One of my favorite new YT channels: Virgin Rock

[Magna]

Rather than simply post this in the "What song are you listening to now?" thread, I wanted to give this its own thread. It's one of my favorite new Youtube channels to watch.

Premise: The Channel is created by a woman, recently married and her husband. She's a classically trained 3rd generation symphonic musician, a Harpist. She was raised in a musical household but the music she was exposed to all her life was specific to classical and jazz music only. She explains how other than hearing rock n roll music muzak piped in through speakers in stores, she had previously never heard rock music until meeting her husband. She'd heard of the Beatles, Pink Floyd, etc but had literally never heard any of their songs. In a conversation, her husband mentioned the band Queen and Freddie Mercury and she didn't know what/who he was talking about let alone having heard any of their music. Hence the name of the channel: She's a "virgin" in relation to rock n roll music. She listens to the music, literally hearing the songs for the first time and she listens with a lifetime of classical music training. She comments on her thoughts and reactions during the "first listen", pausing the song periodically through the process. Then, they make a second video which is her more in-depth reaction to the song after she does extensive background research about the song, the making of the song, the band, musicians, etc and after she listens to the song many times. Each song then is a two part video; the first listen and the reaction final commentary. She also uses her harp as a tool during the videos to demonstrate or point out certain aspects of the song structures, etc.

The reason I like this channel is that it's unique. Few people have never heard the songs they listen to before. Her reaction, opinions and analysis of the songs she listens to are like a masterclass in which I learn things about the music of songs that I like that I never knew before. I would guess it's a channel that would appeal most to people who really get into music and the minutiae of it whereas someone who doesn't might find the videos boring and tedious.

Here's an example:

First Listen:

and then her more in-depth analysis

 

[Magna]

First Listen of Pink Floyd's song Mother:

In-depth analysis of the same song:

 

[Ella Spell]

I thought "Virgin Rock" was going to be a very different type of music.

This looks cool. Thanks!

I'll interject and derail just this once to say I was about to post this:

It seemed very ironic when I logged in and saw "Virgin Rock".

 

[Magna]

Another unrelated comment on the YT channel Virgin Rock: The content creator, Amy looks a bit like my mom and also the way she sometimes styles her hair looks similar to how my mom styled her hair when she was that age.

Also, the content creator registers a bit on my "au-dar" (my autistic-radar). My calibration isn't always dead on, but often it's been accurate. Either way, I gravitate toward how she talks and presents herself.

 

[Thinx]

Interesting, I will listen tomorrow when I can put the sound on without waking anyone. I think my sister would like this too, she mostly enjoys classical music but has a wide range of music she enjoys.

 

[Magna]

Another thing I like about the song videos on this particular YT channel is watching her listen to the songs literally for the first time. The reason I find it interesting is given her knowledge and experience as a lifelong professional classical musician, I can actually see how she's processing and experiencing the music. She's understanding it and processing it on a level and a different way than I do or can. It's just cool to watch.