Agree 1000% about enjoying the song more when you can see who’s singing which part & their emotions! Kevin with that high note!!! The pedal board cord was stressing me as they all had to step over it. It’ll be 🔥 in concert! Thanks for the reaction Jacob!
Me too! It looks like they’re up on a platform / stage and I was thinking “why can’t they run that cord under the stage”??!! Or along the side of the stage? It was making me anxious 😬
That cord had me cringing when Scott was stepping ON it. When he gets into his full-steam-ahead evangelist mode (which is IMO his BEST mode), the last thing on his mind is harsh reality (like the chance of crashing to the floor.) Kirstie, OTOH was watching out for the cord, and stepping carefully ... in spike-heel boots, that's no small feat.
I'm obsessed with this and so excited for them playing around with their sound like this! I agree that it's some tracking. I think this is one of the songs they use more instruments on, and/or a bit more layering.
Isn't it amazing how they continue to grow and expand their horizons and abilities?? I'm hoping they will perform this live. Seeing them again 12/20 for their Christmas tour. Wish I had known you were going to be here last year. Would have been nice to shake your hand and welcome you to Texas.
@@hernameispekka_Rebeccaand I as a German are so jealous (I'm living in Germany, no PTX Christmas tours for me) Have seen PTX live in concert in Berlin this year 🤯 crazy good Greetings from Germany
This is one of my favorites from the album. They take a "non-Christmas" song and make it a Christmas song from now on. I can't wait to see them in concert next month!
They have so much in the their cumulative sphere... it's always amazing. Period. This venue is a showcase for their talents no matter how they want to pull it off.
They are performing it in their current "Most Wonderful Tour of the Year" that kicked off earlier this week. I'm sure there are fan-shot videos of the performances somewhere.
I mean, maybe, i don't hear loops. when you see him use it in the video it is not looping, he is adding distortion for the solo the same way guitarists do.
This was crazy. I think they are the best music arrangers and have been for more than a decade now. Really can't think of anyone better. Also my brain is confused. We got a surprise Kevin Slap when we usually get a Mitch Slap. Matt also really sounds like Seal. This was great but would have liked to hear Matt on the lead more.
to be honest, for me this is a natural evolution of PTX for them to use a little more instruments. To get this kind of outcome, by all means use all the instruments they want LOL We all know they are crazy talented....I like seeing them expand into other things :)
Some of the best classic rock bands are ones where each instrument is soloing independently *even drums) to create a cohesive composition. That's the way I thought when I hear this. They have graduated to being able to do their own thing and still encapsulate the togetherness to form a song. Good catch. Great rxn
Speaking as a longtime PTX fan, I have noticed how they've embraced a lot of stacking and other effects to make themselves sound more full and add some diversity to their sounds. Their earlier music is a lot more raw, as if it'd sound pretty much identical live as it does in a studio recording. I respect their newer sound and that they won't want to do the same thing for their whole careers, but I admittedly do prefer most of their older work. Hence why (excluding the compilation stuff) my favourite tracks from their new album are "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)", "Pure Imagination / Christmas is Here" and "Little Toy Trains" - they sound a lot more like true acapella to my ears.
Having now watched the video several more times, I don't think they are using a track. I think Kevin has those extra string riffs linked to the low string of the cello. He goes for that low string every time you hear that high string riff. Kind of a minor distinction, but I realized it wouldn't make sense to use a recorded track for a live video.
@@ruth2141 actually I think he's reinforcing the bass line at a lower octave than Matt can reach. I noticed him playing the bass strings during the low notes. I don't know if the string hits are linked, looped, or added but I don't mind. They add to thet texture of the song and it's all their arrangement so I'm OK with it.
There is this thing that Mitch and Kirsty get together it sounds like a string (There are a lot of their covers where you hear that string instrument In the background Be My Eyes is a good example of that ).
Just a thought, but he does looping a lot in his solo performances; is it possible he looped a small section (played it once in this performance, looped it in and is using it as backing)? He does that a lot.
This video is labeled as "live" from the Vevo Live stage in LA. There are an entire series of videos from many artist also labeled as "live" and "produced" by Vevo on this stage. I do see that Kevin has a set of pedals near his feet which I have seen him use in his own videos to add extra content which he previously recorded. I think the term "Live" can be misused at times, just wondered if you know anything more about this type of production.
I think it’s Kevin, but either pre-recorded or looped depending on the pedal setup. FWIW it still sounds like cello- high cello, but the timbre is different than violin or viola. That being said with reverb/ distortion etc. it probably wouldn’t be that difficult to make an upper string instrument have the fullness of a low string instrument.
It's a pre recorded "live" song in my opinion. I think they did this a few times in the past. It's not a bad thing but it's definitely not a live at this moment version but a polished one.
As someone who plays a guitar, you should know that you don’t have to go higher on the neck to achieve a higher note. Harmonics are the shortest route, and I’m reasonably sure that he knows it as well. I’m not saying that they don’t use tracks when recording, but wouldn’t it defeat the purpose of the “live room”? PTX has been making music for a while now, I think that know better than you or I, how to do it to get the best possible results. Great reaction!
I don't think Scott is capable of singing the same thing exactly the same way every time! I mean, he is, but he riffs and ad libs and does his own thing every time! It's brilliant, because it means he's really in the zone of the song. That's not him playing to the camera, that's just Scott being Scott! This whole video just blew me away. And yeah, they have definitely been playing with pre-recorded stuff, even in their concert when they did I Rise.
Totally agree about Scott. From the earliest days of Pentatonix he's been the most likely to go rogue (in the best sense of the word). The others apparently have fun keeping up with his improv moments, and know full well he keeps the audience happily wondering what he'll do next, and brings incredible energy to the show. If the other PTX members didn't enjoy it, he'd have stopped doing it long ago. It's like having that one kid in high school History class who asks questions from outside the textbook. Scott is NEVER boring.
Here's one of the first fan-recorded concert videos of PTX performing this in concert. I'm sure there will be more as the tour continues. I love how some audience members are waiting for Scott's first entrance, "BABY !" and sing it with him. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Tu9phKzz7Cg.html
It is a dig, with respect to a group that takes _great pride_ in not looping, using backing tracks, or autotuning (or when they do, using an OBVOUS setting, like full band backup for the Kennedy Center Honors for Tom Hanks), and we Pentaholics take it as an article of faith. Challenging their production ethics challenges that faith. They can do live what they do in a video, and it sounds the same. ANYONE who's ever seen them live (I have, 3x) can attest to that. They really ARE that good, but people are so jaded and cynical where it comes to production, they just don't believe it.
Kirstie - All right boys...voices and cello up, Mitch - LoOove remains - MiniMitchSlap Scott - Blue Eyed Soul Dragon Drive-by Matt - Renames song 'Falsetto from a Bass' Kevin - "Hold my bow".. "BaaaaBYY!!!!".... Note all of the members except Kevin just might have a greater connection with this song than they know....we would have to ask their parents. This was some serious baby making music in the 90s....
I always learn something by listening to your explanations, so thanks. I swear they keep getting better, which seems impossible. But I’m here for it all. Peace …
This vid has hit like 111,000 in 2 days! Kevin has his looping pedals out so I'm sure he has other fill in tracks going on, he can only "play" one thing at a time....he's a superhuman unicorn...but still somewhat human!
I just saw them perform this on Thursday and it was unbelievable! The extra cool part was my husband and I also got a ticket for our 20 year old son. He had so much fun. And as an added bonus, a complete random thing happened and we met Scott’s in laws in the merch line. They were so sweet. They were in line buying their own merch. Mark’s parents even took a picture with me!
I'm 100% with you. If they use accent tracks to improve their performance I'm down with it. It may be pre-looped by Kevin, or a synth triggered by a foot pedal. I don't care. It adds to the texture of the song.
