First Time Hearing - Six The Musical - Musician's Reaction

[@Emilaria]

This show has really fun songs. It's presented as a concert instead of a stage production musical. The wives are like a touring girl group.

[@sjm2726]

Did you know that the band for Six is also all female. 👩👩🏼‍🦱👱🏻‍♀️👩🏼‍🦰👩🏼👩🏽‍🦱 #girlpower.

[@Sclub8mad]

@@sjm2726 did you also know that the band is named after the ladies in waiting for the wives

[@sjm2726]

@@Sclub8mad yes, the attention to detail is so well thought out. 🤩

[@donttalktome_xo1]

@Keyko Valerie Hutapea WE STAN BAIYLIEE

[@donttalktome_xo1]

kind of funny how the og west end cast took this quite literally! after they left they made a girl group called seven! (SVN) also glad Gracie got some recognitiooon

[@Theturtleowl]

'That escalated quickly'. Much like all the marriages of Henry VIII.

[@JacobRestituto]

hahah

[@QuikVidGuy]

5 wives in 10 years, WITH 3 years of mourning crammed in the middle

[@GreetingsFineCitizen]

@@QuikVidGuy that mourning was for Seymour wasn't it

[@sujufan70]

@@GreetingsFineCitizen yep

[@kirichan5351]

HELP IM CRYINGG

[@QuikVidGuy]

"This sounds like European club music" *laughs in track 5*

[@artbycallie6816]

*inhales* HANS HOLBEIN GOES AROUND ZE WORLD

[@kilimlicenciada5946]

VELCOME TO ZE HAUS TO ZE HAUS OF HOLBEIN JAAA

[@kawinsalinukul]

@@kilimlicenciada5946 JAAAA!!!

[@ediblemongoose]

DAS IS GUT

[@sillaa4710]

OOH JA

[@velky_reeds]

The "I'm a Survivor" part was indeed a reference to that song, the entire musical/album gets very heavy inspirations from many female pop singers and girl groups, you'll be hearing way more references from iconic songs as you progress through the album, as well as various genres of music inspired by other songs.

[@nickystewart8082]

also in idnyl she sings "all my woman can independently..." as a reference to destiny's child independent woman

[@mikaelascott8011]

^^^ And let's not forget in "Get Down" when she goes "Okay ladies let's get in reformation". That makes 3 Beyonce references 😌 And maybe it's just me but Catherine of Argon gives me Beyonce vibes...

[@beabadoobeeultrafan]

@@mikaelascott8011 aragon was actually based off of beyonce in the musical

[@Froggie481989]

@@mikaelascott8011 Catherine of Aragon- Beyonce Anne Bolyen- Avril Lavigne Jane Seymour- Adele Anna of Cleves- Mary J Blige Katherine Howard- Ariana Grande Catherine Parr- Alicia Keys

[@douglasrau5094]

“Stick around and you’ll suddenly see more”. “Suddenly Seymour” is a song in the musical Little Shop of Horrors. It’s a very Hamilton-esk name dropping that the writers know musical theatre lovers will recognize immediately. It’s a little winking-to-the-audience/meta joke.

[@Quintinlicious]

The characters name is Jane Seymour

[@rachelmarrone]

it was more of a play on for her name, jane seymour

[@sujufan70]

@@rachelmarrone its both

[@skyesmith5683]

The 3 connections is why I love the line so much

[@christophertran9960]

Lol the non-musical theater fans COMPLETELY missing every single musical theater reference and trying to "correct" the fans sends me everytime. The reason why it's clever is because it's a layered reference. It's "See more", "Jane Seymour", and "Suddenly Seymore"

[@AnUnseenPoem]

The section with the modulation that you're hearing is actually the old English folk song 'Greensleeves'. It was widely believed that Henry VIII wrote the song about his 2nd wife Anne Boleyn so the composers have sampled that song in this one. It's a great musical and each song is completely different from the rest!

[@gothmomcosplays]

THANK YOU! I had a piano that played Greensleeves and when I first heard this song I recognized it immediately. I looked in comment sections but not many people seemed to reconize it, so I am glad I am not alone

[@canadiankazz]

How... can someone work in the music industry and not know Greensleeves?

[@gothmomcosplays]

@@canadiankazz Considering I was 11 and wasn't working in the music industry..

[@melissashupak]

Also, Greensleeves is modal (precursor to major/minor scales), so that’s why it sounds like it has an atonal note. 😉

[@amandarae8494]

Thank you! I knew I heard Greensleeves and I was wondering the relevance. And then she said my sleeves may be green but my lipstick is red and it all clicked. Haha

[@LittleMissHatty]

You maybe didn’t notice but it samples greensleeves in the chorus, classical song very associated with Henry viii

[@joewalker6109]

I believe Henry VIII also wrote a poem to Anne, which mentions her green sleeves he saw in her portrait 😊❤

[@Ineeee]

@@joewalker6109it’s a rumor yes!

[@jayholt7801]

I took my sister to see Six for her birthday in 2019, and I wasn't quite sure what to expect. I ended up loving it. The wordplay in some of the lines is amazing (concert/consort, Seymour/see more), and I absolutely love the bits Greensleeves you can hear in Ex-Wives and Haus of Holbein

[@lauragagalutton593]

Also too many years lost in history/ his story (as in Henry VIII's story, they have literally just been known as his wives and a rhyme as K Howard says she has been 1 word in a stupid rhyme), it's very clever lyrically.

[@scribbly2983]

"Consort" kind of has a triple meaning there because Consort is used both for Queen Consort and also a small Renaissance ensemble.

[@avonlies9482]

i can't wait for you to react to Get Down and Haus of Holbein 😂

[@beatrizribeiro2417]

Omgod yes. Ahhaha

[@shiftyshinings1273]

I love seeing people’s reactions to Holbein 😂

[@katesullivan4707]

A fun game for you as you are listening, the college kids who wrote this based each queen on a popular artist today for their styles. Some are obvious but others are harder.

[@ines2fenoyl756]

wait so Anne Boleyn is Avril Lavigne, Seymour is Adele and Aragon is Beyoncé ig? do you know the rest ?:)

[@katesullivan4707]

@@ines2fenoyl756 Anne Boleyn is supposed to be Kate Nash inspired.

[@Scarlett-Hofferson]

@@ines2fenoyl756 Katharine H is Ariana Grande

[@valerie_sees]

@@Scarlett-Hofferson i thought k howard was britney and anne boleyn was lilly allen

[@QuikVidGuy]

@Sariana Carter they each have at least 3 direct inspirations

[@onceinsaratopia]

can we get some Hadestown? the live performances of "wait for me" and "way down hadestown" are flawless!

[@carlycchapman]

Oooh, I'd love to see him react to the Hadestown soundtrack

[@sunnyhart83080]

This musical is super fun and was written by first time composers while they were still in university. It debuted at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh. It does reference a lot of contemporary music as well as everyone has already said, "Greensleeves" which is also the melody for the Christmas carol, "What Child Is This?"

[@Circus_baby_1]

“Changing the prefix” means HIStory - his story Changing to HERstory - her story Showing that it’s not about Henry and it’s about the wives (his - her)

[@JacobRestituto]

🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@ReginaCordium722]

one of the songs in the show, haus of holbein, is based on german house music! anna of cleves was from germany and they lean into it with hoh, which is before her song get down

[@allycat0136]

Fun fact: That tune in the middle of the song is from a poem called Greensleeves that Henry wrote about Anne Boleyn that eventually became a folk tune

[@OkRennie11]

Another fun fact: The line "My sleeves may be green but my lipstick's red" and her connection to Greensleeves isn't because her sleeves were literally green (though some were). It's a subtle reference to how some ladies of court would gain stature and favor, but at the risk of green grass stains on their skirts.

[@miralcalugcugan7960]

5:08 idk if you know this already but this part of the song sounds like Greensleeves, a song thought to be written by Henry to Anne Boleyn.

[@meganrmt]

God I can’t wait till he gets to the Haus of Holbein 😂😂

[@QuikVidGuy]

Jacob: crosses his arms to keep from pausing too much Jacob: immediately hears something too cool to resist I'm wondering what IS so cool about the chord on "wiiiiives." is it more than interchange, like is it rooted outside the key?

[@velky_reeds]

This was a surprise, I've never expected you to react to this but I'm not complaining 😆

[@natutshka]

The first part also really reminds me of the cell block tango but maybe it's just a similar vibe.

[@bobo13193]

Totally Cell Block Tango vibes.

[@chadoakley8505]

Chicago Six ran with that.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6O7mpVml7emaaM

[@celticcello]

Wow! Thanks! I haven't heard about this musical. Shout out to the comments and information on Grernsleeves. It was bugging me. I knew I should know it. I Love it so far! I am glad that you're embracing reacting to another musical.

[@awmperry]

I’ve watched a lot of music reaction videos of late, but as a musician it’s really interesting to watch your take on the more technical production aspects rather than just the music. Would be fun to see your take on the other tunes from Six as well!

[@Charharr]

Each of the Queens' songs is vaguely based on the musical style of the some of the biggest women in pop, it'd be interesting to see you, as a professional musician, pick out what elements of each song are indicative of the different styles. Catherine of Aragon: Beyoncé Anne Boleyn: Lily Allen / Avril Lavigne Jane Seymour: Adele Anne of Cleves: Rihanna Catherine Howard: Arianna Grande Catherine Parr: Alicia Keyes

[@1DNobodyCompares]

Yeees! I love the song from the musical! Thanks for reacting to this! Can't wait for you to react to "All you wanna do"

[@annatabner8459]

I love that you’re reacting to musical theatre! If you want any suggestions of other musicals to listen to my biggest recommendation is Newsies!

[@justaszya6437]

This song live is amazing and had a lot sass. You need to see this.

[@samcarlson524]

Would love to see more reactions to this musical!

[@JacobRestituto]

🙏🏼

[@mysticwolf99]

yes I'm so happy that you started reacting to SIX!! I really love this musical, hope you will love it as well. This is a nice surprise to see when looking for some of your vids to watch as a break of studying.

[@selenar5026]

The issue you are having with the Greensleeves sampling is that you are used to hearing What Child is This, which uses the same tune with the exception of the one note change.

[@JacobRestituto]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@EmmyAngua]

Loved your reaction - so lovely to learn the technical side of things - and would love to see you react to more songs from this. Each Queen takes musical inspiration from famous singers so each of their songs is wildly different.

[@smileyfacesheens123]

I LOVE THIS SOUNDTRACK

[@jazzy_k_]

Yes! I’m so happy you reacted to this. You’ll love it 😁😁

[@avonlies9482]

wow didn't expect you to react to six!!

[@dinascharnhorst6590]

That one segment where you keep pointing out the one note sticking out? That's a song called Greensleeves, supposedly composed by King Henry VIII, being cleverly woven into the score.

[@JacobRestituto]

Oh wow

[@svnnybvddy]

You have to actually watch All You Wanna Do. The performance tells mists of the story and it’s so good tbh

[@LittleMissHatty]

Please react to the other songs from six!

[@niki_papp]

"That sounds like european club music"😂😂 i mean... you're not wrong but i would neverrrrr have thought of that😂

[@JacobRestituto]

Lolll

[@saiyasha848]

Some fun little things that you wouldn't know unless you are a bit more aquainted with their story: -"Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived" Is an existing Rhyme about the sic Queens, that's why K.Howard saiys "I've been just _one word_ in a stupid Rhyme" - The Instrumental part in exwives is a song called "Greensleeves" and the myth is that Henry wrote it for Anne Boleyn ("my sleeves may be green") though that has been historically refuted.

[@JacobRestituto]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@veronicatorres8576]

You're great... We need a full reaction to HADESTOWN please!!!

[@annatabner8459]

If you’re going to listen to all of the songs (which i hope you do) just know that there is an extra song which isn’t on the soundtrack - the Megasix - its essentially a mashup of a ton of the other songs (there are a lot of musicals that do this kinda thing, it’s usually known as a megamix - but this is probably my favourite). I don’t think there was ever an actual studio recording of it so you might have to look for a bootleg version!

[@Randomner2562]

To add to this - there are a TON of the megasix on KZbin, none of which count as bootlegging as the Queens give permission to the audience to film it, very similar to the final song of a concert. Easily one of my favourite shows to go and see, guaranteed a good time.

[@sidbid1590]

Megasixes aren't bootlegs, fortunately.

[@Rowyn.glitches]

If you don't mind and haven't seen it before, it would be amazing if you could react to the 'Beetlejuice the musical' songs.

[@JacobRestituto]

Thanks for the ifea

[@noahreide4072]

Ah, it's my time to shine

[@JacobRestituto]

snap

[@Kcoste08]

The Greenselves melody is purposely out of the key in "Ex-Wives" to create the unresolved quality, then in the title song "Six" at the end it's IN the key to represent the growth of the characters and also resolve it for the audience. :). The Greesleeves motif bookends the show, and when you see the show live (or listen to the B'way recording), the Greesleves motif is played on the harpsichord as the show begins. It's woven into the bass line in a lot of places too!

[@JacobRestituto]

Oh cool!

[@gabriellew77]

Wow! I’m early! I love Six the Musical! It’s super fun!!

[@fluffysgirl23]

I discovered it yesterday and have not been able to stop listening to the soundtrack! 😂

[@JacobRestituto]

🔥

[@luna-20000]

You need to watch all you wanna do live Broadway it's so emotional 😭

[@JacobRestituto]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@shannonmenendez3327]

I’m seeing the Australian cast for Six on the 27th of August. Counting down the days 😅😅😅😅

[@JacobRestituto]

Wow!

[@sophiehumphreys5817]

There were originally just SIX songs but they needed an introduction of all the queen's (ex wives) , they also needed a song bringing them all together and what they are "doing after their divorces, beheadings, deaths, or surviving. (Six) and a song to basically remind us of all the songs and the finale/ final number. (Megasix)

[@acatnamedm4529]

That interesting key change that you've mentioned is to incorporate Greensleeves (that Henry wrote for Anne who's sleeves are green - this is myth but that melody is so ingrained into the culture, that it's always played in movies to invoke that time period). In the first song, the melody is unresolved and sounds harsh. But by the end of the musical, there is resolution. See Howard Ho's masterful breakdown of this.

[@JacobRestituto]

🔥🔥

[@Heedy770]

I am so glad that you picked up on a lot of the lyrics!!! most of the musicians here had no reaction to or idea about the lyrics and how they are so damn creative!!!....lol....I was planning to get a history channel to react to it lol

[@JacobRestituto]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@victoria7t]

You and me both! I appreciate his real musicians reaction. I've listened to a lot of reactions here because this is a musical that's got a lot of reaction baiting and its symbolism and I wanted to see who caught all this stuff and everything both musically and lyrically and a lot of these reactions are oh I love this sound or they are watching one of the fan made videos because of Licensing issues and they're like oh this video is so creative when the video has nothing to do with the musical. So my hat's off to him as well.

[@valentinafangirling]

I am very late but sir please keep reacting to this musical.

[@ace_of_cakes]

Howard Ho actually made a video about the use of Greensleeves in Six and why some of those atonal notes you're hearing are there. I highly recommend checking it out

[@JacobRestituto]

Oh cool thanks

[@jasmine9581]

07:11 this part's my favorite 😊 (i.e. the part I listen to it for)

[@conniebowers7044]

Both the studio and live versions are musically good, but if you want to get the best performance vocals, go for the live version. Brings the lyrics/story to a whole other level.

[@JacobRestituto]

🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@mj8959]

React more from Six the musical pleaseeee😭😭😭

[@Ineeee]

Howard Ho has a cool video called “How greensleeves works in six” which I think youd like. It talks about the key and notes that sound weird in this!

[@JacobRestituto]

Thanks!

[@Qhartb]

Around 80% of this song is in some way related to Greensleeves, which in in the Dorian mode. The "out-of-key" notes you commented on are the raised 6th from the Dorian mode. The chorus swaps from Aeolian ("remix", "prefix") to Dorian ("be six"). Greensleeves is most obviously quoted in the instrumental breaks, but also the synth hits in the first verse quote the first phrase of Greensleeves (opened up to make room for the vocal lines). (Later verses drop the hits but keep using the same chord loop.) The chorus has similar hits, diatonically transposed. The same synth from the dance break also quotes it as the singers hold "LIVE!"

[@JacobRestituto]

🔥🔥🔥

[@sarcastickat7491]

The whole time I did not understand anything but I'm having a great time.

[@twist_ending7545]

You should listen to the Beetlejuice musical! It has so many different styles, it's so cool Edit: listen to the whole musical though, please

[@JacobRestituto]

🔥

[@twist_ending7545]

@@JacobRestituto 👀

[@twist_ending7545]

@@JacobRestituto if the flame emoji means you'll react to it, will you be doing all in one video, a few each video, or one at a time?

[@tray2811]

The chromatic part was Greensleeves

[@mily_dvis]

You should react to Heart of Stone

[@thatlibrarysmell720]

If you listen to the final Six hey fix the modulation to symbolize how they’ve ascended

[@dannahlouise5176]

Please react to Now United - Lean On Me💕 Now United is the first ever global pop group with members of different nationalities from different countries around the world 🇦🇺🇩🇪🇺🇲🇷🇺🇸🇳🇬🇧🇮🇳🇲🇽🇵🇭🇧🇷🇨🇦🇨🇮🇫🇮🇬🇧🇯🇵🇰🇷🇱🇧

[@pravuscruento5441]

Greensleeves is modal, hence the ‘note outside the key’

[@JacobRestituto]

🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@21ilovecolby]

Each queen is based on a modern famous female singer today like Beyonce or Adele, and Ariana Grande

[@JacobRestituto]

Oh wow

[@Tyler_Mills26]

I was about to say all the synth stuff sounds like Erasure and he said "this sounds like European club music" lol can you describe Erasure any other way lol xxx

[@JacobRestituto]

Lol

[@mom0089]

He should react to All you wanna do is he hasn't💖🖤

[@JacobRestituto]

Thanks!

[@louiseholland7511]

Can you do the other songs 🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@lolno2091]

why is no one talking about seymore using her name as a pun?

[@victoria7t]

Because the entire play is filled with puns that's the intention of it from the very beginning. There's tons of inside jokes and puns and not just with seymour.

[@MissHistory92]

Bit late to this but the Greensleeves section (the bit where you were saying it sounded like a key change) was so cleverly done and this is a fantastic explanation of it! kzbin.info/www/bejne/roaToaSBnp2CbsU

[@angelinaaponte9548]

Can u please listen to to hobo Johnson Peach scones I wanna know what u think of it

[@zayjaykob]

STAHP PAUSING EVERY 2.5 SECONDS😭😭

[@JacobRestituto]

Thanks for the feedback ❤️

[@TheRealJaneSeymour]

Hello!!

[@svnnybvddy]

Also dude not you not recognizing Greensleeves

[@Signoredeme]

I grew up in Smithtown

[@JacobRestituto]

Ayooo

[@Alexp36500]

Just FYI this soundtrack is wack when it comes to the Broadway version. I have to use the bootleg versions to get the good music. I mean their voices are okay I guess. But Broadway was the best cast can't change my mind. Need Your Love is the bomb! Fav song of the show.

[@JacobRestituto]

oh wow!

[@emilymorete6304]

if you listen carefully you will notice the tune of green sleeves

[@JacobRestituto]

Oh wow 😮

[@TheTabbiKatt]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/roaToaSBnp2CbsUsi=wqfRNXgLGga6Zwhd Here’s why that “key change” feels just a little bit off.

[@diariesofdes]

𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘀

[@martina7957]

react to olivia rodrigos unreleased songs

[@mamabear1135]

How do you get the vibe of the song when you stop it every fifteen seconds lol

[@JacobRestituto]

Sorry to hear you didn’t enjoy the video ❤️

[@dimashunofficial3458]

Reaction Exo eldorado live plzzzzz🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Kittykat5kits]

Dude, it’s MODAL! Get out of your diatonic comfort zone!

[@JacobRestituto]

🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@gracemellen5100]

The only thing I dislike about videos like this is that they always pause and barely listen. It would be so so much better if pauses were less frequent, or if they listened once, and then after that they paused it :/

[@goodgaminggirl_2861]

Copyright

[@poolkids5216]

Love the musical but this version is not my favorite I like the live with sam pauly

[@kevinperez163]

Bacon 🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓🥓

[@silvereyes242]

He pauses it way too much, like how can you appreciate a song if you pause it every five seconds?

[@JacobRestituto]

sorry to hear you didn't enjyo!