Voice Teacher Reaction to Henk Poort Singing Your Man | Beste Zangers 2019

[@Green-Lyon]

Impossible not to love "Uncle Henk"

[@junfanlee2604]

I'm from back woods Alabama and you are so right, a bad southern or country accent is so easy to hear for us. Henk killed it! He had a little Elvis or George Jones in there. Loved it! He is amazing.

[@VocalSplendorStudios]

That's saying a lot. I loved it, too!

[@ArumesYT]

I know this channel is about vocalists, but let's not ignore the guitarist in the background who has to adjust to all the different genres as well. He's doing a great job back there.

[@VocalSplendorStudios]

I agree. The house band is fabulous!

[@jaap_vink]

@@richardaling5278 no it's not.

[@jaap_vink]

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[@TheStefan6969]

@@jaap_vink He means the entire show was I believe, which IS true. But if he means the music then no, it's a band there.

[@jaap_vink]

@@TheStefan6969 agree. Thanks for the additional clarification.

[@raymondbakker2727]

Remember, this guy is a opera singer 😂

[@VocalSplendorStudios]

I know, right? He doesn't sound like one here.

[@Karldin83]

@@VocalSplendorStudios He does sound like Josh Turner, doesn't he. I love Henk

[@corneliusantonius3108]

@@VocalSplendorStudios Proof country is alive in The Netherlands: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iX-ynphvbrOUg6s: Ilse DeLange live in Het Concertgebouw (1 juli 2019) 😍😎👍🎶

[@andreascala2663]

this guy is a SINGER!

[@LogiForce86]

@@Karldin83 Except Josh Turner needs auto-tune for it. So Henk Poort stole it, just like he stole Paul Simon's Sound of Silence. 😆

[@williamklett6660]

I love how he does the country twang, not to a ridiculous parody level, but to a nice natural-sounding tone. Don't know why I am still impressed by anything these people do, awesome is their natural state.

[@crasho]

The Opera singers are surprisingly versatile on this show. In the season from last year on Beste zangers, a mezzo-soprano participated who did a impressive version of Lose yourself, by Eminem. I'm sure you'll enjoy it, "Maria Fiselier - Lose Yourself"

[@PPfilmemacher]

CrashOverDrive Oh yeah yes! the gig was really great and im wars finaly for the first time i understood what Eminem originally sang

[@Carrinthe]

I just saw it,... it was a jaw dropping moment. What a fantastic performance!!

[@larsbenjaminagerbo3501]

Just had to check it out... Amazing...

[@Harrypjotter7]

Yess comment on her! She is great in that song/rap

[@j0hnn13K]

When i heard him do this, not only was i overjoyed, because the song is an old guilty pleasure of mine as well, but also because he (no surprise really) sang it, as if it was his song. I couldnt help but think "what if Henk was born in Tennessee and his name was Hank" if he'd ended up in country music, he'd probably be standing shoulder to shoulder with names like Kris Kristofferson, Glen Campbell and Willie Nelson. The ease with which he delivers his songs... you'd almost call it unfair hehehe

[@0769Bern]

Henk. The man. The myth. The legend.

[@wolfjemidas]

It brings me joy to watch it every time. You clearly see he is out of his comfortzone, but still makes a show of it, and because of that, and the good performance, you cant help smiling.

[@jorluo]

This was great and they all had such fun. I had a big smile on my face from start to finish when I first watched Henk singing this song, like you did Valerie, and I noticed I had it again. The atmosphere in these sessions is so warm and cozy.

[@Bernadette-vW]

Went from being a Henk to a Hank

[@ncoppens]

Hearing Henk sing all these diffrent styles is so much fun. I am 44 and Henk is one of the singers that has just been there all my life, but always did opera/musical. He has always seemed to me as a very layed back and friendly guy in interviews etc. It might be fun to watch an old performance of him as the Phantom of the Opera in Dutch in 1993. "Henk Poort & Joke de Kruijf (Phantom) 1993" He also toured a while with 2 other baritons from his generation under the name the 3 baritons. Check out; "Innamorato - De 3 Baritons "

[@Carrinthe]

I just love to see your love and enjoyment for the "de beste Zingers" show. Henk is just amazing as are the rest of the singers.

[@epoxje]

Apart from the delightfull reviews.. your giggles during this whole video, your smile, fantastic, you clearly enjoyed yourself watching this :D

[@tarmotyyri6733]

Yet another great performance from Henk & a enjoyable reaction from you Valerie. I bet Henk could still be a country & western star in the US if he wanted to.

[@EricGreene]

Hi Valerie I love that you're following this show closely too. Like you I'm such a fan of Floor Jansen, and seeing her on Beste Zangers each week has been so much fun. I've also been enjoying the other singers! I didn't know any of them until now. The format of the show is great. Henk is so good!

[@ellenhunt8767]

The Oakridge Boys and that type got a little opera in their voices, and I'm from an area where that era of country is huge, so I would know there's a touch of something special in there, and I'd figure at least some college classes in theory and stuff, but if I hadn't been watching the show and he came to open jam and sang that, I'd never guess full blown opera. I'm with you. He is such a cool guy. I'd go see him in a heartbeat.

[@jimmyboy131]

Henk did a fantastic job! I'm very impressed. He and Floor should collaborate on a multi-genre album.

[@randywhite1724]

Wonderful reaction Valerie! Henk was having a lot of fun and did I a great job. I chuckled that he couldn’t help himself, he had to pronounce his vowels. Opera training I’m sure. It’s such a refreshing and wonderful show.

[@similartracks]

its still a bit weird seeing and hearing Henk like this.. hes definitely versitile.. country is near the bottom of my preferred genres.. i saw it and out of respect for Henk gave it a listen.. and admittingly.. he did amazing

[@hpnk-ek8dr]

I little comment on english. Quite a few smaller european countries does not only teach english early in school(which as you pointed out is british), but also have subtitles for movies insted of dubing. This means that many movies will be in american english, becouse hollywood. So, you can usually find people with a multitude of influences in their accents. Depending how strict the teachers were on it, how much their own dialects shine trough and which american movies they wachted growing up. Great recation.

[@draganakuzmanovic911]

That's right! We learned British English in school, but I learned a lot from watching movies and listening to music, so I really do not have British accent...neither our teachers! xD

[@hpnk-ek8dr]

@@draganakuzmanovic911 my accent is a mix of american and genral germanic sounding, with a few words sounding very british. Atleast as far as i know and have been told since judging your own accent is hard.

[@draganakuzmanovic911]

@@hpnk-ek8dr That's understandable. I'm currently learning German and I was surprised how many the same or similar words in Dutch are there, but also in English.

[@hpnk-ek8dr]

@@draganakuzmanovic911 i can get some from the little german i remember and my english and danish( i am danish btw). But that makes sense since many langueges in this part of europe developed from older germanic langueges and then influenced eachother throughout history. There are btw lists you can find of which languese are the easiest for a certain motherthoung to learn. I am pretty sure that for both german and english, ducht is not far down the list.

[@miavita9260]

Brilliant! What a wonderful beautiful voice! He nailed it!😀 Compliments on your reaction! 🙌🌹🌞🌛💫🌹

[@robertcraane7910]

BTW Country came from European folkmsic, and Henk is from a aerea in Amsterdam where people seem to been born with THE VOICE....

[@luisnunes2010]

Valerie, I will dare to offer you a correction. While you don't see singers Henk's age in the mainstream, most of the greatest METAL singers are around his age, 63. Rob Halford of Judas Priest is 68, Eric Adams of Manowar is 65, Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden is 61, James Hetfield of Metallica is 56, Hansi Kursch of Blind Guardian is 53 and Michael Kiske of Helloween is 51. Metal goes way back before Nightwish, awesome as they are.

[@VocalSplendorStudios]

Thank you! I've only paid much attention to metal until somewhat recently. I came to rock singing rather late in life. So I appreciate you sharing this information! It's fascinating to me that not only are they still around, but they are still singing.

[@luisnunes2010]

@@VocalSplendorStudios In fact, all of them are touring right now, except Hansi that has a Blind Guardian orchestral album coming out. All of them are worth your time and both the Maiden and Priest catalogs make Queen pale in comparison. If a version of Nessun Dorma where the crowd dares to sing along seems fun, check out Manowar at the gods of metal 2012 on KZbin.

[@rickrides8352]

@@VocalSplendorStudios Tip from an old metal-head: take a look at Queensryche. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpybZZeMpptnas0

[@fvantpadje]

Do you know that even the host of this show is a singer, he was starting at a very young age. You have to see BZN & Jantje Smith mama it was so popular in the Netherlands and Germany. Jan still sings and there are many people that love it. Its not my choice of music, but that's only a question of taste.

[@jetfromholland9638]

A big thumbs up from me!

[@Rosannasfriend]

Henk is an outstanding singer. Thank you for this reaction.

[@autohmae]

I don't own a big cowboy hat, but I'll take my hat off for this man. Yep, that was my idea as well he might have done this as a hobby before or found a great instructor. We learn British English in school, but as Pero already mentioned we are exposed to a lot of American English on TV and in movies. It's the subtitles ! Dubbing is a big mistaken, it's lazy, learning multiple languages actually helps create more connections in the brain.

[@VocalSplendorStudios]

I agree. Learning multiple languages definitely stimulates the brain.

[@hennieniceguy]

I know Henk is amazing thanks .

[@dwjensen100]

He did an awesome job on that one can't wait till you do the Tim Akkerman my girl the everyone was having so much fun floor and Samantha did background together love this show great reaction

[@dubsfehr9574]

Henk is amazing!!

[@prophetiktendencies]

😆 one of the best things ibe ever seen or heard! He's good!! But just seeing him too that sing it's awesome

[@christinarodriguez7508]

What i understand , Henk is from a part of amsterdam that a specific dialect where they sing in a specific way , just like country and western in some parts of the US.

[@komkwam]

That part of Amsterdam is called The Jordaan.

[@ryanwaring5774]

Henk was great! Awesome song! Can you please give Chris Stapleton- Sometimes I Cry live at the Bing Lounge a shot. You will be BLOWN AWAY!

[@corneliusantonius3108]

Cheers for the band 😎👍

[@TheStefan6969]

He did so well!!! 🤘❤️🤘

[@savvasefsef]

told ya??didnt i???both can sing anything!!!:-))

[@stoneshack2000]

That was great Valarie thank you.

[@black4pienus]

He makes it look so easy.

[@robertrijkers4923]

country used to be very popular in the seventees and eighties... my parents were always playing records by Freddy Fender, Reeves, Glen Campbell, Ronstadt, Parton and Nelson ;p

[@roykliffen9674]

A bit late to the game, but just to explain; yes, we do from a young age learn British English. But most of our pronunciation we learn from watching TV-programs that usually aren't over-dubbed in Dutch, so we hear a lot of foreign languages, primary American English as most tv-programs are from the states. So we're highly exposed to all kinds of American dialects

[@neils123]

It's funny, you react to the individual performances before watching the show, which absolutely makes sense for making these reaction videos, where you are focused on the performance itself and want the initial reaction to be a genuine first watch. Meanwhile, as just a watcher and fan of the show, I see these reaction videos in my youtube feed and I deliberately avoid them until after I've had a chance to watch it (with Denise's wonderful subtitles, since I don't speak Dutch), so that I can enjoy the performances in context and form my own opinions without them being colored by those of others. There's no real point to this comment, it's just an observation. Anyway, I was also really impressed with Henk's country performance here. If you haven't seen it yet, well, they're all good, but I was once again really impressed with Emma this week.

[@urhartfabeler]

You do as I do Niels, first a complete watch to completely engulf myself in their good cheer.. The watch reactions. actually I watch it for the second time completely at Denise's channel because her watchers chat history was so much fun.

[@VocalSplendorStudios]

It is rather strange and convoluted, for me. lol And I would be the same, if I were you. I would definitely watch Denise's subtitles first before the reactions because the whole show is such a journey. But I prefer to not do too much research so I'm truly reacting to what I'm seeing and hearing in the moment.

[@VocalSplendorStudios]

And yes, I watch the show as soon as I do my reactions. I love it so much. Emma has really impressed me, too. I'm also really enjoying Rolf's singing and I learned a lot about Ruben this week. What a sweet and talented young man! And hard working. He's young but he has been at this for some time.

[@Paul-H]

@@VocalSplendorStudios do you reconize him ? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpiahH1urJpsn5o

[@bryanjibodh8806]

Beste Zangers 2021 begins on 2 september with Anneke van Giersbergen and others...

[@VocalSplendorStudios]

I'm so exited!

[@bryanjibodh8806]

@@VocalSplendorStudios It will begin on september 2 on dutch tv. The days after that it will be on youtube I think..

[@robertcraane7910]

I do so agree with you... Listen to Leonard Cohen, David Bowie and Johnny Cash at their last days... so beautiful... hey bring WISDOM and experience!!!!!

[@ingridjanssen1894]

If you want to listen to another surprise. Listen to Maria fiselier. She is a Dutch operasinger from a few seasons ago at Beste Zangers. She does an Eminem cover. It is great.

[@mhoogland-holterman5322]

He already is an internatitional star in his genre music opera but for this show they can do something they usely dont do that makes this program so great it is for fun and onetime only

[@komkwam]

Not entirely true. Henk Poort also did a show about Tom Manders/Dorus. And he already did some other work that was not opera related. So he was already doing things outside the opera genre.

[@danellwein8679]

he's amazing … :)

[@dobberdop]

Looking forward to your comment at the duet Floor and Henk at the Phantom of the Opera...

[@magnuscarlsson9969]

I'm glad I live in Europe where the commercialism haven't spread as much. I really enjoy american 70's-90's music culture, including country... I even traveled to the U.S. just to attend a Dolly Parton show, since unfortunately It's really rare to see her perform around here. I'm acctually quite sad about how things have changed into huge spectacles, I just want to hear people sing and be happy on stage, thankfully internet allows for more chances to see artists perform.

[@VocalSplendorStudios]

I totally agree!

[@magnuscarlsson9969]

@@VocalSplendorStudios Well If you are interested in what some of us Swedes like to do during the summers I whould recommend checking out Allsång på skansen. Basicly It's a summer program where everyone in the audiance sing-a-long to classical swedish songs, It's a bit like a weekly folk music event. Ofcourse the program always airs with lyrics so everyone can sing-a-long at home aswell. It might seem a bit wierd but every week on Tuesdays my family and our neighbours acctually sing-a-long while eating dinner togheter in the yard. It's quite refreshing even if none of us acctually sings professionally.

[@Leeuw1962]

Great job Henk! A very good version. Sounds a bit like Waylon Jennings. And as a long time Waylon fan that's a good thing in my opinion. :-)

[@laserbeak3551]

Great show lovely characters

[@darkiee69]

"Hank" Poort.. He chose the perfect song, or it was chosen for him. And music today isn't about music and singers, it's about making music. Everything is made to fit a mold.

[@corneliusantonius3108]

Henk the Country Opera singer

[@TK8866275]

He could move to Las Vegas and make his living as an Elvis impersonator.

[@matheusalmer7094]

You should listen to the next performence: Tania Kross & Tommie Christiaan - Barcelona | Beste Zangers

[@Worp3music]

I love your reaction videos. I am Dutch man of 50 years old. And i love your warm hearted reaction video's. I like you so much. You said in your video you like older singers. There is another good famous dutch female singer in the Netherlands. She is called Anita Meyer and she is born in 1954. She has also a very good singing voice. She was also on beste zangers 2017. Listen to this from west side story --- somewhere: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZqTmZWFqZx_hqM. I hope you like it. It would be nice if you do also a reaction video to it.

[@douglascampbell9809]

Sadly many of the 80's and 90's singers, at least from the bands I listened to have passed away. They are simply not living to an old age. Many are not making it past 50.

[@anthonypatrone7940]

🇱🇺🇱🇺🇱🇺 usse Henkie 👌💪💪👑👊

[@willemhendriks1905]

Uncle Henk: Singing Females: Ovulating Boyfriends: -Give up-

[@carpediem5232]

I can't speek for other countries, but in Germany we start with British English, but then also learn American English.

[@mari61gold]

You should listen Noelia

[@user-wn8cp3qf1x]

Kind of weird perhaps to say but this American dialect is kind of close to the Amsterdam one where Henk grew up with.

[@annekebosgieter2984]

Hello Valerery, will you please react to Sarita Loreno. Sheis the star of 2022 , not very well known but that's gona change very soon. Beatyfull singer and personalety. So please !

[@bryanmutsaers4229]

Hey there, If u like de beste zangers u really should take a look at the voice senior(holland) there are verry good singers to, I Like your videos. Greetings from holland🤟🏽

[@Rosannasfriend]

Dionne Warwick was in her 40s when she did We Are The World.

[@VocalSplendorStudios]

Thanks for the correction. :)

[@black4pienus]

I'm from the Netherlands and I remember my English teacher not liking my American accent in class. "That's not proper English!" lmao. I guess I watched too many movies and such, to have a somewhat American accent.

[@ronaldboers8061]

Just for the fun you should also take a look at Ilse deLange who is a country/rock vocalist who signed a 5 album contract in the U.S. The records were all made and produced and very successfully released in the Netherlands and also Germany but none them were ever released in the U.S. itself. Here she is one of the best known vocalist in the country. A couple of years ago she even participated in Eurovision contest under the band name "The common lInnets"and reached the number 2 spot. Last year she suggested Duncan Laurence to participate and he won. Looks like this lady knows her stuff. Take a look at one of her songs used in the movie "Bride Fligh" called "Miracle". kzbin.info/www/bejne/noDNd4R5fLB3kKM

[@urhartfabeler]

And be sure to watch her on the Belgium version of Beste Zangers "Liefde voor Muziek" she was in their 2019 version along with Milow.

[@maartjewaterman1193]

Henk has less problems with the Texas accent than he has got with te standard American one.

[@janeverse4555]

Valerie, for me there were in the last 5 years three epic performaces in this show. One of them is the opera singer Maria Fiselier doing "Lose yourself" of Eminem. She goes so extreme besides her comfort zone with this song. It is surprising she had the courage to do this. CrashOverDrive who reacted a little earlier mention this rap song too. I give you the link in this mail and I hope you will react on this one too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/borcpnyhi7irY5o

[@mikaelzajac6804]

Hello. He is Amazing, but is he really playing the guitar ? I am not so sure...

[@labeti25]

can you please react to mariah carey best live vocals?

[@connycoll1963]

mariah how ??

[@dirkie007]

I think you should see also: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJ3Lk59vrMSoopI This is from "Beste Zangers" 3 years ago.

[@savvasefsef]

ok he is a tenor,huge,difficult backround,but she can stand becide Celine and Barbara!!!

[@dirkschmidt2276]

He is a Bariton not a tenor.😉

[@savvasefsef]

@@dirkschmidt2276 you are wright!...first we research and then we speak!

[@komkwam]

@@dirkschmidt2276 But he can also be a tenor, that is why Andrea Bochelli was confused when he and Henk spoke to eachother about doing a duet. Andrea thought Henk was a tenor because of previous singing of Henk Poort. Maybe you could call Henk Poort a Barinor. 😁

[@Nikioko]

And Henk is obviously a lefty.

[@daimybisseling251]

So sorry you missed despasito.

[@k.m2850]

Hi please react Exo Open your army ♥️

[@marjanmoves1296]

They have to sing out of their comfort zone....and he's not realy playing the guitar ;-)

[@mdd247]

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