only took me 3 trillion years but here u go its ride the cyclone

Not so fun fact: Jane’s high notes are implied to be her screams as the ride broke down

"I'm so confused" This man is NOT ready for Space Age Bachelor Man

Kind of disappointed that he didn't watch the video version of Noel's lament. Noel casually ripping his clothes off and remaining in a skimpy black dress and heels is a sight to behold.

Noel’s Lament was probably the worst one to not watch the actual scene for because it is amazing 😭 highly recommend watching the scene from the musical in hopefully the next RTC video!

fun fact!: Noel's lament is a ballad and ballad of jane doe is a lament

"RAP FOR ME UKRAINE BOY" MATTHEW 😭😭😭

Noel's Lament really should be watched 😂 You can always watch the "slime tutorial" of Ride the Cyclone, funny amazing and sad show, worth watching

ride the horses: the musical

Oh he CANNOT handle Space Age Bachelor man

7:26 dude I get it micha is the most datable character in the show. someone sings about me the way he sings about talia and I’d be down bad

"i thought id go with yhe cast recording, just to do something different" NOO BUT THE DANCE MAKES THIS

Noel’s lament- like from the actual musical is a must watch, it’s nothing like what’s expected😭

Jane's mid-air spins and flips were accomplished with a harness setup! In the next song after her solo, she gets a little cape to cover up the harness so it wouldn't be visible to the audience. This is presumably also why her song has the dimmest lighting out of all of the songs - to further disguise how she's flying. As for other songs from Ride The Cyclone, I highly recommend "What The World Needs" and "Talia" because they're both incredible, and "Space-Age Bachelor Man" because I desperately need to see your reaction to Ricky's dreams.

I think it’s so funny you started with the absolutely CRAZIEST song in the show first😂😂

18:01 I absolutely LOVE the lyric "Times eats all his Children in the end" Jane Doe says some old times things and this is one of them, with it being not only a dark reminder that time is futile but also a reference to Kronos, Titan of Time and Harvest, eating all of his children expect Zeus, so awesome Edit: There is a essay video talking about how the characters of RTC are based on the 5 stages of Grief and the Ballet of Jane Doe is all about grief, her denial that she's dead/her soul is lost believing it's must be somewhere to find, her anger with the line "Times eats all his Children in the end" to call out the audience for having a life that she was denied, bargaining Saint Peter of the pearly gates to let her into heaven despite her condition which leads to her asking god Why she was given existence to begin with, the depression that she faces when no one can tell who she was in life and lastly the bitter reality that she accept the facts that she will never found, that her name and memories will be lost forever and only ever remembered as Jane Doe forever, there is so much to talk about this song, like how it's a Lament and not a ballet and Noel's Lament is a Ballet and not a Lament, this musical is SOOO GOOD!!!!!

3:57 “I’m so vaguely uncomfortable and… intrigued” sums up the whole musical tbh

15:00 In another part of the musical, there’s a part called “Jane Doe’s Entrance” Where Jane says “No parents came, so they never learned my name or who I used to be.” In the song, the ascending(?) Vocals are cut off short to represent the scream that she (and or the other students) had before the rollercoaster broke. I love that this is finally getting reacted to aaaaa

A part of me died when he said “we’re gonna just listen to this one” and HE DIDNT SEE NOEL’S DANCE

Matt: "I could do without the gyrating." Me: *PRAYING he'd react to the song Space Age Bachelor Man.*

"I'm so vaguely uncomfortable... and intrigued," Boy I can't wait for space age bachelor man

As a Canadian, I'm more offended that he believes our biggest export is mustard seeds and uranium. We're THE maple syrup country! Also, apparently our biggest export is crude oil. So everyone was wrong.

0:20 specifically dead children who died on a roller coaster but yeah

WHY IS NO ONE MENTIONING THE T H O T CAP?! lost my shit fr😂

I'm so sorry. But you have sinned. You must now listen to This Song Is Awesome followed by Thalia to achieve true Ride The Cyclone emotional whiplash. EDIT: YOU SINNED AGAIN. YOU NEED TO WATCH THE VIDEO FOR NOEL'S LAMENT. THATS JUST ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE TO WATCH.

Choosing to LISTEN to Noel's Lament instead of watching is CRAZY

19:41 NO FR!!! I remember when I first saw the show I was COMPLETELY blown away because not only is she amazing hitting those notes but shes doing it UPSIDE DOWN ON A FLY RIG????? I literally cannot imagine having to sing something like this upside down but she did it

The cast recording does not do justice to Noels Lament- the emotion and passion and energy Noel gives in the video recording is impossibly replicable

I don't know if anyone has said it in the comments yet, but Jane's parents didn't come forward because they were in jail for drug stuff. She has a play about her and her brother called Legoland (it's a book. the actual musical of it is lost media.)

i am SO sad that you didn't watch the performance for noels lament, it truly makes it better

If you choose to watch more of this, you aren't prepared in the SLIGHTEST! This is one of those musicals where you find new things with every time you watch it. Like the really high, long notes in "fall fair suite" are said to actually be Jane still falling to her death after everyone else had already hit the ground! Which is why she does them again in "Ballad of Jane Doe" :) RTC has a whole lot of little details like that, it's very fun!

YEAH!! I'm so surprised you didn't watch the musical video for Noel's Lament because it is. INSANE. But if you do a part 2 you should definitely listen to What The World Needs, Space Age Bachelor Man, Talia (Ukrainian rapper man Mischa the beloved ❤) and the Uranium Suite! Also the visuals for these songs really just add to the craziness lol

FINALLLY THANK YOU MAT IVE WAITED SO LONG

Yaayy!! You're in for a ride. Thot hat is really on point 1:22 - This song is awesome 8:01 - fall fair suite 13:48 - the ballad of Jane Doe 20:24 - Noel's Lament Would love to see you react to the full musical

My absolute favourite thing about the ballad of Jane Doe is when she does the trills. The first part (the oohs) are the climb of the rollercoaster, the second part (the ahhs) is the upcoming crash and the ahhs she sings in descending notes is her head being thrown away and falling somewhere away from the coaster. They show it with the hand movements. The entire song is so beautifully haunting, I will never get over it.

Doing the cast recording and not the video for Noels Lament is criminal 😭

"I'll go with the cast recording for this one" honestly you definitely should have seen the video 😂 most of them are even better with the video (if you ever do a part 2 and watch Space Age Bachelor Man ABSOLUTELY watch the video)

there was a girl who sang the jane doe song for a talent show at my school and she ate

Watching this with an internal body temperature of 39.5°C/103.1°F sure feels like a fever dream in more ways than one And starting with "This song is awesome"? Very brave indeed

The instrumental in Noel's Lament is for Mischa(Ukraine guy) and Noel dancing, acting out a scene, and then kissing... Also Noel was the one who got the hat at the end of the first song

One of my favorite things about this show is the sheer diversity of musical styles. And the characterization takes a very "Breakfast Club" approach to taking stereotypes and showing just how much deeper the characters are. And, of course, the approach to the afterlife.

Songs left from this musical: -Uranium Suite (this is the new version of Fall Fair Suite, from the cast album) -What The World Needs -Talia -Space Age Bachelor Man -Jawbreaker/Sugar Cloud -Its Not a Game/It's Just a Ride There's also Every Story's Got a Lesson and The New Birthday Song which are only really worth listening to if they're also watched :)

Ride the cyclone is by far my favourite musical pretyy much to ever exist, i would love to see you react to the full musical ♡ Also fun fact; The Ballad of Jane Doe is a lament and Noel's Lament is a Ballad this is because a ballad is 'A song that tells a story' while a lament is 'a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.' This is because Jane Doe WANTS to be able to sing a ballad but can't because she doesnt have a story to tell and Noel wants to sing a lament but cant because instead of a sorrowful life, his life was incredibly boring. (how he sees it anyways) Karnak (the fortune telling machine states that "Show not what they were perceived to be but whay they dreamt they were." So while both songs are actually not the type of songs the title states they are, it doesnt matter because the title instead represents what the characters wanted out of their lives but never got

Okay to the best of my ability to explain, the way she was spinning/flying around in the Ballad of Jane Doe is that shes attached to a crane-like thing connected with a harness. Before the change when she backs up into the curtain you can notice someone attaching the harness to the device and then she starts levitating, then near the end of the song she gets dragged backwards back towards the curtain where they take her off of it

Noel's Lament is like the best one to watch a slime tutorial of! Everybody wants to see Kholby in a dress!

"I feel like we're about to get soem high notes and im ready" oh no ones ever ready for noels high notes

If you ever react to more songs you should definitely watch an actual recording of Noels Lament it's kinda interesting and funny at some points(also has a costume change)

12:45 “that bass is really hitting through” thank Vergil for it

As a Canadian I am very proud that this is the musical that represents us

One step closer to making Mathew a theatre kid

When I first watched this musical I spent like 20 minutes obsessing over that one line. “Time eats all his children in the end.” Fucking KRONOS from GREEK MYTHOLOGY. IS THAT WHAT THAT FUCKING MYTH WAS ABOUT? I will never get over that revelation. Maybe I’m just late to the party, I dunno, but Kronos (the god of time) eating his children and then those children overcoming him and escaping, was that just,, the becoming of the gods? That line is my Roman Empires I am so serious

25:07 Jane Doe was actually on a fly rail system I think, she had a harness holding on to her and swinging her around while she was singing, super impressed with that actor. Also you you should absolutely give it a watch, it’s an amazing show.

Havent watched it yet, but considering the words "I dont have any idea what ride the cyclone is about", Mathew is going to have a very interesting time

please watch the slime tutorial, its amazing (and it makes things make more sense). that said, the basic plot is reverse cats- they all have a singing competition to determine who can come back to life

About the intro: honestly same. I had no idea what Ride the Cyclone was about since the only reason I've even heard of it is a bunch of people keep suggesting it in discord. It also made me think "roller-coaster" but I had no idea until know if that was correct or not 😅

The reason all the songs sound so different is because all of the kids were very different and all of them dreamed of different things, so the genres reflect that. Mischa was aggressive so rap, Noel was dramatic so an older sounding song, Ocean was ambitious so a more pop sounding song, Ricky was into sci-fi so an 80s type of song, and Jane didn't know who she was so it's pretty bare-bones and carnival like. 👍👍 You absolutely SHOULD watch the full musical it's amazing

Not watching Noel's Lament is a TRAGEDY its hilarious

If you want a list of 4-5 songs for the next part if you do (any order): - What The World Needs - Thalia - Space Age Bachelor Man - Sugar Cloud - It's not a game/It's just a ride (Final song) (maybe, watch the video for noel's lament, the songs are better enjoyed in the actual musical than the cast recording) Special consideration: Uranium Suite, Waiting For The Drop, alternative opening songs like Fall Fair Suite

I am definitely writing too many comments here, but I think you would enjoy "Noel's Lament" in the stage version! The choreography is stunning! Also, there's a lot of different variants of this musical and its songs online. The cast recording i.e. replaces "Fall Fair Suite" with "Uranium Suite", and adds "Be Safe, Be Good" (a DEVASTATING song when you know everyone singing it is dead) as well as "A World Inside". In another live version, the big opening song is called "Waiting for the Drop", and I'm pretty sure there's even more openings and other variants of the songs. So much to discover!

OH MY GOD YOU SHOULD RLLY LISTEN TO -Sugar Cloud -Talia -Space Age Bachelor Man !!!!! Theyre rlly good!!!!!

Damn. I wish he watched the video for Noel’s lament. I think the stage recording is better but maybe that’s just me😭

Good to see this show getting more attention, and you should watch the live version of noels lament as the cast recording is so horribly autotuned and doesn’t do it justice

Fun fact: Emily Rohm, the person who played Jane Doe, is actually classically trained in opera. (Also you should see the video of Noel's lament live, its so fun.)

8:23 "Could this have been any more different from the last one" Perfectly describes the entire musical

AAA, FINALLY also, you really need to WATCH Noel‘s Lament, bc all these songs are so much better when you also watch the performance

I watched the musical on youtube not too long ago and have been singing the songs from it non stop. The fact that you're now reacting to the songs is just great timing

"Where's your head Matthew?" was an insanely ironic sentence

For a SLIGHT bit of context, all of the children have just entered the afterlife after dying in the rollercoaster crash, and have been given the opportunity for ONE of them to be reborn and have a 2nd chance at life. Each one sings a song to convince the others that they are the most worthy of living again. All of the songs are so EXTREMELY different to match each character's personality or persona.

I think if you see the scene of Noel’s lament it makes more sense because you get the monologue before it.

The reference of 'time eats all its children in the end' is related to Kronos the greek god of time who ate/try to his children

NO not the cast recording version of noels lament

"i feel like i should think this is cringe but i kinda love it?" yep, that's mischa's whole schtick 😅

HELL YEAH

OH LOOK IT'S MY MUSICAL THEATER HYPERFIXATION. I found this musical through Jane's video, blind bought the album, and was INCREDIBLY CONFUSED until I found a plot summary and then got to watch the slime tutorial lmao. It's basically Inverse Cats. Noel is a bored gay theater kid in a small town making up dramas starring himself to vicariously experience the highs and lows of life that even before he died young he feared he'd never get. He especially likes French New Wave Cinema and is called "the most romantic boy in town", referencing the Romantic movement in art. Also it's "Uranium City, Saskatchewan" because in-universe it's a small town that mined and exported Uranium ore. So when you ask if Mischa means the element or the town... yes.

you should absolutely watch the actual performance for noels laments. its so good!!

Whats really cool about the song titles is that "Noel's Lament" is a balled which is story telling through song. and "Balled of Jane doe" is a lament, which is expressing sadness or regret

one of the best musicals reacted to by one of the best youtubers- a perfect pairing

Mathew should listen to songs from 35MM: A Musical Exhibition! it doesn't have an overarching plot, each song is its own story, and they're all fantastic.

If you do another part, you should listen/watch these!! Sugar Cloud and Space Age Bachelor Man are super underrated! - Talia (Please watch the actual video for this one instead of the soundtrack version, there's so many cool visuals! - Sugar Cloud - Space Age Bachelor Man (warning, this one is kinda crazy 😶 still super good though) - The New Birthday Song/Jane Doe's Birthday (this one is really short, but it's a such an ear worm) - It's not a game/It's just a ride - What The World Needs - Uranium Suite (Fun fact: The song Fall Fair Suite (the one you reacted to in the video) replaced this one in the slime tutorial, and this song was playing in the og musical instead of Fall Fair Suite!) - And I think you should also see the actual video of Noel's Lamet. It adds a lot more to the song!

If you do another video on this I absolutely recommend listening to the songs: What The World Needs, Space Age Bachelor Man, and Talia!

FINALLY!! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN ONE DAY! I love that RTC is getting a little more well-known lately, and I'm so glad that you've decided to check out their songs. My daydreams of you reacting the musical can finally come to an end.

Fun Fact: Jane did the whole entire performance in one take since it was a live play. Also I'm so happy right now because I remember requesting this in the past. 😅

15:08 so fun fact, it is theorized that jane doe is connected to another character from another musical where her parents are dead and she and her brother just survive on their own (the full musical is lost media so this might be in accurate)

You absolutely NEED to hear/watch Mischa’s other song “Talia” because ong (also World needs, space AgeBachelor Man, and sugar cloud)

I have some more suggestions for you, I think you’d like to see these. They’re great and it would be nice to see you react to these suggested movies/shows/songs. I’m not sure if you’ll see this comment but if you will then I hope you’ll try them out 😊💕 1. Psych show : musical and Halloween episodes, maybe the intros too, 2. Amphibia (highest rated episodes) 3. More OUAT maybe the funny moments or the highest rated episodes. 4. More Equestria girls, either songs or full movies? (There are a few songs you missed) 5. Bridgerton (out of context or funny moments) 6. Vampire diaries (out of context or funny moments ) 7. Our flag means death (highest rated episodes or out of context) 8. What we do in the shadows tv show (funny moments or highest rated episodes). 9. Brooklyn 99 (out of context) 10. Anastasia, (you didn’t see two more songs from this movie. ) 11. Hilda (show & movies maybe the highest rated episodes or out of context

He HAS to see space age bachelor man. It’s so good, and probably also Talía as well, they’re both so good. And of course watch Noel’s lament but the video recording, it’s so much better as a video recording

uncomfortable but intrigued sums up this entire musical. the song about space cats is insanity. i haven't finished the musical tho cause some of these songs especially at the end are a bit triggering for me. but this musical is an experience. noels lament is my favorite tho

i’ve wanted you to react to this musical for so long i’m so happy😭 also omg you need to *watch* noel’s lament, if you react to the other songs then definitely add in the performance for it cause it’s really something-

Please please please react to Space Age Bachelor Man and the actual recording of Noel's Lament! Also What The World Needs :3, they're all great songs tbh Talia too Just listen to the whole musical at this point 💀

fun fact: the ballad of jane doe was originally an octave lower, but the original actress was really nervous and sang it an octave higher once and the director liked it and kept it

I really want him to see Space age bachelor man. Not because I love this song (Which I very much do, it’s fantastic.) But I just wanna see his honest to God reaction to what happens in it.

rtc fans are insane because i sang ballad of jane doe a couple years back and they have not stopped watching it (thanks lol)

The Ballad of Jane Doe is one of my favorite songs but since I’m an opera guy I recognize it pays tribute to an opera aria called the Doll Song which makes sense since Jane Doe’s head is a doll’s head.

The last play I was in was kinda spooky (there was a murder mystery *ish* element and jumped back and fourth in time between the current day and “then” to when the death happened. When we were looking for music to play during it, I suggested an instrumental version of the Ballad of Jane Doe for the spooky bits. The rest of the group bought it and it became, essentially, the whole play’s theme (played multiple times throughout, as well as both during the beginning and end). It fit so GOOD, I was so pleased with myself. It was also just a banger

Another song with rap is Talia at the end of it also please more I’m obsessed with this musical and you could indoor the hip gyration you say?? who’s gonna tell him about space age bachelor man💀

Hey Mathew, have you seen "llamas with hats"? The entire series is less than 30 min, and sometime in the future it's getting a special half hour epilogue

I NEED Mathew to listen to What The World Needs next time! I am glad Jane Doe's song got in this the first time!

The amount of joy I felt at the sight of the thumbnail

FIIIIIIIIIIIIIINALLY I just saw a local semi-professional production the other week and my GOD was it amazing, such powerful singers that we had

i’ve been obsessed with rtc so i’m so ready