Composer/Musician Reacts to BABYMETAL - Road of Resistance (REACTION!!!)
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- Опубліковано 12 гру 2019
- Bryan reacts to and talks about his thoughts on BABYMETAL - Road of Resistance (Audio)
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There is a slight misunderstanding regarding a comment I made about the live instrument performance sounding like pre-recorded tracks. I only meant this in regard to the music video. I'm being mistaken for saying that the band doesn't actually play live. I totally understand how this misunderstanding happened (I wasn't 100% clear in expressing my thoughts there) but trust me, that's not what I meant. I was simply commenting on the music video itself. I have no doubts that the Kami band is extremely talented and do actually play everything live. Apologies for any confusion. 😀
yes. wrap your head around it. this band is that good that they could fool you for a track.... no dude that shit is live... I know I've seen them .... I suggest you do the same.
No need to apoligize. The truth is somewhere in the middle. What many people dont get about this particular video is that its not a live video. Its and official music video of a live performance. So it is absolutely the audio from the concert but it has also absolutely been massaged a bit so to speak. BABYMETAL sells a lot of blurays of live shows, they put a lot of effort into making the overall quality very high, which includes a little nipping and tucking of audio. Which is not a bad or unreasonable thing. Having seen them 6 times I can say for sure they sound outstanding live but this video is not using raw live audio. Its also not just a studio track either though. Because it is an official music video and part of an entire pro-shot concert. They record the live audio and then do some post work before releasing it. So you are not wrong completely. But the best part is that there are videos that are more raw of live shows and from first hand experience, they sound outstanding live.
@@Bones12x2 well, every band does that nowadays (even in the past too) so is not a crime :)
Babymetal fans are prob the most dedicated around the world, we get sensitive too easily lol
@@Bones12x2 Sure, but listen to a fancam/bootleg you won't find much difference if any.
At 6:10 you said you "kinda hate to use the word *fun*".......DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FUN IS THE POINT OF BABYMETAL!
BABYMETAL = FUN!
I completely understand your angle. You are doing critical analysis, with theory and historical references, etc, etc. That is great because not a lot of reaction channels do what you do. Most UA-camr reactions are just purely emotional and some are even fake (I know, how dare they).
Ok, so the people who want you to react to live performances want your hyper-emotional response to BabyMetal. They want to see your jaw-drop and they want you to say things like "I can't believe how young they are and how amazing it is they can command a huge 20,000 - 55,000 size audience", etc etc. Basically, they want you to react to the shock value of BabyMetal.
I love those emotional type of reactions. But I get that's not what you do. What you do is awesome. You do your thing. I have no complaints.
But just keep in mind that it's OK sometimes to take off your college professor hat and just feel, not think, and enjoy BabyMetal critically analyzing them, have a bit of fun, friend. :)
Well said BtMC
The music is only a part of Babymetal.
Babymetal is a band designed for a live show.
There's no wrong way to enjoy babymetal, I think. The fanbase can be a little too passionate sometimes, but that's because we kinda started as underdogs in the metal scene, being bashed from many directions before being somewhat accepted. So when we see someone interested in learning more, we can go a little overboard with the excitement, and we want people to have the best experience they can. Sometimes we still feel the need to prove ourselves to others.
But from what I've seen, the babymetal fandom is one of the most non-toxic and welcoming out there.
Thanks for taking the time to react to their songs! If you want to know more, please let us know!
There isn't such a thing as being too passionate when it comes to BABYMETAL!
Word Bro!!!!!!! Greats from Germany/Australia!
I see the same commenters in every reaction videos. I love it. So many information babies
Thanks for doing this. I don't think anybody intended it as a criticism of what you do or how you reacted to 'Tales of the Destinies' in saying you should have seen a live performance, you did absolutely nothing wrong (personally I really enjoyed your reaction and it was informed and interesting), but there are good reasons why people wanted you to see a live performance.
Something you said after listening to the studio track was actually quite telling and I think it goes a long way to explaining why people said what they said and that was you felt Su's vocals were "overshadowed" by the instrumentals. This is one of the major issues (possibly THE major issue) BABYMETAL fans have with the studio recordings - her vocals are over processed and compressed. That does not happen when she performs live where her natural voice and the power of her vocals cut through all the guitars and drums. She is an incredible vocalist when you hear her sing live (even the live videos don't do her full justice). This is one of the main aspects for why people consider they are better live.
BOH, the bass player with the Kami Band, said that when they first came in they were told to play as hard and as loud as they could, not to hold back because the girls were Idols, not to hold back because they were girls.
You were absolutely right - Herman Li and Sam Totman did indeed write the guitar arrangements for this song and they laid the guitar tracks down for the studio version. When it came to the live version you were mistaken when you said you thought it was a live performance with studio tracks, the Kami Band really are that good live. Obviously this is from a DVD and there will have been some post-processing, but honestly that will have been minimal.
The middle 'woah woah' sing along was extended for the live performance (even more than in most live performances when they play this song) because of the occasion and because it was the last song of the night, so it was done for the audience, letting them have their moment.
I agree it isn't their best song, but people wanted you to see the performance to give you a better idea of how BABYMETAL are best listened to and seen performing live so you could see the effort and energy and how they interact so well with the audience - this was the end of a 60-90 minute show and the girls and the Kami Band were still going as hard then as they had been going from the very first minute with no drop in quality, no less energy and no less enthusiasm ... also another thing you picked up on, BABYMETAL are fun and they are entirely unapologetic about that as well.
When I commented on the instruments sounded pre-recorded it was a guess about the audio in the music video, not about the actual live performance. I have no doubts that the band actually plays live. Sorry about the confusion. Thanks for the rest of the insight in this well thought out comment too!
@@CriticalReactions Thanks for replying. Yes I did understand what you meant - there are official videos where they did (unnecessarily in my opinion) use the studio audio over the live performance footage (eg 'Pa Pa Ya', 'Gimme Chocolate'), but for those it is the full studio audio and not just the instrumentals. I just wanted you to know that wasn't so with this video and that all the audio was live.
I could be wrong but I remember reading that for the studio recording Dragonforce did play. Where as the live was all Kami band.
Dragonforce have no writing credits on Road Of Resistance or any other song. And Herman Li has himself said, that the only thing they did was record the guitars for the song on the album.
At 1:20 you said something like - you can't analyze a live performance, have no expertise in choreography, stage production, etc. Then you rather eloquently and expertly analyze BabyMetal live performance for almost 20 minutes discussing the dancing, all aspects of stage production, the musicianship, the vocal / breath control necessary to compensate for dancing, etc, etc. And you thought you had nothing to say.
Well that isn't true. Consumers are the ultimate judge of quality. We can all judge whether it's good or not. It would be like saying that the best food in the world is only appreciated by chefs.
been a fan since 2013 and I had never heard the studio version of this song til now. the live version is so much better. this version was the last song of a long show. went to a show this year and it is something you have to experience. I understand you are just music but Babymetal is a visual band. and yes she was 17 at this time of the video. she has been performing since she was 8 9 years old. she is the reason why there is a band not the band first then she was added. no. she was the reason Babymetal was formed. and very few performers have the crowd presence as she has at such a young age. and another piece of info. the lady that does all their choreography is the best in Japan. she is the one responsible for the Tokyo Olympics next year. she has been with them from the beginning. the band has some of the best in Japan also. sometimes the band playing live is not the ones playing in the studio. but I will say this too you aint heard nothing yet if you continue.
I agree, the studio version of road of resistance I always skip lol. This song deserves to be heard live. No two ways around it. As a studio version it's moderatly good, as a live song, it's going through the roof.
Wow how is that you have never heard the studio version of this?
@@kaihenrik9639 always watched the live videos. And didnt buy the cd since i got to the point dont buy any cds. Heard some studio and knew they werent the same so stayed away from them. Got the new one with the tickets to the Forum. Even though i love this one it still not like live.
To be honest, I mainly listen to the Red Budokan Night and the Wembley Arena lives on streaming, The Tokyo Dome Nights and Baptism XX when I'm home, I really prefer to avoid their studio recordings 🤷🏻♂️
@@DeePal072 and dont forget Osaka hall 2017. That is another one i can listen to over and over. Oh yeah SSA from 2015 too.
I find that, in a lot of other bands, the live performance distracts from the audio quality because the band simply cannot perform the songs as well live as they can in studio so I can understand why you prefer the audio only. With Babymetal, that is not true. They are actually better live, even if you were to close your eyes and not even watch the visual aspects.
The argument is sometimes made that visual (gimmickry) is just there to cover up for poor quality music. The fact that you still prefer the audio suggests you believe the quality in Babymetal is top notch. So in that way, I couldn't agree more.
They're (we're) telling you to react to their live performances because BABYMETAL is better live for one thing :P. I genuinely have downloaded the live performance of most of their songs to incorporate them into my spotify playlist because they're better live.
The fact that their live shows also happen to be a mindblowing visual experience adds to the musical aspect in my opinion. They've won countless awards now for Best Live Act and their crowd interaction has also won them awards for "Most Dedicated Fans". It also allows you to see (and hear) for yourself that they're not just a band with talented music producers, but the musicians can also play these songs live with ease. Like it's great to compose sublime music but what if you can't find a gifted musician to play the parts you've written ? May aswell ask for a computer algorithm to play the song for you. It loses its artistry touch. Atleast that's my view on it.
I've got to agree that their shows are so good on every aspect (audio, visual, pyrotechnics, dancing, crowd interactions) that you can feel overwhelmed at times. SO many things to process. It's like trying to eat a masterchef plate with 4 or 5 different tastes altogether at once. Each and every one element tastes incredible and the mix together brings you to pure sensory overload. That's how I'd describe BABYMETAL ;-).
What we meant also is that you don't really need to listen to the audio because the live version is almost identical. I understand your concern in the first place about reacting to live performances because frankly 98% of the bands sound worse live let's be honest. Imagine introducing someone to System of a Down by listening to some of their live stuff ? That'd be a dumb move. What we're telling you here is you can safely assume that the BABYMETAL musicians will deliver the goods. They're amongst the best musicians in Japan for a reason. Also live versions sometimes have cool solos from the musicians that you don't get on the studio versions. One example of this would be Rondo of Nightmare. It's a great studio song but if you watch the live version with the solos as introduction, it gives a whole new level to the song. As for the vocals, the studio versions rarely do justice to the singer's voice. She's a true talent and sometimes her overproduced vocals on the studio versions just don't give her the justice she deserves.
And as you said earlier, by listening to the studio version, you remarked that you were more impressed by the work-rate of the musicians as opposed to the singing, but then after seeing their live performances, you also remarked the fact she was also dancing. That is something you wouldn't have picked up from just listening to the audio version. That means as a vocalist she sure isn't slamming her drums like Hideki but I'm not sure Hideki envies her position where she has to sing right and accomplish all of her dance routines and jump and interact with the crowd all at the same time ;).
PS : I've seen your 5-string Bass, did you notice Boh uses a 6-string bass ? He's a long-time admirer of Billy Sheehan ;)
Hahaha - I think you meant Billy Sheehan :-)
@@Grington300 Oh my lord thanks for the comment I didnt see my typo :D. Not the ginger one !!
@@Grington300 And I even wrote it with the R instead of H haha.
@@Zedem0n Yes, I did have to chuckle, but I'm sure I've done similar in the past.
The Kami Band shreds. Su Metal's a vocal Queen. There... I edited your comment for you.
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"Stand up and shout, Shout!, Justice Forever!" - (Road of Resistance)
You're the first person I've heard (many musicians included) that prefers the studio version of this song.
That's fine. It's just unusual. : )
The guitars, bass and drums are definitely live in this video.
The Kami Band members for this concert were Leda Cygnus and Takayoshi Ohmura on guitars, BOH on six-stringed bass, and Hideki Aoyama on drums.
Any of the above are well worth looking into for solo work, and/or other projects they've been involved with.
Being unsure if the instruments are recorded or not is a testament to the skill of the musicians.
Others will explain this better than me, but her live singing is better than studio version. It is not just about performance, dancing, production and such
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.
It sounds like you have a very analytical mind and enjoy finding what "categories" music fits in, but I think one of BabyMetal's strengths is how they can mix and merge very different styles and techniques into something that works well. And yes, many of us believe all the aspects of their performance from everyone involved adds a lot to the overall experience of the music.
27:00 "to me Jazz is a live genre it's best experienced live."
Many would say the same about Babymetal, they've received awards for best live and live band for a reason. Doesn't even matter if it's a big stage production or some small stage always deliver an awesome live experience.
It's like people go to a Slipknot or even a Pink Floyd concert to experience it live.
Thank you for taking the effort and reviewing both, the studio version and the live version of this song. And while I absolutely can understand your sentiment regards using studio track for appreciating the musical side of an artist, especially with BABYMETAL there are some songs, where the recording clearly is not as good as the live performance. Most of Suzuka's (lead singer) solos song for instance (especially "Rondo of Nightmare"). But it's perfectly fine to review their album stuff.
Regarding your "disbelief" regarding their musicians playing actually live: Trust me, they do play live! There are backing tracks in use for instruments other than the guitars, bass, and drums and some songs use harmonizing tracks to complement Suzuka's or the other girl's voices and sometimes to take some pressure from the other girls since they carry the main load of the dance-performance.
P.S.: When it comes to recreating the distinctive sound of another band, it certainly helps that their producer (Key Kobayashi aka. KOBAMETAL) is a huge metal-head.
They're actually play it live...with the live performance, babymetal with give you another music experience bcoz every live performance they performed it differently than the studio version, the line up of the kami-band are Takayoshi Ohmura, Leda Cygnus/Mikio Fujioka for guitars, BOH for Bass and Aoyama Hideki/Yuya Maeta for drums, sometimes the line up will be changed due to member availability to perform live....and the girls is Su-Metal, Moa-Metal, and Yui-Metal they're always give their best to perform well with all the choreograph set... Btw I'm not saying that I'm disagree with your comments... Just saying what I've experienced with this lovely band..
I recommend you to hear few of their songs which is IJIME DAME ZETTAI, AKATSUKI, IINE, UKI-UKI MIDNIGHT, MEGITSUNE, KARATE, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN and few more....
With BABYMETAL, the live audio is ALWAYS better than the studio. Their band only performs with them on stage, the audio on the album track is pretty much always done on a computer. If given the choice, never choose the studio version. Seriously, they way you talk about studio v live in the intro is the exact opposite of what BABYMETAL is and does.
Their music is not done on a computer, they just have different musicians (see the album credits).
@Thrandaylen The album credits don't specify the studio musicians.
Leda Cygnus has mentioned online that he has contributed to various studio tracks such as guitar and bass for 'Arkadia'. He also has a credit for the arrangement of 'No Rain, No Rainbow'.
They certainly use a lot of programmed drums for the studio tracks.
One reason I much prefer the live versions.
@@Egil29 those are the composers not musicians. Almost everything is programmed
@@kaihenrik9639 Sorry, my bad.
@@Egil29 it's ok ^^
Very good idea comparing the studio version with the live performance!
The Kami Band ARE genuinely playing live on stage.... the fact that you thought the guitar tones appeared very controlled/ and seemingly with a studio sound may be in part due to the fact that the Kami guitarists always play through Kemper profiling amps, to guarantee a reliable sound at every gig.
The song Road of Resistance isn't just influenced by Dragonforce.... it was co-written by the Dragonforce guitarists: and it is actually them playing on the studio version.
BABYMETAL specialise in putting the fun into metal....you are absolutely right about that! lol
Really hope that you do another BABYMETAL reaction sometime in the relatively NEAR future! :)
I was more referring to the idea that the music video used pre-recorded instrument tracks, not that the band wasn't playing live. Sorry for the confusion.
@@CriticalReactions I have seen BABYMETAL live, and the Kami Band's live sound IS genuinely amazingly good. trust me! (Even when performing at an open air festival) ......
ua-cam.com/video/Ro-_cbfdrYE/v-deo.html
However, an instance where BABYMETAL have actually released a video doing precisely what you were suspecting is "Gimme Chocolate" ua-cam.com/video/WIKqgE4BwAY/v-deo.html
....where it is REALLY obvious that the sound is the studio recording! haha :)
For comparison. here is "Gimme Chocolate" live on the Stephen Colbert Late Show (with the sound mixed by the TV production crew!) ua-cam.com/video/o0ERg64grnY/v-deo.html
Herman and Sam from Dragon Force played on the studio version you first listened to. They co-wrote the song
A lot of people say they co wrote it, but they don't have composing or arrangement credits on the song. They just played.
They literally worked on it for years. Even if all they wrote & arranged was the solos. Public credit or not, heard Herman say it; feel like I heard it from BabyMetal camp too, but not sure of source (producer Koba interviewed for magazine?). (Their studio musicians are almost never credited. Not sure about whether they’re credited re publication tho...)
Tim Green nope, they have talked about writing the song in interviews
@@LouieGrandie Really? Where? (Not trying to be rude, just genuinely curious. The official credits are Music by Mish-Mosh, Norimetal and Kyt-metal; lyrics by Kitsune of Metal God, Mk-metal, and Kxbxmetal; and arranged by Kyoto.)
The Kami band is playing live. If you look hard in their fan cam videos you can find a few examples where they have screwed up some, but not many.
Definitely true. But to be fair, it's not gonna be the easiest gig in the world lol.
"Amore" and "Rondo of nightmare" are good songs of there that showcase the band more
Every band cleans up the sound on live versions but yeah it is live
If you watch old videos before the kami were a thing you will notice that the music was playback
From a musicians standpoint, Just for the drumming alone I prefer live. Studio drum is programmed
Enuf said
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One of the things I've noticed is that their songs evolve over time. The studio version of some of the earlier songs are quite different than what you'd hear from a more recent live performance. The song that really showed just how powerful they could be was a live performance of Ijime, Dame, Zettai (No more bullying, forever) at Sonicsphere in 2014.
ua-cam.com/video/Ro-_cbfdrYE/v-deo.html
What stood out about this performance was that they were playing to a crowd of semi-hostile metal fans who'd mostly never heard of them before. This tour was their first foray into big venues where it wasn't just filled with people who were already fans, and they nailed it.
Just for an example of something different in their catalog, I"ll also post links to a ballad, "Akatsuki" from Tokyo Dome (Black Night) in 2016, ua-cam.com/video/g2372C5PJLM/v-deo.html , and a fun song from their new album which I can only describe as pirate metal, "Omajinai!". ua-cam.com/video/rqSUu6tR8sE/v-deo.html
Enjoy!
The vocalist were 16 while recording this track. And about the phrase that you've said that Dragonford were involved in the composition, yes. You were right. They do involved in the composition and play the guitar part in the studio version.
The studio version of this track isn't just influenced by Dragonforce, the guitar is written and performed by Herman Li and Sam Totman.
Thank you for taking the time to check out both versions, and for understanding our motives for recommending the live version! Personally, I don‘t really like the guitar sound of the album version. It sounds different from the other songs, too, so I just assume it‘s Totman‘s and Li‘s sound (I don’t know much about Dragonforce). So the guitar sound is another aspect of why I prefer the live version.
One question: At the end of the video, did you still think the guitars were pre-recorded?
Crowd interaction is important at BABYMETAL shows, many songs are created with that in mind. So as you already assumed, the audience is certainly enjoying every second of that extended middle section. I’m pretty sure for most of them it’s a highlight of the show. Personally, I love watching those scenes on video as well, I‘m amazed by the passion and dedication of the fans (especially the Japanese ones). So on one hand I do understand that those parts might seem a bit long for people who are not sharing that passion, but on the other hand I think at least a musician watching this must appreciate those moments, because it‘s exactly what most of them are dreaming of, isn’t it?
Oh, and no need to hesitate to use the word „fun“. I use it all the time when talking about BABYMETAL. To me they are frankly the most fun Metal band in existence.
If you get back to them later, my recommendation would be one of the more „kawaii“ and genre-fusing songs like „YAVA!“. Those are what makes this band really unique.
"At the end of the video did you still think the guitars were pre-recorded?"
Yes and no, I don't know yet. I re-watched some parts of it and I'm fairly confident that there is a close up of the drums where there is an extra drum note heard that the drummer doesn't play. BUT regardless it just means that the music video used a studio track for (at least) that section of the drums. I don't believe that there was a backing track used for the actual concert.
@@CriticalReactions you do know on the album version there aren't even people playing the instruments right?
Sam Totman and Herman Li wrote the guitar parts for Road of Resistance, and actually played them on the studio cut of this song; how can it not sound like Dragonforce?
There is a tradition in Japanese theater of interpreting music and lyrics through dance, and at times Babymetal does that, where the movement adds context lyrically. A perfect example of this is Gimme Chocolate, where the opening verses sung by Yui and Moa aren't actual words just onomatopoeic sounds, and the meaning behind them is brought into focus by the dance.
This video and reaction tells me that sometimes one can over-anaylize something and suck all the fun out of it. I did give this video a thumbs up for the fact that Critical Reactions took the (extra) time to not only react to the the song but two versions of the song. I think people bring alot of themselves to any song they might listen to or anylize. I will let others decide what this particular analysis might say about the analyzer. That being said, there were many points made that were spot on about breath control and overall presentation of the live performance that I concur with. Thanks again for reacting to BABYMETAL.
That's how good the Kami band is.. He cant even realise that the band is playing live and assume that this is a studio version.. That's how really good Kami band is.. 😂
That they can even play all of BABYMETAL songs live even more than the studio version..
I understand what you mean when talking about just enjoying the music without any visual clutter to go along with it. Just put on the headphones, and enjoy, so I hope you don't feel some of us are too pushy in saying you should watch some of the live videos. I'm the same way with a lot of bands, their live performances, while good aren't all as good as they are on the cd. It's just taste, understandable
Glad to see you continue your Babymetal journey. I would enjoy hearing your opinion on their song YAVA. I have heard other reactors comment on the interesting composition of that song, but we don't see a lot of reactions to it. Hope you will consider giving it a listen.
And it definitely needs to be the Big fox festival version. For me, YAVA is one of their most quintessential. The mixing of genres(ska, death metal, heavy metal), funny lyrics that originates from Jpop culture, cute and confusing choreography just like what Gimme chocolate did, Kami Band's fantastic intro, chanting section which can be easily followed by people from different countries. It just got so many things that make us love Babymetal.
Thank you for reacting to this one, I watched it 'til the end. BM is so refreshing for me. But I understand what you mean and I appreciate it. Keep up the good work! :D
Cheers from Indonesia!
I have to say that babymetal's live is always better than studio version. Even if you close your eyes, just let ears work. The vocal, the guitar, the drum, the bass, everything sounds better.
It’s weird to hear someone provide the counterpoint because live>studio is such an accepted thing among fans.
I don't think you deserve the thumbs down you are getting. While I don't necessarily agree 100% with your reasoning for not wanting to watch the live shows, it's your show. You can enjoy them any way you want. I'm just happy you are liking what you hear from them. To be honest though, and I'm probably stating the obvious, if you react to audio only, expect viewership to decrease a lot from this point on.
Every time your like "I wonder if they had dragonforce on this" I'm like "YES HERMAN LEE!" Love your commentary on this
Watching BABYMETAL is like getting punched in the face by three kawaii Asian girls, and you know what I'm ok with that. Its times like this when you realize three kawaii Asian girls are more METAL than you. 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 alongside the first generation of girls from the IDOL GROUP AKB48. STAY BABYMETAL STRONG, AND MAY THE FOX GOD BE WITH YU...
I don't see AKB48 doing anything else than they are already doing.
But Babymetal does something different every song or part of a song or album, so I see Babymetal as the possibiltty to be bigger legends.
Hell, I'm not even sure why you would list AKB would be a legend, I think of some reasons you might, but can you tell why you would ? I hope it's not just on sales numbers or their business model alone.
@@autohmae if you go back and re-read my post I was talking about the first generation of akb48,meaning the first akb48. So that first group layed the ground work and the expansion of akb48.
Please see attached article.
www.quora.com/Why-are-there-so-many-versions-of-AKB48.
That first group is consintered by most to be idol legends, you don't have to agree with me but that is how I feel about it.
I do think that babymetal should take a look at ironbunny as all 3 girls take turns singing leads in almost all there songs and I'm sure moa and the avengers can do this as well ( KOBA
ARE YOU LISTENING)
Kotono, Ironbunny’s lead singer, was one of the “Chosen Seven” to
fill-in for the departing Yuimetal in Babymetal, so you know these girls got
some cred.
@@raid7752 I guess I just don't have a reference to understand akb48.
I thought your first reaction to BabyMetal was brilliant! Picked random song and gave a solid critique throughout really analyzing the song bit by bit. Nothing better than that.
This time you were not really reacting to BabyMetal, but you were reacting to the comments you read, which clearly influenced your reaction in a negative way.
I'm sorry, for some people nothing is good enough. Please do your reactions your own way.
May the Fox God have mercy on your soul.
Always more BabyMetal forever! :)
Lyrics ARE serious , but uplifting as well :)
The light of a beacon
That colors the eastern sky crimson
Is a new signpost
that tells the end of the dark solitude
Burn your heart in flames over and over
even if you get depressed
It’s the time! It’s the time!
Right now at this moment
It’s the time! It’s the time!
We are alive together
It’s the time! It’s the time!
I’m gonna sing for you tomorrow
Now the time has come
Go for resistance! Resistance!
Resistance! Resistance!
Wowowo, hearts are one
Make your way though
Even the trackless path if you believe in it
Forever! Forever!
Forever! Forever!
Kokon kon Wow
The passionate hearts burning at the back of our mind
It’s our resistance
Wooooo…
We’ll never turn our back on
As long as we are alive
Today is what makes tomorrow
Yes, our future is
On the way
Ah!
Resistance! Resistance!
Stand up and shout!
Shout!
Shouting forever!
Make your way though
The answer is here if you believe in it
Forever! Forever!
Forever! Forever!
Kokon kon Wow
The passionate hearts burning at the back of our mind
Our resistance
In the beginning, obviously, they placed more M / V in the official channel, but then I noticed that they prefer to post live performances even with new songs! These are the most emotional and powerful!
The girls are BABYMETAL. The musicians are the "Kami Band".
This was very live.
It was like listening to a fish explain the desert.
As a professional studio/session musician for over 30 years I can promise you the recording we were listening to was most definitely NOT "very live". Even though it was recorded at the board, there is quite a bit of overdubbing and punch-in going on. Mind you, I still love it. Cheers.
@@kingbrutusxxvi same here, 40 years, so bullshit. these are some of the best metal players Japan has to offer. This band uses some limited backing tracks, keys, special effects, etc. But guitars, bass and drums and lead vocal are live. Some post of the recorded tracks is normal, it is a multi-track capture, its been mixed and mastered, no punch-in, this performance was what you heard otherwise.
Yes, every song by them is different.^^ It's been a year and you probably won't do it, but I'd like to see more Babymetal reactions.^^ I'd recommend Rondo of Nightmare (the longer live version!), because it has incredible solos for every (!) member of the Kami band.
Something being missed here, which is more plain to be seen if you react to the video Rondo of Nightmare (with Mischiefs of God Intro). You'll see that the Kami God band that you are seeing here, indeed plays live. They are a rotating group consisting of:
Leda Cygnus (guitar)
Takayoshi Ohmura (guitar)
Mikio Fujioka (guitar, RIP)
BOH (Bass)
Hideki Aoyama (drums)
Isao (Guitar)
All are well accomplished studio/session musicians, or play in their own band; in Ohmura's case, he plays with and is a protoge of Marty Friedman from Megadeth. So the band is live, and with Babymetal's range of songs going from Jpop to Speed metal to Black metal to metalcore, to Prog metal, they are all up to the task and exceed it. I'd definitely suggest Rondo of Nightmare next, followed by Akatsuki.
It's 2019 - a studio guitar sound is direct from an amp sim. A live guitar sound is taken detect from an amp sim. There's no microphone involved, so the location doesnt change anything. These guitars are live.
They are (almost exclusively) singing and playing live. There are some added effects with recorded music and singing.
In the early days the two extra girls (Moa and Yui) did not sing live and the band was not live. But, they changed that quite early. Su has always sung live though.
This actually is a collaboration between DragonForce's Herman Li & Sam Totman and BABYMETAL.
Good reaction and points regarding the live performance - here's a few suggestions from me:
Gojira - The Art of Dying (ua-cam.com/video/HTr7bqKHvgE/v-deo.html)
Unlucky Morpheus - Angreifer (ua-cam.com/video/BnDCUAEgB3s/v-deo.html)
Chanmina - I'm a Pop (ua-cam.com/video/GJ1caaQYkz0/v-deo.html)
I don't wanna give out too many suggestions for now, but I hope you'll enjoy some of these! Not entirely sure if I should only suggest stuff like metal/rock or what, but I threw in a very good pop song (IMO) in there.
Dragonforce co-wrote this song with the members of the Kami band. (Babymetal's band)
I quite like your reaction. A different perspective and very thought provoking. I learned a lot and really enjoyed your honesty and willingness to watch both versions. Thanks!
This was awesome, giving it a go and looking at the other side of things is how an opinion should be formed.
Give Polyphia - G.O.A.T a listen to, i just started listing to them a month ago because they worked with Babymetal on a track off thier new record and the technical level was crazy through the roof, i had to find out who they were
You didn't review them wrong, you just approached them from an angle most don't. That you reacted so positively to only their music demonstrates it wasn't a wrong way to experience them.
But goes without saying visual component is also very interesting.
Anywho, welcome to BabyMetal, it's a weird and wonderful ride.
I could be mistaken but I don't think the Kami Band did the studio part for this, they only play concerts. not sure on the 3rd album
The live Kami band does not play on the albums.
Leda is the only one that has been credited with doing both
BABYMETAL - Rondo Of Nightmare (With Mischiefs of God Intro) Live Budokan Black Night 2014, you will se here how good the kami band is
Wow it's been long time since I heard studio version, didn't remember it was this worse compare to live version, I could give it a 7 - but the live version I can give 9 from the audio only
For Babymetal Live only getting better and better than studio not only because of their visual, it's how Su-metal express herself in live performance, most of studio stuffs is when they're quite young, while Su still developing her vocal and technique, live pro-shots tend to have heavier weight in her voice - which is amazing how she can nail the "feel" to evoke audiences emotion, and for me and most Babymetal fans, the music that can hit you in emotion is the best one
This is my first time listening to 'Road of Resistance' studio version. And it sounds exactly the same as their live peeformamce.
When it comes to Babymetal, people always go for the live version bcoz it's epic and fun.
Babymetal compositions are FULL of "It shouldn't work but it certainly does"
I think Kobayashi painted himself into a corner composing whatever he felt like in the beginning when it was just a little school-project done on computers. He then had to get top notch musicians who were able to play it live. But since the metal was more or less dead in Japan and many metal musicians were surviving as session musicians, music teachers, and playing small clubs, it probably wasn't too hard.
Babymetal runs most of their live stuff on click track, with some pre-recorded parts. So their live stuff is usually quite close to the studio version.
This is a very common thing that you will see so many long comments in the comment section when the reaction channel reacts to Babymetal.
Ko-Gami was passed away, Boh-Gami is too busy for his new project with Mari Hamada as her Bass Player and BABYMETAL project is now rich enough to hire whole Galactic Empire as US & Europe tour Kamiband...So we can not enjoy the live version as used to be anymore. But Studio version was Dragon Force two guitarists helped KOBA to finish this song, BABYMETAL Official saying it so this is true... You can hear many of Herman Li's signature licks and whammy bar controls, for example, at Studio track 8:33 the end of the lead break harmonics whammy bar was like Herman's "Finger Print" harmonics whammy bar but Live video one at 21:20 does not have Herman's harmonics whammy bar but sound like Ko-Gami (Miko Fujioka)'s one
babymetal.net/tag/herman-li-babymetal/
The entire audio was live in that live in Japan version:)
The band was formed in 2010, and consisted of Suzuka Nakamoto as "Su-metal" 21yo 12yo when the band formed (Vocal and Dance), Moa Kikuchi as "Moametal" 18yo 10yo when the band formed (Scream and Dance), and former member Yui Mizuno as "Yuimetal" 18yo 10yo when the band formed (Scream and Dance), however In October 2018, she left the group due to an undisclosed reason after not performing since October 2017. her current replacement is Riho Sayashi 21, of pop group Morning Musume.
@UCAZEH0mrIxBNXOAZazOc_iw i hadent heard that. i was going by the info i had at the time.
ok i looked it up, it turns out she was just one of three temperary girls for some of the the live shows.
"Dying the eastern sky true red, the light of the signal fire marks the end of the darkness of solitude, let it be your guide. Even if you are crushed again and again, let your inner fire burn! Now is the time! Is the time! This moment right now, is the time! Is the time! We'll do it together. Just now is the time! Is the time! I sing for the you of tomorrow. Now the time has come. Go for Resistance! Resistance! Our hearts are one. If you believe in your way go on even if you have to forge your own path! Forever! Forever! The hot Metal spirit burns in the depths of our hearts. It is our Resistance."
Great review, wish you would do more. Happy trails my man!
And also a fact for you to appreciate the Kami Band more. During their live concert, the gap between all the setlist were only between 10 seconds and 2 minutes the most. Just imagine on how much body energy needed for that kind of performance. I'm also would like to invite you to any of their full concert. Only the you will get of what I really meant.
The singer is amazing and she only gets better every year. I can only imagine where she will be 20 years into her career like the musicians have been. She is just even better live, as is the band. They're really unbelievable. Hopefully you catch them in concert one day. It changed my life
Really nice reaction, and it is great to see someone who knows what they are talking about discuss in a bit more depth rather than just have someone listen to the song silently and then say ohh ahh etc. You are right that this is not really a "live" performance, as like their Gimme Chocolate vid it is basically a studio-cleaned audio-track with the live show. It is worth listening (tho maybe not as a reaction) to some of the live stuff as (like your points about Blues) it can be quite different when properly live from a musical perspective on some tracks. For example on Awadama Fever (a more pop oriented track) the studio version is a little over-produced. It's quite clean with the more pop higher melodic elements just a bit too crisp and possibly even a little time-synched. This means that it can feel a bit unemotional and a bit flat. The live version (the best ones on youtube are a single live recording over a compilation of video recordings) however is far more distorted, giving a much more metal/rock driven feel to the guitars that helps push the song along, and ceates a better juxtaposition between the music and the lighter singing (one thing fairly unique in this band is how weird it sounds by having both the very low metal notes but then pushing the singing into a totally different and unexpected range). The rawness of this result makes the entire song feel totally different, in a way that you don't get in Road of Resistance. As I say, not one for a reaction as such, but something that I think you will enjoy as a contrast to this. Thanks for the vid, and look forward to seeing more! :)
The KAMI band on the last tour consisted of the two guitarists and bass from Galactic Empire. Takayoshi Ohmura is a very technical guitar player as he is a teacher. He was also in Marty Friedmans band and he was in the most amazing group, Liv Moon ua-cam.com/video/ej98AVy4dkc/v-deo.html and with Akane Liv on vocals ua-cam.com/video/eRi7BrIZHmc/v-deo.html where they played classically infused metal much like Nightwish. BOH is one of the most intricate bass players and his ua-cam.com/video/r-mL_s3x7jE/v-deo.html bass demonstrations are interesting. Mikio Fujioka (RIP) was so wonderful and had a Jeff Beck Jazzy style in Harmony X ua-cam.com/video/_G-r-uuKv_s/v-deo.html and Led Boots ua-cam.com/video/e8iHy6QHnkU/v-deo.html .. In concert they do rely very heavily on their backing tracks and they are all on the click track. Su does strive to be perfect and sing everything but the backing vocals are quite often canned. It sounds as if there is always a backing track for each (including Su) down in the mix as well as the instruments that are not there in a performance to use as needed. Everyone involved in this production is well versed in their craft. Koba-Metal, the producer had a band called Coalter of the Deepers C.O.T.D. so he has experience. Check these out if you care but the pieces in this equation are much more grand than Babymetal and that is saying something. If you listen to a Babymetal album you will have trouble counting the genres that might be in just one song. A brilliant puzzle that shouldn't work but does. There are a huge number of fancams that show just how well this plays out on stage.
Please react to "La Poderosa Muerte" by the chilean band Los Jaivas. An incredible and iconic band that merges progressive rock with South American folk music. This particular song belong to their most renewed album that contains the poetry of Pablo Neruda -chilean Nobel Prize in Literature- and was recorded in the ancient ruins of Machu Picchu, Peru. If you like Pink Floyd's live at Pompeii, you'll love this!
Herman Li actually did help write this song. So there you go!
There isn't a studio version of this song, the studio version that you are listened is the last live performance without video. Sorry for my bad English.
When I heard you commenting on the musicians live performance I immediately went down to the upvotes/downvotes... This is the stuff a fan doesn't want to hear ^^ Don't get me wrong, I'm a composer myself and I absolute know where you're coming from. But the fanbase is absolutely fanatic and they clearly wanted to punish you for this although it was a misunderstanding. This MV isn't exactly what you hear live and a trained ear can immediately tell. So you're kinda right about it but the musicians are spot on during the live performance. These guys are amazing - absolutely outstanding geniuses!
Yeah, it sucks that I was misunderstood. I was specifically talking about the track used for the video and not calling into question the musician's ability to play live. I don't doubt that the band can play (I assume they recorded the music for the album) but the track used for the MV was almost certainly not from this performance.
I prefer seeing live versions. Studio versions are enhanced and more layered (sometimes overproduced depending on what band) and if made a mistake cut and pasted. Any band can be made sound good in the studio. Instrumentally and vocally.
With live performances you can not hide all those things and you see the musicianship right in front of you. So if they are still able to get that high quality live, they are just a great band.
Probably that's why you prefer studio versions, cause most bands can't live up to their studio recordings on stage. There are of course bands that can pull it off and sometimes because of the freedom of playing live, differenciate from the studio recording and make it more amazing. For me that is what defines the musicianship of a band and i look for bands that sound live just at least as good as they would on a record and make you think twice if it is live or pre recorded.
Kerim Mejdoub very true,a lot of bands and vocalist are poor live
For me, I think music come first before visuals like any other bands. When babymetal first formed, they picked Su-metal because of the vocals.
Studio version : mid-high range voice
Live version : low-mid range voice
You really need to watch, and listen to Rondo of a Nightmare to see and hear the caliber of musicians in the Kami Band. Then you’ll begin to understand why they are so good live.
Have a friend blindfold you, then he/she randomly pick a live or studio of the same song play 1 after another for you to analyze and give us your feedback. Everyone raise your hand if you like Critical Reactions try this method :)
Ooooo that sounds interesting!
22:26 sorry but his face tho lmao it's so funny 😂
It's ALL live, I've seen them live too. Kami Band are elite musicians. I'm sure there's supporting stuff.
I am a bit disappointed in the BabyMetal Fans today for the comments and instant hate you were getting. There is no reason for the shortsightedness and naivete that every video on youtube is exactly as it was live. No matter what sometimes they will doctor the video after the fact especially with a music video going into a bluray like this. This is the reality of the japanese music industry they want it to sound as close to the album as they can. We all know that the Kami band would never pretend to play with a background track and this is not what he was saying. Personally I enjoyed this reaction and was glad you expressed your honest thoughts.
I'd like to suggest looking into Emilie Autumn. She's called her music "Victoriandustrial" and a lot of it lives up to that. I've found that she's excellent at evoking emotions through her music, and I believe she plays all the parts of her tracks herself except maybe the drums? Her songs are pretty much always complex, layered journeys into the mind of someone who was training to be a concert violinist but got derailed by life events and went in a different direction, but she does some very interesting things vocally and musically that I haven't heard many bands do.
She doesn't have a lot of live performances on UA-cam but you can find studio audio for most of her songs pretty easily; for one that (for me) sends chills up my spine when I hear it, find Scavenger; if you want to hear her play electric violin there's an entire six minute song called Face the Wall that's just electric violin, but obviously that doesn't have any other composition stuff to look at; one of her older songs, before she found her more recognizable style, that's especially unusual musically is Second Hand Faith.
Probably my favorite songs of hers, and some of her more popular ones, would be:
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Opheliac
Fight Like a Girl
Four O'Clock
You could try
Epica - Ascension - Dream State Armageddon (Official Lyric Video).
That band uses orchestra and choir elements in their music. Sometimes those elements are playd by real instruments: retrospect live, we will take you with us and in some studio albums. So I guess it could be called composing :).
Considering you liked TotD, you might like BABYMETAL's Syncopation song.
you don't have to listen to those talks, that you have to look at visuals to fully enjoy a performance, then it's a half song... I'm not like a crazy fan of BabyMetal, but they are cool, they're live versions of the songs are much better, not the visuals, even just the music itself. I Hope you can react to one of BANDMAID video, they are so dope, got some crazy creative and very talented musicians
Not to disappoint you but I've done a Band-Maid reaction already and wasn't a fan. They are clearly talented musicians but the music wasn't for me. I have a couple more of their songs queued up to see if it was just that song though that didn't hit me right.
Maybe you can react to 和楽器バンド (Wagakki Band) they play rock or maybe a bit metal too with wagakki, maybe interessting to hear! I think good songs are 天樂 (Tengaku) or 戦 (ikusa). Thank you for your time.
If you see the girls at the end they are plastered in sweat. True performers!
If you decide to listen to Babymetal again, allow me to recommend "No Rain, No Rainbow" so you can get a fuller appreciation of Su's voice.
I kinda love how metal has taken over. So good!
Let me say, I personally didn't find anything wrong with your "Tales of Destinies" reaction. Hell, I was elated to see someone react to that song! Yes, BM is better live imho, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy just the music without the show. So don't take it personally.
EDIT: Also, I see nothing wrong with calling BM songs fun. So many of them I find I feel exactly the same way!
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for a non-metal song I strongly suggest reacting to "GIANTS" by True Damage. This song is blowing up worldwide right now and there's a lot of cool ideas to discover and analyse as a composer, that's also why every reaction channel is reacting to it ;)
btw. I don't know why people dislike this video, I think there's nothing wrong with your idea of doing it however you want
Interesting reaction , singalong bit long. I suppose so but us fans have being eagerly waiting for that bit and every other call and response in there songs Just to show our appreciation . I have even heard the fans sing along to the intro to this song . How should i put it you wouldn't listen to just the sound track of a big blockbuster film ( unless you physicaly could not ) same with BabyMetal seeing is an important part of it . With Tales of The Destiny's they was choreography to go with that ! Lot of us wondered if they could do it but they did and it was great .🤘😁🤘
Their music is top notch. Period.
Older video, but I feel compelled to mention that not all power/speed metal is a constant barrage ala Dragonforce. If anything, I'd say most power metal is the genre keeping the sound/style of "classic metal" alive, especially in regards to melody ala Maiden and Priest. Helloween, eg, is one of the most melodic metal bands ever.
The backing band is definitely real… the Kami Band. If you see the backing band wearing skeleton costumes, those aren’t real musicians. The Kami Band are some of the best instrumentalists in Japan. Kami Band of the West are real musicians but are Americans. They tour with BabyMetal when the original Kamis aren’t available to join the World Tours.
I'm glad there's another person who preferred the studio version of this song. For studio versions, I want to suggest Megitsune, GJ!, Amore and Shanti Shanti Shanti.
I would LOVE to see you react to more BABYMETAL, particularly Rondo of Nightmare (w/ Mischiefs of Metal Gods Intro) Live @ Budokan Black Night
I personally think that Headbanger Live at Legend of 1997 is their best concert performance.. hope you check it out .. and Karate is their best studio song ..
I think Megitsune would be a good choice next or Rondo of Nightmare.
More babymetal..thanks!
Check out Uneven structure! Anything from la partition is gold
with the cardio the girls have to go through to perform on stage the way that they do.. Would HATE to have to chase them down on foot :)