Remember at the beginning when Cesar was on his phone and Layne yelled at him? He was actually filming on his phone and the footage ended up in the BTS. Also, all their jewelry (bracelets and necklaces) that they were wearing in this video as well as the sheet music Layne was holding was offered in one of their charity action, so patrons now own a piece of the video.
VoicePlay used to perform a live show at Walt Disney World every Christmas season - you can find several videos on CZcams if you want to see - and this arrangement (or pretty close to it) was used in those. That's why the 'bright green dress like Tinkerbell' line is there. Geoff would sing that line with all its bassy goodness and the crowd would cheer like mad. 🙂 (I just looked it up, the Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party from 2017 is the clearest video. Plus it has J None!)
Check this closer next time you listen to the part about the '8 reindeer'. Layne managed jingle bells! And this does have a Geoff written bridge in it.
My grandmother had the original version of this song on 8-track. I can tell you with a high-degree of confidence that it was not pitch-corrected, because the technology to do that did not exist at the time, nor for another couple of decades thereafter. It's possible however that some of the voices may have been recorded at half-speed (which would raise them by exactly one octave on normal-speed playback, without distorting them in any other way apart from, obviously, doubling the tempo). VoicePlay, of course, doesn't need to do that either. None of those notes are a stretch for any of them. The main trick to making a run sound good (aside from just having a good voice and tone and all the other things that apply any time you're singing), is to hit the *right* notes. Figuring out which notes are the right ones can get pretty deep into the weeds of music theory, but that's the trick. If you play it safe (only hitting notes that are part of the current chord) it sounds perfectly acceptable but not necessarily impressive or spectacular. So ideally you want to work out which notes from outside the chord itself you can get away with as passing notes in between the notes of the chord, and still have it sound good. And of course you have to have the precision and vocal agility to hit the notes you intend to hit, not some other collection of notes at random, and not too much flatter or sharper than you intend either. For bonus points, if you have control of the entire arrangement (as e.g. VoicePlay certainly does), you can also have the background parts move to different notes during the run, allowing the run itself to be built over multiple chords, further increasing the number of distinct notes it can use. (Or in some cases you can even have the background parts drop out entirely, so that the run only has to harmonize with the bass line or, even, with nothing at all, or nothing but percussion; in which case you can do things that would otherwise be dissonant, like full chromatic runs.) And, of course, if you have a lot of vocal range to work with, you can use multiple octaves, further increasing the length and scope of the run. And yes, I've definitely heard singers do runs and hit wrong notes. It does not sound good. Adam Neely can say whatever he wants about there being "no wrong notes", but in a given musical context there can definitely be some notes that sound markedly better than others.
I LOVED this reaction, I love the Christmas/Herdmas Intro and Outro, I adore the Christmas vomit in the studio (LMAO) but I do want to point out one teeny tiny thing in case you didn't notice it (if you did, I'm sorry to be "that person")... So, in the song, the line "So listen for those nine reindeer" is ended with sleigh bells. Sleigh bells that are vocal percussion by Layne. He has done it on live chats previously so it is not an effect in post, that is LayneBells...
I was going to point out that he seemed to miss that, which is completely forgivable since I also missed it until someone else mentioned it. But you did it so much better than I could have.
The Angelica Tour of Hamilton ended in June in Puerto Rico. That was the tour Deejay was on. Agree with another comment that he should have made it further on The Voice. He's doing a Christmas show in Orlando as well as in St Pete.
Love the themed intro (and outro!) and your decorations, so cute! You're so right about Cesar being perfect for Alvin. Definitely one of your most fun reactions.
My parents had a record with this song on it. Maybe the 8 track too. My older sister (10 years above me) absolutely LOVED the Chipmunks. I liked them as a young child but grew to cringe at the voices once I began to learn how to play in the school band and refined my ear for music. VP made me love it all over again.
I love this one so much and DeeJay is fantastic. He was recently on The Voice! DJ, I really hope you will be reacting to some of Voctave’s Christmas music!! Mary Did You Know with the writer and O Come All Ye Faithful are musts! ❤
Back in the day, they would record of the voices of the actors at a regular speed, then play it back at a faster pace. to raise the voices to the higher pitch. To show this affect, simply play this video back faster and watch Dylan go full Alvin.
Once again, Voiceplay made a song I didn't care for into a song I LOVE! I totally agree with you on the Chipmunks thing. I watched the show as a kid, but as an adult, their voices give me a headache! And I'm SOO on board with Cesar as Alvin, the mischievous little sprite! I love DeeJay's nod of approval at the "Hamilton" line, he's like, "Yeah, come see me! Great idea!"
I cringed when I saw that they were doing this one. I am old enough to remember when it was new and I hated it then and ever since. Until Voiceplay did Geoff's arrangement. It's wonderful!! Oh, and Cesar called dibs on that jacket!
Amazing reaction as always, as far as christmas songs go I would like to suggest the following: Riley and Mackenzie (The Hound + The Fox) have done a version of We Three Kings and of course you can't sing this song without a third so they asked their good friend mr Tim Foust to come along, well worth the watch.
That was wonderful. I love how excited for the Christmas reactions you have been. Thank you so much for everything you are putting into this. Love the new intro and outro... Fantastic start to Herdmas 2023!
So how they do the chipmunk voice is that they record the people doing the lines/singing slowly and lowly, then they take the recordings and speed them up and then it sounds like what you hear the chipmunks doing.
You need to go back to the start and watch again, up to the point where Layne does the jingle bells sound with his freaky vocal chops. Most people get so hung up on how he's doing that, they miss the next section. :)
Specifically in town at that time for Hamilton. Saw him 3 times in Orlando, each time in a different role, Hamilton, Hercules Mulligan, and Aaron Burr.
I am old enough that I remember when the song came out. And I hated it. So of course my brothers played it constantly. When I heard that they were going to do the song I was not happy. I almost didn’t watch it. That’s how much I hated the song. But they have totally redeemed it and it’s one of my favorites now. If Cesar weren’t in the group Layne could’ve had to have been Alvin - he can be pretty naughty himself.
You must view / react to Charles Cornell's version of this song...done completely seriously, as though it was a jazz classic. It is both amazing and funny in that it is NOT FUNNY. Trust me, it's perfect.
Remember at the beginning when Cesar was on his phone and Layne yelled at him? He was actually filming on his phone and the footage ended up in the BTS.
Also, all their jewelry (bracelets and necklaces) that they were wearing in this video as well as the sheet music Layne was holding was offered in one of their charity action, so patrons now own a piece of the video.
VoicePlay used to perform a live show at Walt Disney World every Christmas season - you can find several videos on CZcams if you want to see - and this arrangement (or pretty close to it) was used in those. That's why the 'bright green dress like Tinkerbell' line is there. Geoff would sing that line with all its bassy goodness and the crowd would cheer like mad. 🙂 (I just looked it up, the Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party from 2017 is the clearest video. Plus it has J None!)
I want to see Geoff dressed as Tinkerbell and we got to see his tummy in that shot.
Layne made their voices like they have helium. Huldra Draco has that video on her channel.
It's a delight to hear DeeJay's voice ❤❤❤ Geoff and his unparalleled sense of humor always make me laugh out loud.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Cesar on the naughty list?don’t think so - the sassy list definitely! ❤🏴
Check this closer next time you listen to the part about the '8 reindeer'. Layne managed jingle bells! And this does have a Geoff written bridge in it.
My grandmother had the original version of this song on 8-track. I can tell you with a high-degree of confidence that it was not pitch-corrected, because the technology to do that did not exist at the time, nor for another couple of decades thereafter. It's possible however that some of the voices may have been recorded at half-speed (which would raise them by exactly one octave on normal-speed playback, without distorting them in any other way apart from, obviously, doubling the tempo). VoicePlay, of course, doesn't need to do that either. None of those notes are a stretch for any of them.
The main trick to making a run sound good (aside from just having a good voice and tone and all the other things that apply any time you're singing), is to hit the *right* notes. Figuring out which notes are the right ones can get pretty deep into the weeds of music theory, but that's the trick. If you play it safe (only hitting notes that are part of the current chord) it sounds perfectly acceptable but not necessarily impressive or spectacular. So ideally you want to work out which notes from outside the chord itself you can get away with as passing notes in between the notes of the chord, and still have it sound good. And of course you have to have the precision and vocal agility to hit the notes you intend to hit, not some other collection of notes at random, and not too much flatter or sharper than you intend either. For bonus points, if you have control of the entire arrangement (as e.g. VoicePlay certainly does), you can also have the background parts move to different notes during the run, allowing the run itself to be built over multiple chords, further increasing the number of distinct notes it can use. (Or in some cases you can even have the background parts drop out entirely, so that the run only has to harmonize with the bass line or, even, with nothing at all, or nothing but percussion; in which case you can do things that would otherwise be dissonant, like full chromatic runs.) And, of course, if you have a lot of vocal range to work with, you can use multiple octaves, further increasing the length and scope of the run.
And yes, I've definitely heard singers do runs and hit wrong notes. It does not sound good. Adam Neely can say whatever he wants about there being "no wrong notes", but in a given musical context there can definitely be some notes that sound markedly better than others.
They refreshed this song into something everyone can listen to without getting tired of the chipmunk voices 😂 i love it. 💜💜🦌
I LOVED this reaction, I love the Christmas/Herdmas Intro and Outro, I adore the Christmas vomit in the studio (LMAO) but I do want to point out one teeny tiny thing in case you didn't notice it (if you did, I'm sorry to be "that person")...
So, in the song, the line "So listen for those nine reindeer" is ended with sleigh bells. Sleigh bells that are vocal percussion by Layne. He has done it on live chats previously so it is not an effect in post, that is LayneBells...
LayneBells.....I love that. This is canon now. 😆
I was going to point out that he seemed to miss that, which is completely forgivable since I also missed it until someone else mentioned it. But you did it so much better than I could have.
@@katthor7311 Maybe someday we'll get VioLayneBells!
@@DravenGal 🤞🏻🤞🏻
The Angelica Tour of Hamilton ended in June in Puerto Rico. That was the tour Deejay was on. Agree with another comment that he should have made it further on The Voice. He's doing a Christmas show in Orlando as well as in St Pete.
Man! I so wish I could go to his show but I will have company coming and we already have plans.
I hate this song, until now. How the heck can #VoicePlay make me so tickled about it?!? And those harmony runs are spot on.
Ok, you are unapologetically all the way cutsie now!!
I would love to see you react to voiceplays “Noel”. It’s one of their older songs, but I think it’s my favorite version
Cesar's cheeky grinning line lyrics are "a tweet from Musk would make me grin" (which is, in turn, rhymed by the Hamilton line.)
I don't think I've ever seen the chipmunks. Too old. But this is a lot of fun. Yes the mention of Musk and Hamilton were added.
Love it! Great reaction. Can’t wait to see you do Geoff’s cover of dreaming of a white Christmas.
Everyone was great, but DeeJay was killing it in this one!
Love the themed intro (and outro!) and your decorations, so cute! You're so right about Cesar being perfect for Alvin. Definitely one of your most fun reactions.
My parents had a record with this song on it. Maybe the 8 track too. My older sister (10 years above me) absolutely LOVED the Chipmunks. I liked them as a young child but grew to cringe at the voices once I began to learn how to play in the school band and refined my ear for music. VP made me love it all over again.
I love this one so much and DeeJay is fantastic. He was recently on The Voice! DJ, I really hope you will be reacting to some of Voctave’s Christmas music!! Mary Did You Know with the writer and O Come All Ye Faithful are musts! ❤
Layne would make them do helium *chuckle he's a prankster.
I want a shirt with Tinkerbell/Geoff, wings and all.
I knew you were gonna swoon at the fairy Geoff 😂
This was everything I needed. Also. Obsessed with your glitter bedazzled antlers!
Back in the day, they would record of the voices of the actors at a regular speed, then play it back at a faster pace. to raise the voices to the higher pitch.
To show this affect, simply play this video back faster and watch Dylan go full Alvin.
I love this one. Cesar plays the "cheeky one" so perfectly. This was just great! What a way to start the season off.
Once again, Voiceplay made a song I didn't care for into a song I LOVE!
I totally agree with you on the Chipmunks thing. I watched the show as a kid, but as an adult, their voices give me a headache! And I'm SOO on board with Cesar as Alvin, the mischievous little sprite! I love DeeJay's nod of approval at the "Hamilton" line, he's like, "Yeah, come see me! Great idea!"
Before hearing Geoff on his bass/subharmonic, I had never paid attention to the bass in any song, but Geoff's bass I just can't ignore.🤷♀️❤
I guess Geoff is playing an unnamed fourth chipmunk xD
Kinda like Daryl😂😂😂
I cringed when I saw that they were doing this one. I am old enough to remember when it was new and I hated it then and ever since. Until Voiceplay did Geoff's arrangement. It's wonderful!!
Oh, and Cesar called dibs on that jacket!
I used to own the record they made when I was very young about 63 yrs ago
Amazing reaction as always, as far as christmas songs go I would like to suggest the following: Riley and Mackenzie (The Hound + The Fox) have done a version of We Three Kings and of course you can't sing this song without a third so they asked their good friend mr Tim Foust to come along, well worth the watch.
Love the reaction. Thank you for my smile today.❤
Pentatonics just released they’d Christmas album and it’s not all Christmas they did Seals Kiss of the Rose
Jeezus, DeeJay, just let us breathe. Spectacular.
I grew up with this record and I love DJ on this song!
That was wonderful. I love how excited for the Christmas reactions you have been. Thank you so much for everything you are putting into this. Love the new intro and outro... Fantastic start to Herdmas 2023!
I hesitated to watch this, because I really dislike the Chipmonks, but this was 1000000 times better! ❤️🎶
I can never sing Geoff's line, "A bright green dress like Tinkerbell" without laughing either!
Borrowing a pun from Eric, you sleighed this reaction! Thank you so much for all you do. I love the Christmas vibe.
This is a wonderful start to December!
Great reaction, thank you!! ❤❤
Bass gang also has 1 xmas song !
You caught it now with the Hamilton Play that they changed some of the lyrics lol. I love your reactions Dillion.
I LOVE this Cover 😍 I am listening to it since halloween 😆
I don't think there is another guy group could take such goofy kid's song and sing it so seriously.
Happy December 1st Dylan ✨🎄👼🏻✝️🎄😊 And Awesome Reaction Can’t Wait For Your New One Tomorrow ✨🎄✨😊
10.2k. did it go up again!!! Dang dude. Congratulations ❤
So how they do the chipmunk voice is that they record the people doing the lines/singing slowly and lowly, then they take the recordings and speed them up and then it sounds like what you hear the chipmunks doing.
The high voices was low voices recorded slow stretched out then played at a much faster speed to get that effect for chipmunks voices in song
Looking forward to more Christmas music!
Love this song so much and LOVE the Herdmas setup!
You need to go back to the start and watch again, up to the point where Layne does the jingle bells sound with his freaky vocal chops. Most people get so hung up on how he's doing that, they miss the next section. :)
Would love a reaction to voiceplays wookie for christmas
LOVE the new intro!!! Looking good!!
Huldra Draco has this in helium on her channel.
Great reaction.
I think you need to react to O Tannerbaum by Tarja. Very creepy song. 😈
Terrific reaction! I am now REALLY looking forward your Christmas music reactions!
THis is one of my favorites (who am I kidding, cant choose a fav!) I like the story so much better than the original!
Hamilton line was because DeeJay was in Hamilton
Specifically in town at that time for Hamilton. Saw him 3 times in Orlando, each time in a different role, Hamilton, Hercules Mulligan, and Aaron Burr.
Was able to see DJ as Lauren’s/Philip Hamilton back in March he’s so amazing and talented
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I am old enough that I remember when the song came out. And I hated it. So of course my brothers played it constantly.
When I heard that they were going to do the song I was not happy. I almost didn’t watch it. That’s how much I hated the song. But they have totally redeemed it and it’s one of my favorites now.
If Cesar weren’t in the group Layne could’ve had to have been Alvin - he can be pretty naughty himself.
Deejay really should have gone farther on The Voice.
I totally agree. I was really disappointed in all the judges.
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You must view / react to Charles Cornell's version of this song...done completely seriously, as though it was a jazz classic. It is both amazing and funny in that it is NOT FUNNY. Trust me, it's perfect.