Platinum Gangster Rapper First Time REACTION to Pentatonix - Daft Punk!! INSANE
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Platinum Gangster Rapper First Time REACTION to Pentatonix - Daft Punk!! INSANE W/ @KrizzKalikoOfficial
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Mitch: I found a really cool T-shirt to wear!
Scott: I'm going as Jack Frost!
Kevin: I'm doing Geordi from Star Trek!
Kirstie: I think I'll be an avatar!
Avi: You guys are gonna wear clothes?
Awesome
Its very Cyberpunk, aesthetics wise
🤣😂🤣😂 For Real!
This had me laughing out loud
Original song LOVE AGAIN is a must!❤😂
Avi, the bass singer, has actually blown out subwoofers during performances with his deep notes
Yes, indeed. The ultimate bass trio... Avi, Faust, and Castellucci.
Not bad for a video made for $400.00, it was filmed in Avi and Kevin's closet in their apartment. Won their first grammy with this gem. Kevin, the beatboxer---played piano age 4, cello age 6 and saxaphone age 10. Check out his version of the song "Down" on his page to see him be a freaking genius or Kevin's fifth which will blow you away. (Kevin Olusola) Kiss from a Rose Live is a must. Warning: the rabbit hole is not only deep but wide because they also have side projects. Also their evolution videos are a must: Music, Beyonce, Rhianna and Ariana Grande. Live performances should include PopSpring 2016 which consists of three originals and the evolution of Michael Jackson. I am going to stop right here before I write a book. (Whew)
Also, Kevin dropped out of a premed program at Yale to join the group, and he speaks several languages. And I believe he has perfect pitch. They discovered him through his TH-cam videos where he was "cello boxing" - beatboxing and playing cello simultaneously
@MarkAdolph-xz6or Kevin did not just drop out, he received his Doctorate. Then he flew to LA when Scott picking him up at LAX. Avi Kaplan was "a friend of a friend" who is the unofficial 6th member Ben Brum. Scott did convince Kirstie to leave college in Oklahoma, and Scott got Mitch to miss his High School Graduation Ceremony. Scott hates labels, hence no official leader--- but Scott is always working behind the scenes.
@banker4ever : perfectly said!
@@donnone7295 Simply to say: Kevin is formidable
The Supplies were $400 NOT the whole video! You are not crediting who actually made the video for them. Fifgen Films who did quite a few of their videos including the next of their grammies for Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies.
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Kevin Olusola (brother on percussions) & Avi Kaplan (white jesus on basss) got dubbed as "Meat & Potatoes" by Shawn Stockman from Boyz II Men who was one of the judges in the reality competition show where Pentatonix debuted, because they were basically the hearty meat & potatoes of the group. Scott, Kirsty, & Mich struck GOLD getting them to join the group as their percussion team for the Sing-Off...
I agree. The three in the middle are absolutely awesome, but I think if Sing-Off had allowed The Trio to compete as a *trio* they wouldn't have made it past the first few weeks. Kevin and Avi give them the percussion they need, and fill up the musical space to make their songs sound rich and full. They won the lottery *twice* hooking up with Kevin and Avi right before the competition.
When Avi left, they lost the sound. I couldn't get back into their stuff. Loved what he did on his own though
The competition is on a channel mrduckbear, here on YT. I love going back to those original arrangements!
To clarify, Pentatonix does write original music. Their long-time producer, Ben Bram, has been with them since the beginning. He helps them come up with the arrangements, both for their original music and their covers. And their arrangements are written so they can perform these songs live - which is important to them, because their abilities are so sky high that they are accused of faking a lot of this stuff, that it's put in in post production. So they always want to be able to reproduce the songs on stage at their concerts. The arrangements account for that.
They won a Grammy for this one. Try the wall of sound, John Lennon's Imagine.
The Wall of Sound production led to some amazing music. If you haven't watched it, PBS ran a documentary series several years ago called Soundbreaking about the production behind rock's greatest music. It covers every era of rock and you hear producers and musicians talk about what went into creating the most memorable and timeless songs to ever make it to radio. It's a fun watch while still being really insightful and (dare I say it?) educational.
Dude this is a Grammy award winning performance they won a Grammy for this song
They have a 90's dance medley that is amazing as well. Love your PTX reactions, keep them coming.
☝ This
You will dance in your chair, and go "it is too short!" once it ends!
Talking about fans, Check out "Sing" they have all the fans in that one!
PTX is just one of the finest vocal groups out there. They are 13 years together as a group with just one member change. Avi, the bass with the beard left in 2017, replaced by Matt Sallee.
KO is an amazing musician, song writer and beatboxer.
Everybody thinks the group keeps changing but it’s just their look they change. Kirstie and Mitch look different in just about every video.
You really need to see them do this live. That Hollywood Bowl 2022 live video is the best. People think this song was made with lots of studio tricks. Watching them do it live will prove otherwise.
I was second row last year when they did this live. They were amazing!
Truth!
I think one of the most impressive things about PTX is that they categorically refuse to put anything on an album that they can't reproduce live with no mics.
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They won their first Grammy for this. They also perform this live ( check out the Hollywood Bowl in 2022) The 2nd was for Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy ( from the ballet Nutcracker, imagine a band with no instruments performs a song with no lyrics) and the 3rd was for Jolene ❤with Dolly Parton. They have 2 albums nominated as well in recent years that did not win. For Spring 2025 Scott Hoying is up for Grammy this year for his single “Rose Without Thorns” for the arrangement. He wrote and produced the song as well as bringing Saje and Tonality. Hollywood Walk of Fame Star 2023 as well.
Before you get into too much of their solo work maybe Can’t Hold Us, New Rules x Are You That Somebody, and their evolution of Michael Jackson. For originals I like Sing, Love Again, Happy Now, Run To You.
Their Pop Spring 2016 ( professionally recorded by MTV in Japan) has 3 originals and the Michael Jackson medley live.
You both would like “Recording of Evergreen” which is an approx 16 minute look at the bts recording of their Christmas album Evergreen. They are genuinely nice people and have lots of bts videos. They won a TV show in 2011 and got a Sony contract, but Sony dumped them just after. Pentatonix took to social media and did their own videos, and Fifgen did the post production after this was indeed recorded in their apartment with a prop and other budget ( I believe they had 1 ring light) of approx $400. Anything they have done is amazing and they have had some fun guests on their songs ( mostly guests on Christmas songs)
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"The brother" is Kevin Olusola. He is the beatboxer, a high tenor, classically trained cellist and Yale Graduate. His father is from Nigeria and his mother is from Grenada.
Deep bass is Avi Kaplan. Yes he has a bear here. You should see that beard now.
Avi is a classically/operatically trained Basso Profundo but has a fabulous range and can even sing whistle notes with his overtone singing.
Avi is a prolific writer. He left PTX in 2017
Here is a sample of his last release.
Avi Kaplan
Move Our Souls (Kaplan)
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Avi is not a genera specific writer, having written songs with a battle cry, healing music, folk, country and much more.
Time for “Evolution of Michael Jackson”. Great chance to see a single-take video where you can watch all five of them perform the entire song (no screen cuts).
You can also see them do Evolution of MJ in the Popspring 2016 video! It's the third song in and they perform it LIVE with full choreography.
Just love when Avi, the bass here, joined HomeFree on Ring of Fire. He and Tim sound so good together.
You two need to do their original called Love Again. Avi and Kevin kill it with the bass drops. I have played it for other people and they didn't believe me that it was Acapella.
My favorite from them is "Love Again", it's a pretty complex one that doesn't sound like acapella at all. They're all dressed in cyberpunk costumes.
And it's an original!
@@JoyL351 Yes, that too!
Wait! I thought this was a reveal of their true identities. You know, galactic castaways traveling with their cyborg . . .
Not too mention that is is also a Rave dance, electro, techno, nasty, ignorant with it, take you to the opposite of church, and still full acceppela, monstrosity. You'll love it.
The beard one is Avi Kaplan and he used to be part of group, but left due to personal reasons. He has solo stuff you should check out, Change on the Rise would be a good place to start.
Or his collaboration with Home Free on Ring of Fire with a bass-off (he also appears in HF's video for Champagne Taste on a Beer Budget, but he isn't singing).
'Change on the Rise', 'Summit', and 'Other Side' are all absolutely incredible.
Avi is a phenom.
Yes, Avi Kaplan solo music is fantastic!
Scott Hoying - baritone lead and backing vocals (2011-present)
Mitch Grassi - counter-tenor lead and backing vocals (2011-present)
Kirstie Maldonado - mezzo-soprano lead and backing vocals (2011-present)
Kevin Olusola - vocal percussion, beatboxing, tenor lead and backing vocals, cello (2011-present)
Avi Kaplan - vocal bass, bass lead and backing vocals (2011-2017) -- On May 12, 2017, he announced, that he had chosen to leave the group. On September 3, 2017, he had his last performance as a part of Pentatonix.
Matt Sallee - vocal bass, bass-baritone lead, beatboxing and backing vocals (2017-present) -- He joined the group for a holiday performance in October 2017 but later became a permanent part of the group.
Kevin's Cello is awesome. Glad someone already got that in here.
I love seeing people discover pentatonix. They are so very talented, and everything they put out, they make a point of making sure that they can perform it live, so you won’t find anyone multitracked or instruments not shown on screen. They have used instruments in a few of their songs, but it is 99% all accapella. The bass in this video, Avi, has since gone on to do his own thing, but is still super friendly with them all, and they found a new bass that still manages to k!ll it. I look forward to seeing you go down this rabbit hole!
You know you're good when you win a Grammy...but when the academy HAS to create a new category for you to win one, you're becoming LEGENDARY! I do have to warn you though: Pentatonix is a whole rabbit hole! Welcome to the Pentaholics family! (That's the name of their fanbase by the way) Edit: they are the ONLY acapella group to get their own Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!
I love that detail the most! They had to create a new category!!!!!
Just goes to show what talent, creativity, and a $500.00 budget will get you -- a Grammy award!
Pentatonix, Home Free, and Voiceplay are the trifecta of accapella groups that people know best. They're all amazing to listen to. ❤
A good one that I think highlights Kevin and Avi's beats & bass is GOLD and I haven't seen anyone react to it in a long time. But first, check out the original by Kiara...then you can see how they easily take a techno mess and do with their vocals what she has to do with technology.
Try their cover of Macklemore’s Can’t Hold Us. They rap. Enjoyed❣️
PTX is absolutely insane live. I have been fortunate enough to see them 7 times in concert, 2 with Avi still in the group (the breaded guy who does Bass) and 5 times now with his replacement Matt, and they never disappoint.
You need to do there version of bohemian rhapsody it's outstanding😊
You have to see Kiss From a Rose and Prayers for this World!
After they won the sing-off, the label that was supposed to promote music retracted the offer so they had to find a avenue to promote their music themselves and they were successful
Google the live version done in a room with only a cell phone and yes the are real. Bass is Avi Kaplan and I'm BEGGING please react to Avis solo career❤❤❤❤❤
Most definitely proves that it is not overproduced in a studio,
The pentaholics are here for it!!!
Now imagine you heard that through headphones.. speakers are fine, but you can really appreciate all harmonies best that way. ❤
Tx for another Pentatonix reaction . O we Pentaholics adore them. They are so great. Greetings from South Africa.
My favorite by Pentatonix is “Sing.” I’d love to hear your reaction to it!
One of their originals!
Thank y’all for responding to this! Their songs are so much better with headphones on fyi
You have to do Michael Jackson mash up next! Pentatonix knocked it out of the park!
I can’t wait for you to listen to their cover of Problem. They hit so many different genres, and it’s so fun to see them pull out different skills.
And the live version as well!
They have a RAP music video too-Can't Hold Us, so versatile!!!
❤❤❤ their cover of “Can’t Hold Us”
It is always such a pleasure to watch folks learn about this group. I know all the pentaholics will say this but headphones change their sound....and in this track is without effect, just mixing. Enjoy my friends
We saw Pentatonix at the Alaska State Fair while Avi the bearded guy was still in the group. It was awesome.
Seeing PTX and Home Freenow you need to see Voice Play. They are the third in the Trifecta of Acapella
According to Wikipedia: "Get Lucky" is a song written and performed by French electronic music duo Daft Punk featuring American singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams and American guitarist Nile Rodgers.
So you both hit it on the head with what you heard!
And BP - you wondered in a previous reaction to PTX if they were that good live. They are. If they are in your area, GO SEE THEM!
Wow I have never heard this one before. so glad you reacted to it as I am adding it to my playlist
Man, these guys and what they do is amazing! I think they are their own thing because there is no Acapella group that compares. I love this genre but they broke it with their amazing talent!!! ❤❤❤
Headphones are a must with Pentatonix.
You are correct the bass is the incomparable Avi Kaplan, he left the group for person reasons in 2017 and now has an amazing solo career where he flexes his incredible 5 octave range (Scott Kirstie and Mitch all have the same type of range as well) I do hope you will check out his music, it is incredibly varied and 98% written by him. He has only released 2 covers, a splendid cover of OutKasts Hey Ya and a tribute to Bill Withers with Lean on Me. There is also a cover of House of the Rising Sun he did on a livestream.
Don’t forget that Matt has recently proven he has that broad range also.
I love all of your reactions, but I was SO EXCITED to see Pentatonix on your channel!!! Especially after you reacted to Home Free's songs. Keep up the fantastic work, and I'm looking forward to seeing you explore more varied artists!
Wow, this is a really cool video. Glad you finally found Pentatonix. They’re so good
Love this reaction! Daft Punk is so good live. They continue to perform it often since it is still so popular and was their first of 3 Grammy wins. There's another really nice mashup they performed years later after their bass, Avi, left and was replaced by Matt. He and Kevin are as good a team as Avi and Kevin were. It's a mashup of "New Rules/Are You That Somebody" which provides an acapella take of Timbaland's iconic beats. It doesn't get recommended nearly enough in my opinion. Another of my favorites is their cover of Kiiara's "Gold" which goes back to Avi era and is a live performance. It's such a little jewel of an arrangement! You can't go wrong with PTX from ANY era and we are ALWAYS here for it, lol.
Stated previously:
I knew of Pentatonix from surfing TH-cam. I didn't know about "The Sing-Off".
I was right after Thanksgiving. I was bored w/ holiday reruns/sports specials, so surfed through TV channels when I came upon The Sing-Off's show for that year. It was the first episode the year & watched entire season episodes to see that Home Free won. I've even watched reaction videos & compilation entire season episodes on TH-cam winning the Sing-Off.
BTW Pentatonix was one of the ensembles that joined up weeks before the auditions only specifically for the reality show competition. 3 were HS friends (Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado). They sang together for a few years, then went off to different colleges.
One joined a college a cappella group & found out last minute about the competition. Contacted his friends in various colleges, all agreed to compete. Ready to apply when told needed a beatboxer & bass to qualify literally last minute. They recruited Kevin Olusola (outstanding beatboxer alien similar to Adam of Home Free) & Avi Kaplan a bass who was an operatic singer.
They are the oddity & miracle in that a matter of only a few days, developed a sound, auditioned & got accepted into the competition. Rest is history winning it w/ not only outstanding vocals, but great bass & beatbox. They had only worked together for less than a week's time before the show. While others had years of experience & some toured on "circuit's".
Ironically, timing plays into this; Home Free had auditioned 2xs for this competition & were rejected year Pentatonix won. They changed members after 2nd audition. Tim & Austin joined the group prior to the last audition & got in. They were AFTER Pentatonix won the year earlier. Home Free may have been forced out had they competed the same year & not won.
Sing-Off didn't gain the popularity as AGT although was on for several years not just the seasons Pentatonix & Home Free won. It had legit knowledgeable judges & good a capella groups.
One of problems of the Sing-Off it was pre-taped which left out the audience participation. It was was done in the summer while geared for "seasonal" viewing pretending to be done at that time. Nearing the semi-finals some of the groups sang Christmas songs with the judges. There also was no consistent date it would air so no one would know when would air. Also they didn't limit size of groups so had full glee college groups & church choirs competing along with group sizes like Pentatonix, VoicePlay, Home Free & Philharmonics.
I urge you to watch from The Sing-Off from the first episode to last of Home Free w/ Voiceplay & Pentatonix's competitions. Timing critical in that Pentatonix won year before & Home Free year after. The other years' winners & competitors didn't get the fame as them. Pentatonix have their unique style of sound & presentation as well as Home Free & Voice Play. Home Free can do serious, but more are like the Monkee's style while VoicePlay being former Disney & Universal entertainment singers do more theatrical using costumes & draw from The Hobbit music & even Encantato.
Pentatonix were TH-cam channel favs. They're the first to do detailed videos. Currently has > 19 million subscribers & 5 billion views. The group's video tribute to Daft Punk had received > 355 million views as of November 20, 2021. Avi resigned after performing & helping to establish the group after few years. He's now making music on his own. He has his own media accounts & sings along with other groups.
Avi Kaplan has been an independent artist away from Pentatonix. Nowadays, Avi, Costelluci (Voice Play) & Foust (Home Free) are doing side projects w/ each other groups or on their own. Home Free is categorized as country (although do jazz, R&B & rock). They did a version of Boyz II Men's 'End of The Road' as tribute to one of judges on the Sing Off (Shawn Stockman). Prior to Pentatonix, they've done country versions of songs w/ Oak Ridge Boys, Kenny Rogers & other well-known country artists.
Honestly if you just hit play on any Pentatonix video its an automatic masterpiece.
Love that all y'all reacted to this!
They have an original with a very similar vibe called "Love Again" ... Would love to see one or both y'all react to it!
Great reaction, gentlemen! Re their interactivity with their TH-cam audience: they had won a record contract when they took The Sing-Off at the end of 2011 - and the company dropped them a month later because the corporation couldn't figure out what to do with them. Pentatonix took to TH-cam, producing and promoting their own videos. They also starting touring heavily (Ben Bram, their arranger and later also their recording producer, drove the bus for the first year or two). This 2014 video was planned to be recorded (sound and video) in a studio, but the arrangements fell through - so they went back to original techniques and recorded it themselves in one of their shared apartments, to let the (very good) post-production work start as scheduled. The Grammy was for arrangement, BTW, as was their subsequent Grammy for Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. I'd make your own judgment about Matt Sallee's work on bass (after Avi's 2017 departure). Checkout the mashup New Rules x Are You That Somebody.
ETA: re Kevin Olusola as percussion - he was discovered by the group beatboxing and _playing the cello_ at the same time in a viral TH-cam video. He was finishing up at Yale University at the time. As a teen, he played Carnegie Hall twice - once on cello, once on sax. You can see him play cello with Pentatonix on several songs - try Say Something and more recently, Kiss from a Rose.
I never pass up an opportunity to watch first-time reactions to this masterpiece! BTW, I wouldn't be surprised if Pharrell Williams did sing that song you referred to. I think he was close with Nile Rogers. Happy to see you both going down this PTX rabbit hole. You should watch some live performances, it will affirm these are great musicians!
The youtube algorithm gods brought me here! 🙌🏾
I love Pentatonix! I found them by accident one day listening to Todrick Hall who was on American Idol and went viral for some flash mob videos. I happened to see him and Scott singing together. I was blown away by Scott's singing and was pleasantly surprised to find Pentatonx. Been a fan ever since. You should check out their Macklamore cover of Can't Hold us. It's crazy they did that song Acapella.
When I hear things like this, having sung in a choir for 35 years, I always think, "When are they breathing?!" There are just no breaks in the music! They do amazing work. Back in the '80s we had the Manhattan Transfer, who did a bunch of jazz songs a cappella. Their version of "Birdland" is still among my favorites. You should react to that - but first react to Weather Report's original of it with instruments. That helps you appreciate the complexity of the song and imagine how difficult it would be to execute with voices alone. I've seen some sheet music for it, and was trying to get my choir director to let us do it in a small group for our patriotic concert, but we didn't have enough voices who could sing it to pull that off. Now that I've gotten old and am losing my singing voice, I suppose I'll never get to sing it!
This is BEYOND Deft Punk !!! WOW!!! Pentatonix is apparently unlimited in talent and creativity. This I'd my favorite version of this song. Thanks Guys 😨💙
Keep the Pentatonix reactions coming!! Loving it!
Do their 90’s medley it is fun!! You will dance in your chair!
When Pentaonix did an acapella reality show before their debut. Ari (the bass) and Kevin (the beatboxer) were called "The meat and potatoes" of the group. They were a 5-person crew up against people with 20 or 30 singers. Bringing the house down every time. Scott (the blonde tenor) does most of their arrangements as far as I know.
More PTX!!
Also, you NEED to watch Kevin’s Fifth!! Where he beatboxes with his cello!!
They’re all absolutely talented! The Prayer will bring you to tears.
Gotta do Mary did you know and their cover of Imagine. Keep up doing what you’re doing BP.
Seen them live and they sounded exactly the same. Watching them do this is mindblowing.
I've seen them live, and they are amazing!!!!
I was hoping u were going to post this one after u said u showed him Pentatonix on ur Home Free reaction! U should definitely react to some of their Christmas albums for the holiday season!!
‘La la latch’ and ‘New Rules x Are You That Somebody’ are really good mashups of theirs to check out.
YES, was checking the comments to see if someone had already suggested New Rules x Are You That Somebody! It's a great intro to Matt (Avi's replacement).
They were indeed very cool live. I have only seen them once, but now want to catch them again. The show I was at was 15,000+ (Christmas show), but my sister has seen them in small clubs 12+ years ago when they were still not as well known.
bonjour j'ais grandis avec se groupe légendaire Français avec des tubes géniaux. Que j'écoute toujours😍😍😍
Love the Song and love that you are reacting to this. Much love from Germany
Pentatonix is INCREDIBLE and extremely talented. TY both for reacting to this A CAPELLA Group. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Can't Sleep Love actually hit the charts.
There is video of them performing this song in an apartment. Sounds the same. Avi is a bassoprofondo the lowest voice register. You should follow his music too. It's absolutely amazing
YESSSS!! More Pentatonix!!! :)
Their version of Hallelujah has over 900 million views. Their shows have been sold out for years, and yes, they do sound just as good live - just amazing!
Old pentaholic joke about this video:
Kirstin: "I found this great blue tinsel wig that goes perfectly with the contacts, and I think I'll wear a blue tutu on my shoulders."
Kevin: "Hey, guys! Look at the great visor I found!"
Mitch: "I think I'll wear my most comfortable old sweater."
Scott: "I just got a new dress shirt that should look good."
Avi: "Wait! You guys are planning to wear *clothes?!"*
Amazing performance to check out, Aha in Singapore during live concert. Mitch goes crazy high and Avi goes crazy low.
The amazing part is that they filmed this one in a cupboard in one of their houses with something like only 400$ and won Grammy with it... Amazing!
Awesome reaction, you should react to their evolution of music video
They won a Grammy for this plus two more
I love PTX❤
"Imagine live!"
We don't have to imagine it, there is video of them performing this mashup in front of Daft Punk, who get up and dance.
Do all of their videos please. They are amazing. The best group out there ❤
Gotta hit the 90's dance mix. Trippin'
Do" kiss from a rose" by them!! BUT if you haven't heard the original by Seal do that one first! Oh and the Dance Medley by them is 🔥
They’ve got some great songs they do. I know this isn’t their number one played song, but in my opinion as a vocalist, it’s by far the most ambitious. Mashups are so difficult to do well, and this was on a whole other level.
They are amazing live!! ❤
Glad krizz still out there grindin love to see him being who he is. Also love his personal and 2strange stuff with tech
LOVE LOVE Penatonix Seen them twice live. They are amazing with their vocals. They do originals. Avi the deep voice he left and has been replaced by Matt. But great reaction!
I've seen them live. Absolutely fantastic! Sounds just as good live. They can really sing.
I loved Pentatonix since the first time I heard them; they hit the scene and were SO bold, so creative, so out there, so engaged with their fans, using TH-cam to its best advantage for engagement; they were so creative with their videos and everything. The brash enthusiasm of youth and "new-ness."
I've kinda' lost track of them for a while, though. I feel that they started taking themselves more "seriously," and I haven't seen as many "fun" videos and the like from them in a while. I wish them all the best; I felt like I got to "know" the members (as much as a parasocial relationship goes) and I have a deep respect for Mitch, Scott, Kirstie, Kevin, Avi, (and even Matt, who was Avi's replacement, though I don't feel I got to "know" him as well). But they're all great human beings, and I wish the best for them, but I kinda' miss that young, enthusiastic group.
Frankly, since Avi parted ways, they haven't felt the same. I've followed Avi's path; he's making some great music.
I check in on their TH-cam page from time to time, to see if they've got anything new since I last visited, and I don't see as much as I wish I would. I have liked the original songs they've come out with; not just covers (which they do SO well!) but original songs, and they're beautiful. Now they're touring, performing, have busy lives, marriages, families, etc. I get it.
All the best, Pentatonix members! Love to you, whatever you're up to.
The black dude doing the beat box.....also has a beautiful singing voice. His voice isn't what you would expect....but it sounds great. He has a singing part in their religious songs.
Pentatonix are great and their covers are of course fantastic from classics to new releases. They also have some great originals that, while still acapella, touch on different musical genres. Examples are "Love Again" which sits in the EDM category and "Can't Sleep Love" which has a nice mellow groove of Motown.
If I didn't already know how good cyan looks on women this song certainly would.
They're so talented and I really enjoy music where the instruments are also done with their voice so both Pentatonix and Voiceplay are at the top of my list for that.
I hope we have a new Pantaholic in the making here! I have not heard a single song from PTX that isn't just amazing! You should check out theit collaboration with Lindsey Stirling with their cover of Radioactive!! Lindsey Stirling is another TRULY amazing talent. "the bearded dude" is Avi Kaplan and he is a basso profundo. And Kevin is not only a super talented beat boxer but can also play cello while beat boxing and can also sing and is a multi instrumentalist.
YESSIR 👏🏼👏🏼 Daft Punk are some of the OGs of House music
Timestamps for songs
3:09 Technologic
3:37 One More Time
3:51 Get Lucky (yes, it was a collab with Pharrel who sang the lyrics and Nile Rodgers did the guitar)
5:25 Digital Love
6:15 Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Kanye sampled it for Stronger)
8:27 Television Rules The Nation
I always show up for Pentatonix!
been waiting for you to get to this one! The Prayer and Imagine next!
I haven’t seen Pentatonix, but I was at Red Rocks Amphitheater to see Daft Punk’s Alive tour, and that was INSANE
They are great live. We saw them several years ago.
First...thank you so much for reacting to PTX!! I love watching you react to them (and other vids you've reacted to).
Production Note: The video lip-sync doesn't line up with the audio. While it's ok-ish, maybe, for other types of performances, it's horrible for a cappella performances, because viewers are watching their lips for every sound. I'm sure I'm not alone in saying we'd appreciate some attention to this. Thanks so much...and thanks again for reacting to PTX!
Daft Punk has been around since the 1970s. Their most famous album is Discovery, which they wrote for an animation called Interstella: 5555. The animation was featured on Toonami Midnight.
I caught Pentatonix on the tv show "The Sing-off" It wasn't usually my kind of show but it was interesting seeing them come up with another crazy performance week to week. Apparently they found the beatboxer Kevin on TH-cam kind of last minute before they competed on the show because they had no one to do percussion and ended up winning the show. When I saw them live Kevin had a part of the set where he beatboxed while playing the cello. It was a good show. Maybe a little too much talking but they can definitely perform.
PTX made it thru promoting themselves on YT and their loyal fans and patrons and have not forgotten them! The record contract they won on the Sing Off contest was dropped after they all moved to LA. The Sony subsidiary prez declared them hard to market and ditched them. They want to YT and proved differently.
Some of us have not forgotten that and are really happy Dimash has his own company. (hold a grudge? who, me?)