This is incredibly sweet! Pro Singer Reaction (& Analysis) | EPIC: The Musical - "Your Light"

[@PeterBarber]

Early access to all my videos for the Cyclops Saga will be available on my Patreon very soon! I cannot wait to share those with you guys. Head on over if you want to see them before they release publicly to my KZbin channel 🤘

[@lubotodo]

This guy, @PeterBarber, said that Diana Аnkudinowa's voice was a result of digital modulation and I've hated him ever since!!!!!!!!! I expect him to say that Dimash's voice is also the result of digital modulation and this will kill me for good!

[@Burgertimee]

Whoever told him to react to “Your Light” is a monster, it’s great but they definitely set him up for greater sadness

[@raionfavorites]

When does a man becomes a monster? right here hahaha XD

[@michaellavella2377]

I think it's funny how the writer of Epic made Polites into this super important and influential character when he's only mentioned twice in Homer's work, both times on the island of Circe.

[@PeterBarber]

ah that is interesting

[@rhov-anion]

I like the artistic liberties Jorge took with the Odyssey, like making Polites a pacifist, having it much more clear that he and Ody are best friends, and... (I only feel okay saying this since Peter has "Survive" upcoming but I'll still try to be vague just in case) ....not having Polites be the first man to run head-long into Circe's house. Literally, his debut in the Odyssey is being the Alpha Pig, and the last time we see him is him telling Ody that they really do need to leave Circe's island. Only read this next part if you don't want Polites ruined for you...... You've been warned....... In one Greek myth, Polites dies in Italy while Ody and crew are on shore leave. He gets drunk, "grapes" a woman, and enrages the locals who stone him to death. Ody and the rest quickly sail off without retrieving his body, leaving his spirit to roam. Polites then comes back as a ghost, haunts the village, and demands the most beautiful virgin woman be sacrificed to him once a year, until an Olympic champion boxer arrives, falls for that year's chosen victim, and beats the crap out of the ghost. (I guess he's so good, he can punch ghosts.) Ghost-Polites runs away and sinks into the sea. To be fair, most late-antiquity "Greek myths" are basically fanfiction of the plays, which are themselves fanfiction of their own religion. Greek Literature is wild like that. So there is no right or wrong storytelling of the Greek gods. Anything goes. That said, I much, MUUUCH prefer this version of Polites. He's a precious bean and I love him so much! Great storytelling choices by Jorge.

[@animeentranced1130]

​@@rhov-anion (spoilers in this comment) Yeah I do really enjoy the slight differences and changes made for the musical the one that actually really kinda blew me away is the whole no longer you song in the underworld saga. In the Odyssey the prophet does help that's why he says "I see a world where I help you, but that's not this one". Really reinforcing the idea this is an adaptation and not the original story. There's more themes in that song like how he's seen the original ending and it doesn't matter if he helps because Odysseus can't avoid the dangers he warns of anyway.

[@MrJoeyWheeler]

@@rhov-anion Polites isn't a pacifist. If he were, he wouldn't have even been with Odysseus. He's a soldier who fought in the Trojan War for 10 years, after all. He's an optimist, not a pacifist.

[@PeterBarber]

Hello to my EPIC friends! To my understanding, this is a song that was originally in the show, but got taken out/replaced by "Open Arms" -- if you guys know something I don't, let me know in the comments (without spoilers, ofc -- I've only seen the 1st three sagas). EARLY ACCESS to this video will be available on my Patreon later today (June 25th!), so head over there if ya just can't wait and want to see it now :]

[@QelerQr]

oh if you finished the third saga you should a hundred percent do a cover of ruthlessness alone or with your group

[@noahdigiacinti1785]

As the Thunder Saga is coming up soon, I also suggest u to cover Thunder Bringer. I think it fits your voice perfrctly 🌩

[@CinLightweaver]

@@noahdigiacinti1785 Seconded this! I thought of them as soon as I heard it!

[@audreyii6750]

Your Light is not a bad song by any means (and i would have liked to hear this sung by Dookie) but if the choice was between this or Open Arms I'm _very_ glad Open Arms won, it embodies who Polites is soooo much more Btw, when you get to the Ocean Saga, i recommend to watch Crashite's "Luck Runs Out" animatic. Several people have gone with Lampyrcy's, but their animatic doesnt capture the intent of the song (its a very pivitol song for Odysseus & Eurylochus)

[@actuallyabby]

So glad to finally be able to see and hear this, so sweet! I can understand why it was cut, but heartstrings go through so much more with this and everything to come! Thanks for posting Peter!

[@PeterBarber]

For real!

[@sunnysunsins]

And they were war buddies...

[@omarsalem1219]

Oh My god they were war buddies

[@ShyyGaladriel]

Oh my god they were war buddies!

[@PeterBarber]

...RIP :(

[@officialmortius]

AND THEY WERE CREWMATES

[@PeterBarber]

@@officialmortius :(((((

[@beckenfuggle644]

I cant wait to watch the rest of your epic journey. Literally been keen for the rest of your reactions

[@PeterBarber]

Glad to have you along for the journey! Cyclops Saga starts coming out veryyy soon

[@xano2921]

8:07 holy shit, there are Polyphemus scenes that I didn't see before Like when Polites said "I couldn't move because I was so scared"

[@QelerQr]

well the reason this singer can go so high so easily is because in this a woman voices polities (still impressive though)

[@PeterBarber]

Indeed haha I discovered that after recording

[@felixhenson9926]

I thought so, i was v confused when he was talking about he

[@giveupgoblin]

It was accidentally very trans friendly!

[@CinLightweaver]

This song definitely makes Polites and Odysseyus seem more shippy which could be amazing in an alternate universe but for EPIC ... baNnANA PeEls😟😭🍌 and Telemachus

[@dylanreubenking4781]

Hey Peter! I'm not sure if you're a Patron of Geoff Castellucci, but in his most recent live chat, he talked about you specifically and thought you might like to check it out if you are!

[@PeterBarber]

Oh wow! I am a Patron of his and will definitely check that out -- thanks!

[@Somebody2524]

Casper needs this to cope right about now

[@geosustento8894]

"Night" actually seems to be the same note for both of them.

[@katzen1002]

polites on top you say 😏

[@relentlessforfreedom2447]

Wha- oh OH 😭😂😭😂😭😂😭

[@music_and_other_random_thi1330]

did you listen to this before you listened to the cyclops saga?

[@PeterBarber]

yes...RIP

[@music_and_other_random_thi1330]

did casper recommend that by any chance?

[@CFEntertains]

@@music_and_other_random_thi1330:))

[@edinak2473]

​@@CFEntertains You guys are so evil 😭😭😭😭😭😭 i love it

[@officialmortius]

@@music_and_other_random_thi1330ehehehehe

[@mindywiese7610]

Very beautiful piece ❤ love the harmonies

[@kathymchugh689]

❤ really loving Epic!

[@Eileen_in_Vegas]

Great R&A, as always. Absolutely amazes me how much you can analyze in just a cartoon!

[@PeterBarber]

Thanks, Eileen!

[@michaelforbes5923]

7:53 no comment??

[@blossom6792]

Good to know I wasn’t the only one😭

[@mobaobae]

i love this one

[@fessk560]

Hello Peter! You once said in your analysis that it’s difficult to compare Diana’s voice with operatic terms because it’s not opera as it is. But there is a video where she sang a short segment from there, can you evaluate it from a professional point of view? =) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmbMipiXgt2lfqM Also, why don't you dive into Skyrim, dear kitties, but an adult didn't play - this is outrageous =D PS: God bless Google Translator! (too lazy to write in English) PPS: You can find more (with blessde youtube translated thou) about her in her interview kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6q7coB-e7CbeMU

[@AuntDandy]

💜💜💜

[@terezastastna941]

❤

[@Dawn54811]

It does sound like polities is a female…was it really a male singer? Either way, enjoyed your R/A, so thanks for this.

[@DerangedArtist145]

The singer was female actually!! Im pretty sure since this was just a Draft of the song,the singer was supossed to be replaced by a male one later

[@idkanymore2.014]

​@@DerangedArtist145 In the auditions, Jorge says that gender doesn't really matter, as long as the singer has the right feel. So we very much could have had a female Polites. That's how we got a female Aeolus despite Aeolus being a male god.

[@DerangedArtist145]

@@idkanymore2.014 ah i didnt actually know that thx! female polities would have been quite fun tbh :> im pretty Sure aeolus was depicted as male and female in different writings so thats fun

[@seohyeonchoi2150]

Does anyone who the singer was? For a while I thought I might be Teagan but now I'm not so sure

[@idkanymore2.014]

@@seohyeonchoi2150 Macy Mateer

[@lubotodo]

This guy, @PeterBarber, said that Diana Аnkudinowa's voice was a result of digital modulation and I've hated him ever since!!!!!!!!! I expect him to say that Dimash's voice is also the result of digital modulation and this will kill me for good!

[@PeterBarber]

I love you