I love the "awkward... pause" in his rap.

@seagull01-cp8pb

3 ай бұрын

So do I big time.💕👍🦇

The Rap part is his. And if you think about it... 🤔 can't think of anyone else who would write THOSE lyrics! 😂

LOL The rap segment Ren wrote himself. This is an amalgem of Jungle, Ren and Sting. Somehow Ren makes it flow smoothly such that you find it hard to differentiate at times. I love Ren's utter versatility.

One of the few reactors that recognized the message in the bottle riff the first time it appears.

Ren is just in his element here, but the added background singers turned a great performance into something that's just magical.

Jungle does Back on 74, there's a channel called Jungle4eva that has their official video which is so worth the watch. Unbelievable dance choreography and also shot in one take. Great reaction, this is one of my favorites of Ren of all his songs, I can't get tired of it

@FooDogDat

Ай бұрын

It nice, but Ren and company here did it better!

The greatest falsetto singer of the era was, Smokey Robinson, with the Miracles. Ren has his voice down. Ren is more than a singer, he's a historical vocal student. YES, Ren wrote the rap.

@stevesharp6138

Ай бұрын

Like how he called out jungle

Yes Ren smokes intermittently. He keeps trying to give it up💕👍🦇

Kai Lacey Bass guitar and part of Rens team Silvia Mwenze and Scarlett Fae are singers from Brighton in the UK Ren lived there from early twenties to January last year before starting medical treatment in Calgary Canada which he finishes in June

That last part on the low Ren vocals I would call "the panty dropping voice". When you said " to be drenched ...... in that tone. 😆 Breathe....breathe... 😯 With an awkward......... pause. Great reaction and breakdown

You're the first reactor I've seen that caught his transposition of the castaway and lonely day lyrics. I thought I was going crazy 😄 He worked the message in a bottle lick into back on 74 and then added the "let it go" phrase from back on 74 into the callback on message in a bottle. The rap is his, with both a reference to Jungle (who did back on 74) and Nas, which is the next song he released after this. Love your reactions!!!

He finally quit smoking very very recently,well spotted

Ren also does a lot of Word(s) Acting throughout his songs thus giving us facial expressions. I think that draws you in fast. Ren is a professional at this. Also, yes, Ren was a Chainsmoker, he admits, cuz of his treatments in Canada, he had to stop. He is smokes here & there.

@kellyt5341

3 ай бұрын

Good summary...

Also, Ren has smoked for some time, quit for health reasons, but has had a few celebratory smokes since, but for the most part doesn’t due to his therapies.

Back on 74 is by (also) British band Jungle from their album Volcano. It’s well worth a listen, they’re brilliant.

Ren used to smoke, used to chain smoke actually, but he stopped about a year+ ago.

Ren quit smoking this last year! He is really talented

I too at first thought that he made a mistake with the lyrics of Message in a Bottle.. but then I remember Ren loves The Police. And if you're a Police fan, that wouldn't happen. I'm a big Police fan and I noticed. In your intro you said you were too.. Now I know it's true, since you're the only one who reacted to this that noticed.. Anyway, once I knew Ren couldn't make that silly mistake, I listened again.. I believe he flipped it intentionally, because even flipped, it still made sense, doesn't it? That was a brilliant flip, and I'm happy you noticed that. 😊

You may need to get used to being surprised by Ren. I have never been able to predict what Ren will do next. I believe that he could anything he put his mind to. Thank you for this reaction, Lynzi.

He uses these techniques in the busking session with Sam Tompkins when he sing Man's World. I love that performance. So did many of the women in the street😉

He sounds like Smokey Robinson when he sings in his falsetto/head voice

@McLeod2022

3 күн бұрын

ive absolutely thought and posted the same. it is fantastic.

Yes! The call and response during the rap is excellent.👍🦇

Thank you for continuing to react and support my favourite artist ever, love your reactions and your music sending big love from the UK ❤❤

If you want some more of Ren's "soulful" voice, I'd highly recommend "The Big Push - Wade in the water / Nina simone / Trouble so hard" Very good live performance by Ren and his band!

Yes he does smoke. Great reaction

The rap part he kind of tells you that it is his lyrics when he says now back to 1974.

It's a huge joy, isn't it?!... It's our ARTIST... Ren! So good! Thanks for the reaction.

Pretty sure he smokes. He once spent his last £10 on a pack of marlboro lights...

@wwdudley

3 ай бұрын

That was such a Bitteraweet moment!

Loved this reaction! Subscribed, and I will be back for more! Yeah, he was smoking rather heavily at that time. He stops and starts all the time. You are very knowledgeable!

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This so showcases his voice❤ Seems he recreates himself in every moment. Have you done the Fred Again Mashup,? Another new singing track. Such a nice reaction. Ren is known for changing the lyrics a bit to suit himself. And yes. His rap knitting together the 2 retakes.

Ren is quite the vocal chameleon...

@kellyt5341

3 ай бұрын

💯

Loving your reactions... your facial reactions and open enjoyment are so honest 😊

Aside from him just being so sexy, one of the best things he does in this is he sings support for the "background singers". You can hear him give them a boost but never overpowering them.

I’m really impressed with your reactions. Your previous reactions were informative and heartfelt. Sometimes you are a little hard on yourself but you are very smart and really good at this. I also like how you play the song a second time because people miss things on the first time around. Keep up the good work, subscribed!

Title: “Back on 74” Released: 2023 Artists: Jungle (a London-based electronic pop soul band) Song theme: Nostalgia and nostalgic memories of a fictitious place called 74th Avenue. Title: “Message in a Bottle”. Released: 1979. Artists: Police (British rock band), Sting (lead singer). Song theme: A castaway on an island sends out a message in a bottle because he is lonely and alone. Ren’s video features Sylvia Mwenze, Scarlett Fae and Kai Lacey.

Such an amazing production and only Ren could write a rap like that! Brilliant reaction, just love it when someone really gets his mastery, ( Love your channel intro as well ) . Next stop Mackay his latest.

OMG! I've been so waiting for you to get to this. I was pretty sure you'd love it. Everyone does. Great reaction!

Have you seen him perform with Band he was in The Big Push Busking on the Streets Of Brighton England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿? .

Ren's a smoker, he's seen doing so in several of his videos (Sick Boi and Bittersweet Symphony Retake for example).

@kellyt5341

3 ай бұрын

Was....he has pretty much stopped since his treatments started close to 1 1/2 yrs ago, I do think he indulges now and then. He isn't perfect, we all have our vices

@MadisonCarter

3 ай бұрын

@@kellyt5341I hope that did not sound like I was judging him. I'm a smoker too, probably should have quit years ago. But I'm never going to knock someone for that vice, though I agree it's probably best we find better vices.

@kellyt5341

3 ай бұрын

@@MadisonCarter 💯I just quit only a yr or so ago. The pain pills were easier to quit. Nicotine is the devil..😂

@Cosmo-Kramer

3 ай бұрын

*_"Quitting smoking's easy. I've done it hundreds of times."_* ~ Mark Twain *_"Show me a man without vices and I'll show you a man without virtues."_* ~ Mark Twain

Ren is so new and fresh in such a Stale Sagnant world of Music We renegades proclaim and love him He is OUR Musical Chameleon

Ren's great. He writes his own rap and has his own songs, he's better than 99% of rappers, producers out today. You'll have to go back a few years to see his full catalog and collabs w/ highly talented singers.

Yes he does smoke

Well done Lynzi great reaction breakdown. Loved it. Also love the new stop start animation intro vid, lol

Ren wrote the rap bridge. I love when he goes into ‘Message in a Bottle’. His voice is in a very similar range as Sting’s. He is a big fan of the Police.

His voice on the Big Push cover of "Praise You" is just about my perfect Ren voice. Highly recommended!

An informative and excellent reaction so thank you. I have watched the original Back On 74 by Jungle a few times now and it is superb in its own right. Ren does his thing and keeps elements of the original while injecting his own signature tone and style. Yes, Ren does smoke and way too much by his own admission, a vice he would like to quit but has so far been unable to. Some of his rasp is certainly due to this but the rest is all Ren and I’ve heard him turn it on and off as needed. The rap verse is Ren’s and the rest is parts of the two originals. A great vibe! Edit- You have a new subscriber :))

Thanks Uk for giving birth to Ren.

He's soooooo talented; he's such a rare artist.

Missed you doing Ren reactions 😊

@lynzistringer

3 ай бұрын

More to come! Thank you for watching! ❤️

He wrote the rap part in the middle, it starts with something like my specialty dirty drops and ends with that's it for now back to 1974. This song is more reminiscent of the 70's, hence back to 74.

Ren allows reactors to review his videos without pausing.. And yes, Ren smokes...

@kellyt5341

3 ай бұрын

Now and then. He quit weed a few weeks ago in one of his shorts he said he can't sleep now.

Ren is a special Human being deservers all his success

yes Ren does smoke and from a big admirer and fan of Ren he should give them up to be here for many years to come take it from me i smoked for 45 years and now have COPD and find it hard to breathe some days.....

hello dear!! very happy to see you this a.m. as we spend time with our man ren!! i really enjoy your reactions!!! and what can we say about our boi?? did you notice that when ren was rappin about 'naughty bars', you could see his eye through the circle of his fingers?? kathleen bts renegade

There is a cool live version of back on 74 by Jungle.

Love your reactions. If you like great singing, please try the song Ghost Love Score live at Wacken 2013 by the band Nightwish. You will be blown away by the singer.

LESSS GOOO

Lovely reaction - so many interesting takes on a wonderful performance 👍

So well said

I enjoy your reactions. Please check out Ren's Fred Again Mashup for more amazing vocals

Thank you for a wonderful reaction!

Beautiful Rendition of a review for Rens Renegades

Hi Lynzi, I’m not a musician and most definitely not a singer but I love music so your expert analysis is really helpful to me. I love this song as I do all of Ren’s without exception. Thanks for helping me to learn the intricacies of the vocals.

Great reaction.

REN smokes

Jungle -> Ren -> Jungle -> Sting

The "Back on 74" part makes me think of a raspy Marvin Gaye.

@lynzistringer

3 ай бұрын

YES! Marvin Gaye! That’s who I was thinking of! It was right on the tip of my tongue. Thank you!!

@Cosmo-Kramer

3 ай бұрын

@@lynzistringer Great reaction but not sure where you got "New York" from. Marvin was Detroit/Motown in the '60s, and the capitol of soul/R&B in the '70s was Philly, not NYC.

@lynzistringer

3 ай бұрын

@@Cosmo-Kramer I definitely might have misspoken here 😂 I wasn’t sure of the region, and I feel like a lot of artists refer to it as an NYC sound, such as St. Vincent with her recent “Daddy’s Home” release. Doing these reactions, I like to come into it as fresh and unaware as possible, so I’ll definitely misspeak from time to time. I apologize!!

@Cosmo-Kramer

3 ай бұрын

@@lynzistringer No worries, Lynzi, you're a young gal and a main part of this reaction journey is learning things like this from us OGs who lived through those times back in '74 (lol), etc. So to summarize it for you, Detroit with its Motown label and bevy of local, supremely talented artists, served as the capitol of soul/R&B in the '60s. But by the end of the decade Motown moved their offices and operations to L.A., and suffered badly in doing so. The label was never the same. Fortunately, there was a similarly robust and talented bevy of local talent in Philadelphia blossoming in the early '70s and it became the new capitol of soul/R&B, which it remained for the balance of the decade. The genre is called, Philly Soul, or sometimes, The Philly Sound, or, The Sound of Philadelphia. Most just say, Philly Soul. (It was actually Philly Soul which Disco grew out of.) Sure, NYC had a terrific group called, The Manhattans, and Chicago had, The Chi-Lites. But Philly was where it was at. And it wasn't just the city's local talent that made it the place to be. Many artists from other cities, like The Spinners from Detroit, who had not experienced any success in Motown, moved to Philly in the early '70s and with the guidance and stellar songwriting of some legendary Philly Soul producers, they became world famous! In fact, if you'd like to react to some Philly Soul, The Spinners would be a good place to start, with their 1972 hit, *"Could It Be I'm Falling In Love".* And I'll give you one more suggestion, for some homegrown Philly talent, The Stylistics, and their 1971 hit, *"Betcha By Golly, Wow".* Use the original studio versions. ps~Regarding your observation about Ren's voice sounding different, and wondering if he is a smoker, he has been an on 'n off smoker, but another thing that may contribute to Ren's voice sounding differently at times, is that he is battling severe Lyme disease, and has been for years, and perhaps that's why. You may've already known about his battle with the disease, but just in case, I thought I'd mention it.

Stopping during a guitar solo.... oh the Blasphemy!!! Lol

@lynzistringer

3 ай бұрын

I’m sorry!!!! 😭

@woodywoodman2319

3 ай бұрын

@lynzistringer lol... no worries! Just heard it was a rule for reactors! One I 100% agree with BTW! No need to apologize Miss! 😊

If you want some more good jazzy/soulful/bluesy sound from ren, check out the big push performance of wade in the water/nina simone/trouble so hard. 😊💜💜

first time listening this from him.. good one 💯

If Ren calls it a retake, he is rapping over someone else's beats. If he calls it a Mashup, like this, you get a little of the original and a little of Ren's part. The rap section in this is all his. Back on 74 is Jungle and you know who does Message in a Bottle

"GREAT THOUGHT!" "SHUT UP!!!"

Ren used to smoke, I'm not sure if he still does

Nice analysis

❤ #ren ❤ Should be illegal to be that sexy 🥵🖤

Ren did smoke but I'm pretty sure that he's quit since being in Canada 🐦.

@patrickquinlan3056

3 ай бұрын

I was so glad to hear he had stopped smoking because I was alarmed by how many cigarettes he was getting through. It was a crutch for him. He gave up weed as well just as he arrived in a country where it is legal. His health took precedence.

@eddiebirdie1545

3 ай бұрын

@@patrickquinlan3056 yeah good for him clean healthy lungs and a massive drop in the chance of heart disease ✌❤🐦.

@Grimlock1975

3 ай бұрын

Yeah he had to quit before starting his treatment :)

@eryksun

3 ай бұрын

He's relapsed into smoking a few times since quitting. For example, last summer when he came back to the UK to shoot the video for Money Game 3, he was chain smoking to manage the stress. It's so hard for smokers to really and truly quit. I'm glad I never started.

@eddiebirdie1545

3 ай бұрын

@@eryksun you are absolutely correct nicotine is possibly the most difficult drug to get off forever, my 84 year old Mum who hasn't smoked in almost 50 years still says it would be so easy to start again, I'm very glad she hasn't 🐦.

You wanted to drop something & be drenched

@lynzistringer

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂 freudian slips, I suppose

@Joe_le-

3 ай бұрын

@@lynzistringer naughty bars 😉

This is close to Motown, which was 60/70s.

Almost positive Ren is a heavy smoker to answer your?

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He did smoke & still does I think. Not sure

Your a clever girl lynzi

he falls in and off the wagon of smoking. mostly off i think. it interrupts his treatment.

Reminds me, a little of Smokey Robinson.

@annasaunders2167

3 ай бұрын

Yes! Very "Motown ! Very 70's !!

@Cosmo-Kramer

3 ай бұрын

@@annasaunders2167 Motown was all but dead in the '70s, the decade was ruled by Philly Soul.

@annasaunders2167

3 ай бұрын

I concede. Its all R and B to me. 😎@@Cosmo-Kramer

@Cosmo-Kramer

3 ай бұрын

@@annasaunders2167 I accept your apology.

Dear lord, what the hell is he doing? God awful.