I think they really upped the message of this song to be even more inclusive for all. If they, with all their different backgrounds and stories can make up this stunning group and be such good friends, then, so can we. When I first saw them with their cards, then the vocal buildup. It sounded like bells pealing through the world. It's stunning! Also, I would love to see your reaction to their cover of 'Can't Hold Us' by Macklemore and Lewis They RAP!!
I'm not sure of you caught it, but each of the cards not only describes the person holding it, but the word on the card when they pass it to the next person is what they have on common so Mitch to Scott "LGBTQ+" Scott to Avi "Man" Avi to Kevin "American" & Kevin to Kirstie "Christian"! Cool huh?! Great reaction!
@@katherinehite1635 Aside from the Superfruit videos, which has over 2.4 million subscribers and @ 420 million views. For example Rise was released in September of 2016...a full year before the release of Pentatonix Imagine. For those who aren't aware, Superfruit's rendition of Rise (released just a month following Katy Perry's original) was performed as a tribute to the victims of the shootings at Pulse nightclub in Orlando (which left 49 dead and another 53 wounded). It was well known at the time that the 5 performers were all in the LGBTQ+ community.
@@dtwolfe63 she was getting at the fact that this was Scott's very first time publicly acknowledging that he was LGBT. Yes they did Rise for the Pulse nightclub shooting but nowhere in their letter in the video description did it mention that all the artists were gay. And yes most of us assumed about Scott but up until this video was released he had always avoided the subject of his sexuality and kept his boyfriends at the time on the downlow. He wanted you to believe that Alex was a close friend. It wasn't until Mark that he publicly shared his boyfriend and his feelings for him with everyone.
Avi Kaplan, the bass singer, has a 5 octave vocal range and often surprises people with how high he can go. In his solo career, after leaving Pentatonix 4 years ago, it has become a game among his fans trying to figure out whether they are going to hear a bass/baritone or one sung in more of a low tenor/baritone tone. His latest releases went from deep baritone/bass, "First Place I Go" to a higher tone in both "All's Well" and "I Can't Lie". This song was something Pentatonix wanted to do before he left because of the additional ethnic and religious diversity having him in the band represented.
Thank you, Kabir, for your reaction to Imagine sung by the magically Pentatonix. I don't have to tell you how good Pentatonix is. They are in a league of their own.
Thank you for another great reaction to one of my favorite performances. When they all come together with “live as one,” you just got hit with their WALL OF SOUND. Please keep the PTX reactions coming 💕
Well done, and thanks. I’ve been a fan of PTX for a minute now, and, despite all the world’s ills, things have gotten better since this song first came out. No member of Pentatonix would have had an easy time back then. Being gay, black, Jewish and Latina, they all would have had to address blatant prejudice in 60s or 70s America. Still room for improvement, no doubt, but there has been improvement in that sense. You may be interested in Superfruit, a side project for several years by Mitch and Scott. Their Frozen medley (with Kirsten too) is really good, with hilarious bloopers at the very end. And their original Guy.Exe is fun. Peace from Ohio …
Ahhh!!! I've requested that you react to this one more than once - so happy you finally have! Also, if you enjoy Avi's low bass notes, you definitely need to check out his collaboration with Home Free for "Ring of Fire" (originally by Johnny Cash). Both he and HF's bass Tim Foust hit some ridiculously low notes! Avi Kaplan has also released some awesome original music since going solo in 2017.
Yes Yes Yes Avi's solo music is amazing and so diverse, Change on the Rise is his most viewed, And he has 3 new Releases First Place I Go, All is Well featuring Joy Williams and I Can't Lie. He also has a few covers House of the Rising Sun, Lean on ME and Outkast's Hey Ya.
thanks for returning to Pentatonix. I subscribed to your channel about a year ago and I am very pleased at all of the diverse content that you post. You are one of my favorite TH-cam channels, So keep up the good work my friend!
That bassy, bass is Avi Kaplan, He left the group a few years back and has a solo career now. He and his band are leaving day after tomorrow for his European tour. From time to time, he will get up in the morning, start a live stream and chat with and sing to his fans. No recording studio, no fanfare, he just gets his guitar, sits somewhere in his cabin deep in the forest, and just sings. Here is him singing one of his songs. Not really asking you to react to it, but just to listen to him. Other Side (Kaplan) (39954) Avi Kaplan - Otherside (Lower Version) [IG Livestream 4/11/20] - TH-cam
I believe the version of the song they based this on is Lennon's solo singing with piano. PTX's background pulsing "doo doo doo" is re-creating the piano part. The message they emphasized was a plea for racial / ethnic harmony, which was a big thing in the US that year; this came out just a few months before Charlottesville. But Lennon's original message -- that without religion and borders everyone could live in peace -- is really appropriate right now.
AIYEEEEEEEE!!!!! Happy belated birthday to meeeeee!!! ty ty ty ty ty soooooo much Kabir for doing this one!!! PTX is so freaking incredible!!!!! LOVE all of your videos...keep them coming gorgeous!!! Stay safe, healthy, and most of all HAPPY!!!
Enjoyed this reaction but actually it's a John Lennon song. I'd like to see you do a reaction on Sound of Silence a song from the late 60's I believe. It's got Matt the bass that replaced Avi, dark haired guy with the beard. Avi left in latter part of 2017 on good terms and Matt, officially, joined in early 2018. I'd also recommend their originals Love Me When I Don't, Be My Eyes. Their cover of Daft Punk medley won them their 1st Grammy and was taped in Kevin and Avi's apartment in Avi's closet, and would be a cool one for a reaction and just so you know yes they do it live. Actually they won't do a song if they can't do it live and if they use any instruments you'll see it in the video and in concert. Any song you choose to react to will be great. They never miss.
If you like Avi's voice (the bass) you should check out some of his solo work. Most start with Change on the Rise but anything you pick will astonish you
Technology has been both good and terrible for humanity. We can interact with people across the world but we have lost the ability to communicate effectively in person, overall. It’s up to us to to figure out how to minimize the negative impacts of tech in our lives while living and utilizing tech. :)
I’m sure you probably have been requested to do “Sound of Silence” you REALLY should check it out. After that, if you’ve never seen it, you should react to “Disturbed” also. Believe me you won’t regret watching them. I mean REALLY won’t listening to both versions.
Do you think that some day we will stop judging people on the color of their skin, where they from in the world, or the language they speak? Just except them as they are.
Pentatonix is very good. I only know of one acapella singing group that's better (namely, VoicePlay), and even then, Pentatonix is better at doing the EDM style that they're known for. Voctave is arguably better at harmony, specifically, but their arrangements and beat boxing are not in the same quality tier as PTX or VP (which, granted, is a rather high standard), and they need more singers to fill out the wall of sound (they're almost a choir), and subjectively to my way of thinking they're not as good at making the music *fun* , so overall I do not rate them as highly. And somebody's going to jump in and say Home Free, but they mostly sing country music, so screw them and the rusty pickup they rode in on.
WHY WONT YOU REACT TO THE ONLY A FEMALE A CAPELLA GROUP CITIZEN QUEEN { THEY WERE FORMED BY SCOTT OF PENTATONIX} AND THEIR COVER OF KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG THEY ARE THE SISTER GROUP TO PENTATONIX !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pentatonix is great
I think they really upped the message of this song to be even more inclusive for all. If they, with all their different backgrounds and stories can make up this stunning group and be such good friends, then, so can we. When I first saw them with their cards, then the vocal buildup. It sounded like bells pealing through the world. It's stunning! Also, I would love to see your reaction to their cover of 'Can't Hold Us' by Macklemore and Lewis They RAP!!
I was happy to see you reacting to Pentatonix again. Thank you. They are amazing. The message of the song is still relevant today.
I'm not sure of you caught it, but each of the cards not only describes the person holding it, but the word on the card when they pass it to the next person is what they have on common so Mitch to Scott "LGBTQ+" Scott to Avi "Man" Avi to Kevin "American" & Kevin to Kirstie "Christian"! Cool huh?! Great reaction!
It was the first time Scott came out publicly
@@katherinehite1635 I love the eye contact Mitch makes with Scott when he passes the card. I’ve always interpreted it as Mitch saying “you got this”.
@@katherinehite1635 Aside from the Superfruit videos, which has over 2.4 million subscribers and @ 420 million views. For example Rise was released in September of 2016...a full year before the release of Pentatonix Imagine. For those who aren't aware, Superfruit's rendition of Rise (released just a month following Katy Perry's original) was performed as a tribute to the victims of the shootings at Pulse nightclub in Orlando (which left 49 dead and another 53 wounded). It was well known at the time that the 5 performers were all in the LGBTQ+ community.
@@dtwolfe63 she was getting at the fact that this was Scott's very first time publicly acknowledging that he was LGBT. Yes they did Rise for the Pulse nightclub shooting but nowhere in their letter in the video description did it mention that all the artists were gay. And yes most of us assumed about Scott but up until this video was released he had always avoided the subject of his sexuality and kept his boyfriends at the time on the downlow. He wanted you to believe that Alex was a close friend. It wasn't until Mark that he publicly shared his boyfriend and his feelings for him with everyone.
@@jcs1025 That was a touching moment for sure! Exactly how I interpreted it too.
Avi Kaplan, the bass singer, has a 5 octave vocal range and often surprises people with how high he can go. In his solo career, after leaving Pentatonix 4 years ago, it has become a game among his fans trying to figure out whether they are going to hear a bass/baritone or one sung in more of a low tenor/baritone tone. His latest releases went from deep baritone/bass, "First Place I Go" to a higher tone in both "All's Well" and "I Can't Lie".
This song was something Pentatonix wanted to do before he left because of the additional ethnic and religious diversity having him in the band represented.
This is my favorite song by PTX it’s just overall beautiful
you're right, this song really applies. so does 'mad world'.
One of the greatest songs ever written. The best music comes from the UK! ❤
Thanks for your reaction.
awesome.....such a great vocal performance and message.
Thank you, Kabir, for your reaction to Imagine sung by the magically Pentatonix. I don't have to tell you how good Pentatonix is. They are in a league of their own.
Thank you for another great reaction to one of my favorite performances. When they all come together with “live as one,” you just got hit with their WALL OF SOUND. Please keep the PTX reactions coming 💕
Well done, and thanks. I’ve been a fan of PTX for a minute now, and, despite all the world’s ills, things have gotten better since this song first came out. No member of Pentatonix would have had an easy time back then. Being gay, black, Jewish and Latina, they all would have had to address blatant prejudice in 60s or 70s America. Still room for improvement, no doubt, but there has been improvement in that sense. You may be interested in Superfruit, a side project for several years by Mitch and Scott. Their Frozen medley (with Kirsten too) is really good, with hilarious bloopers at the very end. And their original Guy.Exe is fun. Peace from Ohio …
We can all thank Yoko Ono for this one. John would be very proud of this cover. RIP.
Ahhh!!! I've requested that you react to this one more than once - so happy you finally have! Also, if you enjoy Avi's low bass notes, you definitely need to check out his collaboration with Home Free for "Ring of Fire" (originally by Johnny Cash). Both he and HF's bass Tim Foust hit some ridiculously low notes! Avi Kaplan has also released some awesome original music since going solo in 2017.
Yes Yes Yes Avi's solo music is amazing and so diverse, Change on the Rise is his most viewed, And he has 3 new Releases First Place I Go, All is Well featuring Joy Williams and I Can't Lie. He also has a few covers House of the Rising Sun, Lean on ME and Outkast's Hey Ya.
thanks for returning to Pentatonix. I subscribed to your channel about a year ago and I am very pleased at all of the diverse content that you post. You are one of my favorite TH-cam channels, So keep up the good work my friend!
Thanks so much :)
That bassy, bass is Avi Kaplan,
He left the group a few years back and has a solo career now. He and his band are leaving day after tomorrow for his European tour.
From time to time, he will get up in the morning, start a live stream and chat with and sing to his fans.
No recording studio, no fanfare, he just gets his guitar, sits somewhere in his cabin deep in the forest, and just sings.
Here is him singing one of his songs. Not really asking you to react to it, but just to listen to him.
Other Side (Kaplan)
(39954) Avi Kaplan - Otherside (Lower Version) [IG Livestream 4/11/20] - TH-cam
one of their best
Really enjoy your videos and I so appreciated hearing this beautiful version of Imagine😃
Imagine all the people...living life in peace...✊💙🇺🇦
Also that is John Lennon's song. After the Beatles broke up.
I believe the version of the song they based this on is Lennon's solo singing with piano. PTX's background pulsing "doo doo doo" is re-creating the piano part. The message they emphasized was a plea for racial / ethnic harmony, which was a big thing in the US that year; this came out just a few months before Charlottesville. But Lennon's original message -- that without religion and borders everyone could live in peace -- is really appropriate right now.
It’s not just a version it is a John Lennon song. Was never done by the Beatles.
AIYEEEEEEEE!!!!! Happy belated birthday to meeeeee!!! ty ty ty ty ty soooooo much Kabir for doing this one!!! PTX is so freaking incredible!!!!! LOVE all of your videos...keep them coming gorgeous!!! Stay safe, healthy, and most of all HAPPY!!!
Happy belated birthday Tali :)
Fun and astute take on this, thanks! Love this PTX cover.
Enjoyed this reaction but actually it's a John Lennon song. I'd like to see you do a reaction on Sound of Silence a song from the late 60's I believe. It's got Matt the bass that replaced Avi, dark haired guy with the beard. Avi left in latter part of 2017 on good terms and Matt, officially, joined in early 2018. I'd also recommend their originals Love Me When I Don't, Be My Eyes. Their cover of Daft Punk medley won them their 1st Grammy and was taped in Kevin and Avi's apartment in Avi's closet, and would be a cool one for a reaction and just so you know yes they do it live. Actually they won't do a song if they can't do it live and if they use any instruments you'll see it in the video and in concert. Any song you choose to react to will be great. They never miss.
Who is in the band The Beatles.
@@auntiecarrollyn1 lol Ringo, George, Paul and yes John. He wrote Imagine and it was released in 1971 after the group broke up.
Recommend their Rather Be, Come Along, and Amazing Grace.
If you like Avi's voice (the bass) you should check out some of his solo work. Most start with Change on the Rise but anything you pick will astonish you
Wasn’t it so profound. So beautiful. Loved your reaction.
Actually, it's not a Beatles song, it's a John Lennon song...
Oh so you're a bass too. Nice voice.
Beautiful performance with a beautiful message ❤️🙌
My favorite Beatles song.😊
I see you play guitar. You should listen to Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood - Live at the El Mocambo.
It was a John Lennon song :) But they are extremely gifted that’s for sure…
Please react to Pentatonix Shallow, and New rules x Are you that somebody.
Actuality john lennon. But great message
Honestly, if you want to hear a bass voice, listen to "hoist the colours by voiceplay " another acapella group
John Lennon himself described this as the Communist Manifesto.
Technology has been both good and terrible for humanity. We can interact with people across the world but we have lost the ability to communicate effectively in person, overall. It’s up to us to to figure out how to minimize the negative impacts of tech in our lives while living and utilizing tech. :)
I hope one day you will react to Bobby McFerrin .
Not "the Beatles," but John Lennon with his wife, Yoko Ono. And these folks nail it.
Not quite The Beatles, Kabir. Just John Lennon.
🇺🇸🇬🇧
I’m sure you probably have been requested to do “Sound of Silence” you REALLY should check it out. After that, if you’ve never seen it, you should react to “Disturbed” also. Believe me you won’t regret watching them. I mean REALLY won’t listening to both versions.
Not The Beatles. JOHN LENNON. He wrote and recorded it AFTER The Beatles broke up.
Not the Beatles. It's John Lennon solo
Not The Beatles. This was John Lennon Solo
Not Beatles, John Lennon solo.
Do you think that some day we will stop judging people on the color of their skin, where they from in the world, or the language they speak? Just except them as they are.
✌️✌️❤️❤️✊🏻❤️
I hope you react to Jeff Dunham
John Lennon not the BEATLES.
Not a Beatles song
Avi...
Pentatonix is very good. I only know of one acapella singing group that's better (namely, VoicePlay), and even then, Pentatonix is better at doing the EDM style that they're known for.
Voctave is arguably better at harmony, specifically, but their arrangements and beat boxing are not in the same quality tier as PTX or VP (which, granted, is a rather high standard), and they need more singers to fill out the wall of sound (they're almost a choir), and subjectively to my way of thinking they're not as good at making the music *fun* , so overall I do not rate them as highly. And somebody's going to jump in and say Home Free, but they mostly sing country music, so screw them and the rusty pickup they rode in on.
No, we're losing ground!
I would rather see more Pentatonix and LESS Karens. Karens don't deserve our attention.
WHY WONT YOU REACT TO THE ONLY A FEMALE A CAPELLA GROUP CITIZEN QUEEN { THEY WERE FORMED BY SCOTT OF PENTATONIX} AND THEIR COVER OF KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONG THEY ARE THE SISTER GROUP TO PENTATONIX !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Imagine no possessions..."
Wonder how much Yoko Ono has spent on sunglasses? 🤪
Kabir, Listen to Home Free, When A Man Loves A Woman. I think their a better group.