The thing about Pentatonix medleys like this is -- it's one take. It's not spliced, or cut up. This is them singing for 6ish minutes and sounding like that. Mind blowing.
You may be a "knucklehead fool" but you are our knucklehead fool and we wouldn't trade you for anyone!!! You make me so happy. Love you Van.Thanks peace and blessings man.
Don't ever feel embarrassed to admit you were a Michael Jackson fan, he was a rare phenomenon, that was a genre all his own, & entertained with his heart & soul. It is the people who didn't like Micheal Jackson, I would be concerned with!
Look, everybody's gangsta until one of three things happens: 1) Your grandmama tells you to do something. 2) A toddler hands you a fake phone for a phone call. 3) Michael Jackson music is playing.
Such a funny reaction. 👍🏼 FYI: This is a live recording. Whenever you see them sitting or standing in a video with visible mics. They are shooting those in one take. They are very focused on arrangements.
We are Pentaholics because we can’t get enough & keep coming back for more! Welcome to the club! Fresh off seeing them live at their Christmas concert where the Trio grew up. Yes. They have been singing together a LONG time!
When PTX performed on the Sing Off (the show they won, not your gospel choir lead sing off 😆) they really stood out for their medleys. They mix things like others wouldn’t have thought of, and their transitions are stellar. Daft Punk was one. Another excellent medley is the 90’s Dance Medley. They even did a little Cher homage in that. Their Evolution of Ariana and Evo of Rihanna are also very good.
No group could ever do MJ any justice. He was one of the greatest of our times and u could tell it was the passion of his life. He put his all into his music and thats why they are so great. I was also a huge MJ fan. I don't for one minute believe any of the shite. The media can demonise and all too often still do, paint whatever picture they want of stars and ruin them. These people should be held accountable for some of the stories they run with destroying peoples lives. Especially those that speak out against the "big machine" that is the music industry, which michael did. Pink floyds welcome to the machine, listen to the lyrics, u'll understand it once u know what the machine is!
PTX fans like to say that they don't do covers, they do upgrades! Love your reactions and how you admit that these are angels/aliens to have as much talent as they do! Some to check out ; Can't Hold Us, Do You Feel The Love Tonight, Sing, oh heck... anything in their catalogue will work!
No need to apologize about being a Michael Jackson fan. I'm unapologetically a fan from the beginning and for life. The man was a musical genius. He had talent leaking out of his pours. RIP Michael Jackson 💔 the world is a lesser place without you in it
Avi Kaplan is the white bearded guy who does the bass. He and Kevin the beatboxer were roommates for years when they were starting out. Avi taught Kevin to sing (he was an instrumentalist on cello and saxophone coming into the group). They are still friends and Kevin mentioned recently that he was in Nashville and went over to Avi's for dinner. Avi left after 6 years and does his own music as a singer-songwriter now. If you want to hear Avi actually sing try "Change On the Rise" or "First Place I Go" on his UA-cam channel under his own name Avi Kaplan.
You are correct, the original three grew up together in Arlington, Texas USA. Scott met Mitch when they were 10 years old and were together 24/7 through their youth. Mitch met Kirstin around age 8 as they were in Community Arts Theater. PTX just celebrated their 10th anniversary but the trio has been singing together for almost 20 years. Mitch has shorter than average Vocal Cords that help create his sound. They were training their voices before the usual male voice change as they went through puberty together.
Welcome to the Pentaholics nation! 🥰 Love your reactions! Keep the PTX coming. You have a long way to go. Come Along, their originals Love Again and Sing. 90’s Dance Medley. So many to choose from.
If you mean my introduction to Pentatonix, that would be back in 2011 when my wife and her sister grabbed me to watch this group on SingOff season 3 week 5. I was astonished by what I heard. What made it more impressive was that I found out that Kevin, their beatboxer, showed up the day of the show for the first week. Yet they still popped it. They cleared the fence with room to spare. 420 feet to straightaway rightfield. That's at least 20 rows back. Or maybe it's "He pulls up from 35 feet and sends up a prayer, then whoosh... nothing but net. If you mean this video, I saw it for the first time about a month after they released it with a different reactor.
I think at some point almost everyone realizes they're an MJ fan. Loved this reaction. You were clearly having a LOT of fun! As for when I watched this for the first time, it is Friday, 1/7/22 at 2:29am. Insomnia in Texas for the win! LOL Oh, and I'm sure someone else already pointed it out, but yay for getting Kirstie's name right...but you called Scott, Kevin. Hehe
Scott (tall blonde) always lighted up when he brings the r&b in..... They sang Marvin Gaye on the sing off & Shawn from Boyz to men flipped out...... That's he Good it was....
Have you reacted to their Daft Punk Medley? ( Get Lucky, Blurred Lines, etc.) It won a Grammy and is epic! JoJo is coming along nicely, Pops! Aaaand I love watching you dance and sing along.
Loved this reaction! A walk down memory lane. Hope you keep reacting to Pentatonix, they are absolutely amazing! You could check out 90's dance music, its great too. 😁😁😎
So glad you enjoyed that! You had a smile through the whole video which made me smile. Their transitions are phenomenal, their evolution videos are so much fun. ☺️
Everytime I hear MJ's music I inevitably feel broken hearted for a young man who had his childhood stolen from him and was never allowed to just be a kid and grow up and be happy... Amazing artist regardless...King of Pop; he was completely embedded in American culture, in all of us regardless of background...
🤩🤩 I've watched them since their first performance together ever on the SingOff acapella talent show. Ask any Pentaholic the background on any person, any song and we can overwhelm you with trivia. Notice that all their "Evolution Of" and most medley videos are recorded in one take.
I had to laugh at the fake jacket with all the zippers. Hey!, you were handling your business back then and probably looked fly. If you knew how to dance, even better. I didn't have a jacket but I did go to his concert....twice! Best concerts ever. PTX killed this. Thanks for reacting to this.
Your reaction videos are my favorite man, I love your commentary. I fell in love with pentatonix in high school YEARS ago & even went to a concert of theirs. but I just got back into listening to them recently and I love seeing other peoples reactions…especially to Mitch and Avi ♥️
Absolutely love your reactions and love when your son is there too!! theres nothing like seeing other people react to songs (or medleys) that you love!! I live alone and just watching your reactions make me feel like im hanging out with a friend showing them a video for the first time!!!
well, we Pentaholics have a little rule to be able to call yourself a real Pentaholic, you have to know all their names on the correct members. the three in the back, Mitch, Kirstin(nick name: Kirstie), Scott(in the middle). Avi and Kevin in the front. In 2017 Avi(the one who looks like Jesus) left the group and was replaced by Matt. Scott and Kirstie both met Mitch the first time when they were 8 years old, Scott met Kirstie the first time in High School. Mitch, Kirstin and Scott all went to the same High School. they basically grew up together. We call them The Trio. Mitch has dated Kirstie and Scott. Scott wanted to Audition for a show called "The Sing Off", but they had to be at least 5 members to Audition, so they added a Bassinger and a Beat boxer. they found Kevin through UA-cam and Avi Through a friend. the first time the whole group sang together was only one day before the Audition. they ended up winning the show, they won a record label (Sony), they got dropped by the label however the label dropped the group, so they started posting content on UA-cam and clearly it paid off.
Kevin is the beat boxer and the blonde in the back is Scott and yes they’ve been singing together forever. Also “Jesus” is Avi, and he’s left the group (on good terms) and Matt is the new Bass.
So I could recommend my favourites but really every song they cover is so good. And so many are not covers but upgrades…. Welcome to the Pentaholics fan club and just enjoy the ride dude!!!! You know you have it bad when your new hobby is searching UA-cam for first reactions of their songs so you can relive that first time of seeing them over and over again 😊
Loved your reaction--so glad you enjoyed yourself! The best suggestion I have for you is to check out their playlist and react to songs you know and love-- enjoy yourself cause we love to see that!
Van, you had me crying laughing in this one lol... I am a lilly white guy and had a head to toe blue Michael Jackson zipper outfit in the late 80's lmao... Embarrassing but great times to joke about with my friends and kiddos haha
The thing about Pentatonix medleys like this is -- it's one take. It's not spliced, or cut up. This is them singing for 6ish minutes and sounding like that. Mind blowing.
And tons of hours of prep. They can sing off eachother a room away. I am a guitarist, pianist, sax player, singer, but they are f'n, musicians.
You may be a "knucklehead fool" but you are our knucklehead fool and we wouldn't trade you for anyone!!! You make me so happy. Love you Van.Thanks peace and blessings man.
Don't ever feel embarrassed to admit you were a Michael Jackson fan, he was a rare phenomenon, that was a genre all his own, & entertained with his heart & soul. It is the people who didn't like Micheal Jackson, I would be concerned with!
💯
Look, everybody's gangsta until one of three things happens: 1) Your grandmama tells you to do something. 2) A toddler hands you a fake phone for a phone call. 3) Michael Jackson music is playing.
Or a kid hands You a little toy car, truck! You're gonna do the vroom vroom !! Lol
Such a funny reaction. 👍🏼
FYI: This is a live recording. Whenever you see them sitting or standing in a video with visible mics. They are shooting those in one take. They are very focused on arrangements.
We are Pentaholics because we can’t get enough & keep coming back for more! Welcome to the club! Fresh off seeing them live at their Christmas concert where the Trio grew up. Yes. They have been singing together a LONG time!
When PTX performed on the Sing Off (the show they won, not your gospel choir lead sing off 😆) they really stood out for their medleys. They mix things like others wouldn’t have thought of, and their transitions are stellar. Daft Punk was one. Another excellent medley is the 90’s Dance Medley. They even did a little Cher homage in that. Their Evolution of Ariana and Evo of Rihanna are also very good.
Try "Gold" Mitch is not human!! Love the reactions!!
Definitely 👍🏻. Mitch is otherworldly ❤️
Next up…
Pentatonix - New Rules X Are You That Somebody 🙏
One of their older covers "Say Something " it's great!
MJ, king of pop…still king - timeless
Thanks for your fantastic reaction! I'm right there with you - I knew all of the songs too - even though I hadn't realized how much I loved his music!
No group could ever do MJ any justice. He was one of the greatest of our times and u could tell it was the passion of his life. He put his all into his music and thats why they are so great. I was also a huge MJ fan. I don't for one minute believe any of the shite. The media can demonise and all too often still do, paint whatever picture they want of stars and ruin them. These people should be held accountable for some of the stories they run with destroying peoples lives. Especially those that speak out against the "big machine" that is the music industry, which michael did. Pink floyds welcome to the machine, listen to the lyrics, u'll understand it once u know what the machine is!
How you gonna be anything but proud to be an MJ fan?? Who isn't an MJ fan??
90s Dance Medley, Havana, Blinding Lights and La La Latch are a few to react to. Thank you.
I knew this one would have you moving Van! Great reaction bro. Tell JoJo that he should react to their Evolution of Rhianna, he’ll love it 🔥👌
PTX fans like to say that they don't do covers, they do upgrades! Love your reactions and how you admit that these are angels/aliens to have as much talent as they do! Some to check out ; Can't Hold Us, Do You Feel The Love Tonight, Sing, oh heck... anything in their catalogue will work!
You need to do Can't hold us,and "Sing"
" Evolution Of Rhianna " and " Can't Hold Us " a Macklamore and Ryan Lewis cover.
No need to apologize about being a Michael Jackson fan. I'm unapologetically a fan from the beginning and for life. The man was a musical genius. He had talent leaking out of his pours. RIP Michael Jackson 💔 the world is a lesser place without you in it
😌👉In the back its Mitch, SCOTT and Kirstie!!
The front is Avi (Ah-vee)(bass) and Kevin (beatboxer) ..... Matt is the bass that replaced Avi
Sing off is the show they won !!!!!! Revolution of Beyonce..... They hit these out of the park every time!!
I love your energy your very handsome your so funny thanks for making this old chicky smile love your reacts 😊
my first hearing of them was of their song Hallelujah on alexa of all places.. had to look them up on youtube after taht chilling rendition.
You don’t look like a fool you look like a man that appreciates great music!
Avi Kaplan is the white bearded guy who does the bass. He and Kevin the beatboxer were roommates for years when they were starting out. Avi taught Kevin to sing (he was an instrumentalist on cello and saxophone coming into the group). They are still friends and Kevin mentioned recently that he was in Nashville and went over to Avi's for dinner.
Avi left after 6 years and does his own music as a singer-songwriter now. If you want to hear Avi actually sing try "Change On the Rise" or "First Place I Go" on his UA-cam channel under his own name Avi Kaplan.
You are a breath of fresh air. Love your reactions to PTX.
That was great, but totally loved your joy and humbleness. 👍
You are correct, the original three grew up together in Arlington, Texas USA. Scott met Mitch when they were 10 years old and were together 24/7 through their youth. Mitch met Kirstin around age 8 as they were in Community Arts Theater. PTX just celebrated their 10th anniversary but the trio has been singing together for almost 20 years. Mitch has shorter than average Vocal Cords that help create his sound. They were training their voices before the usual male voice change as they went through puberty together.
Watching you groove along to this was delightful!
Welcome to the Pentaholics nation! 🥰 Love your reactions! Keep the PTX coming. You have a long way to go. Come Along, their originals Love Again and Sing. 90’s Dance Medley. So many to choose from.
If you mean my introduction to Pentatonix, that would be back in 2011 when my wife and her sister grabbed me to watch this group on SingOff season 3 week 5. I was astonished by what I heard. What made it more impressive was that I found out that Kevin, their beatboxer, showed up the day of the show for the first week. Yet they still popped it. They cleared the fence with room to spare. 420 feet to straightaway rightfield. That's at least 20 rows back. Or maybe it's "He pulls up from 35 feet and sends up a prayer, then whoosh... nothing but net. If you mean this video, I saw it for the first time about a month after they released it with a different reactor.
You should do Kevin Olusola from PTX Cover of Down. PTX 90s Dance Medley It will blow your mind.
I think at some point almost everyone realizes they're an MJ fan. Loved this reaction. You were clearly having a LOT of fun! As for when I watched this for the first time, it is Friday, 1/7/22 at 2:29am. Insomnia in Texas for the win! LOL Oh, and I'm sure someone else already pointed it out, but yay for getting Kirstie's name right...but you called Scott, Kevin. Hehe
Scott (tall blonde) always lighted up when he brings the r&b in..... They sang Marvin Gaye on the sing off & Shawn from Boyz to men flipped out...... That's he Good it was....
Have you reacted to their Daft Punk Medley? ( Get Lucky, Blurred Lines, etc.) It won a Grammy and is epic!
JoJo is coming along nicely, Pops! Aaaand I love watching you dance and sing along.
Loved this reaction! A walk down memory lane. Hope you keep reacting to Pentatonix, they are absolutely amazing! You could check out 90's dance music, its great too. 😁😁😎
So glad you enjoyed that! You had a smile through the whole video which made me smile. Their transitions are phenomenal, their evolution videos are so much fun. ☺️
to do an MJ medley is NOT easy; not for the faint hearted... they nailed that...this is my first time seeing this one right along with you!!!
Everytime I hear MJ's music I inevitably feel broken hearted for a young man who had his childhood stolen from him and was never allowed to just be a kid and grow up and be happy... Amazing artist regardless...King of Pop; he was completely embedded in American culture, in all of us regardless of background...
Their evolution videos are so cool!
M.j. was as unquestionably talented as tortured a soul. As with a coin or life it's impossible to separate the light and dark.
The way you make me feel is my absolute favorite
The first time, it blew me out of the friggin water
No you look wonderful! I loved both you and them.
i love your reactions i apprecaite you so much and ptx is amazing
🤩🤩 I've watched them since their first performance together ever on the SingOff acapella talent show. Ask any Pentaholic the background on any person, any song and we can overwhelm you with trivia.
Notice that all their "Evolution Of" and most medley videos are recorded in one take.
That was fun with you!
I had to laugh at the fake jacket with all the zippers. Hey!, you were handling your business back then and probably looked fly. If you knew how to dance, even better. I didn't have a jacket but I did go to his concert....twice! Best concerts ever. PTX killed this. Thanks for reacting to this.
Pure joy!
Love the MJ moves 😂👍
Billie Jean was about Michael and Micky Howard hooking up and his son B. Howard. Look up the videos here. He looks and sounds just like MJ.
Your reaction videos are my favorite man, I love your commentary. I fell in love with pentatonix in high school YEARS ago & even went to a concert of theirs. but I just got back into listening to them recently and I love seeing other peoples reactions…especially to Mitch and Avi ♥️
Absolutely love your reactions and love when your son is there too!! theres nothing like seeing other people react to songs (or medleys) that you love!! I live alone and just watching your reactions make me feel like im hanging out with a friend showing them a video for the first time!!!
Impressed of you Van.
Yep, I hit the subscribe button. Was so impressed I hit it a second time.
I love the songs from the Off the Wall era. But Thriller was my first album...🤘🤩🔥💜
Check out PTX's Kevin Olusola Down video. He is incredible!
Alright Van! Your the 1st reactor who actually Knows the Early J5-you got me!!!
They are wonderful! Great reaction ❤️
You must react to some MJ! Smooth Criminal .. Who is it..
I feel so good after this
I love their Rihanna evolution more than this but this is also fire. The evolutions are amazing that they sing straight thru one take 🤯
Ok. You have my attention! Tell JoJo.....MORE PTX please! ❤️
For your FYI the SingOff was the TV show competition that got them started.
Your voice is pretty darn awesome too
Yes you are,
well, we Pentaholics have a little rule to be able to call yourself a real Pentaholic, you have to know all their names on the correct members. the three in the back, Mitch, Kirstin(nick name: Kirstie), Scott(in the middle). Avi and Kevin in the front. In 2017 Avi(the one who looks like Jesus) left the group and was replaced by Matt.
Scott and Kirstie both met Mitch the first time when they were 8 years old, Scott met Kirstie the first time in High School. Mitch, Kirstin and Scott all went to the same High School. they basically grew up together. We call them The Trio. Mitch has dated Kirstie and Scott. Scott wanted to Audition for a show called "The Sing Off", but they had to be at least 5 members to Audition, so they added a Bassinger and a Beat boxer. they found Kevin through UA-cam and Avi Through a friend. the first time the whole group sang together was only one day before the Audition. they ended up winning the show, they won a record label (Sony), they got dropped by the label however the label dropped the group, so they started posting content on UA-cam and clearly it paid off.
Yoooo I been waiting for this one!!! 🔥🔥🔥
You really need to react to Sing Off Season 3. You’ll hear their back story and see why they are the GOAT of
a cappella!
I have tons of good fun with Van over this group. I agree with every grab demanding 2 cents worth of Our expert opinions.
MJ was such as genius.
That last line. You looked into the camera and I sang with you. Love your reactions 🏴👍❣️
90’s medley
Love your reactions
"you know we did the hee-hee but i wore my glove" haha i died
I love your reactions, especially your commentary. You always make my day just a lil better -ty!
Would have been nice to see JoJo react to this with you. Maybe next time. 🤗 Well wishes from Tennessee 🇺🇸
Kevin is the beat boxer and the blonde in the back is Scott and yes they’ve been singing together forever. Also “Jesus” is Avi, and he’s left the group (on good terms) and Matt is the new Bass.
💕 you!!! I can't even comment at the moment
So I could recommend my favourites but really every song they cover is so good. And so many are not covers but upgrades…. Welcome to the Pentaholics fan club and just enjoy the ride dude!!!! You know you have it bad when your new hobby is searching UA-cam for first reactions of their songs so you can relive that first time of seeing them over and over again 😊
Fun I love it 🤷♀️
You and your son need to watch PTX cover Bohemian Rhapsody and Imagine!🔥💯🙏🏻
Loved your reaction--so glad you enjoyed yourself! The best suggestion I have for you is to check out their playlist and react to songs you know and love-- enjoy yourself cause we love to see that!
Van, you had me crying laughing in this one lol... I am a lilly white guy and had a head to toe blue Michael Jackson zipper outfit in the late 80's lmao... Embarrassing but great times to joke about with my friends and kiddos haha
This is so fun 😄 mostly the mick shit wow I'm goin to wake my neighbor
That was fun. I didn’t realize I knew so many of his songs.
It's ok to be a fan boy for MJ. You onTwitch? Me too!
for some real Mitch ear candy
take up some Superfruit Defying Gravity, and Frozen Medley 🎶🔥🙌🏻
I'm a Pentaholic!🎉😂😅😅🎉
This is my very first time seeing this one.
You made this fun!
I don’t know if you’ve seen them do Bohemian Rapsody….but they tear it up.
Definitely watch “Let’s Get it On” from the Sing Off.
Van, you should checkout " home free ". They're fantastic.
Reminds me of the old record tv commercials.
This videos intro is gold!
❤❤❤
Love your reactions!
My first time hearing this one. Never heard it.
You should listen to superfruit (mitch and scott) anti medley
VAn, "Off The Wall" is the Best MJ album ever. And he looked his best at that time.