That was EPIC! Pentatonix First Time Reaction to Bohemian Rhapsody 

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Kiss from a rose - Pentatonix

11:35 Scott has said this section is one of the most difficult for him because he plays a part in both sides of the “beschmeeloch will you let him go LET HIM GO”. If you go listen to just his part, the vocal gymnastics are crazy.

Please react to their original Love Again. It never fails to blow my mind.

This was filmed outside. It was an all night shoot. Kirsten was very cold. They would not try this song until they had perfected it.

I subbed specifically for PTX. You have more than 300 performances to do, so there is plenty out there for you.

Watch the clip of them recording this. FUN

Great video and reaction. Kill from a rose and Christmas time / imagination next please.

Pentatonix Bohemian Rhapsody Insights: So, some things to know about this cover and video: -It took PTX years to get the arrangement to where they felt they could do the original masterpiece justice. -The cover, and especially the video, was meant to be an homage to Queen. Some of the moments paying respect were: The mono-recording of the line "easy come, easy go" followed by the panning of the voices from left to right on the line "little high, little low" (which is how the original was recorded), obviously the flashlights being used to mimic the lighting on the operatic part of the original video, the four shooting stars to represent the four members of Queen, as well as acknowledge the fact that Dr. Brian May is an astrophysicist, and the overhead shot of them lying on the couch is to represent the Sheer Heart Attack album cover. -The megaphone was just a prop. It is not needed to reproduce the electric guitar distortion. -PTX can, and does, perform this live with no backing track...something even Queen and the Great Freddie Mercury could not do. -Freddy once said he didn't care what people did with his music as long as they "...don't make it boring, darling!", so I think he would absolutely approve. They were indeed on an actual road and luckily, there actually is a behind the scenes for the making of this one that you can watch! The link is: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q8ugJnIG_Lk.html Also when Brian Mays heard it... he posted it on his web site with the word "ENJOY”. -The overall video--with the "living room" and couch--is an homage to Pentatonix's own journey as a group. They lost their record deal right after winning the Sing Off and moving to LA, so they started putting out videos on RU-vid, performing covers. They would sit on the couch in Kevin (beatboxer) and Avi's (bass) living room and just record themselves on Mitch's (counter tenor who took the lead on this song) iPad. Some of their earliest videos went viral and they eventually were able to secure a new deal, record an EP, go on tour, release chart-topping albums and win three Grammy awards...so they moved out of the living room and down this new, unknown road. At the end of the day, though, they're still the same choir-nerds they've always been; just happy to sit together on a couch and sing.

There is a behind the scenes of this that shows the couch. The megaphone is just a prop, Mitch sounds the same without it in concert. Great reaction!

My favorite thing about this is when Kevin and kirsty sing “let him gooo!” You can hear when Kevin’s voice stops and he starts doing the drums

It is amazing, isn't it? And they are amazing!!🤩

Subscribed for more Pentatonix (PTX). Recommend their cover of The Prayer.

Brian May is actually Dr. Brian May. He is an astrophysicist. His PhD thesis a survey of radial velocities in the zodiacal dust cloud" was published in 2007 and is a popular astronomy book of the same name. He started his research in 1970 and then stopped to run around the world in this rock band named Queen. Maybe you've heard of them maybe you haven't I had to Google them. That's sarcasm. The megaphone in a prop. Mitch does not use it in the live performances. the voice you hear when they're looking at the stars is the same voice Mitch uses with the megaphone . The shot at the sky is homage to Brian May. Brian May was so impressed with the video that he posted it on all of his social media sites. The part where Mitch is lying down on the couch and Kevin and Avi are walking beside it are to represent the pallbearers carrying Freddie's coffin . The shot at the end when they're looking up at the sky always puzzled me because there are four shooting stars and I always wondered about that because there are 5 members in PTX. I read in a comment that it's an homage to Queen because there are 4 members in Queen. At least that's how I interpret the shooting stars. The moving couch pays homage to how they started. They worked on this song for five or six years to get it where it is right now. There are videos of live versions of Bohemian Rhapsody. You are the first reactor that mentioned how the panning is the same as it is in the original. And I have seen many many many reactions to this video. There is a behind the scenes video for Bohemian rhapsody. Every so often Pentatonix will do a behind the scenes video

For a couple of very different pieces, try their rendition of Kiira's Gold and Arianda Grande's Problem. So much fun!!

Their big heavy songs are Hallelujah, Mary Did You Know, Sound Of Silence and Amazing Grace/My Chains Are Gone. A little lighter is Imagine. Very well arranged pop songs : Havana, Say Something, Shallow, Cheerleader and Perfect. Collabs with Lindsey Stirling : Radioactive, Papaoutai and Over The River. EDM: Daft Punk and Love Again. More classical : Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy and The Prayer. Disney/Fantasy: Can You Feel The Love Tonight, Come Along and Over The Rainbow (no video). Solemn no percussion : Run To You and My Heart With You. Very bouncy original : Sing!

The audio panning on "little high, little low" is a direct quote from Queen. If you listen to Queen's original you'll hear the same panning on the same phrase. #Pentatonix loves Queen, and they love "Bohemian Rhapsody," so they always wanted to cover this song, but they feared that they couldn't do it justice, so they decided to wait until they were sure they were ready. That took them five years, but it was worth the wait - they were definitely ready. In the early days of Pentatonix, after Epic reneged on the recording contract Pentatonix had "won" on _The Sing-Off,_ Pentatonix started posting to RU-vid; it was the only way they COULD publish their music. A lot of those early RU-vid videos show the five of them sitting on a couch, with the trio on the back of the couch and Avi and Kevin on the seat in front of them, just five very young people singing their hearts out, making their dream come true. Note that this is the configuration we see them in at the beginning and end of "Bohemian Rhapsody," which is one reason the couch needs to move - it's taking Pentatonix (and us) on a trip down Memory Lane. The more important reason the couch moves is that it's standing in for the car in _Wayne's World,_ where Wayne and Garth introduced a whole new generation to the genius of Queen by putting a tape of "Bohemian Rhapsody" into the car's tape player. The couch was motorized, and not very well balanced. (Note that when they're sitting on it their feet don't quite reach the ground. The little curtain thing on the bottom was added to hide the motor.) It kept trying to tip over during the filming and actually managed to throw Kevin off at one point. There was a small platform attached to the back so that Kirstin could climb on the couch from behind - Scott, being a foot taller than Kirstin, didn't need it. When Mitch lies down on the couch, singing "Too late, My time has come," they're referring to Freddie Mercury's death (the foreshadowing was, of course, unintentional on Freddie's part; there's no way he could have known about AIDS, thank goodness). The other four are walking next to the couch to serve as Mitch's pall bearers. Many people think the megaphone is distorting Mitch's voice to make it sound more like an electric guitar, but the megaphone actually has nothing to do with it. It wasn't turned on, and couldn't have distorted Mitch's voice even if it had been - it was just a megaphone. The electric guitar is all Mitch. Mitch happened to see the megaphone lying around on the set and thought it would make a cool prop, so it's been confusing people ever since. During the "Bismillah" argument, note that Scott, whose range includes both bass and tenor registers, is actually singing along with both the high and low sides of the argument. Scott has said that this rapid switching is the hardest part of the song for him. When the camera pans up to show us the starry night sky during Mitch's second guitar solo, it's meant as a tribute to Queen's lead guitarist, Brian May, who has a doctorate in astrophysics. The four shooting stars honor the four members of Queen. When the camera pans back down to show Pentatonix lying on the couch together it's meant to recall the cover art for Queen's "Sheer Heart Attack" album. And when this official video was first released, Brian May posted a link to it on all his social media accounts with the comment: "Enjoy."

I love that you are clearly a fan but just starting to react, so you have a great deal left to discover (13 years worth of workaholic output, lol) Maybe try their recent cover of Kiss From a Rose (vevo studio live performance) so you can see what they are up to now.

PTX!!

My favorite live version of this is Hollywood Bowl 2022. It’s amazing. They do have a BTS video of making this video. That couch is wild. Scott said they needed helmets to ride that thing. They are outside the whole time and you can steam come out of Mitch’s mouth when he sings. Great reaction. Glad you’re getting to discover this fantastic group. 🙌

They have over 300 songs in their catalog. It will definitely keep you busy for a while. Try some rap/hip hop with "Can't Hold Us" Macklemore and Ryan Lewis cover, or "Say Something" and hear Kirsty go at it for a bit.

I love finding new Pentatonix reactors! I just subbed in hopes of more Pentatonix reactions! 💖

I just subbed and can't wait till you react to more PTX. It's wonderful that you already know all their names. Very impressive. I know reactors who have reacted to them for years and STILL don't know their names. "I Can't Help Falling in Love With You" is a great classic they have covered. They also have many originals like "Happy Now". Hope you can react to both.

Subbing for more PTX! How about Evolution of Michael Jackson, 90’s Dance Medley, Kiss From a Rose, Love Again (original) and Amazing Grace for variety? 😊

Welcome back to PTX! There are almost 300 videos and tons of live performances. All are good or out of this world . the latest 3 are On, Holy Night , Kissed From A Rose and pure Imagination/Christmas Time is Here. But the older videos are a must see too like 90s Dance Medley, Say Something and Amazing Grace

If you want to hear a Freddy Mercury edition of this song look up Marc Martel.

You might be interested in checking out Avi Kaplan's solo music. He is an incredibly talented singer/songwriter. Sooooooo much more than just a bass! He uses his entire 5 octave range in his solo music. 99% of which is original music. He has done covers of Lean on Me, and OutKasts Hey Ya. He did a cover of House of the Rising Sun for a livestream. Other than that heis covers are on his own music. Most will start with his first release after leaving PTX Change on the Rise. Subscribing for Avi !

Subscribed. You can't go wrong listening to anything Pentatonix has released; it's all gorgeous. But all pentaholics have our own personal favorites that we like to recommend. These are some of my favorites: • "Hallelujah" (the official video, with Avi) • "Hallelujah" ( a recent live performance, with Matt: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FqphhPapkoc.htmlsi=tC6Ew07JGeQKQvDL ) • "Imagine" (the official video) • "The Prayer" • "Sound of Silence" • "Run To You" (an original, written by Avi and Kevin) • "Happy Now" (another original) • "Daft Punk Medley" (their first Grammy winner) • "O Come All Ye Faithful" • "O Holy Night" (they did a totally new recording for their 2023 Christmas album; you can find the official video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ReJAU2mXm8w.htmlsi=upj2Q3vLqigVEtgm ) • "Pure Imagination / Christmas Time is Here" (preferably the live Vevo recording) • "Kiss From a Rose" (preferably the live Vevo recording) • "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" • "The Lucky Ones" (an original, written by Scott) • "Thank You" (an original, written by Scott and his then fiancé, now husband, Mark Manio Hoying, shortly after the end of COVID lockdown, about how much easier it was to get through that time because they were together) • "The Kevin Show/Kevin's Fifth." This is a live feed from a concert they gave in Owensboro, Kentucky, Kevin's home town: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DbCasvcNx78.html and this is the very special performance of "Kevin's Fifth" (without "The Kevin Show") from Kevin's birthday in 2022: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7m0g7xThIWs.htmlsi=99F7iG5qkdgPCm43 Additionally, IF you're familiar with _"The Wizard Of Oz"_ (the 1939 movie starring Judy Garland), I recommend "Todrick Hall - The Wizard of Ahhhs (ft. Pentatonix)": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QkVeKb2igrg.html If you've never seen the movie it won't make sense, so take care of that first. One advantage to reacting to "The Wizard of Ahhhs" is that you won't need to obscure the video to avoid copyright claims. Most of Pentatonix's copyrights are owned by their publisher, RCA, and RCA is notorious for getting reaction videos taken down over copyright issues, but the copyrights for "The Wizard of Ahhhs" are owned by Todrick Hall, and Todrick seems to be more interested in good publicity than in stomping on innocent reactors. (I regret to say that Todrick has gotten a lot of bad publicity in recent years, for very good reasons; he appears to be something of a jerk. But making copyright claims against other RU-vidrs isn't one of his vices.)

There's LOT packed into this video. First off...the couch is motorized and was actually kinda dangerous. It tried to run over Kevin and was tippy as heck! It was highlighted for a nod to the months that PTX had to film all their videos sitting on one of their couches because Sony cancelled their recording contract a few weeks after PTX won the contract from The Sing -Off. Also a nod to Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure where the two put Bohemian Rhapsody on the car stereo while driving. Mitch only used the megaphone as a prop. He's done this live without it and sounds the same. The shot of the shooting stars...one for each member of Queen and a nod to Sir Brian May, astrophysicist and lead guitar of Queen...who has a comet named after him. The shot from above of them all sprawled on the couch...another nod to the album cover for Queen's Sheer Heart Attack. It took the group 5 years of thinking and re-thinking the arragement and finally having enough confidence in their whole production of this to get it done. Sir Brian May saw it shortly after it was released, put it up on his social media with just one word: Enjoy!. Some suggestions: Daft Punk medley, 90's Dance Medley, Coffee In Bed ( original), Happy Now, (original), Kiss From A Rose, O Holy Night.

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A few things, the couch represents in the early days of PTX, they did not have money to shoot their video’s, so they just sat on a couch in someone living room to record.The movng couch represents their journey. Now, when Brian May (now Sir Dr. Brian May) saw this the day after it was released, he liked it so much he shared it on all of his social media, with just one word “Enjoy”. That is high praise from Sir Dr. May. They worked on this on and off for about 5 years, until they thought they had an arrangement that did justice to the original. Mitch does not use the megaphone in real life, it was just a prop so people had something to look at that would draw their eyes where the group wanted them. When you see the night sky that was to pay homage to Brian May, who is now an astrophysics. The 4 shooting stars pay homage to the original., band members. BTW, Queen has never been able to do this live completely. They way they layered in the video of themselves in the video, they just had to run off-stage, and show the opera part on a screen, then come back on screen and finish the song. PTX did it completely, and they do it live. At the end when they fall on the couch in a "cuddle pile", that is paying homage to the Sheer Heart Attack album cover. Live Version ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nMFPsouaum0.html&start_radio=1 Bohemian Rhapsody behind the scenes ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q8ugJnIG_Lk.html

Highly recommend their “Evolution of” videos. They do Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, and a few others and they’re all live and amazing!

Great reaction! You are choosing deep rabbit holes, first AJ and now PTX. In an interview early on they were asked if there was a song that they'd never attempt to cover, and their answer was BohRap. They'd underestimated their own development as musicians. You should consider reacting to their very recent cover of "Kiss from a Rose" which is one of the VEVO Live series. Their continued development is front and center. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-I3NEFUOLtxs.html

This is one of the songs where you can watch Kevin play his invisible drum kit. It's one of the things I most like about Kevin (as if there were anything not to like about him) - Kevin can make me see the instruments that aren't there. But when Mitch needs an electric guitar, he doesn't start playing an air guitar; Mitch simply BECOMES the guitar. The reason you didn't know Mitch could do that is that, to the best of my knowledge, this is the only song he does it on. Frankly, I wonder whether Mitch's discovery of his inner guitar was the thing that made Pentatonix decide it was time for "Bohemian Rhapsody."

Subbed for more PTX reactions.

Hope you react to more PTX. Evolution of Michael Jackson, Daft Punk, their original song “Sing” are favorites.

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Any PTX works BUT once you get to a point for something PTX adjacent…try Superfruit. It’s Mitch and Scott…my fave is Defying Gravity or Empire Medley

One of the things you should bear in mind here is that it isn't just about who has the best range for a particular section of the song (though given Freddie's huge range that was certainly a factor); it's also about the fact that every member of Pentatonix wanted to be able to say that she or he had sung Freddie Mercury's part in "Bohemian Rhapsody." I'm not sure which member of Queen sang "Any way the wind blows" at the beginning and end of the song, but I note that Kevin sang the very last one along with Mitch, which makes me think it may have been Freddie, and this was a way for even Kevin, who was otherwise too busy with percussion to solo, to be able to make the claim.

Look on their site and try one of the evolutions of: (so many)

great innovative version: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TOVGmahR2N4.htmlfeature=shared

❤so good❤

What's with the comment about the couch? Everyone in the States has wheels! Don't they?

Aviously!!!😊

I fear that you're going to have trouble keeping this reaction up, because you've done nothing to obscure the video. Pentatonix loves RU-vid reactions and reactors; they're well aware that reaction videos have helped to make them the success that they are today. Unfortunately, their copyrights are owned by their publisher, RCA, and RCA doesn't share their love of reaction videos. RCA is notorious for making copyright claims that get reaction videos taken down. The claims all seem to be about the video, not the music, and there are several strategies people use to keep their reactions up. Some people only react to live performances. This works, but it's limiting. In general, Pentatonix is as good live as they are in their official releases, but that's musically; there are a few of their official videos that have important video effects that can't be duplicated live. The most obvious one is "Imagine," but several others spring to mind. Also, if you only react to live performances you can't react to any "Behind the Scenes" or "Making of" videos. Another strategy is to pause the video frequently. This is probably a good idea (be sure to rewind a bit whenever you do this), but the definition of "frequent" is subjective so I don't recommend it as your only protection. What seems to work best is to slightly mask the video, combined with frequent pauses. Some people put a translucent "PENTATONIX" or "COPYRIGHT" over the video; others put what appears to be a window with raindrops on it over the video. Remember, the pentaholics are here to see your reaction, not the video - we've seen the video numerous times already. We only need to be able to see enough of it to be sure what exactly you're reacting to, in real time.

This was recorded outside in the cold. Towards the beginning you can see Matt's breath as he's singing.

Loved your take on this . This is a great rabbit hole to follow.

Do their 90's Dance Medley Medley

PTX can't sing song,this belongs to Freddy Mercury he is the best to sing this song. No one should sing this song. That is my opinion.