# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![SomeDeadSinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@SomeDeadSinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SomeDeadSinger)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/21 "2020-12-13T20:24:33Z")
A while back I was introduced to the singing of Dimash Kudaibergen, considered by some as possibly the best singer in the world. After listening to him and being blown away, I started to watch opera singers and professional vocal coaches reacting upon hearing/seeing him for the first time. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/sECb17n2Jzc/maxresdefault.jpg "Vocal Coach reacts to Dimash - SOS (Live performance)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sECb17n2Jzc) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/22 "2020-12-13T20:45:28Z")
I’ve been enjoying listening to various vocal coaches reacting to videos. This one is very informative, and she is reacting to Song of Women by The Hu, featuring Lzzy Hale. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QnUjf3KnjxU/maxresdefault.jpg "Vocal Coach reacts to the HU - Song of Women feat. Lzzy Hale of Halestorm") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnUjf3KnjxU) ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/23 "2020-12-13T21:18:02Z")
Thank you **River\_Hippie** for some Robin Trower. One of the greatest and seldom mentioned rock and roll/blues guitarist. He will always be in my top ten list of the best. “Too Rolling Stoned” is from the _ **Bridge of Sighs** _ album. One of those rare albums without a single song worth skipping. Here is Lady Love from the same great album. [Robin Trower - Bridge Of Sighs - 07 - Lady Love - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BHRDXZwApw) MORE COWBELL!! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/24 "2020-12-13T21:51:18Z")
I watch a lot of reaction videos; I enjoy seeing people as they encounter fantastic music (or anything, really) for the first time. Since it is problematic to bring hundreds of people into my home to play music for them, I’ve taken to watching videos on YouTube. Jinjer is a band. A metal band. From Ukraine. A metal band from Ukraine with a female vocalist. And [reaction videos to one of their songs, _Pisces_, is its own cottage industry on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jinjer+pisces+reaction). Now, if you haven’t heard this song or seen the video, I recommend you do so before watching the reaction videos (and you may want to go ahead and roll a camera on yourself, to be honest): Jinjer - Pisces (Live Session) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SQNtGoM3FVU/maxresdefault.jpg "JINJER - Pisces (Live Session) | Napalm Records") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQNtGoM3FVU) Here’s my favorite reaction; this vocal coach is one of my three favorites that does videos on YouTube and her reaction is priceless. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HVyeoo5UCJU/maxresdefault.jpg "Vocal Coach/Opera Singer FIRST TIME REACTION & ANALYSIS Jinjer "Pisces" (Live Session)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVyeoo5UCJU) Jamel went there: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VdB18ufLQj8/hqdefault.jpg "JINJER - PISCES | REACTION ( I WAS WAY OFF )") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdB18ufLQj8) So did the Lost In Vegas guys: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aFlm8rIFzqA/maxresdefault.jpg "JINJER - Pisces (REACTION!!!)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFlm8rIFzqA) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/25 "2020-12-13T22:02:08Z")
I’ve watched a few reaction videos to Disturbed’s cover of _Sound of Silence_, which is IMHO a better version than the Simon & Garfunkel original (which is saying a lot because the original is one of my favorite songs of all time). For some reason there are a huge number of reaction videos to this song. Some of my favorites: [This one is by a vocal coach who does a detailed analysis of his singing.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFmNaXAg0sw) [This one is by an opera singer.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKVygYHJ0Vg) [I like this one because of the intense emotional reaction of the viewer (either that or she’s an excellent actress).](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxK9Nwzk-kg) ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/26 "2020-12-13T22:08:32Z")
Whoa. I don’t want to watch the reactions because I never want to hear that song again. 😱 (Ok, maybe I’ll watch to just to the first change. 😆) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/27 "2020-12-13T22:13:08Z")
[ScribeCash](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxjKBs6C8Bj1hrJtK0dqhzl5RjZRCZVPH) is good. She’s a professional singer herself so some of her reaction videos discuss technical issues other reactors don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/28 "2020-12-13T22:29:42Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > How about people reacting to their own music? Yes Glamor did a ton of them a few years ago: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qsv3ytbgM_I/maxresdefault.jpg "Gwen Stefani Watches Fan Covers on YouTube | Glamour") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsv3ytbgM_I) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Hsqv8oPZmBc/maxresdefault.jpg "Dolly Parton Watches Fan Covers on YouTube | Glamour") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsqv8oPZmBc) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/RHpnWg6tdaw/maxresdefault.jpg "Meghan Trainor Watches Fan Covers On YouTube | You Sang My Song | Glamour") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHpnWg6tdaw) I know someone upthread mentioned the React channel. There’s some good ones on there. This one really messed with me. Having never heard Greta Van Fleet before this video was posted, I was honestly assuming some of these songs were Led Zeppelin songs that I had some how managed to have never heard. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UPkNxC6HCSw/hqdefault.jpg "ELDERS REACT TO GRETA VAN FLEET (THE NEW LED ZEPPELIN?)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPkNxC6HCSw) ---
**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 18, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/29 "2020-12-18T02:53:21Z")
Sorry, I haven’t tended this thread very well. I hope to get caught up soon. Thanks for the replies. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/30 "2020-12-18T14:06:02Z")
The closest thing I’ve seen to a negative review was some kid who thought You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling was “aight, I guess.” Since I’ve watched a gazillion reaction videos and there are a billion for this song alone, I can’t find this particular one. He was very unimpressed. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/31 "2020-12-21T03:40:50Z")
His reaction to Meat Loaf’s _Paradise by the Dashboard Light_ is really fun, too. I like the British vocal coach Rebecca. [Here](https://youtu.be/OIHHrqzXAfs) she is reacting to Geoff Tate and Queensryche. The kids at _3 Years Apart_ are a 16 year old girl and her 13 year old brother, and they can actually offer some insight that an older listener may not pick up on. ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jungian_camisole1/32/3646_2.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole1)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/32 "2020-12-21T04:25:14Z")
Andy and Alex reviewing The Chain by Fleetwood Mac. This song is in my Top Ten of all time, and they love it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YZXQvLCyrsM/maxresdefault.jpg "The Chain - Fleetwood Mac | College Students' FIRST TIME REACTION!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZXQvLCyrsM) ---
**Author:** ![Krav\_Manga](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krav_manga/32/3153_2.png) [@Krav\_Manga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krav_Manga)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/33 "2020-12-21T06:19:59Z")
I liked this one of a pre-fame Maggie Rogers playing Alaska for Pharrell Williams as part of a Masterclass at NYU: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FAM1N1APk80/hqdefault.jpg "Masterclass Pharrell Williams Maggie Rogers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAM1N1APk80) ---
**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 23, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/34 "2020-12-23T03:14:14Z")
Liked that, Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/35 "2020-12-23T21:48:26Z")
One afternoon, I had nothing to do and no one to do it with. Scrolling through YouTube, I happened across the Lost in Vegas guys reviewing **Roundabout** by Yes. What the heck, I thought, might be worth a look. Long story short, if they’re BS-ing they deserve some kind of acting award; they really seemed to be enjoying the tune and appreciating everything about it. Seemed genuine to me. It shamed me a bit to admit that if I was there on camera and they offered a rap song for me to critique, I couldn’t do it. I admired them for that. ---
**Author:** ![Astrid1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Astrid1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astrid1)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/36 "2020-12-27T21:38:44Z")
Already watched “Kids react to…”? There are many videos, all of them are exhilarating. One example linked here: [KIDS REACT TO QUEEN - YouTube](https://youtu.be/Qx5ONcVtnCw) ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/37 "2020-12-28T14:50:29Z")
I do like watching reaction videos. Here are a couple of young men, twin brothers, who were probably born about the same time that Freddie Mercury died. They’ve never heard “Somebody To Love” before, and here they watch the epic Montreal live 1981 performance of this song for the first time. [Queen Live Montreal 1981](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCX_lVZdDY0) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/38 "2021-01-08T12:03:21Z")
According to her latest [post](https://youtu.be/4VlKoGB-FZQ), she’s had COVID. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/39 "2021-01-08T15:27:34Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > According to her latest [post](https://youtu.be/4VlKoGB-FZQ), she’s had COVID. Another one of my favorite reactors, Ashleigh Burton, has also had Covid. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355/40 "2021-01-08T16:04:08Z")
I just started watching her channel the other day, but hadn’t seen anything with her saying that. I hope she gets better soon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-some-good-first-reaction-videos-first-reaction-to-hearing-a-piece-of-music/927355.md?page=1) [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=3)