# Anyone have some good "first reaction" videos? (first reaction to hearing a piece of music .) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355 "2020-12-06T02:11:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/1 "2020-12-06T02:11:32Z")
I just stumbled across this guy hearing Robin Trower’s **Too Rolling Stoned** for the first time. Apparently he has a YT channel devoted to this but I just watched this one as I’m a huge Trower fan. Does NOT have to be a positive reaction! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Zm0n6RF-7jQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Robin Trower-Too Rolling Stoned-Reaction") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm0n6RF-7jQ) ---
**Author:** ![allyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@allyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/allyn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/2 "2020-12-06T04:03:31Z")
Nice! I haven’t heard that tune in years…thanks for that! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/3 "2020-12-06T12:59:36Z")
I like these guys: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/0l3-iufiywU/maxresdefault.jpg "FIRST TIME HEARING Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight REACTION") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l3-iufiywU) ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/4 "2020-12-06T15:21:15Z")
How about people reacting to their own music? I don’t always expect a completely stony visage, but here Hiromi Uehara just breaks into a huge grin: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65PZz1pNEIg) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/5 "2020-12-06T15:57:12Z")
Teens react to Weird Al. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z-uFpXHVvI) ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/6 "2020-12-06T17:26:40Z")
I found this one interesting. A guy reviews a barely remembered song from his childhood, actually listening to the lyrics for the first time: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/g8PPWWZdWxY/maxresdefault.jpg "Bobbie Gentry -- Ode To Billie Joe [REVIEW]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8PPWWZdWxY) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/7 "2020-12-06T17:36:19Z")
This guy is good. One of the bands that blew him away was the Grateful Dead. He seems genuine, which is tough with these reviewers. Sometimes they really seem to be faking it just to hawk their merch. He has a unique workaround to the viewing of his videos that get blocked: The first comment is always left by him, and it’s a link to the review visible on a platform other than You Tube. > **[Jamel\_AKA\_Jamal](https://www.youtube.com/user/jayglol)** > > Music Reactions and Much More ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/8 "2020-12-06T19:44:46Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Does NOT have to be a positive reaction! Do any of these reaction channels ever have negative reactions? Black people having positive reactions to classic rock is almost its own genre of Youtube video. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/9 "2020-12-06T20:05:10Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > This guy is good. Yeah, I like Jamel/Jamal, he seems pretty genuine in his love of music in general and just about every song he listens to. I especially liked his reaction to _Lola_. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/10 "2020-12-07T01:47:17Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > Do any of these reaction channels ever have negative reactions? Justin Walker reacted very negatively to the Red Hot Chili Peppers “Under the Bridge.” He stopped short of being insulting to the fans, though. He’s pretty cool about stuff even when he doesn’t like a song. I think Justin Walker is our favorite for this kind of thing. The utter confusion he has while listening to Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody cracks me up. Because it is totally a “WTF” song and you don’t necessarily realize it until you see it through someone else’s eyes. He seems… to have completely disappeared from YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/11 "2020-12-08T00:28:44Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/d6jE2sXJ6HY/hqdefault.jpg "Ambrosia - I Just Can’t Let Go (feat. James Ingram & Michael McDonald) REACTION") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6jE2sXJ6HY) I like this one a lot. I love David Pack, Michael McDonald and James Ingram. People don’t seem to like this kind of music anymore (hurts my heart!) so it is nice seeing Jamal enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/12 "2020-12-08T01:43:44Z")
I like the Lost in Vegas guys, they have a lot of good videos. This one is pretty entertaining. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5v0zZz7i_44?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=LLafsAJ5CdlV975Z4aZXczag ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/13 "2020-12-10T05:13:54Z")
[Two Rockin Grannies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXhKDZu_qDE&feature=emb_logo) ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/14 "2020-12-10T05:14:13Z")
I love their Rush reactions. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/15 "2020-12-10T13:58:55Z")
A classically trained flautist [watching concert footage](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpSQLOOCGzI) of Jethro Tull and Ian Anderson performing and playing the flute. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/16 "2020-12-10T14:32:30Z")
> [@Periwinkle](#): > > I like the Lost in Vegas guys, they have a lot of good videos. I’ve listened to a few, and I like when they admit that they have heard a song before (or at least recognize parts of it). ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/17 "2020-12-10T14:35:33Z")
Agreed, these guys are great. I especially like their Metallica reactions. ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/18 "2020-12-11T07:32:02Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/_cLECu2hma0/maxresdefault.jpg "Day of the Eagle - Robin Trower | College Students' FIRST TIME REACTION!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cLECu2hma0) OP I thought of this thread when I saw this in my feed, since you had mentioned Robin Trower. Sometimes these kids seem a little dopey but sometimes they are insightful. Hope you enjoy their reaction to one of your favorite artists. ---
**Author:** ![allyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@allyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/allyn)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/19 "2020-12-11T09:57:53Z")
JD Beck (drums) and Domi Degalle (keys) are two jazz prodigies that are making quite an impression these days. Here’s a reaction video from a drum teacher: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9SKjDzhZSZU/maxresdefault.jpg "Drum Teacher Reacts to JD Beck - Sniff - Episode 88") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SKjDzhZSZU) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/20 "2020-12-11T15:58:59Z")
> [@Periwinkle](#): > > I like the Lost in Vegas guys, they have a lot of good videos. This one is pretty entertaining. Thanks for the recommendation. I watched their review of Heart and Alanis Morrisette and I _really_ appreciate how they dug into the lyrics and picked up right away on the complexity of meaning in “Crazy On You.” The one for “You Oughta Know” had me laughing out loud. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355.md?page=2)