All voices, grunts, growls, background singers and choir are Avi's voice. He has a phenomenal range. He was classically trained and had an L.A. Opera House hire in hand when Scott Hoying found him to be the bass for PTX. His resonance is superb and I cannot find another bass I like as well as Avi's. Thank you for reacting to my favorite singer.
Cina, thank you for this reaction. I am SO pleased you didn't keep stopping and chatting ~ there was no need, your facial expressions were enough!!!! The fact that you played it 3 times was a bonus for me! I adore Avi ~~~ a very special man and that voice, well enough said, but thank you again.
This is his most well-known solo song, but anything you listen to from his solo catalog is amazing. I refer to his music as "soul-cleansing". This is the kind of amazing music he was holding inside of him in his final months with Pentatonix. He needed to break free from the group to unleash this magnificent art on the world!
Absolutely loved your reaction. Yes "this guy" cuts to the heart and soul of it. So powerful and such a beautiful voice. This song could be an anthem song for a movie. It has been featured on a tv show entitled resident alien. So many things this song could be about. Avi was leaving PTX and starting a new career... that was a big change. He had some personal struggles he was dealing with and he sings about them in another of his songs Quarter Past Four. Change on the Rise also seems a bit foretelling. We have experienced so many changes in the world over the past couple of years that have been rising up. On another note, for something a little lighter, Adeline is an upbeat fun folk song about a time when he was smitten and in love. Looking forward to more Avi!!!!!!
I love it when you're silently searching for the correct adjectives to describe the obvious emotion the song brought out in you! So just play it three times!🤣
I just knew the interruption wouldn’t be necessary the second time through. :-) That heartbeat rhythm gets me every time and we could see you responding to it, too. Thanks for the reaction.
For another of his solo works I really like Quarter Past Four and Aberdeen. Neither have the driving beat/force of this one but they have that folk music feeling. Great hopeful messaging and very personal.
All of Avi's solo music has a Folk/ Country / Americana vibe to it and although each is song different from the others they are all AMAZING! This really made my day! I love Avi's music and your reactions. Wonderful way to close the week. Thank you!
Love that you were nervous before you even started this! And that you had to listen to it twice before “the interruption” which never came. Aviously you were blown away ;) He is truly a remarkable talent. All voices and sounds in this song are Avi apart from a small section of tambourine and synth organ. I’d recommend another one of his songs but they’re all fantastic so you can’t really go wrong. People will undoubtedly chime in with their favourites though. Thanks for reacting :)
Sir, you said country, may I present the All Vocal Country Band-Home Free! They’re a countrified PTX. Try it, think you’ll like it. Their cover of Man of Constant Sorrow is a good place to start!
Yayyy so happy you got to this! If you wanna feel at complete and utter peace, check out the video for “Otherside”. Also “Full Moon” is a sleeper masterpiece IMO, his layering is incredible, it’s dark and haunting
Yep. That's Avi Kaplan. I get vey strong Native American vibes from this. Magnificent. If you like Native American feels I recommend some Buffy Sainte-Marie who has been an amazing singer, song writer and advocate for Native Americans since the 60s. One of my favourites is a love song called "Until it's Time for You to Go" from 1965. Another with mystical vibes is "God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot" from 1969. The latest album I have of hers is from 2015.
I'm not sure where you live, but Avi has a European tour scheduled to start in March 2022 in St. Petersburg, Russia, followed by Moscow, then other cities like Prague, Zurich, London, Paris, etc. I've been to 3 of his concerts, and they were 3 of the top 5 I've ever been to. Worth traveling for (I flew from San Francisco to Texas for the last 2 shows of his 2019 tour - well worth it!).
WOW Have been missing out. I must admit that I haven’t heard any of Avi’ solo work. This is SOOOOOO Great, what a super beat, but I sure do miss him with PTX. Will be listening to more of Avi for sure! Thank you for checking him out and sharing with us.
This song will calm my stressed out nerves like no other song has done in years! It's on repeat on my playlist. 🌹❤️😊If you want to add to your acapella list check out Home Free, they are the only country acapella group there is. Avi has collaborated with them on their version of Ring of Fire. You can't go wrong with any song by them or another acapella group named Voice Play. Both these groups don't have a problem doing beautiful serious songs and aren't afraid of doing the sillier songs they both have an amazing bass singer and sound SO good Geoff(jeff) Castelucci is the bass for Voice Play & has his own channel on you tube which is amazing. His music & readings showcase his mellow baritone & his VERY low bass notes. Tim Foust is the bass singer for Home Free & can rattle windows. So so good. I hope you will have some time to check them out. Love watching your facial reactions & letting the music tell the story of Avi & Pentatonix. Til next time, have a blessed day😊❤️ I ended up binge watching all your reactions to Pentatonix & Avi last night. So very good😊❤️🌹
Thanks for reacting to Avi. If you like this one, you may like Chains as well (I don't think there is an MV, just audio). He just dropped a new song of his today on his solo channel, First Place I Go! More of a country vibe too and just Avi playing guitar with his band and singing his soul out. Love it. Hope you'll react to it as well.
Yesss! Avi! That smile as soon as Avi starts singing..I knew he had you. I love that your second "interruption" video had no interruptions and you had to listen a third time. 💚 I'm here for all of it. You should check out his ode to the Full moon. th-cam.com/video/0IOXovCH9eE/w-d-xo.html
Freaking awesome song and loved the reaction. I feel like i could have watched it with you another 5 or 10 times. Hope you get a chance to listen to Avi do "House of the Rising Sun", even if you don't react to it. All of his songs are great, but that one, and this one, are by far my favorite 2. Any who, thank you again! As always, I'm Looking for to your next reaction. Til then, take care and stay safe! 😊👽🖤💚
This is my favorite version of Avi's cover of "House of the Rising Sun", from his August 24, 2019 show in Dallas. (Sorry it's not in great focus, but when you're shooting on the fly, you don't know how well it's going to look. At least the sound is great.) His touring band was mostly members of a cappella group Streetcorner Symphony, hence why they're so good. th-cam.com/video/Hk_Mh4SweXQ/w-d-xo.html
I understand being carried away by the song. I do wish you added a bit more commentary, but I loved the video anyway. BTW, at one point you mentioned "Country". I can understand the association, but I think this song is technically classified as "American Folk". Songs in that genre vary (they won't necessarily have a deep voice like Avi's) but if you want meaningful, powerful, and tribal that's a place to look. Or .. How about Mongolian? There is a group called the Hu using traditional instruments and some Mongolian throat singing. For the same vibe and even more intensity than _Change on the Rist,_ I suggest _Wolf Totem._ See: th-cam.com/video/jM8dCGIm6yc/w-d-xo.html Make sure you listen with Closed Captioning (CC) on. There is a professional English (or several other languages) translation beneath. The video is scaled to show it, and if you don't have it on, you'll just see an empty black bar. Much better to read the lyrics adapted from a centuries-old battle song which may have been sung by the forces of Genghis Khan, or maybe pre-warrior youth back home. On the 2nd or 3rd viewing try this: one minute into the video set the playback speed to 0.75. It's one of the few videos where a slower speed doesn't degrade and gives it a different character worth watching.
Thought you said there were going to be lots of pauses the 2nd time through. Or was it the 3rd time? 😈 Looked to me like you were just coming up with 3 different ways to mosh to it.
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All voices, grunts, growls, background singers and choir are Avi's voice.
He has a phenomenal range. He was classically trained and had an L.A. Opera House hire in hand when Scott Hoying found him to be the bass for PTX.
His resonance is superb and I cannot find another bass I like as well as Avi's.
Thank you for reacting to my favorite singer.
🙏❤️💜
I know what you mean Tim and Geoff are extremely good but I feel Avi has more musicality in his voice
This song always reminded me of a cross between a Celtic warrior song and an African-American spiritual.
This is why Avi was my favorite member of Pentatonix. This is not my kind of music, but I love it.
He’s proved he’s so much more than the bass singer
Cina, thank you for this reaction. I am SO pleased you didn't keep stopping and chatting ~ there was no need, your facial expressions were enough!!!! The fact that you played it 3 times was a bonus for me! I adore Avi ~~~ a very special man and that voice, well enough said, but thank you again.
This is his most well-known solo song, but anything you listen to from his solo catalog is amazing. I refer to his music as "soul-cleansing". This is the kind of amazing music he was holding inside of him in his final months with Pentatonix. He needed to break free from the group to unleash this magnificent art on the world!
It definitely is "Soul-Cleansing".
I 100% agree! My personal fave is the studio version of Full Moon. It is so gorgeous!
So very true
Absolutely loved your reaction. Yes "this guy" cuts to the heart and soul of it. So powerful and such a beautiful voice. This song could be an anthem song for a movie. It has been featured on a tv show entitled resident alien. So many things this song could be about. Avi was leaving PTX and starting a new career... that was a big change. He had some personal struggles he was dealing with and he sings about them in another of his songs Quarter Past Four. Change on the Rise also seems a bit foretelling. We have experienced so many changes in the world over the past couple of years that have been rising up. On another note, for something a little lighter, Adeline is an upbeat fun folk song about a time when he was smitten and in love. Looking forward to more Avi!!!!!!
wow, Sure🙏❤️💜
I love it when you're silently searching for the correct adjectives to describe the obvious emotion the song brought out in you! So just play it three times!🤣
😅❤️💜
Avi is a force to be reckoned with! One of best bass voices I've ever heard.
Totally agree
Avi really shines...
I just knew the interruption wouldn’t be necessary the second time through. :-) That heartbeat rhythm gets me every time and we could see you responding to it, too. Thanks for the reaction.
Exactly 🙏❤️💜
Same..love this!
I loooooove this song is my favorite
Please react Home free feat Avi Kaplan ring of fire. ( johnny cash cover)
My god "Ring of Fire"
For absolute Sure :|
For another of his solo works I really like Quarter Past Four and Aberdeen. Neither have the driving beat/force of this one but they have that folk music feeling. Great hopeful messaging and very personal.
AVI IS PURE TALENT
All of Avi's solo music has a Folk/ Country / Americana vibe to it and although each is song different from the others they are all AMAZING! This really made my day! I love Avi's music and your reactions. Wonderful way to close the week. Thank you!
Wow, And you made my day with your comment 🙏❤️💜
His song “It Knows Me” is also fantastic!
Have it on my watchlist 🙏❤️💜
It’s brilliant
This is my favorite. 🙂🙂🤗
Your enjoyment while you listened was apparent. No words were needed. We all know.
🙏❤️💜
Love that you were nervous before you even started this! And that you had to listen to it twice before “the interruption” which never came. Aviously you were blown away ;) He is truly a remarkable talent.
All voices and sounds in this song are Avi apart from a small section of tambourine and synth organ. I’d recommend another one of his songs but they’re all fantastic so you can’t really go wrong. People will undoubtedly chime in with their favourites though. Thanks for reacting :)
I think I played it more than 100 times, I'm Listening to it right now :|
@@CinaKhaledi
I love this song. I love most songs Avi sings.
Smooth...
I Really enjoyed
I love this song. Glad you’re enjoying it. You can feel this one deep in the soul.
Agree!
Now "It Knows Me".
Sure.
You're right, the song says it ALL... Great reaction....
I LOVE all of Avi’s music! Quarter Past Four is one of my favorites. There are too many to name. Love your reactions.
Thank you, Glad you liked it🙏❤️💜
More Avi! Nice reaction! Thank you!
Avi Kaplan is my favorite artist! LOVED your reaction ~~ Warm Thanks! Hope you do many more reactions to this amazing man!
Thank you so much 🙏❤️💜 For sure I will.
Sir, you said country, may I present the All Vocal Country Band-Home Free! They’re a countrified PTX. Try it, think you’ll like it. Their cover of Man of Constant Sorrow is a good place to start!
For sure, Added to my watchlist, I LOVE country music 🙏❤️💜
Yayyy so happy you got to this! If you wanna feel at complete and utter peace, check out the video for “Otherside”. Also “Full Moon” is a sleeper masterpiece IMO, his layering is incredible, it’s dark and haunting
Absolutely, Added both 🙏❤️💜
@@CinaKhaledi excellent! Thank you so much!!
Yep. That's Avi Kaplan. I get vey strong Native American vibes from this. Magnificent.
If you like Native American feels I recommend some Buffy Sainte-Marie who has been an amazing singer, song writer and advocate for Native Americans since the 60s. One of my favourites is a love song called "Until it's Time for You to Go" from 1965. Another with mystical vibes is "God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot" from 1969. The latest album I have of hers is from 2015.
I love it, Added to my watchlist 🙏❤️💜
I listen over and over, I get it. Amazing song
I'm not sure where you live, but Avi has a European tour scheduled to start in March 2022 in St. Petersburg, Russia, followed by Moscow, then other cities like Prague, Zurich, London, Paris, etc. I've been to 3 of his concerts, and they were 3 of the top 5 I've ever been to. Worth traveling for (I flew from San Francisco to Texas for the last 2 shows of his 2019 tour - well worth it!).
Hope to see him really soon 🙏❤️💜
WOW Have been missing out. I must admit that I haven’t heard any of Avi’ solo work. This is SOOOOOO Great, what a super beat, but I sure do miss him with PTX. Will be listening to more of Avi for sure! Thank you for checking him out and sharing with us.
He is wonderful and on repeat for me 😅❤️💜
This song will calm my stressed out nerves like no other song has done in years! It's on repeat on my playlist. 🌹❤️😊If you want to add to your acapella list check out Home Free, they are the only country acapella group there is. Avi has collaborated with them on their version of Ring of Fire. You can't go wrong with any song by them or another acapella group named Voice Play. Both these groups don't have a problem doing beautiful serious songs and aren't afraid of doing the sillier songs they both have an amazing bass singer and sound SO good
Geoff(jeff) Castelucci is the bass for Voice Play & has his own channel on you tube which is amazing. His music & readings showcase his mellow baritone & his VERY low bass notes. Tim Foust is the bass singer for Home Free & can rattle windows. So so good. I hope you will have some time to check them out. Love watching your facial reactions & letting the music tell the story of Avi & Pentatonix. Til next time, have a blessed day😊❤️
I ended up binge watching all your reactions to Pentatonix & Avi last night. So very good😊❤️🌹
Glad you liked them and thank you so much 🙏❤️💜 I have both Home Free and Voice Play on my watchlist, For sure.
Best reaction ever👍😄can't find the words?? Just listen again...and again!!😃excellent!!you're awesome!! Thank you so much!!✌
Thank you so much 😅❤️💜
Thanks for reacting to Avi. If you like this one, you may like Chains as well (I don't think there is an MV, just audio). He just dropped a new song of his today on his solo channel, First Place I Go! More of a country vibe too and just Avi playing guitar with his band and singing his soul out. Love it. Hope you'll react to it as well.
Yesss! Avi! That smile as soon as Avi starts singing..I knew he had you. I love that your second "interruption" video had no interruptions and you had to listen a third time. 💚 I'm here for all of it. You should check out his ode to the Full moon. th-cam.com/video/0IOXovCH9eE/w-d-xo.html
Couldn't and wouldn't want to interrupt.
And thank you so much I will 🙏❤️💜
Freaking awesome song and loved the reaction. I feel like i could have watched it with you another 5 or 10 times. Hope you get a chance to listen to Avi do "House of the Rising Sun", even if you don't react to it. All of his songs are great, but that one, and this one, are by far my favorite 2. Any who, thank you again! As always, I'm Looking for to your next reaction. Til then, take care and stay safe! 😊👽🖤💚
This is my favorite version of Avi's cover of "House of the Rising Sun", from his August 24, 2019 show in Dallas. (Sorry it's not in great focus, but when you're shooting on the fly, you don't know how well it's going to look. At least the sound is great.) His touring band was mostly members of a cappella group Streetcorner Symphony, hence why they're so good. th-cam.com/video/Hk_Mh4SweXQ/w-d-xo.html
@@charlottevan_8 Definitely a great version of it for sure!! Thanks for sharing!! 💚🖤
For sure, I love that song and now I love Avi, On my Definite Watchlist, And thank you so much as always🙏❤️💜
You will probably love this but please do down soon!!!
I fully agree. But to be clear for Cina, _Down_ is on Kevin's channel.
I think you meant "Get Down", which is also one of my favorites, and an under-appreciated song. I love the gradual layering he does in it. Masterful!
Here's "Get Down", just the second time he'd performed it, stripped down and kickin'. th-cam.com/video/KR9U-f-fmZs/w-d-xo.html
For sure, Added to my watchlist 🙏❤️💜
@@r0kus Thanks for that. It's been recommended a ton in the comments but that was confusing. I appreciate you.
I understand being carried away by the song. I do wish you added a bit more commentary, but I loved the video anyway. BTW, at one point you mentioned "Country". I can understand the association, but I think this song is technically classified as "American Folk". Songs in that genre vary (they won't necessarily have a deep voice like Avi's) but if you want meaningful, powerful, and tribal that's a place to look. Or ..
How about Mongolian? There is a group called the Hu using traditional instruments and some Mongolian throat singing. For the same vibe and even more intensity than _Change on the Rist,_ I suggest _Wolf Totem._ See: th-cam.com/video/jM8dCGIm6yc/w-d-xo.html
Make sure you listen with Closed Captioning (CC) on. There is a professional English (or several other languages) translation beneath. The video is scaled to show it, and if you don't have it on, you'll just see an empty black bar. Much better to read the lyrics adapted from a centuries-old battle song which may have been sung by the forces of Genghis Khan, or maybe pre-warrior youth back home. On the 2nd or 3rd viewing try this: one minute into the video set the playback speed to 0.75. It's one of the few videos where a slower speed doesn't degrade and gives it a different character worth watching.
Woww, I should watch this, Thanks a lot 🙏❤️💜
Thought you said there were going to be lots of pauses the 2nd time through. Or was it the 3rd time? 😈 Looked to me like you were just coming up with 3 different ways to mosh to it.
I truly believe that Avi is Jesus Christ reincarnated
AVIII IS PURE TALENT
Couldn’t agree more