The official video for this song is so good. I really wish you had watched that one first, they filmed it in a church with a choir and the sound is amazing. Maybe check it out on your own (not a reaction). You will love it!
I'd be willing to bet cold hard cash that he listened to the produced version *immediately * after he finished up with this one. And then again. And yet again. :D
I thought the same thing. This is one where the produced video is better as it has a great intro, the element of surprise & you can hear the individual parts better. Hopefully he goes immediately & listens to it.
Hello, happy holidays thank you for another great reaction. FYI, Kevin is first generation American. His father ( a doctor) was born in Nigeria and his mother is from Grenada. So many of their African-and island vibes come from him. A side note. Kevin was sent to Andover Prep and graduated from Yale in premed While at Yale he spent a year plus in China and learned to speak Mandarin fluently. He is classically trained in cello and invented cello/ boxing Where he does both at the same time🤯. On several of their tracks. ( ie. Say Something, Shallow, Perfect, Radioactive). He jokes that until they soldout Madison square Garden , his father was not too happy that he gave up Medical School to beatbox for a living. Oh yes he also has perfect pitch Kevin is for real a genius and such a gift to all of us. They are all so talented.
The first word that comes to my mind when I listen to this song is "happy". Their performance is so upbeat and they seem to be having so much fun. It just really makes me smile. I get the feeling that they really do enjoy and believe in the spirit of Christmas.Just like the rest of their playlist, you can't find a bad one.
Thanks for a great reaction and your patience with the blocking and copyright issues! I love how Pentatonix upgrades their Christmas songs to include more cultural diversity and cover different genres of music. They just released two new ones that are amazing like this one is: "Over The River" and "12 Days Of Christmas". I don't want to give too much away but both songs are a surprise twist with the different genres of music and culture and you would love them!
12 Days of Christmas is great but not new - it was released at the end of last November during the pandemic lockdown. But this Christmas tour is the first time that they have performed it live in public.
PTX themselves call them a band and refer to each other as bandmates. Their instruments are just their voices :) They do of course use instruments some times: (this is not a complete list) - Cello (Kevin): Perfect, Thank You, Over the River, Papaoutai, Radioactive, Dancing on My Own, Shallow, Cologne - Violin (Lindsey Stirling): Over the River, Papaoutai, Radioactive - Piano (Scott): Thank You, Over the River (the live version), Petals - Guitar (Eric Leva): Evergreen - Drums (Matt): Over the River (live version)
Jealous! I was keeping my fingers crossed that their tour would come near NC…but no luck. Hopefully next time. Glad you enjoyed it…the few vids I’ve seem look and sound fantastic.
My favourite version of this Christmas song! I remember when I first heard it and it was so refreshing to hear the beat and then the choir came in and sealed the deal. So fun yet still epic!
Thanks for this reaction Larry. Yes...it has a great Afro-Caribbean beat! Makes me want to get up and dance every time. This is one of my favourite PTX Christmas songs. This is the first time that I am seeing this live version, I love the studio version and play it all the time, but so nice to see this live! Thanks for this reaction. Hope you get to see the studio version as the edits are great and really support the arrangement.
I love your reactions and would love for you to react to their performances at the Sing Off. They were already incredible back then and it's so awesome to see how it all started and how the judges were just amazed by them :)
I just want to give a shout out to Kevin. One of the reasons Scott, Kirstie and Mitch are so incredible is that they've been singing together since high school and can almost read each other's minds while singing. They know each other so well. Kevin and Avi joined the group and the two of them worked to become so in sync with each other. They were truly meat and potatoes in the way they connected and built the foundation for the songs. Then Avi left and Kevin had to start at square one building that same oneness and connection with Matt. And he has done it in spectacular fashion. That can't have been easy and it might not have worked out. They might not have been able to connect in that same magical way Kevin and Avi connected. Luckily for us, they did, and I just want to give Kevin and Matt (yes, I know Matt isn't in this video) so much credit for the hard work and focus they did to keep the Pentatonix foundation super strong and incredible. P. S. I love this song. Such an original take on a classic.
I had never seen this performance, just their official video, so thanks for showing me something new! This is one of my favourite PTX carols. They have such fun with music, every cover is a surprise. I hope you get to Silent Night at some point in the month. It's an early one of theirs, recorded live in a stone cathedral. Also their original, That's Christmas To Me. Both are moving performances that evoke our deepest connections to the season. I know you're having issues with blocking, the bane of all PTX reactors, but I look forward to sharing your joy in discovering Pentatonix at Christmas...one of the season's real blessings!
You don't know exactly what is coming but you know darn well it is going to be good! They are just that good. I love their Christmas music. Wait a minute, I love ALL their music but holidays are special.
Just saw them on Sunday in Verona NY, drove all the way from Florida. I wasn't missing out. They are even BETTER live if you can believe it. Every Pentaholic must see them LIVE. Love your reactions!!
I think that because this is a Christmas song about Jesus' birth, it's not as popular as their secular songs, but the arrangement, melody, beat, and overall performance are just amazing!!!# One of their best# West indian syle.
So here we go again :-) Great reaction as always, though I have to say that this particular performance may see the bottom part of my list by the time I'm a fully fledged Pentatonix fan. I kinda see it coming to that...LOL Gonna watch their official version of it now :-) Take care buddy and have a great week :-)
Wow! I hadn't heard this one before so thanks for reviewing it. I was amazed by it. So very clever. When you get a group of super talented musicians together anything is possible. It makes me long for my youth and a desire to be part of the clan 💖💕💖💕💖
Hi Larryshair....I so agree with you. What a DIFFERENT take on a very traditional song. There definitely is an "Island" texture to the song. I was in Jamaica for a while and also lived in the Bahamas for 2 years....but when it comes to Jamaican music, It is a very unique style. I so appreciate Pentatonix and their take on this one. After so many years of listening to the "traditional" versions, it is a breath of fresh air. At least, that is my feeling about this version. Thanks so much for sharing it with us......Carole.....
I hope you checked out the official version on your own since it's so much better than the live version. Honestly, I feel this is the way the song was meant to be sung, with honest joy and true rejoicing. 😁
This was good, but I love the official video. I've a feeling you need to actually be there to fully appreciate the live performances. But I have to say this just totally uplifts me and makes me happy.
Love your reaction. Maybe on your personal time, watch the official video. That way you don't worry about blocking. It seems to be fuller audio. Merry Christmas
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It is notable that you heard it as an "Islander" take. It is a tribute to Kevin's Nigerian heritage. Which leads you to a "cultural trace" of where the Caribbean people may have originated. But let's not forget the Psalms that suggest that we should make a joyful noise to the Lord. If this ain't joyful, you've got no joy in you.
Hello! I just recently found your channel, but I have to say that your reactions are by far the most genuine on this platform. I love your videos, I love that you are able to show emotions unlike many others. You have a great eye for detail and I can feel the compassion you show. Especially in your Aurora reactions. I absolutely adore you! But enough butter for the road. If you find the time and feel like you need something for the laughs, I suggest Bo Burnham's 'Welcome to the Internet'. And if you would like to feel a little warmer in the winter, 'Line without a hook' by Ricky Montgomery should do the trick. It is my favourite song and has some personal meaning to me. It dragged me through a lot of hardships. Thank you for listening to music with us.
The SME copyright blocks plague many reactors. One of the things I have seen that seems to ward off the copyright blocking minions is either putting words over the video or making it transparent or some other way of making the video in image undetectable by the YT 🤖.
I knew you'd love this version! I agree you should check out the original video on your own! This afro-Caribbean beat was inspired by Kevin's Nigerian heritage & he & Avi just killed it-everyone did!
Great reaction. Thanks. They are always amazing. I love the special touches they put on songs. Please react to "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" . The official video is aawesome. Just in case you want to see them sing live for TV shows, there is a link on RU-vid of them singing it on Rachel Ray Show and Jimmy Kimmel in the same video.
I really hope you'll do their version of Silent Night. However, you MUST do the version that's live in a church. The natural reverb and acoustics are stunning. Avi and Kirstie really shine!
Something is a bit off with the balance between their microphones in this performance. Their voices are not as perfectly balanced as they usually are, plus you can hear some of them straining their voices sometimes, which in my experience means that they might have a hard time hearing themselves... all technical issues... I would (as I can see many others do too) recommend you to go listen to their music video of this song and get the entire experience, as this one fall a bit short imo. 😊🌟
👋😄👋PLEASE REACT TO THE OFFICIAL VIDEO!! "Use filters or watermark" You could hear the song more clearly! YES! They sound AMAZING live but the audio is the greatest quality in this performance YOU WON'T REGRET reacting to OFFICIAL video!
Of all the live versions you could hear, you HAD to pick the one filmed at Christmas in New York in open air during a rainstorm. Not only that, but you could hear their sound check was off as well. Well, at least listen to something a little more controlled and made for acoustics.
Actually, since they are themselves the instruments, I would presume that they prefer referring to themselves as a band! Perhaps others will recall clear choices on this point?
It should help the blocking if you reduce the size of the video screen and put a graphic over it or make it more transparent. Or even blur it completely if you have to.
Their label & several others have become known to just copyright block everything unless you do 1 of a few different tricks. What works the smoothest is overlaying the video with a semi-sheer "watermark" of words or a logo. For instance for PTX vids I've seen an overlay of the album cover or other picture of the band, the name of the band, the words "fair use, reaction only" or "for preventing copyright block" & similar text. If you do that it won't matter how many times you stop for comments, because the video has been clearly messed with. I've seen others cause the video to blur, but you have to really do it a lot or it won't work so it's just like covering the video completely & leaving the audio. If you don't have the ability to overlay watermarks (not a computer person myself so I don't know what you need do that) I've seen reactors making the video being reacted to simply lag 4-5 seconds behind its audio & themself. I've also seen others just go back in after making their video & cut in several times with 2 second black screens with text that says something about for copyright purposes, because they realized they didn't stop to comment often enough but don't want to cut out any of their reaction. Of course that's more jarring to have to keep stopping it, but it works & most viewers understand about reactors having to do that stuff.
👋😊PLEASE REACT to THE OFFICIAL video of this song! Also official videos for 👉"you can use filters or a watermark over them" -The First Noel -12 Days Of Christmas -Joy To The World -Favorite Things -God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Over The River
Loving your PTX journey. I notice many reactors place a fair use statement in the description of all their videos. I don't know if that will help with getting blocked or not.
Hiya my friend....I am responding to your comments and questions from "My Prayer{ which you did a few weeks back.). I have not read all the comments you received but I just wanted to say that Avi Kaplan, the base with Pentatonix, the bearded one with the "tuque" did leave the group. He made a couple of appearances with Home Free, but has now gone on a solo career. I have not yet seen/heard any of his solo performances, but he was a great bass. The replacement with Pentatonix is equally as good and I should have looked it up before writing this as I cannot remember his name. Shame on me !!!!!! I still ave not watched your reaction to this song (Oh come all ye Faithful) but I will write agaiin and be you biggest pest....errrr.I mean fan.
Pentatonix are great, but I really think you have to check Voctave, another amazing acapella group (the best one for me)!! They have a cover of " O come all ye faithful if you like to check it! You won't regret it! Greetings from Lebanon🇱🇧!
You should hear the studio version or the version they did on their NBC Christmas special. This mix is a little off. I can't hardly hear Scott or Avi, and Kirstin is too loud. I don't mind hearing her but she not in balance with the rest of the band. Yes they call themselves a band. Many people refer to it as the Lion King version of this song. When I first heard it I was just floored at how good it was. Now I almost can't stand hearing it the traditional way.
If you do not have time to react to this, at least listen to this. Angels We Have Heard on High Pentatonix. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VAMzAIH12yc.html At about 24 seconds, Avi switches from his basso profundo voice to his whistle voice and begins making organ chimes sounds with his vocals. He has a polyphonic voice and uses the whistle tones to make those sounds. Quite remarkable.
You picked the wrong version of this song to react to because in live audiences the people just can’t keep quiet. Plus you would have garnered more views with the official video.
