Holly Willoughby is left in tears on This Morning as she watches viral video of family performing lockdown version of Les Misérables song
During a lockdown how do you keep yourself entertained? This is a question that everyone suddenly finds themselves asking, the Marsh family have an awesome answer to it! This extraordinary creative performance comes from Kent in the UK singing their own reworked version of “Total Eclipse of the Heart”.
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This isn’t their first viral self-isolation video either. During the first lockdown in the UK the family’s impromptu performance of Les Miserables ‘One Day’ went viral the world. You can watch that video below and read The Music Man’s article from when it happened.
They received coverage from major news companies and TV channels such as The Telegraph and the BBC as a coronavirus news story on BBC Breakfast. The song lyrics perfectly describe what everyone is feeling and thinking during this nationwide lockdown. It also looks like a great way to keep your family entertained while you’re stuck at home. In the video below, Ben Marsh and his family decided to rewrite the lyrics to the famous Les Miserables ‘One Day’ to express the feelings of a nation, this was their first video during the first lockdown in the UK back in 2020.
They practiced the routine a couple of times at dinner and over the weekend they decided they were ready to get it on video. Based on the frustrations of empty shopping selves, football being cancelled, and non-techy family members messing up skype calls, they managed to fit all our woes into one song.
Musically, they said they had to work hard on getting the harmonies to sound good, Thomas Marsh said, “We worked a lot on the harmonies, which was probably the main problem, but in terms of actual takes we just had the video camera rolling. Which is why we got the argument in it and it only took two takes.”
The full version of the original video, which we will include below, has a rather interesting family dynamic at the start. Brothers and sisters messing around and squabbling isn’t unlike any other family, especially during quarantine, and shows we’re all very much the same during this worldwide quarantine.
Getting the children to stand up and perform with passion was achieved by using Pizza as a bribery tactic. Their performance has received many nice messages and hopefully has entertained many during their own self-isolation.
Holly Willoughby broke down on Tuesday’s episode of This Morning after watching a viral video of a singing family in coronavirus lockdown.
Holly and her ITV co-star Phillip Schofield watched the video of the Marsh family from Kent singing their own version of a classic musical song, which has scored 3.5 million views on Facebook since it was posted on Sunday.
The family performed a rendition of song One Day More from the Les Miserables, changing the lyrics to reflect life in lockdown.
Bravo: Holly Willoughby broke down on Tuesday’s episode of This Morning after watching a viral video of a singing family in coronavirus lockdown
Dad Dr Ben Marsh, a history lecturer at the University of Kent, and his wife Danielle sang with their four children Alfie, 13; Thomas, 12; Ella, 10; and Tess, eight, belting out lines such ‘will we ever meet our friends?’, ‘I am bored of being with you’ and ‘sunshine is a bummer when we’re stuck inside’.
The musical adaptation also features references to healthcare including the line ‘we need more respirators now’ and school closures – ‘our exams have all been pulled’.
Holly and Phil gave the video a standing ovation on This Morning, as Holly gushed ‘it makes me really emotional. I think it’s just that family coming together.’
Speaking to Kent Online about their viral hit, Dr Marsh explained that their version of One Day More was a hit with his children, who usually refuse to sing songs from Les Mis during family singalongs because of the romantic lyrics.
This is the last one we are going to do on a lockdown theme, but it felt very apt. And it might be just in time to cheer up some friends and family who have had – or are about to have – birthdays, all by themselves. Decided to include a bit of the intro so that you can see what kind of madness Danielle Marsh and I would be dealing with, if we didn’t occupy them with music making…Hope everyone out there is doing okay.
Hit: Holly and her ITV co-star Phillip Schofield watched the video of the Marsh family from Kent singing, which has scored 3.5 million views on Facebook
‘We always get together and do singalongs anyway and the kids play instruments,’ he said but added that no members of the family have had any proper training.
Dr Marsh added the family have received messages from all around the world, explaining: ‘There have been messages from people who are self-isolating, or even people with cancer on hospital wards, saying it has made them smile or cry.
‘We really weren’t expecting it and we are really touched by the way it has resonated with people.’
Family of singers: The family performed a rendition of song One Day More from the classic musical Les Miserables, changing the lyrics to reflect life in lockdown
Tears: Holly and Phil gave the video a standing ovation on This Morning, as Holly gushed ‘it makes me really emotional. I think it’s just that family coming together’
Elsewhere on Tuesday’s episode of This Morning, Holly joked that she has ‘never been more grateful to have such low maintenance hair,’ amid the coronavirus lockdown which has seen the stars forced to do their own hair and makeup for their daily show.
‘What’s happened with mine as it gets longer and longer it starts to kick out at the sides,’ Phil added of his own locks.
‘I have to plaster it down until I can get there, the morning before it’s OK and then suddenly its uncontrollable’.
‘That’s your cape your hair it’s like your superpower, you’ve just got to grow it long, you’ll be like a character out of the Hobbit with long silken hair,’ Holly told him.
Talented: Dad Dr Ben Marsh, a history lecturer at the University of Kent, and his wife Danielle sang with their four children Alfie, 13; Thomas, 12; Ella, 10; and Tess, eight