Friday 25 September 2020

My Impressions: "The Little Mermaid Medley" by VoicePlay

 


Wait, Little Mermaid had a song like that in it? I like that style. Very nicely done, guys.

Serious vibes of VoicePlay Disney Princess Rachel Potter Collab Medleys right now. This is just, like, their thing. Fun beginning song (with Eli, too!), then Rachel’s princess “I Want” song. It’s also similar to their collab with Adriana.

“The girl who has everything”. Wasn’t that a TTS song? (now I want that VP cover of Ready As I’ll Ever Be even more)

Rachel’s got a good voice, all right.

That transition, y’all.

Oh my gosh, that “going up there” sounded AMAZING. This is gonna be a J song.

“What more is you looking for?” is so familiar.

Oh, wait, they did “Under the Sea” in their Sidekicks Medley, and Geoff did that part (but I guess with a different verse)

Definitely a J song. Slay those riffs.

Ooh, this part is a jam! Rachel goes into her thing, and then everything goes fun.

GEOFF, your bass riff, oh my gosh.

W…why? Why a snail? Why a J Snail? Just… why?

Sweet key change though.

Aaaand swiftly transition from fun sidekick to creepy henchman.

Those two are probably the best at being creepy henchmen. Earl was good, too.

Weird visual effect there.

Ooh, Geoff getting another villain song, I see. Should’ve figured.

This is probably the most of this song I’ve actually ever heard (except that one single time I watched the movie ages ago). I’ve only ever heard tiny snippets in medleys.

But seriously, that little “I’ve been a nasty” just sounded so good. I don’t even know why, I just love it.

Henchmen. Really trying to be creepy. End up kind of funny.

Ooh, that was cool. Fire in his eyes.

Vocal effects, interesting.

“Pathetic.”

So many visual effects in this one, gosh. I’m not used to this.

DUDE, that was cool sounding. Geoff goes high, then the harmonies!

Was that a sweet little riff there in the background, Eli?

Geoff: “Crying SPELLS—” Harmonies: “Ursula, please!” So nice.

Little country accent slipping in there on “yes I do”

Geoff, man, why do you want Rachel’s voice? Your voice is AMAZING. As evidenced from the way you even SAID you wanted her voice.

Nice little bit of acting there in the decision, Rachel.

Oh, I’m just remembering that Earl did this part in the Medley. Not going as high as he did on that bit, though.

OH MY GOSH YOU GO SUPER HIGH AND THEN JUST DRONE DOWN INTO THE DEPTHS AND WHAT

The spell sounds so creepy

SING.

Oh man, Phantom of the Opera vibes. Why’s VoicePlay always stealing her voice?

Sweet vocal effects making her voice go out of her.

What is this, Layne?

Oh no. This song.

This actually sounds a little like Be Our Guest… oh wait, never mind. Violently killing fish.

Is the French laugh just part of the lyrics? As in, part of the rhymes and everything?

Layne gets the weird songs in these Disney Princess Medleys, like, every time.

Whoop, never mind, Eli is a bird now.

Vocal… Romantic… Stimulation. Mission… Quest… Thing.

Ooh, such a smooth voice. Eli, you are GOOD.

Rachel looks so awkward at the start of this one.

Geoff’s “Sing it with me now…” What does that remind me of? He did something similar to that in something else. Was it the Moana one?

Pretty fireflies.

Nice dance moves, Rachel.

And back to the Bird Eli being weird.

Normal Eli is looking at Bird Eli funny. I mean, I would look at a squawking Bird-Me funny, too.

No, no, everybody is looking at him funny.

Those were some interesting sounds, Layne. Also, can I just say, his beatboxing has been on point this whole time?

Ooh, is Rachel getting a villain song too?

Man, she’s killing it. Maybe she should get villain songs more often.

OH THAT EVIL LAUGH FROM RACHEL TO GEOFF

The glowing voice breaking out and the look in Geoff’s eyes is just visually pleasing

He just really looks like a creepy old sea sorcerer, but also super cool, like not how you think of creepy old guys (because, ya know, it's Geoff).

I’m suddenly thinking of how this could be an alternate version of the story with the villain being like that.

I almost feel like this is them telling the whole story, but it doesn’t have the final battle. I mean, the final battle doesn’t have a song, so that’s fine. But it just seems odd for the voice to break out for no reason. #WriterNitpicks

Why does Geoff’s “No” look out of sync? Is that on purpose or something, because it seems to fit the voice going out, as if hers breaking out is taking his with it.

Geoff is just staring into the abyss now.

Rachel’s voice gets closer, and you can just HEAR it. It’s so cool.

Oh, that last note as she gets her voice back and the harmonies go into the last song. Ahh.

Geoff is still just staring, by the way, doing his bass part motionlessly. Defeated, I guess.

Rachel, your VOICE. I’m starting to see why Geoff wanted it.

WHOA WHOA WHOA, is this foreshadowing?!

No, like, is Rachel going to become part of their world? Is that what this is? Is Rachel singing “part of your world” meaning she’s going to officially join VoicePlay, and be officially a part of that world?

Also, am I reading too much into this? I think I could be. Maybe just disregard everything I just said.

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But I swear, if she does join VoicePlay, I am going to know this was foreshadowing, and I WILL say I told you so.

Anyway...

Wait, wait, who did that “Sing it with me now”? That wasn’t Geoff, was it? It almost sounded like him, but I saw him, that wasn’t him.

Was that J? I think that was J. That’s kind of cool.

Also, I’m just noticing J’s red fingerless gloves, and they’re very nice.

Costumes are actually pretty chill in this one, if that makes sense. Not crazy over the top. Well, except Bird-Eli. And Geoff is purple.

That’s not to say they didn’t do an epic job on it, because they totally did! The costumes fit the roles really well, they look great, but they aren’t so over the top as to distract from the actual people and the talent.

Nice ending. They always make the last chord count.

Oh, slipped it in. “Pathetic.” XD

And… the remix? Apparently? Very odd. Geoff’s good, though.

Geoff did a LOT in this one. I think he got the majority of the video, just because of that one song.

I forgot how much I loved Geoff, actually.

I think this is the third Disney Princess Medley they’ve done (well, except for that Tangled one they did with aca-Disney). I wonder how many of them they’re going to do.

(I really really want them to do Ready As I’ll Ever Be, please please please please pl-)

Overall, very good. I only ever watched this movie once, when I was like twelve, and I did not like it. So I only know maybe three of the songs, and even that’s because of VoicePlay’s other medleys.

So to put it simply, VoicePlay is the master of taking songs I’ve never heard from movies I don’t like (or haven’t watched, in other cases), and making me love them just through their own sheer talent.

This whole thing is just SO FUN, thank you very much. I think it will be on repeat for quite a while.