LOVEBITES - Swan Song Reaction!

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  • Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
  • #lovebites #swansong #japan

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  • @mythsteps1
    @mythsteps1 Місяць тому +31

    This clip from 2020 has the Chopin intro, which ties together the end of the song, ua-cam.com/video/WBhtqgiXEA4/v-deo.htmlsi=mBwlEImutCQN-hbK

  • @Greg-om2hb
    @Greg-om2hb Місяць тому +31

    I was expecting the earlier version with the CHOPIN INTRO.

    • @ESPirits87
      @ESPirits87 Місяць тому +8

      Yeah sadly the sound on this version is not as clear, the audio levels are off.

    • @gerardcote8391
      @gerardcote8391 Місяць тому +4

      The five of a kind with Chopin into has way better sound quality, and more piano.

  • @GrayFox14
    @GrayFox14 Місяць тому +21

    As a professional, you should definitely check out how LOVEBITES perform Frederic Chopin's 'Etude' & 'Swan Song'. This is the 2020 LOVEBITES concert. It is not necessary to make a reaction for YT. Take 10 minutes to watch the 2020 version. I think you will find this interesting.
    LOVEBITES - 'Swan Song' + Chopin Intro ('Five of a Kind', 21.02.2020)

  • @boyzyu
    @boyzyu Місяць тому +24

    Welcome back to Lovebites ! There's another LIVE version of this neoclassical metal masterpiece with a Chopin piano intro which you can check out : ua-cam.com/video/dcMVtrvpJpk/v-deo.html

    • @dregeye
      @dregeye Місяць тому +5

      This "Swan Song" with Chopin link is in full 1080p with correct [cc] lyrics: ua-cam.com/video/WBhtqgiXEA4/v-deo.html

    • @evilvolts
      @evilvolts Місяць тому +2

      @@dregeye Best Version IMHO ]:)

  • @BulletProofSoul1029
    @BulletProofSoul1029 Місяць тому +8

    Its so true about the countless hours, months even, of practice these ladies hace dedicated to their crafts. Whats even more impressive is Miyako and Midori did not start playing guitar until they where 18. Then add it the countless rehearsals hours needed to play so tightas a group live. Theres a video of Lovebites doing about a 45 minute sound check for a show in Singapore back in 2020, and you really get an idea of how in sync they are because its shot off one camera without sound through a mixing board, and they sound flawless warming up to a few songs. They are definitely my favorite group of musicians playing right now.

  • @kevinbowland4686
    @kevinbowland4686 Місяць тому +13

    They are all so immensely talented. Miyako is just a musical genius. She is captivating to watch. So effortless. I would watch her make a cup of coffee at this point.

  • @metalmark1214
    @metalmark1214 Місяць тому +14

    Great song, but even better is the 2020 concert with the Chopin intro, besides having a much better mix at the end with Miyako on the piano for the closing of the song.

  • @SLASH-OYAJI
    @SLASH-OYAJI Місяць тому +5

    I feel that the performance of LOVEBITES has increased the feeling of groove even more due to the newly joined bass guitar (Fami). Because they were improving their techniques during the hiatus period.😎🇯🇵

  • @outwest1014
    @outwest1014 Місяць тому +10

    When Miho met Asami, Vocals, Asami knew nothing about metal. She was mainly a R and B, Soul singer. She is the primary lyricist. In her youth she trained as a Ballerina and lived in LA where she learned to speak, read and write in English.

  • @whirled_peace
    @whirled_peace Місяць тому +9

    LOVEBITES - Swan Song lyrics:
    If this was the last day you could live on this earth
    Would you still go on, accusing someone for today
    It’s better to fail than not do anything at all
    It is not the length, but depth of life that counts
    Oh brave soldier
    Oh gallant warrior
    Valor to those who died in battle to Valhalla
    Believe what’s in your soul
    For death will come to all
    You shall rest peacefully in God’s Heaven
    Floating lotus
    You are so graceful
    Saintly and glorious
    Till the end of time
    Floating lotus
    You are so beautiful
    Sing me your sweet song
    The legend of the swan
    If you’ve never hoped, you’ve never been through despair
    Ignorance is bliss, it’s easier to never care
    You might think it’s meaningless to sacrifice a life
    Sometimes the life of one can save so many more
    Oh brave soldier
    Oh gallant warrior
    Valor to those who died in battle to Valhalla
    Believe what’s in your soul
    For death will come to all
    You shall rest peacefully in God’s Heaven
    Floating lotus
    You are so graceful
    Saintly and glorious
    Till the end of time
    Floating lotus
    You are so beautiful
    Sing me your sweet song
    The legend of the swan
    SOLO: miyako / both
    Floating lotus
    You are so graceful
    Saintly and glorious
    Till the end of time
    Floating lotus
    You are so beautiful
    Sing me your sweet song
    The legend of the swan
    SOLO: midori [guitar] / miyako [piano]
    -----
    lyrics: asami
    music: miyako
    arrangement: miyako & LOVEBITES (miho, haruna, midori, miyako, asami)
    album: Electric Pentagram 01/29/2020
    ------

  • @PaleHorseShabuShabu
    @PaleHorseShabuShabu Місяць тому +8

    Hey, good to see you again and thanks for returning to LOVEBITES. Without scrolling down, I already know that there's going to be people complaining that this isn't the 2020 "Five of a Kind" version. While that is the superior version, this more recent version is still pretty good. I feel like the mix on this show as a whole is off, but that doesn't detract from Asami belting away on the vocals and Haruna playing with her usual machine-like precision. Plus, the writing on this song will always shine through.

  • @ricdale7813
    @ricdale7813 Місяць тому +7

    The production and execution and that this is live is Truly Brilliant. This is what real Musicians and Artists strive to be. They are Text Book but the Advanced version.

  • @anthonypowell6234
    @anthonypowell6234 Місяць тому +4

    Excellent!! This is the best live version regarding Asami perfecting her delivery of this epic piece, both with her English pronunciation and the roll-off of notes in the chorus. Prior live versions will showcase the piano much better, both in terms of the Chopin intro and the mix.

  • @asicdathens
    @asicdathens Місяць тому +6

    Midori is a Kemper artist. She was brought to NAMM before Covid to perform in the Kemper stand. Video is available. Also my comments are there lamenting the indifference of the onlookers while she played. She wasn't demoing some accounting software but a device that can simulate any guitar pedal under the sun. Very easy to use, you have a software that you select what you want upload to a USB stick and apply it to your box. Also, the sound is cleaner because they are mixing it from the output of the Kemper and not from a microphone attached to the front of the amplifier's speaker

    • @PaleHorseShabuShabu
      @PaleHorseShabuShabu Місяць тому +2

      To add on to this comment as an FYI to other readers who may not be aware, Miyako was also at NAMM 2020 as a guest of Peavey.

    • @TheCyberMantis
      @TheCyberMantis Місяць тому +3

      Lovebites was a fairly new band at that time. And since they never played any shows in the USA, nobody at NAMM knew who they were. They still haven't played any shows in the USA, but this year they will be at ProgPower.

  • @CarlosJavierNogueiraMartinez
    @CarlosJavierNogueiraMartinez Місяць тому +1

    I am an old Spanish wolf, and honestly, I am in awe of these girls, I still remember that distant 1978, when I was waiting in front of the record store for the latest Rainbow or AC/DC album and now, after a thousand years later and with the transformation of heavy metal into something dark, pessimistic, sometimes unpleasant, I find myself with these wonderful women, incredible and beautiful artists, full of sympathy and positive energy, who transmit joy of life and hope, who have filled my heart with joy. I cant stop watching and enjoying them; I have forgotten the old bands with their old musicians who repeat their old songs over and over again; I just want to hear, see and feel these masters of heavy metal music. And special mention to the most beautiful and talented singer in the world, my beloved Asami, the goddess before whose feet I bow. It is a pleasure for me to greet you all.

  • @TheCyberMantis
    @TheCyberMantis Місяць тому +6

    You hit the nail on the head. The "talent" is the natural ability/patience to be able to PRACTICE.
    Most people do not have the patience or the time it takes to master an instrument. It's too frustrating,
    and it takes too long to be really good. The "time" is around 10 years, although some really "talented"
    prodigy virtuoso's can do it in less time. Those people who have the patience to practice 8 hours a day.
    I will never be good at any instrument, because I HATE practicing. Practicing SUCKS for me.
    I get frustrated in about 2 minutes and want to light the thing on fire. I like "playing" the guitar and making
    noise with it. But "practicing" is horrible. I like the "sound" a guitar makes. But spending 10 years learning
    music theory and practicing... forget it. 🤮

  • @CaffeineNightOwl
    @CaffeineNightOwl Місяць тому +9

    it´s good, but the version with the Chopin INTRO is even better ...

  • @Celion27200
    @Celion27200 Місяць тому +11

    sadly the piano is almost mute in this live. we only start to hear it when all instruments are off.

    • @Patrick_H.
      @Patrick_H. Місяць тому +2

      That is Miyako's fault. She specifically requested they make the piano quieter than Midori's guitar during her solo just before Mi-Ya switches to piano. I think she felt bad that She was so 'featured' in the song, and wanted Midori to get her share of attention too. (That is *_SO_* Miyako)

    • @metalmark1214
      @metalmark1214 Місяць тому +2

      ​@@Patrick_H.Unselfish of her but the 2020 version is so much better hearing Miyako's Chopin piano intro and her outro that I don't bother with this version after I heard it when it came out.

    • @ChadTheDragonLord
      @ChadTheDragonLord Місяць тому +2

      @@Patrick_H. Did you hear her say that somewhere? This is the first I heard of this. But it is probably true knowing Miyako.

  • @foggy4180
    @foggy4180 Місяць тому +1

    Many of them has asked you to react to Swan Song but they meant the one with the Chopin intro, in that one you'll see Miyako plays a Chopin intro on piano and then the end of this song with the piano outro makes much more sense, it fits so well together and needless to say that this one has a bad audiomix while the one with Chopin intro you can hear the piano loud and clear. Altough you like this one, the other one you'll like much more I'll guarantee you.

  • @ChadTheDragonLord
    @ChadTheDragonLord Місяць тому +4

    Awesome reaction my friend. I subscribed long ago because you do great reactions and know what you are talking about. As much as you loved this version the older version that isn't on their official channel is even better. The reason being the older version has a better mix so you can hear the piano more and Miyako does a glorious piano intro of a classical piece for it that fits so nicely. I am sure many wolfpack members will point this out to you. I hope they don't get mad at you because you didn't know, so it isn't your fault. They're just being silly hardcore fans.

  • @user-oo4ee4bw8i
    @user-oo4ee4bw8i Місяць тому

    great reaction!great song!love the bass note at 8.18.good to see you back with lovebites!tks from Toronto!!lovebites!!

  • @user-ob9fd8sg6h
    @user-ob9fd8sg6h Місяць тому +4

    LOVEBITES🔥🤘最高!ナイスリアクション👍ありがとう!

  • @fab1901
    @fab1901 Місяць тому +1

    Thank you for your reaction to LOVEBITES.😀
    Very nice analysis and feedback.👍👍👍👍👍
    Thank you for your continued support of LOVEBITES.🙏
    ❤️LOVEBITES❤️
    When you watch their live performance, you can see that they have spent a huge amount of time preparing.
    I can't help but love not only their talent, but also their dedication towards music and how humble they are towards their fans!
    There are many Japanese bands with a large gap between their appearance and their actual singing ability and skill.
    I enjoy watching many of the nuclear reactors on UA-cam with their mouths open in amazement.

  • @Patrick_H.
    @Patrick_H. Місяць тому +5

    Great Reaction, Brian. One thing you DON'T have to wait for. The 'Classic' version of *_Swan Song_* is the Live recording from Zepp Diver City, Tokyo in 2020. It is opened by Miyako (pianist here) playing a Chopin Etude - flawlessly (she trained classical piano from age 3). She also Composed this song (lyrics by Asami - vocalist). The sound mix in that concert is also *Legendary* . Now that you've reacted to This one, you can watch the earlier version without spoiling anything *:0)* - ua-cam.com/video/dcMVtrvpJpk/v-deo.html For something New - how about a Lovebites song with . . . 14 separate guitar solos? *_Scream for Me_* ua-cam.com/video/46z-13l2oNs/v-deo.html& (from a 2020 Livestream of their 1st Album for their fans during Covid)

    • @dregeye
      @dregeye Місяць тому +1

      Excellent suggestions, but here are two uploads in 1080p quality video,
      "Swan Song" with Chopin, LIVE 2020, with [cc] lyrics: ua-cam.com/video/WBhtqgiXEA4/v-deo.html
      "Scream For Me" studio-LIVE 2020: ua-cam.com/video/YShRV9LXUKw/v-deo.html
      🐺 dreg👁

  • @VRsMagic
    @VRsMagic Місяць тому

    🤟🏻🔥Lovebites🐺Masterclass🔥🤘🏻
    Gracias por la reacción a mi banda favorita 👍🏻

  • @hiawatha.g
    @hiawatha.g Місяць тому +1

    I think the one most people had in mind was the 2020 version with the Chopin Etude as the intro. Then you could rename your channel "Yes, but can you play the Piano?" Just kidding you, thanks for getting to this, but you really should see that other version, even if you don't do a reaction.

  • @donbrashsux
    @donbrashsux Місяць тому +1

    Oh the Outro is absulute magic .. love yr take on how much time n effort they have all put into getting to this level
    Just amazing Ladies 🙏

  • @MegaHogzilla
    @MegaHogzilla Місяць тому +2

    M&M are like salt and pepper, the perfect spice combo. So tasty! 👍

  • @swissystan
    @swissystan Місяць тому +5

    The earlier official live recording has a better mix in my opinion, better for vocal and piano especially.

  • @tonym480
    @tonym480 Місяць тому +1

    I'm not a musician, so not sure how relevant this will be, but to pick up on what you said about the two guitarists.
    The one with long black hair, Miyako, is as you say 'old school' in her set up, compared to that of her companion, Midori, the one with the Kemper. I have commented to friends how they have very different equipment choices, but are able to compliment each other perfectly. I think the two of them must spend many hours together in practice and arranging their parts in order to get this level of performance. I think the term 'different but equal' applies here. One of the things that strikes me about Lovebites as a band is that there doesn't seem to be any of the ego that has damaged many good bands in years gone by. These ladies seem to be genuinely good friends, off stage as well as on. Even Fami, the new bass player, looks to have become a part of the family ( that last sentence is a pun that was unintended when I wrote it LOL)

  • @evilvolts
    @evilvolts Місяць тому +1

    The sound is better when piano cuts in on the outtro and the chopin intro piani isn;t used on this version I would also suggest give the earlier version a listen too Swan Song with Chopin Intro. just a suggestion ]:). I usually skip past this version because I prefer the other it's way better imho.

  • @gerardcote8391
    @gerardcote8391 Місяць тому

    You got to check out Destrose Fennix. This band formed in 2005 and disbanded in 2015.
    It's former members went on to form many highly acclaimed bands.
    Original Bassist Miho and Drummer Haruna formef Lovebites.

  • @david_ii11
    @david_ii11 Місяць тому

    Miyako's guitar solo is based on Chopin's Revolutionary Etude, but hardly anyone notices that unless it's pointed out, so it's not necessary to hear the Chopin first.

  • @akirasaito4656
    @akirasaito4656 Місяць тому +3

    You must do it again with the right one.

  • @marks5451
    @marks5451 Місяць тому +1

    Personally I prefer the 2020 live version which favours the piano more and with the Chopin lead. 😊🤘🤘🤘

  • @zeplica2004
    @zeplica2004 Місяць тому +11

    the mix on the piano is poor

    • @13uomini
      @13uomini Місяць тому

      Not only with the piano but also in background there is some noise that disturb the melody and the clear of this song. Then the swan song is a development to the Chopin Revolutionary Etude and i don't know why this intro does not exist in this show.

  • @pinoypower69
    @pinoypower69 Місяць тому

    🐺LOVEBITES RULES🐺

  • @dregeye
    @dregeye Місяць тому +1

    Thanks for more LOVEBITES. I will affirm "Swan Song" suggested re-viewing: ua-cam.com/video/WBhtqgiXEA4/v-deo.html (reaction or not)
    Specifically, inclusion of Chopin intro, the clarity of all instruments including Midori's melodic-shred-accompaniment with choral segment & Miyako's piano while the band is still playing, & even the higher keys when she is doing the solo outro.
    I suggest 2 'prog' songs from 2021 in one upload: "Paranoia > Dystopia Symphony": ua-cam.com/video/yu0NwiC18y0/v-deo.html
    These have no Music Video or LIVE as of yet, but as impressive as any, even without 'visuals'. Includes [cc] lyrics.
    Here is a playlist of LIVE songs with drummer Haruna brought forward in the audio mix:
    ua-cam.com/play/PLDrelmq7IszKuEUqRuDCXMtVuvQC0u-Ye.html
    Two of the songs are "drum-cam" videos. You can hear all instruments in all videos.
    🐺 dreg👁

  • @gatograto
    @gatograto Місяць тому +1

    I'm so glad to have you back finally. If you want to try a serious piano work in the same show, try Lost In The Garden ua-cam.com/video/HfPGDVx3d14/v-deo.html. It's got a bonus. Asami the singer also plays piano behind Miyako the dark haired guitarist's epic guitar solo. It's so beautiful such an epic guitar solo over piano. BTW, this version of Swan Song has a problem in the post production. The mixing made sound somehow vague, you can hardly hear piano. Try this 2020 version ua-cam.com/video/6wSjZnbYPdw/v-deo.html. It's got brilliant Chopin Revolutionary Etude as the intro.

  • @sadaka201
    @sadaka201 Місяць тому +3

    It would have been better to bring the earlier version with the Chopin Intro.

  • @graciefolden2359
    @graciefolden2359 Місяць тому +6

    Why don't people send a link or stipulate the whole title of which version to watch....obviously this is the wrong one imo.😢 Where's CHOPIN?? Where's Chopin??

    • @ChadTheDragonLord
      @ChadTheDragonLord Місяць тому +2

      There is no wrong version, only a more popular version and a less popular version.

    • @anthonypowell6234
      @anthonypowell6234 Місяць тому +2

      Because....this is the best live vocal performance so far. There are reasons to see each one, including 2021 RFV show.

  • @stand.and.deliver.5
    @stand.and.deliver.5 Місяць тому

    THE THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE AND HATE World Tour 2024
    June 14 - New Cross Inn, London, UK (sold out)
    June 15 - Zik Zak, Ittre, BELGIUM (sold out)
    June 18 - Club Vaudeville, Lindau, GERMANY
    June 19 - Legend Club, Milan, ITALY (sold out)
    June 22 - Rock Imperium Festival, SPAIN
    June 25 - La Maroquinerie, Paris, FRANCE
    June 28 - Hellfest, FRANCE (on main stage, sold out)
    June 29 - Resurrection Fest, SPAIN
    July 4 - Roskilde Festival, DENMARK
    Sept 1 - Tokyo Garden Theater, Tokyo, JAPAN
    Sept 6 - ProgPower, Atlanta, USA (co-headliner, sold out)
    MORE TO COME

  • @bradchambers2354
    @bradchambers2354 Місяць тому +2

    not seeing you on here enough brian. I am glad you are doing so well seen a few off your other channel as well keep it up keep kicking ass Have you done soldier stands solitarily live yet??

  • @daveminers3404
    @daveminers3404 Місяць тому

    The audio of this show is inferior to other Lovebites shows. It would be worth your while to listen to the version from the 2020 Five of a Kind show that includes the Chopin intro. I wish people would state that when they request this song.

  • @ahodori-dl5hz
    @ahodori-dl5hz Місяць тому +1

    Some knowledge of history is required to understand the meaning of the lyrics of this song.
    In 1831, some officers and citizens rose up against the Polish government, which was under the de facto control of the Russian Empire, in what was known as the 'November Revolution', but failed due to the direct intervention of Russian troops. Chopin received this news during a performance tour. He never set foot on the soil of his homeland again. When the Russians invaded Warsaw, Chopin's representatives presented the Etude OP 10, No. 12 in Paris. Franz Liszt, a friend of Chopin, then named it the 'Revolutionary Etude'.
    Miyako composed Swan Song based on this 'Revolutionary Etude' and Dvorak's 'New World Symphony'.
    Asami (vocalist), a former ballerina, wrote the lyrics inspired by Norse mythology and the ballet suite "Swan Lake", based on the historical background of the "Revolutionary Etude".
    "SwanSong" is a requiem for the warriors who fought to reclaim their homeland, a masterpiece that only Love Bites could complete.

  • @user-cz5lj7hp5x
    @user-cz5lj7hp5x Місяць тому

    💯👍👍👍

  • @david_ii11
    @david_ii11 Місяць тому

    Audio sounds odd, like there are two sources playing at the same time.

  • @killermonjero
    @killermonjero Місяць тому

    As others have said, the version with the Chopin intro has better sound. You can actually hear the piano during the song. This version is mixed poorly with the lows too prominent.

  • @marcoskazu_
    @marcoskazu_ Місяць тому

    🤘🤘🤘🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺🔥🔥🔥

  • @jc8453
    @jc8453 Місяць тому

    lovebites showing all the gear they use on tour ua-cam.com/video/-Ra3vnyJU0k/v-deo.html P/S slide video back to the start

    • @dregeye
      @dregeye Місяць тому

      If you remove the " &t=193s " from the end of your link it will take people to the start of the video.

  • @alexanderrichter9740
    @alexanderrichter9740 Місяць тому

    When i listen from the Original, the Sound is much better. So it must be something at your recording

  • @outwest1014
    @outwest1014 Місяць тому

    WOW, the sound engineer needs to be retrained or find another career path.

  • @bernardoesperanto3194
    @bernardoesperanto3194 Місяць тому +2

    Practically worthless without the Chopin intro. A fat thumb down.

    • @ingopekisafool-kr7vd
      @ingopekisafool-kr7vd Місяць тому +4

      just stop, no need to attack the reactor....

    • @stand.and.deliver.5
      @stand.and.deliver.5 Місяць тому +1

      You really give the reactor a thumb down for not reacting to you‘re favorite version. What a shame …
      And I don’t know if Miyako thinks this version is worthless?
      You put down the reactor and your favorite band for not pleasing you‘re own needs. That‘s kind of crazy.

    • @bernardoesperanto3194
      @bernardoesperanto3194 Місяць тому

      @@stand.and.deliver.5 -- Heul doch, Du Opfer.