While I'm not as fond of the visuals in this version as the live version they did for Christmas Under the Stars, this version is the full song, rather than the slightly shortened version from CUtS, which makes up for a lot! Most of PTX spend the majority of the song with their eyes closed, but if you watch Mitch (as much as you can), I don't think he opens his eyes for the entire song - he's just listening and living in the moment.
I don't believe you'll have copyright problems with PTX live feeds. (Though I would like to know if you do, and if you're telling us that you've had problems with them in the past I defer to your experience.) There's a peculiarity with copyright law that I don't understand; apparently fair use applies to audio but not to video. That's why anything that slightly obscures the video will prevent copyright strikes. But with Pentatonix there's something more to consider. Have you noticed that Pentatonix puts ALL their new releases on RU-vid, where anyone can access them for free? Even though they're selling albums at the same time? There's a good reason for this, based on Pentatonix's history. Pentatonix was formed in 2011 for the specific purpose of appearing on an a cappella competition show on NBC named _"The Sing-Off."_ They appeared throughout season 3 (2011) of _"The Sing-Off,"_ eventually winning it. First prize was $200,000 and a recording contract with Epic Records, a minor subsidiary of Sony, the sponsor of the show. So they all moved to California. They got apartments in the same building, moved in, and informed Epic that they were ready to begin, and a week later Epic reneged on the contract, saying that they didn't know how to market a cappella music. But at this point everyone in Pentatonix was thoroughly committed to making a career for themselves in music and they weren't about to let some misguided recording executives stop them. If they couldn't publish their music with Epic they'd find some other way to publish. So they pooled their winnings from the show and used the $200,000 as seed money, so they wouldn't have to get day jobs while they were getting their start. They let two of the apartments they'd rented go; the four men shared two apartments to save money. They bought nothing they didn't actually need. They spent their days arranging music and rehearsing, and when they had a song ready they'd record it on an iPhone or iPad and post it to their RU-vid channel. RU-vid was their publisher, or the closest thing they had to a publisher back then. Eventually they got a new publisher, Madison Gate, and after they won theiir first Grammy they signed with RCA, their current publisher, but they continue to honor their history and their fans by publishing everything to RU-vid. Pentatonix loves RU-vid reactors; they're vividly aware that reactors are a large part of the reason their plan succeeded. So _Pentatonix_ doesn't try to get reaction videos taken down. But RCA doesn't share that history, and RCA owns the copyrights. And it's RCA that gets reaction videos taken down. But the thing is, if RCA didn't publish it RCA doesn't own the copyright, and RCA doesn't publish the live feeds.
I'm not sure about PTX live feeds vs other videos, but I have had a lot of issues getting most Pentatonix videos up. They do get there eventually, but they are often delayed within a dispute for days. I have put words in front of some of the videos, and that often helps - but not always. When they are held up, it destroys the algorithm and substantially fewer people ever see the video reaction. I still put them on though because I like them. I could look to see who is blocking. It could be RCA. Thank you for commenting and the extra information. It is good to know that Pentatonix is not against reactors because sometimes I feel I shouldn't bother if they don't like it. I don't want to offend anyone. 🙂
@@rjjsreactions-rk7zhHave you heard of SuperFruit? SuperFruit is the RU-vid channel of Mitch and Scott, from back when they were living together - their final post to it was February 14, 2019. They used it as a sort of vlog, among other things, and one of the things they occasionally did was show up at a reactor's studio while the reactor was filming a reaction video to Pentatonix. And they NEVER said "How dare you?!" It was always a positive experiece for everyone. So I think you can put the fear of offending Pentatonix out of your mind. {BTW, while they no longer post to SuperFruit, the channel is still there, and most of it is a comedic gold mine. Check out their "FROZEN MEDLEY (feat. Kirstie Maldonado)," for instance, and stick around after the obvious end of the video for the blooper reel.} But I CAN tell you one video that NEVER results in a copyright claim against reactors, and that's "Todrick Hall - The Wizard of Ahhhs (ft. Pentatonix)": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QkVeKb2igrg.html The reason it never gets copyright claims is that its copyright isn't owned by RCA; it belongs to Todrick Hall, and Todrick seems to be more interested in good publicity than in stomping on innocent reactors. Now, there are two potential problems with this video: 1. It's an homage to _"The Wizard of Oz,"_ the 1939 movie starring Judy Garland. If you haven't seen the movie it won't make sense, so take care of that first. 2. It's almost 8 minutes long, so be sure to set aside enough time for your reaction.
@@margretrosenberg420Thank you, Margaret. No, I haven't heard of Superfruit. I'll have to check it out. I have seen The Wizard of Oz, but it's been a while. Seems like the video would be fun. 🙂
