Good to have you back Anthony,you have so much to catch up on,these ladies just get better and better its unreal,check out HATE,live at Yokahama 2023 again unreal,great reaction.
From the documentary series about Band Maid, it says that Miku, the main lyricist, is playing a lot with syllables in the Japanese lyrics, removing a couple if needed. Japanese is quite flexible as a language, words are omitted if the meaning can be understood from the context. Beautiful language for poetry and song writing.
I remember, you all reacted to Blooming and loved the number of rheir LED light sticks and kept going on about having the same PRS guitar and amp. Glad to have you back into BM. I appreciated your take on her voice and the guitar play. Keep it going, Po!
Thanks Anthony, good stuff! Always great to get a musician's perspective, especially when it comes to Band-Maid. On one level, they sound very hook- & riff-driven, but just below the surface, a lot of subtleties come through.
Band-Maid likes to punch you in the face, knock you down then sit on your chest till they're done. If you like breath control check out "Puzzle" official LIVE. I swear Saiki has three lungs.....or breaths through her eyelids. If you liked this, you'll love "Shambles". BTW- Your PRS is beautiful.
6:26 - Yes you're more-or-less right. It's not just about the number of syllables, but they do often select Japanese or English for a particular line based on what fits best. There are other considerations too. For example their lead singer wanted their power ballad Daydreaming to be mostly in Japanese just because she finds it easier to sing smoothly in Japanese. And they have four songs entirely in English, three of which involved collaborations with western musicians or producers. But I'll echo the recommendation for From Now On, where you won't have to worry about that because it's an instrumental!
Anthony , Thanks for continuing down the BAND-MAID Pigeon hole , this is another one of BAND-MAID`s anime songs this is the outro for anime Grendizer U , the anime is popular in France , I think that's why the Ooh La La`s , MISA !!! MISA !!! MISA !!! the Barefoot Bass Assassin , you need to check out , Hate ? official live video , from BAND-MAID`s final show of their 10th anniversary tour at Yokohama arena 8,000 in attendance .
Hey! You got stage lights like the ones in the Band- Maid video. NEMOPHILA, ALDIOUS, MARY'S BLOOD, EAST OF EDEN, KOIAI, STEREO PONY, HAGANE, TRIDENT and more Japanese all women bands.
One band that I'd have liked if you enumerated along with the other Japanese bands is Nemophila -- maybe the most _metal_ of all these bands that have hit the reaction circuit internationally in the last few years. I recommend the following songs by them initially: * Dissension * Revive * Zen * Raitei * Life * Oiran * Odyssey * Now I Here
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Well nice guitar 🙂... request songs: From now on MV Warning MV Hate? live...aaand cose your background similar you have to check they Blooming MV... you will enjoy all this I promise 😉 They are not just beautiful they are talented professional as well.
Saiki has a very womanly voice and uses it to her best advantage. It's what impresses me about her. To contrast it, Miku sings very high without trying or pushing hard.
Dream Catcher is Korean idols band is not Japanese. Yes band-maid and Lovebites are Japanese band. Anyway welcome to the world of band-maid. Protect is song theme for anime Grendizer U.
Why English? I think you’re almost tight. Some bands do it thinking random English will attract more fans from the English music market. Some bands do it to express colloquialisms that express something in English expressed differently in Japanese, or as direct translations of Japanese to English to express Japanese colloquialisms which might sound cool in English. Some do it because English (with syllables ending with a consonant sound) breaks up the sound of Japanese (what syllables that almost always end in a vowel sound.) And yeah, in some cases the flow of English might make more sense than the flow of Japanese.
Where are your bandmates? Do you still have the band? Maybe it's better to react you alone, the three of you together used to be too clownish and annoying. Good luck with this new channel anyway.👍😉
Great reaction and analysis. This song is the ending song for the new anime "Grendizer U" (airing in Japan and some parts of Asia only) and is a re-telling of an old anime from the 1970's, basically a mecha anime war series about three star crossed lovers in their fight to save earth from invading aliens and the lyrics are directly related to the story line. As for the subtitles, the band and their staff produce the subs to match as closely as possible to the Japanese parts and they do write the lyrics in both Japanese and English, sometimes based on what fits the song best and sounds the best. Thanks for your reaction to Band-Maid.
A thoughtful and informative reaction to a great song, thank you very much, you got a new sub. Now try Band-Maid "From Now On" one of their instrumentals I think you would enjoy immensely.
I was working about 30 years in rockbusiness, seen few thousand gigs, all the major ones multiple times and NEVER seen or heard BETTER band than Band-Maid 💥 They have it all..Passion Work Heart Talent Groove 🔥❤️ Magical band, amazing musicians, best friends. For me..Kanami Tōno, lead guitar and composer, is the most impressive musician of the 21st Century. Pure genius as a composer and true Rock n’ Roll Star on stage 🔥 Thank you reacting greatest rockband in this Universe. Greets from Finland 🇫🇮🤘
I liked the section where you explained some of the theory with what the guitarist did. I felt like it was clear with a good demonstration to boot. I feel like I would've learned theory better with these types of examples haha. Though at 8:42 I can't believe you said you hate airy voices 😢
Another way to evaluate a vocalist is to see if they can sing in a live performance. SAIKI is one of the best. Try DOMINATION, live, from 2020 Guitarist/composer KANAMI is the Queen of chromaticism.
You really should check out more of their music. They have been evolving continually since they were founded, and in their 170+ songs have covered a huge range of ideas and styles. And they have the chops to pull it off (as you can see). Thanks for checking this out.
So the idea that "hey we need to do this in about 3 minutes" is spot on. This was written to be the outro of a new animated tv show called Grendizer U. I think they now have five songs for anime shows (including one currently on Netflix) and one written for a live action detective drama in Japan.
Heyy..very nicee..dude, Band-Maid is my fav band of all time - I was a die-hard Metal-Head in my youth but even back then I secretly loved all genres from classical to jazz to reggae..so now a bit older, I still have a preference to Rock and Metal but have now gravitated to J-Rock/Metal stuff and Band-Maid is at the top of the mountain for me. Like you said there's tons of Japanese talent out there I love lovee many other J-Rock/Metal Bands (Babymetal, Nemophila, Lovebites..any one of these bands will keep you busy for the rest of your musical life mann..). So great, great review of this song/vid..I like your (breakdown) approach, I'll be checking out your other stuff...Please do more Band-Maid and more J-Rock/Metal!!!
Nice. Reaction was a lot fun. You should definitely check out some more of their stuff, like Black Hole (on a two song video with Manners), Blooming, and From Now On.
This is one of their anime theme song commissions, and not even the best one. That honor would go to the season two closer for the Neflix anime, Kengan Ashura, Shambles'. But I would suggest the OMV for 'Unleash' next, in which they appear in anime for themselves.
At concerts, Saiki and Miku talk to the audience during breaks. Saiki does Q&A's and she really tries to converse with the audience 'naturally' without referring to her cell phone app too often - you can almost see the gears turning as she translates on the fly, and she really enjoys doing this.
Good to see the Maids on your channel again. Any more videos by them you want to react to would be great, I enjoyed your analysis. Toss their "Hate?" live video into the beanie for me.
Welcome back to Band-Maid. Great breakdown and hope to see you doing more Band-Maid. Lots to catch up on and new album is dropping 9/25. Tomorrow for us in the US, already happening in Japan. 😃 Keep on Rocking! PO!🕊 🤘😆🤘
So, going down your list of Japanese bands, let me introduce three that are not on the list that definitely ought to be: Wagakki Band (the most interesting band on the planet): A Letter with no Name: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--RNp2EoNB1Y.html One Ok Rock (one of the most polished rock bands in the world): Take me to the Top: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0dct9gJo6U4.html Doll$boxx: (the spin-off from Gracharic Spin and Unlucky Morphius): Fragrance: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3N7z4bR2V_4.html Otherwise, Band Maid is prime choice, particularly if live (every song, live). Best songs (LIVE) are Domination, Daydreaming, Hate, Freedom, Play, Manners with Black Hole. Domination: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QbyQCJn6rYg.html Hanabie is great. Advise Hanabie live in Taiwan, to see them do their thing outside of the fake studio environment: Hannabie in Taiwan: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NORZHwHFLD0.html Exactly right about the tone of the voice. Saiki is a very good vocalist, and it is not about range. It's about tone and attitude. In fact, Miku is a better choice for high notes, but not a rock voice at all, thin and what you'd usually expect from a Japanese female vocalist. What you missed was a good dose of Misa on bass and Akane on drums, here, because this song kind of sits in one pocket and doesn't have range. I'd put this song about #50 on my list of favorite Band Maid songs, so not a great opening for you, but a sample of what they do, leaving room for discovery of the genius of this group, yet to be experienced. As for fast, the fastest Band Maid song is Black Hole. That comes in a 2-song live set with Manners, which is a great contrast.
