"Did this dude start playing instruments at like 2 months old? What the F***!" LOL!! Jacob Collier only proves there was a landing in Roswell, New Mexico. To think we lived during the time musical geniuses like this existed. Too blessed.
I think Jacobs craziest music to date is still his old covers where he'd just rip up a song as much as he could and put it back together completely differently. My favourite from that era was either 'Don't You Worry Bout a Thing' by Stevie Wonder (although a little less harshly changed), or 'Close to You' by the Carpenters (which he completely changed). The groove in it is just too good.
He has talked about remembering being a small child and sitting on his mother's (Suzie Collier)'s lap while she played violin, and how he loved the feeling of the different sounds and vibrations, so I honestly think he has loved and deeply understood music from when he was in the womb. Hearing it played live from in there probably gave him a totally different initial experience of music from most people's too!
If you haven't seen it already, Jacob sometimes does livestreams on TH-cam where he breaks down the logic session for one of his songs and he did one for "All Night Long". th-cam.com/video/UAMc4K_NXsA/w-d-xo.html (He explains some of how the song came into being and you will NOT BELIEVE how quickly he came up with the initial demo for this song!)
I really love this 5 by reaction series! Not just to react to single song as many of youtubers do, but to go deeper, make an analysis and get a better insight of a great musician... It's a good and original conception for a TH-cam channel. I'm a fan!
David I rarely comment, however your appreciation and shall I say compassionate approach is spot on and refreshing. Your enthusiasm for the emotional contributions of Jacob’s expressions have motivated me to subscribe. Well done Sir!
Well, not only is he a happy joyous person, but through the music he creates and his limitless inventiveness and generosity he makes many people profoundly and genuinely happy. Myself, of course, but also the audience - just watch his performances. He is a kind of a "Messiah of Music": goodness - generosity - positivity - encouragement. Humanly radiant and musically brilliant. Glad to hear you are "moved", I am too.
Fun fact there were 10 hours between Jacob deciding what song he was going to get the orchestra to play and him actually recording it! Apparently he wrote the whole orchestral accompaniment in 3 hours the evening before!
Thank you David for this reaction to this JC classic. It's so amazing he just reimagines works when he does a cover. With all his reimagining I never sense anything but respect for the original. It's like his amazing work is a celebration of everything the original brings up in him. Jacob did ALL the arrangements and almost as amazing to me he was completely responsible for the video...whew. I'm totally digging your take on Jacob. You know so much about music and that makes your respect and appreciation carry an extra gravitas, for me at least. Again I thank you for understanding the unprecedented nature of Jacob Collier and doing this multi-chapter examination. More people should know about Jacob and appreciations like yours really help. Oh and once again I wish to acknowledge what a top flight job you do on your videos.
One of the most prolific musicians we’ve seen in a very long time. He is the product of being home schooled by a classical concert violinist who allowed him the freedom to develop his natural curiosity of sound. He’s a master at the ripe old age of 26. I think he was only 21ish when he made this video. Quincy Jones plucked him right off of TH-cam and he’s already won 6 Grammys. Pretty impressive young man. His joy radiates. Loved your review and reaction. Jacob is definitely on my must-see-live-asap list!! Oops, forgot I already commented on this. 😂 That’s how much I love it!
Jacob Collier went to Mill Hill County High School, an academy status school in London, and also attended the Purcell School for Young Musicians. He was not homeschooled. He was undoubtedly taught at home (I think his mother taught at the Royal Academy) but he went to school and is a well-rounded person.
I've watched your reaction several times. It's so good. I like to believe that Jacob's music is there for everyone but it is frequently the musicians who really get it. Thanks for this whole little exploration into Jacob. Really appreciated and a joy to watch.
He was always surrounded by music as his Mom is a concert violinist. The room he did his early videos in is his family music room. Ya, he probably did start playing at two. He also quit a Jazz university program because their definition of Jazz was too restrictive for him. It’s a privilege to watch his journey from the beginning now that my favourite band has ended theirs. From Rush to Jacob is a pretty good progression.
Thank you so much for this wonderful reaction!❤️🤗 I really love how you - in addition to all the 🤯🤯🔥🙂🙃🙂😅, talent, hard work, practice etc. also emphasize the extra depth, imagination and that special something, which also appears in the company of Jacob Collier ….. really really special, and to me, too, it is just as beautiful and joyful to be MOVED by him and his music🙏🏼💜❤️💚🌱🤗. What a beautiful human being and soul so generously sharing everything with us🌈💫🌟✨❤️🤗. On a celebrational note - thank you for sharing this contagious, uplifting and joyful world of Jacob and his various wonderful collabs.🥳🥳✨😄😃💚🤗.
I haven't seen anyone mention his Moon River recording here. Check Jacob's logic session for that one, too. His ability to perceive pitch at a superhuman level is astonishing; I wonder if he can tell the difference in 1Hz! His ability to make microtonal modulations using only his ear would be unbelievable to me if I hadn't watched him do it. PS really enjoyed your comments! I am forwarding this vid and your reaction to Jacob w/ Snarky Puppy to my adult daughter hoping she will appreciate your wisdom. It's applicable to more than music.
So well done! Thank you for being present and aware of all that is going on with this song. Your talent and appreciation for music only brings more relevance to this video. Thank you again for articulating and sharing your experience watching Jacob's "cover" of All Night Long. It was a joy to watch and much appreciated. I hope you will dig a little deeper into Jacob's world and share more of your reactions.
David--Ryan introduced us to Jacob over a year ago and I have been OBSESSED with his version of this song for about a year. Makes my soul sing! Going to see him in concert in May 2022!!! :)
I discovered him only 3 days ago on TH-cam probably because of Brandi. I have learned so much about myself because of him, most of all; I really should stop being afraid of myself. It’s harder than you think it is actually.
You had mentioned that he probably doesn’t have too many “hang ups”. I think giving a listen of his tune “He Won’t Hold You” will change your mind. Absolutely breathtaking.
I talked to Leland Sklar about Jacob and Lee (who’s recorded with EVERYONE!!) said Jacob is a fucking genius who’s musical concepts are out of this world. High praise indeed. Oh ya, he arranged the orchestra parts in four or five hours after procrastinating all night. He talks about it in the video someone else has posted in the comments. It’s insane to watch how fast he works.
The guys in this video is band from the 90's called take 6 and that's where Jacob's sound and influence is coming from. I knew that sounded familiar case solved!!!
He arranged this number on a 5/6 hour flight to the recording session for it. He couldn't decide between The Jacksons ABC or Lionels All Night Long. I sometimes wonder what his ABC arrangement would have sounded like.....
You might enjoy a video Jacob did a few years ago where Jacob explains harmony at 5 levels of difficulty starting with "Child" and ending with "Herbie Hancock": th-cam.com/video/eRkgK4jfi6M/w-d-xo.html
I know it might sound goofy but you should listen to destiny potato- house of lies, its beautiful and powerful. Also one of my favs by Jacob collier, so glad you did a 5x5 for him.
Would love to see your reaction of “my immortal” by evanescence. I think you’ll really enjoy it, considering it’s mainly her wonderful vocals and piano work, especially since you liked her in the BMTH song collaboration she did. Cheers 🍻
Please react to Jonny Craig when he was in the band Slaves, the song “I’d Rather See Your Star Explode” Really wanna see your take on him, original vocalist from Dance Gavin Dance. And I have and will continue to comment this til it happens! Cheers
No, Jacob does all the orchestrations himself, as well as the video editing. He's unfathomably talented! Watch his Logic breakdown of this song, it's amazing :)
To be fair, he produces a midi be version in logic, then a guy called Vlad at the Metropole Orkest transcribes them into musical notational at high-speed. He could write them out himself but it probably wouldn't be a great use of his time.
Nobody needs to hear you trying to plink around on your keyboard to stuff like this. Mute it, if doing that helps you, but you're not keeping up with this guy.
"Did this dude start playing instruments at like 2 months old? What the F***!" LOL!! Jacob Collier only proves there was a landing in Roswell, New Mexico. To think we lived during the time musical geniuses like this existed. Too blessed.
started playing violin about 2 and gave it up aged four - "because it was tooo difficult to produce a SATISFYING tone".........................
I think Jacobs craziest music to date is still his old covers where he'd just rip up a song as much as he could and put it back together completely differently. My favourite from that era was either 'Don't You Worry Bout a Thing' by Stevie Wonder (although a little less harshly changed), or 'Close to You' by the Carpenters (which he completely changed). The groove in it is just too good.
He has talked about remembering being a small child and sitting on his mother's (Suzie Collier)'s lap while she played violin, and how he loved the feeling of the different sounds and vibrations, so I honestly think he has loved and deeply understood music from when he was in the womb. Hearing it played live from in there probably gave him a totally different initial experience of music from most people's too!
I always feel like dancing with this song. The joy he had recording it is really contagious.
If you haven't seen it already, Jacob sometimes does livestreams on TH-cam where he breaks down the logic session for one of his songs and he did one for "All Night Long". th-cam.com/video/UAMc4K_NXsA/w-d-xo.html
(He explains some of how the song came into being and you will NOT BELIEVE how quickly he came up with the initial demo for this song!)
th-cam.com/video/UAMc4K_NXsA/w-d-xo.html
Wao, that video is cray!!! What a genius!!!
Jacob’s mother is a classical violinist. She’s in this video. He’s magic!! I love watching you discover him! ♥️🎶
I really love this 5 by reaction series! Not just to react to single song as many of youtubers do, but to go deeper, make an analysis and get a better insight of a great musician... It's a good and original conception for a TH-cam channel. I'm a fan!
David I rarely comment, however your appreciation and shall I say compassionate approach is spot on and refreshing. Your enthusiasm for the emotional contributions of Jacob’s expressions have motivated me to subscribe. Well done Sir!
Well, not only is he a happy joyous person, but through the music he creates and his limitless inventiveness and generosity he makes many people profoundly and genuinely happy. Myself, of course, but also the audience - just watch his performances. He is a kind of a "Messiah of Music": goodness - generosity - positivity - encouragement. Humanly radiant and musically brilliant. Glad to hear you are "moved", I am too.
Fun fact there were 10 hours between Jacob deciding what song he was going to get the orchestra to play and him actually recording it! Apparently he wrote the whole orchestral accompaniment in 3 hours the evening before!
Thank you David for this reaction to this JC classic. It's so amazing he just reimagines works when he does a cover. With all his reimagining I never sense anything but respect for the original. It's like his amazing work is a celebration of everything the original brings up in him. Jacob did ALL the arrangements and almost as amazing to me he was completely responsible for the video...whew. I'm totally digging your take on Jacob. You know so much about music and that makes your respect and appreciation carry an extra gravitas, for me at least. Again I thank you for understanding the unprecedented nature of Jacob Collier and doing this multi-chapter examination. More people should know about Jacob and appreciations like yours really help. Oh and once again I wish to acknowledge what a top flight job you do on your videos.
Ty!
One of the most prolific musicians we’ve seen in a very long time. He is the product of being home schooled by a classical concert violinist who allowed him the freedom to develop his natural curiosity of sound. He’s a master at the ripe old age of 26. I think he was only 21ish when he made this video. Quincy Jones plucked him right off of TH-cam and he’s already won 6 Grammys. Pretty impressive young man. His joy radiates. Loved your review and reaction. Jacob is definitely on my must-see-live-asap list!! Oops, forgot I already commented on this. 😂 That’s how much I love it!
Love hearing from you! I really really respect and enjoy his music, he is a freak of nature with a ton of skills. He was meant to do this.
Jacob Collier went to Mill Hill County High School, an academy status school in London, and also attended the Purcell School for Young Musicians. He was not homeschooled. He was undoubtedly taught at home (I think his mother taught at the Royal Academy) but he went to school and is a well-rounded person.
I've watched your reaction several times. It's so good. I like to believe that Jacob's music is there for everyone but it is frequently the musicians who really get it. Thanks for this whole little exploration into Jacob. Really appreciated and a joy to watch.
Ty!
He was always surrounded by music as his Mom is a concert violinist. The room he did his early videos in is his family music room. Ya, he probably did start playing at two. He also quit a Jazz university program because their definition of Jazz was too restrictive for him. It’s a privilege to watch his journey from the beginning now that my favourite band has ended theirs. From Rush to Jacob is a pretty good progression.
You HAVE to react to jacob playing "the audience" as an instrument as well.
Thank you so much for this wonderful reaction!❤️🤗
I really love how you - in addition to all the 🤯🤯🔥🙂🙃🙂😅, talent, hard work, practice etc. also emphasize the extra depth, imagination and that special something, which also appears in the company of Jacob Collier ….. really really special, and to me, too, it is just as beautiful and joyful to be MOVED by him and his music🙏🏼💜❤️💚🌱🤗. What a beautiful human being and soul so generously sharing everything with us🌈💫🌟✨❤️🤗. On a celebrational note - thank you for sharing this contagious, uplifting and joyful world of Jacob and his various wonderful collabs.🥳🥳✨😄😃💚🤗.
mwa!
Grammy Award Winning Arrangement
Yes! Was hoping you’d react to this!
also i love how you communicate and make dialogue with your improv over the piece
‘At some point I’m getting a little depressed.’ listening to Jacob Collier perfectly summed up
i like how you said music is a projection of what is happening in someones soul
JG, that’s a fact and is what has fueled my love, dedication and fascination with music all these years. I am so lucky to have music
I haven't seen anyone mention his Moon River recording here. Check Jacob's logic session for that one, too. His ability to perceive pitch at a superhuman level is astonishing; I wonder if he can tell the difference in 1Hz! His ability to make microtonal modulations using only his ear would be unbelievable to me if I hadn't watched him do it. PS really enjoyed your comments! I am forwarding this vid and your reaction to Jacob w/ Snarky Puppy to my adult daughter hoping she will appreciate your wisdom. It's applicable to more than music.
So well done! Thank you for being present and aware of all that is going on with this song. Your talent and appreciation for music only brings more relevance to this video. Thank you again for articulating and sharing your experience watching Jacob's "cover" of All Night Long. It was a joy to watch and much appreciated. I hope you will dig a little deeper into Jacob's world and share more of your reactions.
The Mozart of our time.....another league....he evokes pure emotion.....rage on lad!!
For a song that already has a million parts to it.. I never knew I needed your little riff @4:29 😀.. Gracias!!
You’re playalong with it was wonderful
David--Ryan introduced us to Jacob over a year ago and I have been OBSESSED with his version of this song for about a year. Makes my soul sing! Going to see him in concert in May 2022!!! :)
Dayna!!! That’s awesome. MISS YOU GUYS
Not sure whether it’s been mentioned but his mother Suzie Collier, a renowned violinist, also makes an appearance in this video.
I discovered him only 3 days ago on TH-cam probably because of Brandi. I have learned so much about myself because of him, most of all; I really should stop being afraid of myself. It’s harder than you think it is actually.
Do your thing. Every day. Always.
You had mentioned that he probably doesn’t have too many “hang ups”. I think giving a listen of his tune “He Won’t Hold You” will change your mind. Absolutely breathtaking.
I talked to Leland Sklar about Jacob and Lee (who’s recorded with EVERYONE!!) said Jacob is a fucking genius who’s musical concepts are out of this world. High praise indeed.
Oh ya, he arranged the orchestra parts in four or five hours after procrastinating all night. He talks about it in the video someone else has posted in the comments. It’s insane to watch how fast he works.
Watch his presentation on the making of this. Top to bottom. It’s a long watch but we’ll worth it to see inside of his creative mind.
Thank you for doing this series! Cory Henry also?
The guys in this video is band from the 90's called take 6 and that's where Jacob's sound and influence is coming from. I knew that sounded familiar case solved!!!
Another to check out is an acapella group called Voiceplay… I recommend their cover of “Nothing Else Matters”
He arranged this number on a 5/6 hour flight to the recording session for it. He couldn't decide between The Jacksons ABC or Lionels All Night Long. I sometimes wonder what his ABC arrangement would have sounded like.....
Well said! Be inspired. Don't wait to be better. Do it today.
So FUN!
yyeesss more jacob !!!!
You might enjoy a video Jacob did a few years ago where Jacob explains harmony at 5 levels of difficulty starting with "Child" and ending with "Herbie Hancock": th-cam.com/video/eRkgK4jfi6M/w-d-xo.html
Great reaction!
Oh come on !!!
Every piano player on this earth gets depressed.
There is magic in this man's fingers and ears.
I think the song was written when someone asked how long he practiced his instruments. 😂
I know it might sound goofy but you should listen to destiny potato- house of lies, its beautiful and powerful. Also one of my favs by Jacob collier, so glad you did a 5x5 for him.
04:20 I feel you lol Sometimes you just can't.....
Well done…and I've seen many
Knowing how much you love good drummers, you should definitely do a video on Incubus- Anna Molly
Take 6 was main influence
he and Cory Henry do a good cover of Billie Jean. jacob does Don't You Know with Snarky Puppy also
Now you know how the rest of us feel (based on your comment at 10:16) HAHAHA
Would love to see your reaction of “my immortal” by evanescence. I think you’ll really enjoy it, considering it’s mainly her wonderful vocals and piano work, especially since you liked her in the BMTH song collaboration she did. Cheers 🍻
and yes btw all the arrangement is by jacob
Congratulation you got a like out of that hand fart joke at the end.
Please react to Jonny Craig when he was in the band Slaves, the song “I’d Rather See Your Star Explode” Really wanna see your take on him, original vocalist from Dance Gavin Dance. And I have and will continue to comment this til it happens! Cheers
Jacob collier - hideaway jeje
I find the easiest way to get rid of the Jacob is a music god blues is to pick up my guitar and give it my all.
Anyone here from 1984?
0:07
I wish I was half as talented as Jacob thinks he is.
Lol. The dude was born with gifts and has certainly made the very most of them.
@@MusicShed I just hope he teams up with someone who understands how to create engaging rhythm sections
piano solo was recorded at half speed, then sped up....
That doesn’t seem true to me
Not positive but I don’t think he did the orchestral orchestration. I think the Metropole orchestra musical director does that.
No, Jacob does all the orchestrations himself, as well as the video editing. He's unfathomably talented! Watch his Logic breakdown of this song, it's amazing :)
To be fair, he produces a midi be version in logic, then a guy called Vlad at the Metropole Orkest transcribes them into musical notational at high-speed. He could write them out himself but it probably wouldn't be a great use of his time.
Nobody needs to hear you trying to plink around on your keyboard to stuff like this. Mute it, if doing that helps you, but you're not keeping up with this guy.