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I think this is my favorite Pentatonix song. Great to hear Matt's lovely voice start the song, and then Kevin at the end is a real treat. They all sound incredible!! I agree Barry.... amazing!! LOVE your reaction!!!💖💖💖
Hello Barry, hello friends of PTX The one who looked the most beautiful in white, for me, was Matt 😉 But obviously they're all beautiful, aren't they? ❤🤣
I've always loved this song and their cover is absolutely beautiful! 💜 They all looked so good but I think Kevin looked really nice. ☺️ And Kirsten's nails were awesome! 💅🏻
Thanks B☘️☘️, Very nice! The white outfits were a nice touch. The light reflecting off them and in so many shots the light was outlining their hair and bodies. So, as they have done in the past the visuals complimenting the music/voices. Beautiful! Their solos were great, each one of them. Kevin…. I don’t know how this works as far as the recording goes, but I loved the echo of Kevin’s clapping. It takes you to that space right where they are. That chapel is stunning as well. I love the architecture of it. The supporting beams almost seamless with the surrounding tree branches. I would love to go there and lay down on the floor, look up to the trees and sky and listen to PTX sing this. Only in my dreams, I guess. A visual and auditory treat. ❤😇
The first note I thought it was Scott for a second😀. This song shows each of their talents perfectly. It’s so beautiful as are the singers and the setting. Gives me hope for the future.
And they’ve done a delightful job of using his particular sound just right in their new arrangements. Avi’s voice was like a primal force; Matt is like warm melty chocolate cream.
This arrangement includes some very rare elements that help make it exceptional. Starting with Matt taking the lead, ending with a rare (and always special) solo from Kevin, Mitch showing the depth and beauty of his lower range and most especially Kirsti given chance to show the full power and glory of her stupendous voice. This leaves me breathless and a little teary every time. Thank you so much,Barry for this and for all of the wonderful work you have done and continue to do. All the best of peace and joy of the season to you and yours!
I’m so glad my Barry Buddy is back! Reach down into your soul...it is empty. Home Free can make you laugh and cry. Then you realize their voices are captivating...yes yes yes!
I love this version. Sung so beautifully. Filmed at the Wayfarers Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes, CA. I got married there in 1981 and it's a breathtakingly beautiful site.
In 1772 a slave ship captain was converted into a Christian Abolitionist who wrote this as a poem. Location is the Wayfarer's Chapel in the California Red Woods.
Brings tears. Two people said that the background in the opening sounded like bagpipes and another explained that that effect is called a drone. I'm learning.
My dad passed Christmas Day 2017. When we placed his ashes into the ground, a piper played Amazing Grace. For some reason, it feels like the pipes were all about that one mournful anthem. I really enjoyed what PTX did. They are amazing. Between them and Home Free, I have grown to really love acapella. It tends to capture the glorious and the sad with equal facility.
Yes, so I am watching this a year-and-a-half later than everybody else but I came here to mention the fact that the drone starting the song is reminiscent of bagpipes. And I associate this song very much with first responder funerals and they are usually accompanied by bagpipes. I'm sure having that in the arrangement was not by accident.
Kirsten was amazing in this, they built the entire crescendo around her high notes. She' so clear, pure and beautiful in her tone like she's not straining or belting,
I love when Kevin does a solo right after a big dramatic climax of the song. His clear, innocent sounding, voice brings a sweetness to the already amazing song. (No pun intended on this song. LOL) I agree...gorgeous, perfectly done!
I was bawling my eyes out at this one. My father was in the military when I was growing up. He was often deployed either overseas or other places in the States. My mother would usually go with him, so I was practically raised by my maternal grandmother. She passed away my freshman year of college. Amazing Grace was her favorite song and was played at her funeral. It's now 38 years later, but I still can never hear this song now without thinking of her. My wife passed in 2010, my mother passed in 2013 and my father passed in August, leaving me the last surviving member of my immediate family. So the "feels" are hitting me right now. I see you're also reacting to Mr. Grinch. You mentioned how this video was the first time you heard Matt doing a lead. Just wait for the next one!
This IS my all-time favorite PTX performance. Everyone just aces their moments and the harmonies are so stunning and heartfelt that it always makes me emotional. Kirstie blows me away with her stunning vocal…she simply explodes with power and passion, making this one of my favorite solos from her. But while everyone sounds brilliant, it was Mitch’s solo in this song that made me a HUGE fan of his, for life! I LOVE his lower tone in this solo; he turns on the power and just slays with passion and full-bodied gusto. I love his use of vibrato as well - full on gospel at its finest. I get goose bumps whenever I hear and see him sing this. What an astounding Heaven-sent voice he has! I’m in awe. 😮
33.- She was with her babies in a booth where we kept the field work tools, baskets, and things like that. With wooden floors, boards that sang when you walked on them (how I miss that sound!). We had made a bed for her with wool (the invaluable contribution of the sheep) wrapped in an old sheet. She knew that everyone here was safe and warm. And one morning, she left. Their children were 5 days old. My grandfather and I started to worry a few hours later, it was too long to leave the babies alone, and they would cry. My grandmother began with one of her sermons about the amount of trouble that all those animals, which were not ours, gave us, why we had to attend to everything when a living being appeared at the door (it was a manner of speaking: they came by everywhere, the door was not necessary), and went on with her angry comments for a very long time. My grandfather didn't say anything; he changed his clothes and left. Changing clothes was normal: nobody can be surrounded by so many animals and go out in the same clothes. There you had to go with your clothes on, and just when you got there put on something that could get dirty, get hairy or break. That was normal. But for my grandfather to leave when 13 kittens were alone, no; that was not.
I love your stories Ana, I would say these were simpler times, but only if you were used to very hard work. So were they really simple? I just know Grandfather had a motive for leaving. I think I would love your Grandfather.
Did you mean to say, "made a bed for "her", not him"? And, later, "He" left, should have been "She" and then later you are talking about your grandmother and said, "his" angry comments. If so, I need to go back, there is another interpretation of the story. (And, could be just changing it from one language to another) BUT... Ack! 13 five day old kittens are going to be a handful. Can't wait to see what unfolds. Love... LOVE "With wooden floors, boards that sang when you walked on them" They do that, don't they? Love these stories, Ana. ❤ Keep em coming!
@@StorytimeWithLana Brilliant! That's how I like it! be careful while reading! XD oh, God... I do nothing but screw up with the translations! Sorry Sorry sorry! I think it's already fixed!
@@anacece8852 I hated to correct you, Ana, I'm one to always look past grammar (because I can mess that up myself and I speak English. 😂), but if you had another reason for writing it that way, I needed to know. (The only reason I brought it up) Your translations are wonderful, don't worry about it. Keep them coming. ❤
Thank you for sending me this way. It is always a treat reading your writing. They are like little presents. I think I have said this before, but it is true. Claro que si. Like Lana, I loved the wooden flower description. You send me on journeys into my past. That took me to one. 🥰
They all look gorgeous in white and look like angels! My favorite is Mitch. If you look closely as they are walking in, it looks like he has little wings on his jacket. I didn't notice it myself, but read it in someone else's comment. Very fitting that Angel Mitch should have wings!❤ They sing an amazing version of this song. I LOVE it!!!! Thanks for the great reaction Barry!💖
This is the first time i have heard a vocal group imitate the drone of a lone piper. As the first verse progresses the harmonies build layer upon layer until the famous wall of sound is fully resonating. Then Scott comes in amd the feel changes. That is the amazing thing about both this arrangement and these incredible musicians: the mood changes with each verse, but each is absolute perfection.
Thank you for this reaction. It is the most beautiful version I have ever heard. I have a question. Have you been approached by a talent scout about doing voice overs for children's movies? You have that it factor. Thank you once again Barry.
That’s very kind of you to say and strangely you’re not the first person to say that since I started my RU-vid channel. I’ve never done any voice acting and I’ve never been approached but it’s something I’d love to look into if I move to the USA. Thanks Kathy. B☘
I think the word you're looking for is.... FLABBERGASTED. They bring so much to the table it's overflowing. That's it. Listen, enjoy, cry. All at once. Thank you, Barry! YOU DA BOMB, or what ever the kids say these days... thicc?
So glad they picked Chris Tomlin’s arrangement to start with. Powerful lyrics plus beautiful harmonies in a peaceful chapel in nature = very moving video that can reach anyone where they are no matter their background or beliefs.
This one's a heart-lifter, isn't it? I can't wait until you get to 'Thank You.' Scott and his partner Mark originally wrote it for each other on Scott's birthday, but the message in it is so powerful they decided to share it with the world as a Pentatonix song. Be warned - you will need your tissues for that one, and lots of them!
Barry, my dear. Where have you been all my life??? Gonna look for more recent stuff.omg..I feel every special nuance you feel!! Wow...there might be no better group ever!!!!
This song was written by a captain of a slave ship who had a total break down after the years of suffering the Africans and islanders. Was born again. Sat down and wrote his new found heart. You can hear his story in every word and note. I can't recall his name, but google knows.
Not to make a "religious" post, but the night I accepted Christ, your expressions on this and the Hallelujah video is what I experienced in that moment. Watching these videos brings it all back. Thanks.
This is actually a cover of Chris Tomlin's version of Amazing Grace. That's where the "My Chains are Gone" part comes from. Did you happen to catch Kirstie's homage to Dolly Parton during her lead? She got the riffs and even her accent perfect! Remember they did a collaboration with Dolly Parton on "Jolene" that won them their third Grammy award...
"My Chains are Gone" is a profound addition, once you realize "Amazing Grace" was written by a sailor who had worked many years on slave ships transporting slaves from Africa to America, before having a conversion experience & becoming an abolitionist. (see Wikipedia)
Watching this again for like the 4th time 😂. I love Mitch’s upper range but my personal favorite if that’s possible is when he sings in this range. This song and Mad World are 2 of my favorites because he sings in his lower range. Everyone gets the chance to shine on this absolutely Amazing song.
This performance has replaced Imagine and my very favorite PTX performance. So powerful, so perfectly arranged, and so beautifully performed. It just could not be better.
Hey B ☘️…. Following instructions 🫡🫡🫡 and clicked on a link from a community post. Made a comment. Said Hi. Wait I didn’t say Hi? Oopsie. Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. Helllllllllllllllloooooooo. How’s ye keepin?!?! Just here doing what I am instructed to do. 🫡🫡🫡 Mysterious Irish ☘️ Man indeed! Wait, what….who are you again? 🤔 I thought I clicked on a link for LL Cool J?!?! 🤨 🤷🏼♀️ What is happening right now? Who are you? 😂 T ✌🏻 ❤️
Love your reactions. Have you reacted to their UNBELIEVABLE BEAUTIFUL original song, "Thank You?" If you haven't, please do. It will bring a smile to your face and a tear to your eye. Thank you!
Hey B ☘️….again….just following directions by you directing me here from a community post?!?!🫡 Starting the video now, I think I know the answer to the question of who looks the best in white but I need to watch to verify. Be back! How you doing? 🤔 Can you guess who I think looks the best in white?!?! 🤔 Easily, without a doubt, Matt!!!! I mean are you kidding me, a fitted white suit with no shirt?!?! Sharp, sharp, sharp!!!! 😁 Mitch wins runner up with those wings on the back of his suit jacket? Now that is style and he can pull it off. Yes, yes, yes! 🙌🏻 They are SO (sorry shouty) great! The amount of beautiful sound they can make is outstanding! 💕 And Kevin at the end, our KO, that innocent voice is perfect! 🤩 Happy 100 Disney! 💥 Merry Freakin Christmas! 💥 Here if you need talk and jazz! 💥 T ✌🏻 ❤️ and 🫳🏻🫴🏻
"Amazing Grace" was done excellently in San Pedro, CA. The chapel was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and my brother was married there. Beautiful place to showcase this wonderful group Pentatonix
It's December 5th. Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! 🎄☃❄ I have just one word for this song… BEAUTIFUL! I’ve heard this song thousands of times. This is by far the best version I’ve ever heard. And the video is gorgeous also. Love the attention to detail. They’re dressed in all white, Mitch has what looks like little angel wings on the back of his jacket, the fog rolling in, the setting in an outdoor church. Stunning video! Another great reaction Barry!🎵🎶🎶
