If you are intrigued by Arcade Fire and how instrumentation is used in different styles of rock music you will be fascinated by the Icelandic band Sigur Ros who would come under the genre often referred to as post rock. You will also find a vocal style you have not come across yet. The track Glosoli would be a good start.

@adam-cr5ht

8 ай бұрын

I'd love to see her reaction to glosoli, ny batteri or untitled #8. We live in hope!

@Iron-Bridge

8 ай бұрын

Great recommendation 👍

@dannyrodriguez2674

7 ай бұрын

So, Sprawl II would be a great song to analyze.

@JM-wr2fo

6 ай бұрын

Awesome recommendation! I haven't listened to Sigur Ros in a minute, thanks for the reminder :)

@ThomasKop

4 ай бұрын

Sigur ros is not only music but a whole experience.

I really hope she listens to Godspeed You! Black Emperor at some point

@curtisw502

9 ай бұрын

I hope so too...need an entire album review of Lift Your Skinny Fists and F# A# ♾️

@TWD66

4 ай бұрын

tbh, her commentary is very enjoyable but she is far from adventurous. The selection is really lacking.

A friend of mine gave me the album Funeral and this was my first introduction of Arcade Fire in 2007. I immediately booked tickets and travelled to London to see them at the Alexander Palace that year. They're incredible live, and one of my favourite bands. Régine Chassagne studied medieval music at college I believe, and would really like to see you react to their song Rococo from the album The Suburbs.

Arcade Fire is fantastic. I remember when "The Suburbs" came out in 2010 I couldn't stop listening to it. I mean that, it was all I wanted to listen to for a good couple of months. If you're moving into more recent music, I have got to recommend the Japanese hard rock band BAND-MAID. Five extremely talented women, and Kanami, lead guitarist, is also their main composer and the stuff she comes up with...if it helps, there's a lot of Rush fans in the BAND-MAID fandom as well.

@MrMarcodarko

4 ай бұрын

their last great album....thats when the band ended for me

Incredible opener to an all-time classic album. Loved the reaction.

Florence and the Machine have a classically trained harpist in the band. His name is Tom Moth.

Yay! A band from my hometown! In the early 2000s, I think this style got nicknamed the “Montreal sound”, of which Arcade Fire was the most famous example, but there were several bands that played a bit in that style. (Also, Régine Chassagne’s last name is pronounced to rhyme with “big bang” :) ).

I watched Arcade Fire live back in the day and it was one of the most amazing concerts I've experienced. Their energy on stage is something else. I felt like I was invited to the happiest party ever.

I had to smile hearing you say that in the instrumental intro it could be “one of those fancy electronic Yamaha grands”. And now you have one of them! That’s so cool!!!! 😁🤗

Arcade Fire's first appearance on Austin City Limits is my all-time favorite episode.

This song sounds like the anxieties running through my mind.

Oooh, it's not The Beatles, Pink Floyd, or Queen! All kidding aside, I love your in-depth analysis and look forward to you branching out to new artists and groups.

@MatterShim

8 ай бұрын

Nope! It's Arcade Fire, legends of their own.

I discovered this band when the album came out, but this song became one's of my favourite during my "lock down" soundtrack in 2021. Love it.

They are incredible live.

I love Arcade Fire! I think you'd enjoy some of the songs where Regine takes lead vocals. Try Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

Many instruments: Mike Oldfield - Tubular bells (1973).

@orcaflotta7867

9 ай бұрын

Yes, Amy should analyze Tubular Bells, most deffo!

@dr.juerdotitsgo5119

9 ай бұрын

Gentle Giant: Each band member - all instruments.

You deserve many more views and subscribes my friend!!

I'm glad to see you going more into indie rock. I suggest the band "Dirty Projectors" after this, they might pleasantly surprise you! (Try "I Sit On The Ridge At Dusk" from the album "The Getty Address"). Another suggestion is the band "These New Puritans" - you'd be the first react channel that features them if you oblige, at least from what I've seen. I recommend the song "V (The Island)" from the album "Field of Reeds".

@mjrtensepian1727

9 ай бұрын

Lol, just left a comment reccomending "Temecula Sunrise". 🤞

Belle and Sebastian are the ultimate chamber pop group- If Your Feeling Sinister, Boy with the Arab Strap, Woman’s Realm. I think Rock Virgin will like them

A dear friend of my mine who recently passed away gave me this album when it came out... she wanted to shake me from my 90's doldrums, lol. Lot of great post-rock out there. I saw a few mentioned below... Explosions in the Sky is another one.

great analysis!

As incredible as Arcade Fire are, you really don’t grasp the biggest part of them until you see them live. They are by far the best live band of the last 20 years. I’ve been to over 1200 concerts, and the show I saw them do in Dublin two weeks ago was the greatest concert I’ve ever seen.

This songs glimmers. This album influenced music quite a bit.

I would love to see you review Year of the Cat by Al Stewart. A classic song with a beautiful melody and nice assortment of well arranged instruments.

@marielblues

9 ай бұрын

That song deserves a really, really in-depth analysis by Amy.

Arcade Fire is probably the only rock band from 2000 to date capable of filling large stadiums. Their live performances are absolutely fabulous. I recommend that anyone who has never seen them performing live to do it, because those who have already seen them want to repeat.

@alittlebitgone

9 ай бұрын

Uh, are you in for a shock, lol.

@robertard5938

8 ай бұрын

I don't think that's true. See Phish.

@EliteAIMelodies

8 ай бұрын

​@@robertard5938 Phish comes from the eighties...

I don't know why but there's always been something with Arcade Fire immediately reminding me of David Bowie. It's not a copy of him but it uses aspects of his art.

@pharlock

8 ай бұрын

First time hearing this and can feel the bowie but the pixies is strong with this one.

@adam-cr5ht

8 ай бұрын

They have performed with Bowie, he was a huge fan of them. You can find it on KZread.

@eltravos99

6 ай бұрын

Bowie was one of their biggest fans and collaborators. They did a song together. Win's voice is heavily influenced by Bowie.

You would be amazed watching 3 consecutive songs from 1 single concert. Almost every band member is switching instruments between songs and sometimes even within a single song.

Arcade fire are great and the suburbs album is perfect. If you want too discover other great canadians artist I would recommend listeninng to Leonard Cohen and Neil Young. Incontournable.

@sillysausage4549

9 ай бұрын

Neil Young has a horrible voice. Truly horrible. At least when he does that falsetto thing. There. I said it.

Baroque pop/rock is one of the sub-genres Arcade Fire falls into. Others you might enjoy: Fiona Apple, the Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, and St. Vincent’s earlier work. These artists are pretty popular and recognized commercially. I love your enthusiasm and curious nature.

Please do more AF, and in particular, focus on their first three records: 1). Arcade Fire (EP); 2). Funeral; and 3). Neon Bible.

Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, Beach House, MGMT

@Oreo346.

7 ай бұрын

You just named 3 of my favorite bands -AF, VW, BH. Damn Beach House has been on fire with their last double album and surprise. EP they released this year. And Vampire is due for another album soon but I know they take their time.

Hello @VirginRock. Good choice of band and song. It seems that the wong "wake up", one of their most popular hit songs of early albums uses the harp. But I admit that I had no idea of that despite having listened to the song hundreds of times.

YES used harp in their song "Awaken", though not a full sized one I admit.

Check out "In the Backseat" I think you may enjoy it.

This is my favourite song, and I like thousands.

Love them...as others have said they are awesome live...super energetic...this is one of my faves by them....try Rococo...thats awesome too...really most of their music is great

Phil Lesh & Friends have recently jammed with a harp in a rock setting to great effect. I wouldn't have thought it possible.

The lead singer's mom is a harp player. His family has great roots in classical music and the first electric guitar. Win Butler is his name. Liza Butler is his mom who plays the harp on some of their tracks. And his grandfather was Alvino Rey. They claim he invented the electric guitar with Gibson. And Alvino was a great band leader.

The ooh ooh’s are very common in popmusic. Listen to Motown and since then it’s always there, to Coldplay last 20 years.

@eduardoserrao7372

9 ай бұрын

Pixies

Never heard of this band before but they reminds a bit of Talking heads. Guess it requires some time of listening through of their songs to get accustomed but I can clearly feel a potential. Thnx for a good reaction and for highlighting this band, will dig into their catalog…

@MosquitoCreative

9 ай бұрын

They've done a pretty good cover of This Could Be the Place, and they've performed with David Byrne a several times. I always thought that Arcade Fire were what would happen if Bowie, Talking Heads and the Pixies had a baby, and it came out speaking French.

Glad you're doing Arcade Fire, and this is a great choice of song to start with. Their first couple of albums are really astounding. If you have the time, check out some live footage. They're a big troupe of players, and they switch out instruments from song to song. And they regularly include the audience, or go into the audience (at least in their earlier shows they did).

I had heard the name Arcade Fire before, but had not heard any of their music. In this song, I am hearing what I call "soundscapes" where the sounds themselves predominate over the composition. You can take this idea out even farther and get into something called "Ambient Music," which is an okay moniker for a genre of music that isn't very descriptive at all. You might try the following as examples: BE CONSCIOUS or EAST OF THE RIVER GANGES (Mango In My Flute Mix) by The Kumba Mela Experiment; LAMUDIA DUB by Suns of Arqa; THE HERB GARDEN by Hallucinogen; A WAY OF BEING FREE by The Dub Trees; CINDERELLA or SOMEONE by Hooverphonic.

@shacharh5470

9 ай бұрын

The soundscape thing, that's almost the definition of post-rock

Has Amy ever critiqued The Beach Boys and especially "Good Vibrations". Arcade Fire is a Canadian band but when this was written, two of the. members including the main composer was from the US.

This is a little off topic but relevant. Since you're listening to a lot of rock music, which is typically going to have guitar, I wonder if you'd be interested in exploring the gear more, in other words the effects? There are a lot of different sounds available to us guitar players as effects pedals have become a huge part of the sound. The most common types would be overdrive\distortion, delay\echo, reverbs, wah, and a plethora of "modulation" types. It may help you more easily identify some of the sounds you're likely to come across going forward. Then again, you do have a nice way of describing certain sounds even if you can't quite put your finger on what they are exactly. Anyway, just a thought. This is my first time hearing this band as well and I probably wouldn't have listened to them anytime soon if not for this video, so thank you for this and everything else you've done in the last year+ !!!

@ManWithoutThePants

9 ай бұрын

Am I wrong or doesn't she or they have a guitar now in their house? Amy needs to pick it up and start practicing and she needs to have all the effects available :). Or maybe some modeling one if she can't play very loud since they have a newborn.

@ghost79ish

9 ай бұрын

@@ManWithoutThePants I would assume that's Vlad's guitar. But yeah, guitar is fun to play loud but not really necessary unless you're intentionally going for extra sustain or feedback. It would be cool to see her play guitar, or even her and Vlad jam together though. Or if they wanted to get really interesting, put a pickup in the harp and run that through some pedals, or my personal choice, a helix. Things could get real weird real fast lol.

Great band. You will love Radiohead. Please do… almost anything by them but I’d start with OK Computer or In Rainbows.

Ooh this should be interesting. I've never heard this band either, I've seen their name around for years but just haven't given them a listen. No idea what to expect. Who knows, maybe I've heard them in the grocery store or something but not to my knowledge.

There is a harpist by the name of Timbre who made this sort of baroque-choral-rock kind of music. I recommend her song "Song of the Sun." Another unconventional band making music with atypical instruments is The Soil and The Sun. Start with their song "Spirit of Memory" Anything off of Mary Timony's "The Golden Dove" album will be a treat.

Well, Amy listening to all of the Neutral Milk Hotel-In The Aeroplane Over The Sea album would really be something. Also another Baroque Pop band is “The Divine Comedy” but they are hardly a stretch from the music you are an expert in.

Hi, loooove the show!!! since you are beginning to lean to altrockish stuff, I would like to suggest two bands: My Bloody Valentine (only tomorrow) and Sonic Youth (the diamond sea). Gunther (from brazil)

If you want to listen to pure magnificent chaos then listen to Pawn Hearts by Van Der Graaf Generator.

@Eduardo-Ferreira1982

9 ай бұрын

Pawn Hearts should have been the first reaction Amy did. Amy?

More arcade fire please!!!

Yay! Arcade Fire, loved their first three albums especially the first. Something of a curveball choice, Vlad?

Arcade Fire were on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury 2014

You need to check out the band Apocalyptica... A harp would fit in with them perfectly

As much as I acknowledge that Funeral is a brilliant album, I honestly can't get past the recent allegations of some pretty damning sexual misconduct by the band's lead singer. After their first few albums, thy also kind of lost me, and their song "Everything Now" lifts a prominent flute sample from a song by Francis Bebey, which was never really acknowledged as such... but mostly, like I say, I just can't get past the allegations made against Win Butler.

i heavily heavily recommend king krule if you found this interesting, especially his records The OOZ and his 2020 release Man Alive

Another Canadian band worth checking out that no one ever mentions.....Stars Anything from "Set yourself on fire" I highly recommend!

Do a reaction of "How to disappear completely" by Radiohead.

I am pretty sure this song is about nuclear winter and radiation sickness.

They have one piece with a freaking pipe organ!! 🤗

With 'Funeral', Arcade Fire created a new genre in music. But I don't what It's called. Any suggestions?

@revangerang

2 ай бұрын

Apparently "the Montreal sound" according to some other comments

Glad to see you make to the 2000s. I strongly suggest the Dirty Projects, maybe "Temecula Sunrise" off Bitte Orca, but great catalog worth exploring; Dave Longstreth is a serious musician and always doing something interesting. It was a really kaleidoscopic era; and often gets overlooks by rock "oldheads"(I think the advent of the internet threw them for a loop, lol); Beck's Sea Change, Mastodon's Crack the Skye("The Last Baron" would be a rad analysis). Even "emo" had merit; Circa Survive's Juturna album holds up well. The Mars Volta's Deloused in the Comatorium is a landmark. Gotta shoutout Radiohead, of course, their catalog is an embarassment of riches, but they're probably part of the plan already.

YES, "Awaken" Jon Anderson plays harp in its central section...

The vocals remind me a bit of Smashing Pumpkins.

very interesting anaylisis, yet, I watched a few videos and you consistently sound.. surprised.. that music that is not classical can be.. rich, or good 😭

Lots of great instrumentation and obviously talented musicians. I could wish for a different vocalist though. To me, not s strong enough singer to ride the waves of that sound

How big is this genre? It's one band. One.

Please do Mr. Bungle, any song

Van Morrison Astral Weeks.

Dear Virgin if u wanna hear smt really sensational try Focus Hocus Pocus live 1973 , it has a jodel in it like u never heard before! Try it ! It has soaring guitars and a flute and the first jodelling in Rock. It’s Dutch by the way. People’s reactions are all crazy on this one!

@orcaflotta7867

9 ай бұрын

That live version is kinda shit. It wasn't Ackermann's best day, and anyway in order to analyse a piece of music in the way it was intended and produced the first time, one should always use the original studio versions.

@guidolitjens5796

9 ай бұрын

@@orcaflotta7867 the jodelling is hilarious! Want to see how virgin this rates

@orcaflotta7867

9 ай бұрын

@@guidolitjens5796 The jodeling is hilarious on the original recording as well. So what do you make of that? And anyway, it's more of a partytrick than serious artistic expression. In fact it's the guitar riff and uptempo beat which make this song great, not the yodeling.

We need Radiohead!

2:38 😅

joanna newsom plays some "rock" harp

Have you done any Radiohead?

hmmmm first time ever listening this band and song (not very well known, probably just a local band) Rush is very well known... I guess it is ok, some degree of originality can be captured.

@revangerang

2 ай бұрын

As she said at the beginning, every one of their albums have been given/nominated for awards. They performed with David Bowie. One of their albums was a Grammy Album of the Year. Their music plays on the radio all the time. Just because YOU don't know something, doesn't mean nobody else does.

@JG-lx5pm

2 ай бұрын

@@revangerang Like I said COMOPLETELY UNKNOWN band, oly known in their country of origen and or neighboring to it. Ask an Australian OR English person and most likely they would not know what you talk about,,, just an unknown band.

@revangerang

2 ай бұрын

@@JG-lx5pm if you say so

@JG-lx5pm

2 ай бұрын

@@revangerang Not at all... if you ask to anybody in the world who was Gerald Ford, very few people will know outside USA, if you ask the same question but of John F Kennedy, most likely they will know who you are talking about even if they don't know many details, difference: one is known locally the other had such a huge aura that is known well beyond his borders, same with this band. This band is very local and not world wide.

@DefenestrateYourself

Ай бұрын

They’re well known around the world. They sell out stadium size concerts in every continent. Not sure why you’re making the false statement that they’re unknown. Very defensive and incorrect point of view. Regardless, we’ll pray for you

I don't know, but this music compares to rock, like Kyle Troy compares to rock and roll in the Ford Fairlane movie.

Great band, too many hits to list!

I love the reaction, but I think you’re pausing it too much. I think it’d be better for you and easier for the viewer to initially react to the song without pausing, and then to listen to it again after while pausing and analyzing and discussing all the interesting things you wanted to revisit. I don’t mean to be negative either, just sharing ways I think reactions could be made easier that highlight your insight and opinions while also allowing the songs the unadulterated platform they deserve to shine to their fullest

To come up with the song 'Tunnels' in the situation in Gaza is at least remarkable...

I like their first three or four releases but at one point they turned into something else and also influenced an entire new genre which I just couldn't get into. If it wasn't full of copycats just doing the exact same thing it probably wouldn't have been so bad.

Harp in rock pop music ? just listen to Joanna Newsom

all apologies , nirvana- would be a good one

it is an interesting song, pleasant arrangements but clearly not memorable. Doesnt really contribute to the evolution and progression of rock music. Another decade, it will be forgotten like so much rock music after the mid-1970s.

It's ok Amy, no one else knows anything about Arcade Fire either.

@christiankellerman9206

8 ай бұрын

What?

@notthistimenet

8 ай бұрын

@@christiankellerman9206 Well, maybe a handful of people.

@DefenestrateYourself

Ай бұрын

@@notthistimenet they’re well known around the world actually. They sell out stadium size concerts. Bless your little heart though?

@notthistimenet

Ай бұрын

@@DefenestrateYourself I can tell by the staggering number of hits on this channel and elsewhere. ha ha

That use of the voice: Pixies,, Where is my mind. ( Much better than this...😅)

Never heard it before. Song reminded me a bit of Ringo Starr's "Photograph." Lead voice of Bono/David Byrne. I'll pass...

@DefenestrateYourself

Ай бұрын

Oh no! Anyway

This video could be 10 minutes shorter if you wouldn’t pause all the time while talking…

@revangerang

2 ай бұрын

Why are you watching reaction videos

yeah ruin the flow of song by pressing pause all the time

@nicknickson3650

5 ай бұрын

it's a reaction video bro. if you want to listen to the song uninterrupted, why are you watching a video of someone actively reacting to it?

@seancaseo84

5 ай бұрын

​@@nicknickson3650you are completely right. I am not used to these. I would have figured at least play a good bit of the song before "reacting" or even the whole thing, and give some reaction at the end. Not my style I suppose.

@revangerang

2 ай бұрын

@@seancaseo84 I believed you're looking for a "review"

@DefenestrateYourself

Ай бұрын

This a music analysis channel, sweetheart. Maybe do a nanosecond of reading before running your mouth

@seancaseo84

Ай бұрын

@@DefenestrateYourself thanks for the observation chicken.

change the Virgin Rock title to Virgin Pop(ular) music. This is going astray(intentionally?).

@seasideman

9 ай бұрын

Don't be silly.

Hate this genre of rock

Never heard of them and never want to again. They sound like an even worse Radiohead. Same annoying 'you want to slit your wrist' sounding vocals. I don't see how they got nominated for anything. It just proves how out of touch the music industry and awards shows are and even 20 years ago. Please, do some underrated Monster Magnet if you want to hear some other worldly sounding stoner 70s hard rock. They should be as big as Led Zeppelin, but they came out at the wrong time during the grunge rock era. You stated Bach wasn't appreciated until 50 years after. This band is like him. They have tons of songs that are hits, but aren't. As for songs: Last Patrol End Of Time Hallucination Bomb Mindless Ones

Come back to the virgin rock. Try the real cohinurs of Genesis like ''Carpet crawlers'' or ''Mad man moon'' or ''One for the vine'' f.e.

Arcade Fire? Never heard of them. Do they have any recognizable hits? BTW, just cause the "Grammy's" recognize them doesn't mean the majority of people listen to them. Several Irish groups use a drum kit on Traditional music it doesn't make it rock music. Vlad, you would be better off sticking to the older rock music for a while rather than confusing Amy with "out of the box" bands. Don't let your members pull you away from your main concept.

@alittlebitgone

9 ай бұрын

Arcade Fire are one of the biggest rock bands of the past 20 years, not exactly obscure.

@MB-ih6co

9 ай бұрын

Do you live under a rock? Arcade Fire is huge. Some of their music videos on KZread have well over 30 million views. The Suburbs album was a large hit and they are very influential in the Indie Rock scene. It's interesting that you think more recent music would "confuse" her.

@helenespaulding7562

9 ай бұрын

I think this is just a “dipping her toe” into Indie Rock and what was going on in music circa early 2000’s. Since you said that you’ve never heard of them I’m guessing you are older than 50….perhaps much older like myself. Sometimes I listen to The Spectrum channel on satellite radio, which is a mix of old and new, just to see what’s out there. Arcade Fire was HUGE..,, perhaps still is. I don’t follow them but do have a couple of their songs in my music library. Imagine Dragons, OneRepublic, NeedToBreathe, Maroon 5, One Eskimo, The Smiths and more. There’s some good music out there from the late 90’s and onward….and today….not main stream (pop radio) but fills theaters nevertheless.

@terrykennedy-lares8840

9 ай бұрын

@@helenespaulding7562 You are right on about my age. I went into Traditional Celtic music in the late 80s on up, I am a musician myself. Got tired of mainstream rock when bands stopped writing meaningful songs. Occasionally I'll listen to the Current when I'm in my car, but frankly once we hit the late 80's everything started sounding the same. Overproduced and like Taylor Swift just a lot of "heartbreak" or "love" songs. I guess I got spoiled back in the 60s and 70's when both country and rock musicians were writing about how to make this a better world and that every group had a unique sound. Now due to corporate music industry it all sounds the same.

@terrykennedy-lares8840

9 ай бұрын

@@MB-ih6co Well, think about it, rock music has gotten far away from it's roots. For Amy , and she did mention she was a bit confused about the genre listening to this song, I think it would be good for her to get a better grounding in basic rock before trying to understand the newer forms. BTW, here's a question for ya'll. Many people have suggested that "rock" music died in the 90's. When you consider that performers such as Taylor Swift consider their music as rock, it kinda makes the case. I'm an older musician and have watched rock evolve from it's very beginnings, so it's very hard to listen to some of the meaningless, algorithmical crap that has been coming out since the 90's on mainstream radio and call that rock. I actually think it would be good to put Pop music as a completely different genre, as well as some other types that I've heard Vlad pick out.

Vlad, and all the Arcade Fire fans out there, Alternative Music as Amy read the Grammy's calling it, does not make it rock. Because of the feed back I got on my last post. I went on KZread and looked up and played about 10 of their so called "rock" songs. No, it's not rock. "Alternative Music" is an adequate discription. Also, I find their music repetative and boring without any merit for a rock fan. Don't get me wrong, I can see where it might appeal to some folks (Canadians and Zombies mostly), but it has NO energy what so ever. The drums just keep pounding away with that droning lead vocal dragging it's way through the song. One of the songs I listened to had an almost Country sound to it until the vocal came in and dragged it down. As you can tell, I'm not impressed with the band. NO. Not rock. But if you like it, good for you, everyone has their own tastes no matter how bland.

@IlNyaPasdOrchestre

5 ай бұрын

Good Lord, you sound like a sad douche. :/

@DefenestrateYourself

Ай бұрын

You’re certainly entitled to that creative opinion. We’ll pray for you 🫡

@terrykennedy-lares8840

Ай бұрын

@@DefenestrateYourself Take your own advice and enjoy your trip down. I don't have "creative opinions", I have informed ones. Pray for yourself.