Band-Maid ladies together are not just a summary of talents, they are an impossible phenomena. Kanami's musical genius is out of this world. People like them are so rare, they must be cherished and guarded as a world's treasure. If you like instrumentals, check Asterism and Drive_D: two Japanese bands playing instrumental hard/prog rock.
Over 5 years a fan and they still stun me and still have me shaking my head in wonder! I don't really comment much any more about how great I think they are. I think it is really apparent, and if you can't see the incredible talents this band has, then we value great music in much different ways.
This is one of those rare songs that sounds awesome the first time you hear it but gets better every time you listen to it. I'm sure I've listened to it at least 40 times and I can't get enough.
If you want to hear another insane instruMENTAL try Band Maid's 'Don't Be Long' there is an excellent fan-cam video from Ron Ayala. I've watched it hundreds of times!
Thanks again from Japan 有難う💛。 I witnessed this song performed live twice with this MV quality in Tokyo and dropped my jaw twice 😲. I believe so did many of American audience at 12 venues in the last October. This song has been normally played in the middle of the setlist to give Saiki some break. They played this song, however, as opening at three festivals (including Aftershock, Sacramento) and in Guns N' Roses concert in Japan as support to the legendary band. Yeah! they showed off their skills and talents to the audience who knew nothing about the girls in maid outfit on the stage. I felt as if I heard them screaming "Hey guys! Listen to us and open your eyes wide! We are not the persons that you think ! Salute us!"
Okay, Mr. Velcro, I saw you having the same silly/happy grin that I get every time I listen to a new Band-Maid song! Thanks for your great commentary--you've quickly become one of my favorites. It's so nice to share the same joy in listening to the Maids.
Thank you very much for your reactions to BAND-MAID. Your musical background is important to me in grasping these gals' skills, feels and genius. You mentioned instrumentals - well, they have at least four (4) that you can find videos for if you are interested (ONSET, WITHOUT HOLDING BACK, DON'T BE LONG and FROM NOW ON) plus, they have taken other songs and offered instrumental versions. I think you will enjoy them all.
You never have to apologize for rewinding to hear Akane's part again. 😁 I love this track for all the reasons you mentioned but also you can see that Kanami is in "that zone" and, I hope this makes sense, she is no longer playing the guitar to make music, she is her guitar and she is the music!
The way to tell how good Miku has gotten is that she plays anything Kamami throws at her. Sure, Kanami is doing the recording, but then Miku has to do it LIVE! There are no retakes for Miku. And I think that attitude is in the titles of the instrumentals. 'From Now On', 'Without Holding Back'. I think that says it all, and Miku holds her own not only with Kanami, but with Saiki as well. She's no beginner. She's a 10 year veteran.
Great reaction. As always you made some excellent observations. I really liked how you pointed out how Akane's cymbal hits accented Kanami's high notes. There is an excellent fan cam with good sound quality of this performance from Vladimir Chupin at the October Boston show. I tried to link it but YT removed my comment. So many great BM songs to react to still. You seem to like controlled chaos so maybe check out the Different MV (MV better sound than live). More Saiki fast singing/ quasi rapping and one of the more unique riffs in a rock song that you will hear.
Thank you so much Falcon, if you still want to send me that link you can do it through discord or my email. Totally the more chaotic yet controlled a band is the more I like it.
So... they're super good aren't they? lol Fun fact: at first this MV was an exclusive for the buyers of the special edition of their latest EP 'Unleash', but it was so good and people loved it so much that they end up releasing it on youtube. How cool is that? A lot of fans claim that From Now On is Band-Maid's best instrumental, and honestly is pretty hard to disagree with them... but don't underestimate the other three!, you've listened to Onset already, so Don't Be Long and Without Holding Back are the next ones. And both are quite awesome too
Thank you! Yeah, they are too good 😂😂😂 I can't stop saying it, Also that's cool that the fandom was like I don't care if I paid extra, release it for everyone! I gotta check those other two, But this one is obviously better than Onset just by default since they are a more experienced and musically mature band by this point.
One of Kanami's best and most intricate compositions, as well as being one of the most difficult to play for all the musicians. Kanami herself found it a strain to play it live on the recent USA tour and ended up having a bout of anaemia near the end of the tour due to the punishing schedule and giving her all for every performance. There are a few fancams on YT of them performing this and one of the best for seeing Kanami close-up is by Ohrenje ( ruclips.net/video/_p7yFNGtuLQ/видео.html ).
This is MINCHO’s song, but AKANE’s drumming is thrilling, especially in the second half of the piece. She keeps it simple, but she’s constantly unleashing devastating flurries of notes with her deceptively fast hands and feet. I think this recording has the best mixing of all the songs on the last three albums. It super clean and crisp, but it breathes with great dynamic range. Most of the other songs are far too heavily compressed, with lots of sizzle in the high end that hurts my ears. (And I’m old, so I shouldn’t be able to hear those high frequencies. 😂) That’s one reason I enjoy their live recordings so much, as they have a more natural sound.
I don’t have much time. I watch only worthy reactions and urs is one of them. I also don’t have time for other groups. Band maid is my group. Sometimes I listen other groups but the musicianship of BM is unmatched. So, I stopped listening other groups.
Band-Maid ladies together are not just a summary of talents, they are an impossible phenomena. Kanami's musical genius is out of this world. People like them are so rare, they must be cherished and guarded as a world's treasure. If you like instrumentals, check Asterism and Drive_D: two Japanese bands playing instrumental hard/prog rock.
Thank you so much I'll check them out
Over 5 years a fan and they still stun me and still have me shaking my head in wonder! I don't really comment much any more about how great I think they are. I think it is really apparent, and if you can't see the incredible talents this band has, then we value great music in much different ways.
Totally agree, they are amazing.
I'm thinking Mozart would have loved to jam with them. Thanks Velcro!
Totally!
Wasn't it Mozart on the piano on this one? ;P hehe
This is one of those rare songs that sounds awesome the first time you hear it but gets better every time you listen to it. I'm sure I've listened to it at least 40 times and I can't get enough.
I'm going to be doing that as well. I mean I've been doing it with every single band-maid song since I catch something new every time.
Only fourty times? Try four hundred times. I never get tired of listening to Band Maid. I spend over twenty hours a week listening to them.
Yup, still my favorite current BAND-MAID song. Awesome! 677
Thank you so much! I can totally see why this would a favorite.
I also have noticed how much Miku has improved ! She just gets better and better and so does Band-Maid !!✌🤘🎀
Thank you barry! Yeah, she has improved a LOT!
Rhythm guitar skills are a bit different than lead guitar skills. Miku has become a very good rhythm player.
Kanami is Band-Maid’s secret weapon. Not as much in her guitar playing skill(although she’s quite good) it’s everything else she does.
Her creativity, has to be that for me.
If you want to hear another insane instruMENTAL try Band Maid's 'Don't Be Long' there is an excellent fan-cam video from Ron Ayala. I've watched it hundreds of times!
I love Don’t be long. Onset, don’t be long and From now on, these r three gems.
@@haggaisimon7748 All of Band Maid's songs are gems!!!!!
I'll check it out!
Many of us recently saw Band-Maid play “From Now On” live. OMNG! Kanami riffed her ass off. And the BPM’s matched the DB's! 😶🌫Thx, Vel!
Kanami🥰took the vocals in her own hands on this one.
Great reaction as usual, Thanks.
btw I'm only here for Band-Maid so keep'em coming.👍
Thank you so much! I'm not stopping anytime soon with band-maid 😂😂
Thanks again from Japan 有難う💛。 I witnessed this song performed live twice with this MV quality in Tokyo and dropped my jaw twice 😲. I believe so did many of American audience at 12 venues in the last October. This song has been normally played in the middle of the setlist to give Saiki some break. They played this song, however, as opening at three festivals (including Aftershock, Sacramento) and in Guns N' Roses concert in Japan as support to the legendary band. Yeah! they showed off their skills and talents to the audience who knew nothing about the girls in maid outfit on the stage. I felt as if I heard them screaming "Hey guys! Listen to us and open your eyes wide! We are not the persons that you think ! Salute us!"
Thank you! I envy you 😂😂 I don't know if I'll be able to watch them live anytime soon.
Thanx Velcro, from Tokyo!!! So glad that you're liking them too!! They always blow my mind ! Cheers! 🤘😁
Thank you so much!
The opening is Mozart's Requiem, Dies Irae. Good ear! Same notes, different rhythm
THANK YOU! Omg, this thing has been eating my mind all night.
Okay, Mr. Velcro, I saw you having the same silly/happy grin that I get every time I listen to a new Band-Maid song! Thanks for your great commentary--you've quickly become one of my favorites. It's so nice to share the same joy in listening to the Maids.
Thank you so much! Inevitably, they always make me smile.
Thank you very much for your reactions to BAND-MAID. Your musical background is important to me in grasping these gals' skills, feels and genius. You mentioned instrumentals - well, they have at least four (4) that you can find videos for if you are interested (ONSET, WITHOUT HOLDING BACK, DON'T BE LONG and FROM NOW ON) plus, they have taken other songs and offered instrumental versions. I think you will enjoy them all.
Thank you so much! I did ONSET live already for the channel if you want to check it out and eventually, I know I'll get to the other ones.
3 Years a fan. They never cease to amaze me
You never have to apologize for rewinding to hear Akane's part again. 😁
I love this track for all the reasons you mentioned but also you can see that Kanami is in "that zone" and, I hope this makes sense, she is no longer playing the guitar to make music, she is her guitar and she is the music!
It completely makes sense!
The way to tell how good Miku has gotten is that she plays anything Kamami throws at her. Sure, Kanami is doing the recording, but then Miku has to do it LIVE! There are no retakes for Miku. And I think that attitude is in the titles of the instrumentals. 'From Now On', 'Without Holding Back'. I think that says it all, and Miku holds her own not only with Kanami, but with Saiki as well. She's no beginner. She's a 10 year veteran.
Miku has grown so much. I saw them in Seattle last year, amazing.
Hope you had a great time.
👍👍👍👍👍
Great reaction. As always you made some excellent observations. I really liked how you pointed out how Akane's cymbal hits accented Kanami's high notes.
There is an excellent fan cam with good sound quality of this performance from Vladimir Chupin at the October Boston show. I tried to link it but YT removed my comment.
So many great BM songs to react to still. You seem to like controlled chaos so maybe check out the Different MV (MV better sound than live). More Saiki fast singing/ quasi rapping and one of the more unique riffs in a rock song that you will hear.
Thank you so much Falcon, if you still want to send me that link you can do it through discord or my email. Totally the more chaotic yet controlled a band is the more I like it.
So... they're super good aren't they? lol
Fun fact: at first this MV was an exclusive for the buyers of the special edition of their latest EP 'Unleash', but it was so good and people loved it so much that they end up releasing it on youtube. How cool is that?
A lot of fans claim that From Now On is Band-Maid's best instrumental, and honestly is pretty hard to disagree with them... but don't underestimate the other three!, you've listened to Onset already, so Don't Be Long and Without Holding Back are the next ones. And both are quite awesome too
Thank you! Yeah, they are too good 😂😂😂 I can't stop saying it, Also that's cool that the fandom was like I don't care if I paid extra, release it for everyone! I gotta check those other two, But this one is obviously better than Onset just by default since they are a more experienced and musically mature band by this point.
One of Kanami's best and most intricate compositions, as well as being one of the most difficult to play for all the musicians. Kanami herself found it a strain to play it live on the recent USA tour and ended up having a bout of anaemia near the end of the tour due to the punishing schedule and giving her all for every performance. There are a few fancams on YT of them performing this and one of the best for seeing Kanami close-up is by Ohrenje ( ruclips.net/video/_p7yFNGtuLQ/видео.html ).
Thank you, Tony. I mean it makes sense, especially with such a pressing schedule.
This is MINCHO’s song, but AKANE’s drumming is thrilling, especially in the second half of the piece. She keeps it simple, but she’s constantly unleashing devastating flurries of notes with her deceptively fast hands and feet.
I think this recording has the best mixing of all the songs on the last three albums. It super clean and crisp, but it breathes with great dynamic range. Most of the other songs are far too heavily compressed, with lots of sizzle in the high end that hurts my ears. (And I’m old, so I shouldn’t be able to hear those high frequencies. 😂) That’s one reason I enjoy their live recordings so much, as they have a more natural sound.
Thank you so much, Greg, I totally agree Akane's drumming really makes this song.
MISA MISA MISA!!!!!
MISA!!! MISA!!! MISA!!!
I think that maybe...just maybe...they can write and play. Maybe.
I don’t have much time. I watch only worthy reactions and urs is one of them. I also don’t have time for other groups. Band maid is my group. Sometimes I listen other groups but the musicianship of BM is unmatched. So, I stopped listening other groups.
Thank you so much!
👍👍👍👍