CECILIA REACTS to "Hallelujah" sung by Pentatonix

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@charlottevan_8 2 жыл бұрын

Since you're involved in opera, you might find it interesting that Avi Kaplan, the bass here (and the one who sang the second solo part), was an opera/classical voice major in college, trained as a basso profundo, and had been offered a position with the Los Angeles Opera about the same time that he was recruited into Pentatonix for their appearance on The Sing Off. True to his dedication to his music, he still takes voice lessons, to strengthen and protect his voice. On his European tour (which is still going), he became ill, but refused to cancel any shows. Instead, he lowered the key of the songs, and was able to perform beautifully. Dedication to his craft and to his fans...

@justlinsu 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that info Charlotte....Didn't know he was sick...but always the professional is our Avi

@danielaeibl8377 2 жыл бұрын

I was on the concert in Vienna. He was great 👌

@elenahume8295 Жыл бұрын

Hi is amazing

@corvus1374 2 жыл бұрын

This was filmed in the Mojave Desert in 90 degree temperatures. They were all bundled up because it was for a Christmas album.

@steveeverett1736 2 жыл бұрын

and if I remember the story, they had to wait until late afternoon for the drones to show up for those aerial shots. Yes PTX is truly incredible and have over 11 years to explore and for a quick jump, listen to their own cover of Amazing Grace from 2? years ago, to hear how they have developed

@johncspine2787 Жыл бұрын

It looks a lot like the West desert near Salt Lake too..

@df5199 2 жыл бұрын

Recommend their cover of The Prayer.

@VirtualBabe29 2 жыл бұрын

It is said that shortly before Leonard Cohen passed away he heard PTX's arrangement, and stated that this is the best version ever.

@lizt9485 2 жыл бұрын

Genius, pure genius. Works for me. Great review. Yes, we do live on a beautiful planet.

@TerryYelmene 2 жыл бұрын

I've heard this 150 times, if once... and still... it's... emotional...

@sandyleewhite 2 жыл бұрын

**THERE ARE LITERALLY NO WORDS IN MY ENGLISH VOCABULARY, THAT CAN DESCRIBE THIS GROUP!!!** ❣ I have also come to the conclusion, that Mitch is an Alien, from the planet of WTF 🙃 😊🙃 I truly love how Pentatonix will put their own spin on a song, yet still manage to keep the integrity & respect the original artist. Loved your reaction, & if you have not yet listened or reacted to the following, I would highly recommend, The Prayer, Amazing Grace, & Mary Did You Know 💝💝💝

@rubytolle4005 2 жыл бұрын

That was power and majesty in my opinion. The best "hallelujah I've ever heard. I listened to KD Lang sing it at the 2010 Olympics but I didn't care for that version. I don't know how anyone can call Pentatonix light weight. I recommend their cover, The Sound of Silence.

@diannecardenas9866 2 жыл бұрын

I love it when I come across a reactor listening to this song for the first time, gives me goosebumps. Great reaction, you have 11yrs of material to choose from and none of it is bad.

@lorriredmon7531 2 жыл бұрын

Loved your reaction to this. I cry literally every time I hear it. You should have a listen and reaction to their My Heart With You - Pentatonix (From Christmas Under the Stars) and Mad World.

@WaylandEllison 5 ай бұрын

Dont be afraid to make yourself bigger. We're here for you and have seen it before. We're here for the nostalgia. (And learning)

@sallyintucson 2 жыл бұрын

If you haven’t seen it, watch their cover of John Lennon’s “Imagine”. It bought tears to my eyes.

@dortheyc5276 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this!!! Every time I listen to this, and that's almost daily, when they start singing "Hallelujah", i feel it in my chest.

@KB-xp6dq 10 ай бұрын

I saw them at the Hollywood Bowl last year, and again five days ago (both times with my 80+ year old landlord - in a wheelchair - who had never heard of them before I forced her to watch "Hallelujah" about a month before the first concert), so it's never too late to become a Pentaholic!

@musiccecilia7754 8 ай бұрын

That’s awesome!

@vidsorama2 2 жыл бұрын

Great reaction to a great Pentatonix video. Thank you. More Pentatonix reactions please. They are incredible.

@cathyboyce6457 2 жыл бұрын

This is my all-time favorite cover of this beautiful song! Your expression said it all! Thanks for the reaction!

@Acadian_Proud 2 жыл бұрын

If you’d have not done so, I suggest you check out their cover of “sound of silence”. It’s very different from the original Simon & Garfunkel and the disturbed version.

@renee5768 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like it was filmed at the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Beautiful song!

@katherineeasteal662 2 жыл бұрын

First up, congratulations on being able (somehow) to display that particular video on the larger screen without any distortions that I could pick. Amazing, given what other reactors have been forced to show. Thanks for reacting to this beautiful song. Your technical skills are appreciated and makes for an interesting and unique reaction. Also your fanboy reaction! Good luck with your Ukraine benefit concert. An even more worthwhile activity (and I love Pentatonix reactions).

@thechomiji 2 жыл бұрын

Thing to note: when Avi has his solo, Scott is singing the bass line. His range is amazing; in fact, several of them have remarkable ranges. That last section shows off what we Pentaholics call their "Wall of Sound." As one of the judges noted during the Sing-Off, for only five people, they manage to take up an awful lot of space, musically.

@musiccecilia7754 2 жыл бұрын

YES! It’s absolutely mind blowing and not something I’ve heard any other a cappella band capture. Their Sound of silence cover has what may be Scott’s lowest notes and it is INSANE

@dyenahh 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for giving them the big screen. And you are so right about the setting, a seemingly bleak landscape swelling with humans expressing the mysterious vulnerability of this life.

@anchorskid 2 жыл бұрын

OMG! I bought some small JBL speakers for a previous desktop. Its aux speaker connection was apparently faulty because they soon stopped working. I put them away for years. I bought a new desktop and the built-in speakers are, again unhelpfully for someone with hearing loss, in the back. I was just hunting for something else, saw the JBLs and dragged them out of a drawer and thought to give them a try in my new computer. I've listened to PTX's "Hallelujah" dozens of times but never got the full effect of Avi's bass that is suddenly audible to me. OMG. It definitely was my old computer, not the JBL's. What a wonder!! Avi is even better than I've always thought! Gazow!

@christypriest30 2 жыл бұрын

lol!!! I’m an idiot! It was just thundering here and when the video started with the doorknob in the background, I thought it was a raindrop!

@walkofnails2923 2 жыл бұрын

I’d love to see a reaction to Sound of Silence and Can You Feel the Love Tonight. 😃

@jeancaldwell5391 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. You paused the video in the middle of Avi’s solo to admire the landscape? Unbelievable!

@glendabetels5765 4 ай бұрын

Also paused in my favorite part, Mitch's solo!

@fauxmedia3182 2 жыл бұрын

Pentaholic here! just subbed to watch your PTX journey 🥳🥰

@sheilad5321 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks you so much for your reaction. I love the way you've described what they do.

@G-grandma_Army 2 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely my favorite rendition of this song.

@bonnieflynn4798 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to PTX. They have 250 plus song originals and covers. Not a bad one in the bunch. We all love them They are outstanding

@saraeames9679 2 жыл бұрын

I LOVE when the reactor puts themselve in the corner and lets us actually see the video.. Automatic subscription.

@matthewkendall5235 2 жыл бұрын

People tell you should listen to this group through headphones - dead right! But is you switch from say $200 - $300 headphones to audiophile quality gear - say the $2,000 - $3,000 range - it's on a whole other level - like discovering the group all over again. In uber high quality gear - with great sound stage - it is simply mind blowing. Glad I got the chance to hear them on Sennheisier HD820s - cause it was wow - unbelievable!

@corinnaschmidt9735 2 жыл бұрын

You like beautiful landscapes and epochal music? Then you definitely have to listen to Home Free's How great thou art.

@timbrom 2 жыл бұрын

I've not been into orbit but I've seen this blue and white ball from quite a long way up. The first thing you notice is how thin is the atmosphere, and yet in that shallow sea of air you not only have unbelievable beauty, as in the Mohave desert here, but some incredible descendants of primative apes who can create such perfection. We are blessed, without a doubt.

@paulkardash2991 2 жыл бұрын

Great analysis! Spot on!

@KAM66300 2 жыл бұрын

Sublime is the word for this!

@JF-0052 Жыл бұрын

I’ve listened and watched this video more than 100 times😁🇨🇦

@musiccecilia7754 Жыл бұрын

In my opinion the best rendition I’ve heard!

@creatingpulsars9979 2 жыл бұрын

It's funny, I was a fan of Pentatonix for years before hearing this. I kept avoiding it because I have heard so many versions of Hallelujah that, in general, I don't like the song anymore. When I saw they did a cover I rolled my eyes and said "of course they did" because everyone does this song so I didn't listen to it because I don't like it. It was maybe a year ago I finally watched it because I saw so many reactors reacting to it and it might be my favorite song they've ever done. They do this song so much better than any other version I've ever heard that it made me actually like a song that I've disliked for many many years.

@musiccecilia7754 2 жыл бұрын

I totally get where you’re coming from, the song has a TON of covers all over the Internet. This is hands down my favorite of the ones that I’ve heard.

@zrebbesh 2 жыл бұрын

A dry lakebed in California. I don't know which lakebed they filmed this at, but there's one near Barstow that looks a lot like this. Stunning setting and beautiful use of it.

@thechomiji 2 жыл бұрын

Kirstin in the 4-inch stiletto heels on the dry lakebed ... 😧

@kristlea1 2 жыл бұрын

Please listen to the PTX original, “Run to You”

@mountainman5173 Ай бұрын

Never really thought about where they shot this... but it's possibly within a few hundred miles of the site of Burning Man site.

@jerolddavis 2 жыл бұрын

Scott appreciation comment for the versatility to take the bass part while Avi takes the lead.

@geraldinegailjavier7064 2 жыл бұрын

If you loved this then you need to listen to Tomi P Avi Kaplan Medley. You will enjoy this it's all bass singer.

@markedwards3647 2 жыл бұрын

The ancient dry lake-bed with surrounding hills is wonderful. I suppose I am biased, but when I saw this, I wondered: "How far are you from the Trinity site? And the later test sites?" A lot of the SW US desert is not a good place to linger. But HomeFree's music is awesome.

@tammielongino7485 Жыл бұрын

THIS IS WHY PTX IS THE BEST A CAPELLA GROUP IN THE WORLD🌎. 🎵❤🎶

@juliewolfe168 2 жыл бұрын

Leonard Cohen got to hear them sing this before he died; he said it was the most amazing version of his song he had ever heard.

@musiccecilia7754 2 жыл бұрын

We didn't know that! That's amazing and we agree.

@billp5566 2 жыл бұрын

If you're going down the accapella rabbit hole, you should check out Voiceplay and Homefree. You won't be dissappointed.

@dixiefletcher1986 2 жыл бұрын

Awe, Mitch slapped again!

@hdctx 2 жыл бұрын

I believe this was filmed on the Bonneville salt flats.

@scottrogers7242 2 жыл бұрын

Mojave Desert in California

@renee5768 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. Great Salt Lake, almost to Wendover.

@razrhiannaspiers8506 2 жыл бұрын

If you would like to react to an artist you might not have heard, I recommend Aesthetic Perfection with Bark at the Moon

@dalepettiner5036 2 жыл бұрын

PTX is very good and I do like them. To broaden your horizons, may I suggest Home Free doing "Brothers in Arms" or "Man of Constant Sorrow" ?

@dieteroffermann3880 2 жыл бұрын

React please to " The Prayer" cover from Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli

@vincentbrooks3444 Жыл бұрын

WOW! And only a paltry 708 MILLION views. By the way. I agree with your opinion

@marablemorgan8292 2 жыл бұрын

You just got "Mitch slapped"!

@pamscarr8696 2 жыл бұрын

You are in the middle of listening to the great basso profundo, Avi Kaplan and you remark about the landscape?

@5thgentexan95 2 жыл бұрын

Right? 🤯

@helenabdulah7263 2 жыл бұрын

Also mid-Mitch! 😠

@robynschroeder4370 2 жыл бұрын

You are not wrong about floatation tank.

@chikinawk844 2 жыл бұрын

Want to see PTX please.

@sherylhenley1931 2 жыл бұрын

Loved your reaction but you hear the crescendo coming and stop it just before it peaks. ???

@rodneyjaynes2485 2 жыл бұрын

Loved it, but where is the bass coming from? Artificial?

@5thgentexan95 2 жыл бұрын

Avi Kaplan - the guy in the beanie - IS the bass (except when he’s singing the solo, then Scott - the tall blonde - takes over for that). He sang all the bass for PTX from 2011-2017 until he left the group. Check out some of his solo work here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aZ5idbepsbTWn6s.html (edited to add that he sings ALL the parts in this song)

@mjbartholomew5317 2 жыл бұрын

The bass, Avi Kaplan, is a classically trained basso profundo.

@nikkibanning176 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing artificial ever, especially with Avi. His singing prowess was never utilized fully in the group, he is remarkable.

@5thgentexan95 2 жыл бұрын

@@nikkibanning176 100% agree with you!

@Yochanangp 2 жыл бұрын

Please invite Mark Martel. Thank you.

@ireallyreallyhategoogle 2 жыл бұрын

How can you react to your favorite?

@dixiefletcher1986 2 жыл бұрын

Try Sound if Silence with Disturbed! David Draiman his voice is absolutely beautiful, amazing and will make you cry!

@vanessa4u4evr Жыл бұрын

I can't believe you interrupted Mitch on this song.

@UTubeSporaticUser 2 жыл бұрын

"Olympico" by Dimash Kudiabergen. He is the best singer in the world and has a 7-octave range.

@weterweter6415 2 жыл бұрын

Music: Donbass kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fK6ihsSeypymaWw.html

@danielmcgraw7908 2 жыл бұрын

And you breaking in on the middle of the tenor was clumsy!

@susanstein6604 Жыл бұрын

My one complaint is that they put it on a Christmas album. It’s not a Christmas song, it’s not even a Christian song.

@jo_ni_kay 2 жыл бұрын

Please react to Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Silk Sonic - Leave the Door Open [Official Video] kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l8p8equUz8XKnXU.html or one of their live performances of this song.

@MerricMaker Жыл бұрын

This is the only decent version of this song. I despise people treating it as this grand work of genius. It's an okay song folks, it's not Peter Warlock or Mahler.

@theresaswallows4274 2 жыл бұрын

They are good but in my opinion Home Free is the best

@musiccecilia7754 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen both bands in concert and can attest that Home Free is amazing as well!

@ozmaile7938 2 жыл бұрын

This version is OK but pretty light weight (like all Pentatonix work) but if you really want to hear this song besides Leonard Cohen's own version Then Listen to KD Lang at the 2010 winter Olympic ...... 10x the depth. power and majesty ... Leonard Cohen himself said it was the definitive version

@michaelengel3265 2 жыл бұрын

Says a person that doesn't seem to know what good music is....either that or you are a troll and a bad one at that....