Morgan James; PMJ; Dream On Cover | RTT Reacts

[@RambossTheTerrible]

What bands or singers, besides PMJ, would you like me to hear? Any advice for how these videos could get better? Much love.

[@magu2k]

Jinjer - Pisces kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYKxpXqlgph5jLc >.> very popular song to do a reaction vid to

[@jaybourne1185]

i am huge postmodern jukebox fan (especially haley) and just posted a long post (incl recommendations) on your "don't speak" reaction... morgan and haley are both in "all about the bass". besides pmj and haley who by far is my favorite singer now, i have really enjoyed recently listening to lanie gardner with her cover of fleetwood "dreams" (kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGKvmXZnr6yiq8U) and "hell on heels" cover (kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4aZqZKZotagmpI).... she has also great tone and rasp (and terrific smile)... she has since gotten a recording contract with jonas brothers studio and even mic fleetwood himself was so impressed he contacted her to tell here how good she was.

[@RambossTheTerrible]

@@jaybourne1185 You just helped expand my horizons. I added those links to my future reaction folder. I love finding new music and I want to make genuine reactions, so I have to space these songs out. Im stuck between wanting to binge listen and wanting to make new videos. Its taking some willpower to avoid listening to everything nonstop.

[@RambossTheTerrible]

@@magu2k Hmm, I will look into this. I love all the new music people have been recommending to me! Looking forward to reacting!

[@TheGathumpus]

@@jaybourne1185 yes Laney Gardners cover of "Dreams is great. Also good is Angelina Jordan covering "Back To Black" Think she was Ten when she did it, she is only 15 now. the other one of hers I like is a cover/homage to screaming Jay Hawkins "I Put A Spell On you" from about the same time.

[@ahnanguhr5918]

I was never a big Beatles fan until Morgan did "The White Album"

[@douglaspensack3499]

Morgan is one of the best female voices in professional music. Seriously under-rated!

[@TheGathumpus]

See you fell down the Post Modern jukebox rabbit hole. "All About that Bass" covers both girls at once.

[@RambossTheTerrible]

I have so many songs on my list to react to now but I want to watch them all this minute! I’m so torn!

[@billparrish4385]

I love sitting here thinking about Morgan and PMJ covering, note for note, the original arrangement of the 1943 version of _Dream On,_ sung by Ella Fitzgerald, in an after hours jam session with a few members of Count Basie's orchestra, in an un-named recording studio where somebody left the tape running, an obscure label now lost to history somehow acquires the master in a box of old used tape, realizes they've got something special, and releases it on a 78 rpm vinyl record, but given the lack of provenance or a contract, it's still not enough to save the company, so it has only a limited regional release. Then a young Steven Tyler, age 10, finds one of the few copies of the record one day in his mom's old trunk in the attic, a markdown price handwritten across the label (discounted by the Yonkers record store, after it had failed to move, where his mom Susan had bought it as a teenager). Little Steven plays it, the tone arm needle skipping its way through the scratchy recording. The young lad's face begins to light up, and the rest, as they say, is history! And, of course, none of that actually happened. Be kinda neat if it had, though....

[@davidphillips4476]

Just to drop this on you; there is a video of Morgan James with Haley Reinhart singing "Dear Prudence"...just sayin.."Voice like butter" great description man! Powerful butter..That's why Haley and Morgan are my 2 favs with PMJ.

[@theogoldguy]

They are angels in that song!

[@billbaker9623]

Amen brother. No one ever talks about that one. Just two girls hanging out. Brilliant.

[@don_sorensen_santa_barbara]

Power, as in classical (opera) training at Juliard. Nice re@ction.

[@RambossTheTerrible]

Wow. I had no idea but her time there definitely paid off. Something about a woman with a strong voice melts me. Thank you for the kind words.

[@jedislap8726]

@@RambossTheTerrible Yeah Julliard trained in Opera but decided Jazz was more her thing. And yeah, she is so tiny but her voice say's otherwise.

[@PaulEngineer]

ProTip: On KZbin videos spacebar for pause/resume and left/right arrow for back/forward (5 sec/time) are smoother and quicker than mouse hunt and click on the screen controls.

[@RambossTheTerrible]

This is the greatest advice I have gotten so far. You're a genius. Thank you!

[@robinrichards6577]

I suggest Morgan’s “ain’t no way “ and “do right woman, do right man “. Phenomenal.

[@dennisswainston411]

Welcome to the Morgan James Fan Club! Anything done by her (PMJ or otherwise) is AWESOME!!

[@zmann4444]

You have to react to Maps for PMJ ft Morgan James!

[@dfhowes]

5:04 The shiver down your back is called frisson (pronounced free-sawn), a French term meaning “aesthetic chills,” and it feels like waves of pleasure running all over your skin. Some researchers have even dubbed it a “skin orgasm.” It happens a lot when listening to Morgan.

[@thesidsss]

Morgan is awesome! She has video covering the White album cover to cover.

[@FlatulentBreeze]

Morgan is a Julliard trained opera singer. After graduating that she went on to Broadway and did live theater. At some point she learned to belt, they don't train for that in opera. But overall a great singer that uses her opera abilities in normal human music. Check out her and Scott (founder/arranger/piano for PMJ) doing Take Me To Church... So powerful! Also she does a couple songs for PMJ with Haley, those are really good, they complement each other.

[@bethbrown934]

PMJ has some great female singers. Morgan James is all class.

[@allendesalme197]

She and Haley do a version of The Beatles Dear Prudence with Morgan's husband, who is a jazz guitarist, accompanying. They really sound nice together...

[@baskervillebee6097]

One thing to say about Morgan James? Juilliard

[@shirleytamburano6256]

You'd love Haley Reinhart's, Oh Darlin' - it's live & her dad is playing guitar. Her mom Patty is also a singer.

[@lesaahrenstein6360]

Disturbs cover of sound of silence was the best cover Of a song that I had ever heard. This version with Morgan James now has the #1 spot on my list of Best song ever covered. Disturbed is #2 and the prayer by Pentatonix is #3

[@hawtee1619]

Hey there buddy! I have been enjoying your reactions to PMJ and Haley Reinhardt has the same effect on me! She’s amazing, talented and sexy, lol Just wanted to suggest a new artist to you named Lara Fabian! She’s great! She has great vocals, stage presence and subtle sex appeal. She’s speaks and sings in multiple languages. Start with watching some performances from the “Lara with love” concert 1999 Songs there are “broken bow” “je’suis Malade”. (enable English lyrics) “Your not from here” and “Perdere La’More” (enable English) she is a great artist and is an awesome rabbit hole to get lost in! Cheers from San Diego California ❤️❤️

[@Hundhammer]

I second Hawtee on Lara! "Je suis malade" is a good start, maybe the most emotional performance I've ever seen... and her vocals are top tier as well...

[@martinsinfield42]

While you are on this PMJ journey, there are 2 videos you MUST see (there are many more than 2 in reality but let's start with these!). One is Haley singing White Stripes' 'Seven Nation Army' in a New Orleans dirge style. It's a work of art on many levels. The 2nd video is Haley, Morgan James and Ariana Savalas (Telly Savalas' daughter) together singing 'All About That Bass'. I know you will be blown away by these two. PMJ is pure genius. Keep up the good work, your reactions are spot-on!

[@RambossTheTerrible]

Thank you so much for the compliment! I’m looking forward to watching more of PMJ and their super unique style. That Scott Bradlee guy really knows how to pick vocalists!

[@agwyvern]

"Telly" Savalas :-)

[@jaybourne1185]

@@RambossTheTerrible not just the excellent vocalist, musicians and arrangement but meticulous implementation of "vintage" character though their outfits, expressions, movements and setting that virtually transfers you back in time... ;)

[@RambossTheTerrible]

@@jaybourne1185 I didnt realize he did the entirety of the production. I thought he just wrote the arrangements but you just helped me find a new level of respect for him. That's incredible and you're right, it does make you feel like your part of a different era!

[@RambossTheTerrible]

@@agwyvern I have seen this name come up a lot lately. I will have to give her a listen. Thanks!

[@lost_in_a_crowd_of_3257]

Morgan does a great cover of Sledgehammer you need to check it out

[@baskervillebee6097]

Don't miss Postmodern Jukebox Wayne Brady singing Thriller with tap dancing zombies.

[@cristiancastro326]

Excelente reaccion, y Morgan James , es grandiosa, saludos desde Costa Rica, pura vida !!!

[@robtgoldstein]

This is the best cover I have ever heard and the reaction had me smiling so much, because I have seen the video so many times, and I will never get tired of it. What a talent. I love Linda Ronstadt, but I have to say Morgan, in her own style, is right up there with Linda as an all time great vocalist.

[@aj71169]

Excellent. You’ve pulled us in with the PMJ big hitters. Now step out a little and see who follows. PMJ’s Boulevard of Broken Dreams

[@billparrish4385]

Hey bro, not sure if you still read these, or get notified or whatever, but I love coming back here and dipping into a few of your reactions again. They are just that good. I wish you'd find the time or whatever to make a few more. You really are one of the best, hands down. Your expressions, comments, the whole thing mirror my own reactions when I first heard these, it's uncanny. That's really what makes a great reaction channel, and brother you've got it. Hope to see some new content soon.

[@allendesalme197]

She trqained in opera at Juilliard. I think she may be the best singer out there right now...

[@cherylmack1260]

She trained as an opera singer I've heard somewhere. I think she holds all her air in her chest. It's the only place she has any space to hold it. I've heard her and Haley and another female just as good do, Don't Worry bout that Base. Enjoy all these new selections coming your way. The ones that are so good but not world famous are the ones who are independent, not wanting managers, etc. eating up all their profits and not one telling the what or how to do a song.

[@cherylmack1260]

I meant It's All about that Base.

[@gcarap]

New sub here, great reaction. And I second recommendation for Heart doing Stairway To Heaven at the Kennedy Center in front of the surviving Led Zeppelin members in the balcony and with Jason Bonham (son of late Zeppelin drummer John Bonham) on drums.

[@Chris_T_S]

Good to see you checking out other Postmodern Jukebox performances. For me, the magic is PMJ themselves, how they take a song then tweak it by making arrangements to a completely different genre (ie rock --> 60s dance hall, metal --> blues etc). The singers themselves are an incredible bonus, and usually chosen for their own vocal strengths. Would love to see many more of PMJ's material, and not solely singers performing with PMJ.

[@miguelgabaldon9638]

Awesome reaction. Every time I watch this video I get the “Heebee Geebeez” too. Truly amazing work by PMJ and Morgan James. 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼

[@timjester8555]

She and her husband on guitar have made quite a few during the pandemic. Suggest her Cranberries cover of When I'm Gone. Stripped down to basics really shows her talents.

[@scottswindler2809]

Puddles Pity Party, Telephone Line. You’ve never seen anything like it.

[@antonysingleton4716]

Hi Ramboss, love your reaction to Morgan James. Big fan of anything PMJ and this woman is truly awesome ! Hayley as well like you say, Scott chose amazing vocalists for his arrangements 😉

[@Hundhammer]

Hi Ramboss, nice reaction again, I think you found your niche... For some time now Haley is my top beloved singer, but Morgan is close behind. Suggestion for another reaction on her: "Human" - she recorded that one with her husband who is an outstanding guitar player, an accordion player and a percussionist. That one is an awesome cover too, and I think this might be interesting for you, as you did some PMJ performances lately and might like to hear how she sounds in another instrumental setting... (which shall not stop you from doing more reactions on PMJ, Scott Bradlee is a genius arranger and pianist)... Human by Rag'n'Bone Man (Morgan James Cover): kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5jYfWtvatyBldk As for PMJ: Anything by them is great, I'll go with anyone ft. Haley of course, but also Morgan has more outstanding songs with them. And one of my personal favorites is their cover of David Bowie's "Life On Mars" ft. Olivia Kuper Harris (Smokey Jazz Ballad Cover) - I just love that song in Bowie's original, but what these guys do with it is mindblowing, this lady does not only sing, but... won't tell anything more, surprise... kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZq4doyEhLefnq8 And generally I love Angelina Jordan, and Diana Ankudinova, if you need suggestion on these two just tell me and I'll gladly try to help... Have a great day!

[@RambossTheTerrible]

Keep an eye out for Diana Ankudinova! Might be happening pretty soon!

[@dropzone9639]

I think you need a cigar and some whiskey 🤣🤣🤣🎤🎤

[@Aurora-cv5to]

Morgan James is another voice I can't live without. You seem to be hitting all of my favorites. Thanks - Morgan is another that has taken her career into her own hands, and isn't using a label. You may find easier times with copywrite. She does a wonderful "Sledgehammer" too. I'm so bored with Cohen's Halleluiah that I can't stand it.... but Morgan's version? Any day. Excellent. Backed by a harp.

[@HouseInVegas]

They say when a great author finishes her story, the silence speaks. That happens sometimes for PMJ and company, too. These have probably been recommended, but I think PMJ "Mad World" with Puddles AND Haley Reinhart is brilliant on so many levels, and also their "All about that Base". Something to sprinkle in when it feels right.

[@wow_horac4663]

Check out the PMJ Take me to church cover with Morgan.

[@gyoker81]

Hy and greetings from Germany/Hungary. Nice to see a cover reactor, I would recommend also 2 Songs. First Floor Jansen rendition of Shallow in the Dutch TV show Beste Zangers, and Leo Moracchioli's metal Cover of Dance Monkey. 🤘

[@umpdaddy1]

She trained at Juliard and worked on Broadway before transistioning to jazz. She's incredible.

[@jenniferlindquist292]

You should checkout Morgan and Hailey singing Dear Prudence by The Beatles. Or Morgan with Marc Broussard, they're so good together.

[@ek-1707]

There is footage on KZbin of her holding notes for 26 seconds. FYI; she is a Julliard trained opera singer, too.

[@PaulEngineer]

For Ramboss information, more than one clip of Morgan's sustained notes! And all from live performances.

[@edward-oq6rs]

Take me to church... her and Haley should be house hold names..

[@VivaciousStrutting]

Please react to her cover of Maps and Take me to Church

[@billbaker9623]

It's not about lung capacity per se. It's about control. She's classically trained at Julliard as an opera singer. Now find her solo with Scott and let her "take you to church". Respect for Hosier, but her version is so much better.

[@PaulEngineer]

Morgan is all class. Other's comments have covered the essentials, I'll just throw in Morgan's covers of Hozier's "Take Me to Church" and Sam Smith's "I'm not the only one" because they are emotional performances.

[@AnjeannetteMarie-Swifie4Ever]

YES! Please react to those 🙏🏻

[@douglaspensack3499]

Classically trained, at Julliard.

[@roadkill7314]

How about a different type of cover (actually a tribute) that is just spectacular. Check out Heart's cover of Stairway to Heaven at the Kennedy Center Honors from 2012. It's out of this world. For so me thing completely different (that's guaranteed to get you some new subs) check out Pisces live session by the band Jinjer. Make sure to go into it completely blind; you'll get a ton of views.

[@RambossTheTerrible]

Just reacted to Pisces and maaaaannnn, it blew me away. Thank you sooo much for that recommendation!

[@roadkill7314]

@@RambossTheTerrible You're welcome. Don't forget the Heart performance. It's epic. I'm sure you have a ton of recos to do so no rush.

[@winterknight4176]

How did you get here without the bridge of "All about that Bass" which feature Haley and Morgan, with Ariana Savalas (Telly Savalas' AKA Kojak daughter) or their cover, not PMJ, of the Beatles "Dear Prudence" kzbin.info/www/bejne/rafCiZuwrNudr8k You also mentioned that you would like to react to awesome singers and that you were surprised to be so late to the party. Well how about a 15 year old Angelina Jordan, you would think with her being so young you cannot be late, so I'm only going to go back 5 or 6 years with a link to her version of "I'll put a Spell on You" recorded when she was 9. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKipnaJ5hb2tedU

[@RambossTheTerrible]

Apparently I’ve been living in under a rock, listening to the same 10 artists I listened to when I was a kid. I’m finally branching out!

[@randallshuck2976]

To pump up your fan base I suggest you check out more Haley, Morgan, also the a capella groups of Home Free, Voice Play, and Pentatonix. all of them are excellent I suggest "Really don't care" (Morgan), "Man of constant sorrow" (Home Free), "Moana" (Voice Play), "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Pentatonix). Knock those out and there are hundreds more waiting.

[@quiltie1774]

You have now burst out of the Hailey bubble! Now build you subs with Home Free! A capella group of 5 guys! You will love ALL of their videos. People usually start withRing Of Fire.

[@joanbaillie9925]

Loved your reaction!

[@robinrichards6275]

One take. 💣

[@detomaso_6235]

Since you like reacting to covers, check out Sara Bareilles "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" (live from Atlanta). A completely different take, by another woman with amazing pipes.

[@RambossTheTerrible]

This is one nobody else has mentioned yet. I will add it to my list and react later this week! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@ek-1707]

Follow that up with the Angelina Jordan version of the same arrangement that she did for the final round of "America's Got Talent - The Champions" - she was 13 at the time. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aomyfqahnLNrrZY Or, you can pick from any of the 130+ other songs she has on KZbin, going back to when she was 6, until recently at the grand old age of 15.

[@paulavaughters540]

PLEASE REACT TO ANGELINA JORDAN. SHE WILL DO SO MUCH FOR YOUR SHOW. FIRST REACT TO THE BLACK AND WHITE VERSION OF I PUT A SPELL ON YOU BY ANGELINA. SHE IS 9 YEARS OLD IN THIS ONE. AND SHE ALSO COMPOSED THE MUSIC. SHE WON NORWAY'S GOT TALENT WHEN SHE WAS 7. SHE IS 16 NOW. YOU WILL BE BLOWN AWAY. THAT IS A PROMISE!!! THANK YOU!!! 😁😁😁

[@paulavaughters540]

PLEASE react to Angelina Jordan. It will increase your subscriber base to more than you ever expected and at a very short time. You WILL NOT REGRET IT!! PROMISE!!! Haley brought me to you. I so very much love watching your face. Lol. 😁😁😁

[@magu2k]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpiykJ-uic2WZ68 Not necessarily saying you should review this but here you can really hear Morgan put her pips to work around 2:50

[@gordon9995]

Trained opera singer.

[@df5199]

I’ve a fan of PMJ for awhile, but don’t forget about Pentatonix. Request their Bohemian Rhapsody and Amazing Grace.

[@RambossTheTerrible]

I will definitely be posting more reactions from them in the near future! Amazing Grace is such a beautiful song and I am sure they will do it justice.

[@dignerds]

The pausing ..jesus

[@DWilliams-ce8nb]

On powerful voices. Do yourself a favor. Go to the opera.

[@paulavaughters540]

Are you still reacting to videos. I see nothing for a year. Maybe I found you too late. 😒

[@susiearviso3032]

Why do you people need to swear and cuss? It isn't even professional???

[@RambossTheTerrible]

Why are you people so sensitive that cuss words hurt your feelings enough to comment on it? 🤷🏽‍♂️ Don’t like it? Keep it moving. Pretty simple concept.