I'm a Maidiac AND a Maddyac...20k subs coming real soon 👍 The story of Miku...the girl who started a rock band, didn't play an instrument (just posing with guitar in this video), demoted herself to backing singer in favour of a stronger main singer for the good of the music. Since then was taught to play guitar by the lead player and is a great rhythm guitarist.. now has her own Zemaitis signature guitar: the 'Flappy Pigeon'. She took over lyric writing early on and her work is strong. She's an unstoppable force of nature 💪❤🤘🤘🤘
Thanks Maddie for this seminal song, this song saved the band. The second singer is Miku (always wears a red rose in her hair), she is the band founder, plays rhythm guitar, sings harmonizes and writes the lyrics and is the main spokespigeon for the band.. The main singer in Saiki (blue flower).
@@MaddyReactionsSaiki is pronounced like psyche (or pretty close). Miku Kobato is the second singer. She’s our little Pigeon! The band founder. I think Kobato kanji characters also mean “small pigeon”, PO!! You could watch their “Gold Rush” interview to learn more about them and how they came together. Next? - Bubble - official MV. The MV is a tribute to the Queen Bohemian Rhapsody movie. Take care and rock on 🤘🏼 🎸🥁🎤🎼😀✌🏼
Miku (red rose) is the founder and writes their lyrics. Miku is more of a co-vocalist and actually does a lot of singing, especially In their earlier songs. “Thrill” was their first song released and holds a lot of sentimental value for me. I heard it back in 2016 and became instantly hooked on Band Maid.
It's great to see you reacting to Band Maid again, I hope you are having a wonderful night! To be honest, you could write the names of their 130 or so songs and post them on a wall, close your eyes and throw a dart at the list, and you would hit a great song every time.
Forgot to say that Miku (band founder and rhythm guitar) sometimes takes the lead vocal role. Therre's a superb example of her doing this on their YT channel and it's from the acoustic concert they streamed on xmas day 2021. They wore their own choice of clothes for the day instead of their stage outfits and all agreed they'd wear only Santa red and Reindeer brown/beige for the gig! There are two songs from the gig on their YT channel but the one where Miku sings solo (well almost, as Akane, the drummer, puts in some lovely backing harmonies too at a couple of points, a rarity) is called ‘SAYONAKIDORI’, which means ‘Nightingale’ and translates, very beautifully, as SA (small) YO (generally meaning night but also, very specifically, the Hours Of The Tiger, between 3 and 5 am) NAKI (singing) DORI (bird). It's a real delight and, as they played duets and trio's as well as the full band during the gig, this has MISA on electric bass, Akane on drums and Miku on acoustic guitar and vocals. It's also a gorgeous song which they now perform as part of their regular set. ua-cam.com/video/sGzAQigaL14/v-deo.html
Yay🎉 This is what started it all. Nostalgia and cuteness. They were so good at their ages; we can catch a glimpse of the superstars 💫 they would soon become. I believe if not for the surprise bass feature handing over to the guitar solo, it wouldn’t have generated as much attention as it did. And that MISA to Kanami handoff has become a consistent “Band Maid Thing” to this day.
In the beginning there was a small pigeon 🐦 who met a guitarist 🎸 who played with a drummer 🥁 who went to school with the bassist 🎸 and then tricked the singer 🎤 to join the band then the small pigeon 🐦 asks the guitarist 🎸 please teach me how to play the guitar 🎸. The Story Continues.
Seeing the Maids live and up close in a small, intimate club is a "Thrill" of a lifetime. One should consider themselves lucky to experience them like this because it's becoming rare. And as for sound... it'll be the best hard rockin' sound you can imagine -- clear, discreet, powerful and full of energy and joyful vibes! (And no compression!! ;-) Just ask anyone who's experienced them live. In fact, we've been getting an earful of "wow's" and "that was incredible" from all the reactors and commenters from their successful 2022 & 2023 Band-Maid USA Tours. Rock on Maddy!
When they originally recorded this song, Saiki the Primary Lead Vocalist had either just turned 21 or was getting ready to turn 21. And at the beginning, Miku the Secondary Lead Vocalist and Saiki would trade verses depending on the song. And Kanami the Lead guitarist will and has done more in backing vocals in the earlier years. Currently though Kanami's, Akane's and MISA's vocals are added to the backing track, although sometimes Kanami will still sing along.
Maddie, Of course, Miku (the founder of the band) is the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist. She does take the lead on some songs to give Saiki, the lead vocalist a break. Kanami is the lead guitaraist, Misa is the bassist and Akane (ack and aka a nea) is the drummer. The songs that Miku sings lead are "The Rock In Me", and "Sayonakidori". Both are fast paced songs, but Miku does a wonderful job on "Sayonakidori" in the UA-cam Bad Maid's acoustic Christmas Okuji (concert) in December 2022.That entire acoustic concert is incredible. You really need to check out the songs from it. The video shows that not only can the young women rock hard, the can play their rock songs with a much lighter touch.
The Thrill video...I think of as Miku's original mission statement: 'The Gap' between what you See...and how thy will be Rocked via your earholes 👊❤🤘🤘🤘
Yes that is Miku. She started the band, and she was the original lead singer, but they needed a more rock-like voice, so they found Saiki. Miku does have her own lead-only songs. To hear her on lead vocals, try Sayonakidori acoustic.
Miku Kobato, she wears a red rose. Mostly backup singer, but sometimes she is the lead singer. She has her own songs that she sings when Saiki has a break. TIME (Album: Just Bring it) Big Dad (Album: Maid In Japan) Summer Drive (Album: Maid In Japan) The Beauty and the Best (Album: Maid In Japan) Rock in Me (Album/Single: Start Over) (If I missed one, please add them to the list.) Miku, aka the pigeon, also has her own project, just for fun. Her band is called "cluppo" and in March 2022 she released the first CD. It's called "hatofull." Peace & Love and Flapping Wings are two songs for which they have also released music videos. They are worth checking out. "Peace & Love" is a song I really like on the album.
'Thrill' is their very first Music Video from years ago. If it had not gone viral the label was going to dump them. Yes, Miku sang. She was going to be the lead singer. She's the founder. She got the idea when she worked in a Maid Cafe'. But she also felt her voice just wouldn't be strong enough for the Hard Rocking band she had envisioned to contrast to The Maid Look. She always wanted dual vocals anyway. So she dropped back to the backing vocal position and had lead guitarist Kanami teach her rhythm guitar. Look closely and you'll see, she's not really paying in the video. They found Saiki working with the same agency and they were off to the races, the rest is history, etc...
Good to see you going back to the one that gave them notaryity I'm 62 and this entire album reminds me of that classic rock sound love it but for me it's freeze and shake that if you do those please do the studio version
You know Miku could not even play the guitar in this video, Kanami has had to teach her over the years. Now, due to all her hard work the band are able to continue to push themselves forward to even more creative song writing.
Its a pity everyone starts with Thrill just because it has the most views because its only because its the oldest video and they have so many songs and wouldn't it be a shame iff you never heard DICE, BLOOMING , PUZZLE, ABOUT US, SECRET MY LIPS, CHOOSE ME, FREEZER, I'll be here all night. And don't forget NEMOPHILA because they really rock.!
@@MaddyReactionsThose 3 songs are an awesome snapshot of the Decade of Maids and cool videos...Dice is my most played audio track...followed by YOLO 👍🤘🤘🤘
This is an older song (this is their first MV), from about 8 years ago. this song was not written by the band. At this point in time, their label still had songwriters providing songs for them. As for the singers, Miku (the one with the guitar) is typically the back-ground singer, but she does do lead vocals occasionally to give Saiki (the main singer) a break.
You should react to Sayonakidori were Miku takes the lead vocal. Fantastic song. The original version is really cool and fast paced. There is also a acoustic version that is stunningly beautiful😀👍 This is an early song by Band Maid. But still great. Thank you for your great reaction😀
They didn't write this song. In fact it wasn't until the third album (last track "Alone") that they were allowed to record their own song. They were lucky to have some great songwriters early on. It's been 99% Band-Maid since.
Rumor had it that MISA wanted to leave the band in 2016. However, after their performance at the Anime convention in Seattle that year, she changed her mind. They did not write "Thrill". "Yuragu", "Freedom" and "Alone" from "Brand new Maid" were the first songs they wrote lyrics for on an album with Yuragu the first complete song they wrote (lyrics and music).
@@MichaelNolen Well I looked up Sakura Con festival in Seattle Wa March of 2016 n that's what it said it was A Japanese American Friendship festival . if it had something to do with Anime it never said .
Hi Maddy. I've seen this band in pictures with The Warning but never heard them until now. I'm glad it was here on your reaction. They sound great. Thanks for sharing. Have a great weekend.
This song was my introduction to Band-Maid back in 2015. I became a fan of the band on that day. It's far from their best song, but it is their most important. The success of this video convinced their management company to stick with the band. Had the video failed, management was going to split them up for other projects (they were all under talent contracts). While there are over 100 Band-Maid songs that I consider to be better than this one, it's still a great song. That's just how good Band-Maid is.
I'm a Maidiac AND a Maddyac...20k subs coming real soon 👍 The story of Miku...the girl who started a rock band, didn't play an instrument (just posing with guitar in this video), demoted herself to backing singer in favour of a stronger main singer for the good of the music. Since then was taught to play guitar by the lead player and is a great rhythm guitarist.. now has her own Zemaitis signature guitar: the 'Flappy Pigeon'. She took over lyric writing early on and her work is strong. She's an unstoppable force of nature 💪❤🤘🤘🤘
Awww. 🌸☺️🎉
Thanks Maddie for this seminal song, this song saved the band. The second singer is Miku (always wears a red rose in her hair), she is the band founder, plays rhythm guitar, sings harmonizes and writes the lyrics and is the main spokespigeon for the band.. The main singer in Saiki (blue flower).
Ohhhh! That’s awesome!
@@MaddyReactionsSaiki is pronounced like psyche (or pretty close).
Miku Kobato is the second singer. She’s our little Pigeon! The band founder. I think Kobato kanji characters also mean “small pigeon”, PO!!
You could watch their “Gold Rush” interview to learn more about them and how they came together.
Next?
- Bubble - official MV. The MV is a tribute to the Queen Bohemian Rhapsody movie.
Take care and rock on 🤘🏼 🎸🥁🎤🎼😀✌🏼
Miku (red rose) is the founder and writes their lyrics. Miku is more of a co-vocalist and actually does a lot of singing, especially In their earlier songs. “Thrill” was their first song released and holds a lot of sentimental value for me. I heard it back in 2016 and became instantly hooked on Band Maid.
So true!!
Maddy -- Here' the Maid's names:
Saiki Atsumi (Sy-i-Key or Psyche) “Ice Queen" - Lead vocals
Miku Kobato (Me-Ku) "Small Pigeon" - Rhythm guitar, Vocals, Lyricist, SpokesPigeon, and Founder
Kanami Tono (Ka-Na-Me) “Princess” - Lead Guitar, Keyboards, Main Composer
Akane Hirose (A-Ka-Nay) "Gorilla" - Drums
MISA (Me-Sa) "Barefoot Assassin" aka: MISA MISA MISA - Bass
Awesome 🩷
Dave Cook loves you,Tom. Heck i love you too (he says in a gruff, manly voice).🤗
@@GaryHolloway-810 Ah, shucks... weren't nothin'. 🤭
It's great to see you reacting to Band Maid again, I hope you are having a wonderful night! To be honest, you could write the names of their 130 or so songs and post them on a wall, close your eyes and throw a dart at the list, and you would hit a great song every time.
LOL love it!
Thrill was my introduction to Band-Maid many, many years ago. I was addicted from that day forward.
I bet! 🤗
Forgot to say that Miku (band founder and rhythm guitar) sometimes takes the lead vocal role. Therre's a superb example of her doing this on their YT channel and it's from the acoustic concert they streamed on xmas day 2021. They wore their own choice of clothes for the day instead of their stage outfits and all agreed they'd wear only Santa red and Reindeer brown/beige for the gig! There are two songs from the gig on their YT channel but the one where Miku sings solo (well almost, as Akane, the drummer, puts in some lovely backing harmonies too at a couple of points, a rarity) is called ‘SAYONAKIDORI’, which means ‘Nightingale’ and translates, very beautifully, as SA (small) YO (generally meaning night but also, very specifically, the Hours Of The Tiger, between 3 and 5 am) NAKI (singing) DORI (bird). It's a real delight and, as they played duets and trio's as well as the full band during the gig, this has MISA on electric bass, Akane on drums and Miku on acoustic guitar and vocals. It's also a gorgeous song which they now perform as part of their regular set. ua-cam.com/video/sGzAQigaL14/v-deo.html
💖💖💖💖
Yay🎉
This is what started it all. Nostalgia and cuteness. They were so good at their ages; we can catch a glimpse of the superstars 💫 they would soon become.
I believe if not for the surprise bass feature handing over to the guitar solo, it wouldn’t have generated as much attention as it did.
And that MISA to Kanami handoff has become a consistent “Band Maid Thing” to this day.
🤗
In the beginning there was a small pigeon 🐦 who met a guitarist 🎸 who played with a drummer 🥁 who went to school with the bassist 🎸 and then tricked the singer 🎤 to join the band then the small pigeon 🐦 asks the guitarist 🎸 please teach me how to play the guitar 🎸. The Story Continues.
That’s awesome!! Lol
This was BAND-MAID`s first MV from 2014 , MISA !!! MISA !!! MISA !!! the Barefoot Bass Assassin , next song , Turn me on .
So cool!
Seeing the Maids live and up close in a small, intimate club is a "Thrill" of a lifetime. One should consider themselves lucky to experience them like this because it's becoming rare. And as for sound... it'll be the best hard rockin' sound you can imagine -- clear, discreet, powerful and full of energy and joyful vibes! (And no compression!! ;-) Just ask anyone who's experienced them live. In fact, we've been getting an earful of "wow's" and "that was incredible" from all the reactors and commenters from their successful 2022 & 2023 Band-Maid USA Tours. Rock on Maddy!
Yesss!
Hell yeah〜♪👍
Thanks for
all the BAND-MAID's reactions.
from Japanese fan.🇯🇵👍
No problem 🌸
@@MaddyReactions
Mega thanks.😆
When they originally recorded this song, Saiki the Primary Lead Vocalist had either just turned 21 or was getting ready to turn 21. And at the beginning, Miku the Secondary Lead Vocalist and Saiki would trade verses depending on the song. And Kanami the Lead guitarist will and has done more in backing vocals in the earlier years. Currently though Kanami's, Akane's and MISA's vocals are added to the backing track, although sometimes Kanami will still sing along.
Oh awesome!
Maddie, Of course, Miku (the founder of the band) is the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist. She does take the lead on some songs to give Saiki, the lead vocalist a break. Kanami is the lead guitaraist, Misa is the bassist and Akane (ack and aka a nea) is the drummer. The songs that Miku sings lead are "The Rock In Me", and "Sayonakidori". Both are fast paced songs, but Miku does a wonderful job on "Sayonakidori" in the UA-cam Bad Maid's acoustic Christmas Okuji (concert) in December 2022.That entire acoustic concert is incredible. You really need to check out the songs from it. The video shows that not only can the young women rock hard, the can play their rock songs with a much lighter touch.
How awesome!
For more Miku, check out Sayonakidori acoustic.
Lovely!
The Thrill video...I think of as Miku's original mission statement: 'The Gap' between what you See...and how thy will be Rocked via your earholes 👊❤🤘🤘🤘
I like it!
Yes that is Miku. She started the band, and she was the original lead singer, but they needed a more rock-like voice, so they found Saiki. Miku does have her own lead-only songs. To hear her on lead vocals, try Sayonakidori acoustic.
Wow!
Time is her best song imo
@@kyles5513 agree to disagree. Beauty and the Beast. And no video for Time or Rock In Me.
@@bandmaidfanATL that is a great song!!! and Akane's drumming....I could n't believe my ears...what the F is this!! lol
Or, Cluppo!
No other band breaks new gate like Band-Maid do!
Facts!!
Miku Kobato, she wears a red rose. Mostly backup singer, but sometimes she is the lead singer. She has her own songs that she sings when Saiki has a break.
TIME (Album: Just Bring it)
Big Dad (Album: Maid In Japan)
Summer Drive (Album: Maid In Japan)
The Beauty and the Best (Album: Maid In Japan)
Rock in Me (Album/Single: Start Over)
(If I missed one, please add them to the list.)
Miku, aka the pigeon, also has her own project, just for fun. Her band is called "cluppo" and in March 2022 she released the first CD. It's called "hatofull." Peace & Love and Flapping Wings are two songs for which they have also released music videos. They are worth checking out. "Peace & Love" is a song I really like on the album.
Ooooh 🤗 thanks!!
OK, we going Old School! Noice!
☺️💖
❤ I get a thrill every time I listen to this song thank you Maddy
Hehe 💖
'Thrill' is their very first Music Video from years ago. If it had not gone viral the label was going to dump them. Yes, Miku sang. She was going to be the lead singer. She's the founder. She got the idea when she worked in a Maid Cafe'. But she also felt her voice just wouldn't be strong enough for the Hard Rocking band she had envisioned to contrast to The Maid Look. She always wanted dual vocals anyway. So she dropped back to the backing vocal position and had lead guitarist Kanami teach her rhythm guitar. Look closely and you'll see, she's not really paying in the video. They found Saiki working with the same agency and they were off to the races, the rest is history, etc...
Wow!!!
I love female rock bands!! They are so underestimated even going back to the classic rock bands of the 80s and 90s
True!!
Miku sings Sayonakidori acoustic. Good choice
Oooohhh!!
Good to see you going back to the one that gave them notaryity I'm 62 and this entire album reminds me of that classic rock sound love it but for me it's freeze and shake that if you do those please do the studio version
Yay!
They actually all sing it is best seen in their Xmas acoustic show from a couple of years ago now.
Whoa!!!!
What Christmas acoustic? Ohhh you mean THAT Christmas acoustic when everyone was surprised cos the Maids all sung specially for me.😏
@@GaryHolloway-810 Yes that Christmas acoustic where all the maids sung specially for me.😁🤔
@@jeremydawkins8814 You sure you're not thinking of that other Christmas acoustic where all the Maids sung specially for "Us"?
@@GaryHolloway-810 Oh you mean that Christmas acoustic where all the maids sung specially for "US".
I'll recommend Endless Story.
Nice!
You know Miku could not even play the guitar in this video, Kanami has had to teach her over the years. Now, due to all her hard work the band are able to continue to push themselves forward to even more creative song writing.
That’s so impressive!
Its a pity everyone starts with Thrill just because it has the most views because its only because its the oldest video and they have so many songs and wouldn't it be a shame iff you never heard DICE, BLOOMING , PUZZLE, ABOUT US, SECRET MY LIPS, CHOOSE ME, FREEZER, I'll be here all night. And don't forget NEMOPHILA because they really rock.!
I actually really liked Thrill though! Dice, Thrill and Warning may be my favorites!
@@MaddyReactions have you done NEMOPHILA yet? They are heavier but still really good.
Yes, please Nemophila! My 2nd favorite band of all time!
@@MaddyReactionsThose 3 songs are an awesome snapshot of the Decade of Maids and cool videos...Dice is my most played audio track...followed by YOLO 👍🤘🤘🤘
Yes her voice was powerful but she soon needed an operation on her throat so it wasn't all good news.
IMO, this is still the best song that Band-Maid has released, even though they dropped it from their live setlist quite some time ago :(
This is an older song (this is their first MV), from about 8 years ago. this song was not written by the band. At this point in time, their label still had songwriters providing songs for them.
As for the singers, Miku (the one with the guitar) is typically the back-ground singer, but she does do lead vocals occasionally to give Saiki (the main singer) a break.
Love it
You should react to Sayonakidori were Miku takes the lead vocal. Fantastic song.
The original version is really cool and fast paced. There is also a acoustic version that is stunningly beautiful😀👍
This is an early song by Band Maid. But still great.
Thank you for your great reaction😀
I'll check it out!
Hard to choose any of their songs as your favorite, they are all really good. But if I have to pick just one. I have to say, About Us.
Oooohh!!
They didn't write this song. In fact it wasn't until the third album (last track "Alone") that they were allowed to record their own song. They were lucky to have some great songwriters early on. It's been 99% Band-Maid since.
Oh wow!
Wow
🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
💖
Rumor had it that MISA wanted to leave the band in 2016. However, after their performance at the Anime convention in Seattle that year, she changed her mind. They did not write "Thrill".
"Yuragu", "Freedom" and "Alone" from "Brand new Maid" were the first songs they wrote lyrics for on an album with Yuragu the first complete song they wrote (lyrics and music).
Its wasn`t an Amine convention , It was A Japanese American friendship festival , Sakura con .
Very cool!
@@dennisthemenace671 which is aka an anime convention, like the Otakon is. I know what I'm talking about.
@@dennisthemenace671 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakura-Con
@@MichaelNolen Well I looked up Sakura Con festival in Seattle Wa March of 2016 n that's what it said it was A Japanese American Friendship festival . if it had something to do with Anime it never said .
Hi Maddy. I've seen this band in pictures with The Warning but never heard them until now. I'm glad it was here on your reaction. They sound great. Thanks for sharing. Have a great weekend.
They are awesome! 💖
These great bands are fans of each other. The Maids have a song called Warning...the MV is big fun 👍
@philproffitt8363 will definitely be enjoying more of there music.
This song was my introduction to Band-Maid back in 2015. I became a fan of the band on that day. It's far from their best song, but it is their most important. The success of this video convinced their management company to stick with the band. Had the video failed, management was going to split them up for other projects (they were all under talent contracts). While there are over 100 Band-Maid songs that I consider to be better than this one, it's still a great song. That's just how good Band-Maid is.
Awww
Im loosing track of what you've reacted to. I need MANNERS EVERYDAY, SECRET MY LIPS is dynamic, AFTERLIFE is Rock Star Staus!
Love it!
Secret my lips
Oooh
@@MaddyReactions band maiko has a version of it too
Or secret Maiko lips
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