Reaction Videos

Braka wrote: Are there any channels of middle-aged white guys reacting to hip-hop?

^Well I'm still entertained - but I've only watched a couple of Lost in Vegas and the one with that unsympathetic dork who hated In the Court.. in total. With the latter guy I can agree with Davesax1965 while Ryan and George I find entertaining in their open minded appreciation of music outside their comfort zone. It may be a waste of time but I've wasted plenty of time on more pointless things than this. Besides they certainly made me reappreciate Opeth with this vid. I haven't thought about them in years. It'll be interesting if their next Opeth-tune features their signature mix of growls/clean-singing. Those beautiful vocal harmonies certainly took me by surprise 2/3ds out in the first I song ever heard by them (Master's Apprentices).

Sorry, connected the reply to Lost in Vegas post.....still trying to work out how the posts work

 Love These guys, especially their Proggy reviews... even Led Zeppelin etc. They quite often seemed surprised in how good it is....fantastic

I had watched various Kids React and the like videos (due to one of my children) before this topic (the comments can be funny), but hadn't watched these kinds of Reaction videos before. It's not really for me either, but it was rather interesting to experience and fun to comment on in this discussion. I'm game to check out new-to-me things, and I do like to at least read people's early reactions to new-to-them things be it positive or negative, though I certainly do prefer positive feedback on the whole (that's part of the appeal of internet forums to me).

When it comes to youtube vids, such a discovery as the Don't Hug Me I'm Scared series thanks to my kid is more my thing.

Edited by Logan - February 14 2019 at 12:15

Well, you guys can go poo-poo them all you want, I actually find them refreshing; seeing somebody listen to a classic the first time and seeing it "click" in their eyes and facial expressions. Or seeing the confused look on their faces for a song that I also thought was confusing the first time. It is about sharing the music we love, is it not?

Frenetic Zetetic wrote: Meh. I know why these vids are so popular with people, but I can just never watch more than 2-3 mins of one. Neat but not really for me.

zwordser wrote: Jackal3000 wrote: Logan wrote: I'd like to see a Puritans React to Comus or Kids React to Shub-Niggurath. LOL!! I've enjoyed some Reaction videos as well - it would be very funny to be able to request specific pairings. Amish people react to "Welcome to the Machine" The most refined aficionados of opera react to Ayreon's "The Theory of Everything" Etc.... Well, there are reactions by Opera singers to various performances--such as this video, reacting to one of Freddie Mercury's concert performances. And speaking of F. Mercury, there are a ridiculously large number of videos reacting to Bohemian Rhapsody.

I missed your response before.

Having opera singers react to Queen with Freddie Mercury doesn't surprise me.   I have heard various operatic singers singing Queen songs, Mercury has strong vocals, and Queen can be very operatic (think Bohemian Rhapsody) and theatrical. Freddie Mercury recorded an album called Barcelona with an opera soprano called Montserrat Caballé.

Having opera singers react to Crunk, or virtuoso musicians reacting to The Shaggs might present some amusement due to the contrast.

When looking up Reaction videos I did notice many Queen ones.

Edited by Logan - February 13 2019 at 15:18