Vocal Coach Reacts to 'My Immortal' Evanescence

[@JKDC97]

TheHonestVocalCoach: "Bye luvs!" Me: "She is... the mother I never had. She is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't know a better person."

[@Wounds1283]

Ikr, it's too cute 😭

[@LilCraftyNook]

Oh my God!! She was upSET!! Poor girl! She said "Oh WOW!" I feel the same as you, did they not have a sound rehearsal??? Ugh...it sucked to be them!

[@kelvinkeel]

Amy lee even says " wow" in a way like " Wtf is going on?". But we all know her vocal skills is very often impeccable and the band is always on point. But.. not in that day.

[@philollenberg]

Wondering if, because it was such a large show, The Grammys provided guitar techs that messed something up, or tuned the guitars to something else.

[@secrets.295]

Ive actually seen a lot of her live performances. Shes definitely overrated. She cant sing live as good as in the recording.

[@ilovebabyyoda712]

@@secrets.295 True, her lives are not the best. Her acoustic performances are usually better though.

[@ASadPigeon]

fix I agree. People are always commenting on her live performances saying she’s the best singer in the world but...eh, she just isn’t as good as a lot of singers out there.

[@ronert02]

@@ASadPigeon i saw and heard her sing so i would like to say ur wrong, shes totally awesome

[@felia8035]

She's such a good (live) vocalist. I've been to their concert last year and it was soooo amazing and her voice is so powerful and strong. You should watch a synthesis live perfomance it's so good

[@dyrsley4353]

It wasn't the best performance of "My Immortal", the band was out of the key, you heard Amy saying "wow" at the end, you could see how upset she was and it's horrible that it happened at as important show as Billboard Music Awards while they were killing it at every other concert

[@fishfingers3024]

Still loved it.

[@Hiiiiiiiiieeee]

Poor Amy. She’s sooo phenomenally talented. But we all know out of tune instruments would throw the best singer off.

[@aceventurapetdetective1736]

They probably changed the strings right before performing. Which most likely lead to the guitars being out of tune.

[@MartyMusic777]

@rene ruiz Check out her acoustic sets where all she's doing is singing - she's actually phenomenal. I think she just has to let the imperfections go on stage.

[@andreasa8486]

She is so professional. Gotta love her!

[@butterflyqueenuk]

Haven't even started watching yet and I know what the wtf moment is. Iirc one of the guitars is in a different key. I love this performance up 'til the band joins in. I love Amy's' wow'. Amy only wrote the bridge for this song, Ben wrote the rest of the song for his grandfather.

[@Theofficialfanboy1492]

This happened again when Evanescence played "What You Want" live in Rock in Rio 2011. You can tell everyone was freaking out. 😂 But the show must go on!

[@johnnyhu6400]

I was like “this is fine” and then the instrumental section started playing

[@Rock-Metal91]

The Grammys seem to filled with technical difficulties

[@IBGECKO]

True dat, Adele's being one of the more memorable ones...

[@lucasorlando99]

Sam. This isn’t the Grammys

[@secrets.295]

Theres no technical difficulties here. She definitely choked.

[@lucaswallo8127]

@@IBGECKO which one

[@RodRuth]

Your are obviously an exceptional vocal couch. Your comment about the tuning down was accurate. ..... very nice reaction....but as the professional she is, Amy handled it like champ........I am so impressed with her, and have been so for many years......

[@bibibratx]

I had the amazing experience to see them live and be very close to Amy... I just love everything about her, she really is amazing and even many years after her voice has improved a lot more (than possible).

[@Reeniepie]

I've seen this performance before and burst out laughing when you got excited about the band coming in knowing what a catastrophe it was going to be. Then after you were still trying to enjoy it😂😂😂

[@carolcoates3750]

If you hadn't pointed it out, I wouldn't have noticed it but you obviously have an ear for that sort of thing. BTW sweet how you saluted the magpie xxx

[@michalhrdy577]

it wasn't just the out of tune band at the end, she was kind of pitch in the first verse as well. regardless, 'my immortal' is one of the best songs ever, a classic, always gets me tearing up ♥

[@danzel8604]

Poor girl indeed!! what an amazing song I remember this song well years ago when I worked nights in a 24hr petrol station constantly on radio.. reckless instruments not in tune but she knew and delt with this like a professional respect ♥️

[@IBGECKO]

For that to happen on a stage as big as the Grammys had to be horrifying for poor Amy Lee, who did nothing wrong. She was on point, but the band, orchestra, and sound people blew it big time. How disappointed must she have been to be playing on a worldwide stage and have THAT happen?! Somebody was fired, for sure!

[@tammylaronde8593]

Poor Amy. She is my favorite female singer. Even the best band/ singer can have an off day. The "End of the Dream" and "Secret Door" are my favorites

[@artcika]

What most likely happened there was just that the band got wrong instruments, happened before with Terry when he was handed the wrong guitar specifically tuned for a certain song. You can clearly hear how the technicians muted out the guitars, although it was a bit too late there. Although some people speculate that a couple of members sabotaged the performance cuz of the friction in the band at that time, but the ones that are usually mention for it - John and Rocky - left the band in 2007, from which only John was fired (according to him, and Rocky followed on his own will), so i dunno. Amy, though, did it like a boss here. I've heard her sing this live a couple of years ago, and she sounded amazing. Her vocals are so much more well rounded nowadays compared to this. But for some reason nobody really checks the new live stuff. Which is weird to me.

[@rachelx2099]

She seems quite nervous, whenever I'm anxious about a performance my voice becomes so different compared to when I'm comfortable

[@rodoxag9117]

The original song is in the key of A, but for some reason she played it in G#. Apparently, the bass and the guitars played it in the original key without noticing that Amy and the strings were a semitone lower.

[@imnotabotrlyimnot]

At the last second her key board malfunctioned and she couldn't change it to the proper settings. She told the conductor and he switched the orchestra to match Amy's playing, but the rest of her band seemed to have not gotten the memo.

[@imnotacat3798]

Your reaction at 6:02 is such a mood

[@debsreno911]

I've seen Evanescense in concert once, I thought it was great!

[@Payne2view]

Well diagnosed. The piano and orchestra were in tune but it was as if the guitarists (which I doubt are actual Evanescence bandmates) seem to have practiced to play in a different key. Its a serious lack of listening or ear training for them to think their chords would match. WTFm7

[@artcika]

They are band members though, i think something happened with the instruments. As far as i know, sometimes musicians have a few guitars tuned for certain songs, and mix up happens, it happened before where Terry was given the wrong guitar for a song and was in a totally different key Amy was like 'WTF" while singing, they switched it back though quite fast.

[@Carlos-ic5vp]

Amy Lee / Evanescence How do u know that?

[@TheEarthRealm]

@@Carlos-ic5vp They don't, they're just making sh*t up again.

[@colette3337]

Carlos Couto haha they don’t know that, that’s utter tripe. So the band didn’t know that they weren’t meant to play? So what they just turned up and got on stage with all their equipment already rigged up to the sound system but they weren’t meant to? 😂

[@CaroleEvans93436]

It seems to be a regular occurrence at the Grammy's and other music award ceremonies for some reason. Maybe their rehearsals are rushed?

[@slaboide5214]

That song is so beautiful and we know she can sing...

[@Housee01]

Damn she can SANG!!!

[@SaltySirenFloriduh]

I saw her live last year and she sang perfectly 💜

[@totallyanonymousbish9599]

You really need to analyze more present performances♡ She herself is way better now than she was back then.

[@Jacob-fs7bp]

It's because this is the wtf series where she analysis performances which go wrong

[@heatherwest4238]

I'm not singer, but I do so LOVE your videos - thank you!

[@jenigibbs5061]

I’ve seen heard her live and she ended the show with a bang

[@AltFaithy]

Poor baby, I just felt her pain and started crying 😢 such a beautiful song, such a huge concert...and totally ruined by this stupid mistake 😔

[@josuea.fernandes7581]

I LOVEEEEE Amy Lee and your voice, so much feelings in your voice and music 🥰🥰🥰

[@Celtic_Amy]

I love Amy Lee, I saw the band perform June 2018. It was 100 degrees that day, but I had chills (I have videos on my Chanel). This was back in 2004, Amy as come a long way vocally since then.

[@sharenalemmens6322]

I can't believe i'm the first to watch omg ! Haha ily

[@quents]

second lolxxx

[@PinkFrannie]

Second comment 😂

[@tonibauer8051]

No, there was no sound check for them for this performance, which is really sad because Amy is amazing and such a trooper

[@miguelromero9189]

You should check out their latest dvd concert, Synthesis Live. You can clearly see the band S development over the years over there. To me, it’s their finest show so far.

[@TheEarthRealm]

4:53 - It's a *thunder storm* background sound effect. :-)

[@keving358]

Hello Georgina greetings from Argentina I always love when you react to Amy Lee and Evanescence

[@zach3431]

Thank you so much!! I was someone who requested this video!!!! 😁😁

[@zach3431]

I really thought you would find it very interesting, also kind of funny, and definitely shocking! 😁

[@adello33]

i miss the good old times listening to this song 💔

[@jenigibbs5061]

They should have had just her and orchestra

[@AnthonyJP91]

Your laugh at the end had me laughing with you, Georgina 😂

[@michaelhatchard8864]

You are amazing. Must admit I spent 15 years working in a timber mill(no ear protection) then 20years years working in security at concerts, and hotels, every weekend(again no ear protection). I have a constant high pitch ring in my ear and you hear things I can't.

[@tarync6539]

The look on her face its so sad it went wrong

[@_TDS_]

Okay so what happened is that the key was different on Amy's piano apparently. She saw it when she got on stage. The orchestra could adjust to the new key, but the band, who had no clue what happened just played like they were supposed to.

[@larrylindgren9484]

And you can see why none of them are in the band now. They were hacks. They surely could hear they were in the wrong key and stop playing would have been better than butchering it all through. My God it was bad. She never fired anyone. But after this she should have cleaned house instantly.

[@kikkd]

Amy is playing in the key she normally does. The key can't be different on the piano unless something has gone horribly wrong in the tuning process. An orchestra (no matter how talented) can't all just 'adjust' to a new key on stage. This issue is the guitar was tuned down.

[@AllThoseChickens]

@@kikkd I'm so glad you pointed this out lol

[@RafaelaKurumotoOfficial]

@@kikkd She is actually playing a digital piano (you can see it when the camera goes around her). You could easily change it to a different key by only pressing a button.

[@ilockeyou]

I thought I was the only one who heard something weird in her piano.

[@andreaswennberg9542]

😂, she should say "boys, please don't". would been epic. 😂 And this song don't even need drums and guitar.

[@fallingnutria89fletcher79]

Yeah Amy sings 100 times better than that. I've heard it live myself, she has an amazing voice. This one was a little all of the place

[@zrip4386]

Wow I just watched the Amy Lee live vocals video. And when you said you would be covering more, I checked your channel to see that you released this 4 hours ago!

[@joyann3094]

Hey I just found your channel, just wanted you to know that you seem pretty cute and kind even when you're criticising. I like this very much bc you aren't being disrespectful or anything. Pretty fun watching your videos. I would like you to react to Pvris or mostly Lynn Gunn (headsinger) of the band :)

[@WeronikaOlszewska]

Definitely not their best performance 🤔 But there was a lot of stress going on from the beggining. Love from Poland, Georgina! 💙

[@anothercook9363]

So many more wonderful songs from their new albums that are just as great as hello or my immortal.

[@nikkid4890]

She actually sounds nervous. It's like she just couldn't settle down and relax. Wonder what was happening. I LOVE their music. Much fun to belt along to in the car ;)

[@Nat524Ricci]

You’re spot on about one or more of the violins. I’d be pissed!

[@Pepperoni-pg9oh]

Years and years - have a problem when recorded live. I've seen them IRL they sounded fantastic but KZbin recordings etc really dont get ollys vocals properly. No idea why this keeps happening to them?. Can you review Olly Alexender to see if you can identify what's going on.

[@adamc8033]

I watched him at Birmingham gay pride and his vocals wasn't great

[@carolynmcqueen8855]

Love your videos. Used to love Evanessence

[@lillithguancadiaz8915]

You are a genius, honest coach!!!

[@Cobalt-Jester]

This is not the only time it's happened. @7:08 you hear her laugh and say 'wow'... She knows that they messed up bad... If you want to see her sing it almost note perfect live that look for her performing it on the Jools Holland show... She's only slightly off on 2 notes near the beginning (again probably nerves or adrenalin adding some unintentional vibrato that soon goes after the first few bars)... That's the best version of this song. No rock guitars or drums. And, sang a bit slower with more power. It's by far and away the only version you need to listen to. It's on all my devices...

[@kimcalde1860]

There is another video of My Immortal Live performance where she did it with her band which was flawless

[@meatforbreakfast]

I love your videos, you're the sweetest! I'd love to hear your opinion on Hyolyn, a Korean vocalist, maybe you could check out her "Fate" performance on I Am A Singer, since it's one of my favourite performances of hers, literally cried the first time I watched it. Love you so much, keep it up

[@jdnajes]

It was actually Amy's digital piano that unexpectedly lowered the key (this was discussed and confirmed by her on the Ev forum back in the day), and it made her sing this song in a way she wasn't used to. The orchestra could adjust it quickly enough, which is probably why it sounded like the performance was back on track by the second chorus, but when the band kicked in, they were still tuned to the song's original key.

[@illusion_9929]

Ugg Id love to have you as a coach. These videos are great.

[@pl7673]

She is perfect

[@mindajane]

Oh that poor girl!! She was sooo upset and I don't blame her. I love Evanescence but I'd never seen this before. I can't help but feel terrible for her.

[@Jbird54247]

I'm a bit shocked you didn't mention how out of tune/flat her notes were in the first verse. At the end of each sentence the notes were just wrong. You said about her being out of breath but it was a glaring thing for me that she just didn't hit the right notes. Good video as usual though. Love an evanescence reaction video.

[@feridedogan7653]

Out of tune and flat are 2different Things. She was little flat at beginning because she pushed too much Air. But it was Not Out of tune. U can sing notes flat but in tune aswell

[@1nonlybrady]

Well it can be hard to hit certain notes when you're out of breath

[@Craigy2818]

She was stressed. Their entire plan was fucked up from the off and it wasn't what they rehearsed. She was on edge the entire performance

[@samanthawintersvevo9470]

Aurora Sky they weren’t that flat.

[@AllThoseChickens]

@@Craigy2818 Exactly my thoughts. It seemed chaotic beforehand, which is why she seems to apologize for the scrambling. Before she even apologized she was likely nervous, thus crunching her breath support and causing a pitch "dropoff"

[@carlleissler5837]

Would live to her you sing

[@robertarthur6470]

Such a shame. It’s a beautiful song. Really feeling your new hair colour though ❤️

[@valeformx]

Hi! Today, one of the most important figure of Mexican culture and music, José José, died. He sold over 250 million albums worldwide. Please do a React video about him singing "El Triste" Live at the OTI Festival, one of the hardest song to sing ever, also his first hit. Thank you!

[@Tommy-qp3mb]

React to Cheryl and Gary Barlow and the Diamond Jubilee concert! Quite a shocker lol

[@joanneskelton9304]

I agree 🤣

[@rafadydkiemmacha7543]

So she did 🙂

[@tandraallen8398]

The "wow" and the look on her face says it all... She deserved better than this

[@Pepperoni-pg9oh]

Seen evanescence twice within 2 weeks period. A rock festival which sounded awful then went to see them on there tour. They sounded fantastic. I think this may happen quite often to them.

[@IBGECKO]

Perhaps there is an issue when they don't have their own sound people setting up? I've seen them live, too, and they were absolutely amazing. Not a bad note throughout the evening.

[@joshmarsters]

I believe this was at the Billboard Awards, not the Grammys!

[@Akvav1tix]

There was actually a lot wrong in that performance. Not only the guitars. IMO some of the piano's keys were out of tune. The violines were not in tune with the piano. Amy was a bit struggling to hold the tune. The guitars were the icing of the cake really.

[@janeverse4555]

I read that this year Evanescense will do a tour together with Within Temptation. Sharon den Adel of Within Temptation belongs with Floor Jansen and Glennis Grace to the best life singers of the Netherlands. Ik hope the singer of Evanescense will perform better during this tour.

[@ivanoliver9532]

She didn't say "Sorry", she said "It's all right". The conductor probably said something like "our sheet is in a different tune" and she probably said "it's okay...it's all right" trying to say that she was able to adapt to the new tune, problem was, nobody told the bass player and guitar players and they played in the original tune only. I suppose...

[@erinbrown6962]

Awe she could hear that something was off at the end. Poor girl

[@lastlyfirstofall2833]

Wow! I'm early!Love the wtf series!

[@jeremymoss9867]

What happened WAS the band was feuding at this time. This was around the time alterations to members were being done. Some bandmates were salty about it and purposely sabotaged this performance. Thankfully they are gone now. Out of all performances to do this at.. the Grammy’s. No wonder Amy was and looked so pissed.

[@louibeans]

I highly doubt that. Sabotaging a gig like this as a band member would be sabotaging your own career. Also, with Amy and the orchestra both doing a good gob, it makes you look like the idiot who plays the wrong guitar. Theres nothing to be gained from this fail.

[@squeallymaniac]

I think this was the Billboard Music Awards

[@florf2469]

Poor Amy, so glad she was able to sing the last part just her and the piano. And so glad those guitar players are no longer with her.

[@sarahg2653]

That's okay, we know Amy Lee has insane vocals. Hope she's not to disappointed with this. Mistakes are made, be it the band or herself. It happens.

[@mikem1464]

your accent is unique, where is it from?

[@avl1094]

That is how Real english women sounds like

[@Santti.G]

Does she say "sorry" to the music director (orchestra)before? I heard many live version from them at different concerts and they always sounds really good. What a mess.

[@imnotabotrlyimnot]

Yes she does, because the electric keyboard malfunctioned and wouldn't change keys, or something along those lines. The orchestra adjusted to the piano, but the guitars didn't and were out of tune.

[@barkbitehowl]

Someone actually pitched down the digital piano down a semitone just prior to the performance so both the guitars and orchestra had to deal with the piano and vocals in Ab/Fm rather than A/F#m as rehearsed.

[@barkbitehowl]

If I were a prankster ... this seems like the perfect idea

[@nakata607]

Definitely is a mistake of the band. They have to tune to the orchestra because there are some instruments which cannot be tuned so easily. Some of the brass instruments some of the wind instruments needs a hours of work of a specialist as same as a piano! But for the guitars is a several turns of the machine heads and on the keyboards is just several buttons. clicks.

[@mikik.9894]

Amy Lee - for me the most beatiful woman on whole world. After my mother and girlfriend of course :). She is like an angel.

[@GothToRide]

I love these WTF videos!!

[@qmeachafoda]

Amy ♥️

[@blairturner139]

It's sad that rock muscians don't perform at big Grammy award shows like this now it's only rap and pop

[@carrieorsel1340]

She handled it amazingly. Side note: as soon as I saw the giant "Baldwin" on the piano, I didn't have to look up that it's an American company, the giant lettering makes it obvious.

[@akadelaney]

Amy is so much better than this. You should review one of her great performances this is definitely a rarity for her.

[@jonathanofford]

It needs to be said that she had a falling out with the band right before going on stage. The band were jealous of all the interest she was getting and tried messing it up for her. 😑😔

[@catherinepoirier3879]

At the Grammys too... oh dear... XD The crowd were good sports about it though lol

[@crishall9522]

Oh my god amys face after that whole thing lmao.

[@christinenovacek9364]

She had the flu and canceled a bunch of dates around this time.

[@TheEarthRealm]

SHE was fine. It was the band's guitars that weren't.

[@chasinglightsx]

Love this channel Georgina! I would love to hear you’re thoughts on Adele, Demi Lovato, Leona Lewis, Sam Smith :)

[@chasinglightsx]

Maybe Marina and The Diamonds, Avril Lavigne and D Lupa

[@mizukisora7735]

... Well. It really shows that I don't have a music background, because I'm listening to this and I can't tell there's a problem... It sounds good to me, just like it had a little unique twist that all live performances have. I was expecting some major disaster but I was just enjoying the song.

[@Miss2ndEdition]

I’m an orchestral musician and I’ve played in bands in the past. The piano will have been tuned just before the performance, and the orchestra will tune to that. Guitarists will tune to their guitar pedal... which may be 440/441hz (depending on country or preference). If they’re not tuning to the pitch of the fixed instrument (the piano), then they can never guarantee tuning. Oh dear...

[@imnotabotrlyimnot]

The electric keyboard malfunctioned and wouldn't change keys or something along those lines. She told the conductor and the orchestra adjusted to the piano, but the guitars, for some reason, weren't re-tuned to match. They seemed to have enough time to do it, maybe they just weren't paying attention.

[@jennifer-annehunter2827]

Bless her little socks xxx

[@yidneth]

It's a beautiful song and she sings beautifully. I have a song that is often compared to "My importal" but it's only because of the chord progression, in all honestly I wrote my song as a child way before this song was popular. When it was released I just decided not to change the core of it but despite the comparisons that only goes to the superficial vibe of the tone and chords I really loved this ballad.