Yesterday Beatles Cover - Angelina Jordan Reaction

I was struggling a bit with this first-time reaction to Angelina Jordan's brilliant cover of the iconic song Yesterday from The Beatles. I couldn't put my finger on what kind of emotion Angelina Jordan's singing was giving me. I felt she was acting in a certain way to portray a specific mood. I had to go back to this reaction video after watching Angelinas Cover of Yesterday a couple of more times (It gets better by each listen). And I had to record my finishing thoughts, because it suddenly came to me - for me, she is portraying a woman that is on the verge of depression. That explains, the way I see it, why Angelina Jordan is sitting in a shopping cart, barely moving and singing in a slightly drawn-out manner. Like she's in a dream. She is suffering from a debilitating depression. She is motionless with emotional pain.
With all great works of art there is a lot of room for interpretation and this is of course only my personal view of Angelina Jordan's cover of The Beatles song Yesterday. Tell me how Angelina Jordan's version makes you feel, compared to the original.
I hope you enjoy my Angelina Jordan Reaction.
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0:00​ - Intro
1:28 - Angelina Jordan Reaction Yesterday
6:38 - Final words and Analysis
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[@midgemooney6908]

Back in 1962 I was 13 and heard the Beatles for the first time. I fell in love. I have heard thousands of covers by every performer. I would be amused at anyone trying to sing their songs. Even the good ones. I’m not laughing anymore. What she’s done with this song is astonishing. I never in my wildest dreams would think I would like another persons interpretation better than an original Beatles song. That day has come. Angelina Jordan is a gift to us from the angels. I just wish I was younger to witness her career.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Fantastic 🤗

[@DoubleSaltedEggYolkShark]

@@Pontus-Osterlin Have you heard Marlissa Punzalan at Australia Got Talent sang Yesterday?

[@michaelg1569]

I remember 1967 listening to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. After swallowing Lucy In the Sky with Diamonds. Changed my life forever.

[@steinarhatlen2622]

From the first word she was singing: ''Yesterday....''' I got goosebumps between Yester and Day. That is how Angelina is.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

That is truly amazing 🤗

[@lesgray8709]

Here Angelina is expressing sadness and remorse - regrets things that cant be undone, Melancholy in full flow. I see it as she is boxed in by circumstances (in that shopping cart) that she is not expecting to overcome. Thankfully in life Angelina has no regrets (I hope), the road ahead is full of possibilities, she appears to be enjoying being 15 years old - just yearning for the chance to perform a concert - live - like in the old days...

[@Bjarmarsson]

In her own song Million Miles she sings; She Never regrets what She does 🤗

[@lesgray8709]

@@toolman1one86 An interesting perspective...

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

@Les Gray Where she's going, she doesn't need roads.

[@SeanBressie]

She's just getting started... little chance for remorse this soon. I consider remorse a product of perceived failure.. She is a Million Miles from being a failure. I think we are trying to read too much into this. Some folks also think she is not making it because she is not on the charts.. Relax!! She and her family are doing it the way they want.. it's just not on our timeline. Brilliance does not always register on a chart.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

@Sean Bressie There’s a young woman that did a video on that very topic, charts. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZ2meX6LhdSqj5I

[@peterstadelmeier]

my impression is that the shopping cart is based on the childhood where mom pushed it and we were inside, safe from all problems, angelina always thinks about the text of the song and arranges the set accordingly with her very creative uncle

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Safe and comforting. That could be it 👍

[@arfakamyabipour7473]

Her voice is so dreamy and peaceful 🌺

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

I agree 🤗

[@CarlD70]

The first couple of times I listened to Angelina sing this song, it was a feeling of melancholy, almost brought me sadness, even a tear to the eye. She sang it so beautifully and I cannot stop listening to it, and I grew up listening to the Beatles and have heard this many many times over the years. Just the pure emotion that just oozes out of all Angelina's pores just mesmerizes me and this is not the first time by any means. Loved your take and comments Pontus as always. Thank you for being such a huge supporter of the young Angel.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Mesmerizingly Mesmerizing 🤗 Thank you, Carl 🙏

[@rogercarriere4756]

This young woman is a genius…she is fabulous all of her.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Genius is about right 🤗

[@mariangelamattosgrosso237]

Angelina's voice is a musical instrument, which made this song even more beautiful. Thank you Mr Pontus for such an emotional reaction!!!

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Agreed! You're welcome 💕

[@gdave]

I don't understand why Angelina isn't being played on the radio. The greatest singer in the world and radio doesn't seem to know about her! Does radio have to be paid to play a singer?I don't know the answers but I love everything she does!

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

She's not only the greatest singer in the world, she's also the best kept secret in the world. It really is a mystery. But if it's her and the teams wishes to take it slow and being methodical, I'm all for it. I'm in it for the long haul.

[@bockviken]

I have written to the swedish jazz radio channel and got a positive answere. Maybe.

[@leebrn8588]

@@Pontus-Osterlin I personally contacted radio stations in Florida hoping to get her on the air when Million Miles came out. Never got a response back. Wrote to the Steve Harvey show. Never got a response from him either. Republic Records should get Angelina back on the show "THE VIEW" when they finally start promoting her. She was there right after she won Norway;s got talent. These people just will not respond to a ordinary fan. I long for the radio days when "WOLFMAN JACK" was to go to person if you wanted to hear a certain song played. He could, and would play any genre songs late at night when we were cruising.

[@gdave]

@@Pontus-Osterlin Me Too!

[@mauistevebear]

I would use the word melancholy to describe her mood in singing this 'sad' song

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Yes, I agree 💯

[@dlblakey62]

Great reaction Pontus. Her artistry encompasses both the vocal interpretation and the visual presentation. Her thoughtful and impactful choices pull you into her world, and you experience and maybe understand the meaning of the song like never before. She gets you thinking and talking…and wanting more😄

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thank you, David. You are so right. The thinking aspect is an extraordinary part of her artistry.

[@adelinaacero]

Yes, indeed, Angelina the artist wants us to interpret the way we want it. Her sitting inside ( stucked in the cart) can be interpreted in hundred of ways. My interpretation will also depend on my mood, today I would like to feel the emotion Angelina has when she sing the song. Like feeling vulnerable, feeling like a small girl under the custody of parents, feeling secure snd stay put not going anywhere, while everybody does the walking. Tired ? I will rather sit here safe and sound and sing my song. I am depending on someone to push the cart. I enjoy it here like sight sering in the supermarket, Just being a good girl following parents order? I don’t know why I came to that point. On the other hand. She could use the moment sitting there recollecting the past and thinking about her future. Yeah it seems like yesterday but time flies And now I am growing up but I seem not to go nowhere it is safer here where I am, taking cared of by grown up , I cant decide what I want to be and where to go, not at this moment. I need to wait.💜❤️💙

[@bobestell2767]

The girl of 1000 voices. You will have a great time hearing all her covers, all different. Thanks for your reactions.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thanks Bob 🤗

[@leebrn8588]

Angelina is a "Larger Than Life", Dynamic, Powerful, Exciting, Mysterious, Super Talented, Super Intelligent, Charismatic, Statuesque, Earth Angel, destined to become a living legend in her own time.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Yes 👏 All of the above 💕

[@eddiebowes6137]

I appreciate your take on this Pontus, very in depth and thought provoking. Here's what i think, every body is trying too hard to read something into this video. Angelina, or uncle Mike, probably thought it would be fun for her to sit inside a shopping cart.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

That certainly could be the case 👍 Thank you, Eddie 💕

[@SeanBressie]

I agree.... The Cart was already part of the set when they rented the complex of 7 rooms in different colors. It was handy and already painted orange. Angelina being playful probably jumped in it and a light bulb went off in Michael's head.

[@SeanBressie]

@@toolman1one86 No... It is a Studio with colored rooms available for rent in Los Angeles. Someone else has tour here: THE COLOR CRIB LA - Multi-Creative Colored Sets kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqOnpIZtptydZ8U

[@lesgray8709]

Now I have listened to the end of your reaction, I am very impressed by your interpretation. Angelina puts so much into her expression, here helped by Uncle Mike directing the performance - she has a way of connecting to people in so many ways - just the quality required of one who wishes to sing to the whole world...

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thank you, Les 🙏💕

[@pa1189j]

These videos shot in 'The Color Crib' were probably done to a prerecorded track, as is usual for this type of production. One indication of that is in 'Billie Jean' where, in the purple room segments, she is clearly holding the mic the wrong way round and it certainly wouldn't sound the same. The effect of really doing that can be heard on 'I'd rather go blind'.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

My thoughts exactly 👍

[@SeanBressie]

I was thinking the same about Billy Jean. I am 50/50 on Yesterday.. The echo of the room is evident in the recording. If I had to pick one, I would say it is live recording.

[@pa1189j]

@@SeanBressie I’d be slightly more inclined to think that they have added some retro sounding reverb to the Yesterday track prior to the video shoot.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

@Sean Bressie If you zoom in on her using the 4K version you can spot a few places where the singing is not following her lips 100%.

[@SeanBressie]

@@Pontus-Osterlin Just watched per your suggestion.. My untrained eye is not seeing anything varied enough change my opinion... Not that it really matters. Interesting conversation though. In the end, I could listen t her all day. She is such a stunning talent.

[@adetresnaRoyana]

Brilliant Brilliant Beautiful beautiful Singer

[@manupe4141]

Hello, Pontus. It is always a pleasure to have a little of your appreciations and feelings regarding Angelina's work. In my case it also happens to me that some interpretations come to mind when I look at the works that she presents. I have no idea if I can get even a little bit close to the true messages she is trying to convey, but I am sure there is always a message. As I mentioned there, I have learned to look at AJ's work and her personality, as that of a complex, multi-talented artist who uses all the tools available to her to convey various messages. In choosing her songs, the previous study that she does about how that song should sound and the best way to interpret the feelings that it provokes in her. But also the staging. I think quickly, for example in her covers for "Stay" and "Nothing break like ...", where her original artists appear making "extended use of their physical qualities", while Angelina prefers, precisely there, to appear with his shirt closed to the last button on the neck. As if she doesn't want to overlook how she feels about it. They are just my interpretations, of course. In this case, from the video for "yesterday", I wonder to what extent the two obvious relationships clash ... the girl from yesterday, who enjoyed being inside a shopping cart with her mother and the girl from today, many sometimes pushed by her own fans to define themselves in advance, with criticism of her logical age experiments, with her eye color, her makeup, her wardrobe, her rehearsals where she tries different voice inflections, etc. Where the girl, who still has a long playground to explore before defining a style, is suddenly "packaged" and placed inside a shopping cart ... but this time she is no longer so funny. Anyway, I believe and hope that this is just an exaggerated interpretation on my part and I continue to enjoy the journey, without caring or needing that we arrive so soon at the final destination. Warm regards to you and to all the angels who support Angelina.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

I'm glad you like it 🙏 It certainly is interesting as to how many details there actually are to be interpreted, in a seeming simple setup. And of course your own interpretation is your own truth. 🤗

[@manupe4141]

@@Pontus-Osterlin Exactly. We know that Angelina could sing for 10 hours in a row without any problem, but from talking in public, she does not like to talk for 10 minutes. She prefers to express herself in more audiovisual ways. But I hope that one day she will be encouraged to talk in confidence with someone who achieves that intimacy and she will tell us what was going through her head at the moment. Greetings.😊

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

That day will come, I’m sure 🤗

[@patriciasepulveda1264]

I want to add one more thing .. Angelina is first and foremost a jazz singer. Jazz is melancholy. She knows how to do melancholy. I think seeing more reactions will help you see how real it is for so many people. It is very on point and she is masterful.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

I agree, she has mastered jazz. At such a young age! It’s really remarkable 🦶👸🏻

[@francescogalesso1880]

185 cm curled up in a shopping cart with your knees in your mouth and being able to sing like this (!?). On the symbolism of the video there can be various interpretations. They range from the more banal one, of the sepia monochromatic painting, that is vintage, which recalls the title of the song "Yesterday". At the psychological reading, of her sitting in her trolley she tells us: "do not load me with expectations, I am still a child".

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

I love it 💕 One thing we must remember. The way they put together these videos... It is common practive not to have the actual singing in the video as the recorded one. It could be another take that is then added onto the video.

[@francescogalesso1880]

​@@Pontus-Osterlin I don't like playback because it sounds fake. But being a fan of Angelina I accept it from her, because I know that there are no electronic devilry that can improve her voice. Perhaps it is the programmers who have to take Angelina's voice as the matrix for their devilry. I am not an expert on the subject and I could say stupid.

[@kenscott8966]

I agree that Angelina has a boatload of melancholy, of resignation that a valued relationship has irreparably ended, and she communicates that more effectively than the original IMHO. I listened again intently to test your "why I" vs "why he" hypothesis and I believe she is asking "Why he had to go" (at both 0:52 and 1:37). But artists rarely reveal completely their messages so who knows!

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

It's up to the beholder or in this case the belistener 🤪

[@nyima04011]

@@Pontus-Osterlin well, it would be okay except for you expounding on how she changed the song, which she did not...she just extends the 'I' sound of 'why' before she slips in the 'he'. I've already seen other commenters repeating your opinion.

[@nyima04011]

I agree! She does NOT say "Why I had to go". She just extends the 'I' sound of 'why' before she slips in the 'he'.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thank you, Deborah 🙏 Maybe I should have been more clear about the fact that it was what I was hearing only. But at the time I actually had no doubt. Now I do, due to all the comments. Great word, expounding. I will add that to my ever growing English vocabulary 🙏

[@kenscott8966]

@@nyima04011 I agree. Angelina warbles a little on the "why" syllable" then clearly (I believe ) shifts to "he". If she was saying "I had to go" emotionally there would be the loss and resignation but also anger. Yet I sense no anger in her telling.

[@John-fk3rv]

She is singing like she is heartbroken. She totally embodied this song, better than the original. I stand by that.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Totally 👍

[@McDevittMike]

I didn't like the TikTok snippet at all, but this is great! I think she captures the melancholy of this song beautifully. I also think sitting in a shopping cart reminds her of when she was small enough to ride around in one. At 6', it must have been a while. I can't imagine singing in that position. The song might also remind her of when she could just sing and not worry about crap like social media and business. I always tend to forget that I really don't know how good she is, I think I do, but she's only 15 and getting better all the time. That's why she keeps surprising me.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

I haven't heard that yet. Maybe I should? She's surprising us all, every time. It's really unprecedented.

[@lynettepascua4730]

I don't normally talk about this but I am in a much better place now and I can very much connect with everything about Angelina's delivery in this song. I was very much in love with my ex-husband and it was a devastating breakup for me, I wanted to hide away, hide from time and everything, I remember getting under a desk and staying there a long time, the shopping cart somehow reminds me of that, it still brings back a little bit of that pain. It is funny I have heard "Yesterday" before when the Beatles sang it and it never brought me back to that time in my life, But Angelina brought me back there.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thanks for sharing, Lynette 💕

[@tm13tube]

I thought about the shopping cart as discomfort. It would hurt to sit on the rods. I also thought jail cell.

[@tm13tube]

I about killed myself during a divorce I didn’t want. He had a long list of transgressions I was willing to continue ignoring his “Walter Mitty” life to use my attorneys name, until he started to involve our children.

[@lynettepascua4730]

@@tm13tube I know the feeling same here, I was willing to overlook a lot but when he took our kids on a camping trip with another woman was the last straw.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

😢

[@KevNpton]

It’s like the twist she put on California Dreaming. She read the words and put her own interpretation, she’s singing like she’s half the girl she used to be.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

That’s a great way to put it 🤗💕

[@cetkin9741]

Angelina brilliantly sings the sorrow fot the loss.....yesterday.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Brilliantly brilliant 😍

[@annc9660]

Oh, I forgot...super reaction : )

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thanks, Ann 🙏

[@HusemR]

Once again wonderful, this voice, this expressiveness and this personality! :) I hope she doesn't sing about the fact that she longs to go back to the time when she wasn't bought by "Republic Records" (see shopping cart) and life was easier for her in anonymity and self-determination. That would be terrible!

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

I think she's right where she wants to be.

[@roddiener]

Relax, she looks to be just fine.....

[@michaelg1569]

The feeling is relaxed. It’s the confidence that comes from being plugged into the Source. Her voice is from the heart, rather than the mind. Amusing to see the host searching for words. Words can never do her voice justice.

[@codypendragons]

It's very melancholy like she was sweeping the floor with her voice but it was very sonically pleasing I liked it a lot

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Me too 🤗

[@cm0355]

Angelina is simply the best...

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Absolutely.

[@ShanLiB]

Your reaction and comments were really interesting and your analysis very credible. It seems she is weighed down by the fact that she can't go back and undo anything that caused this pain. She can only long for a redo that she knows is not possible and hasn't moved on to acceptance. She's trapped in a moment of time and doesn't yet see a way forward as she analyzes her previous life choices and realizes she had made serious misjudgments.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thank you 🙏 Maybe she's trapped in that shopping cart.

[@sandyleewhite]

I have often been lost for words, when tying to describe Angelina Jordan's unique vocals, & I still cannot express, or even come to terms, with what my ears are hearing, most times, but one thing I absolutely do know, is that, when I hear her voice, it always touches my emotions, & make me feel things, I didn't even know existed!!! To me, that is her gift, & what makes her, not only a singer, but an incredible soulful artist 💝 **SHE TRULY IS A GIFT** 💝

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Well said, Sandy 🤗 I feel the same way 🙏

[@tm13tube]

It is common to read “lost for words.” when you are trying to explain AJs sound.

[@tm13tube]

Yes she is a gift.

[@cm0355]

So much good your reaction...I fully agree with you..

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thank you, Pedro 🙏

[@carolinamonserratvalcarcel8952]

I love your words about this interpretation. Angelina is a very old spirit. 💝💋💋👏

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it, Carolina.

[@kevingood4644]

Wistful melancholy? Thank you Pontus..take care always ))

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

I like that 🙏 💕

[@kevingood4644]

@@Pontus-Osterlin just edited my spelling of your name..apologies.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

It’s all good, Kevin. See what I did there? 😁

[@kevingood4644]

@@Pontus-Osterlin The I has it..the I has it..clear the chamber ))

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

🤣

[@luzmarinamonsalve7964]

Excelent explanation from a sensitive person. I totally agree with you!

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thank you so much 😊

[@pierremasse4659]

I think the shopping cart is a reminder of when she was little and rode in the shopping carts when shopping with her mother.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

That’s a good thought 👍

[@TheBlaster54]

Pontus, I think the word you are looking for is, ‘soothing’. Your expression displays the all consuming soulful, emotional and mesmerizing pull with how Angelina interprets the lyrics. I think you are also sensing the melancholy that Angelina brings forth. As always, I look forward to and enjoy your well articulated reactions.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thank you for that word 🙏 and for being so encouraging, as always 💕

[@TheBlaster54]

@@Pontus-Osterlin It’s my pleasure. Be safe and happy.

[@js33412]

Thank you very much for vocalizing the feeling that her rendition portrays. You have the words.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thanks, John 🙏 That’s nice of you to say 💕

[@adetresnaRoyana]

Brilliant Brilliant Beautiful Beautiful

[@rvega60s]

Hello Pontus , Hope your doing well, yes Angelina sings songs as intended to be heard this song is a heart break and she put the emotion of having to have a break up before. she is a master of knowing this , how we do not know she does it ,aside from all she is a genius in this way. Our beautiful angel love her. Thank you

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Hi, Rosie! It's a mystery how she can do what she does. Thank you 🙏

[@user-gl9rp8zb9x]

Brilliant take on her version, i completely agree with you.

[@amorellosue]

I believe the shopping cart represents childhood( yesterdsy), and free spirit of riding the aisles in a store.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

I love that 🤗

[@paulturner6498]

No one is arguing that she has a remarkable voice, but would still like to hear her speak to her fans, no introduction to the song and not even a thanks for listening etc., yes she can sing, shame she can’t speak?

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

I think her motto is "I'd rather be singing" 😁

[@colinhuggins268]

I think Angelina in the grocery cart represents, yesterday, when we sat in the grocery cart with our mother pushing in the cart.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

I love that, David 🙏

[@hans-georgschroter7887]

Do anyone have mentioned the shadow moving away from her in the shelf? You're right, she is awakening from the easy looking yesterday and starts now for a beautiful future. A wonderful starting position with all the hopes And she found wonderful adding notes to the original and so her cover is 24sec longer

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

I didn't realise we got an extra 24 seconds. That's wonderful 🤗 I didn't catch that shadow on my initial reaction, but I'm sure it's a production mistake. What I would like to know is what was the reason for not removing it. That could be easily taken care of. And I'm sure that they have seen it before releasing the final version.

[@hans-georgschroter7887]

@@Pontus-Osterlin for me it's one of her mostly hidden gems to the meaning of the songs. Don't forget she is a complete full artist. There is no more shadow hanging over her

[@SeanBressie]

I think it was a crew member moving when they shouldn't have. It could have been fixed without reshooting because there is no other movement over there. It happens twice. The second one has no correlation to the sung "Shadow"

[@deniseperryman2814]

I think Angelina sings this beautifully I think the way she sings it with sadness because she just lost her boyfriend and she sings it with emotion she even looks sad and I think she tells this story with heartache and she’s really brilliant at that she’s just alone and she just wishes it was yesterday because yesterday was a good day now everything today as gone and she’s alone and really sad 😢 Love ❤️ from Denise in Yorkshire England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👼👼👸🏻👸🏻🦶🦶👏👏💕👍🥰👋

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

I think you’re right, Denise 💕

[@rosevergara2855]

Shes one of a really different kind of voice ever had.. ❤️

[@angelabroman18]

She's a musical instrument, period. I have followed her since she was seven yrs old, and I am so grateful God hasn't allowed her to her become 'famous' through the normal-evil music industry.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

How did you first find out about her?

[@patriciasepulveda1264]

I find it totally necessary to give you a woman's perspective here: Her voice is DEPRESSED. She is depressed! Her "love" just left and didn't tell her why. She is depressed .. heartbroken .. she is embodying the song. It's brilliant. re: monochrome set .. this is art .. we have to remember she is 15 .. although, quite frankly, I really like it. It makes her totally stand out. You look at nothing but Angelina .. the stuff on the shelves is neutral .. nothing intriguing anywhere .. EXCEPT this 6' girl folded up in a shopping cart. What can possibly be wrong? in the middle of my writing this you came back after thinking about it and had 'made friends' - as best you can, with the concept. Good for you. I am impressed at your loyalty and your love. And yes .. other than Million Miles, which was grief rather than depression, we haven't heard her voice quite like this .. but is it not magnificent? oh my goodness .. it is completely and thoroughly brilliant! Have you never had your heart broken? btw .. Angelina does not say "I had to go" she says "HE had to go." Different. I have watched at least 50 reactions .. people get it! And , by the way, she is not being pushed around! She's just sitting in it .. depressed. I am responding to both your reactions . and I really really appreciate that you are trying to comprehend it. Angelina makes decisions for her singing from the emotional body .. which is why everyone feels so strongly when they hear her sing. The fact that "she's depressed " (the girl in the song) doesn't mean she's mentally ill. The exaggeration of someone pushing her around means nothing .. that's not what's happening here. If anything .. I would say it's totally aligned with the lyrics "now I need a place to hide away" .. she looks around and chooses the cart .. totally transparent .. so she wants her loved ones to know it's not completely serious .. she's not locked up trying to figure out a way to kill herself .. she's simply sitting in a shopping cart until she can stand the reality that's happening and then perhaps she can unfold her body and take up her life again. Heartbreak. You are exactly right .. Paul did it from a man's perspective .. she did it from a woman's. Different indeed. I loved what you did in your two part reaction. thank you very much. I hope what I had to say helped too.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thank you, Patricia 🙏 I find your shopping cart interpretation brilliant 💕 I appreciate your kind words 🤗

[@navrozelalkaka8457]

wonderful reaction to a superlative performance..

[@rickponcheri1366]

First of all this was beautiful.....You can really feel her emotions...... In my opinion the set is a market. She is in a shopping cart because she is being sold or marketed to the public. She is lamenting that part of the business. Things were much easier yesterday...........

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Yes I can certainly feel her emotions 🤗

[@charlespeterson7502]

It's such a great time to be alive being able to listen to Angilina.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Yes I agree, Charles. It’s unprecedented 🤗

[@BigAngieFan808]

Great original take on this Pontus. A couple of things: One is, I hear “why HE had to go” and you hear “why I had to go.” Listening to it several times it is very ambiguous on that phrase; I’m hearing “why” broken up into two syllables, “wah-eye he had to go,” but I can see why you would hear it as “wah I-ee had to go.” What are others hearing? If this is deliberate ambiguity on her part, that is genius! The second thing is she almost never changes the gender; think of “Song for A.” But she does here..

[@michaelpape3793]

I was hearing "he" as well. Significant difference.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thank you, Chris 🙏

[@bingobillable]

I don’t believe Angelina had a choice to change the gender in “A Song For A”. It wasn't her production, but a song written for her by Nico Cartosio, with words from a Robert Frost poem. An amazing opportunity for such a young singer.

[@michaelpape3793]

@@bingobillable I wish I had a better sound system for that one, for that violin at the end.

[@eddiebowes6137]

Hi Chris, I think you're spot on. It seems that Pontus has mis-heard the lyrics here, I agree that it's her jazzy broken 'why' that's causing the confusion. Also, on your point about changing the gender, I think it was easy to do with this song, so why not? In 'Song for A' she was, presumably, asked to sing the song 'as is' and wasn't given the opportunity to change it since it wasn't her song or a cover. In 'Billie Jean' a gender change just isn't possible when you consider what the song is about.

[@edschultheis9537]

You were the only person that I have heard who pointed out that Angelina sang "why I had to go, I don't know..." instead of why "she" had to go as in the original Beetles rendition. That really informs why the song is so much more sad and melancholic as sung by Angelina. It seems to me that it is a much deeper rejection to say to someone that they have to go than it is to say that I have to go.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thank you, Ed. The general opinion seems to be that she actually says “he” and that I misinterpreted her singing. I feel she is singing it in a way that leaves us open to interpret it in our own way. Regardless she is singing it with a deeper feeling of sadness than Paul did.

[@makobasila4350]

Another great one reàction sir. Angelina is a genius musician...... thank you.👍👍 ✌

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thank you, Mako 🙏

[@JMWexperience]

I like your perspective of how Angelina interpreted this song. I Think you are spot on. Regardless, she nailed it technically, and absolutely beautifully as always!

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thank you, Jeff 🙏 I appreciate your support and I’m glad you liked it 💕🤗

[@jerrylarocque9600]

PO, i've yet to find a way to get Angelina inside of my Amazon shopping cart!

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

okay 😆

[@BigAngieFan808]

And she IS an Amazon! So it would be an Amazon in the Amazon cart..

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

😂

[@AXZ9340MB]

There are plenty of good singers in all over the world which can be fantastic.But, only one makes the difference and is unique.Yes, Angelina Jordan .No doubt about it.IMHO

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

IMHO too 😉

[@leebrn8588]

With Angelina we are witnessing the birth of a singing legend. Books will be written about her some day

[@tomazstamcar2734]

Probably the best rendition of this song since The Beatles. On the good audio system, her voice takes on incredible expressiveness. The song is a very beautiful but sad lyrics. The scene is a bit unusual and I don't know what kind of message it carries, maybe that consumerism is destroying us. The impression on me is so strong that I have to play the song several times. A sentimental memory of the past times of our youth.Thank you ANGELina. I only looked at the previous comments after I wrote mine and how amazingly our impressions match.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

She conveys an emotion so deep and sad it hurts my heart 🥲

[@tomazstamcar2734]

@@Pontus-Osterlin I saw somewhere that she was actually singing from her own failed love experience. This is strange because I think she is very desirable but she is still too young. I wish her all the best in life. But first we have to survive the sat.anists attack and your help would be appreciated.

[@user-hb7mh4zz9v]

You know, Pontus, there was someone expecting to be checked out and taken home in that shopping cart, and the potential purchaser left her there to extract herself from the cart. This is what death does to love. Angelina knows about that. Separation like that is irretrievable in this life, and she knows that now. She hit on the solution long ago with hope, but when one is still in the cart hope is not there. I think you caught it just as she meant it. This lady lives poetry and shares it with us.

[@n.g.h.calmarena7013]

In between talking and singing - and that's what Angie here is doing and getting qualities out of the text that is screened by the singing. It's a genial interpretation.

[@gaelhelman898]

Loooove your take on it!!!! I feel it too🥰 wow! Best reaction ever!!!!!

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thank you so much, Gael 🙏💕

[@barbararomanowski2904]

she’s singing behind the notes. very effective.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Indeed 🤩

[@johannesdippenaar5087]

Its melancholy but also in a way " peaceful". She is again just given the true feeling and meaning of the song the way only she can do. A week later you get it.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Yeah and two weeks later, I'm still thinking about it. She has this effect that she makes you think. Remarkable, really...

[@petercarter3981]

Well done review and comments I also felt that feeling of melancholy almost depression fron how she sang this song . As usual she is a fantastic emotional journey singer ❤

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thank you, Peter 🙏💕

[@chamipey]

Impressionnant. Merci beaucoup.

[@9Ballr]

👩🏻🎤🎵🌎⭐️🇳🇴❤️ If you are the greatest singer of all time, and you sing in a shopping cart, that also makes you the greatest shopping cart singer of all time. Another GOAT title for Angelina!

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Haha 👍

[@Bustefaen]

Interesting reaction and analysis! I agree with those connecting the shopping cart with a safe past that Angelina’s character longs back to. But obviously she no longer fits in the cart…so the past is history, and she will eventually have to get out of there and push on in life. «Smooth transition between the notes» is a brilliant description. In music theory, we call this glissando. It is quite difficult to do, because technically the time you spend between the notes you are in disharmony. It is the opposite of Angelina’s fast riffs, where she can be so fast and precise that some people will beleve it is autotune. But Angelina has always been a master of glissando too. She uses it a lot in «I’ve Got a Spell on You». Another great example is the line «Maaaaan’s built a traaain» from «It’s a Man’s World», where she slides up to the notes. (Glissando is used a lot in blues.) While her voice is of course instantly recogniseable, the technique Angelina uses here is very different from «Billie Jean». There she chops off words and phrases in a staccato style that goes very well with the raspy voice she is using. Here she uses a smooth voice and glissando to connect the notes in long, uninterrupted streams, creating a very dreamy impression - just like you have suddenly been kicked out of a relationship and think that «no, this can’t be real». In short, these are two examples of an artist having access to any tools and colours that you can think of, but choosing very wisely which ones to use for each particular piece. (That goes even within the song. Notice, for instance, the phrasing of «…there’s a shadow… with heavy vibrato on the fiirst and third word creating a haunting impression, versus no vibrato on «…now I feel…», which is exactly the same melody line.)

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

You seem very knowledgeable about these things. Thanks for sharing, very interesting. I went back and listened to 'there's a shadow'. Brilliant. It seems like one of the crew members walked around on the set and by accident so that his/her shadow ended up in the video. However, now I'm not so sure it was an accident or at least that the mistake was left there on purpose...

[@josmacia]

I think that in the shopping cart she found " her place to hide away"

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

🤗

[@Bustefaen]

@@Pontus-Osterlin Thank you. Not knowledgeable enough to get the titles «I Put a Spell on You» and «This is a Man’s World» right, though. 😆

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

🤣

[@roamingbarista5881]

I can feel she has the memories of her grandfather still ingrained in her

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

🤗

[@kleng2261]

Very interesting interpretation. Tks

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

🙏

[@ronjones1077]

I counted WOW 5 times from you on this reaction. I think Clara Bow, the 1920-30’s actress was called the “IT GIRL”. Angelina is now our “WOW GIRL”. Nice commentary and insight for this performance so yes I liked and subscribed. Thank you

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Wow indeed 🤗 Thank you for liking and subscribing. I appreciate it 🙏💕

[@tm13tube]

I thought of softness like down bed clothes, or nearly a lullaby. Your comments are interesting. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

I like that 🤗

[@dagrainger]

I believe the feeling you are looking for at 5:35 is Melancholy... That to me describes it perfectly, Caramel Melancholy... I only wish they had not added the "reverb" sound effect to the recording. Her voice is so pure, she needs none of that in my opinion. Makes it sort of sound like it was recorded with a karaoke machine. However, her voice shone through it all, and it was captivating as usual...

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thank you, David 🙏 I think I agree with you on that reverb sound. I'm not sure why that was added. I think it sounds a little like it was recorded in an echoey room.

[@poolhallshark]

Hei på deg :-) Dette var en fantastisk fin reaksjon, og jeg likte spesielt det du sa i "En uke senere"-delen. Melankolia er forresten en av de filmene som har gjort størst inntrykk på meg. Interessant at du nevnte denne filmen. Varm hilsen fra Norge, selv om det har blitt slutten av november... :-)

[@shodanrich3317]

I have a theory. She's singing about her Granpa, or the Rock singer she was friends with as a child who died. The cart symbolizes her as a young child, when kids ride in their Moms cart. Just gorgeous.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Great one!

[@rozhill4837]

One might say she is singing with a broken heart. It is part of her ability to project the emotion of the words.

[@TheBjornwilly]

I'm guessing that Angelina thinks of yesterday when life was easier and there was no pressure. Now, she's working on an album (with 7'th heaven on her shoulders?) that hopefully will go into everyone's shopping carts. "Why I had to go" could be referring to her moving to LA to give out albums. I had a similar experience with my photography hobby... I signed a contract with a pictures bank company to maybe make a few $'s from my hobby. I had a bad gut feeling that I couldn't identify at first, but then I realized that I didn't want to take pictures for cash, I simply wanted to do it for fun, and I didn't want commercial considerations to interrupt me when I'm in the "zone" taking pictures and being at my most creative. Maybe a form of performance anxiety. I can imagine many artists going through such a stage!

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Interesting take, Bjørn 👍 Thank you for sharing 🙏 I totally get what you’re saying about your hobby 🤗

[@tigerscorpio62]

my interpretation of Angelina sitting in a shopping cart is that she has been hiding there, for as she says; - I need a place to hide away, and then the shopping cart is a perfect prop for this performance, because we can see her even if she has hidden there.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Good one!

[@johnroache32]

Yesterday…In the lyrics…” there’s a shadow hanging over me” I believe the “shadow” some of us see, is meant to be her grandfather watching over her. 🌸🌺

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

That is a very interesting take on it 💕🤗

[@luiz_chip3402]

Hey @John Roache, I has read 90% Of the comments waiting For someone to mention The pain she still feels For the loss Of her Grandpa (There si Even a SHORT vídeo where she ends up crying ar the end Of the song and after mentioning something like she would've wanted to do more and how deep shee misses Him. SO I'm ALL THE WAY with you: The strong feeling and suffering You can get from her version is BECAUSE SHE IS DEDICATING THIS ONE to her deeply beloved Grandpa (Who knows? Perhaps it was her Grandpa Who used to push the kart) I love fantasizing this way! BUT SHE IS THE ONLY ONE Who knows her reasons!! Love Angelina, Thanks John Roache For bringing this out! And love to POTALKS! 🤗

[@lyziapimenta8156]

It is probabilidade not easy feeling you have become another product in the chart.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

🤔

[@Mr.DamianM]

Pontus, I think the word you're looking for is "resigned". She's singing with a the feeling of surrender. (15 minutes later) So now I've read all the comments and realize my thought is not original. Anyway, great thought-provoking reaction and analysis. I wish KZbin wouldn't wait 9 hours to alert me. See you in the next one!

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thank you, Damian 🙏 💕 🤗

[@AJ_Angel_of_A]

Paul sings like he's catching the last bus or urgently needs to go to the bathroom. I compared the original "Yesterday (With Spoken Word Intro / Live From Studio 50, New York City / 1965)" with Angelina's version. 1.55 min to 2.30 min. Only if you play the original at 0.75 does it come close to Angelina's version. The slower speed completely changed the mood of the song - in a better way.

[@BigAngieFan808]

Paul may have originally sung the song faster than he wanted to, because of record company pressure.. I know that Lennon’s “Help” was definitely faster than he wanted. U2 did a slowed down version.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

@velvet child She does have a habit of slowing things down to make her magic even more magical.

[@AJ_Angel_of_A]

@@Pontus-Osterlin Yes, I know it for 6 years

[@daghugowilhelmsen5660]

For me, it's a song about young love and the insecurity that follows. To put it bluntly, her boyfriend has reached the finish line for the first time. After this, he is unsure / frightened of the consequences and leaves. She is left behind and does not know why and is desperate and ashamed.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Not knowing why is the worst I think 😢

[@fernandof.2225]

Angelina has a lot of empathy with what the lyrics represent. She did something similar with "California Dreaming".

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

She can totally feel it. And she makes you feel it to. Amazing. Yeah, I love California Dreaming. Her take on that song is brilliant. 👸🏻

[@quangvinhnguyen114]

I really love your way of talking 😁🥰

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Wow, thanks 💕

[@TheBlaster54]

Pontus, as for my interpretation of why Angelina is sitting in a shopping cart I believe the lyrics tell us why. Perhaps she is in the shopping cart because wants to hide away from the unknown of today. Hence the reason why she believes in yesterday.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

I like that interpretation 🤗

[@brucecumming8803]

I like your final analysis PO. I've seen a lot of reviews of this performance but nobody else picked up on that lyric change. It does put a different perspective on the song. I bet Angelina was the one who made those couple of astute changes.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thank you, Bruce 🙏 I’m glad you liked it 🤗 Yes, she’s a genius, isn’t she? 👸🏻

[@marvinboswell6889]

This song was beautifully done by AJ

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Brilliant 🤩

[@Sweetpea4575]

Yes blasé is close but I think the word you’re searching for is resigned. For me, I hear Angelina singing about the childhood Yesterdays, such as being wheeled through a store in a trolley-maybe by her now absent father?? - and those days are gone forever. She changed the lyrics to “Why he had to go I don’t know he didn’t say.” Sad, wistful, and resigned.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Resigned is also a great word for it. Thank you 🙏

[@BarrySowder]

Pontus, I apologize for somehow missing this superb reaction until today. I cannot compliment it enough. Why? In your desire to identify the unusual, "giving up" (for her) feeling that Angelina was transmitting and you were receiving, you gave me a sudden insight into her performance. (BTW, this came before I watched your "week later" insight. I think this agrees with it). For some reason, the pivotal, emotional lyrics seemed to me to be "I need a place to hide away". The last time she sang them, she even brought her hand to her head (signifying thinking) not to her heart (the seat of emotions). Interestingly, she never once brought her hand to her heart this whole song which again is unusual for Angelina. She just listlessly motioned with her free hand. So what did she want to hide away from? From her pain. One hides from painful emotions most easily (except for "self medication") by keeping one's thoughts constantly, and rapidly, on anything else except the pain and its circumstances. So she was signaling that she had given up at least on the painful consequences of the broken relationship and no longer wanted to feel them. But Angelina was signaling by the apathy of the song that, of course, that is no answer. In almost every song except this one, Angelina takes us on a journey from emotional darkness to light (at least at some level). She most succinctly expresses this journey lyrically in "What is Life" which ends this way: "Love life with all the good and bad The good and bad." She starts out this time with “good” this time, drawing it out long and lovingly. Then when she sings “bad”, she sings it much shorter (giving it less precedence) just as lovingly - as though bad can be an opportunity to create more good. Her placement of these lyrics at the end of "What is Life", infers this cycle of bad and good is her summary of what life inevitably is. Four years after she wrote this song, her interpretation of "Yesterday" seems to be an implied cautionary tale of what may happen to us if we ignore the inevitable "bad" emotions and don't process them in a way in which "good" comes out of our life experiences. In summary, I believe that Angelina wants us to make the best of the darkness in our lives and transform it into light so we can better live loving, productive lives in service to others. 🙏💖 P. S. Your catching of her change of lyrics was brilliant!!! And dealing with our suppressed emotions can lead us out of the depression you so insightfully and aptly referred to.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Thank you , Barry. Great insights 🤗

[@patriciasheehan5734]

It’s like Jazz. Billy Holliday style😍😍

[@steinarthomassen3251]

Rilacs you mean..😊

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

👍

[@gilmarlopesvargas7844]

I’m in love for you PO you amazing and genuine man

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

🤣💕

[@frankjohansen9364]

Why is Angelina sitting In a shopping chart? My take on that is that Angelina is always giving her interpretation of the lyric,and here the lyric is "need a place to hide away,and the title of the song is Yesterday",so here she is remembering the days as a little child,and it was like Yesterday,when she was being pushed in these shopping carts around in the supermarkets by her parents or grandparents,like children all over the world like to do,hiding away from the world in the safety of the shopping cart(and in Angelina,'s world in the safety of her shields).

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Excellent take, Frank 🤗

[@barryhoglund5399]

You may have been struggling to find a descriptive word for her emotional tone and missed "wistful" (having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing). I think that this "cover" is a signature statement by her about where she is in her life/career. Now she is a musical commodity who is being influenced (pushed around) by forces and influences that were absent when she was a pre-teen. She is smart enough and has enough support around her to survive the change. Can't wait for her Las Vegas performance in the near future.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Great word 🙏 I truly hope she doesn’t feel that way.

[@tont3777]

A feeling of resignation perhaps?

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

Good one!

[@CarlosCastillo-ue9cz]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

👍

[@politikilter6446]

While it was hard to make out, I believe these were the lyrics: [PM] I'm not half the man I used to be [AJ] I'm not half the girl I used to be In both versions they are singing about themselves, the narrator of the story [PM] Why she had to go, I don't know, she wouldn't say [AJ] Why I had to go, I don't know, she wouldn't say In the original version 'she' is the other person who has left; in the new version 'she' is speaking about herself in the past. Read simply this would imply that it's about not wanting to let go of the past, a simpler version of oneself as a child. The twist - if I heard it correctly - is the bit at the end: "I don't know, she wouldn't say". To me this implies a forlorn longing to get answers from one's former self - as if the younger you might actually have the answers gained from experience - paradoxically. I'd be interested to know what anyone else thinks.

[@Pontus-Osterlin]

I’m not hearing a ‘she’ as you do there at the end. Although I do hear an ‘I’ as you also do, but a lot hear that as a ‘he’. Sometimes I almost hear the line ‘he wouldn’t say’ as ‘you wouldn’t say’. It’s very difficult to know if these ambiguities are on purpose 🤷

[@politikilter6446]

@@Pontus-Osterlin FWIW... I found an earlier version of her singing this (from TikTok) where she actually sang the the latter line straight - as per the original. (Which I guess it what let me to the conclusion I came to.) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpDXfmaKn9ecjJI