Nick, all the Pentaholics know the clips by heart. Never apologize for putting on effects. People want to see your reaction to the clip. They know the clip. Put whatever filters you need on the video, but please continue to react. It's so fun to watch you.

@alan-freeman

3 ай бұрын

My only down comment is that we want to SEE your reaction. By all means filter the video - but not your face!

@mrkraemer77722

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, I'm watching this on a phone, and it's a completely blank screen with just the logo visible. There's got to be a better way to show a reaction.

I understand making the video dark to avoid copyright issues. We all know how if he the label can be with those. I just wish we could have seen your face more through the reaction. That's what makes watching the reaction different than watching the original video. At this point most of us pentaholics can tell you exactly what's going on in the video, but we watch the reactions to see your face as you hear it for the first time 😘

Definitely add their cover of Imagine to your list. Mitch was the lead singer in this one and yes, you have been Mitch Slapped

@margretrosenberg420

3 ай бұрын

Specifically the official video of "Imagine." "Imagine" is one of the very few PTX songs that aren't as good live as in the official video, because arguably the most important part of of this -cover- upgrade is visual, and that part can't be duplicated live.

Pentatonix Bohemian Rhapsody Insights: So, some things to know about this cover and video: -It took PTX years to get the arrangement to where they felt they could do the original masterpiece justice. -The cover, and especially the video, was meant to be an homage to Queen. Some of the moments paying respect were: The mono-recording of the line "easy come, easy go" followed by the panning of the voices from left to right on the line "little high, little low" (which is how the original was recorded), obviously the flashlights being used to mimic the lighting on the operatic part of the original video, the four shooting stars to represent the four members of Queen, as well as acknowledge the fact that Dr. Brian May is an astrophysicist, and the overhead shot of them lying on the couch is to represent the Sheer Heart Attack album cover. -The megaphone was just a prop. It is not needed to reproduce the electric guitar distortion. -PTX can, and does, perform this live with no backing track...something even Queen and the Great Freddie Mercury could not do. -Freddy once said he didn't care what people did with his music as long as they "...don't make it boring, darling!", so I think he would absolutely approve. Also when Brian Mays heard it... he posted it on his web site with the word "ENJOY”. -The overall video--with the "living room" and couch--is an homage to Pentatonix's own journey as a group. They lost their record deal right after winning the Sing Off and moving to LA, so they started putting out videos on KZread, performing covers. They would sit on the couch in Kevin (beatboxer) and Avi's (bass) living room and just record themselves on Mitch's (counter tenor who took the lead on this song) iPad. Some of their earliest videos went viral and they eventually were able to secure a new deal, record an EP, go on tour, release chart-topping albums and win three Grammy awards...so they moved out of the living room and down this new, unknown road. At the end of the day, though, they're still the same choir-nerds they've always been; just happy to sit together on a couch and sing.

Mitch will always find a way to surprise you with his tone and vocal range. They are all amazing!

Their live performance of this is as wild and amazing as you can imagine.

They do such an amazing job staying true to the original, yet still making it their own at the same time

The members of Pentatonix. In this video: I'm going to refer to their locations on the couch at the beginning and end, in the living room set. On the back of the couch, from left to right, we have: • Kirstin (also called Kirstie, which rhymes with thirsty) Maldonado, the only woman in Pentatonix. Kirstin sings anywhere from low alto through coloratura soprano, the highest soprano range, and she has fantastic whistle notes on top of that. Recently Pentatonix has begun calling her an "alto soprano." • Mitch Grassi (pronounced Grah'-see, emphasis on the first syllable), natural contratenor. Mitch has a range of just over six octaves and is considered by all the other members of Pentatonix to be the best singer in the band. He's known for his ethereal high vocals, and switches seamlessly between chest voice, mixed voice, and head voice. • Scott Hoying, lyric baritone. When describing a man's vocal range, the term "lyric" means that the actual range is greater than the nominal range. Scott's range starts in the middle of the bass range, on the low end, and extends through most of a normal tenor range on the high end. When the bass is soloing, Scott can and does take over the bass harmony line. Kirstin, Mitch, and Scott grew up together in Arlington, Texas and formed a trio in high school which they named "The Trio." For this reason, these three are still known to Pentatonix fans, AKA pentaholics, as "the trio." In high school, The Trio frequently performed at school functions and occasionally on local television, but when they wanted to get on _"The Sing-Off"_ (an a cappella competition show that ran on NBC from 2009 through 2013) and win a recording contract they found out that they needed at least five members, so they added a rhythm section, which brings us to the seat of the couch: •On the left we have Kevin Olusola (pronounced Oh-loosh"-oh-luh', primary emphasis on the second syllable, secondary emphasis on the fourth syllable), beatboxer extraordinaire. Somewhere there may be a better beatboxer than Kevin, but if so I've never encountered him or her. Kevin is generally too busy being the entire percussion section to sing, but when he does sing he has a lovely tenor voice that occasionally dips into the uppermost reaches of baritone, and he's known for the beauty of his falsetto. He's also a pretty good rapper. Kevin has perfect pitch. He began piano lessons at age 4, cello at age 6, and alto saxophone at age 10. He beatboxes while playing the cello, a technique he calls "celloboxing." He performed at Carnegie Hall twice when he was a teenager, once on saxophone and once on cello. He graduated from Yale in 2011 with a pre-med major and had been accepted to Yale Medical School before he decided to become a professional beatboxer instead of a brilliant surgeon. He speaks five languages fluently: English, French, Spanish, German, and Mandarin Chinese. He's one of the kindest people in the world, and when he laughs he makes the whole planet seem like a brighter place. • And on the right we have Avi (pronounced Ah'-vee, emphasis on the first syllable) Kaplan, lyric bass. Avi is an operatically trained basso profundo (his lowest notes have blown out speakers in live performances), but his range extends to about the middle of a normal tenor range. Avi left Pentatonix in 2017, for a variety of personal reasons. He has since gone on to have a very successful solo career; I highly recommend subscribing to his KZread channel: youtube.com/@AviKaplanMusic • Not in this video is Avi's replacement, Matt Sallee (pronounced Suh-lee', emphasis on the second syllable), who joined Pentatonix in late 2017 or early 2018, depending on how you figure it. Matt is another lyric bass. In addition to being the newest member of Pentatonix, Matt is also the youngest member, and I'm told that bass voices improve with age. So it's hard to be sure just what Matt's range is, because it's still growing. To find his current range I recommend listening to a recent live stream of "Hallelujah" (preferably after watching the official video of "Hallelujah," with Avi). You can find one here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eKWkysqJkdPRn8Y.htmlsi=tC6Ew07JGeQKQvDL Matt's arrangement of the second verse seems to be designed to show off his full range, and it is fantastic. He isn't at the blowing out speakers level of basso profundo yet, though he may get there within a year or two, but on the high end he's near the top of a normal tenor range. I believe Matt has the largest range of any member of Pentatonix, past or present.

It took them 5 years to release this because they wanted it to be perfect.... their homage to Queen.

The Grassi Guitar does not require a megaphone. It is just a prop to draw attention to who is making the sound. I heard it done live and it was EPIC! Mitch might be the reincarnation of Freddie Mercury. Freddie died in November 1991 and Mitch was born in July 1992. He can also grow the Freddie mustache. It is so close to matching it is kinda creepy. You can see Mitch with the Freddie mustache doing Somebody to Love on a Queen special that was on ABC a few years ago.

We understand about the copyright issues thanks!

The bass singer is Avi Kaplan who left PTX in 2017. He is doing solo work now, and I highly recommend his music. FYI -- This upload is missing half the audio at times -- go back and watch as if you are a subscriber, and you will see what I am talking about.

As others have commented, most of us have seen this video MANY times. You can blur or write over the video and that should work for copyright issues, but not being able to see your reaction is not so good. Also - can I suggest putting their names and parts on a sticky. The only change is that Avi Kaplan (bass) left in 2017 and Matt Sallee took over as bass, but the other 4, Kirstie, Mitch, Scott and Kevin, are the original members from when they formed PTX in 2011.

Thank you for reacting to this awesome Pentatonix video. Happy that you liked it. I look forward to more of your Pentatonix reactions.

This is the best remake of that song and it was done without instruments.

New sub. Yes we would like to see your face when reacting. A filter over the video is fine. But I must say I love your reaction. Yes K O ( Kevin) is the drums. More Pentatonix please. Greetings from South Africa

Love Avi, the bass ❤. He has left PTX now and is pursuing a solo career. I love his bass singing, and he has an amazing voice through his whole vocal range! I would love to see you check out some of his solo work.

@rachellephipps1361

3 ай бұрын

Yes please he is amazing

Nick, great to see an "older" PTX reaction! BTW . .the megaphone Mitch uses for the "guitar solo" is just a prop. It's ALL him (of course, you know by now how insanely talented Mitch is)

Great reaction 😊

The audio panning on "little high, little low" is a direct quote from Queen. If you listen to Queen's original you'll hear the same panning on the same phrase. Pentatonix loves Queen, and they love "Bohemian Rhapsody," so they always wanted to cover this song, but they feared that they couldn't do it justice, so they decided to wait until they were sure they were ready. That took them five years, but it was worth the wait - they were definitely ready. In the early days of Pentatonix, after Epic reneged on the recording contract Pentatonix had "won" on _The Sing-Off,_ Pentatonix started posting to KZread; it was the only way they COULD publish their music. A lot of those early KZread videos show the five of them sitting on a couch, with the trio on the back of the couch and Avi and Kevin on the seat in front of them, just five very young people singing their hearts out, making their dream come true. Note that this is the configuration we see them in at the beginning and end of "Bohemian Rhapsody," which is one reason the couch needs to move - it's taking Pentatonix (and us) on a trip down Memory Lane. The more important reason the couch moves is that it's standing in for the car in _Wayne's World,_ where Wayne and Garth introduced a whole new generation to the genius of Queen by putting a tape of "Bohemian Rhapsody" into the car's tape player. The couch was motorized, and not very well balanced. (Note that when they're sitting on it their feet don't quite reach the ground. The little curtain thing on the bottom was added to hide the motor.) It kept trying to tip over during the filming and actually managed to throw Kevin off at one point. There was a small platform attached to the back so that Kirstin could climb on the couch from behind - Scott, being a foot taller than Kirstin, didn't need it. When Mitch lies down on the couch, singing "Too late, My time has come," they're referring to Freddie Mercury's death (the foreshadowing was, of course, unintentional on Freddie's part; there's no way he could have known, thank goodness). The other four are walking next to the couch to serve as his pall bearers. Many people think the megaphone is distorting Mitch's voice to make him sound more like an electric guitar, but it actually has nothing to do with it. The megaphone wasn't turned on, and couldn't have distorted Mitch's voice even if it had been - it was just a megaphone. The electric guitar is all Mitch. Mitch happened to see the megaphone lying around on the set and thought it would make a cool prop, so it's been confusing people ever since. During the "Bismillah" argument, note that Scott, whose range includes both bass and tenor registers, is actually singing along with both the high and low sides of the argument. Scott has said that this rapid switching is the hardest part of the song for him. When the camera pans up to show us the starry night sky during Mitch's second guitar solo, it's meant as a tribute to Queen's lead guitarist, Brian May, who has a doctorate in astrophysics. The four shooting stars honor the four members of Queen. When the camera pans back down to show Pentatonix lying on the couch together it's meant to recall the cover art for Queen's "Sheer Heart Attack" album. And when this official video was first released, Brian May posted a link to it on all his social media accounts with the comment: "Enjoy."

Great reaction. The screen was a bit too dark, but I could see everyone. I understand the need to foil the blocking algorithms. It's AD nauseam, btw. There a lot of easter eggs in this video: * The couch is moving, yes, and representative of both PTX's beginnings when they sang with just a couple of mics, sitting on a couch...and a nod to Wayne's World playing the song on a road trip. * Mitch lying on the couch...Freddie's death, the others walking beside it as pall bearers. * The shot of the shooting stars representative of the members of Queen and a nod to Brian May ( lead guitar of Queen) who is also an astrophysicist and has a comet named after him. * The arial shot of them sprawled on the couch...a nod to the cover art of Queen's Sheer Heart Attack. The group took 5 years before they felt comfortable enough with the arrangement and the vocals before they did this. There is a BTS of the making of this piece and it shows how it was all done in one night on a deserted road in near freezing temps. Yes, that couch is motorized and was a real problem during filming. It was very tippy and a ledge had to be built on the back so tiny Kirstie could climb on it without jumping. It also ran over Kevin once!

@reneeg9406

4 ай бұрын

Another egg.... Mitch's earring, a nod to AIDS awareness and Freddie

@Gwennedd

4 ай бұрын

@@reneeg9406 , thanks! I didn't know that.

There is a video about the making of this - it is pretty fun

Pentatonix History…..composed by Alan Freeman They won The Sing Off in 2011. They made a guest starring appearance on America′s Got Talent as non−competitors a couple of years after that. The founding members are:- Scott Hoying (tall blond guy, natural baritone but has an impressive five−to−six octave range, can go all the way up to high tenor and down to bass, sings the bass lines when the usual bass singer takes the lead); Kirstin "Kirstie" (Rhymes with "Thirsty") Maldonado (the only female member, natural mezzo soprano, but can go down to low alto and as high as upper soprano, also can sing in whistle notes that are off the scale); For a time in 2018 between the group’s tours, had the female lead on Broadway in the production of “Kinky Boots”. Mitch Grassi (a true contra−tenor, can hit high notes in his chest voice with ease and go WAY higher in his falsetto, also with ease); Avriel "Avi" Kaplan (dark beard and long hair), true basso profundo, trained as an opera singer, also can go up into the tenor range; and Kevin "KO" Olusola (beatboxer extraordinaire, also is a world−class cellist who plays cello on some of their songs, has a beautiful high tenor voice and gets occasional lead vocal solos as well, graduated pre−med from Yale and speaks several languages including Mandarin Chinese). Kirstie, Scott & Mitch grew up together in Arlington, Texas, and began performing together as children in local youth musical theater. They ended up in high school together and performed in the choir. While there, they formed an a cappella group called The Trio which had several performance videos go viral on KZread, most notably a cover of Lady Gaga′s "Telephone". The three of them are best friends and consider themselves to be almost siblings. Scott & Kirstie (who were a class year ahead of Mitch) both graduated high school in 2010 and went their separate ways to different colleges, Scott at USC and Kirstie at Oklahoma. While at USC, Scott joined a USC−based a cappella group called the SoCal VoCals, where he met alumnus Ben Bram, who was now an arranger and vocal coach for the NBC TV show The Sing Off, an a cappella competition show. Ben convinced Scott to get The Trio to audition for the show. The three reunited (Mitch had to skip high school graduation ceremonies to go) in Los Angeles for the audition. They found out that the rules had changed, so they needed at least five members to audition. Ben put them together with Avi (a native of Visalia, California), who he knew from Avi′s performing days at Mount San Antonio College in California. They found Kevin (from Kentucky) through one of his KZread videos that had gone viral featuring him playing the cello and beatboxing at the same time, a talent that Kevin coined as "Cello−Boxing". Kevin arrived in Los Angeles literally the day before the audition! Scott came up with the name "Pentatonix" after the pentatonic scale. They performed a re−arrangement of "The Telephone" for the audition and passed, despite having been together as a five−piece group for less that 24 hours! They won The Sing Off that season (all of the performances are available on KZread), in which they received a substantial cash prize AND a record contract with Epic Records. They pooled their prize winnings together and all moved to Los Angeles, and all got apartments right next door to each other in the same building. But just a week later, Epic dropped them because the marketing people didn′t think an acappella group could sell records. Instead of giving up, they were determined and began recording their own songs on KZread, hiring Ben Bram as their producer and arranger. These usually consisted of the five of them sitting on a couch and performing cover songs live. Several of the videos went viral, and Sony (the parent company of Epic) decided to give them another chance by placing them on one of their smaller labels, Madison Gate. They released two secular EPs and one Christmas EP on Madison Gate, all of which were strong sellers. But when their cover of a medley of songs by Daft Punk not only went super−viral, but also won them their first Grammy, they were promoted all the way up to RCA Records, Sony′s top label. They began writing and producing their own songs in addition to their covers, began putting out a Christmas album just about annually (which has become their best−selling genre), and have had multi−platinum album sales, sold−out world tours, and have won two additional Grammys. Avi began getting burned out with all of the touring and heavy recording schedule, was suffering from anxiety and personal problems, and learned that his mother had been diagnosed with cancer in 2017. He announced he was departing from the group and taking some time away from the music industry. Matt Sallee (from Baltimore) joined them in September 2017. He did only become official when they renewed their RCA contract in February 2018, but he recorded with them in September as a featured artist and went on their Christmas tour as a featured artist, as well. When he attended the audition for the group, he had already mastered the Bass part for most if not all their past catalogue. He was successful and has proved that he fits in well with the group. If you think there have been other changes to the line up - look again. This is the ONLY change. Kirstie and Mitch are like chameleons and change looks frequently. After a year away from music, Avi has now returned as a phenomenal solo artist in the Folk/Americana/Roots genre. Ben Bram has been in charge of their production, including arranging and directing from the beginning. He is often referred to as the sixth member. Scott and Kevin are major players in the arrangements, but every member contributes. good watch is "The Recording of Evergreen" where a camera was invited into the studio for the second week of recording/ Also, all members are songwriters for both Pentatonix and their own solo work. Ed Boyer who mixes everything of theirs (even the HWB Livestream) is the one who pulled Ben Bram into the sing off in the first place. They were nominated for a 4th Grammy for their album Evergreen, but didn't win. They also got a star on Hollywood walk of fame. UPDATE: They’ve been nominated for a 5th grammy award. UPDATE: Pentatonix has done a cameo appearance in the new movie “Candy Cane Lane” starring Eddie Murphy. They are the carolers. Kirstie became a new mum which caused a pause in touring after their Evergreen Christmas tour 2021. Mid March 2023 Kirstie has announced that she is engaged to Ben Hausdorff, their videographer. No dates YET! They have a star on the Hollywood walk of fame installed in February 2023. They are the only acapella group with a star! Things you need to know because if you get these wrong “Pentaholics” will come after you with pitch forks and torches! Ha Ha!! 1- There is NO Auto-Tune; what you hear is actually what they sing. They really are that good. One exception is the 90's Dance Medley where Cher used auto-tune as an effect - so they had to. 2- What produces everything that you hear in the video, you see in the official video. If there is an instrument used in the music, you see it on screen. In the 2022 Christmas album, there are some instruments not featured throughout the album. 3- They never release something on video they can’t reproduce with the exact same quality live on-stage.

Great reaction. Never worry about filters etc - Pentaholics are used to that and know all the videos very well - we want to see your reaction to it. We all feel the same way about Mitch - that Grassi Guitar is epic and when they sing it live he doesn't use the megaphone - that was just for effect for the video. Brian May loves this cover and they took six years to do it because they wanted to do it justice. There is an interesting behind the scenes video of the making of this video with the moving couch on the road in the middle of the night!

PLEASE react to a Pentatonix original. Love again. Guarantee you will be AMAZED. Greetings from South Africa

If interested, there's a PENTATONIX BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY BEHIND THE SCENES video showing how they put this together.

Recommend there cover of Sound Of Silence.

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Your video is missing completely we want to see YOU react, not just like a black screen...... Please reupload?? Also there may have been an audio issue especially at "Gallileo" and just beyond, it's like only capturing right or left and not both.

i just viewed a few of your reactions for the first time this morning. i've enjoyed your videos and have subscribed. I was surprised to see you also covered some of Dimash (check out "across endless dimensions", the theme song of a movie). i notice you cover a lot of BTS and Pentatonix. you should also check out "a little space" featuring Ateez (another popular k-pop band) and written by pentatonix. they also do a song with Little Glee Monster (a japanese female group) called "dear my friend". but someone else i really recommend you listen to is One Ok Rock (japanese band and extremely popular and my favorite band) - "Renegades". also scott and mitch used to have their own channel called superfruit. "rise" is a good one to check out on that channel. and mitch also has his own channel with his music under the name messer. okay, i've taken up enough space. will wait to see what other videos you come out with ^_^

I understand having to darken it some. I just prefer to see a bit of it. I’m a visual person

Despite liking Queen, I never cared for Bohemian Rhapsody. But this cover.... I like this cover of it. They do an amazing job.

OK Nick it is time to learn their names. Print out a photo of the group and write their names on it and put it near your computer. Pentiholics appreciate this jesture. You have still only scratched the serface of what is to come with PTX my friend!

Um, you know that we're here to see your reaction? As in SEE your reaction? Yes, mask the video of Pentatonix; we've all seen it, multiple times, and we understand about KZread and the DMCA, but you don't need to hide your own face.

PLEASE CONSIDER DOING SOME OLDER MUSIC MAYBE SOME CLASSIC ROCK???

For some reason a lot of Kirstin's parts are barely coming through...

Lol I understand having to put the dark cover on but dang can’t even see poor Kevin . 😥 I hate that they make u do this.

I'm confused. You have reactions of Pentatonix from 5 months ago but you don't know their names or that Avi is the bass, and Kevin is beatboxing, this must be one of your first reactions but just uploading it now?

kzread.info/dash/bejne/aXuBqtOSqNPUqs4.htmlsi=IMYavrpHqmodmS1O Never apologize for pausing and effects. My only problem was I couldn't see you react! Show that moneymaker! Lol Love to see your reaction to this 2016 live pop spring performance. 4 songs, 3 of which are Pentatonix originals!

Shame we couldn't see you reacting, Nick. You can still blank out the video.

Hey, Bite-Size...I realize that filters are required to react to some of Pentatonix videos, BUT there has to be BETTER filters to use a virtually BLACK SCREEN !!! Not to be too critical, but it's pointless to react to this video with a black screen, otherwise one can just listen to their own recording.

Just trying to be honest and give feedback...I normally adore your reactions, but this is barely watchable. I've barely started the part where you are reacting, but because I can't see YOU very well, and I can barely see what your facial expressions are, it almost feels like there's no point to watching this. I came here to see you react; not squint at a corner of the screen trying to make out what expression you're making and if your enjoying it. I get you had to cover the video, and I don't care about that at all, but covering yourself too makes it hard to enjoy your reaction like I normally would. I'm gonna try to soldier on, but if I just can't do it I'll let the video play in the background so you can at least get the view. I'm really hoping, though, like another commenter said, that you'll try to reupload this without your face being blocked. Then I'll watch it again. :)

So dark, on mt tablet the screen is black can't even see vick....great song but no visible reaction...

Pentatonix Bohemian Rhapsody Insights: So, some things to know about this cover and video: -It took PTX years to get the arrangement to where they felt they could do the original masterpiece justice. -The cover, and especially the video, was meant to be an homage to Queen. Some of the moments paying respect were: The mono-recording of the line "easy come, easy go" followed by the panning of the voices from left to right on the line "little high, little low" (which is how the original was recorded), obviously the flashlights being used to mimic the lighting on the operatic part of the original video, the four shooting stars to represent the four members of Queen, as well as acknowledge the fact that Dr. Brian May is an astrophysicist, and the overhead shot of them lying on the couch is to represent the Sheer Heart Attack album cover. -The megaphone was just a prop. It is not needed to reproduce the electric guitar distortion. -PTX can, and does, perform this live with no backing track...something even Queen and the Great Freddie Mercury could not do. -Freddy once said he didn't care what people did with his music as long as they "...don't make it boring, darling!", so I think he would absolutely approve. Also when Brian Mays heard it... he posted it on his web site with the word "ENJOY”. -The overall video--with the "living room" and couch--is an homage to Pentatonix's own journey as a group. They lost their record deal right after winning the Sing Off and moving to LA, so they started putting out videos on KZread, performing covers. They would sit on the couch in Kevin (beatboxer) and Avi's (bass) living room and just record themselves on Mitch's (counter tenor who took the lead on this song) iPad. Some of their earliest videos went viral and they eventually were able to secure a new deal, record an EP, go on tour, release chart-topping albums and win three Grammy awards...so they moved out of the living room and down this new, unknown road. At the end of the day, though, they're still the same choir-nerds they've always been; just happy to sit together on a couch and sing.