“Bohemian Rhapsody” is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by Freddie Mercury for the band’s 1975 album A Night at the Opera.
It is a six-minute suite, consisting of several sections without a chorus: an intro, a ballad segment, an operatic passage, a hard rock part and a reflective coda.
The song is a more accessible take on the 1970’s progressive rock genre. It was reportedly the most expensive single ever made at the time of its release, though the exact cost of production cannot be determined.
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Pentatonix (PTX) is a five-member American a cappella group from Arlington, Texas, with vocalists Avi Kaplan, Scott Hoying, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola, and Mitch Grassi.
Pentatonix is named after the pentatonic scale, a musical scale or mode with five notes per octave.
Pentatonix makes the varsity squad with ‘Cheerleader’ cover
The singers of Pentatonix have more than a billion views of their a cappella covers and other performances on their YouTube channel. But they may have outdone themselves with their version of Jamaican singer OMI’s summertime smash, Cheerleader. The group’s latest video features the five members wearing letterman hoodies — with “PTX” emblazoned on them, natch — and crooning away in a gym.
The group’s also getting fans fired up for new music: At the end of the video, after the credits roll, the screen goes black except for text that reads “Can’t Sleep Love #Soon.” Since Can’t Sleep Love is an unreleased song the quintet has been performing while on tour with the newly pregnant Kelly Clarkson, can new music be far away?
Pentatonix (or PTX) is an American a cappella group consisting of five vocalists originating from Arlington, Texas. Their work, which is mostly in the pop style, consists of covers of existing songs, sometimes in the form of medleys, along with original material. Their music is defined by their own arrangement style, tight vocal harmonies, extensive vocal riffing, deep and steady vocal bassl ines, and a diverse range of vocal percussion and beat boxing.
MEMBERS
Kirstin “Kirstie” Maldonado
Mitch Grassi
Scott Hoying
Avriel “Avi” Kaplan
Kevin Olusola
Pentatonix formed in 2011 and came to prominence the same year by winning the third season of The Sing-Off on NBC, their victory earning them $200,000 and a recording contract with Sony Music. After being dropped from the label (Epic Records) after The Sing-Off, the group formed their popular YouTube channel and distributed their music through Madison Gate Records, a small independent label owned by Sony Pictures that distributes movie soundtracks. The group also made effective use of social media to interact with their fan base.
Having now eclipsed 8.7 million subscribers and more than 1 billion cumulative views, the PTX official YouTube page is currently the 13th most subscribed-to music channel and the 44th most subscribed channel overall. Pentatonix’s most viewed music video is a tribute to Daft Punk that recently surpassed 150 million views.
Pentatonix (often abbreviated as PTX) is an American a cappella group consisting of five vocalists originating from Arlington, Texas.
Their work, which is mostly in the pop music style, consists of covers of existing songs, sometimes in the form of medleys, along with some original material. Their music is defined by their own arrangement style, a strong presence of low bass vocals, and a diverse range of vocal percussion.
Pentatonix formed in 2011 and came to prominence the same year by winning the third season of The Sing-Off on NBC, their victory earning them $200,000 and a recording contract with Sony Music. After being dropped from their label (Epic Records) after The Sing-Off, they formed their popular YouTube channel and distributed their music through Madison Gate Records, a small independent label owned by Sony Pictures that distributes movie soundtracks. They also made effective use of social media to interact with their fan base.
Having now eclipsed 8 million subscribers and more than 990 million cumulative views, the PTX official YouTube page is currently the 12th most subscribed-to music channel and the 39th most subscribed channel overall.
Two members, Scott Hoying and Mitch Grassi, also have their own comedic YouTube web show,Superfruit, with over 1.4 million subscribers and over 126 million views.Pentatonix’s music video tribute to Daft Punk recently surpassed 140 million views.
11th century-
Salve Regina
Salve, Regina, mater misericordiae
1600s-
Canon in D – Pachelbel
La la la la, la la la la la la
La la la la, la la la la la la
1800s-
Symphony No. 5 – Beethoven
Pam pam pam pam
Pam pam pam pammmm!
1910s-
Danny Boy – Frederic Weatherly
Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
1920s-
Old Man River – Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II
Old man river, that old man river
1930s-
Minnie The Moocher – Cab Calloway
Hey-dee hey-dee hey
Hey-dee hey-dee hey
Oy yoi yoi yoi yoi yoi
Oy yoi yoi yoi yoi yoi
1940s-
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy – The Andrew Sisters
He was a famous trumpet man from out Chicago way
He had a boogie style that no one else could play
He’s in the army now, a-blowin’ reveille
He’s the boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B
1950s-
I Walk The Line – Johnny Cash
Because you’re mine,
I walk the line
La Bamba – Ritchie Valens
Para bailar La Bamba
Para bailar La Bamba
Una poca de gracia
1960s-
Stand By Me – Ben E King
When the night has come
And the land is dark
Oh stand by me, stand by me, stand by me
Barbara Ann – Beach Boys
Ah, ba ba ba ba barbara ann
Ba ba ba ba barbara ann
Barbara ann ba ba
Ba barbara ann
I Want To Hold Your Hand – The Beatles
I wanna hold your hand
I wanna hold your…
1970s-
ABC – Jackson 5
ABC
Easy as
one, two, three
Sing a simple melody
That’s how easy love can be!
Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
(Oh mama mia, mama mia.) Mama mia, let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me!
1980s-
Celebration – Kool & The Gang
Celebrate good times, come on
(Let’s celebrate)
Don’t Stop Believin’ – Journey
Don’t stop believin’ !
Thriller – Michael Jackson
‘Cause this is thriller
Thriller at night
1990s-
Can’t Touch This – MC Hammer
Do do do do
Wap wap wap wap
U can’t touch this
Do do do do
Wap wap wap wap wap
… Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
Hit me baby one more time
Say My Name – Destiny’s Child
Say my name, say my name
If no one is around you
I Want It That Way – The Backstreet Boys
I want it that way
2000s
Hey Ya! – Outkast
Heeeyyy… Yaaaaaaa.. (Don’t want to meet your daddy, OHH OH)
Drop it Like Its Hot – Snoop Dogg
Snooooooooooop..
Snooooooooooop..
Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
I remember when, I remember, I remember when I lost my mind
Hips Don’t Lie – Shakira
And I’m on tonight
You know my hips don’t lie
And I’m starting to…
Single Ladies – Beyoncé
O o o o o o, o o o o o oou
I Kissed A Girl – Katy Perry
I kissed a girl and I liked it.
The taste of her cherry chapstick.
Bad Romance – Lady Gaga
Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah!
Mum-mum-mum-mum-mah!
GaGa-oo-la-la!
I Gotta Feelin – Black Eyed Peas
I gotta feeling that tonights gonna be a good night
That tonights gonna be a good night
That tonights gonna be a good good night
2010s-
Baby – Justin Bieber
Baby, baby, baby, ohh
Like baby, baby, baby noo
We Found Love – Rihanna
We found love in a hopeless place
Some Nights – Fun.
Some nights I stay up cashing in my bad luck
Somebody That I Used To Know – Gotye
Now you’re just somebody that I used to know!
Gangnam Style – Psy
Op op, oppa…
Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
Call me maybeeee!!!
The talent this artists show has always impressed me and never cease to amaze me.
Keep in mind that these are young performers who, most likely, hadn’t heard some of these “old” songs until the arrangement was made. So many songs “mashed up” in 4:28 minutes.
I find it impressive and amazing. I hope you do too.
I included the list above so that those interested my follow the lyrics with the video.
Pentatonix Covers Daft Punk Hits in Stunning A Cappella Medley
Pentatonix, the a cappella group that recently brought us a beautiful rendering of Beyonce’s greatest hits, has set its sights on the French electronic duo Daft Punk.
In a little over four minutes, Pentatonix’ new medley covers an impressive array of Daft Punk hits, including “Get Lucky,” Celebrate,” “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” and “One More Time.”
Angelika, is my oldest grand-daughter, you may have seen her here a few times. She just turned 10 years old this month.
She loves music, as much as I do. She’s been keeping me up to date with some of the new songs that are coming out. She knows the songs but doesn’t know the performer most of the time. I’ve trying to teach her it’s important to also know who is singing. Very frequently, we use the “Shazam” app to identify the singer/band.
Last night, we were looking at a YouTube video by Pentatonix that she had found on her own. Her music teacher at school showed the class another one of their videos. And we went searching!
As we were browsing and trolling through YouTube, we found this one. Both of us were enthralled by the presentation, the colors, the talent.
The five singers of Pentatonix — Scott Hoying, Kirstin Maldonado, Mitch Grassi, Avi Kaplan and Kevin Olusola — have won the third season of NBC’s “The Sing-Off,” and have released several medley covers of popular songs since.
This latest single, titled simply “Daft Punk,” coincides with the release of their new album, PTX, Vol. 2.
Pentatonix (often abbreviated as PTX) is an American a cappella group of five vocalists originating from Arlington, Texas. Their work, which is mostly in the pop music style, consists of covers of existing songs, sometimes in the form of medleys, along with some original material. Their music is defined by their own arrangement style, a strong presence of low bass vocals, and a diverse range of vocal percussion.
Academy Award-winning actress Sandra Bullock is known for her roles in such films as Speed, While You Were Sleeping, The Proposal and The Blind Side.
Born July 26, 1964, in Arlington, Virginia, Sandra Bullock made her first stage appearance at age 5 in an opera in Germany. She first became widely known for her role in the 1994 hit Speed. She has since starred in many more films, and won an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe for her performance in The Blind Side (2009), based on the true-life story of football player Michael Oher. In 2013, she starred alongside George Clooney in the critically acclaimed film Gravity. She was named Entertainer of the Year by Entertainment Weekly in both 2009 and 2013.
In 2007, she was ranked as the 14th richest woman in the entertainment industry with an estimated fortune of $85 million. In 2009, Bullock starred in two of the more financially successful films of her career, The Proposal and The Blind Side. Bullock was awarded the BFCA Award, SAG Award, Golden Globe Award, and the Academy Award for her leading role as Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side.
She is listed in the 2012 edition of Guinness World Records as the highest-paid actress, with $56 million. In 2013, she starred in The Heat, financially the most successful comedy of the year at the domestic box office, and the science fiction thriller Gravity. As one of the highest grossing films of the year, Gravity is Bullock’s most successful film critically and commercially.
For her role in it, Bullock was nominated a second time for the Academy Award for Best Actress, along with the BFCA, Golden Globe and SAG awards and also received her first BAFTA nomination.
~~Early life~~
Bullock was born in Arlington, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Her father, John W. Bullock (born 1925), was a United States Army employee and part-time voice coach; her mother, Helga Mathilde Meyer (1942–2000), was an opera singer and voice teacher.
Bullock’s father was from Birmingham, Alabama, and had English, Irish, German, and French ancestry, while Bullock’s mother was German. Bullock’s maternal grandfather was a rocket scientist from Nuremberg, Germany. Bullock’s father, then in charge of the Army’s Military Postal Service in Europe, was stationed in Nuremberg when he met his wife.
They married in Germany and moved to Arlington, where John worked with the Army Materiel Command, before becoming a contractor for The Pentagon. She has a younger sister, Gesine Bullock-Prado, who was formerly the vice-president of Bullock’s production company Fortis Films.
Bullock was raised in Nuremberg, Germany for twelve years and grew up speaking German. She attended the humanistic Waldorf School. As a child, Bullock frequently accompanied her mother on European opera tours. Bullock studied ballet and vocal arts as a child, taking small parts in her mother’s opera productions. She sang in the opera’s children’s choir at the Staatstheater Nürnberg.
The scar above her left eye was caused when she fell into a creek as a child. Bullock attended Washington-Lee High School, where she was a cheerleader and performed in high school theater productions.
After graduating in 1982, she attended East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, where she received a degree in drama in 1986. She then moved to Manhattan and supported herself as a bartender, cocktail waitress, and coat checker while auditioning for roles.
Until the age of eighteen, Bullock held an American/German dual citizenship. In 2009, she reapplied for German citizenship.
Sandra Bullock was at a loss when she was trying to come up with her acceptance speech for the Palm Springs International Film Festival awards gala. So she decided to turn to Google to learn more about who she is. Watch to find out what the “mediocre” and “over 40” actress learned about herself, thanks to Internet commenters.
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