#hoist the colours

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Hoist the colours. I’m try not to sing too loud (estonian fyp, dont let me down)

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Voiceplay Visuals: Hoist The Colours

Oh boy, we're heading into the big ones now!

Hoist The Colours was uploaded on September 18, 2021, and features Jose Rosario Jr in his second collaboration with Voiceplay. This one stunned a lot of reactors (one of them, Dennis King of King Family Reacts, literally got up and left the room after the video was finished because he had been rendered speechless by it!), and the video currently sits at 4.6 million views (close to 4.7!) (EDIT/UPDATE: as of the night of the 8th of March, it's now at 4.7, close to 4.8!). So without further ado, let's get right into this one, and hope I don't have to start paying attention to my screenshot count!

Can you believe this was only Cesar's second (full-length) video as a full-time Voiceplay member? Because wow

(Also interestingly enough, Rick Underwood is credited with makeup in the video description (shoutout to Rick!) but no one is credited with costuming, so did everyone just acquire their outfits themselves or what?)

Geoff was in charge of the video creation for this one, as well as doing the arrangement, and he worked together with Eli for the lighting design, so big shoutout to Geoff! (And as always to Eli the lighting whiz)

OKAY a few things to talk about here

First of all, love the set design, it's like the Little Mermaid Medley but on steroids and more pirate themed! Also love the horn-playing skeleton on the left-hand side of the screen (took me a while to notice it ngl 😅)

And of course the outfits/costuming! I can't really think of a lot of things to say individually right now, but there was 100% a lot of thought and effort that went into the clothes (even if the description won't specify who acquired the clothes. I'm going to assume Geoff, since the overall video credit goes to him.)

Oh hey it's my blog banner/background, or close enough to it at least! (Hoist The Colours has a decent few very cool visual moments that are totally screencap-worthy, and of course that's what I'm here for - to point them out!)

Geoff may play the villain (or otherwise just-generally-creepy/spooky/scary guy) a lot in videos, but as of the last few years at least, Eli's often been looking like the one that you really don't wanna pick a fight with. (Also cool ring, and is that fake scar tissue on his head?)

This is a better shot of everyone's outfits actually. A few notes on everyone (except Eli, who I just talked about?)

Cesar: Very ghostly, especially with the cloudy contact lens in one eye. Love the white coat/jacket, and love the pop of colour with the red sash! Also what is he holding/shaking? I thought it was a set of old-fashioned keys, but it doesn't look like it.

Jose: The "captain" of this "motley crew", obviously. Cool coat, and love the sword.

Layne: Not too much going on with his outfit, relatively speaking, but I love the bit of eyeliner under his eyes, and the fake scar on his cheek! (Seriously Rick did a great job here, as he always does)

Geoff: Wearing at least two necklaces, and in true Geoff Castellucci fashion, he's got the top two buttons of his shirt undone (well, gotta show off those necklaces! 😉😁). ALSO, bonus thing that I literally only just realized after taking this screencap, is that Geoff has "VP" on his right arm, done in a way that makes it look like like scar tissue I believe.

That is seriously a very cool and very smooth transition. Who edited this? Was that Geoff too? (Also Crazy Eyes Layne!)

As I figured, one of the necklaces Geoff is wearing, the gold one, is for costume purposes, and the other one, the silver one with the diamond-shaped pendant, is the necklace from Kathy that Geoff basically never takes off (bless him <3 )

I think Cesar's holding old-fashioned shackles/handcuffs or something?

Hang on that skeleton on the left lost his little horn/trumpet and got stabbed?? 😅😂

Yeah Layne had fun in this one I can tell 😁 (also his vest is more detailed than first appears! Very nice!)

What a really freaking awesome shot/moment. In terms of "money shots", these two might in fact be two of the most awesome stills from any Voiceplay video ever (or so far, anyway).

He's got charisma, I'll give him that (also cool necklace!)

How are they just an independent acapella group that make YouTube videos that we can all watch for free? Like seriously, this is top tier stuff (both in terms of the video and the song cover itself), but this wasn't even Voiceplay at their peak! Voiceplay doesn't have a peak! They don't stick to a lane, they take "risks", they get creative, they will sing pretty much anything, and it works

Voiceplay says in the description "we may have gotten a little carried away with this one", but honestly would it really be Voiceplay if they didn't?

Anyway, I've got many more awesome videos ahead of me to write about, so stay tuned!

[octopiys]

Okay so I've been obsessed with listening to "Hoist the Colours" (Version by Colm R. McGuinness), and I thought, wow each part could fit the 141. So here we go.

Soap- The first singer, lower tenor, a bit of a growl to his voice. I feel like his accent would be lovely with the words.

Ghost- the second voice that joins, obviously a deep bass. Not much changes with his voice, he could even stay masked and it wouldn't change. Blends well with Gaz, covered by Price.

Price- the third voice that joined, a baritone that could cover the lower and a bit higher parts if something happened to one of the boys.

Gaz- The fourth and final voice, the higher tenor. Harmonizes with Price, Soap soon joins at just below his level. King shit, really goes for it. Both he and Ghost get the coolest parts of the song, I feel like they'd sound real awesome together.

(I love them.)

Go listen to the song after reading this and tell me I'm wrong

I'd love to hear your opinions because I may very well be incorrect

[bailey-dreamfoot]

OK SO HEAR ME OUT

I've developed a minor obsession with heavy bass music, and I heard a bass cover of Hoist the Colors from Pirates of the Caribbean.

SO-

IVE SEEN SOME PIRATE'S OCTONAUTS AU'S, BUT WHAT ABOUT LIKE A HYPERREALISTIC GRITTY SORT OF PIRATE AU IN THE STYLE OF PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN???

AND BARNACLES SINGS THE SONG??

THIS IS THE COVER IM REFERRING TO IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD IT

PLEASE JUST LIKE- LISTEN TO IT AND IMAGINE BARNACLES SINGING IT WITH THE REST OF THE CREW JOINING IN. IVE HAD AN ANIMATIC FOR IT IN MY HEAD AND I CANT GET RID OF IT LMAO. I AM SO NORML ABOUT THIS I PROMISE.

[limethechef]

Who’s goofy arrrgh vessel be sailing on dry land

[countryskywaller]

Art of pirate Luke in my Pirates of the Caribbean au fanfic

[existentialcrisisfish]

[cherry-sparks]

Inktober day 17:Salty

“The king and his men, stole the Queen from her bed.

And bound her in her flesh.”

I’d be pretty salty too if I was stolen from my bed….

Definitely think my favourite colour inks are green and orange… they just do a glow so well! 😱

[izylizzy]

This was cool!

[karolinevassalor]

Arthur:* talk how great Camelot and people can see their dead loved ones*

Eileen:*summon the deceased peoples soul from Camelot and command them to go against Arthur*

They march and sing this:

[one-song-at-a-time]

#58 || Hoist The Colours - Bass Singers --- Bobby Bass & Co.