The song is about social media influencers. The phrase Hunky Dory Day is a reference to how social media influencers pretend like everything is absolutely wonderful. Band Maid is Hard Rock that blends in multiple genres and add some pop sensibilities. Play Live would be a fun react
Seeing them live is such a difference in energy levels it’s a different ball park. I got to see them live recently and it was the BEST night of my life
Hunky-dory has its origins in Western sailors visiting Yokohama, Japan. One of the streets in Yokohama is named _Honchodori,_ and in the mid nineteenth centuries it was lined with bars and brothels.
The name comes from the Maid Cafes in Japan, Miku (red flower) was working in a Maid Cafe when she came up with the idea of an All Female Rock band in Maid costumes. The idea was the create "the Gap" meaning the difference in what you seeing "demure maids" vs what you are hearing Hard Rock!!! Right now they are the #1 Rock band in Japan and on their 10th anniversary tour in the US.
The song is about social media and all the things influencers do and staying relevant and all that... the whole thing with hunky-dory day is about how on social media everyone always pretends everything is just a hunky-dory day even when everything is falling apart around them. It gets lost sometimes because of the Japanese/English mix and people not understanding the language, but Miku, who writes almost all the lyrics (Rhythm Guitar/2nd vocals) is actually a really damn good lyricist.
You Atlanta boys should have seen them at Buckhead Theater last Friday. I was there and being 60 it was one of the best concerts I've ever seen. Those girls rock it out. Look forward to seeing you guys dive down the rabbit hole. Peace!
Reading this hurts because I live about 4 hours away and was planning to go to that show but life happened and derailed my plan. 😢 I will absolutely be at one of their shows when they come back.
Band Maid is hard rock though they have some songs that are metal just as they have some groove and punk rock songs as opposed to their normal hard rock. They also write all of their own music at least for the last 5 albums. I have stanned Band maid for years, I had basically given up on the rock genre after the 80s hair bands. Caught band maid on a random reaction and they basically put hard rock back on the map for me. Check out everything all of their songs are good and it is cool knowing they can play live just as well as recorded music.
Someone in another comment mentioned this about "Hunky dory"...makes more sense now.... This phrase is very close to Japanese expression "Honki (本気) Dori (or Tori 撮り)" that means 「本気」= serious, earnest, sincere" and 「撮り」= filming, recording, image capturing".
@@TomClark-Futoura Mr Clark, font of all B-M knowledge i need your standpoint on something. When do you consider B-M's 10th anniversary date to be? As a 4 piece on July 24th when they first performed or as a five piece with Saiki on 22nd of August. There's been a little consternation between some. Cembor says Aug, i say July.
React to more BAND-MAID. Anything you haven't done yet, preferably LIVE. But if I had to pick one 'Real Existence' LIVE. But if you want another MV, 'Unleash!!!!!' But BAND-MAID consider themselves to be Hard Rock. And though they don't limit themselves to Metal, they have so many influences and they use them all. With well over 100 songs, all different, you can't pigeonhole them like that. They are their own genre.
Do you want to hear Band Maid in their most rap mode check out their song Blooming. Saiki spits out more words on this one song that most bands do on an entire album. Great job guys.
There's a 3 piece female band from Mexico called The Warning that are awesome live. Please consider reacting to Disciple live at the Teatro Metropolitan CDMX. They are a tight band with a great hard rock sound. The band is currently touring Europe. They have opened up for Stone Temple Pilots, Sammy Hagar, Def Leppard, The Killers, Guns n Roses, Muse, and the Foo Fighters among others.
So glad you guys came back to Band-Maid. Incredible live show that these ladies put on. It’s tough to not compare them to Babymetal, but Smokey hit on it before the video as to their major differences. If you guys react to more, please look over “From Now On.”
Found this with a quick search: "This American-coined adjective has been around since the 1860s, from the now-obsolete hunkey, "all right," which stems from the New York slang hunk, "in a safe position," and the Dutch root honk or "home". The origin of dory is unknown." Mindless trivia I know, but it could be useful one day on Jeopardy!.🤔
In the early days the Band-Maid as a pun on Band-Aid was a thing they utilized, but that didn't stay around for long once they were allowed by management to write their own material and have more control over their image.
BabyMetal is heavy metal theater. Band-Maid is a genre-fusion hard rock band. What makes them so special is their ability to continually create unique musical compositions, yet each one distinctly Band-Maid. “Influencer” and “Domination” couldn’t be more different, but within seconds you know it’s Band-Maid. If you want to travel to another star in their universe, try “Blooming.” They do sweeping, melodic ballads, too. “About Us.” No band since The Beatles or Led Zeppelin has this range of musicality. One old dude’s opinion, of course
I’m fairly sure the quarry this video was shot at is the same quarry where Sakura Gakuin also made a music video. I believe it’s located in Ibaraki Prefecture.
Respect is key here. Growing up, I respected the various abilities of the members of Led Zeppelin and The Who, but I never had any particular regard for the members as individuals; with Band Maid it's both, all the way. I don't diss the people that I respect. While you're on differences between Babymetal (a very fine band) and Band Maid: the Ladies of Band Maid play their own instruments (and at a very high level) and have complete artistic control of their product, across the board.
When you go to their live show, listen to entire set, you'll realise they can't be categorised into just one style. Lead vocal sounds more raw, powerful and rockier. Everything sounds huge. If you have eclectic taste in music, you'll have a non-stop party like experience.
Nothing to do with Band Aid. Band-Maid- A band of maids. Miku (Backing Vocals/Guitar) was working in a Maid Cafe in Tokyo when she had the idea to form her own band. The formation of the band was very organic and has an interesting story. Read up. Regarding Baby metal, they are a vocal group put together by an agency and told that they were going to be singing metal music, with a backing band. In interview, some of the original members didn't know about metal when they were formed.
Band Maid is not a pure metal band but a hard rock band. However, it is difficult to categorize him as he composes with punk-rock, prog-rock, metal or even funk or jazz. A versatile group shall we say that is even better on stage. It's hard to compare them with Babymetal, artistically, I mean, but a lot of people are fans of both bands. Good react. Thanks
LOVEBITES new MV songs Judgement Day, Stand And Deliver(Shoot 'em Down) NEMOPHILA new songs Night Flight, Rise, Seize The Fate.. HANABIE new songs Pardon Me, NEET GAME... ASTERISM songs Church, Dawn, Blaze, Rising Moon..
Band-Maid isn't a play on Band-Aid. It's from the backup vocalist and guitar player Miku. She was working in a Japanese Maid themed cafe when she decided to mesh the look with 'cool' rock and form a band. It's also why they wear maid outfits. A better song for showing Akane's drum skills is the live video for "Freedom".
I mean it could be both, a play on the the theme of it's a band with a maid attire and their name sounds like band-aid.. Miku is a kind of a genius in the sense of making lyrics with double meanings and such.
@@psul42 It definitely was. Look at the band logo at the end of their very first music video "Thrill". Then look at the BAND-AID logo. Same font. They even put the Registered Trademark symbol (little R in a circle) after the 'D'.
Smokey made that one difficult today lol. They love their hard rock in Japan, that is why Mr Big does so well out there! Id probably like it if it wasn't a woman's voice. I just prefer a male voice. Most probably cos I'm a girl.....never lol
Originated by post WW II US Sailors on liberty in Yokosuka, Japan. The strip right outside the main gate to the US Naval Base was called (and still is) Honcho Dori (means book district street in Japanese). Times were wild and there was no better sailor port in the world at the time. This was bastardized to Honky Dory by the sailors and it came to mean if you came from Honky Dory then everything had to be good or 'honky dory'.
"Band Aid" is never uttered in Maidiac society. It has the equivalent status of a racial epithet. There is Band Maid humor shared within the Community, but "Band Aid" is never part of it.
Dudes, Band-Maid is made up of five Japanese females wearing Maid costumes. The concept is based on Maid Cafe's in Tokyo. The waitresses/entertainers wore maid costumes in the cosplay environment. Miku Kobato, the founder of the group wanted a group who wore the costumes and melted your face with hard rock music. They call the costumes, combat gear, because they are trying to attack and destroy the stereotype of demure Japanese females and their music. Band Maid is one of the few band who can melt your face and your heart in the same concert.
No. It's you guys who are missing things, losing things in translation, and not getting them, not the Band, lol. And no, their name has got nothing to do with band-aids, jeebus.
Guys. Guys please dear Popeye and Olive Oyl on a Ritz cracker. Human flesh can only take so much. Your opening made me itch. TOO LONG. WAY WAY TOO TEDIOUS. MAKE IT STOP! May God bless you two. No sub here.
I’ve been a fan of J-Rock for decades and I just can’t get into this band at all. Too commercial and Hot Topic-ish. Not a fan one bit. More BABYMETAL or some HYDE.
Art is subjective. Your opinion is just as valid as anyone else’s. Nobody should expect Band-Maid to be loved by everyone! I’ll take your honest opinion over some fake reaction any day. Peace ✌️
Nice try at trolling you must be woke you know hat they say and for your insulting comments about the living legends known as band maids origin of the name I'm out
😁They used to ad (TM) at the end, so maybe 🤣💌👀🩹 Hunky Dory Is "rumoured" to be a street in Japan where the Brits hung out in there limited access to trading there .... others say it originated in the good ol' US
David Bowie's first album was Hunky Dory. It is an English saying. You ever hear Moritorium? They use a similar English phrase dilly-dally which means to be wilfully late. Miku knows Shakespeare and she knows England. She is a highly educated person who never finished university.
"Hunky Dory Day" sounds like Japanese saying "go take it seriously". It is made to sound different in English and Japanese. It's a phrase that intentionally has two meanings.
It takes minutes to research this on www. That's part of the beauty of it. There are several theories based on Japan or New York. The only British connection I've found is from Japanese, and @外人 Greish esquire's theory. Best Wishes. ☮
The song is about social media influencers. The phrase Hunky Dory Day is a reference to how social media influencers pretend like everything is absolutely wonderful.
Band Maid is Hard Rock that blends in multiple genres and add some pop sensibilities.
Play Live would be a fun react
So it's not about locating a handsome fish in Finding Nemo then, or that you've got the flu?🤷♂️
@Gary Holloway Hmmmm......maybe I have totally misunderstood this song ever since it was released. Time to reevaluate everything
Seeing them live is such a difference in energy levels it’s a different ball park. I got to see them live recently and it was the BEST night of my life
Hunky-dory has its origins in Western sailors visiting Yokohama, Japan. One of the streets in Yokohama is named _Honchodori,_ and in the mid nineteenth centuries it was lined with bars and brothels.
Just saw Band-Maid live at Welcome to Rockville festival this past weekend, and yes. They are indeed that damn good.
THE best Rock band on Earth.
The name comes from the Maid Cafes in Japan, Miku (red flower) was working in a Maid Cafe when she came up with the idea of an All Female Rock band in Maid costumes. The idea was the create "the Gap" meaning the difference in what you seeing "demure maids" vs what you are hearing Hard Rock!!! Right now they are the #1 Rock band in Japan and on their 10th anniversary tour in the US.
The song is about social media and all the things influencers do and staying relevant and all that... the whole thing with hunky-dory day is about how on social media everyone always pretends everything is just a hunky-dory day even when everything is falling apart around them.
It gets lost sometimes because of the Japanese/English mix and people not understanding the language, but Miku, who writes almost all the lyrics (Rhythm Guitar/2nd vocals) is actually a really damn good lyricist.
You Atlanta boys should have seen them at Buckhead Theater last Friday. I was there and being 60 it was one of the best concerts I've ever seen. Those girls rock it out. Look forward to seeing you guys dive down the rabbit hole. Peace!
Reading this hurts because I live about 4 hours away and was planning to go to that show but life happened and derailed my plan. 😢
I will absolutely be at one of their shows when they come back.
Band Maid is hard rock though they have some songs that are metal just as they have some groove and punk rock songs as opposed to their normal hard rock. They also write all of their own music at least for the last 5 albums. I have stanned Band maid for years, I had basically given up on the rock genre after the 80s hair bands. Caught band maid on a random reaction and they basically put hard rock back on the map for me. Check out everything all of their songs are good and it is cool knowing they can play live just as well as recorded music.
Love Band-Maid. First time hearing this one
“Influencer” is unique. Took me a few listens to catch it. Same with “Daydreaming”
Someone in another comment mentioned this about "Hunky dory"...makes more sense now....
This phrase is very close to Japanese expression "Honki (本気) Dori (or Tori 撮り)" that means 「本気」= serious, earnest, sincere" and 「撮り」= filming, recording, image capturing".
i've been a long time fan of both yalls channel and band-maid. absolutely love when the two worlds collide.
Whether i've been drinking or not BAND-MAID always make feel under the Influencer :)
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Doh!
@@TomClark-Futoura Mr Clark, font of all B-M knowledge i need your standpoint on something. When do you consider B-M's 10th anniversary date to be? As a 4 piece on July 24th when they first performed or as a five piece with Saiki on 22nd of August. There's been a little consternation between some. Cembor says Aug, i say July.
@@jeremydawkins8814 Hey Jeremy do you want to have a go at my Q to Tom?😁
BandMaid was formed, in my opinion, when Kanami said "yes."
React to more BAND-MAID. Anything you haven't done yet, preferably LIVE. But if I had to pick one 'Real Existence' LIVE. But if you want another MV, 'Unleash!!!!!' But BAND-MAID consider themselves to be Hard Rock. And though they don't limit themselves to Metal, they have so many influences and they use them all. With well over 100 songs, all different, you can't pigeonhole them like that. They are their own genre.
Do you want to hear Band Maid in their most rap mode check out their song Blooming. Saiki spits out more words on this one song that most bands do on an entire album. Great job guys.
Or Puzzle
There's a 3 piece female band from Mexico called The Warning that are awesome live. Please consider reacting to Disciple live at the Teatro Metropolitan CDMX. They are a tight band with a great hard rock sound. The band is currently touring Europe. They have opened up for Stone Temple Pilots, Sammy Hagar, Def Leppard, The Killers, Guns n Roses, Muse, and the Foo Fighters among others.
So glad you guys came back to Band-Maid. Incredible live show that these ladies put on.
It’s tough to not compare them to Babymetal, but Smokey hit on it before the video as to their major differences.
If you guys react to more, please look over “From Now On.”
♥ these girls!
This song is awesome and amazing it's so unique and the singing is amazing and the music is so dope and so fun take care guys
Found this with a quick search: "This American-coined adjective has been around since the 1860s, from the now-obsolete hunkey, "all right," which stems from the New York slang hunk, "in a safe position," and the Dutch root honk or "home". The origin of dory is unknown." Mindless trivia I know, but it could be useful one day on Jeopardy!.🤔
I've only heard it used sarcastically, First thing people ask you when you get hurt is you OK? Yeah just hunky dory
In the early days the Band-Maid as a pun on Band-Aid was a thing they utilized, but that didn't stay around for long once they were allowed by management to write their own material and have more control over their image.
That bass was great. Hunky Dory Day everyone 😂
I missed your Band Maid reactions.
BabyMetal is heavy metal theater.
Band-Maid is a genre-fusion hard rock band. What makes them so special is their ability to continually create unique musical compositions, yet each one distinctly Band-Maid.
“Influencer” and “Domination” couldn’t be more different, but within seconds you know it’s Band-Maid.
If you want to travel to another star in their universe, try “Blooming.”
They do sweeping, melodic ballads, too. “About Us.”
No band since The Beatles or Led Zeppelin has this range of musicality. One old dude’s opinion, of course
I’m fairly sure the quarry this video was shot at is the same quarry where Sakura Gakuin also made a music video. I believe it’s located in Ibaraki Prefecture.
Lol only took Smokey like 5 minutes to guess "flu" no less "influencer" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 sorry for laughing Smokey but shits too funny
Respect is key here. Growing up, I respected the various abilities of the members of Led Zeppelin and The Who, but I never had any particular regard for the members as individuals; with Band Maid it's both, all the way. I don't diss the people that I respect. While you're on differences between Babymetal (a very fine band) and Band Maid: the Ladies of Band Maid play their own instruments (and at a very high level) and have complete artistic control of their product, across the board.
When you go to their live show, listen to entire set, you'll realise they can't be categorised into just one style. Lead vocal sounds more raw, powerful and rockier. Everything sounds huge. If you have eclectic taste in music, you'll have a non-stop party like experience.
Buying a ticket to the Minneapolis or Denver show, tomorrow. Worth the flight, for me.
Nothing to do with Band Aid. Band-Maid- A band of maids. Miku (Backing Vocals/Guitar) was working in a Maid Cafe in Tokyo when she had the idea to form her own band. The formation of the band was very organic and has an interesting story. Read up. Regarding Baby metal, they are a vocal group put together by an agency and told that they were going to be singing metal music, with a backing band. In interview, some of the original members didn't know about metal when they were formed.
I'm glad Miku is writing about "Hunky Dory Days". Band Maid's given me one. Again.
finally, after like 2 years of asking for this
Now you guys gotta do Moratorium 🤘🤘🤘
待ってました！
Band Maid is not a pure metal band but a hard rock band. However, it is difficult to categorize him as he composes with punk-rock, prog-rock, metal or even funk or jazz. A versatile group shall we say that is even better on stage. It's hard to compare them with Babymetal, artistically, I mean, but a lot of people are fans of both bands. Good react. Thanks
LOVEBITES new MV songs Judgement Day, Stand And Deliver(Shoot 'em Down)
NEMOPHILA new songs Night Flight, Rise, Seize The Fate..
HANABIE new songs Pardon Me, NEET GAME...
ASTERISM songs Church, Dawn, Blaze, Rising Moon..
It's a band consisting of badass women who cosplay as maids and tear shit up.
BAND-MAID (A band of maids)
Band-Maid isn't a play on Band-Aid. It's from the backup vocalist and guitar player Miku. She was working in a Japanese Maid themed cafe when she decided to mesh the look with 'cool' rock and form a band. It's also why they wear maid outfits. A better song for showing Akane's drum skills is the live video for "Freedom".
I mean it could be both, a play on the the theme of it's a band with a maid attire and their name sounds like band-aid.. Miku is a kind of a genius in the sense of making lyrics with double meanings and such.
@@roygillotti4615 Yeah, Band-Aid by J&J has been a brand in Japan for decades as well. I think it is a slight play on the brand name too.
@@psul42 It definitely was. Look at the band logo at the end of their very first music video "Thrill". Then look at the BAND-AID logo. Same font. They even put the Registered Trademark symbol (little R in a circle) after the 'D'.
To the French, W is "double v", pronounced "doobluh vay"."
こんばんは、お疲れ様です。っていうか、Band-Maid、最高でしょ！これからもBand-Maidのリアクション動画、どんどん投稿して、世界征服に貢献してね〜！
MISA MISA MISA!!!!! YES YES YES absolutely NOT POP Thank You. Have a Hunky Dory day!
Can y’all react to Steady, As She Goes by The Raconteurs?
It's meant to be sarcastic. Haha
I would absolutely love to see you guys react to Ed Sheeran ft. Bring Me The Horizon with Bad Habits at the Brit Awards!
misa the bassist killed it on this band! Check it out unlucky Morpheus another Japanese band if you like this one.
Smokey made that one difficult today lol.
They love their hard rock in Japan, that is why Mr Big does so well out there!
Id probably like it if it wasn't a woman's voice.
I just prefer a male voice.
Most probably cos I'm a girl.....never lol
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Hunky-dory 🎵🎵🎵react！❤
Hey, in French, it is "double V"
Originated by post WW II US Sailors on liberty in Yokosuka, Japan. The strip right outside the main gate to the US Naval Base was called (and still is) Honcho Dori (means book district street in Japanese). Times were wild and there was no better sailor port in the world at the time. This was bastardized to Honky Dory by the sailors and it came to mean if you came from Honky Dory then everything had to be good or 'honky dory'.
"Band Aid" is never uttered in Maidiac society. It has the equivalent status of a racial epithet. There is Band Maid humor shared within the Community, but "Band Aid" is never part of it.
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Looks like and sounds like Mini Mouse on acid!!!!!
Reajam as músicas Maya, e beliving da babymetal 🔥🦊🤘⚰️
Twisted insane underground psycho plz plz
Dudes, Band-Maid is made up of five Japanese females wearing Maid costumes. The concept is based on Maid Cafe's in Tokyo. The waitresses/entertainers wore maid costumes in the cosplay environment. Miku Kobato, the founder of the group wanted a group who wore the costumes and melted your face with hard rock music. They call the costumes, combat gear, because they are trying to attack and destroy the stereotype of demure Japanese females and their music. Band Maid is one of the few band who can melt your face and your heart in the same concert.
No. It's you guys who are missing things, losing things in translation, and not getting them, not the Band, lol. And no, their name has got nothing to do with band-aids, jeebus.
Others connect Band-Maid's name with the J&J products band-aids:
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Best Wishes. ☮
Guys. Guys please dear Popeye and Olive Oyl on a Ritz cracker. Human flesh can only take so much. Your opening made me itch. TOO LONG. WAY WAY TOO TEDIOUS. MAKE IT STOP! May God bless you two. No sub here.
I’ve been a fan of J-Rock for decades and I just can’t get into this band at all. Too commercial and Hot Topic-ish. Not a fan one bit. More BABYMETAL or some HYDE.
Well, thank you so much for your opinion about things. Please include your favorite breakfast and bugs you don't like.
@@laughingbuddha2948 being a condescending douche isn’t very Buddhist.
Art is subjective. Your opinion is just as valid as anyone else’s. Nobody should expect Band-Maid to be loved by everyone!
I’ll take your honest opinion over some fake reaction any day. Peace ✌️
@@MusicMike747 thanks, some people think honesty is a bad thing now. I couldn’t imagine being like that.
But baby metal is literally commercial and hot topic. Tf are you on about?
Nice try at trolling you must be woke you know hat they say and for your insulting comments about the living legends known as band maids origin of the name I'm out
😁They used to ad (TM) at the end, so maybe 🤣💌👀🩹 Hunky Dory Is "rumoured" to be a street in Japan where the Brits hung out in there limited access to trading there .... others say it originated in the good ol' US
David Bowie's first album was Hunky Dory. It is an English saying. You ever hear Moritorium? They use a similar English phrase dilly-dally which means to be wilfully late. Miku knows Shakespeare and she knows England. She is a highly educated person who never finished university.
"Hunky Dory Day" sounds like Japanese saying "go take it seriously".
It is made to sound different in English and Japanese.
It's a phrase that intentionally has two meanings.
It takes minutes to research this on www. That's part of the beauty of it. There are several theories based on Japan or New York. The only British connection I've found is from Japanese, and @外人 Greish esquire's theory.
Best Wishes. ☮