BAND-MAID - I'll - Ryan Mear Reacts
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- This band is just in their own world. They bring in a chorus melody that could sit comfortably on any pop radio station, but it is surrounded by such creative musicianship that gaurantees it will never be played on American radio. They will do just fine without that😎
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Saiki's carried notes in this song is pure ethereal bliss. I love when she does that the most. Even Miku coming in with the harmonies was ear candy! I agree that this song feels the most straight forward rock while still being absolutely wild is a nice feel change to all this crazy songs we have been getting. I think that's why I love it so much and quickly become at the very least a top 5 listen for me.
Love this song... I'm really enjoying the EP, each song is unique and special. Thanks for the reaction.
During the chorus, Saiki's voice sounds like it is floating on air. Then Miku's vocalization comes in underneath it like a cloud holding Saiki's part up gently.
This band knows how to use Saiki and Miku's vocals in the best way.
@@lurkmerchant this is one of their best weapons; no other band has two voices that dance with each other in the way these two do.
I hope i'm rich enough that i can sponsor them to make the music they want without thinking about the profit and loss in their sales which is very likely to influence them to hold back all ideas and how they express their music just because of the sales are not on target 😊
Nobody is perfect, they can't please everyone. Imho, they are perfect as if all their music was created for me and I really love their music, every fckng damn song 🔥
In comparison, there are some who think "UW" is too progressive, there are some who think "conqueror" is too poppy, too mellow, too slow and mainstream, and now there's also a debate over the EP? 🤔
Do you remember when akane asked for a song to sing while she was doing karaoke and they finally released the single "start over"??? Yeah, the world suddenly burst into flames 🤣
I'm not sure why so many people comparing an EP to FULL ALBUM, it's entirely on an different level. You know it's so fkng awesome for an EP from a "relatively unknown band" like band-maid still up on the world chart. 👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
#bandmaid #takeovertheworld #worlddomination #conquerortheworld
Hey, Jim! Yes they are making waves in their wake
I love Akane ! She’s going ham on drums. She’s more aggressive on her fills with epic wild drum rolls, which she didn’t often do before. “I’ll” is hard and heavy, kicks ass. Kanami’s is using a different effect that sounds cool. The maids are taking no prisoners ! I’ve liked everything I’ve heard on this “Unleash” EP.
Thanks for your reaction to I'll. The Unleash EP is epic, no less. I would be worried if Band-Maid did not evolve from album to album. A band that is getting better all the time will evolve musically. It's quite normal to do more intricate stuff when your skill level allows you to, in my world at least. Band-Maid is better than ever, there is no doubt about that. And if they end up as a progressive jazz band in the future I will be fine with that too, they will call their style for heavyhardrockfusionjazz or short, Band-Maid.
I have listened to this ep over and over again daily trying to digest how good it is . To me Band Maid is simply looking forward with style . Relentless desire to get better at there craft while keeping it pleasing sonically .
Very pumped for the Dallas show . FYI older guy here and not living in the past .
Ryan you always keep it real .
👍👍👍👍👍👍
Did i ever tell you i like you Reese? Great comment.😁👍
@@GaryHolloway-810 Did I ever tell I would buy you a brew once I get across the pond . The closet i was to U.K. was Gibraltar .
You're wit and sometimes self deprecating humor needs its own time slot .
You are ok Gary 👍
@@reesereese2524 Arigato Reese.😁
It's astonishing how Band-Maid keeps getting better and better. Every time I think they've released a song that's the peak and then they outdo themselves, it's insane
Great reaction! "I'll" easily entered my top10.
ps: As a Japanese person, "Schwarzenegger" is much harder to pronounce than "I'll be back." :p
LOL
@@chrisbergsten1429 Ikr :p
This is one of those songs that I've been saving and I finally listened to it for the first time today.
It made me crack up laughing.When I first heard "I'll", the beginning was weird and I thought I might have found the purple unicorn that is a bad Band Maid song.
Then of course it turns out to be a fantastic song and I had to laugh at the foolishness of my thoughts that I had found my unicorn
It's ROCK! I love this song!!
I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY LIKE this.
True musicians loving music and pursuing the stream of their genuine creativity. They just cannot compromise to the point of bridling their talent to the sole purpose of living off of it. The narrow minded crowd of music consumers will never get it.
Miku and Saiki did a short promotion for this cd. Saiki said that they wanted to do try something different. I’m glad they have that ability and talent to expand their music. Just look how they have progressed since “Thrill”. There are a lot of bands that never change and you know what each cd will sound like. You have to respect Band Maid for taking that step to show us their diversity and range.
Some time I'm going to listen to Maid In Japan, then Unleash, just to feel the massive contrast.
Akane relentless. In terms of people griping about this EP, I'm in agreement with Kanami's guitar tone not being my favorite. But the music itself? It's fire.
The people who bitch the most are probably the older fans who want that old school rock sound of the first several albums. Old people generally dislike change (I should know, I'm old).
I protest. I'm old, too, and I like change. 😁I call the work of the Maids more of an evolution.
Tbh the "Unleash" EP wasn't the instant OMG album i wanted it to be (I still yearn for Mincho to take her foot off the octave harmoniser pedal). But after countless repeated listens i've come to recognise it now for the genius work of art it is.😁👌
Good points, Gary. btw - did you get my YT comment info on logging into Futoura a few days ago?
@@TomClark-Futoura I'm not sure, Tom.🤔 send me an email again with a log-in address & i'll check it out.😁
Totally agree Gary. Same thoughts here. The Maid's music is so dense, layered and nuanced that it takes longer to digest than a 10 course royal meal. It's a perfectly crafted art that affects you with different levels each time. I may be unpopular saying this here even amongst Maidiacs but my favourite album of theirs is still 'Just Bring It' (for some personal reasons too). But cherish every single piece of art they release for it's incredible quality. They are definitely the most repeatedly listenable band I ever known!
Meh
@@GaryHolloway-810 Here's what I sent you 5 days ago on FilAM's reactor YT channel comment:
1) Just click on my Avatar.
2) At Futoura YT channel, click the button at upper right, "Next Generation Entertainment."
3) Click on "Login" menu option, and follow the directions to login under "Public" access.
4) Once logged in, select [Main Area] menu option at upper right.
Note: Please confirm. Use the "Contact" (or "Ticket") menu option to contact me directly. No secret service will be knocking at your door, hopefully. ;-)
Onya Ryan👍👍 Part of my love for this band is that they have the courage to challenge fans and listeners when they could just "safely" cookie cut their popular tunes like many other bands do, oh let's say like - and I like these bands - Purple, Cru, Quo, Acca Dacca etc fcken cetra, I get it in that I struggle initially sometimes with the newer material but bam it always hooks me in the end, cool if it doesn't appeal cause in the long run this is the Maids deciding on their direction and damn the torpedoes, how many bands have the spine to do that, Frank Zappa is smiling. Okay it's Saturday beer o'clock and I have a date with the ladies, woo hoo, viva the Maids peace and love Po 👍🎼🥁🎤🎸🍻
They're so genius right Band Maid forever they never stop surprising me🤘🤘😱😍
My favourite from this album.
The chorus and harmonies in this song are really good, and MIKU's voice is so captivating that it's hard not to notice. NONONO! NONONO!
It seems like Band-Maid is going out of its way to maintain a decent balance between classic sound and new directions. _I'll_ has a lot going on, but relative to the progress songs on UW and other songs on the EP, it's very accessible. Catchy af, but complex; and that bridge -> Kanami solo is the most sublime thing ever.
That cymbal work by Akane in the second verse.... just noticed it. Wow.
I absolutely love this song. It is a such a great pure rock song. I happen to think this album is genius. I do like it better than UW. That's just my opinion. I agree that a ballad thrown in would make this album perfection if it isn't already.
Hey Ryan. Yours was quite similar to my reaction 👍. I love the song. Omfg the bassplayer. MISA i love you. At first listening through UNLEASH this was my favorite. We'll see or hear what a second, third , fourth____ infinite listens will do with my mind. 🤯🤘
This is my favorite song from the EP. Kanami is going on a Black Hole style journey. A psycho-crazed guitar part that lasts the entire song and never stops. I think she just needs to get it out of her system, which I'm fine with. "I'll" enjoy the ride and look forward to the next set! Great song though! Can't wait to see them in person!
My fav song on the album
I freaking LOVE it! ❤🤘🏻🔥
100% agree with the, WTF is wrong with peeps?
Ryan I'm sure you have read the Barks interview, I finally got to read it thanks to t-shinji translation, Saiki mentioned wanting to do " twin vocals w/Miku" here we have it, Kanami said she USED to listen to a lot of rock 🎸 and make notes, however she doesn't anymore realizing there would be comments that the sound could be compared to other peeps, we never have to respond to that again, as "I'll" perfectly illustrates,brother we are on the road to the Band-Maid sound Kanami has searched for,3rd thing from the interview they want reactions to their music from everyone(including you!) Why they have entire EP posted to multiple sites,I'm really excited about the Band-Maid sound coming from them right now.
Spot on reaction!!! I love the fact that Kanami rips a guitar lick in the beginning of the song and then never repeats it… they could have made a song just around the one lick. Amazing!! Your right there are so many links to the older tracks and new one in this song
Even on the past albums there were odd songs here and there I didn't quite love, and this mini album is no different.
Band-Maid is still doing Band-Maid thing and I hear it in their sound.
I have to admit that there's one song I keep skipping. But it's just one out of 8 tracks and will still buy the CD. 5 loves, 2 likes and 1 meh...isn't bad at all.
If any other bands releases an album I'd be skipping half their songs.
The only ones I skip are the ones that have been out the longest so I can get to new ones. I've already just started listening to everything in shuffle now. These songs fit right in with everything else
@@RyanMear Once I get the CD and start playing it in my hubby's car, he'll definitely be listening to every tracks. So it might grow on me. Actually most B-M tracks that I'd never thought would (grow on me) did. Wait and see.
Love this song. This whole EP is so good. Love it 🤘🏻
I've finally listened to Polyphia's ABC. Awesome playing as you would expect from them and the poppy vocals was a nice touch. People in that comments section seems to be new to the technical playing alongside pop vocals, but we know Japan have been doing awesome with that style for a long time now.
I'll is probably my favorite from this EP because of Miku's vocals. It's hyping and building up the layer and then resolves when Saiki sings the chorus. Poppy enough to hum to. Heavy enough as if Kanami is ready to go fight, and she's bringing along the whole gang.
This song is absolutely fantastic. Love everything about it, Akane's drums, the guitars, bass and the wonderful vocals. That solo is one of my favorite solos ever.
Best song on the album. They definitely need to release a video for this one.
Super awesome song, RockN'Roll the Band Maid way👍
I absolutely LOVE "I'll"!!! And I love your reaction!
Definitely my favorite song from the new material (from now on a close second). Really hope to hear this one live!
Agree, the new EP is like the 3rd cd of The UW limited edition 2 CD collection. All 3 progress upward from each other.
Great song.. love the beat and your I’ll… humor lol
In the original Spider-man movie, Green Goblin told Spidey on the rooftop that people love a hero, but love watching them fail, or die trying more. Feels like a lot of people subscribe to that train of thought. Personally I'd rather think like Spider-man and enjoy the wild ride Band-Maid has put us on with their amazing music, as they succeed in writing track after track that you can listen to SO many times.
Wasn't expecting a Spiderman reference, but I'm totally cool with that!
I'll IMHO is a mix of old school bandmaid and the newer stuff and I love the chorus.
Kanami has taken them full progressive... next, I expect their next album to have a touch of Tool to it.
I can think of a dozen North American bands that would crap if they had to follow Band Maid on to the stage
Very well put
This has been the repeat track for me personally. Can't get enough of it
Best song on the album. A World Domination throwback.
My favorite. The melody is so good.
Haters are a sign that Band-Maid is doing it right.
Hey Ryan, I hate to distract from Band Maid, it is blasphemy, but Trident just came out with a new video, "Cry Out" just last week and I thought you might like it. On another note, Lisa X just released a new video covering Polyphia's "ABC" with Kotono singing and Hazuki playing guitar Lisa X and Hazuki actually sing a little too. In any case, I hope you are having a great night.
Yeah the new Trident song is great. Junna parting ways was the best thing that could've happened for both parties. Trident have found their own identity now. BAND-MAID always 1st ❤.🙂
@@GaryHolloway-810 It is great, Asaka really exercised her vocal skills and her guitar skills in it. I also agree with you about Junna leaving, Nagisa seems to be a much better fit for the band. Of course, Band Maid is still my favorite, and nobody else is even close.
I have watched and recorded a reaction to ABC with LiSA and Hazuki!
@@RyanMear Thanks, Ryan. I'll look for it. It kind of surprised me yesterday, especially after Rinna's message.
@@GaryHolloway-810 Why are you still awake, or are you just awake really early? I'm going to start a new project tomorrow; I think I fixed my router table, so my router won't keep falling out of it and that should help. I have a couple of ideas for my stained-glass works too.
AL☆Takaです。
A song you definitely want to have on your set list at Band Maid's American shows. The song you want to hear.
Please make a video of 15 songs and upload it.
Please also give me your reaction to the Narumi-chan CD that I sent to you.
I know! Al*Taka, I had attempted to record that and had trouble with my computer then, I admit, I got very busy and it was lost in the shuffle. It will happen this weekend!
This is my favorite on this EP
Nice
It's BAND-MAID doing BAND-MAID things. If someone didn't like that song, I wonder what they liked about any of their songs. 🤔
Just love those ghost notes in Akane's drumming. That's all! Nearly all radio stations don't like anything in the slightest way complicated= no interesting music.
Love this song
It is so different for people to get so many different vibes from one band, it's just hard for some people to take! Band-Maid always surprise us and, for me anyway, never disappoint! No complaints here! Another great song from the goddesses of rock!
Misa had it turned up to 11🤟
This band keeps powering up. So good!
Great reaction! I effin' LOVE this EP and I REALLY LIKE "I'll".
This song is a great hard driving song. Definitely one you can listen to and blast up and down the mountains, here.
I fully agree with your rant Ryan! And time will confirm you're right.
why no reactions to Engelbert Humperdinck?!
Because no one requested it, ever LOL
This is the sleeper hit from this EP, love it!
I'll never understand the HATE? of their current approach which has great balance, and I imagine this band can sense any would-be influencer from a mile away and ignore bad advice. Band-Maid will continue to unleash(!!!!!) great new songs from now on and leave the nay-sayers in shambles; they will never go easy and continue to shine as the brightest star in the current rock and roll universe. (Sadly, I can't think of a good way to insert Corallium into a sentence other than to say it's easily a top 5 B-M song for me just like this one is).
LOL nice!
Music is a journey and what makes all good journeys enjoyable is the different scenery you view along the way. Some songs require more than one listen. It could be because of the complexity, or maybe it is something about ourselves (i.e. our experiences). Whatever the situation, an open mind, and sometimes more than one listening may change our point of view of something we might not have liked at first now becomes our favorite. Sorry for being wordy. Ryan thanks again for your thoughts.
Brilliant groove to this song, can't help but move along to it.
Say!
Band Maid are selling out, they're playing simple, more conventional rock songs now. ALL of their new stuff is WAY below their talent level. THEY'RE SELLING OUT!
I'm being sarcastic, just in case it's not obvious :)
The girls put their metal hat on for this one.
Dare I hope they'll play this live for us? 🤞
I really like this song a lot and prefer it to the chaotic stuff....plus, I love it when Saiki sings in this register as it sounds like her speaking voice which is kinda addictive....Kanami's guitar sound is more 'normal' here as well....not sure what she is using on some of the other songs that makes her guitar sound like a calliope, but in my opinion it miniaturizes her tone
A mass of sense.❤❤❤👍
This is heavy hard rock !!!
MISA MISA MISA!!!!!
This should be the opening song or the last song during their concerts! I think it's their hardest rocking song period! Absolute 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥. Band-Maid, please make a LMV or Official music video of this song.
Actually, you nailed it. Peoples preconceptions totally affect their biases. This whole album is great!
I like it like that!
Is there a band-maid song you dislike?
.....Cross
But Ryan, you know they have composed a number songs perfect for USA radio like Choose Me and Daydreaming, etc. But it's just the damn language thing that keeps them out of the biased, cliquish USA music industry and media, I think. I've researched and written much about Band-Maid's Barrier of Entrance to mainstream audiences and media. It's frustration to say the least! btw I also think Kanami was inspired by her time with Slipknot's Duality in the opening and main riff of "I'll."
This EP is a box of chocolates. How is one supposed to be chosen over the others? BTW: don't pay too much attention to the opinions about the "drift" of the band. In most cases they are criticizing and defending the same thing in successive comments. If there is any music that you have to let rest in your brain before giving an opinion, it is this one. Haste is a bad adviser.
Ryan mate!
We are in October! And the weather is so fine for once!
You are so right in your reaction and comments!
You must be ready to accept and enjoy their new music. Some infantile fans should show some more respect to creation!
All Unleash songs are probably going to feature in their concerts in the US! And it is certainly a good idea to attend or watch as many of them!
Just let me tell in all humility that I completely agree with you!
Best regards,
Robert-Gilles
I'll is such meaty goodness... I just listened to it for dinner
One of my new absolute favorites from them. I was hoping that they would do a song like this, very 90's rock.
A friend asked if I wanted to see Smashing Pumpkins and Jane's Addiction. I saw both back in their respective heydays, and since I am seeing B-M in two weeks in Seattle, I had to pass. One of the many things that I love about the Japanese
rock scene is that there is none of the ego-driven b.s. that has for decades permeated the American scene. And SP and JA are prime examples of that. Thanks, Ryan, have enjoyed your B-M reactions from the very beginning. Best band on the planet.
Haha the ep is nothing new to me.. just a mix of everything they have already done with the usual kanami evolutions. Some is instant eat work others grow on you with more listens
I like your instant eat comment. Bandmaid is like a meal that always leaves me hungry for more.
@@bartyslattfast haha was a typo ment to be ear worm.. but that works also :P
@@nogarddragonkin lol, I took as you could eat them right away and others were aquired taste, lol.
lol I mean it's kinda silly to complain about people's preferences over the EP on the only (non-instrumental) song that is clearly _not_ like the others on the album. I just wish there was more of this instead of five variations of anime metal in the vein of Sense and also Sense itself. I just miss the diversity. Where is the pop-rock song? Where's the ballad? Where's the punk rock song? WHERE'S MIKU?????? I appreciate you acknowledge the point at the end there about a certain lack of diversity on the EP even down to harmonizers on the solo.
I think you need to listen just a bit closer. Miku is ALL over this vocally! There's bits of everything you mentioned in there... No ballad of course, but it's only 8 tracks and none of them sound alike, structure-wise. Tonally, yes, but so does UW and WD.
You nailed it, Ryan. _(Essay about hipster poseurs contradicting themselves in attempts to feel superior that only make them look ridiculous)_ deleted.
LOL
Yes! So glad you mentioned the change during the chorus and the backup vocals. That change is one of the most beautiful things they've done, IMO, and Miku is taking "backup vocals" to a new level all over this EP. I think this song would be perfect to introduce people to Band-Maid.
I don't think I have anything to write about here...
The impression of this EP, UNLEASH,
I got the impression that they were overweight but had great playing technique, and that they shook their bodies violently but didn't move at all.
With the exception of the animated theme song for a TV show with a lot of outside interference, in UNLEASH Kanami experimented and I think it didn't turn out very well. Perhaps, during the past two and a half years when she was away from LIVE, I think she studied a lot of J-ROCK hit songs. She (BAND-MAID) is a repulsion against being called old style and fans are all old men (actual sounds and situations are differentg), and above all, she wants a hit in Japan. Therefore, in UNLEASH, (although there was a tendency from UNSEEN.W), it seems that the previous sound has changed greatly.
Kanami's unexpected melody, which took in and sublimated the previous traditional rock riffs and phrases, is retreating, and transforming into a sound that pushes with "constant sound pressure" and "constant tempo". Yes, I think. By doing so, I imagine that Kanami's intention was to give the song a "modern sense of speed" and wrap it in a "modern excess of information".
However, as a result, the concept brought BAND-MAID's sound closer to the local J-ROCK sound.
I don't really like the fat sound because I can't feel the tightness.
Also, if you're listening only on HEDPHONE, you might not notice it, but the mixes after UNSEEN.W are lined up side by side with each play that has no depth at all. It's a "everyone together" mix, with the vocals just a little bit in the front, and the guitar band's live feeling (which is necessary even on the studio record) doesn't feel at all. By putting Kanami and Miku's guitars side by side, the impression is flat, and sometimes it sounds like lead vocals and backing band, to me.
Anyway, UNLEASH sounded like half-baked J-ROCK to me. (Well, BAND-MAID are of course J-ROCK, but what I appreciated about them was that they didn't feel the locality of J-ROCK, and they strongly felt the foundation of universal rock music. because of that)
Because geniuses hate self-imitation to the extreme, they sometimes go astray.
I'm looking forward to the next album after the girls have had many lives.
I'm sorry for my poor English.
I thought you didn't have anything to write here...
What I loved about them was they were different from what you call "universal rock sound" as well as "typical J-rock sound".
The band definitely needed to grow fanbase in Japan, so they threw in a couple of J-rock type songs on both UW and Unleash to attract Japanese audience and it's obviously working. Good on them.
Their style isn't the same as what it used to be, but the sound is definitely Band-Maid.
The way they play with groove, choose wacky notes and mould different genres into one always bring me smiles.
I really don't mind odd J-rock type song here and there. They still sound different.
Your English was fine, but I don't know how you came to those conclusions
@@RyanMear Ryan, I think you are more musically open-minded, which I always appreciate about you.
Of course everyone has their likes and dislikes and I'm no exception, but I don't really understand what's wrong about J-rock.
Besides Band-Maid only add element of it like they always do. With this new EP, while not everything is my cup of tea yet, what they are experimenting here get me excited.
They also needed to make songs that's appealing to Japanese audience without compromising too much. I don't think it's a bad thing either.
I feel terrible that I dislike almost everything since Different, because I really love the girls and have supported them for years.
But I can’t pretend to like something I don’t.
I miss when they were happy and joking around on stage together.
Now everything is stupid fast and difficult and they look at their hands like old metal guys.
And Mincho’s obsession with the octave harmonizer is just bizarre.
This is the only song on the Ep I can stand.
The EP is another expression of frustration. After tour I think we will see a "softer/slower side but a return to JBI a d WD is unlikely. They enjoy what they are doing and still joke around; watch No God live, they are laughing and mugging around. Enjoy the stuff you like and be happy they made it.
I'm glad they are trying to be the best musicians they can be without worrying about being a comedy show while playing. It's not like they don't goof around still. There is plenty of recent video to show they are having a blast! I guess if you don't want to see it, you won't.
@@RyanMear I think they are honest and would tell us if they were not happy. I pretty much enjoy everything they do depending on my mood at the time; feeling down listen to SML or Take me higher and I'm in a better mood. Driving? The list is too damn long lol. Sitting at home and using my stereo, Zepp Tokyo and all the new stuff. Right now, Influencer about ten times a day...surrender.loooooove.
I've seen no evidence that the maids aren't still enjoying what they're doing. You seem to be unhappy one. Don't project it onto them. There's still a ton of music of theirs from 2014-2019 for you to enjoy.
I'll and I still seek Revenge are so greasy, so in the dirt LOVE IT!!!!!!!
Band-Maid have been, are, and will continue to be awesome for the foreseeable future. Some folks are going to love some of the evolution more than others. Basic stuff. Let the Maids follow their hearts. Get over yourselves and get on board. See you in Seattle!