Vocal Coach Reacts | What Do You Want, Paul? - The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals (a Starkid Musical)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ก.ค. 2024
- What do I want? More of Jeff Blim Singing! Let's have a listen!
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I would recommend rewatching this one and focusing on Paul all the way through. He looks like he's staring into the flayed corpse of Cthulhu and it may be the most terrified we see him in the entire show
hahah
I’ll be honest. When I first saw this years ago, I had to replay that scene. I was mortified too, but I realized I didn’t pay attention to his face. 😂 you have no idea how hard I was laughing.
Paul is so funny in this song. He wants to be ANYWHERE but in that room with Mr Davidson.
“I wanna go home!”
also Jon's facial expressions during the 'I want you to choke me' interlude. 😂
Jeff Blim has a four octave range and by god he will make sure everyone and their mother knows it including himself 😂
lol FACTS
This may just be me looking at this scene from Paul’s POV, but I think Jeff’s portrayal of the boss’s song was intentionally off-putting. This is his boss, someone that he sees everyday and is an imposing figure to him, acting overly chipper while singing a musical number at him. The guy’s every instinct is shouting that something’s wrong. They actually managed to get the audience to sympathize with anti-musical Paul instead of the singing boss.
I think it’s brilliant!
Sounds about right to me! Love the number and acting side! It’s chefs kiss! Just a little off vocally!
@singwithAshley im pretty sure that the vocals are off on purpose to accentuate that something is VERY WRONG lol. I think the vocals being off adds to the performance. It adds to the creep factor since this is a horror-comedy. Its suppose to be funny and scary
I think some of it is also that because there are so few actors, he has to portray distinct characters and the way he wrote and sang this song was in part to set Mr. Davidson apart from his other characters. I'll admit I often skip this one when listening to the soundtrack 😅
@@pinksenshi9690 I have noticed them all really trying to choose different voices for each character! Good observation!
When you said Carol is your mom... oh my god I immediately thought NOOOoooooo000 in a slow-mo voice.
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This is honestly one of my favourite examples of Jeff just going ham with the falsetto and it working perfectly for the song
And so begins the first of Jeff’s insanity in this musical.
yep !!
Paul reminds me of the reluctant hero. He never imagined big things for himself, he likes his simple, predictable life and suddenly he is thrust into this situation that forces to take a (very reluctant) step into the spotlight
hi ashley just letting you know the next 2 songs are connected (the 2nd song is like 30 seconds long) and theyre like 1 minute apart from each other
Thanks for letting me know! I’ll make sure to film them all in one!
In one of Jeff's streams recently, he was like "I'm not sure why I don't do that for myself" when talking about adapting the song to the vocalist after it has been cast. I expect this is one of the examples of when he could have made changes to make it more natural for himself.
I feel that way too. It seems like he wrote the high notes in this song, as well as all the other songs he performs, deliberately to challenge himself vocally. I guess the ridiculous falsetto fits the over-the-top character he is playing, but it is kind of uncomfortable to listen to.
I believe it's everybody who was already at the show when the meteor struck were infected
And, in the case of the Homeless Man, outside near the theater.
@@Lady_Ginnie So basically anyone in the vicinity of the impact when it happened; which is how Bill, Alice, and Deb managed to avoid it
@@Lady_Ginnie of course
What do we want?! What any musical nerd wants! MORE ASHLEY REACTIONS!! ❤
This is so stinkin sweet! thank you for singing with me! 💙
8:42 all the musical is meta!!!the "lights of!" scream, all the music being diegetic, and the lyrics!! 😊😊😊
My favourite has already happened. It's in the tittle song, in the bridge, because thy literally sing "this is the bridge, Paul" 😂
just popping back in to say I really really appreciate when you explain the vocal stuff. We've all seen these musicals about a hundred times but it's your knowledge and unique perspective that makes me see them with new eyes!
@@TiaMat99 love this pop in so much!!! Thank you for being here!
One of the comments said it sounded like Jaime Lyn was doing a Judy Garland for Charlotte. I can't wait to see what you think of her voice, which you will hear more of soon.
I love Jeff Blim so much. His character choices are sublime. Absolutely one of a kind.
Also want to add as I watch your outro, that we often see examples of the "reluctant hero" and I think Paul is an example of a "reluctant protagonist." He is the last type of person who should be leading a musical which is exactly why the story is so much better through his eyes. He's literally living inside his worst fear
@@alyssabateman1653 it’s so funny! Love your thoughts!
Oh jeez...the second you paused to say that Carol was your mom's name, I was like "Oh noooooooo"! XD Loving the reactions; I'm so glad you've started getting into Starkid! I've been a fan since their first musical back in 2009, it's been incredible seeing their growth since then. :D I especially remember the hype when Darren Criss got his big break into Glee from Starkid.
I’m sad I missed out on ‘The celebration for Darren Criss’ era! I jumped in on the AVPM and then got distracted with life and jumped off the starkid train. So happy to be here now and catching up! And so glad you are here singing with me!!
I've watched the musical so many times, but I never connected the dots that Sam actually went to the Starlight Theater and wasn't just infected from some random person. I just thought him announcing he's going to Mamma Mia was a throwaway to make the gun joke. I love your attention to detail in reactions.
Glad to be of service!! 🫡
Hey. Sorry that I missed the premiere, but this was really fun. An unhinged Jeff and a terrified Jon are a perfect combo haha.
Btw, Ashley, don't worry about the light; YOU are all the light we need✨😘
So sweeeet! Glad you’re here now!
@@singwithAshley Oh, Ashley, Tin Can Brothers are currently releasing their new show "The Great Debate" which isn't a musical, but more of a comedy game show and it's so much fun. They had split the first show into 4 parts (each about 20 minutes), of which 3 of them had already been posted. The last part premiers on July 4th. Are you interested in watching it and joining us for the premiere of the last part? I like to introduce you to my fellow TCB fans there.
@@fettuccine_anderhummel Fun! When is it?!
@@singwithAshley The fourth part is in 44 hours (Ooh, that's a holy number haha)
th-cam.com/video/WG17ff2NImk/w-d-xo.html
Like, wouldn't it be fun if you could do a live stream and we would watch the first 3 parts together before the fourth one? If you have the time, of course.
Ah yes, Carol, his wife the caterpillar.
Can’t wait for the next song, it’s one of my favs!
I don't know if it's been said before, but after you finish this, you should definitely watch both seasons of Nightmare Time before you watch Nerdy Prudes Must Die. Even if you don't record any reaction videos to them (it's not a live stage show, and the songs are all pre-recorded), they'll fill in some very important lore that NPMD will assume you know.
you got it!
I often feel this same way about Jeffs voice, I think he often really pushes the songs to the limit of his skills at the time, and occasionally he doesn't quite hit every moment. My preferences are actually his very few lower register songs.
can't wait to hear them!
This is my fav musical of the trilogy. Even though some of the songs arent as good, the story is so well done and so well acted. Excited to continue warching with you!!
@@pinksenshi9690 thank you for singing with me!
There’s a very interesting theory related to his vocals in this song that they are meant to sound off-putting and jarring that I unfortunately cannot mention without spoiling the rest of the show but I’d encourage you to look into it after you’re done!! ❤
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He didn't let it out just yet!
Also the way you talk about Jeff is, to me, the true sign that you have indeed joined ''the Starcult''.. welcome and congrats(?) 😅😂 Jon is my Jeff so I am *excited* for you to continue to watch this show!
I have only ever seen fans of starkid called dikrats (starkid backwards), starcult is a bit more socially acceptable lol
@@ZuriElysium27 I know dikrats is another name of ours, but I personally prefer Starcult. 😂 I think it was Jon's TH-cam chat who came up with that one. side note: Idk if you know but 'dikrats' was the surname of the family from Trail To Oregon, so that's where that comes from lol.
glad to be here bahaha. Im just a star kid too hahahah
@@shesalilsapphicokay intrigue!
Love every video of yours and am excited for the next one!
Thanks for always singing with me Grassie!
i think paul reaches the height of terror in this song
For more Joey Richter I would suggest Spies Are Forever with Lauren Lopez & Curt Mega (Pres. Howard)
Maybe Jeff has to "let it out" more 😁
@@georga2020 I’m catching what you’re putting down! On alert 🚨
8:46 SHE SAID IT! SHE SAID THE THING!!!
@@GalacticGaming_ hahaha
NEED MORE!
Also I’m excited for you to cover Nerdy Prudes Must Die. If it feels difficult for me to wait for these videos I’m gonna go feral when you move on to that musical lol. It’s by far my favorite of the three of them and imo has the best songs by far as well.
Oh and if you thought you were confused watching the second one without context, I was really confused my first watch as well because I didn’t know about it being a series either, I watched Nerdy Prudes first just because I knew it had Angela in it (I’m a smosh fan) and so I had 2 musicals worth of context missing lol
Oh man!! Hahah I love that you’re here! I’ll do my best! 🫡
13:32 LMFAO I I CHOKED-
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Sooooo you relate to Paul’s boss then? 😂 “I want you to choke me”
@@singwithAshley Omg I didn't think about it LMAO
@@nanny203 bahahahhahahah
To paraphrase Spinal Tap: “it’s like, ‘how much more Blim could it be?’ And the answer is ‘None. None more Blim.’”
I would love to hear your thoughts on either trail to Oregon or twisted after this. I feel like Jeff was really good in that. Or nerdy prudes must die as well
@@kynmu99 I think we all know Nerdy Prudes HAS to be next. But I fully intend on sticking with Starkid for a bit. After Nerdy Prudes… who knows!! 💙💙 thank you for excitedly singing with me!!
I love your reactions to the starkid musicals and I just wanted to let you know that your videos always make my day.
Completely unrelated, but have you heard the concept albums for Epic the Musical? Its a musical based on The Odyssey and there are some AMAZING vocals and music production. I think you would love it!
@@nickyoung4541 I’ve heard from quite a few!! I’ll need to add it to my queue list! Super excited that these reactions brighten your day! Thanks for singing with me!
8:47 BLACK AND WHITE??? BLACK FRIDAY REFERENCE??? (i adore black friday 😭)
@@sstxrkid did you catch my Black Friday Series?!?! You can see it in FULL now! Thanks for singing with me!
@@singwithAshley im gonna watch that right now
I am the audience for which the choke me joke was written
Bahahahahha
I always thought this score was just _brutal_ for singers - with regard to octave jumps, registers, and word density. At first I thought it was composing inexperience, but once you understand the musical it makes sense that this is basically (spoiler) _an alien hive mind_ mimicking musical tropes and patterns, so the difficulty makes sense the same way an AI writing a musical wouldn't have any comprehension of how voices actually work efficiently.
I didn't read past spoiler but thanks for being here and singing with me! lol
Hey! this was a pleasant surprise, I wasn't expecting this vid today. also: 11:23 > 11:40 ... 👀 😲😄🤭 😂 (okay I'm gonna stop before I get carried away with the emojis)
tee hee! I was waiting for this comment! 💙💙💙
@@singwithAshley you took me by surprise. 😂 I was hoping Jeff would show up in one of your comment sections but I don't think he's interested in revisiting his old stuff sadly
@@shesalilsapphicokay hahah doubtful and understandable! I’m okay with that too! Loving from afar 😂😂😂
Having this react vid waiting for me when i got of work (almost) makes up for getting called in to open at 4 am lol i was so excited for u to get to this Jeff song. Hes so good at doing "crazy eyes" songs/scenes. He has one in pretty much every starkid show (twisted, holy musical batman, trail to Oregon) lol. And i love this song as a subversion of an I Want Song. ^_^
Awe! Glad to be of service! 🫡
And in today's episode, Ashley became a theremin 🤣
“Hey google 👋 define theremin “
Google: “an electronic musical instrument in which the tone is generated by two high-frequency oscillators and the pitch controlled by the movement of the performer's hand toward and away from the circuit.”
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This is one of my favorite songs in this musical.
Hope I didn't disappoint! Thanks for singing with me!
im pretty sure that the vocals are off on purpose to accentuate that something is VERY WRONG lol. I think the vocals being off adds to the performance. It adds to the creep factor since this is a horror-comedy. Its suppose to be funny and scary
possible!
This is my absolute favorite song in the show. I can listen to it on repeat 10000 times and be utterly content. Question for an upcoming song that's sung by Jamie Lynn after a paul and emma convo. There's a lyric that i only figured out from the captions on one of their live events. I can still barely make it out knowing what she's singing on repeat listens to the video and the soundtrack. I dont sing, I'm a business analyst for a bank, i just love musicals. I am immensely curious what can make a lyric be unintelligible and what (if anything) is done to prevent that. (Sorry if I'm wording this weird. My job is all root cause analysis. Figure out what caused the problem, how to fix it, and prevent recurrence. It's how my brain works.) I just really want to know this, but i totally understand if you dont answer. Just throwing it out there!!!
@@annadownya7754 next song? I will see what I can do!
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Beyond the fact that it's a bit of a tongue twister, one explanation I've thought of is that the lines put the words "food" and "enhanced" where a rhyme would go, but "renew" is also in the second line and our brains, accustomed to rhyming conventions, want to make it "renewed" and move it to the end of the line where it would actually rhyme with "food."
@@singwithAshley The song they're referring to is four songs away. I don't know how far ahead you are at the moment, you may have already recorded it, but I'm curious to hear your perspective on this as well.
You know, I wonder if Jeff did that on purpose? Maybe he wasn't completely converted yet until after his phone call to his wife. That would explain why he stopped singing and was able to speak to his wife on the phone but then completely forgot what he was saying because he forgot what he wanted when he was fully converted?
hahahah I do wonder why he suddenly forgot. Starkid doesn't typically do things like that...
@@singwithAshley it would explain why he sounded better after
in the next video can u react to ''ADO-aishite,aishite,aishite'' plis :3 ? its a great song,and it would be super funny if u reacted to it!
@@MOTHW1NG hi! What’s that?! Glad you are here!
@@singwithAshley its a song!
I feel like this song was intentionally all over the place, both for comedic effect and because it's a little weird and offputting to the ear. We as an audience are also on edge with Paul as the song gets more and more uncomfortable to listen to. That being said, it's definitely not the best example of Jeff's vocal talent, I don't know if it was too much to blend the comedy and the difficulty of the song or if he just needed to warm up a little more, but this isn't one of my favorites.
I concur. Loved the performance, love Jeff, vocals were mostly great! Just a little off in places... maybe purposeful !
This definitely isn't Jeff's best song he's done, but he has some really good songs in earlier shows! Sadly he's not in Nerdy Prudes Must Die (😭😭😭), but he IS in their next show Cinderella's Castle! If you haven't done so already you should absolutely check out his demo for the opening song "Castle on a hill"!
He also sings as Max in their NPMD medley for It's Starkid Innit, so Ashley could maybe check that out if she likes the musical and wants to hear Jeff's shortened rendition of it! :D
I do like a lot of Jeff's singing, but I do think he has a tendency to put unnecessary falsetto on things a little to often.
He starts writing for himself: “must challenge myself!”
Yeah, i actually think this is Jeff's weakest song vocally. Jeff is one of my absolute favorite Starkids and this song just ain't it
Agreed, love the acting though!