I think Neo said it best when asked why BAND MAID was his favorite band. He said "BAND MAID is free from The Matrix... Everyone else still thinks there is a spoon."
That was another great reaction, Ryan. One thing that I noticed is that the actual musicians who react to BAND-MAID are so very impressed by the composition and skills combining to create masterpieces. Musicians are always more impressed than many of the non-musicians who react to the band. For instance, Chase Carneson, has on several occasions referred to BAND-MAID as the most important band in the world right now because of their creativity and the amazing extremes that they take their music to. Your impressions are very much like his in that you recognize this.
"Over the last five years, nothing caught me like BAND-MAID". That's an excellent statement, I agree wholeheartedly. I would even say over the last twenty years...
I've never had any artist/band grab me in over 40 years of listening to music, like BAND-MAID has where I can listen to the same songs every single day and not be bored of them at all, and out of over 100 songs there's only 1 that I'm not completely sold on (2 if you count Cluppo's new song).
I can’t listen other groups and singers anymore. I always compare them with complexity and flowness of Band Maid songs. All is so simple and one dimensional compare to Blooming, Puzzle, Unfair game, Daydreaming, Black Hole, Matchless Gum, No God, Etc.
I've just turned 60 and have seen most of the great rock acts - with a few exceptions - on numerous occasions, and in my opinion, Band Maid are one of the best rock bands to have emerged over the last three or four decades.
In a radio interview, Kobato and Saiki told how Kanami was getting cross because she was the only one creating melodies. She gave the other 4 ladies homework; they each had one week to come up with a melody that Kanami would turn into songs. When they delivered, Kanami bundled them all together and produced the demo for "Blooming".
@@t-shinji I didn't know that. In the interview I heard, Miku said that when the song was finished, nobody knew who introduced what; Kanami had to point it out, saying things like "You wrote this..", but in the interview they didn't say who actually provided what, so thanks for the update.
Wait until you hear Glory Ryan. Band Maid has caught a lot of ppls hearts who have been on the same journey searching for that music that was thought to be extinct until Band Maid brought it back. Long Live the PO!
First time I heard Dice, “Oh this is a really good band-maid song”. First time I heard Blooming, “Oh shit, they’ve leveled up again… we’re all doomed!”
Blooming is, IMHO, the gateway drug for BAND-MAID! It's the track that I use to hook new people! ;-) And just to add... I love that your pup came to join you towards the end! :-)
Its OK to cry with joy listening to Blooming. It is THAT AWESOME of a song. Now you see what I was saying about it. Top 3, Top 5 all time song for me from them. As F-ing brilliant as Puzzle is... Blooming is equally as brilliant but in a much different way. This song NEVER FAILS to make me feel good. When I need a pick me up or I'm feeling down, I pull this song up. Somehow it just really speaks to me and the bridge with Miku and Saiki... Far awaaaay, take me far away... GOR. GEOUS. You did mention MISA briefly but as much as Akane is supporting Kanami's solo you really need to listen to MISA as well. She recently did a self-cover on Band-Maid Prime that blew my FZCKING MIND. If you're not aware they push the individual's instrument forward in the mix for the video of them standing there playing the song solo. For what is undeniably one of my absolute favorite songs that self-cover gave me an entirely new appreciation for the Blooming and MISA's playing on it. Dice - I still remember when this song dropped. MISA's opening bass line knocked me out of my chair... then, well you know what happened. MISA's solo melted my face along with Kanami and Akane. You're comment about "this is pretty straightforward"... LOL. I knew what was coming, did not disappoint. Oh... and Dice SLAAAAAYS live. This was the song that made me hop on a flight from Atlanta to LA to see 1 show. The first Band-Maid show at the The Lodge Room in LA, 2018. Flew in the night before after work, spent the day waiting in line to see the band, watched the show and flew home the next morning. How's that for commitment? LOL. Honestly between Blooming and Dice the THUNDER BUDDIES duo carry both songs with both shining at different points in each song. And you're comparison to Gilmour really resonated with me. I'm a huge Floyd fan as well and LOVE the way he plays guitar and his very very distinctive sound.. much like Mincho.
日本人の私から見てもBAND-MAIDは素晴らしいバンドの一つだと思います。 久々に感動で涙が溢れました！ Baby Metalに興奮しBAND-MAIDで感動できる時代に生きていることに感謝します!!! 因みに、私は１９６０年代生まれの還暦爺さん（笑） それでも、音楽は世代を超えて感動を与えてくれることに感謝します！ I really sympathize with your emotions! (I'ｍ sorry!My Inglish may be wrong)
I always enjoy Band Maid songs! One of the things I really love about them is that they seem to write and preform each song as if it's the only song they will ever do, so they throw the kitchen sink in trying to make the best song possible, then they do it again, and again, and again! Unending excellence from these amazing ladies! That Kanami solo was too long, said no one ever!
Blooming is such a masterpiece of composition. From the solo all the way to the end, the way it unfolds. I've posted similar stuff often, but that solo (my lord), and that abrupt drop off into vocal bliss "Far Away, Take Me somewhere far away" (genius!), and then that build up starring MISA going up high on the neck, culminating in a perfect intertwining of the "far away" musical theme and another ripping Kanami solo - it's just one breathtaking and unexpected piece of writing and arranging after another. LORD ALMIGHTY!!
As you might know that "Far Away" part was Miku's idea which she didn't remember what she submitted to Mincho😄 Interestingly, Mincho didn't remember which part came from which member except the "Far Away" part😆
Don’t forget the storybook open and close (ascending chords of the intro piece / reverses and descends on the coda) . . The understated subtleties of mastery! 🐣🐥🐲
I walk three miles every day; it starts with Wonderland and Anemone, works through a bunch of other great BM songs and ends on Daydreaming. Best part of the day.
Me too, late 90s I thought RnR was dead, then I discovered Band Maid, wow, life changing, then that lead to the entire Japanese music scene, every week another surprise , so much talent for 1 small country, putting the rest of the world to shame
Dice, my first Band-Maid song. After that I spent hours listening them. The song writing just pulls you in and keep you interested. Some people hate this statement but... this is the same feeling I got from RUSH
I've run across several huge Rush fans that love Band-Maid. I'm one of them. A guitar player that always finds what's perfect for the song is just one of many similarities even though their sound and style is not similar at all.
I see that you react to many great bands, but when you react on Band-Maid you smile and you get excited, and I understand you, Blooming is a great song, but I have to tell you that since I have been following Band-Maid, about 2 years, I too I ended up like you, and each song always seemed the best of the previous one, then I realized that they are all incredible, each for a specific reason, the Band-Maid can be incredibly creative and surprising song after song this also happens in concert, Usually, you at the first concert of a band can't immediately get in tune with the band, because you don't know the songs or you don't know them very much, you must think that I was dragged to my first Band-Maid concert by a friend by pure chance, I didn't even know they existed, and immediately these start with Domination and Rinne, and I found myself with all the hair straight in two minutes. Their strength lies precisely in the variations and in the arrangement that seems created on purpose to suck you into the song without escape, a usual key of band maid is for example the breakdown and the melodic and rhythmic preparation at the entrance of Kanami that always devastating in concert, in all the songs this passage is like a new song apart, while Akane always does only two things, or stays calm with a rhythm to follow, or goes wild in crazy times to follow Kanami underlining the notes of the guitar, the thing then more beautiful, but that is not very appreciable in the videos and in the records, while in concert it is really crazy it is Misa who usually always plays a solo with the Bass under Kanami this in concert really kills you, you have Kanami who kills you from the right and Misa disrupts you from the left, and Miku also puts chord sequences in the center, and you in front of the stage can pass out, because you will hear everything, every single note perfectly, this thing in concert is very effective and very exciting becomes a storm of exciting music. At the end of the solo part, very often you have a new Break Down and Saiki arrives there with that incredible elegance and voice of hers and she just finishes you off, you have no hope, my wife started crying with emotion, she could not resist this bombardment of exciting music. In many songs like Blooming, Yolo for example after the breakdown and the entry of Saiki you have a new acceleration that brings you back to the original ref or chorus, always underlined by Miku with great chords and then defined by Akane's masterful accelerating fils, which always start on the upbeat and give like a breath and a nanosecond of waiting or suspense which is beautiful, they masterfully compose. all this is rhythmically very difficult to achieve, I play and I know it, here is Akane in my opinion who puts a hand in the compositions, and she is a great writer of drumlines. Then Misa is quiet she does not have to worry about the axis of the song and she can flutter on the bass neck as she likes and we all love what she does then. I am even noticing that a lot of Japanese bad guys are doing their new songs by copying the Band-Maid scheme. The Band-Maid are exceptional all very skilled but they also make up unique musical structures. You have to be able to go to one of their concerts, they have an incredible sound setting and you can hear everything at first listen and you will be speechless. The Band-Maid sound is not reproducible from a record they are a real live band. Live Saiki destroys you completely, she has a unique voice almost not suitable for the genre at first impact, but then in the concert, you hear this incredible intonation always even at the end of the verses there is not a minimum imperfection of intonation she is disarming, When she gets hot she gets naughty and takes hard notes of strength almost grunting is spectacular. Saiki also has a powerful stage presence, she does not have a choreography but she moves elegantly and fascinates you, she is very sweet in interactions with her companions, touches them caresses them while singing, if you are a front-row against the stage you can be less than a meter away from her, it may happen that she drops down and you find yourself with her long fingers dancing near your face, if you point out she looks at you winks at you makes you ok with her thumb. She is very open to the spectators and attentive to what happens in the people present. But she will never overshadow her companions. at the end of the concert you will be a little deaf, very happy, and in love with Saiki without escape.
Wow, I found myself in a concert, experiencing your words. Definitely one of the best explanations I’ve ever read. You may consider start writing a kind of booklet about the Maids. Amazing. And thanks God for sending these angels to us. 👍💪
You took me there; Thank you! I want so badly to see them live and your great description made me want too even more. One day, the flowers will bloom again; and I will be there.
The special thing about BAND-MAID is, I think, the sheer level of quality, musicianship, care and love of the craft they put in each song. It's so consistent that it feels like the level of quality where most bands peak is the baseline for the Maids.
I have my own label for Band-Maid: "The heaviest pop band on Earth" I don't have any problem in listening to Megadeth's "Tornado Of Souls and then these songs.👍
Wow *Blooming* and *DICE* reaction back to back and your alive? Well that deserve two comments: 😊 Yea this one is my favorite song of BAND-MAID it has everything. 👉 Akane: wicked drumming thru out the song. 👉 Kanami: insane guitar solo. 👉 Saiki / Miku: Vocal harmonizing. 👉 MISA: Bass breakdown. 👉 Breakdown section at the end. Overall a Masterpiece! *Blooming the gateway drug of BAND-MAID!!!* Roll the 🎲 *DICE* 🎲 on BAND-MAID and be a winner all the time _winner winner chicken dinner!!!_ _(Plugin a little _*_BAND-MAID_*_ to brighten up your day)_ 20:18 *Seize the moment! BAND-MAID*
Love your point about the songs sometimes being deceptively simple, but the level of craftsmanship involved in making it all work together being so high.
You’re spot on with Kanami’s “pop” sensibility. A lot of their songs have that catchy chorus that someone like me who doesn’t generally like heavy music will still gravitate towards. Her songs before Band-Maid were more on the Jpop side. Dice chorus has a punk rock feel to me, but it’s super catchy and I love it lol.
“I never got any indication it was going to be that bad ass of a song” It’s Band Maid. It’s just going to be bad ass and could possibly cause your brain to seize up because of the sum of the parts. The drum/bass/guitar/vocal parts individually are wonderful. Put them all together like a puzzle (see what I did there) and it is just pure magic.
First there was Johann Sebastian Bach then came Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and now we have Kanami Tono, joining with the world’s best composers.
Continuing me rewatch: How the hell did you make it this far into your love of the maids before hearing Blooming and Dice. Like, how was that possible? And "Shut Up! Kanami is Speaking." "I dont know how Dice is going to follow Blooming, but I kinda do..." Hahahahahahah Just fantastic
I don't have ONE favorite guitar player - I have a group of players that I consider a bit above the rest, most of the time because they're both great players AND composers (and usually amazing on stage too); there's the usual suspects, Hendrix, Gilmour, Young (Angus, Malcolm and Neil, for different reasons ^^), Page, Blackmore ..., there's some outsiders: Rory Gallagher, Michael Schenker ... and now there's Kanami Tono and probably Miyako Watanabe. It's hard to explain to someone who's not aware of the genius (I don't like to use that word but ... ) of those incredible women but more and more, musicians takes notice and it makes me glad.
There's so much going on in Blooming that I feel like, if a lesser band where to have come up with the goodies crammed into the song, they would've actually stretched them out over 5-7 songs and thrown 3-4 fillers on the album and called it a day. Not BAND-MAID though, there's no cutting corners or taking the easy way out with these ladies.
Awesome double feature! I agree with you about Kanami. I see a lot of people on the internet try to diminish her skills because she isn't a virtuoso metal shredder. Now seriously...after watching her and listening to her does anyone belive she could not run scales for 40 seconds? That just isn't what she is. I have listened to guitarists for decades and I have had my favorites, but I don't think I have ever experienced one who writes more incredible riffs. She is a machine who never stops working. BTW Jerry Cantrell was my favorite guitarist of the 90s as well. Always enjoy your reactions. That moment when it hits you that they are just doing that thing again is priceless. I think we are all going to be walking around with our brains scrambled with giant smiles on our faces. 😃
I feel that so much... I was looking for new music since Rob Swire and Pendulum were done (they are together again, that´s pretty amazing), but that was 2012! I discovered Band-Maid round about 2 years ago and never looked back. I heard a lot of different genres (Pendulum is DNB with instruments f.e.), bands etc... Nothing got me hooked like Band-Maid, nothing impressed me like Band-Maid and it was the first time being a REAL fanatic for an band like this. I loved Pendulum watched them 3 times LIVE in Germany and 2x in London, but i wasn´t THAT obsessed with it. Band-Maid is just unique, makes you happy, feel good, it never gets boring and you see HOW MUCH WORK and HEART they put in everything they do!
Great reaction Ryan. Blooming is an album worth of ideas in one song. 'Shut up, Kanami is speaking' is pure gold :-) The thing that stands out to me about your reactions is your utter respect for the music. Huge props.
Some bands have great musicians. Some have great composers. But when you combine that (and more) with an endless well of creativity, you get Band-Maid.
Blooming was my first band-maid song i've listen to. And always when I listen this song a smile is instanly drawn on my face. Thank you Ryan to react and enjoy my favorite band
Akane is the star of the show in this song for me, those drums never stop. (Blooming) It's not only my favorite Band-Maid song, but possibly one of my favorite songs ever, it's simply fantastic.
I always present Blooming as a Band-Maid synthesis, probably the song that demonstrates the best their amazing musical abilities. In less than four minutes, go figure.
These were the two first songs I ever heard from Band-Maid. It was on a reaction channel and I watched both back to back. So this is kind of a throw back for me. Long day and I come to this, oh yeah.
DICE - just before you put up the overlay about everyone supporting the song and each other I was thinking about that. When I am in Japan I regularly perform with Japanese musicians and that just seems to be their philosophy - even for random jams - just supporting each other.
There are so many guitarist/musician who can play well and fast their instruments. But David Gilmour and Kanami Tono (also John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk) are special for me. Both of them are not just guitarists but artists.
In an interview *MISA* stated that *DICE* was most challenging bass track that she had to play and *Kanami* put her up to the challenge *MISA* also stated: _I want the whole world to recognize that bassist=MISA [when they think of bassist, they will think of MISA]_ If you look in the Webster Dictionary under bassist you see a picture of *MISA* 😜
Rick? You mean ME again? So, MISA is obviously your favorite member, which is fine and understandable. I like to think I do more than talk about one member, which means some videos may not feature one or the other. MISA is probably the most musucally talented in the group. Kobato says she's always been a genius and Kanami just says, "MISA plays what she wants, it's always great." You've watched 5? There's about 60+ other ones to check out!
@@RyanMear It has to be a double reaction to the Screaming song. Album version and immediately after that Band Maiko version. The audio versions are quite OK and enough to drive you crazy.
Kanami is a musical chameleon. She can compose and sound like anyone she chooses, but she is also so brilliantly unique that she transcends the field. You can't pin her down because she can changes styles on a dime. The woman is a freakin' genius!
Great reaction and having brain freeze while listening to Band-Maid is a normal condition. Kanami wisely keeps her solos to what the compositions needs and always leaves you wanting more, sort of like a gateway drug, you'll always want to come back to B-M to get your next fix, no escape.
Agree, what a tease, just when you think the solo is going to take off, it transitions to something else, makes for compelling unexpected listening ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
What’s impressive is that their albums don’t just have just two or three good songs they are all amazing. Take the two albums these songs came from , Conqueror and World Domination …I mean those albums just have banger after banger after banger .. I can’t even pick a favorite album my them because they are all great.
You bring up a very good point, I am a little older now and have had an ear bent toward rock/rock related music, there are not many albums that I could listen to from start to finish, maybe REO Speedwagon/Hi Infidelity, AC/DC /Back in Black, Linkin Park/Hybrid Theory... If you are a fan of the Rock genre, or music in general and how it is arranged, and you have not listen to Band Maid yet, you are missing out...
Kanami is definitely my favorite guitarist of all time. She might not be the most technically talented but her musical sense is beyond imagination. In my opinion Akane is hands down the best drummer on the planet right now and Misa is one of the most unique bassist in hard rock history. The interplays or "Chemical Reactions" of these three is the most exciting musical experience I ever had.
Being able to do sweeps and lighting fast souless runs is not on Mincho's radar. But she can do sweeps and lightning runs.... she just knows it's boring if overused. Unlike a WHOLE lot of other bands.
@@RyanMear Clapton and Gilmore are not shredders either. . .they are not considered two of the greats because they are virtuosos. Technique is simply the library of musicality. People pushing the boundaries of technique is fine, and quite necessary for the evolution of music, but when it comes down to it, it is expression in the music that matters. Your technique is just the road to get there. . If Kanami hears something in her head she want PT’s to play, she will develop the technique necessary to do it. .. it comes from the music first. Many do it backwards. . So and so taps like this so I will learn that. Now let’s force it into a song so I can show it off. . and that’s fine.. but Kanami is one of those best of all before her players. . You can hear her influences, but the way she puts it together is unique to her. . . She is a Songwriter at heart. These women astound me. They are constantly challenged to improve themselves and the music. Akane is also like this. She has the ability to compose fills that increase in complexity as a song builds (like Peart -especially in Daydreaming) , but has the ability to lay down a groove like Bonham so the precision does not kill the feel. . . So she is the amalgamate of what is great before her . .she is GoriilAkane! I read somewhere blooming was a “homework assignment” Mincho handed the others. They were to each write a part of the music separately within some guidelines. Then she put it together into what you heard. . Perhaps why it is one of their best! Love your reactions. Thank you for making them and exposing others to great music. Cc
Thamks for the surprise double reaction! I'm with you on Kanami's solo in Dice...if I could pick one solo to be longer it would be that one. Such a great solo! I also love how smooth the flow is from Misa's solo into Kanami's solo.
My generation, no pun, favourite Guitarist - David Gilmore (Close second, Tony Iommi) .... Your Generation ... Stevie Vai yes! Current gen Kanami Tono! They all play with dynamics and feeling on every intonation of a note, plucked, strummed, tapped, hammered, sweep picked. At 60 to find a band that makes me feel like a teenager again is a god send. I'd written off the last 3 decades and turned to Folk. Carry on Ryan, your doing a grand job :) Hi from the UK (BM are getting quite popular here. Sharwing!) Oh r.e. concerning Kanami's "short" solo's .... We always want to hear more, yes? So here's another song :) Addiction .....
Jerry Cantrell for me. I love Vai, but for pure songwriting skill, and delivering on riffage with a tasteful, song-serving solo?? Cantrell is the Gilmore of my generation... as far as I'm concerned, anyway!
Start video, grin, look to ceiling and shake head in awe, grin wider and have "holy crap" look. They fill ones heart with joy that humans can create such music.
"I don't even know what I'm doing now. I'm lost! I don't know what I was doin" ya, this song can have that effect on the brain 😂 a true masterpiece of music from start to finish ❤️
Im gonna be honest I had 2k to spend and I was gonna buy a car just to mess around with but I started to listen to this band and they made me love the sound of a bass and guitar so I went out and got me a bass and guitar and man I’m so happy that I found this band
For hard-rock lovers, DICE is always the first song I recommand - it simply has one of the best hard-rock riffs of the last twenty years (and I love to play it). This song is an evidence - evidence that rock is here to stay. And that japanese women are, believe it or not, the keepers of the flame.
3 bands have "Rocked my socks" since 2000. -Nightwish (yes they are pre 2000, but I didn't discover them til 07 or 08) -Lovebites -Band-Maid Nightwish scratches that itch for epic grandiosity, Lovebites for a masterclass in taking Iron Maiden (my all time favorite band) & Judas Priest and "Next Leveling" them, and Band-Maid for just consistently blowing me away with how much nuance, flavor, etc they fit into deceptively "simple" packages, while also always leaving me feeling GOOD when I listen. There are flashier, more technical players than Kanami, Akane & Misa, but I can think of few, if any who understand how to write and service a song, better. Too many bands like Dream Theater, for instance, IMO too often lose that guiding detail in their quest for more wank. I can not think of a single instance where any of the members of Band-Maid have overplayed their part on any song.
Yes that’s exactly what I said! MASTERPIECE! I heard this song early when I started getting into band maid and I was like this is it, they can’t write a better song than this, it’s too good. But unseen world blew me away and really your favorite band maid song is the last one you heard. But blooming will always be a special song to me
Really appreciate your comments on AIC and old Pink Floyd. Theres so many great bands in our lives (We are about the same age I think), but the ones that excel in composition do stand out and change the direction of music. Alice in Chains was my favorite from that era of giants like Pearl Jam, STP and Soundgarden. Akane truly is this generations mad genius it seems.
Was just listening to Flying High (the solo in particular) and thought, "damn I hope Ryan films his reaction to this". So yeah, when you get around to the rest of the albums, I hope we continue to see the complete song by song journey to your inevitable realization that you've found your new all-time favorite band (if you haven't realized it already...personally I think it happened the moment you incredulously said "GTFOH" when the outro to the studio version of Manners kicked in). :)
I loled at 11:40 when you just stand there in utter shock after hearing the first seconds of Dice, after just having your face melted off by Blooming previously. Hahaha love your reactions, please keep em coming! Cheers from Brazil
I am 61 years old and have been listening to rock and blues music for over 50 of those years. I don't speak a word or Japanese and somehow Band-Maid is my favorite band on the planet!
I totally agree with the Pop assessment in the context of mass appeal... an excellent observation. Kanami is a total riff machine. Her composition skills and ability to incorporate clever changes and bridges never ends. She always manages to alter the second verses to enhance it further from the first verse. Saiki just takes the vocals to a new level. This is the brilliance behind Band Maid. Oh, and Akane's playing on Dice is freakin' crazy good!
I'm guessing that you are around that 20 to 30 songs heard mark about now. This is usually around about when people start to really understand how great this band is. I mean it is clear they are all great musicians from the get go, but, it kinda takes this many songs to comprehend how great of writers and arrangers they are. The sound that they are getting is all their own and I don't care how great the engineers are, the band has to be really good for them to be able to enhance that sound. I have gone back to The thrill era and listened to just the sound of Akane on drums and even then it was distinctive. The same with the rest of the band. There is something very special about their sound and style. Very hard to to put a finger on a short explanation. It's very "comfort foodish,"(welcome Home Masters and princesses). Everything they do just falls in my Sweet spot, it's crazy.
They have an "organic" feel imho as if everything is just in the right place and I can't define why. I have been listening in the car a lot lately where it's just music & while they are fun to watch, the music stands on it's own as greatness. I think they are one of the best bands ever.
I feel you guy, i was looking for a very good Rock band for years and Band Maid is the only one who gives me goosebumps and tears of joy... Their song writing and interprétation is sooo good, it's like the band i have been waiting all my life ❤️🤘
Can't believe you hadn't heard these two classics! They are 2 of Band-Maid's most rocking tunes. They have become concert go-to's and are every bit as good or better in concert. You need to see the live versions. They are epic! The harmonies between Miku and Saiki are phenomenal!
I'd been waiting for "Blooming". All I can say is: "Told ya!" How can a 4 minute song be so damned MAJESTIC?!! It takes you to 15 thousand feet, then brings you back, then soars you to the stratosphere where you convene with ANGELS, and THEN it proceeds to kick your butt right- the-phuch outta the solar system. Just friggin' BRILLIANT! And (never start a new sentence with the word "And") to couple "Blooming" with my gateway drug "Dice"?, damn... I must be livin' right. As always, thanks again Ryan!
I think "Blooming" is the greatest progressive hard rock song ever written. And what you said, Ryan, about Kanami being a heavy metal/rock guitarist at heart but with acute pop sensibilities when it comes to composition is absolutely spot on. "Dice" is also a perfect example of this. It could have descended into heavy rock/metal noodling but instead, because of Kanami's innate melodic sensibility, it becomes an awesome progressive hard rock song. Hence the wonderful transitions, and the blending of rock genres. Band-Maid, imho, is the best progressive hard rock band of all time, for the reasons you've mentioned about composition of songs, and for so many other reasons as well (not least that the Maids are virtuoso on their instruments).
Dear yRan mate! Back with you from Shizuoka! Great analysis as usual! Now that solo is very probably a proof that this band has still a lot of of untapped potential, notwithstanding the whole band's support and contributions. Hopefully most of the present restrictions will be progressively lifted after September 12th. Get yourself ready by I would say in November. Things still start exploding all over the place. Lots of work for you by then! "lucky bastard"! (last said in the complimentary and envious form! In any case, the word "bastard" was invented in my birth country, France, and it was a name for recognized nobility! LOL) Looking forward to your next reaction, mate! Hear you soon, a bientot, mata ne (Japanese!)!
That's about the best 2 for 1 you could have possibly picked! Great reaction as always. It's always fun to watch someone fall in love with Band-Maid. They really are a special group. I read somewhere that the outro music for Blooming is the intro music played backwards. I'm no musician so I can't verify if that's actually true or not. I sometimes wish that Kanami would drag out her solos a little longer, but it's just not her style to show off. If she doesn't think it serves the song, she won't do it. Alone and Blooming are two of her longer solos though.
Ryan, because I enjoy the hell out of your reactions, I finally got into listening to Blooming. Before, I couldn't get past the intro. But watching your obvious joy for the song, I had to listen all the way through....BLOWN AWAY!!! Thank you....these 5 ladies are definitely wizards..or witches....all I know, as a 61 year old trucker, these 5 gorgeous ladies definately help make the miles fly by....love them!!
Masterpiece.
"Shut up, kanami is speaking" it's the best thing I've ever read
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That's a t shirt waiting to happen.
100% I agree👌
I think Neo said it best when asked why BAND MAID was his favorite band. He said "BAND MAID is free from The Matrix... Everyone else still thinks there is a spoon."
am so glad i took the red pill.
@@craigfenson Me too :)
Great double feature! Thanks Ryan!
They're all your favorites! Even the ones you have'nt heard yet! 🤘🤘🔥🔥😉😎
No truer statement has ever been spoken!!
"Shut up, Kanami is speaking."
I'm gonna need this on a t-shirt. I'm also gonna start saying it when I'm done listening to people. Or just randomly.
That would be a great T-shirt
Me too . 🤭
I would buy that t-shirt.
@@RyanMear agree
@@RyanMear Imma need 5 versions of that.
Band Maid songs: And then you listen to it again, and you're like : "I wonder when Ryan's going to react to that one?!" 😎
That was another great reaction, Ryan. One thing that I noticed is that the actual musicians who react to BAND-MAID are so very impressed by the composition and skills combining to create masterpieces. Musicians are always more impressed than many of the non-musicians who react to the band. For instance, Chase Carneson, has on several occasions referred to BAND-MAID as the most important band in the world right now because of their creativity and the amazing extremes that they take their music to. Your impressions are very much like his in that you recognize this.
"Over the last five years, nothing caught me like BAND-MAID". That's an excellent statement, I agree wholeheartedly. I would even say over the last twenty years...
I've never had any artist/band grab me in over 40 years of listening to music, like BAND-MAID has where I can listen to the same songs every single day and not be bored of them at all, and out of over 100 songs there's only 1 that I'm not completely sold on (2 if you count Cluppo's new song).
@@stonefaction Is the dragon crying??
@@philproffitt8363 It was the last time I checked. I would've offered it a hankie but they don't come in Dragon size....
Lightning in a bottle.....
I can’t listen other groups and singers anymore. I always compare them with complexity and flowness of Band Maid songs. All is so simple and one dimensional compare to Blooming, Puzzle, Unfair game, Daydreaming, Black Hole, Matchless Gum, No God, Etc.
I've just turned 60 and have seen most of the great rock acts - with a few exceptions - on numerous occasions, and in my opinion, Band Maid are one of the best rock bands to have emerged over the last three or four decades.
In a radio interview, Kobato and Saiki told how Kanami was getting cross because she was the only one creating melodies. She gave the other 4 ladies homework; they each had one week to come up with a melody that Kanami would turn into songs. When they delivered, Kanami bundled them all together and produced the demo for "Blooming".
The “far away” part just after the solo was written by Miku. The intro was written by Misa.
@@t-shinji I didn't know that. In the interview I heard, Miku said that when the song was finished, nobody knew who introduced what; Kanami had to point it out, saying things like "You wrote this..", but in the interview they didn't say who actually provided what, so thanks for the update.
And apparently Saiki’s contribution was about three seconds long and done on the way to the meeting. LOL
@@powbobs that’s ok. . .Brian May wrote “Who wants to live forever” on a napkin during a car ride to a meeting.
Band-Maid. Blooming Brilliant! You too, Ryan. ;-)
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There are so many elements to Band-Maid's music, they should have their own entry on the Periodic Table!... *Bandmaidium!*
Oooohh.. that's good!
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may borrow that ;)
I'd buy that on a t-shirt. 👍
Oh yeah he's hooked. They're all becoming his favorite musicians. We know the feeling well.
agreed, by looking at his eyes, he is definitely hooked and love on this one.
well.. i know that feeling too XD
Mincho's solo starts, and Ryan is "awwww yea~~~~h" lol
it's in #band-maid > under the "#(up top of screen)" for your list btw(might be under archived)
Wait until you hear Glory Ryan. Band Maid has caught a lot of ppls hearts who have been on the same journey searching for that music that was thought to be extinct until Band Maid brought it back. Long Live the PO!
First time I heard Dice, “Oh this is a really good band-maid song”.
First time I heard Blooming, “Oh shit, they’ve leveled up again… we’re all doomed!”
Then it was Bubble, up again, then Puzzle, even more up, then Hibana…
I absolutely love how Akane elevates Kanami's solo. The solo is fantastic, and Akane manages to make it even better. Band-Maid is just great.
Magical. That's the word. Once in a lifetime band. Period.
Blooming is, IMHO, the gateway drug for BAND-MAID!
It's the track that I use to hook new people! ;-)
And just to add... I love that your pup came to join you towards the end! :-)
Kanami the riff machine. "Blooming" is my all time favorite.
I may come back to Blooming, this is the case with Band maid, you always discover old gems.
Its OK to cry with joy listening to Blooming.
It is THAT AWESOME of a song. Now you see what I was saying about it. Top 3, Top 5 all time song for me from them. As F-ing brilliant as Puzzle is... Blooming is equally as brilliant but in a much different way. This song NEVER FAILS to make me feel good. When I need a pick me up or I'm feeling down, I pull this song up. Somehow it just really speaks to me and the bridge with Miku and Saiki... Far awaaaay, take me far away... GOR. GEOUS. You did mention MISA briefly but as much as Akane is supporting Kanami's solo you really need to listen to MISA as well. She recently did a self-cover on Band-Maid Prime that blew my FZCKING MIND. If you're not aware they push the individual's instrument forward in the mix for the video of them standing there playing the song solo. For what is undeniably one of my absolute favorite songs that self-cover gave me an entirely new appreciation for the Blooming and MISA's playing on it.
Dice - I still remember when this song dropped. MISA's opening bass line knocked me out of my chair... then, well you know what happened. MISA's solo melted my face along with Kanami and Akane. You're comment about "this is pretty straightforward"... LOL. I knew what was coming, did not disappoint. Oh... and Dice SLAAAAAYS live. This was the song that made me hop on a flight from Atlanta to LA to see 1 show. The first Band-Maid show at the The Lodge Room in LA, 2018. Flew in the night before after work, spent the day waiting in line to see the band, watched the show and flew home the next morning. How's that for commitment? LOL.
Honestly between Blooming and Dice the THUNDER BUDDIES duo carry both songs with both shining at different points in each song. And you're comparison to Gilmour really resonated with me. I'm a huge Floyd fan as well and LOVE the way he plays guitar and his very very distinctive sound.. much like Mincho.
日本人の私から見てもBAND-MAIDは素晴らしいバンドの一つだと思います。
久々に感動で涙が溢れました！
Baby Metalに興奮しBAND-MAIDで感動できる時代に生きていることに感謝します!!!
因みに、私は１９６０年代生まれの還暦爺さん（笑）
それでも、音楽は世代を超えて感動を与えてくれることに感謝します！
I really sympathize with your emotions!
(I'ｍ sorry!My Inglish may be wrong)
ありがとうございました。私もそう感じた！
私も60年代生まれのBANDMAIDファンです！
オバちゃんですが、いつかライブに行ってやろうと野望を抱いて貯金してます😊
私は50年代のBeatles世代ですが、2020年に彼女たちに出会ってから老後の楽しみが増えました。大和撫子の代表のようなkanami-chanとmikuchanの詩にLennon-McCartneyを思い起こしています。ほんとにmiku-chanは言葉の達人でまさに歌人（うたびと）ですね。現代の額田王です。
My second favourite solo after Daydreaming. Kanami likes tapping.
This is why band maid are truly the living legends
My favorite song 😍
I always enjoy Band Maid songs! One of the things I really love about them is that they seem to write and preform each song as if it's the only song they will ever do, so they throw the kitchen sink in trying to make the best song possible, then they do it again, and again, and again! Unending excellence from these amazing ladies! That Kanami solo was too long, said no one ever!
Blooming is such a masterpiece of composition. From the solo all the way to the end, the way it unfolds. I've posted similar stuff often, but that solo (my lord), and that abrupt drop off into vocal bliss "Far Away, Take Me somewhere far away" (genius!), and then that build up starring MISA going up high on the neck, culminating in a perfect intertwining of the "far away" musical theme and another ripping Kanami solo - it's just one breathtaking and unexpected piece of writing and arranging after another. LORD ALMIGHTY!!
As you might know that "Far Away" part was Miku's idea which she didn't remember what she submitted to Mincho😄
Interestingly, Mincho didn't remember which part came from which member except the "Far Away" part😆
Don’t forget the storybook open and close (ascending chords of the intro piece / reverses and descends on the coda) . . The understated subtleties of mastery! 🐣🐥🐲
@@CHRISCONTEPSS Great point. Like bookends.
The influence this band can have on a person's life........I haven't felt anything like it, not since the 70s😎
I walk three miles every day; it starts with Wonderland and Anemone, works through a bunch of other great BM songs and ends on Daydreaming. Best part of the day.
Me too, late 90s I thought RnR was dead, then I discovered Band Maid, wow, life changing, then that lead to the entire Japanese music scene, every week another surprise , so much talent for 1 small country, putting the rest of the world to shame
Agree, I think they have a similar vibe to the early work from Hunters & Collectors (80s era)
@@bartyslattfast new discoveries come up all the time. What about Corallium and Matcless gum? B sides, which became one of my favourites.
@@haggaisimon7748 Both great songs. Matchless Gum is one of my favorites.
Dice, my first Band-Maid song. After that I spent hours listening them. The song writing just pulls you in and keep you interested.
Some people hate this statement but... this is the same feeling I got from RUSH
I've run across several huge Rush fans that love Band-Maid. I'm one of them. A guitar player that always finds what's perfect for the song is just one of many similarities even though their sound and style is not similar at all.
+1 from another Rush fan.
Ditto for me.
@@_DriveTime exactly 💯
I see that you react to many great bands, but when you react on Band-Maid you smile and you get excited, and I understand you, Blooming is a great song, but I have to tell you that since I have been following Band-Maid, about 2 years, I too I ended up like you, and each song always seemed the best of the previous one, then I realized that they are all incredible, each for a specific reason, the Band-Maid can be incredibly creative and surprising song after song this also happens in concert,
Usually, you at the first concert of a band can't immediately get in tune with the band, because you don't know the songs or you don't know them very much, you must think that I was dragged to my first Band-Maid concert by a friend by pure chance, I didn't even know they existed, and immediately these start with Domination and Rinne, and I found myself with all the hair straight in two minutes.
Their strength lies precisely in the variations and in the arrangement that seems created on purpose to suck you into the song without escape, a usual key of band maid is for example the breakdown and the melodic and rhythmic preparation at the entrance of Kanami that always devastating in concert, in all the songs this passage is like a new song apart, while Akane always does only two things, or stays calm with a rhythm to follow, or goes wild in crazy times to follow Kanami underlining the notes of the guitar, the thing then more beautiful, but that is not very appreciable in the videos and in the records, while in concert it is really crazy it is Misa who usually always plays a solo with the Bass under Kanami this in concert really kills you, you have Kanami who kills you from the right and Misa disrupts you from the left, and Miku also puts chord sequences in the center, and you in front of the stage can pass out, because you will hear everything, every single note perfectly, this thing in concert is very effective and very exciting becomes a storm of exciting music.
At the end of the solo part, very often you have a new Break Down and Saiki arrives there with that incredible elegance and voice of hers and she just finishes you off, you have no hope, my wife started crying with emotion, she could not resist this bombardment of exciting music.
In many songs like Blooming, Yolo for example after the breakdown and the entry of Saiki you have a new acceleration that brings you back to the original ref or chorus, always underlined by Miku with great chords and then defined by Akane's masterful accelerating fils, which always start on the upbeat and give like a breath and a nanosecond of waiting or suspense which is beautiful, they masterfully compose.
all this is rhythmically very difficult to achieve, I play and I know it, here is Akane in my opinion who puts a hand in the compositions, and she is a great writer of drumlines.
Then Misa is quiet she does not have to worry about the axis of the song and she can flutter on the bass neck as she likes and we all love what she does then.
I am even noticing that a lot of Japanese bad guys are doing their new songs by copying the Band-Maid scheme.
The Band-Maid are exceptional all very skilled but they also make up unique musical structures.
You have to be able to go to one of their concerts, they have an incredible sound setting and you can hear everything at first listen and you will be speechless.
The Band-Maid sound is not reproducible from a record they are a real live band.
Live Saiki destroys you completely, she has a unique voice almost not suitable for the genre at first impact, but then in the concert, you hear this incredible intonation always even at the end of the verses there is not a minimum imperfection of intonation she is disarming,
When she gets hot she gets naughty and takes hard notes of strength almost grunting is spectacular.
Saiki also has a powerful stage presence, she does not have a choreography but she moves elegantly and fascinates you, she is very sweet in interactions with her companions, touches them caresses them while singing, if you are a front-row against the stage you can be less than a meter away from her, it may happen that she drops down and you find yourself with her long fingers dancing near your face, if you point out she looks at you winks at you makes you ok with her thumb.
She is very open to the spectators and attentive to what happens in the people present.
But she will never overshadow her companions.
at the end of the concert you will be a little deaf, very happy, and in love with Saiki without escape.
Wow, I found myself in a concert, experiencing your words. Definitely one of the best explanations I’ve ever read. You may consider start writing a kind of booklet about the Maids. Amazing. And thanks God for sending these angels to us. 👍💪
You took me there; Thank you! I want so badly to see them live and your great description made me want too even more. One day, the flowers will bloom again; and I will be there.
@@yeshayahuhomberger2079❤
The special thing about BAND-MAID is, I think, the sheer level of quality, musicianship, care and love of the craft they put in each song. It's so consistent that it feels like the level of quality where most bands peak is the baseline for the Maids.
Well said . BandMaid's quality starts at the hights where others leave off........
(note:----utube kills comments here...)
I have my own label for Band-Maid: "The heaviest pop band on Earth" I don't have any problem in listening to Megadeth's "Tornado Of Souls and then these songs.👍
Honestly, that has likely happened to me many times. Megadeth then Band-Maid. Pretty seamless transition between them too.
Wow *Blooming* and *DICE* reaction back to back and your alive? Well that deserve two comments: 😊
Yea this one is my favorite song of BAND-MAID it has everything.
👉 Akane: wicked drumming thru out the song.
👉 Kanami: insane guitar solo.
👉 Saiki / Miku: Vocal harmonizing.
👉 MISA: Bass breakdown.
👉 Breakdown section at the end.
Overall a Masterpiece!
*Blooming the gateway drug of BAND-MAID!!!*
Roll the 🎲 *DICE* 🎲 on BAND-MAID and be a winner all the time _winner winner chicken dinner!!!_
_(Plugin a little _*_BAND-MAID_*_ to brighten up your day)_
20:18 *Seize the moment! BAND-MAID*
aww dice the 1st song i heard from Band Maid and it it got me hook line and sinker with that awesome rhythm section of Akane and MISA
Love your point about the songs sometimes being deceptively simple, but the level of craftsmanship involved in making it all work together being so high.
You’re spot on with Kanami’s “pop” sensibility. A lot of their songs have that catchy chorus that someone like me who doesn’t generally like heavy music will still gravitate towards. Her songs before Band-Maid were more on the Jpop side.
Dice chorus has a punk rock feel to me, but it’s super catchy and I love it lol.
“I never got any indication it was going to be that bad ass of a song” It’s Band Maid. It’s just going to be bad ass and could possibly cause your brain to seize up because of the sum of the parts. The drum/bass/guitar/vocal parts individually are wonderful. Put them all together like a puzzle (see what I did there) and it is just pure magic.
First there was Johann Sebastian Bach then came Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and now we have Kanami Tono, joining with the world’s best composers.
Continuing me rewatch: How the hell did you make it this far into your love of the maids before hearing Blooming and Dice. Like, how was that possible?
And "Shut Up! Kanami is Speaking."
"I dont know how Dice is going to follow Blooming, but I kinda do..."
Hahahahahahah
Just fantastic
I don't have ONE favorite guitar player - I have a group of players that I consider a bit above the rest, most of the time because they're both great players AND composers (and usually amazing on stage too); there's the usual suspects, Hendrix, Gilmour, Young (Angus, Malcolm and Neil, for different reasons ^^), Page, Blackmore ..., there's some outsiders: Rory Gallagher, Michael Schenker ... and now there's Kanami Tono and probably Miyako Watanabe. It's hard to explain to someone who's not aware of the genius (I don't like to use that word but ... ) of those incredible women but more and more, musicians takes notice and it makes me glad.
There's so much going on in Blooming that I feel like, if a lesser band where to have come up with the goodies crammed into the song, they would've actually stretched them out over 5-7 songs and thrown 3-4 fillers on the album and called it a day. Not BAND-MAID though, there's no cutting corners or taking the easy way out with these ladies.
This song is awesomely featured in the new Netflix movie "Kate" along with a cameo of them performing "Choose Me"!
Awesome double feature! I agree with you about Kanami. I see a lot of people on the internet try to diminish her skills because she isn't a virtuoso metal shredder. Now seriously...after watching her and listening to her does anyone belive she could not run scales for 40 seconds? That just isn't what she is. I have listened to guitarists for decades and I have had my favorites, but I don't think I have ever experienced one who writes more incredible riffs. She is a machine who never stops working. BTW Jerry Cantrell was my favorite guitarist of the 90s as well. Always enjoy your reactions. That moment when it hits you that they are just doing that thing again is priceless. I think we are all going to be walking around with our brains scrambled with giant smiles on our faces. 😃
bloomingもdiceも全く違うテイストの曲だが不思議と演奏するとband maidになってしまうというか収まってしまう。自分達のカラーを持っているのはそれだけで非常に強い武器になる。そこに到達出来ないものが圧倒的多数であり結果的に姿を消してしまう世界で。band maidは2人の天才と3人の職人が奇跡的に集まった稀有のバンドである。
I agree with you!
I feel that so much... I was looking for new music since Rob Swire and Pendulum were done (they are together again, that´s pretty amazing), but that was 2012! I discovered Band-Maid round about 2 years ago and never looked back. I heard a lot of different genres (Pendulum is DNB with instruments f.e.), bands etc... Nothing got me hooked like Band-Maid, nothing impressed me like Band-Maid and it was the first time being a REAL fanatic for an band like this. I loved Pendulum watched them 3 times LIVE in Germany and 2x in London, but i wasn´t THAT obsessed with it. Band-Maid is just unique, makes you happy, feel good, it never gets boring and you see HOW MUCH WORK and HEART they put in everything they do!
Great reaction Ryan. Blooming is an album worth of ideas in one song.
'Shut up, Kanami is speaking' is pure gold :-)
The thing that stands out to me about your reactions is your utter respect for the music. Huge props.
Some bands have great musicians. Some have great composers. But when you combine that (and more) with an endless well of creativity, you get Band-Maid.
Blooming was my first band-maid song i've listen to. And always when I listen this song a smile is instanly drawn on my face. Thank you Ryan to react and enjoy my favorite band
Band Maid is just different...yep!! 🎶🎸🥁🎸🎶🔥🙂
Dice was my first Band Maid song and Blooming was my first premiere song for them. Good memories and good 👍 reaction video.
Akane is the star of the show in this song for me, those drums never stop. (Blooming)
It's not only my favorite Band-Maid song, but possibly one of my favorite songs ever, it's simply fantastic.
PO ROCK ! ROCKS 🤘 PO BTW only another 70+ fav songs to go.
I always present Blooming as a Band-Maid synthesis, probably the song that demonstrates the best their amazing musical abilities. In less than four minutes, go figure.
I love how you start laughing when you realize that the new song is just as good as all the rest of their list while being totally different.
These were the two first songs I ever heard from Band-Maid. It was on a reaction channel and I watched both back to back. So this is kind of a throw back for me. Long day and I come to this, oh yeah.
DICE - just before you put up the overlay about everyone supporting the song and each other I was thinking about that. When I am in Japan I regularly perform with Japanese musicians and that just seems to be their philosophy - even for random jams - just supporting each other.
There are so many guitarist/musician who can play well and fast their instruments. But David Gilmour and Kanami Tono (also John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk) are special for me. Both of them are not just guitarists but artists.
In an interview *MISA* stated that *DICE* was most challenging bass track that she had to play and *Kanami* put her up to the challenge
*MISA* also stated: _I want the whole world to recognize that bassist=MISA [when they think of bassist, they will think of MISA]_
If you look in the Webster Dictionary under bassist you see a picture of *MISA* 😜
Of course, Rick ignored MISA
Rick? You mean ME again? So, MISA is obviously your favorite member, which is fine and understandable. I like to think I do more than talk about one member, which means some videos may not feature one or the other. MISA is probably the most musucally talented in the group. Kobato says she's always been a genius and Kanami just says, "MISA plays what she wants, it's always great."
You've watched 5? There's about 60+ other ones to check out!
Two of their very best!
Imagine a concert starting with RINNE, Blooming and Screaming. They did. AWESOME!!
I haven't heard Screaming yet...
Your next favorite.
@@RyanMear It has to be a double reaction to the Screaming song. Album version and immediately after that Band Maiko version. The audio versions are quite OK and enough to drive you crazy.
Kanami is the reincarnation of Mozart.
She composes on a different level than mere mortal musicians.
Blooming and Onset are pretty much permanent members of my Band-Maid Top 5, but man, "Unseen World" has served up a lot of new candidates.
Kanami is a musical chameleon. She can compose and sound like anyone she chooses, but she is also so brilliantly unique that she transcends the field. You can't pin her down because she can changes styles on a dime. The woman is a freakin' genius!
Great reaction and having brain freeze while listening to Band-Maid is a normal condition. Kanami wisely keeps her solos to what the compositions needs and always leaves you wanting more, sort of like a gateway drug, you'll always want to come back to B-M to get your next fix, no escape.
Agree, what a tease, just when you think the solo is going to take off, it transitions to something else, makes for compelling unexpected listening ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
As Miku says, "Kanami sensei, Kanami tensai."
🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
"tensai" ?????
What’s impressive is that their albums don’t just have just two or three good songs they are all amazing. Take the two albums these songs came from , Conqueror and World Domination …I mean those albums just have banger after banger after banger .. I can’t even pick a favorite album my them because they are all great.
You bring up a very good point, I am a little older now and have had an ear bent toward rock/rock related music, there are not many albums that I could listen to from start to finish, maybe REO Speedwagon/Hi Infidelity, AC/DC /Back in Black, Linkin Park/Hybrid Theory... If you are a fan of the Rock genre, or music in general and how it is arranged, and you have not listen to Band Maid yet, you are missing out...
Kanami is a hard rock angel with the heart of a warrior.
Yes Blooming is a masterpiece! Not to worry Ryan you’ll have another favorite song coming by up!
Kanami is definitely my favorite guitarist of all time. She might not be the most technically talented but her musical sense is beyond imagination. In my opinion Akane is hands down the best drummer on the planet right now and Misa is one of the most unique bassist in hard rock history. The interplays or "Chemical Reactions" of these three is the most exciting musical experience I ever had.
Being able to do sweeps and lighting fast souless runs is not on Mincho's radar. But she can do sweeps and lightning runs.... she just knows it's boring if overused. Unlike a WHOLE lot of other bands.
@@RyanMear Clapton and Gilmore are not shredders either. . .they are not considered two of the greats because they are virtuosos. Technique is simply the library of musicality. People pushing the boundaries of technique is fine, and quite necessary for the evolution of music, but when it comes down to it, it is expression in the music that matters. Your technique is just the road to get there. . If Kanami hears something in her head she want PT’s to play, she will develop the technique necessary to do it. .. it comes from the music first. Many do it backwards. . So and so taps like this so I will learn that. Now let’s force it into a song so I can show it off. . and that’s fine.. but
Kanami is one of those best of all before her players. . You can hear her influences, but the way she puts it together is unique to her. . . She is a Songwriter at heart. These women astound me. They are constantly challenged to improve themselves and the music. Akane is also like this. She has the ability to compose fills that increase in complexity as a song builds (like Peart -especially in Daydreaming) , but has the ability to lay down a groove like Bonham so the precision does not kill the feel. . . So she is the amalgamate of what is great before her . .she is GoriilAkane! I read somewhere blooming was a “homework assignment” Mincho handed the others. They were to each write a part of the music separately within some guidelines. Then she put it together into what you heard. . Perhaps why it is one of their best! Love your reactions. Thank you for making them and exposing others to great music. Cc
Two fan favorites, and favorites for a reason ;)
I like the little animations you put in when editing, very entertaining :)
Thamks for the surprise double reaction! I'm with you on Kanami's solo in Dice...if I could pick one solo to be longer it would be that one. Such a great solo! I also love how smooth the flow is from Misa's solo into Kanami's solo.
My generation, no pun, favourite Guitarist - David Gilmore (Close second, Tony Iommi) .... Your Generation ... Stevie Vai yes! Current gen Kanami Tono! They all play with dynamics and feeling on every intonation of a note, plucked, strummed, tapped, hammered, sweep picked. At 60 to find a band that makes me feel like a teenager again is a god send. I'd written off the last 3 decades and turned to Folk. Carry on Ryan, your doing a grand job :) Hi from the UK (BM are getting quite popular here. Sharwing!) Oh r.e. concerning Kanami's "short" solo's .... We always want to hear more, yes? So here's another song :) Addiction .....
Jerry Cantrell for me. I love Vai, but for pure songwriting skill, and delivering on riffage with a tasteful, song-serving solo?? Cantrell is the Gilmore of my generation... as far as I'm concerned, anyway!
@@RyanMear Yeah there is too many to pyramid after all these years. I still rate Snowy White ....
Kanami's guitar solo... 🤟😮🎸
I have noticed lately you seem to be more and more losing the power of speech when you react to our girls, and I just love it !!!
Start video, grin, look to ceiling and shake head in awe, grin wider and have "holy crap" look. They fill ones heart with joy that humans can create such music.
"I don't even know what I'm doing now. I'm lost! I don't know what I was doin" ya, this song can have that effect on the brain 😂 a true masterpiece of music from start to finish ❤️
Im gonna be honest I had 2k to spend and I was gonna buy a car just to mess around with but I started to listen to this band and they made me love the sound of a bass and guitar so I went out and got me a bass and guitar and man I’m so happy that I found this band
That's awesome, really awesome
For hard-rock lovers, DICE is always the first song I recommand - it simply has one of the best hard-rock riffs of the last twenty years (and I love to play it). This song is an evidence - evidence that rock is here to stay. And that japanese women are, believe it or not, the keepers of the flame.
Totally agree. I remember when I heard it I thought "I didn't know bands still wrote riffs like this"
@md 42jkl - who and how?
For me. DICE is quintessential Band-Maid...
3 bands have "Rocked my socks" since 2000.
-Nightwish (yes they are pre 2000, but I didn't discover them til 07 or 08)
-Lovebites
-Band-Maid
Nightwish scratches that itch for epic grandiosity, Lovebites for a masterclass in taking Iron Maiden (my all time favorite band) & Judas Priest and "Next Leveling" them, and Band-Maid for just consistently blowing me away with how much nuance, flavor, etc they fit into deceptively "simple" packages, while also always leaving me feeling GOOD when I listen.
There are flashier, more technical players than Kanami, Akane & Misa, but I can think of few, if any who understand how to write and service a song, better. Too many bands like Dream Theater, for instance, IMO too often lose that guiding detail in their quest for more wank. I can not think of a single instance where any of the members of Band-Maid have overplayed their part on any song.
Yes that’s exactly what I said! MASTERPIECE! I heard this song early when I started getting into band maid and I was like this is it, they can’t write a better song than this, it’s too good. But unseen world blew me away and really your favorite band maid song is the last one you heard. But blooming will always be a special song to me
Really appreciate your comments on AIC and old Pink Floyd. Theres so many great bands in our lives (We are about the same age I think), but the ones that excel in composition do stand out and change the direction of music. Alice in Chains was my favorite from that era of giants like Pearl Jam, STP and Soundgarden. Akane truly is this generations mad genius it seems.
When I listened to Band-maid songs, I didn't think so much, I just deeply felt that my rock was back.
Was just listening to Flying High (the solo in particular) and thought, "damn I hope Ryan films his reaction to this". So yeah, when you get around to the rest of the albums, I hope we continue to see the complete song by song journey to your inevitable realization that you've found your new all-time favorite band (if you haven't realized it already...personally I think it happened the moment you incredulously said "GTFOH" when the outro to the studio version of Manners kicked in). :)
Yes! Akane in the pre and during the solo in Blooming (also when Dice begins) is doing some crazy faster "You could be mine" drum stuff!!!
I loled at 11:40 when you just stand there in utter shock after hearing the first seconds of Dice, after just having your face melted off by Blooming previously. Hahaha love your reactions, please keep em coming! Cheers from Brazil
I am 61 years old and have been listening to rock and blues music for over 50 of those years. I don't speak a word or Japanese and somehow Band-Maid is my favorite band on the planet!
They are just that good
Man im laughing in amazement of your reaction that bandmaid always surprising you every new song specially this one. Great reaction video man!
I totally agree with the Pop assessment in the context of mass appeal... an excellent observation.
Kanami is a total riff machine. Her composition skills and ability to incorporate clever changes and bridges never ends.
She always manages to alter the second verses to enhance it further from the first verse. Saiki just takes the vocals to a new level. This is the brilliance behind Band Maid.
Oh, and Akane's playing on Dice is freakin' crazy good!
I'm guessing that you are around that 20 to 30 songs heard mark about now. This is usually around about when people start to really understand how great this band is. I mean it is clear they are all great musicians from the get go, but, it kinda takes this many songs to comprehend how great of writers and arrangers they are. The sound that they are getting is all their own and I don't care how great the engineers are, the band has to be really good for them to be able to enhance that sound. I have gone back to The thrill era and listened to just the sound of Akane on drums and even then it was distinctive. The same with the rest of the band. There is something very special about their sound and style. Very hard to to put a finger on a short explanation. It's very "comfort foodish,"(welcome Home Masters and princesses). Everything they do just falls in my Sweet spot, it's crazy.
It is very hard to put a finger on, but you did a great job there.
They have an "organic" feel imho as if everything is just in the right place and I can't define why. I have been listening in the car a lot lately where it's just music & while they are fun to watch, the music stands on it's own as greatness. I think they are one of the best bands ever.
I feel you guy, i was looking for a very good Rock band for years and Band Maid is the only one who gives me goosebumps and tears of joy...
Their song writing and interprétation is sooo good, it's like the band i have been waiting all my life ❤️🤘
Can't believe you hadn't heard these two classics! They are 2 of Band-Maid's most rocking tunes. They have become concert go-to's and are every bit as good or better in concert. You need to see the live versions. They are epic! The harmonies between Miku and Saiki are phenomenal!
Your favorite Band Maid song is always the last one that you listened to.
Now you have two videos over 100k!. Damn. That's impressive. Congratulations!
I'd been waiting for "Blooming". All I can say is: "Told ya!" How can a 4 minute song be so damned MAJESTIC?!! It takes you to 15 thousand feet, then brings you back, then soars you to the stratosphere where you convene with ANGELS, and THEN it proceeds to kick your butt right- the-phuch outta the solar system. Just friggin' BRILLIANT! And (never start a new sentence with the word "And") to couple "Blooming" with my gateway drug "Dice"?, damn... I must be livin' right. As always, thanks again Ryan!
If you ever make a T-shirt with "Shut up Kanami is speaking" I'd love to buy one
I think "Blooming" is the greatest progressive hard rock song ever written. And what you said, Ryan, about Kanami being a heavy metal/rock guitarist at heart but with acute pop sensibilities when it comes to composition is absolutely spot on. "Dice" is also a perfect example of this. It could have descended into heavy rock/metal noodling but instead, because of Kanami's innate melodic sensibility, it becomes an awesome progressive hard rock song. Hence the wonderful transitions, and the blending of rock genres. Band-Maid, imho, is the best progressive hard rock band of all time, for the reasons you've mentioned about composition of songs, and for so many other reasons as well (not least that the Maids are virtuoso on their instruments).
"shut up kanami is speaking" priceless
Dear yRan mate! Back with you from Shizuoka! Great analysis as usual! Now that solo is very probably a proof that this band has still a lot of of untapped potential, notwithstanding the whole band's support and contributions.
Hopefully most of the present restrictions will be progressively lifted after September 12th. Get yourself ready by I would say in November. Things still start exploding all over the place. Lots of work for you by then! "lucky bastard"! (last said in the complimentary and envious form! In any case, the word "bastard" was invented in my birth country, France, and it was a name for recognized nobility! LOL)
Looking forward to your next reaction, mate!
Hear you soon, a bientot, mata ne (Japanese!)!
That's about the best 2 for 1 you could have possibly picked! Great reaction as always. It's always fun to watch someone fall in love with Band-Maid. They really are a special group. I read somewhere that the outro music for Blooming is the intro music played backwards. I'm no musician so I can't verify if that's actually true or not. I sometimes wish that Kanami would drag out her solos a little longer, but it's just not her style to show off. If she doesn't think it serves the song, she won't do it. Alone and Blooming are two of her longer solos though.
Ryan, because I enjoy the hell out of your reactions, I finally got into listening to Blooming. Before, I couldn't get past the intro. But watching your obvious joy for the song, I had to listen all the way through....BLOWN AWAY!!! Thank you....these 5 ladies are definitely wizards..or witches....all I know, as a 61 year old trucker, these 5 gorgeous ladies definately help make the miles fly by....love them!!
AWESOME! I'm glad to hear it👍
Same here. Ryan made me love No God too, the song I couldn’t get in the first time.