They are filming their next epic offering this week. But before you see that, I’m hoping you will react to their Hall of the Mountain King. I’m sure you know the tune. But in your wildest imagination you won’t believe what Layne did with the arrangement. Without any words, he tells a story and delights us all!.

Oh, one last note (heh)...Miracle of Sound gave this version 10 out of 10 alehorns!💙

Can't see that anyone has pointed it out yet... But the rap wasn't in the original. I love that VP add extra stuff to their arrangements to make them more than just "covers"

@hwyla4416

Ай бұрын

Just for your info - the rap was written for them by Alfredo Austin, who also wrote another for J to drop in their cover of “Superstition”.

Just to get a change of pace, let them kill you with the sheer beauty of voices in 'I Can't Make You Love Me '. Their guest EJ Cardona demonstrate why he is a great part of Voctave as well.

@EtherealForever

Ай бұрын

I second this!!!!

@mamiemartinson4649

23 күн бұрын

When I listen to Cesar he puts so much emotion in it, I want to reach through and give him tissues.

Thank you for watching all the way to the end. Sometimes they will put in an epilogue and on Geoff’s channel he will usually come on and thank everyone. We also sometimes get to see some of the behind-the-scenes and over the last several years they have been using the music to the karaoke track during the outro. You can really hear those harmonies and the beatboxing when you’re not so distracted by the lead! J’s rap has references to his being in the military. He was so fast that I had to watch more than once with close captions on to get it all. His diction is clear- I just can’t listen fast enough! One of my favorite parts about this is when J is rapping, Eli and the others are shouting “this is war”. I don’t know why but it gives me the chills every time. Oh, and the only real things in the tavern are the benches and tables (and the guys). Eli used the program Unreal Engine which is used in film and video games to create those digital backgrounds. They were projected on massive LED screens. Everything was done by him including the door that J walked through although Layne did provide the creaking sound. The AC was out that day so they had to perform in all those furs in Florida heat. That’s dedication!

VoicePlay goes full-in with everything they produce; from things that are heartfelt and bring on tears or fun and silly or epically powerful. And they're not afraid to tackle not readily acappella music - like Metallica.

You're not reacting to this video. You are LIVING IT. Near the end you seems almost like a viking. Great reaction !

Thanks for highlighting Eli in this one. I feel he gets overlooked far too often. He's brilliant!❤

Your glee is contagious! I’ve listened to this song a zillion times, but watching you discover it made it feel new all over again. ❤

They saved the costumes from My Mother Told Me. Geoff hit and sustains that B0. Gives me goosebumps. Cesar with grit and J rapping.

I really love their cover of Nothing Else Matters. It really shows their harmonies!

I was headbanging with you. I love to see how people just feel that song.

So glad that you are getting back into Voiceplay, to see your joy listening to this was thrilling!! I get pumped every time I hear this!! Thank you for your analysis, it is great to find another musician that hears what excites me about each arrangement. Looking forward to going down this rabbit hole with you!! 🤩

Loved this one ever since it came out, and love seeing you really get into it! Another reactor (FairyVoiceMother) did a comparison on Eli's high part, showing he was hitting the same kind of notes as Sia, Whitney Houston, etc! This was a fitting 'sequel' to 'My Mother Told Me' - same makeup, costumes, etc. with Cesar wearing the hooded robe that Jose wore in MMTM! This was one of their biggest productions, using a VR studio with LED walls to show Eli's amazing backgrounds on - please, react to 'Hall Of The Mountain King' - you will be blown away by what they do with this classical piece! 😊

VoicePlay did a cover of Stevie Wonder's "Superstition", with Omar Cardona....J.None does a rap in that one too.....both raps were written by the same person....>^^

Thanks for another enthusiastic reaction to Voice Play! For more of J None's Rapping check out Voice Play's cover of "Superstition" featuring Omar Cardona. J None left Voice Play to join the Navy and is active duty military but a recent promotion and relocation for J None has made it easier for him to come back and sing with Voice Play as a frequently featured guest. Omar Cardona fills in frequently as a guest with Voice Play (Omar is Cesar's long time best friend and roommate). Many more recent covers from Geoff and Voice Play that are complex that you will love: "In The Air Tonight", "Creep", "Nothing Else Matters" just to name only a few.

@DravenGal

Ай бұрын

Oh, and it's worth checking out J. None's channel too! He has some great rap songs there, and I don't usually like present-day rap! (Rap was very different when I was a kid, like DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince.)💙

I think Geoff said they all had sore vocal cords for a while after this one 😄. Layne arrangements always push them to their limits 😉. Brave going a capella on this... the original is slower. 🌹🕊

Love your enthusiasm for one of my favorite groups of all time! Subscribed in hopes of more soon! Maybe Seven Nation Army? ❤️🎶

Yep. My favorite song! Is it any wonder it's my favorite? Berserker Cesar (to the best of my knowledge it's pronounced like in "Julius Cesar"), Rock God Eli, all the Geoffquakes (several B0s in here)...the only reason I don't sleep to it, is it's such a banger. I doubt I'll beat my record of over 43,500 times for Hoist The Colors (and that's just last year, I still listen to it EVERY night as I sleep!), but Valhalla Calling definitely comes in second place in number of listenings! I listen to it EVERY other night, and it's on all my evening playlists! Honestly, my favorite line-up of Voiceplay is when J. None and Cesar are together in a song, they have their own special playlist. I do wonder if I'm the only one who acts out the hand gestures in "Valhalla Calling," like when they do the "RrraAH!" part and Eli sticks his arms out, or the punch Cesar does at the end. Maybe I just have too much time on MY hands... 💙

@acorrado5529

Ай бұрын

@DravenGal: Yes, this one is up there in my top favorites too. You are right about Cesar's name being pronounced like Julius Cesar as I actually had a conversation with Cesar at his birthday party recently and his birthday is March 15, date of Julius Cesar's death.

@DravenGal

Ай бұрын

@@acorrado5529 Oh wow, INTERESTING! Beware the Ides of March! And I cannot put into words how much I'm jealous you got to talk to Cesar! I'd give anything to talk to him, or any member of the group, for a half an hour!💙

@acorrado5529

Ай бұрын

@@DravenGal : Yes, I am very fortunate to live in Central Florida and Cesar is such a sweetheart as both Omar and EJ Cardona are. I really enjoy local theater and Cesar and Omar are very much involved in some theater side projects. Omar and EJ's sister, Amanda, is also very creative in her side theater and puppet theater projects.

@DravenGal

Ай бұрын

@@acorrado5529 That's so cool! What an awesome family! It's so cool that Cesar and them are friends! I wish Cesar had a PO Box! There's something I'd love to send him! I won't say what it is, though, other than it's G-rated, LOL!💙🧡💛💚💜❤

Really love that you listen to the sing without skipping first and making the analysis in a second step. Thank you!

I've lost my headset a time or two, too! I always keep captions on, it certainly helped with the rap. Geoff's captions can be very descriptive, and on his work, quite humorous. Another vote for In the Hall of the Mountain King!!!

I love your enthusiasm on this and totally agree on it 👍😁

Loved it! Your enthusiasm is so much fun. My Mother Told Me was the first Viking song they did, you'll have to check that one out as well sometime. Both songs really get your blood pumping.

This arrangement was Layne's. Great reaction, thanks!

I love your reactions! My husband just came into my room and asked if I was listening to, er, "Adult Videos." I'm laughing so much I'm crying!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💙

@amberfuchscia709

Ай бұрын

@DravenGal...I, too, thought he needed a bit of privacy the first time I watched his reactions/analyses. The man definitely goes all in. Love it!

@DravenGal

Ай бұрын

@@amberfuchscia709 ROFL, I know, right? I make similar noises on some VP videos!💙

@amberfuchscia709

Ай бұрын

@@DravenGal ...so much fun to watch...plus he provides some truly astute analysis.

@DravenGal

Ай бұрын

@@amberfuchscia709 I agree!

@laundrygoddess4

Ай бұрын

Sometimes what it do Dave needs a private moment too😂😂

I love how you just let go and experience it all.

Yes, yes! Hall of the Mountain King like Wildcat19 suggests! please!

I am pretty sure you can hear this song a 100 times. And each time you pick up something seriously amazing. It's pretty much a masterpiece of vocals 😍🥰

This song will always be so special to me. It was my first ever VoicePlay song and looking at it now, I can realize that this song is not just one member flexing, but all of them. Layne's percussion and arrsngement drives this warrior's anthem forward and you with it, just like a war drum would. Eli goes full Rock God mode, proving he is just here on vacation from Asgard. Cesar turns his sass into full warrior grit and his words become what I can only describe as sharp enough to cut someone. J.None brings some absolutely fire bars to the show that are actually so very fitting for Vikings (look up Flyting). And a 15 second B0 from Geoff!? A B *ZERO*! Much lower and he is off the end of the keyboard! I also have a little headcanon of an underlying story in the song, based mostly on visuals and a little bit of the music. J. is off on his own at first to reference his time with the Navy. The others are back in the long house of the VoicePlay clan. The calls out at the beginning could then be seen as not just Valhalla calling these warriors, but VP calling J.None back to the group. When he does join bavk with the others, he takes a spot that didnt even LOOK empty until he takes it, and the group is complete. It is also not until he has his clan with him that J drops into his berserker-like rap cause he trusts them to watch his back while he does this frenzy of a performance. And then they all face the oncoming force together as a whole group of 5. Really makes me hope J comes back to the group after his tour with the Navy, not going ro lie.

I am glad you saw My Mother Told Me.

You ok there?! My friend, I’m not sure you’d survive 30 minutes of that. 😂 Has anyone mentioned to you that J is coming out with a solo album?

@tinatoole0102

Ай бұрын

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@goodeveningstories

Ай бұрын

You're probably correct. This song may have been too epic for me. XD

@tinatoole0102

Ай бұрын

@@goodeveningstories It´s all good! I just had to laugh about the comment about me. Keep up the good work, you're doing great!! ❤ Greetings from Germany 🙂

This is a follow-up to My Mother Told Me rather than a sequel. Valhalla Calling was inspired by Assassin's Creed: Valhalla and Eivor. Geoff held that first B0 subharmonic about 15 seconds beneath the verse (he holds it about 12 seconds later on under the rap), as well as singing several A1, F#1, and E1 Subs and chest notes. He said Layne kept pushing him lower and lower, making this the lowest song for him (as of that date). And Eli is throwing incredible D5s and B5s around as if they were nothing! Layne's vocal percussion, including the "breathing" and the creaky door opening are totally on point. Rick Underwood and Renette Feren did an amazing job recreating the My Mother Told Me makeups for the characters, with some added touches. The runes on Cesar's face and Geoff's arm say VoicePlay. The rune on Eli's forearm and J's face (as it was in My Mother Told Me) is the Norse word rune for music, tónlist. The way it is displayed on J's face is reminiscent of the Assassin's Creed: Valhalla character Sigurd Styrbjornson. Geoff had tónlist on his upper arm for MMTM. Several MMTM costume pieces were repurposed for this shoot. One example: Cesar is wearing the robe José used. This was shot in a volume studio (like the one used for The Mandalorian) with a 155 foot wide, 26 foot tall LED screen, using Eli's Unreal Engine animated set designs. This allows the "set" to track with the camera's movement, making it seem as if the guys are actually on an elaborate film set (the air conditioning at the studio wasn't working, so they were very sweaty Vikings). It's pronounced "CEE-sar" not "Ses-AR". :)

I love the way you show how much you enjoy everything about Voiceplay 😀

I just love your enthusiasm. No one brings the emotion like VoicePlay. :) I believe I'm right in saying that J rapped once before, in Superstition. Another one that has this kind of theatricality is The Dragonborn Comes. From Skyrim. Another favourite of mine.Something else that people often mention is that you can almost always hear all the words so clearly with VoicePlay, often for the first time! Their diction is so clean and that isn't always the case these days.

I have subscribed for more VoicePlay & Geoff Castellucci reactions. Thanks for doing Valhalla Calling Me. It is my favorite VoicePlay song.

This one is EPIC. Love that you listened to us. That's B0 - he''s got 3 of them here. First one is 14 secods. Love Layne's creaky door. Try Tennessee Whiskey next.

Great fun! Loved your musical insights and your emotional connection.

I really love your enthusiasm and your reactions, well done ❤

I ❤ Your reaction, emotions and joy😊💚🍀

Hola desde Argentina... Faaaaaaa!!!.. excelente reacción!!! Ya soy totalmente fan de tu energía que traspasa la pantalla!!!... Excelente!... Te mando un abrazo a la distancia!!!😊

You should watch their video of "Dream on" if you want to hear some unbelievable harmonies!!!!!!!!

The beat? You could row a good ship on the sea to it. I half expected Geoff to turn into a bear right in front of me. One of my favorites.

We do get to see the Rock God Eli here, always fun. Cesar, who is usually a Voice of an Angel, got out the sandpaper, to rasp it up a bit. But, ultimately, it is Franken-Geoff that gets me ever time! But I'm an old movie fan, Geoff looks too much like that character. And his growl! Monstrous!

Im glad you were able to get to this one. It always blows me away when I hear it.😅 If you can get to it I would to hear your reaction to Shenandoah from Geoff's solo channel.😊

Really love your reactions/analyses. I still wonder if you perhaps needed a bit of privacy afterward. Terrific, great fun reactions/analyses.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@goodeveningstories

Ай бұрын

Of course, I'm definitely able to reel it in, especially when I'm a judge in a competition or independently teaching a shy student, but one, that doesn't make for good content, and two, I really love music and what music means to me. Since I started KZread, I want to be able to express not just my genuine thoughts, but full array of emotions when listening, which, at times, can sound a bit saucy without proper context xD

Great reaction!! As an opera singer - you should react to one of their older ones - Phantom of the Opera. Simple set but amazing work! Also - for a change of their pace - check into Creep.

I love your reactions!

I'm loving your VP and Geoff reactions, I subscribed today. May I suggest you listen to the, all bass, a capella group The Bass Gang. It is an international group of bass singers that formed as a virtual vocal band, they are amazing. Try their covers of The Emperor's New Clothes, If I Had a Heart, Bones, Jolly Sailor Bold. One of the members Peter Barber is also a professional opera singer and KZread music reactor.

You commented on Cesar's facial expression at one point. Check out Eli's face at 13:14. Wouldn't want to run into HIM in a dark alley!

Oh just wait until you hear Black Hole Sun!!!!!!

Haha your Geoff fave is epic xD

Glad the algorithm thought I just should have a visit here. And I'm here to stay! So much fun! Subscription left. You need a lot more!

@goodeveningstories

17 күн бұрын

Thank you for the kind words and sentiment! They mean much to me =) I hope you enjoy your visits to my channel!

i think he had a heart attack at 1:32

There is this band called OTYKEN (pronounced aw-too-ken) who are from wildest and coldest part of Siberia in Russia. The band is made up mostly of a tribe called Chulym. According to one version, the Chulyms are the ancestors of the Japanese Ainu and the indigenous peoples of North America. According to another version, the Chulyms are an ancient Turkic tribe. The Chulyms live along the Chulym River in the Krasnoyarsk Territory where temperatures go right down to -70 Celsius. Chulyms are the lords of honey and great beekeeping masters. Their method of extracting honey has not changed from ancient times to the present days. The band is made up of mostly Siberian girls (that too gorgeous ones )with just one guy (at present). The astonishing thing is NONE of them have received any formal musical education. The best thing is even though they have become so famous, when they are not singing they still live in their village and go about the normal lives collecting herbs and pine cones, moving through the wild taiga for hunting, apiary work, preparing gear for night fishing. Infact in some performances you'll find some girls missing because they are helping their families at home with village activities. I have a background in classical music but I am still not able to understand why their music has such mesmerizing and stunning effect. They live in a place whether is no electricity and all their amazingly beautiful videos are shot in the absolute wild Siberia with just a generator for electricity. They use traditional instruments as well as modern instruments and try to mix modern sounds with their folk music. One girl (Tsveta) plays a jaw harp and another (Kunchari) plays the Igil ; which is a kind of cello with two strings and the sound box is a skull of an Ox with the horns complete! Another girl (Otamay) plays the Khomys, a 2 stringed banjo lookalike. There is something very special about their music; as one person commented, their music is an experience. And the lead singer, Azyan, has a voice which is just undescribably mesmerizing and hypnotic. She doesn't have the beautiful rasp of Angelina Jordan nor the dark rich Timber of Diana Ankudinova but when she sings it's like mother earth is singing. The sing in the local language, which is fast dying out and is spoken by less than 200 people in the world today. This is their valiant attempt to keep their language and culture alive in an indifferent world. I think they should get all the support from us. The band was invited to perform for the opening ceremony of the Football world cup at Qatar but could not make it because of the sanctions against Russia. They were also called to perform for the Grammys. I suggest you start with the song called Chukotka which is recently released. Make sure to have the subtitles on as the lyrics of the song are beautiful. This song truly brings out the beauty of the videos, of the place they live in and the voice of the lead singer, who is nothing short of angelic. Link is below: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gnmCzZiHcqjfgNY.htmlfeature=shared . The next song you should review is a collaboration between Otyken and Dutch DJ of Turkish descent called Ummet Ozcan. This is very different from the earlier song Chukotka but highlights the versatility of the group. The video is shot in the stunning mountains of the Taiga in summer. The music is just mind blowing where they mix Siberian folk with EDM. Note Ummet does Kargyraa throat singing which is part of turkic culture, I think. Link is below to the song called ALTAY kzread.info/dash/bejne/k4ynrs6IgNrLZJs.htmlfeature=shared

There are some other artists really worth checking out if you like bass, acapella and so on. Bass Gang, Tomy P. and Livingston are just a few that come to mind. I think you would really enjoy their amazing creativ arrangements and it would be so cool to see them on your Chanel.

So... how many of us are ĥere to see your reaction to the guys all showing off at once?

We need a Viking War Horn. Geoff? Yes. I heard you. Well? Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees (B zero) That works, maybe on an Oooooooooooooh? Sure

Alas, this particular video didn't have anything fun at the end, but you've got the right idea--sometimes there is and it's always worth sticking around for!

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Yeah, this particular one doesn't have anything really special at the end; but sometimes they do.

New subscriber here! If you haven't heard this yet, may I suggest that you react to Teddy Swims perform his original song "Lose Control". If you like a raspy soulful voice with R&B style, he's definitely worth listening to. I can't wait to see more from your page! Much love your way❤💛💖💕💝💜😁

@janetdw

Ай бұрын

I am old and apparently live under a rock and had not heard of Teddy Swims. But I was absolutely blown away by their mini. I love that old school soul R&B sound and he has got such an amazing voice. Not all the song choices are my preference but I bet I’ve downloaded about half of his music. One thing I love about VoicePlay besides their sheer talent is the way that they can introduce me to music that I’ve missed because I listen to the songs I grew up with for the most part. Teddy has such an incredible voice and I really liked that he covered it a few different ways so it can be on my playlist more than once😊.

I can’t remember if I already asked but are you familiar with Voctave? I think you would also really enjoy them!

@goodeveningstories

Ай бұрын

I'm familiar with the group but have not listened to much of their repertoire. Sounds like an interesting path to explore =)

@thisismetoday7423

Ай бұрын

@@goodeveningstories I would love to see you analyze them! They have some amazing Disney medleys (love, princess, heroes and villians) but if you aren’t into Disney some of my other favorites are their Great Movie Medley and You Will Be Found. Also some Christmas ones are my favorite but I it’s too early for that lol I’m going to go ahead and subscribe in hopes you keep on this acapella train!

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Time to go destroy a ship or fight a dragon or.... testosterone city...