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"I take it back. He can sing whatever he wants." LOVE THAT. Made me smile.

Avi: "we don't have a guitar". Mitch Grassi: *HOLD MY BEER* 😎😎

No one has mentioned Kirstie's beautiful "Galileos". They were a treat for my ears.

Instruments: no one can make my sound without me Kevin: *HOLD MY BEER*

"That couch got a lot of action today" .... I am SO taking that line out of context.

Perhaps it's time for some introductions. Megaphone Man (I like that by the way) is Mitch Grassi. Voted by the members as the best singer of the group. I tend to agree. The Girl is Kirstin Maldonado. Best Mezzo Soprano by far. My opinion, of course, but if you disagree, you're wrong. :) The Tall Blonde Guy is Scott Hoying. Great Baritone in his own right. The Bass Guy is Avi Kaplan. Has been known to register on seismograph equipment occasionally. The Human Sound Effect is Kevin Olusola. Respectable Tenor in his own right. Sings occasionally. Human 808. Has more sound effects at his command than all of the Walt Disney Corporation. Plays a massively wonderful Cello. Saying these kids are good is a massive understatement.

Pentatonix: *Starts singing* Tara: *Dies on piano*

Nevermind calling him Mitch, he’s officially changed to Megaphone Man. Only icon legends can

I love the "megaphone man" nickname. Lol.

An interesting footnote on Mitch's "guitar solo"... for the studio vocal backing the video and when they perform it live in concert, there's no megaphone, just Mitch and his amazing vocal modulations. :) The megaphone was a visual prop for the video.

"That was megaphone man, and he's forgiven." Best thing I've heard in quite some time. I really hope they watch this reaction, because they'll love it.

1:33 mitch- mama just killed a man- Tara yup

PLEASE REACT TO PENTATONIX'S HALLELUJAH

Enjoyed your reaction. As a bit of a back story, when they started making their videos, they used to sit on the couch and post a "one go" no stop version of the song they were doing. So to me this was a little shout out to us fans that have followed for years, bringing a couch back in for the video. It felt like old times, before the fancier videos and I liked it a lot.

Tara @ 4:05 : I wish he sang it with more grit. ...A little under 3 min later (6:59) Tara: I take it back; he can sing it however he wants.

I love the part where she forgives “megaphone man” (I love that btw) for not putting grit in the earlier part that had me laughing so hard 😂

7:02 “now you may think, that’s the girl singing” and that look is literally me every time I show someone Mitch’s high notes hahahahahah

Dang, anyone else miss Avi after watching this?

I watched this just to see your reaction to the "guitar solo."

Kevin is REALLY killing it with the beatboxing background.

I enjoy your fangirling over Pentatonix. It's really fun to watch! Love your critiques, they really are interesting and helpful.

They didnt add wind, thats the bass. Avi is a beast and does overtone singing as well.

I completely forgot that Mitch turned into a guitar in this video. Jeeeeeeeeeeez that man is NOT HUMAN! ❤️

I’m a big fan of Queen and I have never heard of this group but this was the BEST cover of Bohemian Rhapsody I ever heard.

Oh and also please react to The Dance of The Sugar Plum Fairy arrangement by Pentatonix, it is one of their best and won a Grammy

This is one of the last videos with Avi. They've made it clear a few times before that "Bohemian Rhapsody" was off limits because it was such a masterpiece. I just think the couch and song choice was made to honor Avi and his work over the years before he quit.

"Wow they even added wind!" Beatboxer: Am I a joke to you?

'Mary Did You Know' ... just the opposite (visually) of 'Bohemian Rhapsody' - just them standing and singing in a grotto; *so* different (& powerful)!

1:15 You have to react to "Black is the colour of my true loves hair" from Peter Hollens feat. Avi Kaplan! Because he can go way lower than that

The greatest cover of Bohemian Rhapsody. 👏👏👏

I just found Pentatonix today, they are awesome.

Tbh megaphone mitch kinda has a ring to it 👀

I think you’d love the technical side of their first grammy award-winning arrangement, Daft Punk! Some of their amazing vocal performances are AHA Live At Singapore Star Vista, Hallelujah, Say Something, Imagine, Gold, their lIve Star Wars performance at the AMAs. Since you love the beat boxer, Kevin, you should watch his solo stuff. Down is my favorite that shows off his amazing skills.

"The pentatonix" 😂 I love these reactions

It killed me to hear her say THE PENTATONIX like honey I love ya but pleassseee

LOL "megaphone man"! I love Mitch, he's perfect.

Love your critiques! They're super interesting, as someone who has no musical background at all. I'd love to see you react to Pentatonix's version of Hallelujah, as it's one of my favourite songs they've done and it's just beautiful!

"You can't go wrong with Bohemian Rhapsody." Wow. I must be one of a kind

While listening to your spot on gorgeous commentary it really made me hear Kevin's huge contribution to the total sound with the wind and the other additions he made. You are such a blessing to this world! Thank you!

Never thought a megaphone could sound soo good till i met mitch😌

On their tour this year, they decided to add "Bohemian Rhapsody" (for the first time) to their concert, and used it as their 7+ minute encore/finale. I promise you, IN PERSON, it was equally amazing and stellar....even though Ari is no longer on that deep bass line. Their whole concert was great, but this was literally other-worldly. Squeeeeeee!

I was following a Pentatonix thread (reaction videos) on KZfaq when I found you. I found you easy to look at and listen to. You are intelligent and well educated in music, your observations and criticisms are gentle but pointed, and the mastery you have over your voice is astounding. You Tube and other media platforms change their algorithms frequently and when they do, some channels rise and others fall. Those channels rising and falling are collateral damage or blessing. I suspect KZfaq recently made some algorithmic changes that resulted in you rising. Today Facebook reported a 50 million customer data breach so those on Facebook should expect changes. Never in a million years would I have ever typed into the search bar "vocal coaches" but you popped up and I am very glad. Keep up the good work.

Producer: we need a guitar Mitch: Nibba what? Producer: we need. A guitar. Mitch: hold my beer

Man does kirstin look gorgeous in this video

Gold by Pentatonix!!! please please please!!!

This must be such a treat for your ears Tara! I love to see you enjoy the performance so much. ..

“It was megaphone man again” I WHEEZED.

Pentatonix is my absolute favorite band ever!! Like I’m in love with them

Please react to their covers of Hallelujah and Imagine. You will hear the voice of each member of the group in these songs.

Thanks for your review - I am a huge fan of Pentatonix - if you haven't heard Hallelujah it has around 300 million views and is great. Like you said - simple but effective. You are a great reviewer and I enjoy listening to your reviews. Hi from Chicago.

I really love listening to the bass notes. It's so out of this world. I love his comfortability. 💛

Great reaction! I have seen this before and been amazed for sure! I just caught on to the homage they are paying specifically at the 8:05 mark (5:05 mark in the original video) to Dr Brian May, Queen's guitarist, who is an atstrophysicist -as they voice emulate Brian's guitar solo, they are showing the perseid meteor to the sound of his emulated guitar - that is genius!

Tara, you are awesome! I enjoy every moment of your videos! I didn't think there was any way this vocal arrangement could be improved, but I have to agree with the two suggestions you did make, regarding the grit and the dynamics. Two little points that you might be interested in: 1) When they do this live, Mitch doesn't use the megaphone, and he still sounds like a guitar. 2) Pentaholics cringe when people refer to "THE Pentatonix." The preferred form is simply "Pentatonix," as in "I've heard Pentatonix many times now" or "I love Pentatonix." But just as you forgave Mitch, I will cheerfully forgive you, because your reactions are, indeed, awesome.

📢M E G A P H O N E M A N📢

Mitch is a tenor and has the solo for most of this cover. Scott is the baritone of the group and the tall man with blonde hair. Avi is the original bass of the group (he left in 2017 and helped find his successor Matt). Kirstin is the mezzo soprano of the group. Kevin is the beatboxer, a tenor and cellist of the group.

1:31 Mitch: Momma just killed a man Coach: Mhm

I’m so excited for you to be reacting to more of them!! Ahhh I’m subscribing :D I recommend their cover of Gold next please :D loved this review. They’re kinda flawless

I LOVE YOUR REACTIONS!!! so so good love Mitch!! And I’m also learning so much from your analysis, thank you! 💓

Megaphone Man- Mitch The girl- Kristin The Beatboxer- Kevin or KO The bass- Avi ( He left the group in 2017 or 2018 also The new bass is Matt) The blondie - Scott

This has been my favorite Queen song, and your review opens my ears to a much better understanding of what to listen for and appreciate. Your reviews enhance my listening pleasure. Thanks.

Megaphone man is Mitch :)

love your reactions! the megaphone guy is called Mitch ^-^

This truly give Justice to Pentatonix. REALLY LOVED AND APPRECIATE it when both a normal listener such as the rest of us and a pro such as you to be able to disect it better at the same time see the small things that normally a us listeners wont even notice. KUDOS JOB WELL DONE SPOT ON REVIEWS

I love it so much and keep it on replay when he said “anyway the wind blows” in that voice!

During live versions of this song on their newly finished tour, Mitch gave his first part of the solo a lot more emotion. Maybe you'd want to check them out sometime so you don't have to "forgive" Mitch as there would be nothing to forgive (but maybe you wouldn't be really happy with the way he shapes the "mEE" vowel sometimes haha). I've always thought Mitch's voice belongs in musical theatre and those performances confirm it for me. It would be great too if you would react to Superfruit's Hip Hop Goes Broadway videos. They're really fun and they have great vocal moments and it'll be interesting to hear your thoughts about it :)

Here are the group members: *Scott*: he’s actually the lead singer of this group he’s the blonde guy with that blonde hair he also owns a channel called super fruit* *Mitch: he’s also the other lead singer he’s the one that does EVERY high note in pentatonix he’s also a channel with Scott called super fruit they both own that channel* *Kirstin or Kirstie: she’s the only girl of the group she’s A GREAT singer and vocal background like in finesse you could here her instead of Mitch plus she’s loud* *Avi: he was the former band member but he left on may of 2017 he’s voice is so light you should here light in the hallway it’s beautiful he’s the lead singer of that song he’s the one with the beard* *Kevin: he’s the beat boxer of the group he really adds the effect of the group that’s why they sound so good plus if you watch imagine he hits a high note he either hits a E5 or a G5 idk* I would like you to check out hallelujah from pentatonix and imagine mary did you know light in the hallway and daft punk

Thank you for this. It increased my appreciation of Pentatonix (whom I already loved), and the commentary added to the experience. I'll definitely be watching more of your videos.

OHMYGOSH i just watched two of your videos and this is my third on the rabbit whole and your reactions are so amazing and cute and on point!! i love this so much i cant wait to see more. i love how much you are enjoying it and still have so much professional intel into the performance. love love love this.

"that couch got a lot of action" LOL Another great reaction!

Avi started a summer camp for singers called A Cappella Academy. And they have videos on KZfaq. It’s all high school age students singing their hearts out in the a cappella style! It’d be awesome if you checked it out. (I may or may not be one of those kids)

I'm so glad this video was made. I love mitch grassi's voice and Avi's low notes but I'm sad that Avi left. It's a good thing they have matt though.

Great reaction to a magnificent performance. The thing that gets me every time is that resolve at the end. As the chords rotate around Mitch's final note, you can hear him tuning each chord to make them ring. Spectacular talent indeed.

love them, love tara, love everyone here

You should react to Pentatonix Hallelujah.

Honestly I must say, listening to you explaining the music and the skills and techniques is so refreshing and so impressive... thank you xx

Loving your videos and you always look SO pretty! I love Pentatonix as well - they always do such creative covers with beautiful melodies!

Since you've now reacted to a few of their videos, and I get the feeling this isn't the end of it, I would really appreciate if you would learn their names, mostly because it would make it much easier to refer to a specific member at a certain point. Mitch Grassi: so-called "megaphone man," also in Superfruit along with Scott Scott Hoying: tall, blond guy who sings lead a lot, also in Superfruit with Mitch Kirstin Maldonado: the girl, you reacted to her in Disney Love Medley with her then-boyfriend Jeremy but she also has some newer stuff that's really good and she was on Broadway a few months ago in Kinky Boots Kevin Olusola: the beatboxer, he has some really cool "KOvers" he has done solo that you should check out Avi Kaplan: the bass, he left the band a bit over a year ago, releasing some cool solo music shortly afterwards, and was replaced with Matt Sallee (who you saw in the Evolution of Rihanna video)

Love these reactions of Pentatonix, for harmonies please react to an original of theirs Run to You. Thank you.

I love this woman, Tara. She is so refreshingly unjaded and open in her enjoyment of the music.

Pentatonix =perfection in my book. Great commentary from you, I’m binge watching you today and I’m having such a great time!!

Lmao!! Mitch as Megaphone man is hilarious 😂😂 7:04

I love seeing you fan girl over Mitch (high tenor) and ptx overall! 😂 I love watching your videos it’s very informative thank you!

Mitch does not need to be gritty. He is perfection!

I love your analysis. You are fun and point out such cool details

I love your reactions - I know Pentatonix is good but I like hearing why they are so good. I'd love to see your reaction to their cover of Imagine, they do something magical near the end that gives me shivers every time! I think you'd also like Run to You(an original) which is very different from their pop songs and maybe Scott Hoying (guy in the grey hoodie here) and Mario Jose singing Lost on You over a Hans Zimmer score. Looking forward to more of your reactions!

Really great reaction. Please keep up with the Pentatonix reactions because there are so many more really good ones. I watched them being interviewed once and the interviewer asked them if there was any song they wouldn't cover and they all said Bohemian Rhapsody. Obviously they figured it out because this is amazing. Just a side note: The bass, Avi Kaplan studied opera in college and the beat boxer, Kevin Olusola, picked up beat boxing as a hobby in high school. He also plays piano, saxaphone and is a classically trained cellist. As if that isn't enough he graduated from Yale with a degree in pre-med and Asian studies. Along with other languages, he speaks flawless Mandarin Chinese. A very impressive and really super nice guy.

Tara, I absolutely love your videos!! You're critiques and comments are perfect!! And I have to say, looking at you during the videos is a HUGE bonus!! You're Gorgeous!!

We can tell just how much you enjoy what you do during this video. Love it!

Im a bit late, but just figured ill leave this here: Mitch performed this live without the megaphone. it was simply just a piece of eye candy :)

Thank you for this reaction but please could you please react to daft punk medley please

7:08-7:16 That will forever be one my favorite comments I’ve heard on any KZfaq video. So great and so genuine.

Thank you so very much for your critique on this gorgeous piece with the best of the best of this creative and talented group!!! I love them. But now I love you Tara and how much more you add to each of their pieces. It really makes it much more enjoyable. Thank you again!!!!

Please review their Christmas music especially the more dramatic ones like Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen but then also the more fun ones like O Come All Ye Faithful and Joy to the world but then the really simplistic ones like White Winter Hymnal and Away In A Manger plus everything in between with the Christmas songs. . I wanna see what you think of them.

I would love to see you react to Pentatonix singing Imagine. I would also love to see you react to the newest version of "Mitch Grassi's Vocal Range (A1-B7)". I absolutely love your reactions and critiques.

OMG! To have that kind of breath support, and control, while laying down! What I wouldn't give for that!! Well done.

Love this ! Love the Pentatonix. Love Bohemian Rhapsody. Love your smile when you react, your smile makes me smile ! Thank you

You should react to Mitch Grassi's best vocals - like his high notes, runs and riff videos, etc :)

Please react to Hallelujah by Pentatonix, Break a Little (Kirstin), or Future Friends (SuperFruit)

Tara It's just a pleasure to watch your analysis. You walk together with the song, you bring in new views, spicy details. So good