Vocal Coach Reacts | Take Me Back - Black Friday (a Starkid Musical)
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- This song sure does take ME places! wait... a musical time machine?! Sounds like a new Starkid Musical Concept to me!
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This is probably the heaviest straight drama scene that StarKid’s ever done.
That Becky monologue? OMG. Kim went to Juilliard and it shows in this scene.
So powerful.
But I agree that while both voices individually are beautiful, they don’t seem to quite mesh together for some reason.
At first Santa Claus Goes to High School seems like a bit of a throwaway gag but upon rewatches I really like how they have a movie that portrays an idealized, sunshine and rainbows version of the high school experience transition to a scene of two people looking back to and romanticizing their own high school days in a bittersweet way. How easy it is to laugh off something like High School Musical because it is idealized and unrealistic in such an obviously goofy way vs. how legitimately devastating it can be to be in a depressed headspace where you look back to your teen years and only see the hope and potential you had back then and feel like you've lost that forever. It's like two different sides of the same coin.
Also Kim's "I'll never let you go" drives me wild in the best way.
I think the vocal anomalies you're picking up is because pretty much all the cast were sick. Their voices sound amazing considering how bad the sickness/virus was, but some notes were much harder to sing.
Kim Whalen sure didn’t let that stop her at the top! Those were her best notes! Thanks for being here and singing with me!
@@singwithAshley If you want to hear how their vocals clearer and without sickness, you should look for the soundtrack version of the songs. The guy who wrote the songs also likes the mixing way better than what they recorded live.
They also clip the UA-cam videos together from several different shows so there is gonna be subtle differences if they cut together various parts of the performance.
I had a couple vocal coaching lessons with Kim. She‘s absolutely incredible. What that woman can do with her voice… also just the kindest human being
That’s awesome! Yes, she definitely seems like A sweet gal! Thanks for singing with me!
Ohhh my geebus I cannot wait for you to go over Nerdy Prudes Must Die (which is the Starkid musical after this one) someone other than me must be haunted by “Dirty Girl” forever. I saw someone refer to it as “unfortunately, a banger” which fits so so well lol
Wait… that’s so funny! 😂 “unfortunately a banger”… will have to mentally note that one!
don't worry, you're not the only one! on random occasions, my mind will go "I'm a, I'm a good girl... WHO ON OCCASION GETS DIRTY!!" with the following dance playing out. it's... caused a few awkward moments lol. also, "make room for Jesus" is now my new thing to say when cutting between people lol
"unfortunately a banger" is so accurate. I'm so mad every time I watch NPMD because I have the song stuck in my head and I can't stop singing "dirty soup"
When i watched NPMD with friends, i referred to Dirty Girl as the first "unfortunately, a banger" moment in the show. i've seen it claimed as an Asexual power anthem along with Virginity Rocks lmaoo
that's kim whalen!! she's actually married to curt mega (the president) and he was one of the warblers in glee if you watched that!! i'm pretty sure curt and kim met the starkid team through darren criss!!
I really like the cast recording versions of these songs. You can hear everything much better and cleaner and it made me fall in love with this song, when before I just thought it was kind of nice. I get chills every time i hear it.
I would love if you did a video after you watch the whole thing where you compare this performance with the cast recording. They were definitely less focused on being in character and more focused on the vocal quality on the recording, and were not struggling with illness like most of the cast was here. Can't wait to see you react to the rest of the show, there are a lot of bangers left!
Really considering it!
You've arrived at my absolute favourite parts, Kim's monologue(is that the right word lol) here also always makes me cry, she is so talented.
definitely one of my favourite starkid scenes.
@@consequenceoferror4727 yes Kim had a monologue right before Her and Dylan’s duet!
I love how you break this all down. Just know, if you haven't been told yet, most of the cast was sick during the filming of this show, so there are some vocal things that may not be normal for them. Considering that they were not at their physically best health-wise, they still sound amazing. Team StarKid always strives to give you their best, even when they are feeling their worst. Anyway, just a thought (and a reason I hope you do much more StarKid in the future).
Thanks! Yes, I’ve heard they were sick during this performance. Doing great in spite of! Pure professionals 🥹
Some fun facts about this song! There’s a version of the performance with commentary where Jeff mentioned that he struggled writing a song between a true soprano and a baritone vs. Between an alto and a baritone (I’m assuming he meant songs for Lex and Ethan?) so that’s maybe where some of the weirdness came from? Kim also mentioned that Dylan sang the song a whole step up because she had trouble singing it any lower than that 😮
WAIT! I must find this video!!! I mean, ultimately, the song and moment is pulled off for an audience! I’m just trained to hear moments that need growth and polishing. I can not wait to delve deeper into this song.
I definitely think writing this song for Kim and Dylan had to have been a challenge!
Thanks for singing with me!
@@singwithAshley I agree, thanks for replying! The video is part of the bonus features that come with the digital recording of Black Friday on the Starkid website! It is paid content but I highly recommend it if you want to learn more about the stage direction, songs and their composition, editing, BTS moments, or even more about how the lore fits together! The crew comments over the entire show and includes Nick Lang (writer of all the Starkid shows along with his brother), Paul Gabriel (Stage Manager), and Jeff Blim (composer) as well as a bunch of the cast: Angela Giarratana (plays Lex), Lauren Lopez (plays Linda), Jon Matteson (plays the lawyer character and voices Wiggly), Curt Mega (The president), Kim Whalen (Becky), Joey Richter (Uncle Wiley), and James Tolbert (plays multiple characters + choreographed the show)
@@Imaginaryviolets thanks for the info! And for singing with me!
With your empathy, I could see you crying some during Nerdy Prudes Must Die. Especially during “Cool as I think I am Reprise”
I can not wait!
When Dylan sings, you feel every emotion his character is supposed to be feeling. I know that's what is supposed to happen when anyone sings, but it happens every time he sings, more so than anyone else in Starkid.
I wonder how much of Dylan's "overpowering" bit at @20:14 was due to mixing via the sound system - like his mic was turned up too loud or something. I feel like they blended better on the album version (but that's just what I recall from the last time I listened to it)
After this it would be awesome to see some reactions to the rest of the starkid hatchetfield trilogy (the guy who didn’t like musicals and nerdy prudes must die) or possibly even heathers (off broadway casting, Ryan McCartan and Barrett Wilbert weed)❤️
Stay tuned 👀
I would love for you to take time to listen to the studio recording. I'm curious how much of the brightness and iffy harmonies are because they were sick.
I totally plan to!
I know that you're primarily looking at vocals in your review, but I feel like Starkid as a whole is really good at jumping throughout their range, not just in the music! This snippet had me crying for their backgrounds and then crying because I snort laughed so hard at Santa and Noelle on my first viewing. Incredible how they can do all that in a short scene.
I totally agree! They really make use of creating dichotomy! Thanks for singing with me!
honestly i can't even blame you for being so into the scene you forget to add commentary, because i 100% would be too :D
anyway it's really interesting watching these videos because i know honestly next to nothing about music and singing and you're just pointing out things i'd never in a thousand years notice at all. Some, honestly, I can't hear even when you point them out, but I guess it's kind of the same as I can't really hear the difference between for example the Russian ш and щ, or sometimes even the English /s/ and /z/ sounds if I'm not listening for the difference, like it's just one of those things my ears and brain were never trained to pick up on because it was never important if i could. But, either way, I kinda love seeing experts pick stuff apart, even when it's something I don't understand much at all
i have to admit, sometimes i wonder if i could've learned to act like they do on the video, pull emotion out of people like that, if i'd stuck to it (i did a little bit of theatre stuff in high school, helped write and played a side role in this Peter Pan -but-in-modern-setting-with-street-gangs play we did in my second year, but that was it), but eh, probably not, and in any case that train has long since gone for me now
Never too late to tell a story! I acted along side a 84 year old. She was a HOOT! 🦉 thanks for singing with me!
i will never get the hate for black friday
especially the hate about the music
Wow. Every time you do one of these breakdowns I learn so much! This is such a wonderful song, but it always seemed that there was something . . . funny about it.
Yay! Mission accomplished!!
Love this song so much! It's such an interesting and emotional song
Totally! Thanks for singing with me!
When I first heard this song I had similar issues with the blending and the harmonies, I thought it was pretty, but I didn't love it. But it's become one of my favorites from the entire soundtrack. I don't know if the issues were because of the cast being so sick or if they fixed things in the recording booth, but the version from the album is beautiful.
Loved your breakdown of this, and I completely agree, Dylan is amazing!
Can’t wait to give it a listen! Thanks for singing with me!
Hell yes! This is my fav Black Friday song!
And 'If I Fail You' but that one makes me cry too much to listen to lmao
@@NikaPines hahaha
You should check out Starship, there's a song called "The Way I Do" and Dylan is also in this show.
It's not a duet, there are total four characters singing this song as a whole but each verse started out as a duet (does that make sense?)
So Dylan is singing a duet with Meredith Stepien who I believe you don't know her, yet.
I personally think Dylan's voice blends well with her voice you should check it out after you're done with Hatchetfield triology
Also you get to hear Joey Richter's vocal improvents since it's a pretty old show.
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I wonder how much of Dylan's 'overpowering' bit @20:14 was due to mixing rather than just his voice? Maybe they had the volume on his mic a little too high? *shrug*
First, I absolutely love that you typed “shrug” I can’t wait to start typing shrug! 🤷♀️ that’s awesome!
Second, the sound techs are insanely professional. I really think the imbalance was due to the composing a male and female voice together. Make/female duets are insanely hard! They did wonderful though.
Third- thank you for being here and singing with me! I’m so glad you’re here!
Favorite reaction so far! I loved this breakdown!
Oh I love that! Thank you so much for singing with me!
You should do a reacts to the musical Epic! I love it and I haven’t seen anyone do one yet
I was curious and just checked out the song Ruthless … 😳😳😳 truly epic 😉
@@singwithAshley that’s awesome, I’m glad you enjoyed it! If you do end up doing a video, I highly suggest doing Just A Man. Not only is it very impactful and an amazing song, but it is frequently referenced in other songs, so it might be confusing if you haven’t listened to it before
I remember hearing something about the initial version of this song being too high for Kim and they had to lower it to within the top of her vocal range, and I feel like that then made it a little low for Dylan but I’m not as confident on my recall of that fact.
Intrigue- yeah those notes at the top of the song are insane. You won’t typically see those in a musical due to the vocal register of a song woman. But look what Kim did! She’s insane in range!
I think it was the opposite, originally it was too low for Kim so they changed it to be a little too high for Dylan
Yeah I’m pretty sure it was the other way around! Kim made a comment in the bonus features commentary saying that Dylan killed it even though he had to sing it a step up because she couldn’t sing it well any lower than this
Becky: I killed my husband
Tom: This is the lady for me!
When i sas going through a break up, on his wedding day I listened to this song on repeat
Also if bo ones told you the 2 elves, joey and lauren got married
loved this video! the next 3 songs are also so good so im very excited!!
If you watch rankings of Black Friday songs, people almost always rank Take Me Back as top 3, usually 1. I personally don’t much care for it, so it’s interesting to see someone else point out things I personally thought sounded kind of off. Makes me feel a little less crazy!
Honestly, the song is STILL stuck in my head. While I do think it was off as well, I agree, it is still a good song! I also did a Live ranking! Make sure to check out my post show live rankings!
Considering how much you love harmonies, I think you would love the band Steam Powered Giraffe, they do some great harmonies (I'm no vocal expert but afaik they do lots of 3 part harmonies and sometimes 5 part harmonies). Check out the music videos for Honeybee and Automatonic Electronic Harmonics
5 part harmonies are insane!
Didn’t sign up to be personally victimized by that Civil Wars clip 😭 I’ll never get over them breaking up
🤣🤣🤣 I’m so sorry. I totally have breakup feels over it too. Thanks for singing with me though!
Ugh this songgg! Ughh Kim. Ugh Dylan.
I AGREE!!! UGGGHHHH
Hi Coach ^^ If you don't mind could i request a reaction about one singer?
his name is Naul(나얼). he is also a member of r&b, soul band ' Brown Eyed Soul '
he is incredible singer & vocalist of korea. So I want to introduce him to you.
So I would like to request that you react to these videos. Please check the video links below.
* Naul(나얼) Live Performance Video part 1 (LINK)
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* Naul(나얼) Live Performance Video part 2 (LINK)
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I will for sure give them a listen! Thank you for being here and singing with me!
@@singwithAshley thank you so much^^ have a nice day ^^