If you allow me to add... Absolute beauty in that part and also showed the beauty of a lovely human being, not shy to share emotions and a message with the world. Lot of respect, Jen!!! Loved this one!!!
@@JenniferGlatzhofer you absolutely saw the meaning behind their overlaping individuality being a beautiful "mess" then the unison on showing that we are essentially one, one race, the HUMAN race.
Not sure if it's been said yet in the comments but the sign they pass between each member is showing what not only connects them but what each of them are individually. Mitch starts with LGBTQ+ then passes that to Scott who also is in the LGBTQ+ community, then flips it to man and passes it to Avi who flips his sign to Jewish and flips again to American, then passes that to Kevin, who flips it to black then to Christian and passes it to Kirsten who flips it to Latina then to Woman. I personally feel that this version of the song along with the signs is what this song was meant to be. I think John Lennon would have been proud of this version.
@@DennisKovacich I think he was out way before that....Scott and Mitch started their Superfruit UA-cam channel in 2013 which was devoted to the LGBTQ+ community. The song "Rise" on their channel was specifically done in response to the Pulse Nightclub shooting which targeted the LGBTQ+ community.
@@trishmartinez-cox4070, well, that’s what i read in the comments on other reactions to this video. That’s why I said, “It’s my understanding.” Thanks for the info.
Quite possibly Avi’s greatest contribution to PTX was encouraging and instructing Kevin in his singing!!! Their FIVE part harmonies (whether with Avi or Matt) are truly special!!! To me, this has always been a synopsis of what makes PTX great…individually they are very VERY talented, but as a group they are STUNNING!!!
It was Avi that worked with Kevin on his singing. It gave Kevin the confidence to sing. Even though Avi left the group, Kevin and Avi are still really good friends and Avi was there at Kevin’s wedding.
Music is meant to touch the soul. There is no need to apologize for the tears. All of us pentaholics have shed a tear or two while listening to their music. Great reaction.😀
Sometimes you just have to kick back and let it wash over you. Your job can be hard when you need to keep objective to react, but the message is so powerful. I bet more that a few of us tear up while watching this. Maybe that's a part of what it means to be human.
Exactly! I lovee that she decided to take that moment to listen and feel and then going back. Sometimes things just need to be listened to. Doesn't mean she cant go back and do her job, but feeling this one is the first priority, I think.
Oh, I'm not sure it's the reacting that's tough. It's the analysis part that's hard in moments like these. Sometimes, the reaction is all that's needed and it becomes the analysis when all is said and done. Music is meant to be heard with the ears but felt with the heart. The head doesn't need to say much, when it's done right...and Pentatonix definitely pulls out all the stops here.
Jennifer! WHAT a song to end Pentatonix week on! Wow! Clearly they got to you! Hmm, no tissues ... this will have to do! 🧻😁 Just an amazing week of great music and incredible Jennifer reactions and analyses! This was a lovely song with a great message and what amazing musical imagery as you pointed out. Doing their own individual things and then ending completely as one. Thank you Jennifer for a brilliant reaction and analysis today and for a great week! 😊
DAMMIT, Jen - I have seen this a bajillion times. I have Gotten Over Crying At It. And theeeeen, here we are, watching you get overwhelmed by it, and **I didn't have any tissue handy**. Thanks for the insights into the singing. Thanks for letting it hit your heart. Thanks for sharing all of it with all us Internet Randos.
Imagine by Pentatonix may be one of the most important videos of this century. This group took a classic, timeless song of tolerance and peace and modernized it as only they can. They are a perfect example of what respect and love can be like. Five people with differences in race, religion, gender, and sexuality can do beautiful things when they work together. I cried when I saw and heard this the first time. I still usually tear up when they go into Wall of Sound mode.
Yeah, this hit me that way too when I first heard it. One second I was fine and then crying like crazy. It's hard to take 'Imagine,' message and all, and make it your own and recast it for a new generation, but they did that, for sure.
Although not my favorite song (a version of utopia that will never realized), PTX does a fantastic job on this both visually and harmonically. I am constantly amazed how groups like PTX and Home Free are able to "remake" a song into their own... not just "cover" them. This song really showcased Avi's abilities. Truly a great version of this iconic song. And, as I always am able to say, Jen has once more analyzed the snot out of it so that I will never hear it as I did before -> now knowing all of those little nuances that she pointed out. Thanks Jen for sharing your special talents! Love it!
I totally get you with the utopia. However what we can do, is trying to hold that up. As it shows, if the great majority is behind the idea, then there will still be violence, but less of it, and it will also be acted upon. Little violent groups don't have much of a chance in a majority that stands against them. A functioning democracy still has its enemies, but as long as the majority stays strong, it can still serve as a safe haven. Germany is still a relatively safe haven right now, although some forces now also begin to rise here, and majorities are getting shifted. The U.S. are obviously already way past that, although they also still hang onto that thread: it's not over yet.
Jen: I loved your reaction to the 'Wall of Sound' section... Wall stops Priceless!!!! Btw, this is not the only song they have a 'Wall of Sound' ... that's one reason that we Pentaholics have a term for it, and they always knock it out of the park when they do it!
This song affects a lot of people in that emotional way (me included). It's not unusual for a reactor to end up blotting tears, so please don't feel bad about letting it happen - it just proves that you're a caring human. I've thoroughly enjoyed your Pentatonix week of analysis and reaction, and hope you might consider another one later in the year, since PTX rules Christmas music!
Yea, reactions like these man… this is why I search PTX reactions everyday. I may only find one like this every 3 months or so, but MAN are they worth it
Yes. It may be because we WANT so much for the world to accept us for who we really are. Even the tough alphas have tender moments. The weak among us often have all the internal or moral strength. We need all our qualities. We SHOULD celebrate and accept all as necessary.
Hi Jenn! I have watched this video at least 100 times! Each time I experienced the same catharsis! I know that your channel analyzes, teaches. It explains details in a piece that are not really audible to the layman. But in this video, I see you more as a human being than as a teacher. And it's nice to see how such a trained, professional teacher can get lost in the music. To let the sounds take you to a place where there are truly no countries and where everyone can be equal. Thank you for this experience and for your work!
Such an important and beautiful one. I love how after they show their signs they musically tell us how beautiful things can be when you do your own thing TOGETHER with others. They are all singing their own thing but in harmony with each other. I love how they even musically show an example that being different makes the music better.
Jenn: "...the dynamics within the phrases....a little slide, a little diminuendo and crescendo on some notes..." Um..... sure! All these technical details are WAY over my head but I'm glad Pentatonix knows what they're doing even if I don't :) Knowing that someone who actually KNOWS what she's talking about appreciates what they are doing merely cements my notion that they're on a whole new level of talent.
I love how you almost clicked it off when they started that transition to the last verse and then you just couldn't. I've seen some reactors who did stop it in the middle of that and always wondered how they could bring themselves to do it. 🙂
Perfect way to end the week (although I get to end it with them live in concert). This was fabulous. I really enjoyed this week with you. I hope you do this again with some of their Christmas music.
The wall of sound NEVER fails to YANK on people's heart strings. I myself (very much a CIS male) have had tears in my eyes, whenever I got to that point in the song the first few times I watched the video. I've seen many reactors to this video get tears in their eyes or actually start crying because of the beauty of the voices performing that beautiful song.
I BAWLED the first 5-10 times I watched this!!!! It’s just stunningly beautiful on every single level: the message, the quality of vocals, the arrangement, the mind-blowing talent… I just… wow!!! Also, while I love all of your analytical musical breakdowns, I also appreciate you sharing your humanity and emotions with us, too! 💕
I am so FREAKING HAPPY you watched this one! It is one of their most beautiful and dynamic covers. From the wall of sound to Kevin’s solo it is a true immersive experience. You should check out some of Kevin’s videos. He does some amazing live looping.
I have literally watched this video going on a few hundred times now, and it still gets to me. I don't blame you in the slightest for that reaction. They hit the sweet spot, they stuck the landing, and then they proceeded to melt our faces.
i can't even count how many times i've watched this video and it still gets me every time. Lovely reaction, I absolutely adore how you can pick out the tiniest things they're doing and make me appreciate the song even more! thank you so much!
You can spot a true Art, when nobody is able to pause in that "wall of sound" moment. Time stops in this part of song... Great reaction Jen! And it's good you got emotional - first it means you have a beautiful heart ❤️ and second - maybe it'll make you want to get to another PTX week sooner 😉
I love that part where they break into their own parts. It's like they were proving a point that while each voice is stunning in its' own right and should be listened to and appreciated, it can and should very easily harmonize with the other voices around them to create a beautiful harmonious melody together. It is an important lesson. We are each important and should be heard but not to the exclusion of anyone else. We would find the world would be a more wonderful place to live in.
Yes! And while appreciating everyone’s differences, if people cooperate and work together, like Pentatonix, sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. If they don’t work together their differences might create a cacophony of noise.
I have probably seen this video 100 times and it's still brings a tear to my eye and I swell with emotion. Love your knowledgeable analysis of the vocals and your genuine emotional reaction to this song.
great analysis, dont be worried about the tears thats what makes you a special human. i like the fact Pentatonix & Home Free can entertain and still deliver a message
Thank you for just being you. Watching your reactions is both fun AND information packed. And I fully understand why sometimes you just give up and laugh.
If you choose to do another 'week' sometime, you could do Avi's Change is on the Rise, Kevin's Down, Scott's Mars, and Kirsten's Break a Little, all of them have videos! This was everything I was hoping for, thank you so very much!!
That would be amazing. Or do 2 weeks and do the ones you said but also Mitch doing Your Power or Messer, Matt doing Ain't Nothin' and either do 3 day weeks or add a superfruit song for each week. Doing Ptx side project weeks.
@@JenniferGlatzhofer I love the side projects but instead of Change on the Rise I would recommend a live performance Avi did for 7 layers sessions. It beautifully displays his voice as well as his great songwriting abilities. All is Well by Avi Kaplan, 7 Layers Sessions
This may be my favorite cover of theirs. It's definitely my favorite version of this song, and it NEVER fails to bring me to tears. It is so beautiful, powerful, poignant, and absolutely flawless. I'm so glad you finally got the chance to see the video. Wonderful reaction and analysis!
You did it! My absolute favorite version of this amazing song. I LOVE your insights as always, but as important, I love your honest emotional response and connection with the important message of this song and arrangement. To me, this is still the apex of Pentatonix, who bring it for EVERY song, but this one is technically masterful as always, but they use their incredible talent and strategic choices to perfectly illustrate themes that we all need to recognize daily. It's just the best. So are you. Thank you for this week!
I tear up EVERY TIME hearing this one, just listening or watching and I can’t even count how many times I have done both. Thank you so much for your genuine emotions and knowledge. This week was fun!
Great reaction to one of my favorite PTX covers ever,. Don't feel all alone that it got to you, I've seen it hundreds of times and it still gets me. Its just they're artistry at its very best. Would love to get an Avi week sometime 😀
They have so very many truly outstanding performances, yet somehow this one keeps coming back to me as truly special. Perfect even and so heart-rending. Glad you showed emotion as this performance draws the emotions out of all of us.
Thank you, Jen 🧡 Glad we managed to pursuade you to do this one. So worth it. I knew your reaction would be emotional. I've watched it lost count how many times and it still gets me every time. 🥲
This song is so beautiful! I listen to it often and just love hearing all of their voices!! If you want to hear more of Kevin's lovely voice, I highly recommend his cover of Sign of the Times. So good!
Great way to end the week. I'm not an emotional person at all. But when you stopped yourself from pausing just before the wall of sound and that tear made its way down your left cheek, my eyes got a little watery 🥺
Loved this week. Pentatonix has always been a favorite of mine as well as Home Free. Another group you might consider doing a week of is Voctave. There covers for “Mary Did You Know ft. Mark Lowry”, “O Come, All Ye Faithful” and “This is My Wish/Let There Be Peace on Earth” are particularly stunning.
Nice to watch someone who really understands and appreciates what they're doing. They are just masters of this sort of thing. I can't get enough of them.
Jen, this song just washes over you. When it broke you then I broke as well. The PTX crew are incredible and yours are my favourite reactions. You rocking to the daft punk medley was brilliant
A Brilliant arrangement sung by Angelic voices with a Loving message of an already Beautifully written song. Thoroughly enjoyed your reaction and analysis through tears. It’s tough getting through this one even years later without shedding a few. Thank you for the Pentatonix reactions this week. Looking forward to more during the holidays hopefully??
Such a beautiful song and what a great reaction! This song brings me to tears every time I hear it. To see a world of kindness and love would be so wonderful.
I loved this week of PTX videos! Looking forward to what you have store for us next! This video is so meaningful! Especially when it came out. Sending love Jen❤
I really enjoyed this week of Pentatonix. I hope you get to Voctave soon. They have some incredible stuff as you know. Plus they just released a video from their new Album.
This is absolutely my favorite cover by Pentatonix. And I think you may be the only reactor who has commented on the MESSAGE they're giving with the signs passing. It's something I caught the very first time, and it affects me the same way each time I hear this beautiful cover as it did that first time. Absolutely magnificent.
Great reaction. I think their version of this song and the simple but effective message they deliver affects everyone who sees it for the first time. So glad you let the climax play thru without stopping it before going back and doing the analysis. Well done! The more videos of PTX you watch you will find that Kevin is the most underrated member of the group. He has a beautiful high tenor voice, plays cello, often times while simultaneously beatboxing which he calls “celloboxing”, plays saxophone and speaks multiple languages including Mandarin.
We've all been there, brought to almost involuntary tears by their music. What a gift it is to bring forth such emotion. That is what makes Pentatonix standout.
Awe Jen 🤗Sending you lots of love and a big Birmingham hug to you as I know there's probably a load of out-takes from this one. You're not the first and definitely won't be the last to have this reaction to the song. I remember being so shocked hearing Kevin with his range as it was one of the first times we had really see him take a full singing part in a song. A perfect song to finih the week with 🥰
Levely reaction, Jennifer ❤. Honestly, I was very touched the music moved you to tears. Because of your technical expertise your reactions are typically quite “heady”. Of course, analyses are based on using our head (analyze) but music itself (the physical vibrations) touches our hearts and your heart could not help but be moved by the chordal progressions and musical expressions Pentatonix displayed just before the end. It was nice to see your emotional side, it endeared me to you 😊❤.
You'd have to be a rock for this not to bring a tear or two. If you want to have some fun, for an upcoming "group week" you can do Superfruit (Mitch and Scott side project/goofing off). To see Scott's high end, "Defying Gravity", but also "Guy.exe" or "Frozen Medley". "Hip Hop Goes Broadway" is a good chance to comment on how Broadway-style singing differs from other genres (watch to the end for bloopers).
I have never seen anyone get through this without tears. Another great reaction I have been waiting so long for you to do this one. Keep up the great work Jenn!
What a gift you are! Thank you so much for this PTX week (Monday through Thursday, I know), it was a journey I was only too happy to take with you. I will be eager to see any new Pentatonix reactions you care to post. Personally, I don’t care if you have seen the video before or not, you could do their whole catalogue and I would be there for every single one. Love the insights you offer, and love the emotions you display, from delight to tears. Peace from Ohio …
Usually I like first time reactions, but with people who have specific insights (like voice, beatbox, stage performance etc) a bit more research or a re-watch is still very fun and interesting. They still bring more to the table than a genuine "woow, that was awesome" haha
I *really* wish there were a way they could do this live, *with* the cards. That first card that they pass around is so dependent on graphic manipulation in post production that it just can't be done. For now. One of these years e-ink technology will get to this level, and when it does I expect Pentatonix to jump on board faster than you can say "Imagine." I'm old enough to remember hearing the news reports on December 8, 1980. John Lennon, murdered. He was just 40 years old. We're just short of the 42nd anniversary of his death, and for those of us of a certain age the shock and grief are just as strong now as they were then. I wish John could have seen what Pentatonix did with his iconic song. It would have made him proud.
I remember hearing on the radio he'd been shot. It was shattering! Then decades later I saw on TV the protests against gun violence after the Stoneman Douglass School shooting. In the New York protest, they caught up with Paul McCartney in the march, and asked why he joined the protest. He basically said, "My best friend died of gun violence right around the corner, you bet I'm protesting".... And I was destroyed in tears all over again. Pentatonix said something with this, and it's so important.
This one makes me tear up every single time. It's such a gorgeous arrangement, and the message really touches my soul. Glad to see that you felt the same way!
Just finished watching another reactor viewing this cover and your reaction was recommended… I had to watch your reaction again. So poignant and meaningful and packs such a punch! I remember thinking - I’m not the only brought to tears over their beautiful and powerful performance!! Always love your reactions!! ❤🙌🏻❤️
I have seen this video dozens of times or more and I still tear up. I would have been disappointed if you hadn't. They are truly incredible. Thanks for the reaction!
Ok, that coming-together part got to me. When it turns into that kind of chorus of vocal crescendos. Of course it’s meant to be the most emotionally-stirring section, which it definitely is. And yes, the song’s message remains timeless and important, and will always be. P.S. Thinking about it, all of them coming together in that emotional, blended section was also very likely intended to be symbolic, as well- all the different voices and types of people, in unity and together, all becoming one.
An emotional response like this, is why I follow the reactors that I do. Anyone could do a technical reaction to a video; "words, sing, high note, low note, pictures." that's easy. When a reactor goes all in and actually appreciates when the singer tickles the clouds when they go high, or the reverse dropping into a mineshaft when they go down; that's the way its meant to be. Jenn(or is it Jen, never thought to find out till now) a possible reason the song hit you as it did today ,PTX showed in the last bit of the video because you're 'HUMAN'; human's are and have always been an emotional species. If we weren't meant to feel how things are affecting us, we wouldn't have a heart(ok hate to break this heartwarming comment, we need a heart to do the blood pumping thing; but I hope you get my point). You're awesome.
The true power of music on display, it's ability to move us to action or make us feel. Lovely reaction to a lovely powerful performance. Wouldn't miss one of yours. Truly appreciate your breakdowns...really, sincerely I do mean that.
I do apprecciate when you play the notes and figure out what they are, There are a few reactors who didn't like Mitch and Scott holding up the LBGT+ sign but I think they shouldn't have to hide who they are.
I have never gotten inured to the sentiments in this one, and I hope I never do. So happy to cry along with you! Thanks for finding your analyst's voice through the tears. I learned so much about they are achieving those beautiful sounds. Now if someone could explain to me how Pentatonix manages to so deftly capture our hearts. The power of music, I guess... 💖
I think I finally have found out why I LOVE SCOTT SOOO MUCH!! I love all of them, it’s like with my kids, you can’t pick favorites, but there that special different bond you have with one of them that the other have with her father or something.. But Scott’s way of singing with his ENTIRE BODY, the painting he does with his arms, the body language, the way he looks like he’s in pain when giving it ALL in an emotional piece…. It speaks to me on such a deep level. I know everyone have their own “favorites” based on what they like… Never have I heard a reactor say it’s Scott… So here I am, saying it… It’s Scott. All the way for me.
THAT PART never fails to get people, myself included. So glad this one touched you and showed the absolute beauty that it is.
So powerful!
@@JenniferGlatzhofer That's what music can do. Enjoy!
@@JenniferGlatzhofer I've seen this 100+times..... girl you made me cry along with you 🥺
If you allow me to add... Absolute beauty in that part and also showed the beauty of a lovely human being, not shy to share emotions and a message with the world. Lot of respect, Jen!!! Loved this one!!!
@@JenniferGlatzhofer you absolutely saw the meaning behind their overlaping individuality being a beautiful "mess" then the unison on showing that we are essentially one, one race, the HUMAN race.
Not sure if it's been said yet in the comments but the sign they pass between each member is showing what not only connects them but what each of them are individually. Mitch starts with LGBTQ+ then passes that to Scott who also is in the LGBTQ+ community, then flips it to man and passes it to Avi who flips his sign to Jewish and flips again to American, then passes that to Kevin, who flips it to black then to Christian and passes it to Kirsten who flips it to Latina then to Woman. I personally feel that this version of the song along with the signs is what this song was meant to be. I think John Lennon would have been proud of this version.
Agreed, I think they did a perfect vision of what John was trying to tell us all those years ago.
And it’s my understanding that Scott taking the LGBTQ+ sign from Mitch was his first public coming out as a member of the community.
@@DennisKovacich I think he was out way before that....Scott and Mitch started their Superfruit UA-cam channel in 2013 which was devoted to the LGBTQ+ community. The song "Rise" on their channel was specifically done in response to the Pulse Nightclub shooting which targeted the LGBTQ+ community.
@@trishmartinez-cox4070, well, that’s what i read in the comments on other reactions to this video. That’s why I said, “It’s my understanding.” Thanks for the info.
Quite possibly Avi’s greatest contribution to PTX was encouraging and instructing Kevin in his singing!!! Their FIVE part harmonies (whether with Avi or Matt) are truly special!!!
To me, this has always been a synopsis of what makes PTX great…individually they are very VERY talented, but as a group they are STUNNING!!!
It was Avi that worked with Kevin on his singing. It gave Kevin the confidence to sing. Even though Avi left the group, Kevin and Avi are still really good friends and Avi was there at Kevin’s wedding.
Music is meant to touch the soul. There is no need to apologize for the tears. All of us pentaholics have shed a tear or two while listening to their music. Great reaction.😀
Agree
That is one of the most beautiful and honest reactions I have ever seen!
In my opinion - this is their best wall of sound ever.
Sometimes you just have to kick back and let it wash over you. Your job can be hard when you need to keep objective to react, but the message is so powerful. I bet more that a few of us tear up while watching this. Maybe that's a part of what it means to be human.
Exactly! I lovee that she decided to take that moment to listen and feel and then going back. Sometimes things just need to be listened to. Doesn't mean she cant go back and do her job, but feeling this one is the first priority, I think.
@@hernameispekka_Rebecca I would never be able to do the job myself as I spent half the video wiping tears.
So beautifully said. ❤🧡💛💚💙🤎
Oh, I'm not sure it's the reacting that's tough. It's the analysis part that's hard in moments like these. Sometimes, the reaction is all that's needed and it becomes the analysis when all is said and done. Music is meant to be heard with the ears but felt with the heart. The head doesn't need to say much, when it's done right...and Pentatonix definitely pulls out all the stops here.
The moment people find out Kevin has the highest voice is always wonderful to see
Kristin’s voice range can reach to C6, which is crazy.
Jennifer! WHAT a song to end Pentatonix week on! Wow! Clearly they got to you! Hmm, no tissues ... this will have to do! 🧻😁 Just an amazing week of great music and incredible Jennifer reactions and analyses! This was a lovely song with a great message and what amazing musical imagery as you pointed out. Doing their own individual things and then ending completely as one. Thank you Jennifer for a brilliant reaction and analysis today and for a great week! 😊
Thank you so much!!! I know, should have got the tissues hahah!
If you want to extend this to a fortnight or month of Pentatonix I will be here for that. Thanks Jennifer!!!!!
I have loved this week. Extension into Christmas music?!!!
DAMMIT, Jen - I have seen this a bajillion times. I have Gotten Over Crying At It. And theeeeen, here we are, watching you get overwhelmed by it, and **I didn't have any tissue handy**.
Thanks for the insights into the singing. Thanks for letting it hit your heart. Thanks for sharing all of it with all us Internet Randos.
Same here! I started to cry when she did
@@charon2302 Me too! 🥹❤️
Imagine by Pentatonix may be one of the most important videos of this century. This group took a classic, timeless song of tolerance and peace and modernized it as only they can. They are a perfect example of what respect and love can be like. Five people with differences in race, religion, gender, and sexuality can do beautiful things when they work together. I cried when I saw and heard this the first time. I still usually tear up when they go into Wall of Sound mode.
It is true...PTX doesn't do covers, they do upgrades!!
Yeah, this hit me that way too when I first heard it. One second I was fine and then crying like crazy. It's hard to take 'Imagine,' message and all, and make it your own and recast it for a new generation, but they did that, for sure.
Although not my favorite song (a version of utopia that will never realized), PTX does a fantastic job on this both visually and harmonically. I am constantly amazed how groups like PTX and Home Free are able to "remake" a song into their own... not just "cover" them. This song really showcased Avi's abilities. Truly a great version of this iconic song. And, as I always am able to say, Jen has once more analyzed the snot out of it so that I will never hear it as I did before -> now knowing all of those little nuances that she pointed out. Thanks Jen for sharing your special talents! Love it!
I totally get you with the utopia. However what we can do, is trying to hold that up. As it shows, if the great majority is behind the idea, then there will still be violence, but less of it, and it will also be acted upon. Little violent groups don't have much of a chance in a majority that stands against them. A functioning democracy still has its enemies, but as long as the majority stays strong, it can still serve as a safe haven. Germany is still a relatively safe haven right now, although some forces now also begin to rise here, and majorities are getting shifted. The U.S. are obviously already way past that, although they also still hang onto that thread: it's not over yet.
Jen: I loved your reaction to the 'Wall of Sound' section...
Wall stops
Priceless!!!!
Btw, this is not the only song they have a 'Wall of Sound' ... that's one reason that we Pentaholics have a term for it, and they always knock it out of the park when they do it!
The 'wall of sound' and the message on this one always gets to me too. Great reaction and assessment.
This song affects a lot of people in that emotional way (me included). It's not unusual for a reactor to end up blotting tears, so please don't feel bad about letting it happen - it just proves that you're a caring human.
I've thoroughly enjoyed your Pentatonix week of analysis and reaction, and hope you might consider another one later in the year, since PTX rules Christmas music!
That Wall Of Sound... hits you out of nowhere... then the pause, allows you a breath to wipe away tears... thank you btw for reacting to this.
Yea, reactions like these man… this is why I search PTX reactions everyday. I may only find one like this every 3 months or so, but MAN are they worth it
Absolutely loved your reaction !! Sending you lots of hugs from France.
I would absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE to watch you watch their small film "The Recording Of Evergreen" & hear your breakdown of it... ❤️
Yes! Especially now with their Grammy nomination for that album
This one hits most of us. Makes me cry every time. xxx
Me too 🥲
Yes. It may be because we WANT so much for the world to accept us for who we really are. Even the tough alphas have tender moments. The weak among us often have all the internal or moral strength. We need all our qualities. We SHOULD celebrate and accept all as necessary.
Hi Jenn! I have watched this video at least 100 times! Each time I experienced the same catharsis! I know that your channel analyzes, teaches. It explains details in a piece that are not really audible to the layman. But in this video, I see you more as a human being than as a teacher. And it's nice to see how such a trained, professional teacher can get lost in the music. To let the sounds take you to a place where there are truly no countries and where everyone can be equal. Thank you for this experience and for your work!
Such an important and beautiful one. I love how after they show their signs they musically tell us how beautiful things can be when you do your own thing TOGETHER with others. They are all singing their own thing but in harmony with each other. I love how they even musically show an example that being different makes the music better.
And the laser focus that happens when Kirsten drops the vibrato before the intense section..amazing..
i swear this song makes me cry every time i listen to it
Jenn: "...the dynamics within the phrases....a little slide, a little diminuendo and crescendo on some notes..."
Um..... sure! All these technical details are WAY over my head but I'm glad Pentatonix knows what they're doing even if I don't :) Knowing that someone who actually KNOWS what she's talking about appreciates what they are doing merely cements my notion that they're on a whole new level of talent.
No matter how many times I watch it, it gets me every time.😭💞💞🥰
I share that same reaction every time I listen to Pentatonix Imagine.
Loved your beautiful reaction to this beautiful song! Always gets me! You are a wonderful reactor and always have interesting thoughts! Thank you!
Thank you!
I love how you almost clicked it off when they started that transition to the last verse and then you just couldn't. I've seen some reactors who did stop it in the middle of that and always wondered how they could bring themselves to do it. 🙂
Love this rendition! Beautiful song. Yes, the talent this group has.
The Wall of Sound Jenn & the Message, gets too me every time......Peace !!💯❤️🎙😎🤘
Perfect way to end the week (although I get to end it with them live in concert). This was fabulous. I really enjoyed this week with you. I hope you do this again with some of their Christmas music.
The wall of sound NEVER fails to YANK on people's heart strings. I myself (very much a CIS male) have had tears in my eyes, whenever I got to that point in the song the first few times I watched the video. I've seen many reactors to this video get tears in their eyes or actually start crying because of the beauty of the voices performing that beautiful song.
I love your reactions/analyses! We all hope you do "Pentatonix Christmas Week" sometime in December. Twice. :D
I BAWLED the first 5-10 times I watched this!!!! It’s just stunningly beautiful on every single level: the message, the quality of vocals, the arrangement, the mind-blowing talent… I just… wow!!! Also, while I love all of your analytical musical breakdowns, I also appreciate you sharing your humanity and emotions with us, too! 💕
Thank you 😊
Such a beautiful reaction when it hit you.. Kirstin's voice does that to me quite often.. makes my eyes leak.. Mitch's too... I love these guys!
I am so FREAKING HAPPY you watched this one! It is one of their most beautiful and dynamic covers. From the wall of sound to Kevin’s solo it is a true immersive experience. You should check out some of Kevin’s videos. He does some amazing live looping.
Might be the best version of Imagine I have heard so far. I could listen to them everyday. And I usually do. LOL
I have literally watched this video going on a few hundred times now, and it still gets to me. I don't blame you in the slightest for that reaction. They hit the sweet spot, they stuck the landing, and then they proceeded to melt our faces.
i can't even count how many times i've watched this video and it still gets me every time. Lovely reaction, I absolutely adore how you can pick out the tiniest things they're doing and make me appreciate the song even more! thank you so much!
You can spot a true Art, when nobody is able to pause in that "wall of sound" moment. Time stops in this part of song... Great reaction Jen! And it's good you got emotional - first it means you have a beautiful heart ❤️ and second - maybe it'll make you want to get to another PTX week sooner 😉
When this video came out, in early 2017, made the message hit even harder and had me sobbing every time.
I love that part where they break into their own parts. It's like they were proving a point that while each voice is stunning in its' own right and should be listened to and appreciated, it can and should very easily harmonize with the other voices around them to create a beautiful harmonious melody together. It is an important lesson. We are each important and should be heard but not to the exclusion of anyone else. We would find the world would be a more wonderful place to live in.
Yes! And while appreciating everyone’s differences, if people cooperate and work together, like Pentatonix, sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. If they don’t work together their differences might create a cacophony of noise.
I have probably seen this video 100 times and it's still brings a tear to my eye and I swell with emotion. Love your knowledgeable analysis of the vocals and your genuine emotional reaction to this song.
You did great Jen. I loved your analysis! Wonderful.
great analysis, dont be worried about the tears thats what makes you a special human. i like the fact Pentatonix & Home Free can entertain and still deliver a message
Thank you for just being you. Watching your reactions is both fun AND information packed. And I fully understand why sometimes you just give up and laugh.
If you choose to do another 'week' sometime, you could do Avi's Change is on the Rise, Kevin's Down, Scott's Mars, and Kirsten's Break a Little, all of them have videos! This was everything I was hoping for, thank you so very much!!
That would be amazing. Or do 2 weeks and do the ones you said but also Mitch doing Your Power or Messer, Matt doing Ain't Nothin' and either do 3 day weeks or add a superfruit song for each week. Doing Ptx side project weeks.
Seconded! Deep dive time!
Thank you for the ideas!!
@@JenniferGlatzhofer I love the side projects but instead of Change on the Rise I would recommend a live performance Avi did for 7 layers sessions. It beautifully displays his voice as well as his great songwriting abilities. All is Well by Avi Kaplan, 7 Layers Sessions
This may be my favorite cover of theirs. It's definitely my favorite version of this song, and it NEVER fails to bring me to tears. It is so beautiful, powerful, poignant, and absolutely flawless. I'm so glad you finally got the chance to see the video. Wonderful reaction and analysis!
You did it! My absolute favorite version of this amazing song. I LOVE your insights as always, but as important, I love your honest emotional response and connection with the important message of this song and arrangement. To me, this is still the apex of Pentatonix, who bring it for EVERY song, but this one is technically masterful as always, but they use their incredible talent and strategic choices to perfectly illustrate themes that we all need to recognize daily. It's just the best. So are you. Thank you for this week!
Thanks so much!
I tear up EVERY TIME hearing this one, just listening or watching and I can’t even count how many times I have done both. Thank you so much for your genuine emotions and knowledge. This week was fun!
Great reaction to one of my favorite PTX covers ever,. Don't feel all alone that it got to you, I've seen it hundreds of times and it still gets me. Its just they're artistry at its very best. Would love to get an Avi week sometime 😀
They have so very many truly outstanding performances, yet somehow this one keeps coming back to me as truly special. Perfect even and so heart-rending. Glad you showed emotion as this performance draws the emotions out of all of us.
They are masters at the 'wall of sound'. Gets me every time.
The part that really blows me away is how the last line is sung in absolute unison. Pitch, timing, elocution, everything. Absolute unity.
Thank you, Jen 🧡
Glad we managed to pursuade you to do this one. So worth it. I knew your reaction would be emotional. I've watched it lost count how many times and it still gets me every time. 🥲
This song is so beautiful! I listen to it often and just love hearing all of their voices!! If you want to hear more of Kevin's lovely voice, I highly recommend his cover of Sign of the Times. So good!
Great way to end the week. I'm not an emotional person at all. But when you stopped yourself from pausing just before the wall of sound and that tear made its way down your left cheek, my eyes got a little watery 🥺
This video has made me SOB. It’s so beautiful and powerful. That wall of sound grabs ahold of your soul.
Loved this week. Pentatonix has always been a favorite of mine as well as Home Free. Another group you might consider doing a week of is Voctave. There covers for “Mary Did You Know ft. Mark Lowry”, “O Come, All Ye Faithful” and “This is My Wish/Let There Be Peace on Earth” are particularly stunning.
What an amazing reaction... we know PTX always hit you in the emotional nards
Nice to watch someone who really understands and appreciates what they're doing. They are just masters of this sort of thing. I can't get enough of them.
Jen, this song just washes over you. When it broke you then I broke as well. The PTX crew are incredible and yours are my favourite reactions. You rocking to the daft punk medley was brilliant
Aww you’re a literal sweetheart ❤ this video touched my heart as well.
A Brilliant arrangement sung by Angelic voices with a Loving message of an already Beautifully written song. Thoroughly enjoyed your reaction and analysis through tears. It’s tough getting through this one even years later without shedding a few.
Thank you for the Pentatonix reactions this week. Looking forward to more during the holidays hopefully??
Such a beautiful song and what a great reaction! This song brings me to tears every time I hear it. To see a world of kindness and love would be so wonderful.
I loved this week of PTX videos! Looking forward to what you have store for us next! This video is so meaningful! Especially when it came out. Sending love Jen❤
Thank you! ❤
11:08 Not me crying along to you 😭😭😭, this was a very lovely and genuine reaction.
I really enjoyed this week of Pentatonix. I hope you get to Voctave soon. They have some incredible stuff as you know. Plus they just released a video from their new Album.
This song never doesn't me bring tears. Your reaction was genuine because you felt it the same way most of us did!
Beautiful. I hope that you continue to react to Pentatonix, this was an awesome week. Thank you
This is absolutely my favorite cover by Pentatonix. And I think you may be the only reactor who has commented on the MESSAGE they're giving with the signs passing. It's something I caught the very first time, and it affects me the same way each time I hear this beautiful cover as it did that first time. Absolutely magnificent.
Great reaction. I think their version of this song and the simple but effective message they deliver affects everyone who sees it for the first time. So glad you let the climax play thru without stopping it before going back and doing the analysis. Well done! The more videos of PTX you watch you will find that Kevin is the most underrated member of the group. He has a beautiful high tenor voice, plays cello, often times while simultaneously beatboxing which he calls “celloboxing”, plays saxophone and speaks multiple languages including Mandarin.
Aww! You got emotional like I do EVERY time I watch this video! Love all your reactions and analyses. ❤
We've all been there, brought to almost involuntary tears by their music. What a gift it is to bring forth such emotion. That is what makes Pentatonix standout.
What a beautiful and genuine reaction. But also wonderfully informative.
Thank you.
Could you maybe make a specific Pentatonix playlist? Thanks for the reactions.
Yes!! Will do that, thank you 😊
@@JenniferGlatzhofer Thank you. I've really enjoyed your reactions.
Awe Jen 🤗Sending you lots of love and a big Birmingham hug to you as I know there's probably a load of out-takes from this one. You're not the first and definitely won't be the last to have this reaction to the song. I remember being so shocked hearing Kevin with his range as it was one of the first times we had really see him take a full singing part in a song. A perfect song to finih the week with 🥰
Levely reaction, Jennifer ❤. Honestly, I was very touched the music moved you to tears. Because of your technical expertise your reactions are typically quite “heady”. Of course, analyses are based on using our head (analyze) but music itself (the physical vibrations) touches our hearts and your heart could not help but be moved by the chordal progressions and musical expressions Pentatonix displayed just before the end. It was nice to see your emotional side, it endeared me to you 😊❤.
You'd have to be a rock for this not to bring a tear or two. If you want to have some fun, for an upcoming "group week" you can do Superfruit (Mitch and Scott side project/goofing off). To see Scott's high end, "Defying Gravity", but also "Guy.exe" or "Frozen Medley". "Hip Hop Goes Broadway" is a good chance to comment on how Broadway-style singing differs from other genres (watch to the end for bloopers).
This arrangement/video/message never fails to get me. Thank you for this reaction Jen, your insightful analysis, and always for your kindness. 💖
I just listened/watched this again. This time I was more focused on YOU than them! You had me tearing up again!! Wonderful reaction!
One week really isn’t enough for Pentatonix ❤
I have never seen anyone get through this without tears. Another great reaction I have been waiting so long for you to do this one. Keep up the great work Jenn!
What a gift you are! Thank you so much for this PTX week (Monday through Thursday, I know), it was a journey I was only too happy to take with you. I will be eager to see any new Pentatonix reactions you care to post. Personally, I don’t care if you have seen the video before or not, you could do their whole catalogue and I would be there for every single one. Love the insights you offer, and love the emotions you display, from delight to tears. Peace from Ohio …
Usually I like first time reactions, but with people who have specific insights (like voice, beatbox, stage performance etc) a bit more research or a re-watch is still very fun and interesting. They still bring more to the table than a genuine "woow, that was awesome" haha
I *really* wish there were a way they could do this live, *with* the cards. That first card that they pass around is so dependent on graphic manipulation in post production that it just can't be done. For now. One of these years e-ink technology will get to this level, and when it does I expect Pentatonix to jump on board faster than you can say "Imagine."
I'm old enough to remember hearing the news reports on December 8, 1980. John Lennon, murdered. He was just 40 years old. We're just short of the 42nd anniversary of his death, and for those of us of a certain age the shock and grief are just as strong now as they were then.
I wish John could have seen what Pentatonix did with his iconic song. It would have made him proud.
I remember hearing on the radio he'd been shot. It was shattering!
Then decades later I saw on TV the protests against gun violence after the Stoneman Douglass School shooting.
In the New York protest, they caught up with Paul McCartney in the march, and asked why he joined the protest. He basically said, "My best friend died of gun violence right around the corner, you bet I'm protesting"....
And I was destroyed in tears all over again.
Pentatonix said something with this, and it's so important.
@@Cameron5043 Yes, this is why I cry every time I watch this video - it brings back the memories, and the might-have-beens.
This one makes me tear up every single time. It's such a gorgeous arrangement, and the message really touches my soul. Glad to see that you felt the same way!
I've listened to this version of Imagine many times and I cry at that spot EVERY time because of the message combined with the vocals. Beautiful.
Just finished watching another reactor viewing this cover and your reaction was recommended… I had to watch your reaction again. So poignant and meaningful and packs such a punch! I remember thinking - I’m not the only brought to tears over their beautiful and powerful performance!! Always love your reactions!! ❤🙌🏻❤️
I have seen this video dozens of times or more and I still tear up. I would have been disappointed if you hadn't. They are truly incredible. Thanks for the reaction!
Ok, that coming-together part got to me. When it turns into that kind of chorus of vocal crescendos. Of course it’s meant to be the most emotionally-stirring section, which it definitely is. And yes, the song’s message remains timeless and important, and will always be.
P.S. Thinking about it, all of them coming together in that emotional, blended section was also very likely intended to be symbolic, as well- all the different voices and types of people, in unity and together, all becoming one.
No don't worry one bit Jenny😊 it's a beautiful message and if people would just listen to this and get it
An emotional response like this, is why I follow the reactors that I do. Anyone could do a technical reaction to a video; "words, sing, high note, low note, pictures." that's easy. When a reactor goes all in and actually appreciates when the singer tickles the clouds when they go high, or the reverse dropping into a mineshaft when they go down; that's the way its meant to be.
Jenn(or is it Jen, never thought to find out till now) a possible reason the song hit you as it did today ,PTX showed in the last bit of the video because you're 'HUMAN'; human's are and have always been an emotional species. If we weren't meant to feel how things are affecting us, we wouldn't have a heart(ok hate to break this heartwarming comment, we need a heart to do the blood pumping thing; but I hope you get my point).
You're awesome.
Thank you!! 😊 and Jen is good 😁
It's so lovely seeing you react to the truth of Humanity.. our individual yet unity as Human beings. Felt blessed .. and you talk music wonderfully...
The true power of music on display, it's ability to move us to action or make us feel. Lovely reaction to a lovely powerful performance. Wouldn't miss one of yours. Truly appreciate your breakdowns...really, sincerely I do mean that.
Thank you 😊
I do apprecciate when you play the notes and figure out what they are, There are a few reactors who didn't like Mitch and Scott holding up the LBGT+ sign but I think they shouldn't have to hide who they are.
If someone does not get emotional over this rendition then they do not a heart. Brought tears to this stone heart of mine.
I have never gotten inured to the sentiments in this one, and I hope I never do. So happy to cry along with you! Thanks for finding your analyst's voice through the tears. I learned so much about they are achieving those beautiful sounds. Now if someone could explain to me how Pentatonix manages to so deftly capture our hearts. The power of music, I guess... 💖
I think I finally have found out why I LOVE SCOTT SOOO MUCH!! I love all of them, it’s like with my kids, you can’t pick favorites, but there that special different bond you have with one of them that the other have with her father or something.. But Scott’s way of singing with his ENTIRE BODY, the painting he does with his arms, the body language, the way he looks like he’s in pain when giving it ALL in an emotional piece…. It speaks to me on such a deep level. I know everyone have their own “favorites” based on what they like… Never have I heard a reactor say it’s Scott… So here I am, saying it… It’s Scott. All the way for me.