So glad you reacted to this often overlooked gem. And going down Hell yeah! This elevator goes down 20.000 floors and the bottom floor is literally Hell! Babymetal never fails to deliver.
Great reaction. The Elevator Girl ... I understand that once upon a time someone you would find in nearly every high rise building, department stores, office blocks etc in Japan greeting visitors, taking them in the elevator to their destinations, announcing what could be found on each floor etc. From a video I once saw the stiff legged walk in the choreo was how Elevator Girls would pretty much march in and out of the elevator as they escorted their passengers in and out. There may still be a few Elevator Girls, but they are few and far between now. There is an English version as well - the English and the original Japanese lyrics are not the same - the English version is not a translation of the Japanese version. It was written by an American-Japanese song writer and it is about life's ups and down, spinning round, life being a "pain in the butt" and so on and it is all a bit "twee".
@@Grington300*20,000th level 😉 Man, this song woulda been perfect when I lived in a Chicago high rise. Needed 2 “hella-vators”. One was 1st, 4th (garage) and 45th (start of residential). Second to go up to 62nd (up to 95th). The descent for the 1st elevator was fast AF and pops my ear everytime. “going da-da-da-down, going to hell yeah!!” 😂
The studio version of Elevator Girl was well down on my list of favourite BM songs and one of the few that I would skip over. This live performance was so much fun though, I loved it. Will join your Patreon to watch the MM shows and I’ve just decided to order the Blue Ray. BM has the uncanny ability to make any of their songs awesome in concert. I had a similar experience with BxMxC. Not my favourite song but when I saw it performed in concert thought it was one of the highlights of the show. They are just amazing.
One of the songs and courography i did not enjoy first time which is unusual for me with BabyMetal but after a few watches grew to love the song and courography the expressions during courography and the part where Moa and MoMo march past Su and she smiles 😁 🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼❤❤❤ 🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼
Elevator Girl follows Future Metal and Da Da Dance at the start of Metal Galaxy - three tracks that were a massive departure from the end of Metal Resistance and signalling that the new album was going to be going in New directions.
Well damn! Call me a "Kitsune" now! Inari got something right!! Initially I thought of this group as a gimmick, as a joke....BUT then...I was there when they debuted THIS song, 2017, in Austin, Texas, right after the storms (Hurricane Harvey). They give people HOPE!! During the Darkest of Times, Look to God and Let our Little Fox Angels Dance with you on the Way Home! Whole crowd went nuts, absolute BANANAS, all shit thrown against the wall. It was a ballistic parade of Madness. I have fallen in love with them ever since. I saw them again in Nashville, Tennessee and they blew the roof off!!!
That's a valid question, John, where do songwriters come up with the lyrics. I think partially the song uses the Elevator as a vehicle to go up and down, to access different levels. As Grington says below, this is used in the traditional sense of gaining access to the various levels of a department store and the Elevator Girl would be the operator of the elevator who calls out the floors highlighting what goods are on that floor, for example, underwear, apparel and shoes. Babymetal here extend that concept to take us 20,000 floors below the ground and call out that the floor in Hell is full of needles and fire. I think this would too much of a coincidence to not be referring to the Taoist and Buddhist concepts of Purgatory. Places devotees go after death to atone for their sins in the life they just lived, prior to reincarnation. The Chinese refer to this in Taoism as Dyu, subterranean caverns that have various levels of purgatory. Buddhists call this concept Naraka and there are various levels of purgatory as well. Depending on the faith you subscribe to Dyu's and Naraka's have different numbers of levels/caverns/floors. I am going to go out on a limb and say that Babymetal are referring to the Buddhist Naraka's as there are, I believe, 18 Naraka; nine hot and nine cold. Please correct me if I am wrong, but I think that Hell's Mountain of Needles resides in the third Hot Naraka, which would give rise to the floor of Hell they visit being full of needles and fire (fire is hot after all). I could be way off, of course, but it just seems to fit for me. Keep the great reactions coming John.
The funnest and most cheerful song about going to hell you're gonna find😂😂😂 GOING TO HELL YEAH! 😁😁😁😁🤘🦊🤘
So glad you reacted to this often overlooked gem. And going down Hell yeah! This elevator goes down 20.000 floors and the bottom floor is literally Hell! Babymetal never fails to deliver.
Great reaction. The Elevator Girl ... I understand that once upon a time someone you would find in nearly every high rise building, department stores, office blocks etc in Japan greeting visitors, taking them in the elevator to their destinations, announcing what could be found on each floor etc.
From a video I once saw the stiff legged walk in the choreo was how Elevator Girls would pretty much march in and out of the elevator as they escorted their passengers in and out.
There may still be a few Elevator Girls, but they are few and far between now.
There is an English version as well - the English and the original Japanese lyrics are not the same - the English version is not a translation of the Japanese version. It was written by an American-Japanese song writer and it is about life's ups and down, spinning round, life being a "pain in the butt" and so on and it is all a bit "twee".
They have them at Tokyo Tower.
Uniforms and all. My first thought when I saw one was "Hell Yeah!".
@@rickwagner- 🙂just as long as they didn't take you down 2000 levels!😨
@@Grington300*20,000th level 😉
Man, this song woulda been perfect when I lived in a Chicago high rise. Needed 2 “hella-vators”.
One was 1st, 4th (garage) and 45th (start of residential). Second to go up to 62nd (up to 95th).
The descent for the 1st elevator was fast AF and pops my ear everytime. “going da-da-da-down, going to hell yeah!!” 😂
@Ganimal83 anything I can not jump out of window in case of a fire is not for me 😮
They use to have them in House of Frazer ( Binns ) where I live sadly closed now 😔 🤘🏼🦊
👍👍Great performance. Don't take the elevator down to the last floor🔥🔥. 🦊 🖖❤
Nice one John! Just watched your patreon 21 night. This song has grown on me over time. Love the instrumentation on it, and a fun jam for sure!!
🤘🦊
One of the most underrated Babymetal songs!
I was there when they debuted this song in 2017! Crowd went ballistic!!
I love this song! 🔥❤️
The studio version of Elevator Girl was well down on my list of favourite BM songs and one of the few that I would skip over. This live performance was so much fun though, I loved it. Will join your Patreon to watch the MM shows and I’ve just decided to order the Blue Ray. BM has the uncanny ability to make any of their songs awesome in concert. I had a similar experience with BxMxC. Not my favourite song but when I saw it performed in concert thought it was one of the highlights of the show. They are just amazing.
One of the songs and courography i did not enjoy first time which is unusual for me with BabyMetal but after a few watches grew to love the song and courography the expressions during courography and the part where Moa and MoMo march past Su and she smiles 😁
🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼❤❤❤
🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼
Nice! The hell song.🦊🤘🛗
Knotfest at South America as well BM live shows are around the corner and i can't wait for it.🥳
Elevator Girl follows Future Metal and Da Da Dance at the start of Metal Galaxy - three tracks that were a massive departure from the end of Metal Resistance and signalling that the new album was going to be going in New directions.
Well damn! Call me a "Kitsune" now! Inari got something right!!
Initially I thought of this group as a gimmick, as a joke....BUT then...I was there when they debuted THIS song, 2017, in Austin, Texas, right after the storms (Hurricane Harvey).
They give people HOPE!! During the Darkest of Times, Look to God and Let our Little Fox Angels Dance with you on the Way Home!
Whole crowd went nuts, absolute BANANAS, all shit thrown against the wall. It was a ballistic parade of Madness. I have fallen in love with them ever since. I saw them again in Nashville, Tennessee and they blew the roof off!!!
Nice reaction!
Great reactions! I'm a babymetal addict so my opinion is not helpful, but I also super love this song!🦊🩷
That's a valid question, John, where do songwriters come up with the lyrics. I think partially the song uses the Elevator as a vehicle to go up and down, to access different levels. As Grington says below, this is used in the traditional sense of gaining access to the various levels of a department store and the Elevator Girl would be the operator of the elevator who calls out the floors highlighting what goods are on that floor, for example, underwear, apparel and shoes. Babymetal here extend that concept to take us 20,000 floors below the ground and call out that the floor in Hell is full of needles and fire. I think this would too much of a coincidence to not be referring to the Taoist and Buddhist concepts of Purgatory. Places devotees go after death to atone for their sins in the life they just lived, prior to reincarnation.
The Chinese refer to this in Taoism as Dyu, subterranean caverns that have various levels of purgatory. Buddhists call this concept Naraka and there are various levels of purgatory as well. Depending on the faith you subscribe to Dyu's and Naraka's have different numbers of levels/caverns/floors. I am going to go out on a limb and say that Babymetal are referring to the Buddhist Naraka's as there are, I believe, 18 Naraka; nine hot and nine cold. Please correct me if I am wrong, but I think that Hell's Mountain of Needles resides in the third Hot Naraka, which would give rise to the floor of Hell they visit being full of needles and fire (fire is hot after all). I could be way off, of course, but it just seems to fit for me.
Keep the great reactions coming John.
Elevator Girl takes you to Heaven for Hell. We are all going down.
I love this song so damn much, it's so unique and fun ❤❤
Going up going down hell yeah..
Like your retitling of the song... HELLEVATOR GIRL has a nice ringu* to it
*intentional, not a typo.
They have an English version of this and I swear the lyrics are way different 😂
'Hell Yeah!', a witty song, right?😀