Wagakki Band Senbonzakura Live REACTION by Songs and Thongs

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  • Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
  • Songs and Thongs get their minds blown by Wagakki band!
    This is our reaction to the live performance of Senbonzakura
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  • @jimnusbaum3589
    @jimnusbaum3589 Год назад +38

    Someone probably mentioned it but Machiya (the guitar player) is in charge of the mix. He is very modest (but massively skilled) and never pushes his own sound to the front unless it is really what the piece calls for. Sometimes maybe he is too modest.

  • @takecham5155
    @takecham5155 Год назад +74

    Machiya (guitarist) says that the electronic instruments tend to overwhelm the sound of the traditional Japanese instruments, resulting in a poor balance, so he intentionally made the sound softer for the sake of "overall harmony."

    • @RyoMassaki
      @RyoMassaki Год назад +7

      I get that, and they do a great job of keeping an overall harmony, still I'd wish they'd let him and Asa loose once in a while and compose some more songs that are more on the heavy sounding spectrum, like the song "Tsuki ni Sakebu Yoru" for example, where Machiya has a really chunky guitar tone and the bass is (even more) hot and groovy. It demonstrates perfectly that even with more intense Guitar/Bass in the mix, the Shakuhachi and Shamisen have no problems to cut through the sound, only the Koto seems to need some space.

  • @hiawatha.g
    @hiawatha.g Год назад +77

    “Wagakki” is Japanese for “traditional instruments”
    The “lute” thing is a Shamisen.
    The “harp” thing is a Koto.
    The “flute thing” is a shakuhachi.
    The Japanese drums are collectively called “wadaiko”.
    The band was founded by the shigin (classical poetry) singer, SUZUHANA Yuko, who is also a classically trained pianist. She developed the concept of fusing Japanese traditional instruments and musical tropes with modern music.

  • @mrjameshuang1
    @mrjameshuang1 Год назад +8

    I went to their new year concert in 2017 and 2018 before they got big and famous. They are amazing LIVE!!

  • @scottfield5849
    @scottfield5849 Год назад +11

    This song, performed live, is *outstanding*! It's an all-hands-on-deck attack that gives all of the members a chance to shine. Just excellent! 🤘😎👍

  • @mlm5150
    @mlm5150 Год назад +4

    The Shamisen and Koto are 2 of my favorite instruments. They are just so beautiful to listen too. Wagakki Band is masterful!

  • @icalumnos2565
    @icalumnos2565 Год назад +87

    Machiya (the guitarist) is not there to be heard or to masterfully shred all the time. He is also one of the main composers, vocal harmonist and makes almost each and every song of the band's arrangement. He has the last word before the recordings go public. Besides, the majority of the instrumets of this band are melodic (koto, shakuhachi, shamisen, Yuko's voice) so he has to be the rythm base of the music in most of the cases. He also is the sound engineer of thr band, so he equalizes himself to be heard more on the background side and even with that, he masterfully shreds 👌🏻

    • @page1_cs
      @page1_cs Год назад +10

      That's what I love about Machiya. He's doesn't over power each member. Love it.

  • @davidestrada1484
    @davidestrada1484 Год назад +1

    That thing is a Koto, thank you for your awesome reactions, following you from Spain!

  • @CaffeineNightOwl
    @CaffeineNightOwl Год назад +5

    sensationell band. they all are masters. guitarist machiya is indeed excellent. and his sago guitar is very beautiful.

  • @meteorrunner
    @meteorrunner Год назад +26

    Do Homura + Akatsukie no Ito if you really want the guitarist prominent in the mix hahaha. That one got me into them.

  • @user-ry5dw4oo4q
    @user-ry5dw4oo4q Год назад +9

    This live was a live where the audience could not speak due to COVID-19

  • @GunggusRama-zo3ly
    @GunggusRama-zo3ly 2 месяца назад +1

    I listen to this song as i wear my modified custom samurai armour vest..to play airsoftguns with my friends.. 🤘🤘🤣🤣 i feel like i'm in a modern day sekigahara battle 😂😂.. love this band

  • @waterwalker9600
    @waterwalker9600 Год назад +1

    Fantastic band here 🤘

  • @Catman66
    @Catman66 Год назад

    A great reaction a unique sounding band. I, too, love the blend of traditional and modern instruments.
    By the way if you want to hear more flute in rock music check out Jethro Tull or Jade Warrior. Two excellent
    hard rocking bands with flute!😃

  • @foguete88
    @foguete88 Год назад +1

    everyone likes all of them much more live ;-)

  • @John-re2qw
    @John-re2qw Год назад +7

    Seamlessly blending the traditional and modern as only the Japanese can. The shakuhachi player is definitely channeling Ian Anderson. PS If you don't think a flute has a place in a rock band, check out Jethro Tull (Ian Anderson).

  • @KebusuNiisan
    @KebusuNiisan 11 месяцев назад +2

    The flat harp thing is called koto, and the guy playing it is the vocalist's husband.

  • @ahodori2233
    @ahodori2233 Год назад +10

    WagakkiBand was started from Yuko Suzuhana's desire to "disseminate Japanese classical art with a pop image to the world."
    This concert was specially permitted by the government to be used as a reference for the operation of events such as concerts and watching sports under the pandemic.
    There is one caveat. WGB's contract with Avex ended in June 2019, and they signed a global contract with Universal Music. Since then, Avex-owned music videos other than live footage have been reliably blocked if used as is.

  • @user-pl8on3ex9i
    @user-pl8on3ex9i 10 месяцев назад +3

    サイコー😂😂GOOD‼️😊🎉

  • @bwcbiz
    @bwcbiz Год назад +1

    Definitely a performance that highlights the traditional instruments over the guitar and bass.

  • @DrAcula-os1nz
    @DrAcula-os1nz Год назад +9

    Yes, that's right, the guitar is very low in the mix on this version. This version also lacks audience interaction since this concert was during the pandemic and the audience was not allowed to sing along or shout loudly. Everyone had to have a negative test and a mask.
    They were only allowed to let in 5k spectators in a hall that takes 17k The concert was supposed to be Daishinnenkai (New Year's party) 2020 in January but was postponed to August. thus "Manatsu no Daishinnenkai. (Midsummer New Year's Festival).

  • @gatograto
    @gatograto Год назад +8

    Wolfpack's here and everywhere. Awesome and great review of yours. I understand your complain over guitar in the mixing but they have a reason. Since Japanese traditional string instruments, Shamisen and Koto here, have rather whisperous than modern electric instruments, and have shorter sustain, they are trying to find the best balance somewhere.
    My friend Hiawatha explains about Japanese instruments down below, and I'll give a little supplement here, I'm an old Japanese man and know a little about it. The Shamisen that Beni is playing here is not a regular shamisen. This kind is called a "futo-zao (fat-rod) shamisen" having a thicker neck and a robust body. The play style is called Tsugaru Shamisen or Jongara Shamisen. It is faster, louder, wilder than regular play style of shamisen. A futo-zao shamisen built for playing Tsugaru Shamisen is also called as a Tsugaru Shamisen recently. Tsugaru is a region at the tip of the main island of Japan, and Tsugaru Shamisen was boorn and developed there by traveling blind musicians.
    As a Japanese myself, I strongly recommend you to try following numbers of Wagakki Band.
    Kyouka Suigetsu + Tsuki Ni Sakebu Yoru is a perfect catalogue of WB with smoking solo of every member and a perfect fusion of heavy metal and Japanese traditional music. ruclips.net/video/aWlMc-pbDc8/видео.html
    Synchronicity 2022 version. A fusion of jazz and Japanese traditional music. You'll know how really talented both Yuko the singer and the guitarist Machiya are. ruclips.net/video/8SNV8s8FJBk/видео.html
    Overture + Okinotayuu. Wagakki Band with orchestra. ruclips.net/video/BQhvhc_NLZ0/видео.html
    These guys are as insanely talented as Lovebites.

  • @moonrose5944
    @moonrose5944 Год назад +3

    The flute's name is Shakuhachi.

  • @user-gc5fm7uq7q
    @user-gc5fm7uq7q Год назад +1

    いつも楽しく拝見してます🇯🇵

  • @leonmichaels2773
    @leonmichaels2773 Год назад +1

    The Wagakki Band is much like Led Zeppelin in that no two performances of the same song is the same as the last. They play around with the music and how the musicians get their time in the spotlight. The differences might be subtle, but they are there such as Machiya's soft guitar in this version.
    Because of Covid, the audience was not allowed to react as they normally would have such as when the five artists gathered in front, when they raised they hands, the crowd would have shouted out 1,2,3, instead of the band doing it. Interesting effect when you have as many as 16K people shouting out during the song in time with the musicians , such as when they did this song during the concert featuring Amy Lee.
    Also, this song is normally the concert final song of the night.

  • @くろいの
    @くろいの 7 месяцев назад +1

    知ってる?和楽器バンドのメンバーの全員がエリート中のエリートだっていう事…。ボーカルの鈴華ゆう子は、東京音楽大学卒業、更に詩吟の名取。尺八の神永大輔は尺八の名取。三味線の蜷川べには、日本の三味線コンクールの賞を総なめした『コンクール荒らし』として有名だった三味線奏者。その他のメンバーの肩書きも凄いんだよ!
    一流中の一流が集まったバンドなんだよ❣️まさに、日本の誇りなんだっ❣️

  • @RobinC63
    @RobinC63 Год назад +17

    The first “that thing” is a Koto. The Chinese version is Guzheng and the Korean version is a Gayageum. The second “that thing” banjo” sounding instrument is the Shamisen.
    This band is in my top 5 that I want to see.
    You are completely correct about the mix in my honest opinion.

    • @ChrisPage68
      @ChrisPage68 Год назад +3

      I think the 🎸 would drown out the Shamisen.

  • @carlnietoweise4653
    @carlnietoweise4653 Год назад +13

    I'm charmed by the translation of Senbonzakura = A thousand cherry trees covered by the night. It sounds so Japanese, so poetic.

    • @tukangroti4360
      @tukangroti4360 Год назад +1

      It has more meaning if you read about the meaning of the lyrics, somebody even made an analysis about this song.

  • @SpiderWeb984
    @SpiderWeb984 Год назад +5

    Based on Japanese traditional folk music🎵

  • @13uomini
    @13uomini Год назад

    If you like the flute in a band hear Jan Anserson from Jethro Tull in Agualung or Locomotiv Breath!

  • @Bergwacht
    @Bergwacht Год назад +3

    that flute guy is the last living punk :D

  • @UMA-chan
    @UMA-chan Год назад

    日本人の大好きな桜を実際に見て欲しいな😊
    心が華やぎます🌸

  • @13uomini
    @13uomini Год назад +4

    React please to this band with Orchestra in "Overture": big surprise. Yuko one's the best vocalist in the World!

  • @joeparker9516
    @joeparker9516 Год назад

    The flat harp thingy is called a KOTO,

  • @tzu-haokuo1150
    @tzu-haokuo1150 Год назад +3

    6:04 I guess you meant 'Koto' (or the Japanese harp)

  • @akikohorie4764
    @akikohorie4764 Год назад

    The name of Wagakki Band's Wagakki is
    Don't call me a flute, call me a shakuhachi.
    Don't call me a banjo, call me a shamisen.
    Don't call it a harp, call it a koto.
    Please don't call me Japanese dram, just call me WADAIKO.

  • @deathsyth27
    @deathsyth27 Год назад +1

    Forget the name of the flute. But the banjo sounding instrument is a shamisen. The harp sounding instrument is a koto. An interesting thing about the koto is all the strings are the same gauge. All the tuning is done with the little pegs.

  • @user-rf6ww4sl2q
    @user-rf6ww4sl2q Год назад

    wagakki band「ignite」

  • @55tallanh
    @55tallanh Год назад +2

    If you like the flute here, you should check out Jethro Tull...

    • @maxmaidiac2237
      @maxmaidiac2237 Год назад

      I SCROLLED DOWN TO SEE WHO WAS GOING TO MENTION JETRO TULL. THE SHAKUHATCI GUY HERE PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE TULL FLUTE PLAYER/SINGER.

  • @Toobeegort
    @Toobeegort Год назад +1

    If you don't think a flute belongs in a rock band you must see Jethro Tull "Locomotive Breath" or "Cross eyed Mary".

  • @fumin8
    @fumin8 Год назад

    You can enjoy Machiya's guitar very much in the next video.
    Homura + Akatsuki no Ito
    ruclips.net/video/ponTbDDMYjw/видео.html

  • @ChrisPage68
    @ChrisPage68 Год назад +2

    Harp = Koto
    That Thing = Shamisen

  • @martinatzejensen6787
    @martinatzejensen6787 Год назад

    Damn, Beni can pull off a powerstance.

  • @GunHusky
    @GunHusky Год назад

    Did u know " Bloodywood Band " ?
    Lets try >> Dana Dan Song " ^_^

  • @darrenpycock
    @darrenpycock Год назад

    There's another version of this done by ado she is an anime singer so you never see her live but she is amazing.

  • @penel1849
    @penel1849 Год назад

    🎶try it👍
    ■和楽器バンドWagakkiBand:遠野物語:九四(Toono monogatari: Kyuuyon)+闇に煌めく-2017平安神宮live (Heian Jingu) (sub. provide)
    ruclips.net/video/hLYPvErslH8/видео.html
    ■和楽器バンド Wagakki Band : 遠野物語五五+知恵の果実+什麼生説破 - 四季ノ彩 (Shiki no Irodori) Tour 2017 (sub. provide)
    ruclips.net/video/wsWgZjbjXeM/видео.html
    ■和楽器バンド Wagakki Band : 咎首 (Togakubi) + ウロボロス~ouroboros~ - 8th Anniversary tour (sub. provide)
    ruclips.net/video/sFWYqcBC6QY/видео.html

  • @hdforever6665
    @hdforever6665 Год назад

    Next reaction - Felix Irwan: when we where young _ Adelle cover.. please 🙏

  • @remylecourt1852
    @remylecourt1852 Год назад +1

    Où sont passées vos autres réactions sur le groupe (Wagakki band) ? RUclips se refuse à les afficher. Snif 😪

  • @ngao9447
    @ngao9447 Год назад

    Please react to Angel of salvation - Galneryus

  • @topixfromthetropix1674
    @topixfromthetropix1674 Год назад

    No offense intended, but in 23 years I worked for more international recording artists than you can name in 2 minutes! Wagakki is a world class band. I worked with Prince, Motley Crue/ AC/DC, Metallica, Deep Purple, Lynyrd Skynyrd, ARS, and others. Wagakki is magic on stage.

  • @killiansred1000
    @killiansred1000 Год назад +4

    The song featured the traditional instruments not the guitar or the bass. They could have taken a break and wouldn’t be missed.

  • @nguyenvinh6340
    @nguyenvinh6340 Год назад +1

    I am from vietnamese love japanese😍

  • @mohamadsyakur7414
    @mohamadsyakur7414 Год назад

    Reaction invicta band from indoneaia

  • @megurineluka6094
    @megurineluka6094 Год назад +1

    Check the original version from Hatsune Miku - senbonzakura.
    *live perform is better :)

  • @RalphBellairs
    @RalphBellairs Год назад

    If you like Wagakki Band this video is a must-see imho - ruclips.net/video/aWlMc-pbDc8/видео.html

  • @MrDancingNemo
    @MrDancingNemo Год назад

    If you haven't, please react to Asterism's Dawn. They are a metal band from Japan.
    ruclips.net/video/buQPvINJcA0/видео.html

  • @kahrine1115
    @kahrine1115 Год назад +1

    please react to mirukumunari

  • @MarcusHsu
    @MarcusHsu 4 месяца назад

    Too bad, they have announced that they will disband on December 31, 2024,

  • @user-wi9ek7ll9b
    @user-wi9ek7ll9b Год назад

    君に、ミキサー任せたら曲が台無しにしてしまいます、君がミキサーでなくて良かった。

  • @harriependers9171
    @harriependers9171 Год назад

    Can you please pay attention to a new artist Davina Michelle. You won´t be dissapointed