Other Bands: " So, Babymetal... Are you Heavy Metal?" BabyMetal: "Yes." Other Bands: "Really? And what is the most hardcore thing you did?" BabyMetal: "We crucified our lead singer live on stage. And you?" Other Bands:"...................."
As a Christian I'm not offended by this because they are not making fun of Christianity nor making it in vain, it's too clique. I love BABYMETAL and I want to see them live!
BABYMETAL DEATH - more often used as their opening number for shows for a couple of good reasons: 1. it gets everybody pumped up (and shocks the people who are expecting something mellow or pop); and 2. it is a pun. In Japanese you might introduce yourself as Big Kai desu, Big Z desu (the u is silent) which means I am Big Kai, I am Big Z. Japanese has no 'th' sound but say desu (or des) and stick your tongue out slightly and it sounds like death ... they are basically introducing themselves - I am Su-Metal, I am Yuimetal, I am Moametal, we are Babymetal. The other lyrics of the song are spelling out B-A-B-Y-M-E-T-A-L then desu desu desu (or death death death). On this occasion they used it as the closing number, the crucifixion signified Su-Metal sacrificing herself to be reborn as Su-Metal the Metal Goddess ... this concert was the day after her 16th birthday. They only crucify her on special occasions (they did it again last year for her 20th at Legend 'S' XX in her home town Hiroshima).
That was one of the 2 references to Metallica (Metallica has a statue breaking down during their Justice for all tour), he was probably right about it sounding similar to Metallica at the start. I think it's on purpose.
@@LostinMPK You've not even seen half of all the songs/performances of this show. :-) Actually if it wasn't for the reaction videos I would recommend watching Babymetal shows from front to back in order. Not that it's all related and should be watched in order, but because of the energy of a full show. I've seen them live a couple of times, it's euh... magical when you can let yourself completely go and just enjoy the show. I've only had that ones at an other band Pink Floyd. Both perform perfectly and with lots of attention to producing good sound (obviously doesn't always work at every venue/occasion).
Hopefully, one day, this will happen to us. Nothing better than getting fully absorbed into a concert with awesome music. One day. Thanks for watching. - Big Z
5:23 You mentioned her mascara, that was from the song just before, their were tears. The song/performance/instrumentation is called Akatsuki Unfinished. It's maybe a reaction for later. :-)
Probably my favorite BabyMetal performance. Your friend has witness the most epic BabyMetal show as a introduction to them. The neck brace is reference to the drummer in X Japan (a Japanese rock group) who damaged his neck through too much headbanging! The statue collapsing at the end is reference to a Metalica stage set. Big Kai was so engrossed, I don't know if any of you noticed the song title or they spelled out the name BabyMetal? 1997 was the year Su Metal was born and this show was on her sixteenth birthday. Not a bad way to celebrate!
No the opening of the show was Ave Maria and it went into night of 15 the techno version of headbanger ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OWggmY2BDhE.html
Back in the day it was normally the opener to get the crowd pumped up, but for this special concert to celebrate Suzuka-chan's 16th Birthday, it was the closer for the Legend S - 1997 concert.
That was a sad time and in Dallas the whole show seemed very forced and stiff. We didn't find out until that morning that Yui was no longer performing and you would think that Amuse would have let us know before we purchased tickets for a tour. They were on stage 45-50 minutes, the songs slimmed down and solos curtailed .The opening act Skyharbor was stellar and made most of the stage time up before an impossibly long setup and Babymetal hitting the stage.
⚡ 💀 💕 / 💀 💀 💀 Don't think they were intending to be offensive to Christians, just "remixing" heavy metal visuals. Christians in Japan are only about 1% of the population. BABYMETAL toured with Korn and Stone Sour in 2017. It was great fun seeing the reaction of people who had never heard BABYMETAL before assuming they were going to be some kind of mellow group. Then they came out and opened with BABYMETAL Death. : )
I don't recall metal being a genre which was ever largely concerned with walking on eggshells around any sacred cows, anyway. In my experience, metal has been where sacred cows become steaks.
@@ShikataGaNai100 I've opined that the reason Christianity isn't bigger in Japan is because Jesus wasn't a teenaged girl. That's what it seems they want their messiah to be.
Babymetal Desu … It gets phonetically to us to be Death .. Desu means "We Are" Babymetal "We Are", Su-Metal "I Am" .. Moa-Metal "I am" Yui-Metal "I Am" .. Baby metal "We Are" Just a role call… It also reminds me of Alice Cooper from the live shows as far as the guitar style during the crucifixion scene. There are some cool pictures of Alice with Babymetal, plus they are big Metallica and opened for them as a special guest. Guns n Roses Japan tour, Red Hot Chili Peppers everywhere, Korn and Stone Sour. Lady Gaga brought them over very early for a few shows in her art tour. They have a performance of Painkiller and Breaking the Law with Rob Halford and they opened for Judas Priest. They did a gig with Cnthonic that was quite cool. Skrillex backed them on stage too …
I'm always a bit torn when it comes to this song. I don't find the song itself that appealing to reactors, because the lyrics are so reduced (or more or less absent). That will throw many listeners off. On the other hand, the few lyrics it has are a really nice play with words (I think it has already been explained). And then, of course, the theatrics in this show were really awesome, which makes it a must-see. I can't help but smile when I see this, these cute girls in this badass worshipping scene, then Yui and Moa fleeing in panic when Su comes back to life to the sound of Mikio's shredding. This is the scene to show people who claim BABYMETAL are not Metal. Regarding the Christian symbolism, I wouldn't put too much interpretation into it. In my opinion they are just using it to support the Death Metal or Black Metal feel, where it's also used a lot. They are deliberately taking it to the extreme to increase the clashing with the cute girls for a maximum amount of fun. But I don't think they are really trying to send a message here. Like Su said: "No thinking, just feeling!".
Something else that is good about this song, they used to have it as the first some at many performances and it's nice and heavy and gets everyone excited who are at the show.
Good comment with good insight. I agree with the whole lot of it. Thanks for the explanation. And thanks for watching. - Big Z ....just feeling...so very true. :)
BABYMETAL is now like an Space Ship; Exploring through the Universe of Music travelling between Black Holes and Stars across the Galaxy of Metal. Experimenting with Diverse Musical Styles like landing on new Planets. But always keeping their own style of Music. ( CREDIT TO OWNER )
Released on 2013 Jan. 9th, coupled with IJIME, DAME, ZETTAI (included in the limited edition). Lyric: KITSUNE of METAL GOD / Music: KITSUNE of METAL GOD / Arr.: Yuyoyuppe Usually, this is the opening tune of BABYMETAL's concert. BABYMETAL DEATH (We Are BABYMETAL) B x A x B x Y x M x E x T x A x L DEATH!! [i] The letters "DEATH" only means "to be" (= DESU/DES_). The official lyric really consists of only the above one line. Maybe the staff thought too many "DEATH"s are inappropriate. The Japanese word "desu" (??) is a copula (= to be). The Eastern Japanese almost drop "u" of this word, so the word "desu/des" sounds like "death". And someone started writing "DEATH" instead of "??" (desu). It makes sense only where the Japanese word "desu" is expected to come. The title "BABYMETAL DEATH" means only "We are BABYMETAL." No relation to the death itself. I'm not sure of its origin, but I saw long before such a character as a vampire or a death metal singer in a comic and all his "??" (desu) were replaced with "DEATH" to emphasize his character. With such an air, it works well. Without such an air, it probably doesn't work. [ii] Is This Death Metal? There is a genre named "Death Metal". The sound of this tune seems to fall within that genre, and the lyric writer may have put many "DEATH"s to emphasize the Death-Metal-ness. It might be alright to use many "DEATH"s without thinking of death if some of Death Metal bands also chose their style just to differentiate themselves rather than driven by the feeling about death. But I don't know the Death Metal well. ROMAJI LYRIC AND NOTES ARE BELOW. BABYMETAL DEATH (We Are BABYMETAL) Romaji Lyric English Translation Notes [[BABYMETAL DEATH. (x16)]] [[We are BABYMETAL. (x16)]] 1,[i] [[B, A, B, Y, M, E, T, A, L]] [[B, A, B, Y, M, E, T, A, L]] [[DEATH (x6)]] 2,[ii] SU-METAL DEATH. I am SU-METAL. S [[DEATH (x6)]] YUIMETAL DEATH. I am YUIMETAL. Y [[DEATH (x6)]] MOAMETAL DEATH. I am MOAMETAL. M [[DEATH (x6)]] BABYMETAL DEATH. We are BABYMETAL. A [[B, A, B, Y, M, E, T, A, L]] [[B, A, B, Y, M, E, T, A, L]] [[DEATH (x6)]] SU-METAL DEATH. I am SU-METAL. S [[DEATH (x6)]] YUIMETAL DEATH. I am YUIMETAL. Y [[DEATH (x6)]] MOAMETAL DEATH. I am MOAMETAL. M [[DEATH (x6)]] [[BABY METAL DEATH.]] [[We are BABYMETAL.]] [[DEATH (x16)]] 3 [[Gyaa!]] [[Gyah!]] [[DEATH (x6)]] SU-METAL DEATH. I am SU-METAL. S [[DEATH (x6)]] YUIMETAL DEATH. I am YUIMETAL. Y [[DEATH (x6)]] MOAMETAL DEATH. I am MOAMETAL. M [[DEATH (x6)]] BABYMETAL DEATH. We are BABYMETAL. A [[DEATH (x30)]] [[BABY METAL DEATH.]] [[We are BABYMETAL.]] Notes The lines marked with "S" are sung by SU-METAL, with "Y" by YUIMETAL, with "M" by MOAMETAL, with "A" by all three members (added on 2017 Mar. 17). I think I hear this, but not for sure. I'm sure these lines never means the death itself. I have no idea for translation. On a certain BBS, I asked what words the audience of the concerts shout in this part, and I got an answer "DEATH" without dissents. by Du Enki
SU-METAL is our GODDESS QUEEN and an IDOL LEGEND. Its times like this when you realize three kawaii Asian girls are more METAL that you. Remember when your into BABYMETAL your into BABYMETAL 4 LIFE.....
I don't know which show, I've only seen the clip in a compilation video, but in one of their shows Yui and Moa are both on crosses as well and I think they came up through the stage I'm guessing it was a show around their 16th birthday also
That was the second night (Black Night) of the Tokyo Dome show in Decembre 2015 (now that I'm writing it, I'm surprised myself that Tokyo Dome was so soon in their career).
You're correct, this is the hardest Babymetal performance to stomach as a Christian. I do find it hard to justify keeping the band as my favorite, if being honest... but I do. They try to explain away this as only symbolizing death and rebirth (Su's), but I really think Koba was trying to be Metal as hell, so that meant being controversial as hell. Crucifying a 16yo on her birthday; what's more controversial/Metal than that?
This shouldn't really bother anyone as Christians. Crucifixion was a Roman punishment, they crucified a lot of people, just so happened that one of those people was Jesus. The crucifix is basically a 2000 year old version of an electric chair. It's a bit odd that Christians adapted it as their symbol to wear around their necks, but nothing in this performance should be interpreted as disrespectful to Christians.
satomiwa - The Ichthys symbol for Christianity seemed to have a strong resurgence for a while there, but it doesn't seem to be as prevalent these days.
@@satomiwa Because it's a symbol on how Christ died for our sins and that's how we remember what Jesus did for us and resurrect to prove that He is our God who saved us it called grace (it's a gift from God for us). Sorry for being preachy. Hahahaha. I love BABYMETAL and I follow them a lot even to the point I follow Sakura Gakuin heck even learning Japanese because of them. The first time I saw this I was a bit iffy but when I knew that this was just a gimmick/lore I learned to deal it. So yeah. :D Kitsune up!
If you want to try something really different, something NOT Metal from BABYMETAL, try their official Music Video: "IINE", or their Live performance: "AVAMARIE. You might be pleasantly surprised.
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