She was 9 yo. This is her arrangement. She was in charge of the recording session. She is barefoot; she met a little girl in Asia without shoes. Angelina gave the girl her shoes and performs barefooted as a way to promote taking care of the poor. No one ever talks about how long she held the last note; it is remarkable considering how small she was.
At the start, Angelina put up a picture of Screaming Jay Hawkins that she is covering with many of Jay's mannerisms, growling, screaming and grunting. This was one of her best performances at her age or since. What guts it took to select this song that most female singers wouldn't attempt. She is incredible.
Children feel as strongly as adults, fear of separation or loss for example. They usually don't have adult words to express these feelings, but if a child has studied an expressive mode, it becomes possible to express some of these emotions. This child has been listening to and studying jazz since about age 2, obsessed with that particular music, mimicking it, retaining it, using it to let out her strong emotions. She warned us by showing the image of the man whose recording of this song she had absorbed, Screamin' Jay Hawkins! (Loved your reactions, details I hadn't heard. Eager for more!)
In order to understand Angelina and how she sings this song, you must go watch Screaming Jay Hawkings video of this song. It’s exaggerated, comical and wild. To a child watching that video may be cartoonish. She is pointing everyone to him on the candle. 😊I also believe her primary language accent gives her that unique word pronunciation. It gives her such a unique sound. I love it.
Angelina is a child prodigy, as was her Grandmother, who was her Influence in to the jazz style of music. She arranges her own music and started singing at 18 mo. Her first time in a studio was at age 6 singing I Who Have Nothing. She competed in Norways Got Talent at 7 and 8. React to the entity of 4 songs. Angelina will be 16 in January so you have plenty of enjoyment ahead. Welcome as another one of her angels.
Good Dr. Angelina, a child prodigy at 9 yrs old, has channeled the spirit of the original singer went performed a classic cover. She continues to amaze all her Fans (she calls her Angels) with her endless talent to perform at this level, as you will discover. Welcome to the world of Angelina Jordan, an extraordinary place.
Dr. Marisan, Angelina practices music for about 36 hours a week since the age of 3, went to the music academy when 4, for technical advise, ans saw a lot of pain, misery, poverty and hate during her younger days when visiting dad in 3rd work countryies. He is an engineer for a international company. Sometime the family lived with him, as in the Middle East, where she met the famous shoeless girl. Angelina said, so I was informed: I write best when feeling pain. This young highly empathic and genius intelligent woman is also at least 20 years older in mind, than her body. Madan, please stay safe, sound and happy, Sincerely, Elmar from Germany.
One thing is clear to me. Angelina is a MASTER at interpretation of songs and music in general-both technically and emotionally. She GETS it at a high level of comprehension. And she does her homework. That's clear from the candle she holds at the beginning showing the image of Screamin' Jay Hawkins, the composer and original artist of this song. She is not imitating anyone as such. She matches the emotion and "vibe" of the song with how she sings it. A truly awesome talent.
Angelina wrote the arrangement, the bit where you noted the musicians were in sync with Angelina, was what the musical director was laughing at in shock at the intro of the video; when Angelina presented him with how she wanted the horns to react to that stepped legato line you noted.
I always enjoy watching people that really know what they are talking about analyzing Angelina. She is such a master of her craft. It seems impossible that a 9 year old could be a master of anything, but there it is. It's undeniable. The delicate nuance combined with the raw (yet controlled) power, the unique artistic choices she makes... These are all things that should take decades to perfect, and comes out and makes it look as easy as breathing.
👍👍 Very nice catch on that inhale screech not to many people realized that witch I believe is better for the vocal cords than a exhale screech,,, but at the same time uncle Michael "probably" said, "you do you this one time but promise me that you won't do it again for a nearly entire song" cuz this performance was never repeated from Angelina,, but i still love her other performances of this Legendary song,, 👣🌬🌎
Thankyou for your reaction and analysis to this fantastic cover by Angelina, it was very interesting. BTW you are not the first nor will you be the last vocal coach to realize that you have just been schooled by a 9 year old.
Everything everybody else has said about Angelina and about you as a reactor/teacher...plus my request: "A Million Years Ago", which always moves me deeply and never gets old! It has the added bonus of seeing Angelina shift from masterful singer to delightful 11-year-old waving and saying "bye!" at the end! th-cam.com/video/QHLtZQ3sIwE/w-d-xo.html. Another favorite displays Angelina's great song-writing abilities and was inspired after her adored grandfather died. To me, it's a passionate prayer most of us often feel in our souls! th-cam.com/video/kCDCQaObZbI/w-d-xo.html
You can never underestimate Angelina. She will surprise you every time. She based this on the original by Screamin Jay Hawkins 1956. And of course she nailed but more than that I think she made Rock History with the best rendition by a 9 yr old girl ever created. Better even than Screamin Jay himself. IMO. My vote would go for her recent cover of Elvis 'Suspicious Minds' The power she opens with hits you like a ton of bricks and then it's just pure velvet perfection. Thank you dear. Keep em coming. 👣
Angelina recorded this a couple of months after her 9th Birthday and she has never sung it like this again, presumably because she was advised to protect her vocal chords. She has sung it several times over the years, but never like this. Some if the techniques she used in this version, I've not seen her use in any later songs. As far as your next reaction to a recent song, my favorite is her cover of the jazz standard, My Funny Valentine, sung by all the Greats. It's the best version I have ever heard, the most beautiful & a Master Class in dynamics & vocal control. th-cam.com/video/ETGLbsGDAI0/w-d-xo.html
I've been following Angelina for about a dozen years now; so long that she seems more like a member of my family that I haven't seen in a while than a typical celebrity. If you were to ask me who my favorite vocalist of all time is, my answer, without hesitation would be Angelina. She is a prodigy...and there is just something about her that is hard to properly express. It is because she is such a wonderful person. Angelina, I believe, is here to change the world. Her voice has the power to heal, and boy does our world need healing.
translated by Google I was surprised by your lucidity to analyze Angelina. Music is the way of expressing and deliberating emotion, music and emotion concomitant, each one is the reflection of the other. The evolution of emotion is encoded in music, If you make your cenesthesia resonate with the vibration of your song, you will have the correct emotional expression that the music generated, the state of the composer or singer. Angelina has monstrous intelligence, if you watch a 9 year old express herself and look at Angelina you will notice the difference. What stands out to me is when she stands on stage and starts singing, she captures people's attention, deep attention, and manages to move people without realizing it, it's a soul-to-soul connection. Angelina gave me the chance to relearn how to listen. I liked listening to Lili Pons, the timbre of his voice placed me in a very interesting internal space. When I listened to singing, I had the expectation of hearing timbre and height that moved me, people who listen to dimash look for the fireworks that dimash does very well. Angelina is something else, when she starts to sing there is silence inside me, there are no notes anymore, high lows, long, there is an emotional narration, my emotion derives and draws conclusions, without my intervention. Angelina's soul found a body, emotion and intelligence according to her needs to remind us that as humans we are equal and we participate in the party of life ============================= Me sorprendió tu lucidez para analizar a Angelina. La música es el modo de expresarse y deliberar de la emocion, música y emoción concomitan, cada una es el reflejo de la otra. En la música esta codificada el devenir de la emoción, si haces resonar tus cenestesia con la vibración de tu canto tendrás la correcta expresión emotiva que generó la musica, el estado del compositor o cantante. Angelina tiene una inteligencia monstruosa, si miras a un niño de 9 años expresarse y miras a Angelina notaras la diferencia. Lo que me llama la atención es cuando ella se para en el escenario y empieza a cantar capta la atención de la gente, la atención profunda, y logra conmocionar sin que la gente se de cuenta, es una conexión de alma a alma. Angelina me dio posibilidad de reaprender a escuchar. A mi me gustaba escuchar a Lili Pons, el timbre de su voz me ubicaba en un espacio interno muy interesante. Yo cuando escuchaba cantar tenia la espectativa de escuchar timbre y altura que me emocionaba, la gente que escucha a dimash busca los fuegos de artificios que dimash hace muy bien. Angelina es otra cosa, cuando empieza a cantar se hace el silencio dentro de mi, ya no hay notas, altas bajas, largas, hay una narración emotiva, mi emoción delivera y saca conclusiones, sin mi intervención. El alma de angelina encontro un cuerpo, emoción e inteligencia acorde a sus necesidades para recordarnos que como humanos somos iguales y paticipamos de la fiesta de la vida
Enhorabuena! You are one of only two or three vocal coaches/analysts to have identified the inhaled note as such. 👍🏼 Angelina has so many unique videos out that it's hard to pick one, but I agree with most of the previous recommendations. her most recent cover of "My Funny Valentine" (this last Valentine's Day) is a master class demonstration of vocal ability. The only problem is that you don't see her singing it, but in my opinion no other song she's done demonstrates so many facets of her voice.
Thanks.. this remains one of my favorites.. at age 9... she is older now, of course.. and doing some amazing original work.. but I keep going back to this... lol (P.S. she grew up hearing Jazz.. and at the beginning of this, she holds a candle with an image of Screamin' Jay Hawkins.. she made her own arrangement..)
Yeah Dr., I really did thoroughly enjoy your reaction, insightful and entertaining. I'm now a new subscriber, looking forward to seeing more of your videos.
❤ 💚 💜 Every time I hear Angelina sing this song, I picture her stepping out of an old black & white movie, to transport us back in time, so we can fall in love with these genuine masterpieces again! If there ever was a reason to believe in something greater than us, or in reincarnation, Angelina Jordan is definitely it. She truly has the rare ability to connect with us, from her soul to ours, through her music, so we not only hear her magical voice, but also, feel it too. Really enjoyed your raw, informative & emotional reaction** ❤ 💚 💜 ***ANGELINA JORDAN IS TRULY A BLESSING*** ❤ 💚 💜
You really can't go wrong with any Angelina performance that you react to. But her last 3 studio performances are Absolutely Fantastic. I'll leave the links below: "My Funny Valentine" th-cam.com/video/bWiLOnHJYxg/w-d-xo.html For me, this classic song has never been performed better. Off the chart Fantastic! "Suspicious Minds" th-cam.com/video/RTbKhkceR00/w-d-xo.html She rearranges this classic Elvis song into a brand new song. Something she does a lot. Be ready for the opening line. STUNNING!! "I Have Nothing" th-cam.com/video/iX0g99jN26U/w-d-xo.html The only cover of this classic Whitney Houston song that I rank right up there with the original. Incredible! As a new subscriber, I'm enjoying your Angelina reactions. For me, she is the best singer of her generation. Incredible versatility, tone, and emotional conveyance. Looking forward to more of your reactions to Angleina. 😊😊
Maybe a double reaction to Angelina singing "My Funny Valentine" when she was 10 and again when she was 16. Or Angelina singing "Suspicious Minds" at 16.
It’s very difficult to understand how a 9 year old girl can sing like this and in a fairly sustainable manner, her voice is way beyond her years! I can’t help falling in love is a great one to follow up with! Your reaction to her was predictable to me because I have seen it so many times with other reactors but I think your was that little bit special because it was obvious that you were enjoying it! I just watched you reaction to Floor and Nightwish, it was a pleasure to watch it, I didn’t leave a comment there because it would have just go lost amongst the Army 😂, you’re going to get similar with the Angels army too!
I was just thinking about how Angelina interpreted the lyrics to this classic song. She had said the growls were a way of saying you need to love someone more. I wonder how much she discussed the lyrics with her mom or grandmother. Regardless, Angelina knew how she wanted to perform the song as is evident with the notes she wrote at the beginning of the video. Dr. Marisan, thank you so very much for providing links to the original video and Angelina's Official Channel. We Angelina angels are proud so many channels have implemented our suggestion to encourage viewers to use those links to help boost the analytics for the artist. So few people read the description and you have great information about your channel there as well. Please make the music reaction/analysis world on TH-cam a more artist friendly place by educating viewers how to help each artist you feature.
This won’t be the most recommended song of Angelia’s, but I think it’s one you will enjoy the most: her cover of “My Funny Valentine” that she released last February. She did did it before when she was about 12, but this latest one is pure perfection!
Her performance of "My Funny Valentine" this year on Valentines' Day was Pure Perfection: th-cam.com/video/bWiLOnHJYxg/w-d-xo.html Of all the songs she has performed over the last 10 years, this one shows more of her vocal tools than any other (IMO). This is my all time favorite performance of this classic song. Absolutely STUNNING!!
Angelina has sung "My Funny Valentine" many times. Have been a few reaction channels that compared her version at age 10, sitting in a chair at home to her latest version from last Valentine's Day, one month after she turned 16.
@@andyschnell58 Hey Andy. Hope all is well. How many is "many"? I know of 3. The two you mentioned, and another on the steps outside somewhere at 9/10/11 yo. Can't find that one anymore.
@@wajj1842 I don't want to post links since it often causes comments to disappear. Search Angelina Jordan My Funny Valentine 2014..... then 2015 she does an outdoor performance. In 2016, is the one sitting in her chair at home. Then of course the one from this past Valentines Day. I believe there is another when she was younger but can't find another right now.
I am so fascinated with AJ and this song. I have listened to everything she has done on the net, she draws me back over and over. I have watched her grow up and am no less fascinated with every song. I can't recall anyone having that effect on me. I wish I could stick around and hear her when she is fully grown, but I'm 77 and the road is not that much longer. She will have the world at her feet if I can guess.
Please next: Her version on "Mont Everest" live 2022 - Born in Norway, and the best young female vocalist. Signed with Repulic Records just at 14 years old. Now living in LA and work with her first album.
Love your reaction and your facial expressions were priceless. This was her masterpiece at best and for a 9 yr old is a gift. If you do decide to react to "My Funny Valentine" hope you do the 2 for 1 of the 10 yrs old and the one when she turned 16 so you can hear the maturity and technical advances she made in 6 yrs apart. Thank you and great reaction.
second it but i do love her 10 year Performance so much because it squeze water out of my eyes every time wheter i enjoy listen to her 16 year Performance like having a 5 part menue in a 5 Star Restaurant if that make any sense - goodspeed
She's channeling Screamin Jay Hawkins, the picture of the man on the candle she's holding in the beginning. Many visual details in her videos , especially when she's doing Elvis. See if you can spot them.
Shouldn’t be surprise she is a giant together with Marcelito and of course the king Dimash that trio is already and for ever in the history of the music .. good reaction keep doing it !!
Angelina really in the groove here. The notes that she handed to the musical director were her changes to the musical arrangement - she did a great job with that don't you think? In an interview she explained that the story was about desperate love, she had been so moved by Screamin' Jay Hawkins performances of the song. I like to think that this is the concept version of the song, and very specific to how her body was at the age of 9. Her "business as usual" version that she performed at the age of 11 was a more refined. I think that it's clear to see that Angelina takes her music very seriously, constantly striving to improve and extend her scope and range. Not many young people have such a powerful mission statement...
I was so excited to see that you reacted to Angelina unleashed. This is hands-down my favorite performance of hers so far. She's singing her heart out, using every bit of knowledge of her craft to create a cover that honors the original by Screamin' Jay Hawkins (the face on the candle in the beginning). For a more recent example of her genius, I'll recommend an original. Angelina performed a live version of her own composition 7th Heaven live at Kongsberg this summer. It was broadcsst on Norwegian TV as part of a special, then Angel Rusty Shackleford divided the performances up. Thx, Rusty! Here's a link: th-cam.com/video/_Bo88l1aFDI/w-d-xo.html
Thank you so much for your wonderful and excellent analysis of Angelina's magnificent cover of " I Put A Spell On You " This video started me off on the Angelina Jordan journey so many years ago ! We have watched this talented child from the age of 6 to now at almost 17 and have been a part of her remarkable evolution as a truly unique and captivating young artist ! Angelina is able to bring a new fresh take on all of her covers she performs ! About 175 and counting ! Her strong jazz influenced background from the age of two gives her vocals such a dynamic sound and adds so much to the songs she chooses ! She is an old soul who loves to sing classic jazz and older classic songs ! Not many singers especially her age are even attempting to sing these wonderful melodies ! Her audience you will find ranges from young children to older adults who marvel at her musical skills ! She is a humble, sincere, loving and compassionate soul ! Well protected by her family and Republic Records who allow her to grow and develop at her own pace ! I would suggest "My Funny Valentine" video that she realised earlier this year at 16 years old ! Unfortunately you won't see her sing it but it is visually appealing and her vocals will take you on a journey back to the fifties ! Her recent cover of Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds " is an artistic and visual masterpiece ! She takes this song in a whole new direction ! You'll really enjoy her spin in it ! I also would suggest her cover of Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing " studio version as it is absolutely a beautiful tribute to Whitney and a vocal splendor by Angelina ! I want to thank you for your most heartfelt and wonderful commentary as they are so appreciated ! Please keep posting our Barefoot Princess ! Sending you much love from Canada ! 👍🤗🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️
Great reaction/analysis. Reacting to the earlier AND later versions of “My Funny Valentine” is an excellent idea. They are both stellar and are like a textbook example of how a voice improves over time. ❤️👣
Love your reaction. There is a mystery with this child...and it goes deeper when you know that this is her own arrangement. Why don't you try "My funny Valentine" age 9 and then age 16. And see her evolution .Love both even with different approach. But to be honest there is so many. "Suspicious mind" 16. "I'm Still Holding Out For You" 10.." Song for A"...more classical but so beautiful age 10
Just a couple comments, even though I have a few dozen that I want to mention. Angelina takes her music very seriously. Even at 9 as you heard today, she’s not showing off-she being true to the genre. Close your eyes and you’re getting authentic old school blues that you could include in any jazz anthology. Her timing, her vocals, her grit, her sass all fit the genre. At some point, watch Angelina at 13 covering Etta James’s I’d Rather Go Blind-and listen to astonishing 1960’s soul that will blow you away like this one did. Angelina does not recreate genres, she inhabits them by studying her musical history and by her incredible ear and timing. Secondly, you listened twice to Angelina’s great phrasing and intonation of the line “Hey, hey, hey, hey-what’s up.” Not only does that add variety and interest, but it is a direct nod to the song’s famous heritage where Screamin Jay Hawkins laughs demonically with that phrase. Angelina keeps the intent, but flows it beautifully into the overall performance. If you want to see Angelina today, try “Suspicious Minds” to see a 180 degree reversal of I Put a Spell on You. Angelina is absolutely mesmerizing and absolutely unique.
@@714cjp I’ve gone back and forth on this. I used to think she was saying “watch out”, but when I ask my iPad to display the lyrics, it reads “what’s up”. I know the lyrics shown on a computer aren’t accurate, but I also saw a couple reactors saying it was “what’s up”-so I thought that was it. But I think you’re right. I’ll go back to my original thinking that she’s saying “watch out”.
Angelina was 9 years old in this performance - This song was not arranged for her - she wrote the arrangement based on listening to the original Screamin' Jay Hawkins version - in fact, at the beginning of the video you see Angelina writing down some last-minute changes and it is read by the bandleader. You also notice that her own handwritten notes are on the music stand in front of her as she sings. For more insight into how Angelina works, here is a rehearsal video with some of the members of the same band at the same age (9 yrs old) - You will see that she is aware of what each musician is doing and gives them some instructions. There are English subtitles as the spoken language is Norwegian: th-cam.com/video/SAkZDAXJA4E/w-d-xo.html
The handwritten note was the words of the song and the way of singing them, that’s why the guy laughed ( not at all the nad leader but the studio engineer). Angelina was not able to write any music at this age, it is a myth. I am a genuine fan but she barely can plays guitar and piano by now (ask a pro looking at her video when playing). She don’t need to be idealize to be the best :-)
I'm sure someone else has probably said this already, but you really should compare what Angelina is doing here to what Screamin' Jay Hawkins would do when he performed the song live (pretty much everything she's doing here is based on him). The easiest way to do that is to watch the "closing credits" of a reaction compilation video called "I Put a Spell on You - Angelina Jordan Reaction - Every Reaction Ever", by PO Talks. He cuts back and forth between key moments in a c. 1990 live performance by Hawkins and the corresponding moments from Angelina's video, and the comparison makes this performance even more impressive, IMHO. She's taking all the over-the-top things he would do and modifying them to fit more seemlessly into the flow of the song - making them "more musical", as I like to put it. An amazing accomplishment for a 9-year-old. BTW, the only way to really understand how she could do this at this age is to continue to go back to earlier performances by her. By the time she recorded this music video, she had been "in the public eye" (singing on TV and in live appearances) for about a year (measuring from when her "Gloomy Sunday" audtition on _Norske Talenter_ aired on TV and went viral online). And she had been singing "seriously" (beyond informal performances for friends and family) for at least a couple of years. And, of course, that singing "for friends and family" goes all the way back to when she was 1½ and she surprised her mother by singing along with Whitney Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You". (I say "of course" because I *know* you've been told about that many times. But have you actually seen it? Look for the video called "Angelina Jordan - News feature in Norwegian TV2 from 2014 (eng sub)" posted by Yozhik v Tumane [turn on English "CC" captions to understand the Norwegian narration]. The relevant clip occurs 1 min 52 sec into the video. You probably shouldn't watch the rest of it until after you've seen her "Gloomy Sunday" audition.)
Fascinating reaction: so far as we know she never repeated this "beast-mode" style... every other recording of her singing I Put a Spell on You (and there are several) is rather different... I assume someone warned her about the potential detrimental effect on her vocal chords... But this will stand as a record of her amazing ability - both vocal and musical in coming up with the arrangement.
I know one coach, don't remember who, said her vocal chords would definitely get damaged very quickly because of her age. Everything in that throat is growing and too fragile to exert so much stress on it. As you say, I'm sure someone warned her.
Dr. Marisan… great reaction. It’s always fun to watch someone react to this performance who understands how incredible this is. This young lady is just amazing. Please react to her recent performance of Suspicious Minds. Here’s a link: th-cam.com/video/RTbKhkceR00/w-d-xo.html
Even at 9 years old she has already been in the studios for 3 years and has already won Norways got talent has already sang in front of 40,000 people for a benefit concert, has already sang on TV in the United States and she dies her own arrangements and that's what the notes are for that she hands to the band director is the changes and things she wants hilighted... she has liston to all this old-school music and she study how the original singers do things and makes things her own along with rewriting lyrics to be age appropriate for what ever age she might be,, (one of her mothers rules)
I just double checked on Google and yes you do remind me of a young Grace Slick,,, it was your eyes and the shape of your smile that got me thinking about that. And speaking of Grace Slick and considering Angelina Jordan vocals, I would die if she ever did a cover of White Rabbit (a Jefferson Airplane classic from the '70s or was it the 1960s) That song fits her voice perfectly and it would be a great warm up song for any concert to get her voice ready for the rest of the show....
You really get it, Dr. Marisan - a mix of both analysis, expertise and pure fandom. You are such a pleasure to spend time with. IN the beginning of the song - you can see her 'directing' the music with her right hand - both the main beat and the pickup beat. Clearly, Angelina Jordan understands this as music though as you suggest, an 8 year old otherwise would not understand the emotion inside the lyrics. There is so much I look forward to watching 'with' you and if I may suggest, some of the singers in Postmodern Jukebox is a good place to explore.
How Angelina knows to do the things she does is a question (like Screwtape told Wormwood) we have our best people working on. And like Screwtape, an answer isn't really expected too soon as the source appears to be divine! Here it seems clear she was very familiar with the Screamin Jay Hawkins original and artistically crafted her rendition therefrom. "Screamin" Jay Hawkins original "I Put A Spell on You" th-cam.com/video/orNpH6iyokI/w-d-xo.html Next song choice would be her recent Suspicious Minds cover (if you haven't reacted to it) or anything from her Summer 2022 live concerts in Norway. Lots to choose from there.
This July 10 concert has so many great recordings getting posted online. Great video, superior sound. The two of the best I have seen are from… Mattias: th-cam.com/video/BU7zp1zodvg/w-d-xo.html (close to the stage) and Vidar: th-cam.com/video/2Z8N1Xy62Mk/w-d-xo.html (far from the stage, maybe a wider audio rage of high and low pitches). Plus this one from July 7: th-cam.com/video/DYVxnY06BWw/w-d-xo.html (Mt. Everest)
She's a very creative artist and the owner of her arrangements since she started at NGT. All of her 5 own Songs deserves a reaction and some of her covers are very Angelina special. Please react to her Version of Suspicious Mind and Billie Jean. Famous Songs in a complete new way ✌️💕
Here are links: ‘Suspicious Minds’ (Mark James /Elvis) th-cam.com/video/RTbKhkceR00/w-d-xo.html ‘Billie Jean’ (Michael Jackson) th-cam.com/video/xp67k9wk2Mw/w-d-xo.html
Angie's greatest ability is to imitate the stars. Ella as in her version of Summertime, also Billie Holiday, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Frank Sinatra, on and on. She has only had fundamental guidance, all the advanced stuff is her own doing. That's what brilliant singers do, she has natural ability absorbing music. Basically naturally she's a better singer than any teacher or coach because that's what prodigies do.
She's a old soul...taken several lifetimes to get where she is at this point and she's running on instinct (music) and understands full well what she's singing and the emotional value of the message in the music. She's not to be underestimated.
Dear Marisan, Thanks a lot for sharing your musical and vocal skills, especialy with this insane performance from Angelina. For your next reaction : "Suspicious Minds" or "My funny valentine" (the more recent version at 16 yo). Greetings from France 🇲🇫, Gilles😉 🙏🎙️🎧👍
great reaction to this amazing young artist . i like the points you made about the technical choices Angelina has made throughout this performance , that was what first blew me away about her when i first heard her was that she was doing these extremely technical things at an incredibly young age . she has such control of her voice that she can just about do anything . thx
Fascinating is an understatement... I haven't heard it mentioned before, but if you look carefully in that moment where she goes "Hey, hey, hey, HEY! Whats Up! She looks at and winks at precisely the right time to the musicians. So the question I have is did she purposely wink or did it come completely naturally like the rest of her performance, or was it just a fluke?... What 9 year old would think to wink at the precise moment? She is so incredible and beyond my comprehension.
jonathan Oh my. I went to the video, cut the speed in half and watched it 3 times. Does the term wishful thinking mean anything to you? Sorry, but she wasn't winking.
Marisan!!! Thanks for your great reaction and here are two more amazing songs Angelina did !!! The first is her 2022 rendition of " My Funny Valentine" and the second is "Above the water" These are some of my favorite Angelina songs. Oh and a bonus is a song she wrote and arranged called "Shield" have fun bro. Ray
Amazing 9 year old with a very old soul. The style was very similar to the original Screamin' Jay Hawkins performance. I understand that her grandparents always had classic blues and jazz playing when she was with them. Great reaction.
How does one ever really explain a true prodigy? All we do is sit back in amazement and ask how. We are just lucky enough to live at this time to experience AJ as we watch her ascent into legend status.
She is human and expresses, most kids can express. Plus her teachers were Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, and all the other jazz greats. She is great with pop and country and classical, Spanish. She speaks like four or five languages, and she's the youngest published author in Norway.
She was 9 yo. This is her arrangement. She was in charge of the recording session. She is barefoot; she met a little girl in Asia without shoes. Angelina gave the girl her shoes and performs barefooted as a way to promote taking care of the poor. No one ever talks about how long she held the last note; it is remarkable considering how small she was.
jd It's not the last note, it's entire the last phrase. All in one breath.
At the start, Angelina put up a picture of Screaming Jay Hawkins that she is covering with many of Jay's mannerisms, growling, screaming and grunting. This was one of her best performances at her age or since. What guts it took to select this song that most female singers wouldn't attempt. She is incredible.
Jesus christ thats the most impressive thing ive heard in my life.
Angelina is a masterclass -- and she's only 9 here!
YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!
Most reactors - voice coaches, etc. - struggle to understand her because she is a true musical genius. She arranged this on her own, with no help.
My Funny Valentine '22 version... 💗💗💗
AJ is, by all appearances, an empath. It pulled her into jazz and all the emotions.
Children feel as strongly as adults, fear of separation or loss for example. They usually don't have adult words to express these feelings, but if a child has studied an expressive mode, it becomes possible to express some of these emotions. This child has been listening to and studying jazz since about age 2, obsessed with that particular music, mimicking it, retaining it, using it to let out her strong emotions. She warned us by showing the image of the man whose recording of this song she had absorbed, Screamin' Jay Hawkins! (Loved your reactions, details I hadn't heard. Eager for more!)
Angelina is Angelina, there is only one Angelina and there will never be another.
In order to understand Angelina and how she sings this song, you must go watch Screaming Jay Hawkings video of this song. It’s exaggerated, comical and wild. To a child watching that video may be cartoonish. She is pointing everyone to him on the candle.
😊I also believe her primary language accent gives her that unique word pronunciation. It gives her such a unique sound. I love it.
Angelina is a child prodigy, as was her Grandmother, who was her Influence in to the jazz style of music. She arranges her own music and started singing at 18 mo. Her first time in a studio was at age 6 singing I Who Have Nothing. She competed in Norways Got Talent at 7 and 8. React to the entity of 4 songs. Angelina will be 16 in January so you have plenty of enjoyment ahead. Welcome as another one of her angels.
street 17 in January.
Good Dr. Angelina, a child prodigy at 9 yrs old, has channeled the spirit of the original singer went performed a classic cover. She continues to amaze all her Fans (she calls her Angels) with her endless talent to perform at this level, as you will discover. Welcome to the world of Angelina Jordan, an extraordinary place.
Her original, million miles should be your next one!
Dr. Marisan, Angelina practices music for about 36 hours a week since the age of 3, went to the music academy when 4, for technical advise, ans saw a lot of pain, misery, poverty and hate during her younger days when visiting dad in 3rd work countryies. He is an engineer for a international company. Sometime the family lived with him, as in the Middle East, where she met the famous shoeless girl. Angelina said, so I was informed: I write best when feeling pain.
This young highly empathic and genius intelligent woman is also at least 20 years older in mind, than her body. Madan, please stay safe, sound and happy, Sincerely, Elmar from Germany.
When asked, she said that the song was about 'desperate love.' But how can a 9 year old child know anything about desperate love?
One thing is clear to me. Angelina is a MASTER at interpretation of songs and music in general-both technically and emotionally. She GETS it at a high level of comprehension. And she does her homework. That's clear from the candle she holds at the beginning showing the image of Screamin' Jay Hawkins, the composer and original artist of this song. She is not imitating anyone as such. She matches the emotion and "vibe" of the song with how she sings it. A truly awesome talent.
Angelina wrote the arrangement, the bit where you noted the musicians were in sync with Angelina, was what the musical director was laughing at in shock at the intro of the video; when Angelina presented him with how she wanted the horns to react to that stepped legato line you noted.
Million miles....she composed
She can do it because she loves the music.
Seventh Heaven - it’s her own composition.
I always enjoy watching people that really know what they are talking about analyzing Angelina. She is such a master of her craft. It seems impossible that a 9 year old could be a master of anything, but there it is. It's undeniable. The delicate nuance combined with the raw (yet controlled) power, the unique artistic choices she makes... These are all things that should take decades to perfect, and comes out and makes it look as easy as breathing.
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Very nice catch on that inhale screech not to many people realized that witch I believe is better for the vocal cords than a exhale screech,,, but at the same time uncle Michael "probably" said, "you do you this one time but promise me that you won't do it again for a nearly entire song" cuz this performance was never repeated from Angelina,, but i still love her other performances of this Legendary song,,
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Yes she is a protégé
This video of Angelina should be shown in every university's master's degree music / vocal class in the world!
Legend has it she listened to jazz as a babe in arms on her grandmother’s knee so quite some incidental exposure over time.
My Funny Valentine!
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my funny VALENTINE 2022
Thankyou for your reaction and analysis to this fantastic cover by Angelina, it was very interesting. BTW you are not the first nor will you be the last vocal coach to realize that you have just been schooled by a 9 year old.
this was her own arrangement
Everything everybody else has said about Angelina and about you as a reactor/teacher...plus my request: "A Million Years Ago", which always moves me deeply and never gets old! It has the added bonus of seeing Angelina shift from masterful singer to delightful 11-year-old waving and saying "bye!" at the end! th-cam.com/video/QHLtZQ3sIwE/w-d-xo.html. Another favorite displays Angelina's great song-writing abilities and was inspired after her adored grandfather died. To me, it's a passionate prayer most of us often feel in our souls! th-cam.com/video/kCDCQaObZbI/w-d-xo.html
You can never underestimate Angelina. She will surprise you every time. She based this on the original by Screamin Jay Hawkins 1956. And of course she nailed but more than that I think she made Rock History with the best rendition by a 9 yr old girl ever created. Better even than Screamin Jay himself. IMO.
My vote would go for her recent cover of Elvis 'Suspicious Minds' The power she opens with hits you like a ton of bricks and then it's just pure velvet perfection.
Thank you dear. Keep em coming. 👣
I think it’s ‘never overestimate’, ‘always underestimate’
Here is the link: th-cam.com/video/RTbKhkceR00/w-d-xo.html
Angelina recorded this a couple of months after her 9th Birthday and she has never sung it like this again, presumably because she was advised to protect her vocal chords. She has sung it several times over the years, but never like this. Some if the techniques she used in this version, I've not seen her use in any later songs. As far as your next reaction to a recent song, my favorite is her cover of the jazz standard, My Funny Valentine, sung by all the Greats. It's the best version I have ever heard, the most beautiful & a Master Class in dynamics & vocal control. th-cam.com/video/ETGLbsGDAI0/w-d-xo.html
I've been following Angelina for about a dozen years now; so long that she seems more like a member of my family that I haven't seen in a while than a typical celebrity. If you were to ask me who my favorite vocalist of all time is, my answer, without hesitation would be Angelina. She is a prodigy...and there is just something about her that is hard to properly express. It is because she is such a wonderful person. Angelina, I believe, is here to change the world. Her voice has the power to heal, and boy does our world need healing.
She was performing an homage to the original artist, screeman Jay Hawkins.
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I was surprised by your lucidity to analyze Angelina. Music is the way of expressing and deliberating emotion, music and emotion concomitant, each one is the reflection of the other. The evolution of emotion is encoded in music,
If you make your cenesthesia resonate with the vibration of your song, you will have the correct emotional expression that the music generated, the state of the composer or singer. Angelina has monstrous intelligence, if you watch a 9 year old express herself and look at Angelina you will notice the difference.
What stands out to me is when she stands on stage and starts singing, she captures people's attention, deep attention, and manages to move people without realizing it, it's a soul-to-soul connection. Angelina gave me the chance to relearn how to listen. I liked listening to Lili Pons,
the timbre of his voice placed me in a very interesting internal space. When I listened to singing, I had the expectation of hearing timbre and height that moved me, people who listen to dimash look for the fireworks that dimash does very well. Angelina is something else, when she starts to sing there is silence inside me, there are no notes anymore,
high lows, long, there is an emotional narration, my emotion derives and draws conclusions, without my intervention. Angelina's soul found a body, emotion and intelligence according to her needs to remind us that as humans we are equal and we participate in the party of life
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Me sorprendió tu lucidez para analizar a Angelina. La música es el modo de expresarse y deliberar de la emocion, música y emoción concomitan, cada una es el reflejo de la otra. En la música esta codificada el devenir de la emoción, si haces resonar tus cenestesia con la vibración de tu canto tendrás la correcta expresión emotiva que generó la musica, el estado del compositor o cantante. Angelina tiene una inteligencia monstruosa, si miras a un niño de 9 años expresarse y miras a Angelina notaras la diferencia. Lo que me llama la atención es cuando ella se para en el escenario y empieza a cantar capta la atención de la gente, la atención profunda, y logra conmocionar sin que la gente se de cuenta, es una conexión de alma a alma. Angelina me dio posibilidad de reaprender a escuchar. A mi me gustaba escuchar a Lili Pons, el timbre de su voz me ubicaba en un espacio interno muy interesante. Yo cuando escuchaba cantar tenia la espectativa de escuchar timbre y altura que me emocionaba, la gente que escucha a dimash busca los fuegos de artificios que dimash hace muy bien. Angelina es otra cosa, cuando empieza a cantar se hace el silencio dentro de mi, ya no hay notas, altas bajas, largas, hay una narración emotiva, mi emoción delivera y saca conclusiones, sin mi intervención. El alma de angelina encontro un cuerpo, emoción e inteligencia acorde a sus necesidades para recordarnos que como humanos somos iguales y paticipamos de la fiesta de la vida
Enhorabuena! You are one of only two or three vocal coaches/analysts to have identified the inhaled note as such. 👍🏼 Angelina has so many unique videos out that it's hard to pick one, but I agree with most of the previous recommendations. her most recent cover of "My Funny Valentine" (this last Valentine's Day) is a master class demonstration of vocal ability. The only problem is that you don't see her singing it, but in my opinion no other song she's done demonstrates so many facets of her voice.
What we have here is a MASTERPIECE!!
Thanks.. this remains one of my favorites.. at age 9... she is older now, of course.. and doing some amazing original work.. but I keep going back to this... lol (P.S. she grew up hearing Jazz.. and at the beginning of this, she holds a candle with an image of Screamin' Jay Hawkins.. she made her own arrangement..)
Yeah Dr., I really did thoroughly enjoy your reaction, insightful and entertaining. I'm now a new subscriber, looking forward to seeing more of your videos.
❤ 💚 💜 Every time I hear Angelina sing this song, I picture her stepping out of an old black & white movie, to transport us back in time, so we can fall in love with these genuine masterpieces again! If there ever was a reason to believe in something greater than us, or in reincarnation, Angelina Jordan is definitely it. She truly has the rare ability to connect with us, from her soul to ours, through her music, so we not only hear her magical voice, but also, feel it too. Really enjoyed your raw, informative & emotional reaction** ❤ 💚 💜 ***ANGELINA JORDAN IS TRULY A BLESSING*** ❤ 💚 💜
You really can't go wrong with any Angelina performance that you react to. But her last 3 studio performances are Absolutely Fantastic. I'll leave the links below:
"My Funny Valentine" th-cam.com/video/bWiLOnHJYxg/w-d-xo.html For me, this classic song has never been performed better. Off the chart Fantastic!
"Suspicious Minds" th-cam.com/video/RTbKhkceR00/w-d-xo.html She rearranges this classic Elvis song into a brand new song. Something she does a lot. Be ready for the opening line. STUNNING!!
"I Have Nothing" th-cam.com/video/iX0g99jN26U/w-d-xo.html The only cover of this classic Whitney Houston song that I rank right up there with the original. Incredible!
As a new subscriber, I'm enjoying your Angelina reactions. For me, she is the best singer of her generation. Incredible versatility, tone, and emotional conveyance. Looking forward to more of your reactions to Angleina. 😊😊
Maybe a double reaction to Angelina singing "My Funny Valentine" when she was 10 and again when she was 16. Or Angelina singing "Suspicious Minds" at 16.
Please react Angelina singing "I'd rather go blind." Where she's sitting on a blue couch.
It’s very difficult to understand how a 9 year old girl can sing like this and in a fairly sustainable manner, her voice is way beyond her years! I can’t help falling in love is a great one to follow up with!
Your reaction to her was predictable to me because I have seen it so many times with other reactors but I think your was that little bit special because it was obvious that you were enjoying it!
I just watched you reaction to Floor and Nightwish, it was a pleasure to watch it, I didn’t leave a comment there because it would have just go lost amongst the Army 😂, you’re going to get similar with the Angels army too!
Thank you! 🙏 So excited to continue this journey 🙂
I was just thinking about how Angelina interpreted the lyrics to this classic song. She had said the growls were a way of saying you need to love someone more. I wonder how much she discussed the lyrics with her mom or grandmother. Regardless, Angelina knew how she wanted to perform the song as is evident with the notes she wrote at the beginning of the video. Dr. Marisan, thank you so very much for providing links to the original video and Angelina's Official Channel.
We Angelina angels are proud so many channels have implemented our suggestion to encourage viewers to use those links to help boost the analytics for the artist. So few people read the description and you have great information about your channel there as well. Please make the music reaction/analysis world on TH-cam a more artist friendly place by educating viewers how to help each artist you feature.
THIS IS A GRAMMY WINNING PERFORMANCE! She must have studied Jay Hawkins original version. You should play them back to back and see for yourself.
My funny Valentine oppure Suspicious Minds 🤩🇮🇹
This won’t be the most recommended song of Angelia’s, but I think it’s one you will enjoy the most: her cover of “My Funny Valentine” that she released last February. She did did it before when she was about 12, but this latest one is pure perfection!
Her performance of "My Funny Valentine" this year on Valentines' Day was Pure Perfection: th-cam.com/video/bWiLOnHJYxg/w-d-xo.html Of all the songs she has performed over the last 10 years, this one shows more of her vocal tools than any other (IMO). This is my all time favorite performance of this classic song. Absolutely STUNNING!!
Angelina has sung "My Funny Valentine" many times. Have been a few reaction channels that compared her version at age 10, sitting in a chair at home to her latest version from last Valentine's Day, one month after she turned 16.
@@andyschnell58 Hey Andy. Hope all is well. How many is "many"? I know of 3. The two you mentioned, and another on the steps outside somewhere at 9/10/11 yo. Can't find that one anymore.
@@wajj1842 I don't want to post links since it often causes comments to disappear. Search Angelina Jordan My Funny Valentine 2014..... then 2015 she does an outdoor performance. In 2016, is the one sitting in her chair at home. Then of course the one from this past Valentines Day. I believe there is another when she was younger but can't find another right now.
@@wajj1842 Billy, here is the link for the 9 yo version. th-cam.com/video/EFu4_cpY858/w-d-xo.html I love it.
I am so fascinated with AJ and this song. I have listened to everything she has done on the net, she draws me back over and over. I have watched her grow up and am no less fascinated with every song. I can't recall anyone having that effect on me. I wish I could stick around and hear her when she is fully grown, but I'm 77 and the road is not that much longer. She will have the world at her feet if I can guess.
Please next: Her version on "Mont Everest" live 2022 - Born in Norway, and the best young female vocalist. Signed with Repulic Records just at 14 years old. Now living in LA and work with her first album.
Here is a link: th-cam.com/video/DYVxnY06BWw/w-d-xo.html
Love your reaction and your facial expressions were priceless. This was her masterpiece at best and for a 9 yr old is a gift. If you do decide to react to "My Funny Valentine" hope you do the 2 for 1 of the 10 yrs old and the one when she turned 16 so you can hear the maturity and technical advances she made in 6 yrs apart. Thank you and great reaction.
second it but i do love her 10 year Performance so much because it squeze water out of my eyes every time wheter i enjoy listen to her 16 year Performance like having a 5 part menue in a 5 Star Restaurant if that make any sense - goodspeed
She could sing like this with no music at all.
She also did this arrangement.
She's channeling Screamin Jay Hawkins, the picture of the man on the candle she's holding in the beginning. Many visual details in her videos , especially when she's doing Elvis. See if you can spot them.
Shouldn’t be surprise she is a giant together with Marcelito and of course the king Dimash that trio is already and for ever in the history of the music .. good reaction keep doing it !!
Angelina really in the groove here. The notes that she handed to the musical director were her changes to the musical arrangement - she did a great job with that don't you think? In an interview she explained that the story was about desperate love, she had been so moved by Screamin' Jay Hawkins performances of the song. I like to think that this is the concept version of the song, and very specific to how her body was at the age of 9. Her "business as usual" version that she performed at the age of 11 was a more refined. I think that it's clear to see that Angelina takes her music very seriously, constantly striving to improve and extend her scope and range. Not many young people have such a powerful mission statement...
I was so excited to see that you reacted to Angelina unleashed. This is hands-down my favorite performance of hers so far. She's singing her heart out, using every bit of knowledge of her craft to create a cover that honors the original by Screamin' Jay Hawkins (the face on the candle in the beginning). For a more recent example of her genius, I'll recommend an original. Angelina performed a live version of her own composition 7th Heaven live at Kongsberg this summer. It was broadcsst on Norwegian TV as part of a special, then Angel Rusty Shackleford divided the performances up. Thx, Rusty! Here's a link: th-cam.com/video/_Bo88l1aFDI/w-d-xo.html
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your wonderful and excellent analysis of Angelina's magnificent cover of " I Put A Spell On You " This video started me off on the Angelina Jordan journey so many years ago ! We have watched this talented child from the age of 6 to now at almost 17 and have been a part of her remarkable evolution as a truly unique and captivating young artist ! Angelina is able to bring a new fresh take on all of her covers she performs ! About 175 and counting ! Her strong jazz influenced background from the age of two gives her vocals such a dynamic sound and adds so much to the songs she chooses ! She is an old soul who loves to sing classic jazz and older classic songs ! Not many singers especially her age are even attempting to sing these wonderful melodies ! Her audience you will find ranges from young children to older adults who marvel at her musical skills ! She is a humble, sincere, loving and compassionate soul ! Well protected by her family and Republic Records who allow her to grow and develop at her own pace ! I would suggest "My Funny Valentine" video that she realised earlier this year at 16 years old ! Unfortunately you won't see her sing it but it is visually appealing and her vocals will take you on a journey back to the fifties ! Her recent cover of Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds " is an artistic and visual masterpiece ! She takes this song in a whole new direction ! You'll really enjoy her spin in it ! I also would suggest her cover of Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing " studio version as it is absolutely a beautiful tribute to Whitney and a vocal splendor by Angelina ! I want to thank you for your most heartfelt and wonderful commentary as they are so appreciated ! Please keep posting our Barefoot Princess ! Sending you much love from Canada ! 👍🤗🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️❤️
Great reaction/analysis. Reacting to the earlier AND later versions of “My Funny Valentine” is an excellent idea. They are both stellar and are like a textbook example of how a voice improves over time. ❤️👣
Love your reaction. There is a mystery with this child...and it goes deeper when you know that this is her own arrangement. Why don't you try "My funny Valentine" age 9 and then age 16. And see her evolution .Love both even with different approach. But to be honest there is so many. "Suspicious mind" 16. "I'm Still Holding Out For You" 10.." Song for A"...more classical but so beautiful age 10
Just a couple comments, even though I have a few dozen that I want to mention. Angelina takes her music very seriously. Even at 9 as you heard today, she’s not showing off-she being true to the genre. Close your eyes and you’re getting authentic old school blues that you could include in any jazz anthology. Her timing, her vocals, her grit, her sass all fit the genre. At some point, watch Angelina at 13 covering Etta James’s I’d Rather Go Blind-and listen to astonishing 1960’s soul that will blow you away like this one did. Angelina does not recreate genres, she inhabits them by studying her musical history and by her incredible ear and timing.
Secondly, you listened twice to Angelina’s great phrasing and intonation of the line “Hey, hey, hey, hey-what’s up.” Not only does that add variety and interest, but it is a direct nod to the song’s famous heritage where Screamin Jay Hawkins laughs demonically with that phrase. Angelina keeps the intent, but flows it beautifully into the overall performance. If you want to see Angelina today, try “Suspicious Minds” to see a 180 degree reversal of I Put a Spell on You. Angelina is absolutely mesmerizing and absolutely unique.
It’s hey hey hey hey watch out ! Not what’s up
@@714cjp I’ve gone back and forth on this. I used to think she was saying “watch out”, but when I ask my iPad to display the lyrics, it reads “what’s up”. I know the lyrics shown on a computer aren’t accurate, but I also saw a couple reactors saying it was “what’s up”-so I thought that was it. But I think you’re right. I’ll go back to my original thinking that she’s saying “watch out”.
Angelina was 9 years old in this performance - This song was not arranged for her - she wrote the arrangement based on listening to the original Screamin' Jay Hawkins version - in fact, at the beginning of the video you see Angelina writing down some last-minute changes and it is read by the bandleader. You also notice that her own handwritten notes are on the music stand in front of her as she sings. For more insight into how Angelina works, here is a rehearsal video with some of the members of the same band at the same age (9 yrs old) - You will see that she is aware of what each musician is doing and gives them some instructions. There are English subtitles as the spoken language is Norwegian: th-cam.com/video/SAkZDAXJA4E/w-d-xo.html
The handwritten note was the words of the song and the way of singing them, that’s why the guy laughed ( not at all the nad leader but the studio engineer). Angelina was not able to write any music at this age, it is a myth. I am a genuine fan but she barely can plays guitar and piano by now (ask a pro looking at her video when playing). She don’t need to be idealize to be the best :-)
My favorite covers by Angelina are I Have Nothing, and Easy on Me
Really enjoyed the reaction. Just as an FYI, that ascending "Hey, hey, hey, hey, Watch out" is taken directly from the Screaming Jay Hawkins original.
I'm sure someone else has probably said this already, but you really should compare what Angelina is doing here to what Screamin' Jay Hawkins would do when he performed the song live (pretty much everything she's doing here is based on him). The easiest way to do that is to watch the "closing credits" of a reaction compilation video called "I Put a Spell on You - Angelina Jordan Reaction - Every Reaction Ever", by PO Talks. He cuts back and forth between key moments in a c. 1990 live performance by Hawkins and the corresponding moments from Angelina's video, and the comparison makes this performance even more impressive, IMHO. She's taking all the over-the-top things he would do and modifying them to fit more seemlessly into the flow of the song - making them "more musical", as I like to put it. An amazing accomplishment for a 9-year-old.
BTW, the only way to really understand how she could do this at this age is to continue to go back to earlier performances by her. By the time she recorded this music video, she had been "in the public eye" (singing on TV and in live appearances) for about a year (measuring from when her "Gloomy Sunday" audtition on _Norske Talenter_ aired on TV and went viral online). And she had been singing "seriously" (beyond informal performances for friends and family) for at least a couple of years. And, of course, that singing "for friends and family" goes all the way back to when she was 1½ and she surprised her mother by singing along with Whitney Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You". (I say "of course" because I *know* you've been told about that many times. But have you actually seen it? Look for the video called "Angelina Jordan - News feature in Norwegian TV2 from 2014 (eng sub)" posted by Yozhik v Tumane [turn on English "CC" captions to understand the Norwegian narration]. The relevant clip occurs 1 min 52 sec into the video. You probably shouldn't watch the rest of it until after you've seen her "Gloomy Sunday" audition.)
7:36 "Mine!" This is when she casts the spell.
Yes, My Funny Valentine..Feb 2022..stunningly beautiful version!! Thank you. You have a very calm voice and very expressive eyes!
Thank you 🙏
" I have Nothing"
Whitney Houston
Cover &
" I will always love you "
Dolly Parton Cover &
" Easy on Me "
Adele Cover
Suspicious minds would b a good one. Her voice is fantastic.
Fascinating reaction: so far as we know she never repeated this "beast-mode" style... every other recording of her singing I Put a Spell on You (and there are several) is rather different... I assume someone warned her about the potential detrimental effect on her vocal chords... But this will stand as a record of her amazing ability - both vocal and musical in coming up with the arrangement.
I know one coach, don't remember who, said her vocal chords would definitely get damaged very quickly because of her age. Everything in that throat is growing and too fragile to exert so much stress on it. As you say, I'm sure someone warned her.
When she performed, and put her unique spin on, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" on AGT Champions it was pretty darned amazing.
Dr. Marisan… great reaction. It’s always fun to watch someone react to this performance who understands how incredible this is. This young lady is just amazing. Please react to her recent performance of Suspicious Minds. Here’s a link: th-cam.com/video/RTbKhkceR00/w-d-xo.html
Dr Marisan. Angelina Jordan has some new music out. Must see.
Even at 9 years old she has already been in the studios for 3 years and has already won Norways got talent has already sang in front of 40,000 people for a benefit concert, has already sang on TV in the United States and she dies her own arrangements and that's what the notes are for that she hands to the band director is the changes and things she wants hilighted... she has liston to all this old-school music and she study how the original singers do things and makes things her own along with rewriting lyrics to be age appropriate for what ever age she might be,, (one of her mothers rules)
She was 11 (2017) when perform in front of 40,000 people is Seoul, South Korea.
I just double checked on Google and yes you do remind me of a young Grace Slick,,, it was your eyes and the shape of your smile that got me thinking about that.
And speaking of Grace Slick and considering Angelina Jordan vocals, I would die if she ever did a cover of White Rabbit (a Jefferson Airplane classic from the '70s or was it the 1960s) That song fits her voice perfectly and it would be a great warm up song for any concert to get her voice ready for the rest of the show....
With your advanced ears I highly reccomend 'All I Ask'. Its by far her most tecnically diverse and beautiful of her more recent songs 🌹
You start to see the genius of her even as a child
I like that. The colors in her voice.
My Funny Valentine and Suspicious Minds were both beautiful.
You really get it, Dr. Marisan - a mix of both analysis, expertise and pure fandom. You are such a pleasure to spend time with.
IN the beginning of the song - you can see her 'directing' the music with her right hand - both the main beat and the pickup beat. Clearly, Angelina Jordan understands this as music though as you suggest, an 8 year old otherwise would not understand the emotion inside the lyrics.
There is so much I look forward to watching 'with' you and if I may suggest, some of the singers in Postmodern Jukebox is a good place to explore.
This was this Juli in Norway: th-cam.com/video/HKK66K5u1Fc/w-d-xo.html
The songs are her originals.
She did this arrangement. She's in charge here.
How Angelina knows to do the things she does is a question (like Screwtape told Wormwood) we have our best people working on. And like Screwtape, an answer isn't really expected too soon as the source appears to be divine! Here it seems clear she was very familiar with the Screamin Jay Hawkins original and artistically crafted her rendition therefrom. "Screamin" Jay Hawkins original "I Put A Spell on You" th-cam.com/video/orNpH6iyokI/w-d-xo.html
Next song choice would be her recent Suspicious Minds cover (if you haven't reacted to it) or anything from her Summer 2022 live concerts in Norway. Lots to choose from there.
This July 10 concert has so many great recordings getting posted online. Great video, superior sound. The two of the best I have seen are from…
Mattias: th-cam.com/video/BU7zp1zodvg/w-d-xo.html (close to the stage) and
Vidar: th-cam.com/video/2Z8N1Xy62Mk/w-d-xo.html (far from the stage, maybe a wider audio rage of high and low pitches).
Plus this one from July 7: th-cam.com/video/DYVxnY06BWw/w-d-xo.html (Mt. Everest)
I know it's about the music and reacting to it, but it must be said: You put a a spell on me, dr. Marisan. So charming! Wow.
She's a very creative artist and the owner of her arrangements since she started at NGT. All of her 5 own Songs deserves a reaction and some of her covers are very Angelina special.
Please react to her Version of Suspicious Mind and Billie Jean. Famous Songs in a complete new way ✌️💕
Here are links:
‘Suspicious Minds’ (Mark James /Elvis) th-cam.com/video/RTbKhkceR00/w-d-xo.html
‘Billie Jean’ (Michael Jackson) th-cam.com/video/xp67k9wk2Mw/w-d-xo.html
Angie's greatest ability is to imitate the stars. Ella as in her version of Summertime, also Billie Holiday, Adele, Amy Winehouse, Frank Sinatra, on and on. She has only had fundamental guidance, all the advanced stuff is her own doing. That's what brilliant singers do, she has natural ability absorbing music. Basically naturally she's a better singer than any teacher or coach because that's what prodigies do.
faith Angelina doesn't do imitation.
The one thing many people miss (and probably just don't know) is that English is not her Native Language. She is from Norway.
She's a old soul...taken several lifetimes to get where she is at this point and she's running on instinct (music) and understands full well what she's singing and the emotional value of the message in the music. She's not to be underestimated.
I love Suspicious Minds. Please consider reacting to it. Great analysis! It's a joy to watch you.
Dear Marisan, Thanks a lot for sharing your musical and vocal skills, especialy with this insane performance from Angelina. For your next reaction : "Suspicious Minds" or "My funny valentine" (the more recent version at 16 yo). Greetings from France 🇲🇫, Gilles😉 🙏🎙️🎧👍
Fascinates me is i never get tired of hearing and seeing her performances. The only performer.
great reaction to this amazing young artist . i like the points you made about the technical choices Angelina has made throughout this performance , that was what first blew me away about her when i first heard her was that she was doing these extremely technical things at an incredibly young age . she has such control of her voice that she can just about do anything . thx
Fascinating is an understatement... I haven't heard it mentioned before, but if you look carefully in that moment where she goes "Hey, hey, hey, HEY! Whats Up! She looks at and winks at precisely the right time to the musicians. So the question I have is did she purposely wink or did it come completely naturally like the rest of her performance, or was it just a fluke?... What 9 year old would think to wink at the precise moment? She is so incredible and beyond my comprehension.
jonathan Oh my. I went to the video, cut the speed in half and watched it 3 times. Does the term wishful thinking mean anything to you? Sorry, but she wasn't winking.
@@103mrg Hmmm I watched a bunch of times to, and it looks very much like she is winking to me.
Marisan!!! Thanks for your great reaction and here are two more amazing songs Angelina did !!! The first is her 2022 rendition of " My Funny Valentine" and the second is "Above the water" These are some of my favorite Angelina songs. Oh and a bonus is a song she wrote and arranged called "Shield" have fun bro. Ray
AJ does seem to charm her listeners. I seem to lean in as she sings even here on TH-cam.
Amazing 9 year old with a very old soul. The style was very similar to the original Screamin' Jay Hawkins performance. I understand that her grandparents always had classic blues and jazz playing when she was with them. Great reaction.
How does one ever really explain a true prodigy? All we do is sit back in amazement and ask how. We are just lucky enough to live at this time to experience AJ as we watch her ascent into legend status.
She has been nine all the years I have been following her. This was the first song I heard her sing.
her version is based on Screaming Jay Hawkin's 1956 performance.
She is human and expresses, most kids can express. Plus her teachers were Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra, and all the other jazz greats. She is great with pop and country and classical, Spanish. She speaks like four or five languages, and she's the youngest published author in Norway.