Pentatonix - 90s Dance Medley (Official Video) (HOOLIGAN REACTION)

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[@bethphillips9693]

The newer bass is Matt, he's terrific. Older videos have Avi, who left in 2017. Kevin is the beat boxer and sometimes plays cello for their songs.

[@dazzie6272]

Subbed for more PTX reactions.

[@seanmc1351]

mich who did the high note, suprises everyone, there is a term for that, and your man got MITCH SLAPPED

[@perrystevenson6364]

Pentatonix History…..composed by Alan Freeman They won The Sing Off in 2011. They made a guest starring appearance on America′s Got Talent as non−competitors a couple of years after that. The founding members are:- Scott Hoying (tall blond guy, natural baritone but has an impressive five−to−six octave range, can go all the way up to high tenor and down to bass, sings the bass lines when the usual bass singer takes the lead); Kirstin "Kirstie" (Rhymes with "Thirsty") Maldonado (the only female member, natural mezzo soprano, but can go down to low alto and as high as upper soprano, also can sing in whistle notes that are off the scale); For a time in 2018 between the group’s tours, had the female lead on Broadway in the production of “Kinky Boots”. Mitch Grassi (a true contra−tenor, can hit high notes in his chest voice with ease and go WAY higher in his falsetto, also with ease); Avriel "Avi" Kaplan (dark beard and long hair), true basso profundo, trained as an opera singer, also can go up into the tenor range; and Kevin "KO" Olusola (beatboxer extraordinaire, also is a world−class cellist who plays cello on some of their songs, has a beautiful high tenor voice and gets occasional lead vocal solos as well, graduated pre−med from Yale and speaks several languages including Mandarin Chinese). Kirstie, Scott & Mitch grew up together in Arlington, Texas, and began performing together as children in local youth musical theater. They ended up in high school together and performed in the choir. While there, they formed an a cappella group called The Trio which had several performance videos go viral on KZbin, most notably a cover of Lady Gaga′s "Telephone". The three of them are best friends and consider themselves to be almost siblings. Scott & Kirstie (who were a class year ahead of Mitch) both graduated high school in 2010 and went their separate ways to different colleges, Scott at USC and Kirstie at Oklahoma. While at USC, Scott joined a USC−based a cappella group called the SoCal VoCals, where he met alumnus Ben Bram, who was now an arranger and vocal coach for the NBC TV show The Sing Off, an a cappella competition show. Ben convinced Scott to get The Trio to audition for the show. The three reunited (Mitch had to skip high school graduation ceremonies to go) in Los Angeles for the audition. They found out that the rules had changed, so they needed at least five members to audition. Ben put them together with Avi (a native of Visalia, California), who he knew from Avi′s performing days at Mount San Antonio College in California. They found Kevin (from Kentucky) through one of his KZbin videos that had gone viral featuring him playing the cello and beatboxing at the same time, a talent that Kevin coined as "Cello−Boxing". Kevin arrived in Los Angeles literally the day before the audition! Scott came up with the name "Pentatonix" after the pentatonic scale. They performed a re−arrangement of "The Telephone" for the audition and passed, despite having been together as a five−piece group for less that 24 hours! They won The Sing Off that season (all of the performances are available on KZbin), in which they received a substantial cash prize AND a record contract with Epic Records. They pooled their prize winnings together and all moved to Los Angeles, and all got apartments right next door to each other in the same building. But just a week later, Epic dropped them because the marketing people didn′t think an acappella group could sell records. Instead of giving up, they were determined and began recording their own songs on KZbin, hiring Ben Bram as their producer and arranger. These usually consisted of the five of them sitting on a couch and performing cover songs live. Several of the videos went viral, and Sony (the parent company of Epic) decided to give them another chance by placing them on one of their smaller labels, Madison Gate. They released two secular EPs and one Christmas EP on Madison Gate, all of which were strong sellers. But when their cover of a medley of songs by Daft Punk not only went super−viral, but also won them their first Grammy, they were promoted all the way up to RCA Records, Sony′s top label. They began writing and producing their own songs in addition to their covers, began putting out a Christmas album just about annually (which has become their best−selling genre), and have had multi−platinum album sales, sold−out world tours, and have won two additional Grammys. Avi began getting burned out with all of the touring and heavy recording schedule, was suffering from anxiety and personal problems, and learned that his mother had been diagnosed with cancer in 2017. He announced he was departing from the group and taking some time away from the music industry. Matt Sallee (from Baltimore) joined them in September 2017. He did only become official when they renewed their RCA contract in February 2018, but he recorded with them in September as a featured artist and went on their Christmas tour as a featured artist, as well. When he attended the audition for the group, he had already mastered the Bass part for most if not all their past catalogue. He was successful and has proved that he fits in well with the group. If you think there have been other changes to the line up - look again. This is the ONLY change. Kirstie and Mitch are like chameleons and change looks frequently. After a year away from music, Avi has now returned as a phenomenal solo artist in the Folk/Americana/Roots genre. Ben Bram has been in charge of their production, including arranging and directing from the beginning. He is often referred to as the sixth member. Scott and Kevin are major players in the arrangements, but every member contributes. good watch is "The Recording of Evergreen" where a camera was invited into the studio for the second week of recording/ Also, all members are songwriters for both Pentatonix and their own solo work. Ed Boyer who mixes everything of theirs (even the HWB Livestream) is the one who pulled Ben Bram into the sing off in the first place. They were nominated for a 4th Grammy for their album Evergreen, but didn't win. Kirstie became a new mum which caused a pause in touring after their Evergreen Christmas tour 2021. Mid March 2023 Kirstie has announced that she is engaged to Ben Hausdorff, their videographer. No dates YET! They have a star on the Hollywood walk of fame installed in February 2023. They are the only acapella group with a star! Things you need to know because if you get these wrong “Pentaholics” will come after you with pitch forks and torches! Ha Ha!! 1- There is NO Auto-Tune; what you hear is actually what they sing. They really are that good. One exception is the 90's Dance Medley where Cher used autotune as an effect - so they had to. 2- What produces everything that you hear in the video, you see in the official video. If there is an instrument used in the music, you see it on screen. In the 2022 Christmas album, there are some instruments not featured throughout the album. 3- They never release something on video they can’t reproduce with the exact same quality live on-stage.

[@bonnieflynn4798]

Brilliant❤

[@kellyjene77]

Thank you for the this! I knew their history, but not all of it and recent news. ❤

[@nickybomberry1190]

Was delightfully surprised by the Mitch slap! Mitch is an angel on earth or alien….I haven’t decided

[@RosheenQuynh]

Both it seems lol

[@df5199]

Recommend their new original, Please Santa Please.

[@Emma-cu9ql]

Mitch slap!!! 😂

[@evanirvana500]

Mitch is a contra or counter tenor, which basically means he's a male tenor who can hit soprano. Meaning he can hit higher notes than the girl of the group, kirsty.

[@melissacoviello2886]

I am so excited to watch you guys got down this rabbit hole! That was a quality Mitch slap! I subscribed for more Pentatonix!!!

[@davidbuchanan3374]

You need to react to their Blinding lights cover by the Weekend. Absolutely astounding. Kevin's beatboxing is on another level. 🍀❤️🍀😊👍

[@elainedavis9053]

Awesome!!

[@theresarigio5627]

Subbed for more Pentatonix! If you want to grow your channel, keep reacting to PTX. They have a massive fan base who love to follow new reactors as they discover this awesome group. 💕💕

[@RonHeartsMe]

Do Sound of Silence by Pentatonix next!

[@thechomiji]

There's a good live version of this from the September 2022 Hollywood Bowl concert. Just look up 90s Dance Medley PTXOfficial 2022 Hollywood Bowl here on KZbin.

[@davidphillips4476]

For a way to see how truly amazing they are live check out Popspring 2016, 3 originals and The evolution of Michael Jackson.

[@rachel_lee_123]

Hahaha so fun! Great reaction!

[@IAMisLove]

Super coooool video. 🖖❤

[@momajj]

They did use autotune here on the Kirsty & Mitch parts of Cher's song "Do You Believe" out of respect for Cher & to authenticate her sound. Otherwise everything you hear is done by their voices. There are some songs that do have an instrument in them. Kevin, the beatboxer, also plays cello in some of their songs. Lindsey Stirling is also on a few of their songs with her violin. Great reaction!

[@stephenroberts7593]

Subscribed for more Pentatonix.

[@Gwennedd]

Awesome reaction! I hope you do more Pentatonix...and with Christmas coming up fast plus the group putting out Christmas album #8 a couple of weeks ago, you really should check out their Christmas music...starting with Please, Santa, Please...their newest video. Subb'd for more Pentatonix!!

[@Badger77722]

Everyone has a hard time sitting still while listening to this awesome medley! Another good song for someone who's not that familiar with Pentatonix (PTX) is Daft Punk, where they perform a medley of Daft Punk (an EDM group) songs - again without using instruments. That one has the original bass, Avi Kaplan, and won PTX their first of 3 (so far!) Grammy awards.

[@Contridiction-vp3fv]

their record company is stupid when it comes to copyright issues. But most reactors I have heard from (about 25-30 or so) have found they worry more about the video, so if you will make the video more transparent, or blacked out and place some text over it (your name, Pentatonix, “covered with text for copyright”, a logo just anything, and then pause now and then to talk, it will help to keep from getting blocked. With their label and YT nothing is guaranteed, but from what the other reactors have said, this things create an 80%-90% improvement, at least you meet all the written rules, unless the reviewer is having a bad day.

[@StephanieStarfall]

This is not meant to be hateful, I promise. I just wish there was a warning before your intro sequence. a lot of people, including myself, suffer from illnesses that when seeing flashing lights, it causes us physical pain. I am 33 years old, disabled, with a lot of endocrine system illnesses and have had chronic migraines since I was very very young. All I’m asking is a warning. Not for me bc now that I know I will just close my eyes until I hear y’all talking, but for people that will come to your channel in the future that need the warning. I mean no hate, much love to y’all.

[@gordon9995]

Stop too much. Bye.

[@RosheenQuynh]

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