This band is so unique, so ecclectic ...i discovered them a month ago and im obsessed hahah, you should check them live, theres a full show divided in 4 parts called “pre attack and revenge “, its not on RUclips, its in dailymotion. They’re also very funny and make like funny breaks between songs. Cheers from Argentina!
Long time lover of MTH. When you mentioned Infectious Grooves, I had never heard of them before, so I looked them up. Just listened to Punk It Up and I really liked it. Thanks for giving me another band to explore!
I only ever had the first Infectious Grooves album. I bought it a few days after it's release. They were a side project of Suicidal Tendencies Mike Muir. If you notice on the Punk It Up video, the bass player looks like a younger version of Metallica's bassist Robert Trujillo. That's because it is the younger Robert Trujillo of Metallica. 😂 He played bass for Suicidal Tendencies at the time as well.
The first MAXIMUM THE HORMONE song I heard was A.L.I.E.N and I have to admit I didn't understand anything. The music was pure chaos. I was like "What the hell?!?!?" Since then, they are also one of my favorites. I usually introduce everyone who has never heard MTH before with the song A.L.I.E.N, just to see their confused face... 🤣 It's funny how one thing leads to another. Since getting caught up in the Japanese rock and metal scene, I've started learning Japanese. Mostly because I'm triggered by everyone saying it's so hard to master. But that also seems to be the only way to find information or read about the music. It is rare to find English translations. Anyway, I have a problem with it. What I've learned so far is that Japanese is a mora-based language, unlike most Western languages which are syllable-based. Each mora takes roughly the same time to say. Tsume has 2 moras (tsu/ me/). BAND-MAID (in Japanese they say BANDo-MAIDo) has 6 moras. (BA/ N/ Do/ - MA/ I/ Do/). So what to look for is the vowels in a word and pause there, so each syllable (consonant(s) and vowel) takes the same amount of time to pronounce. Then comes the problem of pronouncing it correctly. Something that differs from language to language in how difficult it is. As a Swede, I have no problem because all their sounds are in my language. The difference between the languages is that the vowels in Swedish are emphasized a little longer than in Japanese. This is why Swedish sounds a bit "singing" when we speak. Okay, all of this might sound a bit like bragging, but don't take it that way. I've just become very fascinated with the Japanese language. Nothing else... 😆
Wow! Great reaction as always! Next song could be "Maximum the hormone" (like their name). You can find it by searching for "マキシマム ザ ホルモン maximum the hormone Music Video (Full ver.)" on RUclips!
BTW at 6:06 you can see and hear the way he pronounces Tsume twice. My English speaking ass would write it phonetically as "Tsmeh". It's a lot like the Japanese word "desu" where the "u" in the word is extremely subtly pronounced, so if you weren't listening closely you'd only hear "des". There's a very slight "uh" present there, like the "u" in Tsume. Again, go to 6:06 and you'll hear it. Edit: for reference "tsume" is repeated 3x at 9:05
Maximum The Hormone's lyrics are inaudible even to Japanese without subtitles. They are sung in Japanese pronounced as if it were a different language. I think what one feels Maximum The Hormone is to perceive the world from the melody and the sequence of words. For example 6:06 Bruise!! Nail Nail to many women scratch Let the law fail and get wet. Nail Nail Nail A woman kisses someone arm. I hope she poops out and dies in the field. Let the law fail and get wet. 6:26 However, Japanese often omits the subject, and it is often not clear to whom the words are being said. In real life, Japanese people guess who it is said to in a situation. But, it is difficult to sense this in their music, and they conjure up their own images from the words lined up. And although they often put vulgar words together, there is a lot of beauty to be found in them. And the song is about SM play throughout. It is neither criticizing nor endorsing, but depending on your point of view, it could be seen as saying that there are many different aspects to human beings and that this is usual.
Ningen isu. Good band. Maximum i know since 2008 and showed to severalfriends who played in nu metal bands. All have some prejudice against maximum. I bet my ass nowadays afterseeing reactions videos they would have changed their minds. So pathetic
This band is so unique, so ecclectic ...i discovered them a month ago and im obsessed hahah, you should check them live, theres a full show divided in 4 parts called “pre attack and revenge “, its not on RUclips, its in dailymotion.
They’re also very funny and make like funny breaks between songs. Cheers from Argentina!
Long time lover of MTH. When you mentioned Infectious Grooves, I had never heard of them before, so I looked them up. Just listened to Punk It Up and I really liked it. Thanks for giving me another band to explore!
I only ever had the first Infectious Grooves album. I bought it a few days after it's release. They were a side project of Suicidal Tendencies Mike Muir. If you notice on the Punk It Up video, the bass player looks like a younger version of Metallica's bassist Robert Trujillo. That's because it is the younger Robert Trujillo of Metallica. 😂 He played bass for Suicidal Tendencies at the time as well.
The first MAXIMUM THE HORMONE song I heard was A.L.I.E.N and I have to admit I didn't understand anything. The music was pure chaos. I was like "What the hell?!?!?" Since then, they are also one of my favorites. I usually introduce everyone who has never heard MTH before with the song A.L.I.E.N, just to see their confused face... 🤣
It's funny how one thing leads to another. Since getting caught up in the Japanese rock and metal scene, I've started learning Japanese. Mostly because I'm triggered by everyone saying it's so hard to master. But that also seems to be the only way to find information or read about the music. It is rare to find English translations. Anyway, I have a problem with it.
What I've learned so far is that Japanese is a mora-based language, unlike most Western languages which are syllable-based. Each mora takes roughly the same time to say. Tsume has 2 moras (tsu/ me/). BAND-MAID (in Japanese they say BANDo-MAIDo) has 6 moras. (BA/ N/ Do/ - MA/ I/ Do/). So what to look for is the vowels in a word and pause there, so each syllable (consonant(s) and vowel) takes the same amount of time to pronounce. Then comes the problem of pronouncing it correctly. Something that differs from language to language in how difficult it is. As a Swede, I have no problem because all their sounds are in my language. The difference between the languages is that the vowels in Swedish are emphasized a little longer than in Japanese. This is why Swedish sounds a bit "singing" when we speak.
Okay, all of this might sound a bit like bragging, but don't take it that way. I've just become very fascinated with the Japanese language. Nothing else... 😆
It means nail or claw. Marty Friedman of Megadeth fame is a big fan he actually made an instrumental cover of this song.
Wow! Great reaction as always! Next song could be "Maximum the hormone" (like their name). You can find it by searching for "マキシマム ザ ホルモン maximum the hormone Music Video (Full ver.)" on RUclips!
The Hormones are at Maximum level!
Next song, way more recent: HUNGRY PRIDE
nail nail nail
BTW at 6:06 you can see and hear the way he pronounces Tsume twice. My English speaking ass would write it phonetically as "Tsmeh". It's a lot like the Japanese word "desu" where the "u" in the word is extremely subtly pronounced, so if you weren't listening closely you'd only hear "des". There's a very slight "uh" present there, like the "u" in Tsume. Again, go to 6:06 and you'll hear it.
Edit: for reference "tsume" is repeated 3x at 9:05
Maximum The Hormone's lyrics are inaudible even to Japanese without subtitles.
They are sung in Japanese pronounced as if it were a different language.
I think what one feels Maximum The Hormone is to perceive the world from the melody and the sequence of words.
For example
6:06
Bruise!!
Nail Nail to many women scratch
Let the law fail and get wet.
Nail Nail Nail
A woman kisses someone arm.
I hope she poops out and dies in the field.
Let the law fail and get wet.
6:26
However, Japanese often omits the subject, and it is often not clear to whom the words are being said.
In real life, Japanese people guess who it is said to in a situation.
But, it is difficult to sense this in their music, and they conjure up their own images from the words lined up.
And although they often put vulgar words together, there is a lot of beauty to be found in them.
And the song is about SM play throughout.
It is neither criticizing nor endorsing, but depending on your point of view, it could be seen as saying that there are many different aspects to human beings and that this is usual.
Are you Severus Snape？
Ningen isu. Good band. Maximum i know since 2008 and showed to severalfriends who played in nu metal bands. All have some prejudice against maximum. I bet my ass nowadays afterseeing reactions videos they would have changed their minds. So pathetic