Earthside, Denial’s Aria - A Classical Musician’s First Listen and Reaction

[@LeeKennison]

I was really looking forward to hearing Earthside, since I was so impressed by Jamie van Dyck in you interview yesterday. Now I am very impressed with the music of Earthside itself. Or at least this song, but based on the craftsmanship, which is clearly evident, it is promising that there other stuff should be good. I'm looking forward to what they sound like when they lean more into their more typical (metal I assume) sound. Perhaps they will be a gateway into a style of metal that you might enjoy. This makes me wish even more for continued discussions with Jamie, whatever topic and direction you decide on. Perhaps your channel will become influential in promoting his/their music. Great reaction. I'm so glad you enjoyed it so much too.

[@degen3rate]

woah. your ear is incredible! This song is so lovely. Thank you for this enlightening breakdown!

[@Eric998765]

This is my favorite song by Earthside!

[@quanle1992]

How good it feels to come across a description as emotionally intense as this beautiful song of Eartside . I’ve been waiting for this album for so long, and this song is my favorite so Big Thanks to you Virgin Rock for making this great description of this song so intense in emotion

[@tonytjandra4798]

EARTHSIDE are: Ben SHANBROM (Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals), Frank SACRAMONE (Grand Piano, Keyboards, Programming), Ryan GRIFFIN (Bass), Jamie van DYCK (Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Orchestration, Backing Vocals)

[@nikitalila]

Outstanding musicians and composers🤘🖤

[@netuno60]

I never heard this song or this band. Thank you for your video, Amy. The song reminds me of something from a kind of New Age era or from an Enigma vibe. Very climatic or cinematic as said by the author. But, I'd like better if the piece ended 30 seconds earlier.

[@drevilrodrigues]

Earthside is an amazing group of musicians who often get themselves the collaboration of other very talented musicians, when this new album "let the truth speak" came out I was curious has the first album was already so good that I feared a bit the direction of this one, but gladly it is a really good album that really grew in me and now is hard to choose my favorite album from them. And yes what Jamie said you won't fully get what Earthside is or what they can do from just a song or two however you can already see/hear their quality. Just to add that it was not an obvious choice but a really nice one from Jamie, a really nice one to present oneself to Earthside music

[@altair8598]

A first listen for me, and I'm impressed - possibly because it was not from the metal end of their spectrum. Interesting that you recalled Close To The Edge. If you could do an 'in depth' you would get a big audience for that - or indeed other Yes compositions like Awaken, or the joyous and personal And You And I (which can be found in a live Montreaux performance with the classic band line-up or as Yes-Symphonic (the band minus Rick Wakeman but augmented by the European Festival Orchestra). Remember, Doug Helvering said that CTTE album was on his wall for a reason! Wish you could obtain an interview with Jon (who can play the harp a little) or classically trained Rick. That would be reaction heaven! For me you are the best reactor out there, and the best quality rock music deserves your analyses. Yes are one of the very best.

[@dago87able]

I would rather suggest Amy to delve more into Yes first before engaging on a CTTE in-depth; it was obvious from her first listen that she wasn’t terribly enthusiastic about it, so maybe exploring more of Yes first would be a way to go for her.

[@ericwalmsley6836]

Close to the Edge is a brutal introduction to Yes. She's better off with Heart of the Sunrise, Wonderous Stories or And You and I.

[@glennz8352]

Amy used to do follow-up reaction videos after the first listen at the time of hearing CTTE, but that pattern seems to have changed. But yes, she did mention a follow-up at the time, so I’ve been patiently awaiting that too. I believe CTTE in particular requires spending time with it - it’s impossible to comprehend in one listen, even for a classical musician - I think it needs at least 4 or 5 listens, then put it away for a while and come back to it for another round. (Although Doug did fully take to it right away! I understand Yes is not for everyone, but I think the verdict is still out for Amy.) I agree that even if Amy chooses not to return for a follow-up, she should not neglect this band. My vote would be to just “flip the record over” and listen to the 2 tracks on side two. The 3 songs that make up the album are completely different from one another, while managing to be equally great - giving the listener the full spectrum of what Yes is all about. I think “Turn of the Century” would be a perfect choice as well - with my wish being for Amy to fall in love with this band as much as we have. There are too many good options to list!

[@stefanmartelius9552]

I've always felt that CTTE was not the best first Yes song for Amy, I think Awaken would have been a better choice (or And You And I)

[@letsgomets002]

Thanks!

[@VirginRock]

Thank you!

[@garrycroft4215]

I would like you to review “Rockaria” by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)

[@wesleyrodgers886]

We having tom waits back again.?.🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@washysama]

Cronological steps would have been punk, post punk, early electronic, new age, goth darkwave, trap, to truly appreciate where it took all it's parts, rifs and sound ideas from. Mainly it sounds a bit too much as Euritmics meets Enya with hints of Bauhaus, Kate Bush and Siouxie and rhe banshee's with some Vangelis and Mike Oldfield, Jean Michelle Jarre and Eric Serra in the background, and I must say I would have enjoyed very much if Anneke Van Giersbergen from The Gathering would have singed this instead

[@insidiouslol2682]

Kind of strange of you to dock an incredibly unique song for sounding "too much" like a frankenstein combination of 10 different artists you listed. If you're willing to go that far to say that this song in particular sounded "too much" like something else, I'd be incredibly intrigued to hear what you'd consider a unique song that has been released in the last 5 years.

[@washysama]

@@insidiouslol2682 there is none and that is the point, no one is thinking outside the box anymore and we conform to the presets and the same formulas written in the past, so no one is saying anything new, we're just over producing instead of creating and allowing our own internal ideas to properly flow in the music instead of trying to fit it within the pre-approved formula