correct. Scott and Ben put them together
I will check them out
@@jessicathomas9935 I was at that concert as well and thought Citizen Queen was awesome too.