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Phil Collins is trending after a couple teens react to the first time hearing "In the Air Tonight"
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NinjaScooter do you understand the meaning of the word foreboding?
It means badness is happening right now.
It means badness is happening right now.
At least i understand the youtubers because they get views/money. But people who watch others react is odd...I think it's for people who vicariously need that feeling of showing a friend something they like. It's kinda sad in a way.
I know the feeling, for the longest time (literally up until a year or two ago) I hated Queen because all throughout my school "career" the admin teams would play their songs on the morning of days where we had big days (standardized or not), so I associated Freddy Mercury's voice with standardized testing (and cheesy pep rallies).
If you want to listen to the song go listen to it. That's a reaction video... What you expect?
What? No. 99% of them are fake as fuck. You aren't going to get a sincere, candid reaction when people know they are being filmed.
Absolutely correct.
It's just.... amazing overall.
Now I want to watch Miami Vice.
Yeah I also get it from the YouTubers. That would be fun to just watch new stuff and give your opinions on that. And if you could make a living that would be great.
I do that all the time with my family and friends.
But it would be weird AF for strangers to want to watch a video about me talking about some random music video.
I love these, especially a song like this one that just hits you out of nowhere at around 3 minutes in. If you've never heard it before, that part is fucking amazing.
I really like watching the Lost in Vegas guys, their reaction to some Tool stuff was great to watch.
I really like watching the Lost in Vegas guys, their reaction to some Tool stuff was great to watch.
because it is always things like this, a friend of mine used to watch a hip hop fan react to metal songs.
people dont watch this to create their own opinions on the song, they probably already know the song, they just want to see how people outside the circle feel about a song they like already.
This is where I stand with these videos. I wouldn't trust anything about them being real at all. The people making them know that the more crazy/outrageous/whatever they are, the more they go viral/get shared/etc., so it is in their best interest to not at all be genuine. I'd also wager a good amount of them have listened to these songs previously too.
Lol why can't a thread about reaction videos, just be about the damn video? If you want to discuss the merits of reaction videos make your own thread. People came in here because they were interested in how a newer generation were going to take in classic music. It's not a hard concept to understand.
LOVE this one as well. Especially when he hears 'Killing in the name of".."yoo ooo ooo ooo oo" like an old man when he realizes the message of the song. I only wish 'Bulls on Parade' was included in this reaction.
On another note, Phil Collins is an absolute legend and In The Air Tonight is a stone cold classic. There's a certain sect that feels the need to shit on Collins to prove their music taste cred when propping up Peter Gabriel, but thats so fucking silly. Collins and Gabriel are both legends and both eras of Genesis are great.
Easy Lover might be my favorite 80's collaboration (and song!)
Easy Lover might be my favorite 80's collaboration (and song!)
Sometimes other people's reactions or interpretations can make you think about things a different way. There are a few old school hip hop heads I watch who react to all kinds of music their subscribers throw at them (ayy Orlok shared 'em a few posts up), and it's really cool to get new insights as they analyze the lyrics and music from their perspective. One of the guys always comments on the basslines and it's gotten me paying more attention to them when I listen to new music. I also really enjoy seeing people's reactions to stuff they're experiencing for the first time. As a musician myself who really tries to evoke emotions from my work, it's so cool to see someone's eyes light up when that fuckin breakdown hits or they notice the wordplay on a verse or what have you.
EDIT: It's definitely not "sad". wtf is that supposed to mean? lmao
I'm not saying it's sad as in pathetic or bad -- I'm saying it makes ME sad because I think everyone deserves friends?
If it is an expert I totally agree. I love watching other musicians react to music because they can say something really interesting about it.
But if its just some random YouTuber looking for views it is assuredly going to be incredibly stupid and you are much better off if you just watched the song yourself and maybe came up with your own thoughts about it. I feel this crap really hurst any discussion of movies or videogames because so many people watch dumb people reacting or reviewing popular things and just pollute this forum by repeating the same thoughts verbatim. I see it with some of my friends too and I don't get it. It takes literally 10 seconds to watch or listen to something and come up with your own ideas about it. Maybe 2 minutes to think of something interesting or entertaining to say.
I like when young people or people that have never heard a certain genre, listen to something I grew u p listening to and have a positive reaction to it.
edit: quoted the wrong post, sorry EloquentM!
But the guy made some bangers, and In the Air Tonight is one of them. Those two lads listened with no preconceptions and it was lovely.
I don't have any teenage friends, or children. It's really nice to watch young people enjoy something that was big when I was a kid. In the UK, when I was a kid, Phil was something of a laughing stock. Seriously uncool. There's a reason he was one of the artists Patrick Bateman loved in American Psycho.
But the guy made some bangers, and In the Air Tonight is one of them. Those two lads listened with no preconceptions and it was lovely.
Exactly.
I was dreading them pausing it just before the drums, and kinda ruining the build-up for themselves. But fortunately that didn't happen.
What makes you assume that the people who enjoy regularly watchIng reaction videos have no friends or feel they don't deserve friends? There are a number of reasons why people watch YT videos including this "odd" genre. It literally says nothing specific about these people individually in any way, at least where these types of gen z videos are concerned.
See reactions in this thread for reference, like the guy who just quoted me:
he didn't say he didn't deserve friends or had no friends, he said he has no younger people in his life to share this music with and see their reactions like he had when he was younger.
I don't get reaction videos. They always seem forced, like how can someone have an eargasm to every song they listen to. I guess I'm just old man yelling at clouds.
Yeah, that's not judgemental at all then, just assuming that anyone watchin reactions on the internet does so because they don't have friends :D
It's not that deep.Watching people discover and enjoy things is fun. You can obviously have a social life and still watch these videos my dude^^
It kinda bums me out that Philip Bailey is not credited in either the video's title or description. :(
But yes, I love this song. Speaking of love, his love/breakup songs got me through a lot in the 80s and 90s. LOL
My favorite are young people listen to Eddie Vedder for the first time..with his antics on stage/passion in his vocals and then commenting, there really isn't anything like this right now. I always enjoy when kids liking the same things I do lol. I guess this is what it felt like when I liked Led Zepplin, and my dad was like, that's great!
I'm sure there are many reasons people watch them, I was just speculating on what one of them might be.
It's a performance, of course. They're reacting for us and for each other. It's like how everyone laughs during a comedy movie at a theatre, but not in private.
What would be the point of a video where after 3 minutes they look at each other and say "drums." and then finish listening in silence?
Nice. Those drums really hit.
I definitely didn't grow up in an area where Phil Collins was played but I remember the song from Miami Vice.
I definitely didn't grow up in an area where Phil Collins was played but I remember the song from Miami Vice.