Reaction Videos

Sorry if someone has already posted this topic--just haven't been able to find it.

Within the past year I've been watching a lot of music reaction videos, especially first-time reactions to progressive and prog-related tracks/performances.  Mostly these are by Millennial/Hip-hop generation-ers who are reacting to older music on their first listen, most of them with little knowledge of the music/genre(s) they're reacting to (or at least, so they claim--for some, probably not true). Pink Floyd seems to be the most popular band to react to.

 A lot of these vids are not so great, either because the reactions don't seem genuine, or the listeners reactions/critiques are rather shallow.  But some are really good.  My fave so far is posted below:  A positive reaction to Rush, YYZ, with interesting commentary.  This is the first listen by these guys (George and Ryan) to Rush. I like these guys because their reactions seem genuine, and they also seem more honest in their commentary than many (and there's a lot of prog they admit they don't personally like though they may admire the musicianship on some level).

I also have a fave negative reaction vid but I'll post it later.

If you have favorite reaction videos, post them here.

These guys seem genuine but they really should do their homework first. Then maybe they wouldn't make assumptions like rush were an early prog band and statements like "I can hear the early stages of prog blossoming." WTF?  I understand not everyone has the insight and knowledge of this genre that we do but come on! Lol.

Gerinski wrote: You can't get properly a piece of music if you keep pausing it every 20 seconds

Spot on!

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Funny how none of these hip hop guys react to Yes.

I've noticed that Yes, especially Roundabout, has been a big request for George and Ryan.  The reason they may have not done it is because of rights issues and/or getting blocked.   I've seen very few Yes (also King Crimson) reactions, probably for the same reason. 

But there are some: this one of the Yes Album is heavily edited, (but ironically, another that Weaboo did of Close to the Edge is the entire uncut album). He does full albums where he can, and lets them run all the way without stopping where he can.

I admit, I don't like Weaboo's reactions/commentary as much as George and Ryan, but at least he's one of the few that are diving heavy into the world of Classic Prog!