Geoff Castellucci -- Man Of Constant Sorrow -- That LOW LOW -- 307 Reacts -- Episode 685

[@silentbutdaddly05]

That part was written by Geoff himself I believe. He usually puts it in his description when he writes and adds stuff to his covers

[@ronsbrat525]

He did put it and the words in the description.

[@lkayh]

That final chord (and a few others in the song) are almost a signature for Geoff (along with the drops just for the heck of it). And I so love Geoff’s sense of humor. Love the reaction and history lesson!! Where are you guys in Wyoming? I have family all over the state!

[@SBQDawn]

"Man of Constant Sorrow" (also known as "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow") is a traditional American folk song first published by Dick Burnett, a partially blind fiddler from Kentucky. The song was originally titled "Farewell Song" in a songbook by Burnett dated to around 1913. **this was way before licensing ** so as Matt said you get inspired and it slips into your head and dreams and the muse wakes you with an idea and you either get lucky and have a popular hit or it dies out and is later rediscovered (not stolen) *chuckle

[@alyssadaniels7841]

It’s funny that so many people think Geoff’s original bridge is some other country song. Just goes to show how good he is at writing a catchy melody! And as others said, Geoff doesn’t do inhale bass. He can chest-fry and growl, but 99% of the time if the note is F1 and below, he is using subharmonics.

[@joymed987]

Ge9ff has only done this song now but even his audio mixer thought he had done it before 😂😂

[@jenniferwalker5980]

That part that you commented about was written by Geoff, words and music. He called it a bridge. Great reaction.

[@fuchs0408]

First: the part you didn't know is written by himself (as well as a bridge in their cover of Golden Hour and the rap in Valhalla Calling) and I think it's just beautiful. Second: I think Geoff once said that he doesn't even know how to use inhale notes. All three E1's in this are subharmonics. Loved your reaction👌

[@marshayoung9387]

An outsider wrote the rap section for Voice Plays cover of Valhalla & the same person wrote the rap section for J. None in Superstitious.

[@fuchs0408]

@@marshayoung9387 ah, didn't know that, I thought some said that in a comment section of another reaction but maybe I'm remembering that wrong

[@Notmiddleg]

The E1 at the end is really good quality

[@jaimeeking8584]

HE KILLS IT WITH THE COUNTRY SOUNDING SONGS!!!

[@cliffmorain7215]

I have a Billy Bass fish on the wall that sings Take Me To The Water lol

[@jandhjack]

Inhale = vibrobass (mainly a beatboxers technique) Exhale = subharmonics (a technique used to make the voice lower using undertone

[@PBobinAustin]

The Home Free version you are remembering does not include Geoff. You're confusing him with Tim Foust (easy to do). Love you guys. Keep it up!

[@sirlivingalf4381]

Ditto. Just wanted to FYI this and saw your comment.😂

[@AndieO]

Thank God... I'm not the only one. Just spent a while going through their older songs to see if I missed it... Lol

[@307Reacts]

Thank you 😂 it was a Monday when we filmed 😂

[@Gael4ce]

Geoff’s son once got the two of them confused. 😂 Have you heard the story?

[@reallollabunny]

@@Gael4ce no but I want to now! point me to a Patreon link, if you'd like :D

[@MsCrazylady71]

After hearing a couple of songs where Geoff added lyrics I would love to hear a full length Geoff original.

[@amandahowells5389]

Great reaction again guys! Looking forward to more Geoff, voiceplay and other acapella reactions to come this year

[@kennyschaefer5466]

Hey guys... I really enjoy the content. To answer your query, Geoff is actually beginning to write into the covers now and that's where the bridge came from in Man Of Constant Sorrow. I thought that I'd heard it before too, but upon research it turns out that he wrote it, as well as the bridge in Golden Hour as well as the rap verse in Valhalla Calling. A man of many talents he surely is and I'd wondered forever why he doesn't do originals given his level of skill. Fingers crossed that may change in the near future. Geoff Castellucci is a Music God.

[@kennyschaefer5466]

Ohh.... Also Geoff doesn't do any inhaling technique to Schreiber his notes based upon my research and the story about Layne being able to go lower than Geoff by inhaling was actually a practical joke created by Layne himself to rib Geoff. Lol. Gotta love their childlike bemusement.

[@loritempleman2951]

He didn't write the rap verse in Valhalla Calling. It was written by Alfredo Austin.

[@5foot2eyesofblue13]

Geoff said recently that he had been interested in doing entirely original music, but when Voiceplay started getting popular he realized that he just wouldn't have enough time to do both and chose Voiceplay.

[@ilonadever8249]

The bridge was original, During a chat with his patrons, he showed us his notes, the crossed out lines, change from sins to sin, and explained his thought process when working on the lyrics. It's all Geoff, all the time, melody in that part as well. I was not fond of this song until Geoff put his detailed touch on it. It is oddly hopeful. The way he did the rhythm, makes it sound more upbeat. He had a golden shore note on the back of the picture, he was carrying that sweet bouquet of baby's breath. And that final chord after the low note. Perfection!! He is in the Orlando area, he worked very hard to keep a palm tree to the left of the quartet out of the frame.

[@janetdw]

I also love the hopeful feel in this regardless of the title. Another reactor, and I wish I could remember who, commented that that upbeat tempo reminded her of a train clacking down the rails and now when I listen to it that’s what I hear!

[@lauriehallcolemandowns7364]

I love how he threw in that minor chord in this major key! I think he wrote that "new" section. As to the original melody and words, it is Appalachian and it quite a bit more than 100 yrs old. Scruggs used and recorded it because it hadn't been published, as most folk music was never actually published, especially Appalachian music. I love this.

[@catherinemillroy7487]

Great reaction as always! The part you thought you knew was written and added by Geoff. Very talented. You guys are great.

[@Cordelia53]

This was completely filmed in Florida. That original bridge was amazing. Great reaction guys!!

[@anitawright7169]

Geoff is so very awesome! Love your reactions!

[@thisismetoday7423]

You confused Geoff with Tim Foust from Home Free. You’re going to have to make this up to us somehow lol

[@307Reacts]

Shoot, we did, didn’t we? 😂🤦🏻 dang bass singers! We do owe y’all a make-up for this.

[@SunnyOutlook]

Love your reactions!

[@307Reacts]

Hey thanks, Sunny! We appreciate you spending your time with us!

[@ronsbrat525]

Great reaction guys. That section that's not part of the original is original to Geoff. He wrote it himself. That's why you can't put a finger on it Chris 😊. This is in the Orlando Florida area where he lives. Filmed in 3 separate locations on 3 separate days.

[@marshayoung9387]

Geoff did mini live of his singing the low notes.

[@tgtan]

I missed you guys but after hearing "Rant with Gus", I came back. I wish you would do some of the popular songs going around for Chris would go to town on them.

[@tschlaak]

Great reaction 😊

[@307Reacts]

Thanks, for being here, Tracie!

[@wolfknight412]

Geoff... in Home Free??? You guys are soo fired!

[@307Reacts]

We know….. 🤦🏻😂

[@Leslie_AvalonAcresFarm]

I actually live in a forest, in Ohio, LOL! Great review, guys!

[@barbarakennedy2667]

Geoff essentially changed the story of the song in this version, and it is fire.

[@jamespauldelashmit2173]

Those Hymns you mentioned, from what I've heard.....the actual music that goes with those Negro Spiritual songs came from the Saloons where people had heard the music which then had new lyrics instead of the old worldly lyrics!!

[@veronicathunander4579]

You’re confusing HomeFree and VoicePlay, Tim and Geoff 😁. As you know, Geoff is the bass in VoicePlay and neither Geoff nor VoicePlay has done this before. HomeFree has done a great version too, though 😊.

[@Robert.Sheard]

I read somewhere the song came is a traditional American folk song first published by Dick Burnett, a partially blind fiddler from Kentucky. Who knows? 🤷 My first intro to it was also O Brother, Where Art Thou?

[@Cpperk95]

We volunteered in Laramie a few summers and came home to the west coast saying the state tree of Wyoming is the snow fence.

[@307Reacts]

😂😂😂😂

[@ХлебБородинский-з5у]

Those low notes are subharmonics

[@pinesyeet]

Nice video as always! The extreme low notes are not inhales, they're subharmonics. Geoff has a video or 3 on the topic. Essentially, he makes his vocal folds vibrate at different speeds so that the resulting note heard is lower. As you can hear at 4:23 , it also has the added effect of some extra "rattling". Have a nice day!

[@bassanderson5610]

Just thought I'd let y'all know early Tom is dropping a new song TOMDAY HOG FAMILY 4 LIFE 🎯😎🥰

[@theaugmentedbard]

From what I've heard from other commenters that bridge is a Geoff original.

[@jamespauldelashmit2173]

Someone has said that Geoff actually wrote that Bridge you're talking about!!!

[@ncz2]

Always a good time on this channel. Keep on going! Love from Rawlins.

[@GregoryEaston-pu1yw]

That part that's not a part of the song is actually a piece of another song in the movie the part was when they were by the river with the girls

[@ondrejlukas326]

For the low notes he uses subharmonics you sing a note and let your voice into vocal fry activating the false folds which vibrate at exactly half the frequency of your true vocal cords and the sound is exactly one octave lower than what you are actually singing

[@grischad20]

Geoff subs don't use false chord despite what tcv keeps hammering lmao. Geoff uses fry subs

[@Rebecca-of7fh]

Soft and squishy!

[@Broomrider1492]

Geoff doesn't inhale. With him adding music and lyrics make it his own. Filmed at Big Oaks Ranch in Chuluota FL.

[@katiewhite9351]

I understand Geoff wrote the bridge, but the first line of the bridge reminds me of the gospel "Wade in the Water."

[@gilbertk.9189]

Dick Burnett wrote the song in 1913

[@christinestromberg4057]

In a live video chat Geoff said that Layne can do low notes by inhaling, but that he can't do it. It's a subharmonic. To the best of my knowledge Geoff hasn't done this song before. As mentioned below, it's an old song. Before Scruggs. I first heard it in the movie, then heard Home Free do it, and now Geoff has made it his own with his own addition of a bridge which he wrote. So it may have sounded familiar but definitely wasn't. Not sure about the "borned", it isn't all the clear to me. Maybe someone will ask him. :)

[@SouthPawBowler24]

The first low note in the song is E1 subharmonic note

[@cliffmorain7215]

Geoff is from VoicePlay not Home Free, Geoff has a video where he talks about inhale notes, says he can not do those notes. Layne can your right.

[@bjspeck4337]

Geoff wrote it himself.

[@JillPeterson-dr6ox]

Thank you for watching the end with Geoff's warning about "Trains are big and strong and you are soft and squishy" so many reactors are note watching it or editing it out. I know Geoff and Tim look similar to each other and they're friends, but they are different; Or are they 🤔 😄 Something for the conspiracy community to explore

[@cgpaladin7390]

At least from what I’ve heard, Lane’s lowest inhale note is a F1. Geoff can hit B0 in subharmonics. Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I think he meant with out subharmonics.

[@AndieO]

This is such an original take on this song. But. Ummm.... The other version of MOCS was previously done by Home Free. . Think that's what you're thinking of. I haven't heard this from VP

[@grizzlypower660]

Long black train. Josh trunner If I’m wrong ☁️☁️

[@acappellaismyjam9202]

Geoff does not do inhale.

[@timgray3790]

Geoff said he never does inhales because his voice is so low to begin with that he sounds like a creaking door when he tries.

[@Badger77722]

Geoff said that he thought the song always needed a bridge - so he wrote one for it!

[@paolofilipponi7738]

Lane can't go lower tha Geoff, G hits B0 (the lowest note, almost a frequency), Lane is neareby, but not lower! GREAT REACTION! CHEERS FROM ITALY

[@mercedesgilbert1570]

You shoild react to VoicePlay Road Trip It is hilarious. It's when they were touring with Sing Off live tour

[@grischad20]

Geoff doesn't do inhale, it's just a subharmonic And i do inhale whistle but that don't sound good lol

[@gilliandrysdale5306]

hello?Geoff is with Voiceplay not homefree! ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@307Reacts]

It’s was a Monday 😂 Monday brain fog must of hit us bad that day

[@SouthPawBowler24]

All the low low notes were subharmonic notes not inhale or chest

[@GaiaOne]

It was written in 1913.

[@cherylsmith3291]

Geoff said he never inhales

[@SBQDawn]

been looking and the closest song I've found for that verse is possibly from : Take me to the River By Al Green ??? or maybe We The Kingdom- left it in the water???? That might be a stretch ummm possibly Biblically ref. Isaiah 43 or Genesis 18 ??? Gonna have to ask Geoff. *chuckle

[@BethanyLind]

So here is my VERY non-expert and therefore personal opinion. I love Voice Play and Geoff's voice is phenomenal. The first time I heard him was in The Oogie Boogie song and have been a fan since. BUT that being said, there are just some songs that are not better with this deep baritone and I am sorry but I do not think Geoff's voice works for this song... Hold the hate comments folks, it's just my opinion...Love you guys! Maybe sometime you can do Hailey Reinhart & Postmodern Jukebox's cover of CREEP #1 Fan ~ Beth Ann

[@jameswilliams4566]

You guys TALK way to much.