Music Teacher Reacts: BABYMETAL - HEADBANGER LIVE AT BUDOKAN
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Music Teacher Reacts: BABYMETAL - HEADBANGER LIVE AT BUDOKAN
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I would love a 3 hour video of you talking about Babymetal, that would be sick, and I'd watch the whole thing!
Trust me, we'd love to get a 3-hours video from you, what with your level of enthusiasm and knowledge making for a great reaction!
We'll take anything, if you have a 3 hour video we'll watch it :-)
You cut the best part of the song!
only 3 hours ? .... dude , when talking about Babymetal , time is not the issue for the fans the real issue are how much detail and information you want to say and hear from us as the fans.
Kami band wears white burial kimonos and white face paint. It is called "死に装束 (shini-shozoku)", literally meaning “burial clothes”. Literally raised from the death to play for BabyMetal. Also a homage to Black Metal (aka corpse paint).
Really check out "Babymetal - Rondo of Nightmare with mischiefs of god intro" if you haven't yet. It is really dark and every band member gets a solo.
Yes please!
DO ITTTT
Ditto :) BABYMETAL 🤘🦊🤘
It's definitely one of my favorite performances by Su, without a doubt. The song has an atmosphere that no other song in their discography has touched since it was released, and everyone absolutely nailed the live performance!
I'd say Budokan is one of the smaller big stages they've done in Japan. The thing about Budokan is its legacy and the symbolism. The capacity is only about 15K. This enormous stage makes the audience here maybe about 10-12K. When they do their normal big shows in Japan it's usually at least 20K with Tokyo Dome being the biggest at 55K. They sold out two consecutive nights the only time they've played there so far.
I love that you can still hear from metal-heads that Babymetal is a fad. They made their stage debut november 28th 2010, so I guess it is a 10 year old fad. About Kami-band wearing make-up and the robes I think is partly a nod to some other masked bands but I think it also has to do with their role as back-ups. They are a bunch of session musicians that are supposed to be anonymous, kind of like Ghost for example. It is easier to change a member if they're not part of the band. I believe Boh only has missed 7-8 shows since they started using live musicians before their last US - EU-tour. Since Hideki started playing drums with them he hasn't missed many shows either. The guitarists have been shared between four people most of the time. For a while it was almost always Mikio Fujioka (RIP) and Takayoshi Ohmura with Leda Cygnus as the mostly used back-up. Since Mikio passed away they've used ISAO fairly often as well. This last tour they used western musicians for the US and EU-leg of the tour.
A lot of people have opinions about the Kami-band and the system of using session musicians. The way I see it is something like this. So and Moa are Babymetal, both officially and in reality. The people around them are interchangeable in the same way a pop-artists have musicians and dancers that are there to support the artist. The upside with doing it like this is that they can use absolutely brilliant musicians who for one reason or other have chosen to be session musicians. I know a few of them have family, kids and so on...
The downside is a lot of whining metal heads complaining it isn't metal. I'd say Babymetal is one of the most metal bands out there. They don't care about the norm of a what a metal band should and shouldn't do. They don't care how a metal band should act, what they should say and how to portray themselves publicly. Their reaction in interviews when asked about the people don't liking them is usually kind of it is nice to upset a few people as well. They do their own thing and if some people don't like it doesn't seem bother them even a little bit. Talk about giving the finger to the conventions of metal! Isn't giving the finger to conventions the most metal thing there is?
Like how you put that basically the Metal bands playing the normally whats expected ( i put some devil worship in and a scream ) almost mainstream and BabyMetal are the rebels giving society the finger and
Saying "So what this is how we do it".
Exactly this. Metal is about attitude and rebellion, not following the social norm, breaking the rules. Metal got so far up its own arse that the elitists and gatekeepers invented their own social norms and somewhere they have their unwritten rules about what constitutes a "real band" and what is "trve metal" - the elitists have become the establishment. Babymetal have ignored those social norms and unwritten rules and have done things their own way and effectively put a finger up to the establishment ... and that attitude can surely only be "trve metal".
I love to troll those elitists when they trash Nightwish for being mainstream and pop-opera.
@@Grington300 Well stated, as usual.
If you have not seen it yet, you probably want to react to the video "BABYMETAL - Rondo Of Nightmare (With Mischiefs of God Intro) Live Budokan Black Night 2014". This has a real good show of the capabilities of the musicians.
YEP
Yes this one please :)
This!
I agree on this one!
GO! GO!
They upped their game two years later by headlining Tokyo Dome. TWO NIGHTS... SOLD OUT!!! Bruh. Those three girls did that. And the Kami Band too. Youngest Artists to Perform in the Dome I believe. Their name is stamped right next to big Japanese names like X Japan, L'Arc~en~Ciel, Luna Sea and more. I love Babymetal!
The Gong!!! Babymetal is as much a Performance Art act as a pure musical one. You really need to leave those shots in to complete the performance!!! 'The One' know when something is missing!! Its like when other reactors cut out the "See You!" salutation at the end of some performances...as fans we look forward to that and when its cut, well, then the "Reaction" seems incomplete as well.
Put your Kitsune UP!! Po!
Total agree with you!The Gong!!!!
Yup, really shows the rookie who thinks they know how the song is going to end.
Missed out on the Gong.
Almost as egregious as leaving out the "See You."
Agreed!
Don't bring the wrath of The Fox God upon you sir.
or of The One
6:54 The very technical musical term you were looking for is ヘッドバン (heddoban), Japanese pronunciation of "headbang". :)
The Kami Band's (= Band of Gods) outfit is called 死装束 (shinishouzoku) "death attire". It's basically what you bury people in. It developed from kimono worn by Buddhist monks and pilgrims. The use of shinishozoku by Kami Band goes back to the MV of this very song, where a 15-y.o. girl prays to metal god and gets possessed by it.
Hedobanya is the pronunciation
The band members are the spirits summoned by the fox god.
I really don't like how any sense of individuality they had was taken away with the masks they now wear. They are now completely anonymous.
Matt M I wonder if that is because they started using a different band in the US and UK (possibly all of Europe) shows? They announced it at the beginning of the shows from what I have read from others, but maybe the feel people will think they’ve been cheated out of seeing the actual Kami Band, which I know in some way I would, but those guys do have other projects they’re working on, so touring the world doesn’t make that accessible to them. Perhaps they’ll tour the whole time once the band is back on the road, at least that first year or so, I guess we’ll see.
@@charlesedwards2856 I would love to see a permanent band as well as a permanent 3rd dancer, with a mic.
I always laugh when Yui and Moa get the crowd involved and skip back to the stage it’s so adorable
Good reaction - apart from cutting the final drama and the gong, please don't do that. Babymetal is a live performance act first a recording artist second, so if they put some theatre into the performance they do it for a reason - they're not just another band playing songs from the album. With Babymetal their albums are more like a preview of the music you will hear at the show, a bit like the sound track to a movie, but you need to see the movie to get the context.
The Kami Band (Kami means God or Spirit) dress as they do (traditional burial robes and corpse face paint) because they are supposedly the Gods or Spirits of guitar, bass and drums sent to support Babymetal in the metal resistance against the Idol system which was smothering metal and rock in Japan so they got no air time or exposure on TV etc.
The Kami Band's very first appearance was for the encores at Legend I in October 2012 and there was a short video explaining their presence first explaining along the lines that Idol groups have great numbers and should one member fall they will be replaced, so in their fight to get metal back into the peoples' consciousness and resistance against the system Babymetal are to be helped by the Kami Band, summoned by the Fox God.
Here is that performance with the video at the start - and as it happened the very first song they did was 'Headbanger' ua-cam.com/video/hYHzzPzUIM8/v-deo.html
Youngest headlining girl group in Budokan history. Sold out two nights.
Excellent reaction! You just need to watch "Rondo Of Nightmare (With Mischiefs of God Intro) Live Budokan Black Night 2014"
Imagine their age starting doing this! Going round the world!!!
Wow
The announcement of the first world tour was at the end of the Budokan shows.
Well when they first started Su was 12, and Moa and Yui were 10, but they didn't really start touring or were finalized as a legitimate thing until a few years later.
Just a fad they said... youngest female group to perform at Budokan.
Where playing similar size venue than Budokan overseas less than 2 years later Wembley Arena.
Same year, so less than 3 years later Tokyo Dome (55k), 2 days in a row, sold out. Two completely different setlists. :-)
This year is their 10th year, still growing their crowds, playing bigger venues, selling more albums.
They actually performed twice in Canada (own show in Toronto and Heavy Montreal).
Just to name some thing: highest charting rock album on the Billboard charts from Asia ever.
But as you mentioned, it's the live performances where they shine.
I hope you do more and get to things that might surprise you...
So tired of people calling J-bands fads. Like Babymetal...10 years; SCANDAL...14 years; BAND-MAID...7 years; B'z...30+ years; Ayumi Hamasaki...20+ years; Utada...20+ years; Shonen Knife...35 years. Yeah, just flashes in the pan. LOL BTW, Ayu has sold more albums and has a higher net worth than Streisand. The simple fact of the matter is that US music currently blows and Japan is kicking our collective asses.
Tokyo Dome! They played back to back nights 100K fans. Just 2 years later. Seen them twice. Awesome live. Su singing is amazing. Babymetal was put together for her.
Smart record company.
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NEVER, NEVER, NEVER cut off the end of a Babymetal video. Ugh!
HEAR HEAR!
Thou shalt not👀
There is just something about listening to metal and smiling at the same time.
Also what really gets me I'd the amount of energy they have. 1.5 hrs of dancing and running around on stage and they finish with the same amount of enery6as they started with.
I got tired just watching them haha. Thanks for your comment!
@@TempleMusicAcademy as far as the bands costume I am not sure the exact reason they wear it but they wearing burial kimonos. The band is called the Kami Band. Kami meaning god, and they are metal gods sent to earth to unite the people under the Fox god. There is a whole mythology behind Babymetal that just makes them all that more interesting to me, and they also have their own graphic novel called "Apocypha."
@@BigLowe Yeah, they're supposed to resemble shinigami (Japanese death ghosts).
@@steffenjachnow8176 thanks for the clarification. I have been listening since Road of Resistance came out and their new stuff just keeps getting better
I stumbled upon them good three years ago. The best thing I ever discovered when it comes to metal music. Sadly, I did not manage to see them live so far. But I own several Blu-Ray discs they released over the years. The 2014 Budokan shows are amongst them (and they are available as a western release for a more than reasonable price). The amount of energy exudes even from the live footage is unreal!
They don't do long shows, that last 90 minutes or more, any more. But they also got mostly rid off of these transitional things between the actual songs. So the song-per-gig-value hasn't dropped this much.
What might be worthwhile is if you actually fast-forward and watch a current performance of this song with the adult members of BABYMETAL. You will notice that teenage exuberance has been replaced with tough, kick-ass confidence, especially with Su's performance. She's become a "take no prisoners" queen and you better damn well bow down to her.
I felt robbed when you ended the video before the gong part of the video, it is such a perfect part of the Live Headbanger songs, but still, I'm glad you reacted to BABYMETAL, so thanks for sharing.
I just love them :) Babymetal is BY FAR the best music i discovered in the last years :D
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If you think them playing at Budokan is basically the pinnacle of their home turf, then you should know that they sold out 2 nights straight at Tokyo Dome. Tokyo Dome Sears 55,000 people. So they played to 110000 people over 2 nights!
Want more bass or to hear what they’re doing? React to Rondo of Nightmare (with Mischiefs of God intro), also from Budokan. As a musician I already get a lot of what they’re doing there but would love to see your take on it!!
If you wanna hear something amazing done by BabyMetal that's almost out of left field compared to what you've probably already heard from them, check out Tales of the Destinies: ua-cam.com/video/JQdbdD1X9NU/v-deo.html Unfortunately the one video that I could normally grab online of them doing it live for the first and only time at the Tokyo Dome seems to have been taken down. That live performance along with The One after it is truly a sight to behold, but just hearing the music will probably be enjoyable for you as well. The musicians are super talented and it shows in a song like this.
Try to see Rondo Of Nightamare live at Budokan
Glad you liked it!
Only the Fox God knows why the Kami Band looks like they do. They have been sent by him to help the girls unite the world in Metal. In traditional Japan people wore white robes when mourning the dead, perhaps that’s where it comes from.
In my personal opinion, the reason is probably twofold:
- The scary appearance increases the clashing between them and the the girls in their cute outfits. That‘s what BABYMETAL is all about, fusing seemingly opposing things to create something new that’s more than the sum of its parts.
- The band was originally meant to remain in the background anonymously. The line-up wasn‘t fixed, members were exchanged, but that was supposed to go unnoticed. The focus was supposed to be just on the girls.
The latter failed somewhat, since we quickly got fascinated by the insane musicians. With time they started to get their time in the spotlight, but recently they seem to be receding into the background again, which is a real pity. If you‘d like to see more of the band, please check out „Rondo of Nightmare“ with an instrumental intro called „Mischief of the Metal Gods“. Great song and great performance: ua-cam.com/video/QxYAcIyk2Co/v-deo.html
BABYMETAL‘s concept works perfectly for me, I‘m so glad I have discovered them. It‘s so much more entertaining than everything I have heard before, and I have been a Metal fan for more than 30 years now. They still get a lot of hatred. It’s OK not to like their music or the concept, of course, but people who are denying the talent are just disqualifying themselves from being taken seriously.
BTW, about a year after Budokan, BABYMETAL sold out Tokyo Dome two nights in a row, 55.000 people each. The whole show had epic proportions, it‘s fantastic to watch.
This might be my favourite Babymetal song, because it so captures exactly what it says: the feeling of one's first exposure to metal (in this case, specifically Visual kei).
Brilliant stuff.
Edit: As you note, this song isn't particularly bass-forward. I think that's because this song is so melody-centric, but other Babymetal songs showcase Boh (the God of Bass) more.
As a music teacher you have to react to BABYMETAL - Rondo of Nightmare (with Mischiefs of God intro). You'll like it. It's way more serious than other songs. And the band itself will show you their skill. Don't be frustrated, it's Su's (lead singer) solo song, when the other girls having a rest (they also had a solo songs).
⚡ 💀 💕 / 🤘
Even though Su has a beautiful soprano voice, I love that she sings a lot of this one in a lower register.
That always sounds great.
'Headbangeeeeerrrrr!!!!!!!' was one of their early hits.
Even though the song is about a fifteen year old girl attending her first rock concert, Su was only fourteen when this was recorded.
It's not biographical, but it is a song she could relate to. At that age she was performing on stage, rather than attending concerts.
I wish she got more straight up rockers like this one, she can certainly deliver them.
There is a newer song, originally known as 'Tattoo' and performed as a solo, now officially titled 'Kagerou' that also rocks.
This is the only song that I would ever suggest listening to the studio track rather than watching a live performance. Kagerou from the studio is far superior to the live versions. If we could get - as we seem to be getting for everything else - the concert footage with the studio track, I would be a happy Kitsunekitto indeed.
If I thought I could get away with it, I would make one and post it. But we all know how that would turn out...
@@foxgodrecords2752 You know, I almost said something about how this song is a lot clearer on the studio track, but my post was already getting long. : ).
LEGEND: METAL GALAXY (Day 2) is going to be broadcast on WoWoW in Japan on Sunday at 8:00 PM. They performed 'Kagerou' that night. Hopefully it won't be one of the songs cut from the broadcast.
thanks for your analysis
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I'm a big fan of BABYMETAL!
"With the legendary long black hair gorgeously disordered, this crazy blooming flower will soon disappear. Now the time has come. I no longer hesitate. I tightly hold my discount railway tickets. To the east, to the west, to the south, to the north. Today I rush to the very front of stage center. On the left side, on the right side, standing up still, leaning back, jumping toward the stage, leaning over the fence, rolling over the crowd, and then all deeply headbanging. This special night of my fifteen I'll never forget. All the crybabies, get out of here! It'll never come again and it goes by so fast. I etch in my heart this special night of my fifteen."
Hi Temple Music! Good reaction! "Headbanger!" is a song about a girl going to her first metal concert on her 15th birthday. It's easily my favorite song on the first album. I'm a long time metal head, probably older than you are, and BABYMETAL is my favorite band at this point. The Kami Band members wear traditional Japanese burial robes, they're supposed to represent the kami (god/spirit) of their respective instruments as summoned by the Fox God. They changed their outfits in 2018 when the group brought out the "dark side" lore, they were in black robes which I thought was really cool. Then they changed them again for 2019 with the release of the latest album "Metal Galaxy" to fit in with that theme. The biggest issue the fans have with the latest costumes is they put masks on the Kami Band members, partly I think because they actually hired a whole new set of American Kami's at the start of their 2019 tour. They have two "sets" now, "Kamis of the East" and "Kamis of the West". The western Kami's performed on their 2019 US and 2020 European tours, while the eastern Kami's performed at the Japan shows and some one off performances like Glastonbury.
Legend Metal Galaxy in Jan 2020 one night was performed by the "eastern kami band" and the other night was performed by the west. But Road of Resistance to end one of the shows had everybody on stage both Kami Bands and all 3 Avengers.
@@griffenberg Yep, RoR day 1, and IDZ day 2 had everyone on stage.
Hey! You cut it off before the very end, which is kinda fun and the perfect exclamation point to a fantastic performance....
Well, really Babymetal was built around the singer Nakamoto Sukuza. She has a powerful voice and one of the producer of the program "Sakura Gakuin", a former metalhead thinks that her voice is suited for metal so... they try and things happen
The "fox god" comes from a mistake of little children. Think that you´re are teaching what is heavy metal to little girls, and i´m talking about 11-12 years girls and teach who to do the "devil horns" 🤘
That´s easy in west, but think again, in Japan people are buddhist or shinto so the horns say nothing to them. The little girls thinks about the fox you do playing with shadows and the fox is in Japan and most of the orient culture a magical creature. Also guardian protector of the Inari shrines. So someone thinks "hey, this is fun" and use this mistake to create a idea of the "fox god"
As a fact, you can see fox statues in almost any Inari shrine in Japan
Also, this song have a nice "poetry" thing, because the song is about a young girl in her 15 years who goes their first time to a metal concert. In Japanese 15 is pronounce as "yuu--go" or "ten-five" but in this song is "Ichi-go" or "one-five". The fun part is that ichi-go is the word for "strawberry" (ichigo), a fruit associated in young girls with innocence, purity
Also in the music video appears a neck protector to do not damage your neck headbanging. This is a little tribute for X-Japan and their founder and composer Yoshiki. Probably one of the best composers and musicians of the XX century in Japan who needs to wear one for years headbanging on the drums. Think in Yoshiki in someone like Paul McCartney, John Lennon or Mick Jagger in Japan. A legendary artists who change the music and even the mentality of Japan in the 80/90. In Japan there´s music before and after Yoshiki. The final gong is also a tribute for X-Japan
Also think that those girls comes... from Jpop. Just check "Sakura Gakuin", they comes from this group as a subunit
Oh, and a little anecdote. All the videos you see of this song in the Budokan are from the "black night", but they perform this song two times the... why?
You see the barriers on the stage?. The first day they don´t have barriers and one of the little girls: Yui Mizuho got so hyped running that she falls from the stage and the song end with only two of them. Fortunately Yui recovers and join in the next song
Also a note. Some people defends Babymetal because "there´s no rule writed that says metal must be angry or serious". True, but they are not the first to challenge this not writed rule. In Japan musicians thinks that smile while playing is part of the job and... you never see Aldious Playing?
Aldious is and "old" metal band and they have a lot of fun on stage, just check someday some of their works like this one
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This ie really FUN METAL
Now currently available at their official webiste. Check it out, don't know it will be available for how long.
LIVE AT WEMBLEY 2016 concert
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I love this band, and I am a 55 year old metal musician. you cut before it was done.
In Babymetal lore, the backing musicians are "Kami's"... Spirits. Hence the name, Kami Band. In the lore, they are Metal Gods...... God of Drums, God of Bass, Little God of Guitar, Big God of Guitar. They only exist on stage in support of Babymetal, summoned by the Fox God to support Babymetal in their battles. :)
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The kami band essentially represent ghosts or spirits. Like the kitsune fox spirit, ghosts also figure very prominently in Japanese folklore. They represent spirits who serve the Fox God and aid and protect the girls in their storyline. In the latest incarnation of the band, they've gone away from the ghost look, and more toward an animistic fox look, with black robes and stylized silver fox masks, as you can see in some of their most recent performances.
Takayoshi Ohmura is their lead guitarist. He's a legend in Japan and well respected . He has done solo albums , and is also in a Symphonic Metal group called " Liv Moon " . Watch his in studio performance of one of his instrumentals " The Cataclysm " . Epic performance.
The backing band is called the Kami Band. That is what they are dressed as - Kami - Japanese Shinto spirit/deities. The fox spirit is called Megitsune. You may understand more once you've seen that video.
This version is good, but the Legend of 1997 (Su's 16th birthday show) is just incredible.
You should look for the concert . When they were real young and they didn’t have the guard rails. That concert yui metal while running down one of Thier lanes in the dark she runs of the stage . And she climbs back up on to the stage and finish’s the show . Now that’s dedication .they where very very young . They were 11 or 12 years old . The singer is one year older than the other two .
They were 14 and 16 at Budokan, still the youngest female band to play there though
I would recommend you Tales of The Destinies, the song is very good and different. Babymetal is really amazing, not only the girls, the musicians (kami band) and everyone behind them.
if you want to see the Kami band doing solo's look for Rondo of Nightmare (with mischief of gods intro) trust me it is worth it
You cut off the end! It wasn't OVER!!!
Great reaction! Great analysis. I never heard the Weird Al theory but I see what you're saying. They could have only pulled this off in Japan. Anywhere else, they would have tried to make the girls into fake metal heads and the whole thing would have been stupid. They don't mock metal in any way. They honor metal music and they raise the bar as far as I'm concerned.
My only criticism of the reaction is, Never cut anything out and suggest its unimportant! They are performance artists. They don't put things into the performance for people to throw out. My understanding is the last scene is in honor of the drummer from X-Japan who apparently would sometimes collapse from exhaustion at the end of a long song.
The band was formed in 2010, with the original lineup of Su-metal (Vocal and Dance), Moametal (Scream and Dance), and Yui Mizuno as "Yuimetal" (Scream and Dance), with the concept of a fusion of the heavy metal and Japanese idol genres. Originally a sub-unit of the Japanese idol group Sakura Gakuin, Babymetal became an independent act in 2013, following Nakamoto's departure from Sakura Gakuin. Babymetal released their eponymous debut album in February 2014. Their second album Metal Resistance was released worldwide on April 1, 2016, charting well internationally for a Japanese band. Babymetal has also embarked on several tours, with a majority of their tour dates taking place outside of Asia.
On October 19, 2018, Babymetal announced that Yui Mizuno (Yuimetal) had decided to leave the band due to poor health, following her absence from live performances since December 2017.[3] Since her departure, the band has performed with one or more backup dancers called at live performances. In 2019, the band introduced three backup dancers that were present in a rotation on each live show to form a trio with Moametal and Su-metal, with the dancers being called Avengers.
I think you are right. The main reason everyone loves them is the fantastic live performances. They couldn't have pulled this off at all if they half assed it. But then it absolutely took off.
Also that song is about a 15 year old girl experiencing her first concert 😊
More BABYMETAL please
Not to dis Budokan, but in that configuration, it only holds 14,400. They also sold out consecutive nights at Tokyo Dome; 55,000 per night. They also sold out consecutive nights at Yokohama Arena, which holds around 17,500. More Babymetal lore: Yui fell off the stage at the other night of this two-night series during this song. BTW, the same choreographer is used for both Babymetal and their Amuse "big sister" supergroup, Perfume.
remember, this song was released in 2014... the song was a girl's first experience with a heavy metal concert....
Many comments providing historical background and LORE (*shudder*), so I don't think I'll add to that. It's all good stuff though.
Anyway, nice take on the musicianship. Most reactors are focused on the girls and the drums. "OH! THEY'RE SO CUTE!" and "Oh my God, that drummer is INSANE!" are the typical reactions. They are, of course, absolutely correct on both counts. But to see a reaction from someone that understands the process is really very rewarding. There are reactions from a theatrical director and a vocal teacher. Those are two of my favorites. Your reaction to this song has been added to that rarefied air.
People are saying "Rondo of Nightmare (with Mischiefs of Metal Gods intro)". That's a good choice. Always a good choice. However... If you want musical diversity and difficulty - and the true fans know where I'm going here - you really need to seek out "Tales of the Destinies" from Tokyo Dome 2016. The only place I have found it is on Dailymotion, and I can't STAND Dailymotion. But for Tales, you should be able to suffer through it. Just make sure your adblocker is up to date and your VPN is working in overdrive.
Seriously, Tales of the Destinies. Tokyo Dome 2016 Red Night. It is a little bit of everything stuffed into eight and a half minutes of prog rock infused weirdness, but it works. And if you have another eight minutes to spare, just watch it through to the end. The transition from Tales to "The One" is breathtaking.
So, against my own better judgement, I will post the Dailymotion link. But you'll have to put it together yourself:
https[colon]//www[dot]dailymotion[dot]com/video/k6w1YdkObN4XuGr7x3l?start=1480
You'll also need to set the rez to 1080. It defaults to 480, which is insane.
The legend of 97 version really shows the crowd involvement and energy that they give back. It is here too but you don’t see it as well.
Incredible...yui & moa on stage 14 years..su 16..it's crazy..
Awesome reaction.
I can understand the concerns people had about Babymetal when they arrived on the scene. What they were doing was reminiscent of the mindless, gimmicky entertainment of a lot of mainstream music and yeah, I get that. I don't want metal becoming anothet soulless money making machine churning out brands instead of music either.
However, I think Babymetal have a good balance going. I love them and it's okay to have music that's just meant to be fun and entertaining, as long as they take the actual music they make seriously. And they do.
I think it's brilliant that they made up an entire mythology for themselves - reminds me of Gwar or Nekrogoblikon and their whole thing.
Yeah, because US metal isn't about labels churning out money, right? There is no such thing as a truly organic band anymore; if there ever was. The name of the game is making music and making money. I only believe in two genres of music; good and bad...and Babymetal is good, musically and as pure entertainment. Taylor Swift OTOH? LMAO
@@ShikataGaNai100 I don't think you quite got my point, but ok.
I did say Babymetal were good and that I liked them too, so I'm not even sure if you actually read my comment or just skimmed it.
Also, I'm in the UK where there has been no mainstream metal since Iron Maiden had their last hit in the nineties. We don't have an alternative chart and your mainstream bands are not even known over here, except by the metal community. Ask the average person who Korn or Slipknot are and they'll have no idea.
And maybe you're right if you're talking about the mainstream music industry and metal bands who were born in that sphere, but there are countless of organic bands out there that don't exist in that tiny microcosm of the elite, where artists are treated as not much more than performing monkeys and financial commodities.
@@loud6037 I am agreeing with you, but I am also saying that music is about, has always been about, and will always be about making money. Even the most organic bands have some sort of formula. They did when I started making music for money in 1966; they still do. I just think it is wrong to eschew commercialism, because it is how we manage to stay musicians; otherwise, we go broke and break up. LOL IOW, everything in entertainment has a gimmick of some sort. I mean, the minute you sell a logo t-shirt, you would have sold out in Clapton's view of music. I just do not like calling one guy's hook another guy's gimmick. Other than that, I see your point and agree.
@@ShikataGaNai100 Right, I see what you're saying now! I don't think there's anything wrong with music being commercial per se, or that it means a lack of talent or creativity on the part of artists themselves, however big record companies tend to be more than willing to sacrifice artistry if it makes them more money and it becomes less about music and more about entertaining.
I feel like Babymetal have managed to get a good balance between the two.
@@ShikataGaNai100 Apologies for misunderstanding what you were getting at.
They entertain the crowd the crowd entertains them these girls crowd control is one of kind
Excellent Reaction!! Would love to see more reactions to Babymetal. Especially Yava, iine!, Brand New Day, Road of Resistance and Tales of the Destinies/The One. Whatever happened to 1 tah tay tah for vocalizing 16th notes? cleaner attack with the fricative.
They are the Kami Band - Gods that appear as ghosts.
sumetal the singer is also just one of the best singers there is that helps the band too xD our queen
I love Babymetal and had the luck of seeing them live once so far. I will say one thing that helped my love grow was when they introduced the live Kami Band for their shows, because with their first music videos (and i think even live videos) the band were in skeleton suits and miming playing
Say what you will, but they're catchy af.
Thanks man! This was great! Please check out "Rondo of Nightmare" (with Mischiefs of God intro), Babymetal (Live)
I spent all weekend watching babymetal reaction videos, and yours is so far the best. You react to babymetal the same as I do.
Fun fact: The dances are done by the same woman who does all the dances for "Perfume" They share the same agency.
You missed the ending.. A little late to the game on BM but 3 albums in they are killing it. The Kami band is world class and everything they do is 100% by design..
Babymetal - Rondo of Nightmare with mischiefs of god intro
If you know the old stuff, check out their current stuff, like Shanti, Shanti, Shanti or Pa Pa Ya!!
三人の可愛い娘が出て来てmetal を唄うって笑っていたら後ろからすげぇsandが流れて来て、よ~く見たらバックバンドのテクニックが凄くて、更に観てるとボーカルの声と歌唱力に気づいて、何てバンドだよって感じかな(笑)
Sand が流れちゃったら砂嵐だよ。まあ、そんな感じのスゴイ歌ってことだよね。
7:39 Discovery of the death stare ... that was golden man xD
Yu definitely need to check out Rondo of Nightmare with mischiefs of God intro. And to see why Su Metal is the absolute Queen, watch BxMxC live in Sweden.
watch rondo of nightmare. it has a bass solo near the start so maybe you can hear him more. also its a really good song
とっても【充実】したreactionでした
i think this is the best breakdown too babymetal that i enjoyed.
kawai metal at its best
Wait till you react to Rondo of Nightmare with Mischief of God 😍😍😍😍😍. Can't wait to see what you'd have to say...
I think there are 3 sets of Kami Band. The first were the ones wearing "skeleton" costumes (Babymetal Era), the "white ghost" (live/recording band and the ones in this video, Babymetal+Metal Resistance era) and the "masked" (western Kami Band, also live/session, Metal Galaxy era). You can see the "masked" band in their Paris tour (BxMxC live in Paris and in NY videos).
Didn't it see it to the end, cutting it off like that. Because i really would have liked to hear your take on the Gong at the end.
Like your reaction.. good knowledge but i have some issues with some of your analysis. However your appreciation is awesome and enjoy listening to you..
Check out:
Babymetal Death
Rondo of Nightmare
Megitsune
Road of Resistance Live in Japan (epic)
ua-cam.com/video/SNI08IXOeq0/v-deo.html
Headbanger - Legend Galaxy day 2 (Live 2020), please. If you cant find, i have and send for you. Srsly.
Who the hell~ walks into BUDOKAN at age 14(YUI and MOA) (SUE-METAL was 16) and changes history? If you've played the LEGENDARY BUDOKAN, you
have made it. If you've played a sold-out TOKYO DOME 55,000 SEAT STADIUM two nights in a row - you are immortal!
SU-METAL is our GODDESS QUEEN and an
IDOL LEGEND. When all is said and done these girls along with the avengers will go down in history as some of the greatest IDOL LEGENDS along side the first generation of girls from the IDOL
GROUP AKB48. MAY THE FOX GOD BE WITH YU...
One of the more telling stories is the "Miracle at Sonisphere." Budokan and Tokyo Dome were huge accomplishments, but those were done in their home country where they were already pretty well-established. Their performance at the Sonisphere festival is one of which legends are made! They were originally scheduled to play the side stage, where they expected to play to a smaller crowd of just a few thousand, many of whom knew them and followed them. But at the last second, they were mysteriously relocated to the main stage, suddenly playing to the entire 20,000+ crowd of European metalheads, most of whom were there for Korn and other mainstream metal bands, and had no idea who Babymetal were! They were plagued from the start with technical difficulties, the girls made some nervous mistakes, and Yui's skirt was falling apart. It was Spinal Tap in real life, as I've heard it told! But they put on such a great performance that they had won over that entire main stage crowd by the end of their set!
@@garykeeling2275 Yes and the crowd chanting
we want more at the end was something
BABYMETAL will never forget!
Quote from our QUEEN…
“I am so honored that we are confirmed to play Sonisphere Festival UK,” declares SU-METAL.
“There are so many different types of artists playing this festival but I hope to deliver a one and only, unique style metal - BABYMETAL - even to those who will see us for the very first time. This will be our very first time in the UK, which makes us nervous, yet excited just imagining what type of people will come and see us, what sort of show it will end up being, and whether the audience will enjoy our show. We’ll hopefully get to see Metallica-san’s performance again after witnessing them at Summer Sonic festival in Japan which we are very excited about.”
As fate would have it The music gods saw fit to reunite BABYMETAL with legendary metal group Metallica at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul. As one might expect from the trio, they absolutely rocked the stage! Kicking off Metallica's Seoul show on January 11, 2017, BABYMETAL opened the night with an explosive 6-song set.
Hey! Your reaction/analysis was perfect until you cut out the gong scene. I get the point it could be dragged on in some way but this is a performance and the gong scene is part of it. Another view is the fact that it's not over until the Queen hits the gong :) Now seriously, your analysis was very interesting because we usually don't have that knowledge, so I appreciate that. Just realized your video was 14+ minutes long... well It actually felt like 3 minutes to me! So, you know, with BABYMETAL video length is not a problem!
Keep on the great work and have a great day!
Since you mentionned the "syncopation", it would be cool to actually listen to BABYMETAL's song "Syncopation", my personal favourite :).
Or as others have probably suggested already, go to the very technical prog-metal song "Tales of the Destinies". I'm sure there would be lots to talk about there for a musicologist ;).
This gonna be fun
Great tech info about the music
You being told the bits of info you where not familiar with . Now there are 2 different Bands that perform with BabyMetal all accomplished musicians the Eastern Kamis and Western Kamis seen both there great . The thing that you sort of mentioned the choreography and vocals . You did not say much about Su's vocals which to me if she was not there it would just be another good metal band . Her vocals are the icing on the cake for me . As a lot of fans say " no Su no BabyMetal ".
Try reacting to Rondo of Night with mischief of Gods intro. The Kamis show there skills then Su shows how to give a performance .
🤘😷🤘
I'd love to see you reacting musically interesting one such like 'Tales of the Destinies' (not available on UA-cam tho) and 'The One',
ballad piece you can hear bass more such like 'No Rain No Rainbow',
'Amore' which has bass solo.
Great reaction!
I simply knew that a fan of Devin would also love BM! The music from both artists is just too awesome and mood-lifting! :)
Most of your questions have already been answered by "The One" in the comment section, so i won't recite the whole thing again.
Another thing I'd love to see and makes me curious would be more or less a album reaction/review of their third LP "Metal Galaxy"(Oct. 2019), it's a bit more, well, how should i say that, "progressive?"(consider it a bit like Empath). The album is split in two halfs, the "Light" and the "Dark" side, while it's self-explaining which one is more poppish/proggy and which one is heavier, I'd love to hear your opinion/thoughts and also your analysis of the tracks from your professional standpoint! (So here you have the opportunity to make a 3-4h reaction with ease, even longer if you want xD and "The One" will surely watch it)
Also, if you'd decide to really take on this request, I'd highly appreciate if you'd take the Japanese version of the Album, it has 2 exclusive tracks and both are top notch songs(BBAB and BxMxC, while BxMxC is by far the most favored track on the new album by the whole fanbase it seems).
The last thing I'll have to point out is: if you want to feature the reactions to each song in the video, consider uploading it on vimeo/bitchute with included audio and cut/mute the songs for youtube(copyright strikes are impending if you include the audio... sadly, even tho you'd help them reach a broader audience, but that's a thing with japanese artists it seems)
so, enough of my selfish request, I'm really happy to see how much fun you had while reacting to this, keep up the great work, stay safe and stay metal!
cheers
I think the band might be dressed up as Onryō, Goryō, or Yūrei.
Great reaction but you cut the final!!!
Their pinnacle definitely wasn't Budokan. It was for sure selling out back to back nights at the Tokyo Dome. where both concerts were totally unique, as none of the songs were played on both concerts.
Nice reaction and insight! But i can't help but think you didnt finish the performance lol ahhhhhh
Would love to see more BabyMetal
I would love watching you reacting to "Rondo Of Nightmare with Mischiefs of Metal Gods Intro", you'll witness the true power of Kami band
Excellent video, dude. Thanks for featuring Babymetal. Honestly, they're the band that rekindled my love of metal, and music in general. I grew up with metal, but as I grew older, I got tired of the constant machismo and macho culture, so I drifted away. With Babymetal I'm getting back into metal, from Pantera to Black Sabbath, and I'm loving it again.
As for the costumes of the band, they're traditional Japanese funeral shrouds. If I can make one suggestion for another Babymetal song it would be Akatsuki: ua-cam.com/video/g2372C5PJLM/v-deo.html
Great video, you should really check out Tales of the Destenies by them, the song has its tempo chenged a lot and is just a metal masterpiece.
I've seen plenty of folks who cut of the "See you!"at the end - BUT YOU CUT OUT THE GONG!!!!! Otherwise good reaction, very informative. Just a bit more patience at the end next time or the Fox God will be really disappointed!
You used the word "syncopation" during the discussion of music. Interestingly, one of their songs is titled Syncopation, and was considered too different for Western audiences to be released in the US. If you can find that video, I think you'll find it fascinating, musically! GJ!
Did they say this was the reason why it wasn't released for the West? Because it's very common to have extra songs or different versions for the japan market. CD's and DVDs are more expensive in japan and some fans in japan would just import stuff to save some money if they can. Having extra songs in japan prevents this and actually makes people from the west import stuff from japan.
As an example, japanese fans importet the budokan show because it's much cheaper in the west. Babymetal hasn't released any Blu Ray/DVD since then in the West. I'm just speculating but this might be a reason. :)
To be fair, that was one of the reasons I've heard. But Koba likes to throw out things that may just be part of the Mythology of Babymetal. He really is correct when they say only the Fox God knows! 🤘🦊🤘
If you wanna "ear more bass" - and pretty much all other instruments for that matter - please listen to « Mischiefs of Metal Gods»: instrumental stampede galore.
I love their new album. It’s less straight metal and more adventurous and incorporates a lot of musical styles into the metal for a very unique sound. And the performance is much better because the singer has become phenomenal and the dancing is more elegant because they’re grown up now and their performances seem very grown up, too. It’s very, very cool comparing old Babymetal and new Babymetal.
The band are known as "The Mischiefs of God" and their costume is probably linked to that
The band is known as "Kami Band", the "Mischiefs of the Metal Gods" is an instrumental intro
Another song, like you did with nightwish poet and the pendulum, was ended too soon. At least this one only had like 20 seconds left of them getting to the gong
You didn’t let su hit the gong at the end. The floor opened behind them and a gong rises up they all crawl on the platform and it rises up and Su hits the gong which makes it a great ending to the song
I can your question... it's because they are insane
If you like japanese culture and heavier music, check out wagakki band.
good to hear reviews from a musically knowledgable person , but with vibe. thanks
Noooooo! why did you end the video before it was done!!!!