#28 - BAND-MAID / YOLO - BAND-MAID REACTION - ULTIMATE BAND-MAID RANKING

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  • Опубликовано: 26 янв 2025

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  • @philcalvino884
    @philcalvino884 25 дней назад +36

    YOLO is an early masterpiece, S-tier for me and always will be. It nails everything that I like about Band-Maid -- great melody, vocals, rhythms, song structure, counterpoint, etc.

  • @70soperator16
    @70soperator16 25 дней назад +28

    They bring tears to my eyes all the time...of course I see 5 cute Japanese girls....but I see the dedication....the devotion....the drive....the sacrifice....the endless hours spent away from friends to hone their skills....the absolute heart on display in every video and every lyric....they are a treasure to be guarded....such a gift they are to us....and the fact that they feel the same about us....just too much to contain frankly....so it seeps out in tears of joy and pride for them....of course....what the he'll do I know.........

  • @zer0tzer0
    @zer0tzer0 24 дня назад +6

    Goosebumps, Chills, watery eyes are all BAND-MAID symptoms. Sometimes a lump in the throat.

  • @Davey-Boyd
    @Davey-Boyd 25 дней назад +17

    Technically their oldest song. Written by Kanami before she joined Band-Maid. She re-vamped it for the band. There is old footage of Kanami playing YOLO solo on piano.
    So far:
    1. Alone
    2. Real Existence
    3. Freezer
    4. Forward
    5. Arcadia Girl
    6. ORDER
    7. Be OK
    8. the non-fiction days
    9. Don't Apply The Brake
    10. LOOK AT ME
    11. Before Yesterday
    12. Knockin' on Your Heart
    13. Don't Let Me Down
    14. YOLO
    15. Ai to Jōnetsu no Matador
    16. KEY
    17. Shake That!
    18. YURAGU
    19. Thrill
    20. Yoake mae
    21. Price of Pride
    22. Bye My Tears
    23. Brand-New Road
    24. Summer Drive
    25. EverGreen
    26. FREEDOM
    27. Big Dad
    28. Beauty And The Beast

  • @brunobryant4846
    @brunobryant4846 25 дней назад +21

    The creativity, composition and arrangement talent in this band is bloody jaw dropping, 5 musical unicorns and my oh my aren't we the lucky recipients, cheers 👍🍻

  • @alanscarfe6753
    @alanscarfe6753 25 дней назад +17

    Band-Maid doing Band-Maid things, just one of my many faves from them !!!

  • @keithvincent8760
    @keithvincent8760 24 дня назад +5

    Its up there with Daydreaming for me.Best Band in the world.

  • @waynebenedict4609
    @waynebenedict4609 25 дней назад +6

    Your getting into the Band-Maid era that most of us Maidiac's have a number one that's at least 50 songs or more! Just so much excellence from Band-Maid!

  • @nomennescio4604
    @nomennescio4604 25 дней назад +13

    Well, it might be that what you are after is that it's known that Kobato does not play her guitar parts on the recordings. For the longest time they've had the division of labor, for expediency if nothing else, that Kanami borrows Kobato's guitar and rig and lays down the rhythm guitar part herself. And then Kobato gets the task of getting up to scratch for the live performances.

  • @coradesune7537
    @coradesune7537 24 дня назад +3

    YOLO was the first of many Band-Maid songs to make me cry and still does

  • @daaaaaave
    @daaaaaave 25 дней назад +4

    Happy New Year, K-Ross. Good call on Kanami in this video. She's basically winding up and punching her strings in the lead up to her solo.
    I love this song, and it's kind of bittersweet because Saiki sounds so good kind of husky like this, but it's because of her vocal cord damage. She's still growing, and she sounds great and is more talented than ever, and I'm looking forward to everything they've still got ahead of them. With any luck, she won't sound like this ever again, but I miss it sometimes.

  • @TlanImass
    @TlanImass 25 дней назад +15

    When you get to matchless GUM, watch the LIVE (Studio Coast 2017) as a bonus, please! Saiki-san's performance is so unforgettable in my opinion.

    • @Davey-Boyd
      @Davey-Boyd 25 дней назад +5

      YES! Also, still one of the best sounding live servings they recorded in my opinion. Studio Coast rocks!

    • @SteveBalderrama
      @SteveBalderrama 25 дней назад +5

      Saiki in that performance is a heart health hazard lol.

  • @rockyetsx70
    @rockyetsx70 25 дней назад +16

    With the Yolo EP, you are solidly into the territory of the largest number of songs that will end up tied for first place. I love all three songs on that EP. By the time you start going through the "Just Bring It" album I will be curious to see how hard it becomes to rank them. I wonder if you will have to resort to using decimals for the top song... 1.00, 1.01, 1.001 🤔

  • @TomClark-Futoura
    @TomClark-Futoura 25 дней назад +7

    YOLO -- You Only Listen Once, 🫨 and you've been Maid! 🎀😍🎀 Thx, Ross!

  • @Kevin6059
    @Kevin6059 25 дней назад +5

    That strange ability they have over you is nothing to worry about. It's ubiquitous among Maidiacs.

  • @80mtn
    @80mtn 25 дней назад +8

    Rest in peace green AddicTone. 😞

  • @crabuki1273
    @crabuki1273 25 дней назад +7

    Regarding guitar parts, Miku and Kanami talked about it fairly in-depth in an interview before Unseen World came out. If you're listening to a recording, Miku's not playing most of the time. Kanami writes and performs all the guitar parts, including borrowing Miku's Zemaitis guitars to record the rhythm parts. If it's live, then generally Miku's playing the rhythm parts. The only caveat for live shows is the recorded tracks they play with, which is usually more decorative technical bits but is sometimes an extra layer of rhythm guitar. Those parts on the recording would also be Kanami (just like all the synthesizers and other instruments Kanami has added in post production via her DAW, like the traditional Japanese instruments from the BAND-MAIKO stuff). Kanami is an absolute musical beast not just when playing her axe, but also in conceptualizing all this stuff.

  • @glacieractivity
    @glacieractivity 25 дней назад +9

    Happy Po Year.

  • @chrisegbertky
    @chrisegbertky 21 день назад

    This was an easy decision for you. You deserve a break here after the holidays. Your adoration for this song in particular, is quite evident in your facial expressions. Love your channel!

  • @chakouyang2545
    @chakouyang2545 25 дней назад +6

    You are not the only one brother we cried too and have no idea why

  • @80mtn
    @80mtn 25 дней назад +5

    I think of the stage setup here as them playing in the wreckage after they 'Blew the roof off'! 🙂

  • @bsd1382
    @bsd1382 25 дней назад +1

    This song structurally is as simple and straight forward as it gets, but all the sections are as fancy and off the wall as it gets inside that structure. This song is a pound cake. The fanciest best tasting fekkin pound cake that has ever been baked.

  • @G-man_810
    @G-man_810 25 дней назад +1

    Unbelievable song…Kanami had this song in her back pocket…just waiting to unleash it.
    This song was another piece of the amazing Band-Maid sound!
    Happy MAIDIT New Year…can’t wait to see what surprises we have in 2025!
    🤘🕊️🦍🥷👸🏻👀PO!

  • @stevenclark7600
    @stevenclark7600 23 дня назад

    Great reaction as per usual thankyou,,This whole EP is a banger fest,with, Matchless Gum,and my personal fave,Unfair Game,which is one of many under appreciated BM golden nuggets.

  • @tinyhato
    @tinyhato 25 дней назад +5

    Hope you have a great 2025!
    I think the second verse rarely gets the attention it deserves for how weird it is and how they were already making stuff like that work.
    NEW: YOLO
    Alone
    the non-fiction days
    Yuragu
    Thrill
    Freezer
    Real Existence
    Shake That!!
    Key
    Arcadia Girl *
    Beauty and the Beast *
    Knockin' On Your Heart
    Freedom
    Don't Apply the Brake
    Price of Pride
    Be OK
    Forward
    Ai to Jonetsu no Matadoru
    Summer Drive
    Brand New Road
    Order
    Look at Me
    Don't Let Me Down
    Before Yesterday
    Yoake Mae
    Big Dad
    Show Them
    Evergreen

  • @philproffitt8363
    @philproffitt8363 25 дней назад +4

    Happy 2025...though predicting a tough year for Maid Rock Rankers 😁🤔🤣

  • @mikeholmes5308
    @mikeholmes5308 25 дней назад +1

    If I'm needing the hardest rocking song out of the list, The Non-fiction Days is going to be higher... but... most days, yeah, Yolo beats it out as the more subtle and intricate song. Good call.
    Like 70soperator16 below, the reasons that I tear up are hard to quantify. But it's just... knowing that this sort of beauty exists in life. Pure joy that is far too much to contain.

  • @bastiknolle5155
    @bastiknolle5155 23 дня назад

    Yeah. I expected thtat. You are at the stage, where your favourite song is always the last you heard of them!

  • @grahamblank8367
    @grahamblank8367 25 дней назад +2

    Band-Maid = JOY. Cheers K-Ross

  • @bradmenpes809
    @bradmenpes809 11 дней назад

    Mate, great reaction, and you hit the nail on the head. YOLO is an absolute masterpiece of progressive hard rock. As much as I say I don't rank Band-Maid songs, this would be in my top ten if I had a top ten. Awesome hard rock goodness from our hard rock Goddesses!! 🤘🤘💕💕
    EDIT: On the single release, the fourth song is an instrumental version of YOLO and the complexity of composition and musicianship is simply jaw-dropping!!

  • @Maidiac88
    @Maidiac88 22 дня назад

    100% accurate ranking. YOLO is near the top of my all-time favorite Band-Maid songs (or songs in general). It's just so damn good.

  • @BM4-Life
    @BM4-Life 25 дней назад

    8:09 _This is not even one of the most replayed _*_BAND-MAID_*_ songs for me which is terrifying_ *(Freezer 🥶)*

  • @kieranbuffini8632
    @kieranbuffini8632 25 дней назад +7

    💙💙💙💙🤘🤘🤘🤘

  • @BM4-Life
    @BM4-Life 25 дней назад

    *K-Ross BAND-MAID Playlist*
    🎀 *Maid in Japan* 01/8/2014
    🎀 *New Beginning* 11/18/2015
    ├ 📂 -Freezer- 🥶🥶
    🎀 *Brand New Maid* 05/18/2016
    🎀 *YOLO* 11/15/2016
    ├ 📂 -YOLO-
    ├ 📂 Unfair game
    └ 📂 matchless GUM
    🎀 *Just Bring It* 01/11/2017
    🎀 *Daydreaming / Choose me* 06/18/2017
    🎀 *World Domination* 02/14/2018
    🎀 *start over* 06/25/2018
    🎀 *Bubble* 01/16/2019
    🎀 *Glory* 01/16/2019
    🎀 *BAND-MAIKO* 04/03/2019
    🎀 *Conqueror* 12/04/2019
    🎀 *Different* 12/02/2020
    🎀 *Unseen World* 01/13/2021
    🎀 *about Us* 2/3/2021
    🎀 *Sense* 10/27/2021
    🎀 *BAND-MAID ONLINE ACOUSTIC* 12/25/2021
    🎀 *Unleash!!!!!* 9/21/2022
    🎀 *Epic Narratives* 9/25/24

  • @stoianmarius5652
    @stoianmarius5652 25 дней назад +8

    I think this is your best BAND-MAID reaction video!?

  • @SteveBalderrama
    @SteveBalderrama 25 дней назад +2

    Great song and probably the first real canon shot of progressive Band Maid. Shits getting real from this point forward lol.

  • @johnverley1739
    @johnverley1739 25 дней назад

    YOLO is Band Maid. It is a song like no other. I hear others say Band Maid is their own genre and YOLO exemplifies this. Thank you for another entry into an impossible journey. YOLO!!!

  • @phaeron
    @phaeron 25 дней назад +6

    Yep, I can totally understand that some of their songs simply evoke feelings. No explanation possible or even necessary. ❤‍🔥🤘🏻
    Happy New Year btw, and I wish you all the best for 2025! 🙋🏻‍♂
    _____________________
    「 _"Our rock never dies ever. Forever!"_ 」 - ♬ *BAND-MAID* - 'Manners' ♬🕊️

  • @RogerChance5309
    @RogerChance5309 24 дня назад +2

    Hey K Ross we are having a live Maidstream this Saturday night 10:00 pm est on Creativity Talkings reaction channel. It would be awesome if you could possibly stop by to say hi and help us support the Maids. 🍺😁🤘🏻🕊️

    • @K-RossReacts
      @K-RossReacts  24 дня назад +2

      Ahh thanks so much for the invite, Roger!!! Sadly will be 3am this time and I'll be working in the morning :(
      Have a great time though, all! x

    • @RogerChance5309
      @RogerChance5309 24 дня назад +2

      @ Yeah I wouldn’t miss any sleep over it. You’ve done enough to support the Maids.And for that I thank you! 🍺😁🕊️

  • @polskabob359
    @polskabob359 25 дней назад

    God fuckin dammit kross , knocking on ur heart at bottom still , ur fired po!

  • @joki5346
    @joki5346 24 дня назад

    The instrumental version, not with the band (B-side of the single), but with Kanami alone on the piano, is hard to beat in terms of beauty.

  • @chalfo
    @chalfo 25 дней назад +3

    Into the era where there’s going to be a lot of songs that’ll crammed between 2 and the old 3 (and some may be challenging the top 2)
    1. Arcadia Girl
    2. Freezer
    3. YOLO
    4. Shake That!
    5. Thrill
    6. Alone
    7. Real Existence
    8. Forward
    9. Yuragu
    10. Before Yesterday
    11. Non-Fiction Days
    12. Price Of Pride
    13. Don’t Apply the Brake
    14. Bye My Tears
    15. Summer Drive
    16. Be OK
    17. Key
    18. Freedom
    19. Brand New Road
    20. Look at Me
    21. Order
    22. Beauty and the Beast
    23. Ai to Jōnetsu no Matador
    24. Yoake Mae
    25. EverGreen
    26. Knockin on your heart
    27. Big Dad
    28. Don’t Let Me Down

  • @pitamaid
    @pitamaid 25 дней назад +4

    🤘😛🤘🔥

  • @GaryHolloway-810
    @GaryHolloway-810 25 дней назад

    Ross if this had been your "Ultimate BAND-MAID make-up ranking" then Saiki would've also have gone straight to N°1 :)

  • @chtronk
    @chtronk 25 дней назад

    That was an easy one

  • @cygnetseven
    @cygnetseven 25 дней назад

    You are deep in Kanami's playground from here on out. Misa is writing her bass lines. Miku is writing the lyrics along with Saiki. Kanami is creating from here on out minus Smile. Your ranking won't be so easy now. Good luck my friend.