Dancer Reacts to BABYMETAL - ROAD OF RESISTANCE (TOKYO DOME) First Time Reaction!
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ROAD OF RESISTANCE Live in Japan video (live performance is the BEAST) 🇯🇵🤘🏻
Road of Resistance (Eng below)
Higashi no sora wo
Makka ni someru norishi no hikatiga
Kodoku no yami no
Owari wo tsugery arata na michishirube
Kujike temo nando demo
Kokoro no honoo wo moyase
It’s the time! It’s the time!
Ima kono shunkann wo
It’s the time! It’s the time!
Tomo ni ikuru
It’s the time! It’s the time!
Ashita no kimi ni utau yo
Sah toki wa kita
Go for resistance! (Resistance!)
Resistance! (Resistance!)
Wowowo, kokoro wa hitotsu
Kimi ga shinjiru nara
Susume michi naki michi demo
Forever! (Forever!)
Forever! (Forever!)
Kokon kon Wow
Kokoro no oku ni moeru atsui hahto
Sore ga bokura no resistance
Woooooh…
Inochi ga tsuzuku kagiri
Kesshite se wo muketari wa shinai
Kyou wa ashita wo tsukuru nda
Sou, bokura no mirai
On the way
Aaah!
Resistance! Resistance!
Stand up and shout! (Shout!)
Shouting forever!
Kimi ga shinjiru nara
Susume kotae wa koko ni aru
Forever! (Forever!)
Forever! (Forever!)
Kokon kon Wow
Kokoro no oku ni moeru atsui hahto
Bokura no resistance
[English:]
The light of a beacon
That colors the eastern sky crimson
Is a new signpost
that tells the end of the dark solitude
Burn your heart in flames over and over
even if you get depressed
It’s the time! It’s the time!
Right now at this moment
It’s the time! It’s the time!
We are alive together
It’s the time! It’s the time!
I’m gonna sing for you tomorrow
Now the time has come
Go for resistance! Resistance!
Resistance! Resistance!
Wowowo, hearts are one
Make your way though
Even the trackless path if you believe in it
Forever! Forever!
Forever! Forever!
Kokon kon Wow
The passionate hearts burning at the back of our mind
It’s our resistance
Wooooo…
We’ll never turn our back on
As long as we are alive
Today is what makes tomorrow
Yes, our future is
On the way
Ah!
Resistance! Resistance!
Stand up and shout!
Shout!
Shouting forever!
Make your way though
The answer is here if you believe in it
Forever! Forever!
Forever! Forever!
Kokon kon Wow
The passionate hearts burning at the back of our mind
Our resistance
Thank you for this!!!!
You are in good company...several reactors, one was even an ex convict, all tattoed and just the classic tough guy.. have to stop and wipe tears streaming down when the girls were walking down that stage calling on the crowd to sing along acapella. To be 17 and have that much control over people 2-4x your age... that is truly worth every tear down your face.
Oh wow!!
I am always fascinated by your reactions. A musician at the V.I.P. seat of this venue told that BABYMETAL would not be possible without SU-METAL's voice.
I believe that the girls themselves create the appropriate facial expressions for each scene of each song. They are true professionals, but they are not robots (although Yui is called Yuibot for her precise dancing and unreal cuteness), so we sometimes see the outpouring of emotion in their expressions.
This was one of the best reaction video for this song.
Thank you! SU-METAL definitely has a real unique quality about her. I find her extremely likeable
Except Moa....no matter how serious they are supposed to be, Moa always has that big heart-melting smile on her face. 💖
@@AxeSwipe2011 🥰🤘💛
The jockey-like movements you referred to during the fast instrumental sections represent them riding their chargers into battle. Thanks for a fun review!
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"Stand up and shout, Shout!, Justice Forever!" - (Road of Resistance) -
For obvious reasons, this song is often the closing number.
In this case it was the opening song for "Red Night", the first of two sold out nights at Tokyo Dome.
The venue holds 55,000 people, and is a lifetime goal for many performers in Japan.
There were completely different setlists for Tokyo Dome Red Night and Black Night.
Between the two shows, all of the songs on the first two albums were performed.
Except for 'From Dusk Till Dawn' which is only on the International (outside Japan) release of 'Metal Resistance'.
Hey XI, nice work as always (more layers peeled back)!! Sorry to hear about the original being blocked... Ah yes, the whirlpool/maelstrom that is Babymetal, pulling you in, very hard to escape. And the tears, an interestingly common occurrence with this group, and probably happens even more than we know, since many people (that aren't on camera) won't admit to it! I think for most people it was just such a welcome revelation to find that metal is not just an outlet for anger and aggression, it can also inspire joy!
5:42 _Now Pizza Time! (Pizza Time!)_ 🦊🤘🍕
Thanks for keep trying to share your reaction and choreo breakdown on this song despite the blocked issues, I'll be looking for your patrreon once you share where we can see it.
Can I ask you which ROR version did you got blocked?
_Road Of Resistance_ is a power/speed metal song, is one of their most epic anthem and got the guitar arrangements made by Sam Totman and Herman Li from DragonForce. Is all about facing your own path without looking back.
The wall of death is mental, is also called "mosh'sh pit", different from usual mosh pit because this one is safe to participate if you fall everyone will stop until you get up and get ready to keep going with the fun ride.
With only 17 and 18 years old this moment will be forever remember when they performing this song to reminds them all the support they got from their fans no matter where they go, either a small or big stages.
Tokyo Dome 2016 was another huge milestone in BM career in front of 55K fans each one of both nights, playing all their songs from their setlist, 1st album and 2nd album (except for "From Dusk Till Dawn").
There's a funny story that someone close to SuMetal said that if she would make a devil's pact she rather ask the skill to ride a Tokyo Dome instead of a bike lol -NotACult-
The Kami Band here are insane set of elite musicians who were send to help with the metal sound, they rotate so probably you won't see some of them in all live concerts (specially the guitarrists), all of them are males.
They are:
- Mikio Fujioka, god of guitar, aka "kogami" or "little god", a beloved Kami Band member and extremely talented guitarist who sadly past away.(R.I.P.)
- Takayoshi Ohmura, god of guitar, he's Míkio' Fujioka's pupil and a prodigy child, you'll see his recognizable pink guitar and golden guitar.
- BOH, god of bass, he's the bald one and not only got amazing talent but her fun way to enjoy reminds me Flea from RHCP.
- Hideki Aoyama, god of drums, he comes from a family of expert drummers, and his father is very famous in Japan music scene.
SuMetal isn't the usual metal vocalist but there was high pitch vocalist on melodic speed metal like this, most of them male but SuMetal piercing vocals and technique is quite unique, no doubt.
Without a doubt this version is insane but i highly recommend you to watch the official live in Japan 2015, and if you got emotional on this then I'm pretty sure you're gonna love that version too.
Another cool alternative version is live at Legend Metal Galaxy 2020 with both Kami Bands playing, East and West, and the three _avengers_ on stage, it was epic.
Thanks for sharing this and hopefully this time won't be blocked again, praising to the Fox God.🙏
See you next time, beautiful megitsune and kitsune up! 🦊🤘❤️
Oh i see now, is the same clip without watermark logo, you will always get blocked that way, that's why we told you to always share the watermarked logo clip with us while you watch the non logo version, but if you pause a lot like you do then i know is kinda hard to edit so instead you can put a logo after finishing the reaction, you can find one at "Future Plans" short vid in the description box.🦊👍
It's my pinned comment now if you wanted to check it out- unfortunately it was a babymetal reactor resource link so I thought I was safe! It was this exact one but without the logo, I let them know and they said they'd look into it!
God of drums 100%!! so sad that's he's passed, what a talent. I love drummers so much.
I've added live in japan version, lots of people are suggesting it, and I think I'll stick to the logo videos to avoid this happening again!
@@xiaouiris Sorry! My bad, Mikio isn't the drummer is the guitarist, i just edited.🙏
@@xiaouiris 10:30 Mikio Fujioka
10:50 BOH
11:05 Takayoshi Ohmura.
Another suggestion to meet Black Babymetal, subgroup with only YuiMetal and MoaMetal:
- Onedari Daisakusen live at Legend 1997, this one is usually safe to react without any filters, Gans Tomas channel got this clip.
It was an authentic 2nd reaction. I saw your 1st one also. You are authentic - period! Loved it, and them.
Thank you 🦊
I heard that one of the ways SuMetal practices her breath control is by running on a treadmill and leaping off to sing a verse. Not sure how true that is but a fact I do know is that she is a soprano with a C4 to G5# vocal range - and can keep her vibrato smooth as silk while performing perfect choreo with YuiMetal and MoaMetal.
I struggle to hold a note if I don't use vibrato so the fact that Su-Metal can sing consistently smoothly is so amazing to me
Thank you for taking the trouble to record the video again to share your opinion with us
Lol thank you ☕️
Not sure if it's available but check out their song The One from this particular concert... You'll be blown away by it. 🦊🥲
That's fifty five thousand fans singing FYI
Woh-oh-oh-oh
Woh-oh-oh-oh
Woh-oh-oh-ooooh!
Love the cup. For a bit of fun, l was wondering if you have seen Babymetal's Headbanger done by World order. They are a male dance group which perform in public spaces, might be fun for you
I've seen it and it's brilliant.
I forgot about World Order. Anything by them for be great for her to react to.
Oh wow, no I haven't but I'll add them!
They do that choreo with Su delayed or just not entirely in synch in a few other songs. Feel like I see it more in newer songs, but I could have sworn I caught it in Syncopation just earlier today.
前回の動画をちゃんと覚えていますよ。狐サインが上手くなりましたね。BABYMETALの旅を楽しんで続けて下さい。🤘🌏🌍🌎🦊🏴🏴🏴🤘
😂😂ありがとうございました！
tokio dome 2016 must be the material that Amuse (babymetal company) is most suspicious of on all of youtube, it is almost impossible to find content related to that concert, it automatically downloads everything from the internet
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Good reaction - bummer about the first attempt being blocked, but as Jake Muller has said, watch the clear version and either use the logo version in your reaction video or add the logo after you've watched and you should be OK.
Su-metal's incredibly clear, crisp and clean Jpop vocal style is a big part of the appeal and one of the main things that makes BABYMETAL stand out and different to every other metal band where they might use any one of the more stereotypical metal style vocals.
I think it has already been explained about where you were saying they were doing animatronic choreo that they were riding galloping horses (the feet movements are more obvious in other videos).
They do 'stagger' their movements quite often where, for example, Yui moves, Su moves then Moa moves like they are flowing one after the other (or swap the order about depending on the song). This happens in a few songs - off the top of my head I can think of it happening during 'Gimme Chocolate', 'Awadama Fever', 'Yava', 'Elevator Girl' and there must be many more.
'Road of Resistance' is a very positive song, I'm not sure the translation really works so well to convey what it is really about, but it isn't the usual "resist the machine or the system etc" that we might expect from the title. It is about forging your own road even where a road doesn't already exist, not necessarily going the easy way or following the path already made by somebody else, so if the way you want to go has never been trodden you may have to get past the resistance of the undergrowth, obstacles, hurdles and things blocking your way etc to find your own way.
It could easily be used to describe BABYMETAL's own story - they could have followed the well trodden path of J-Pop and been very successful, but they chose to go with Metal ... but again they didn't just follow the same old format of every other metal band, they have done it their own way and it hasn't always been an easy route to follow.
Herman Li and Sam Totman from British power metal band DragonForce did the guitar arrangements for this song (it is the only one they were involved in) and recorded the guitars for the album version.
I do always wonder about the translation, I know it's not accurate with indian songs so I figured it would be the same with other languages.
They are definitely unique, as far as metal bands go I find their quality is very clean
@@xiaouiris I think the translation here is accurate, what I really meant was the meaning of the lyrics could be open to interpretation or easily misunderstood.
@@Grington300 ah I see
Nice one, thanks!
This was the opening for two back to back shows at the Tokyo Dome, still their biggest solo concerts.
Can't blame you for getting emotional... actually Moa managed to cry here, right at the first song, Yui was really touched and Su put some astonished faces later that night.
Until next time!
13:19 this is is something that i notice a lot in Mikikos choreography especially with perfume. she does it a lot more with perfume though probably because perfumes sound is electro so therefore mikikos choreo for them looks almost robotic, a good example is the polygon wave dance practice. with babymetal it's always in a more free and energetic way. mikiko made this choreography with war in mind, because that's how the song made her feel. also koba metal requested that she kept that in mind as well, it was a specific war but i can't remember. the galloping moves are supposed to represent riding on a horse to war. this whole choreo to me looks like Su, Moa and Yui gathering the one for a victory against evil!
Also about Su's voice. she aspired to be a idol/songwriter when she was little, so it's no surprise that her voice kind of reminds me of an idol. it's kind of high, very clear and very loud. who knew that it'd fit perfectly with metal?!
A very good example of Mikikos animatronic choreography is Perfumes Spring of Life choreo. the best video to watch is the live one where they have the white outfits on with lights. There are also many examples of Mikikos "domino effect" style in it. i hope you enjoy it!
Oh wow that sounds interesting- definitely need to see that!!
Yup. This is one of several that makes me cry like a kid. This one, 'Arkadia', 'The One', 'Shine' and even (sometimes) 'Karate'. Each one for different reasons.
The drummer, Hideki Aoyama, is from a family of drummers! He, like Boh, is great entertainment value. In live videos where you can see the band clearly he is constantly singing along with the songs and trolling Moa and Yui.
Lol love that!
I know of 2 songs where Su-Metal screams. Those are: Headbanger! And Doki Doki☆Morning.
Thank you! I'll add these!
Sorry to hear about your struggles with RUclips. Copyright was never meant to be used like this.
I'm glad you for the full Babymetal experience, from: "metal with little girls dancing ? That's unexpected, maybe even silly idea which wouldn't work."
To: "ohh, they are taking this very serious indeed."
To: "they got me, I'm crying from happiness now...."
It's probably my most rewarding journey in entertainment.
Probably because a lot of entertainment is around fictional people, but Babymetal are real people and their rise to fame while incredible it also took them a lot of hard work. And they did it all at such a young age.
Your earrings fit the theme of triangle of Babymetal. 🙂
Surprisingly, this was the first song of the first day of a 2 day extravaganza of a show (2 big shows, every song played from the first 2 albums, no song repeated).
So maybe a bit early to start crying. Then again, being at a Babymetal show the first time as a fan is definitely something special and I'm certain a lot of people did.
It's definitely been a ride!
great reaction🦊❤
Sugoi 🤘😎🤙
Great!!!
You opted for the Tokio Dome version on youtube. People generally react to the official version, Saitama Super Arena (ruclips.net/video/zTEYUFgLveY/видео.html) is also worth checking out.
This version you chose is really cool, the band coming out to lead the crowd as they walked down to the main stage was beautiful.
There were two shows with this stage, you watched in this video the opening on the 1st day .
I agree, the Saitama Super Center Road of Resistance is the best of the bunch.
I believe what they were trying to go for when they are looking down and swinging their arms is like being on a horse galloping. They are also making little hops. You can see it a little better in the Official Live in Japan version of Road of Resistance.
Always thought that myself 😁🤘🦊
Great reaction even if not original. I think Su's clear vocals is part of BM's appeal. In a genre saturated with raw, growling or screaming vocalists, being able to listen to such rich, clear vocals is a much welcomed change. Koba chose Suzuka to be the foundation of Babymetal, not just because she could sing, but she can sing LOUD! Lol!
That and she is 5'2" of stage and audience command 😁🤘🦊🤘😁
It's definitely noticeable although I agree it's a welcomed change!
You should do another reaction to Road of Resistance but this time do Road of Resistance Live in Japan ruclips.net/video/zTEYUFgLveY/видео.html You might still have to watermark it
The animatronic part you mentioned they are riding their horses into battle, that is why their eyes are down. The Road of Resistance is the road they are taking with their brand of metal and the resistance is the critics they face, saying they are not metal or not a band but they will continue on their path regardless. Su not sounding like a metal singer, actually the first metal singers did sing clean and high like her it was later that the coarse and growling vocals came into metal, Ozzy, and Ian Gillian are two that come immediately to mind but there are many others. Shine is a song I would recommend to you, the dance style is different again, I don't know the right term for that style but the best way I could describe it is more expressive, emotive and modern, and is how I would imagine they will choreograph Monochrome. If you do check that out the Legend M version is best, it is just Su and Moa on stage, most Babymetal fans would have this song in their top 5. I am going to have to become a patron since I really want to see the original reaction.
Ah ok, that makes sense, clever choreography!
@@xiaouiris I agree with Shine. I would watch the Legend M version with Su and Moa, and not a compilation video. Peace.
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I think doing it a second time and also doing different versions of the same song is good. You will notice different things each time.
A couple other reactors said that they can't keep blocked stuff on Patreon. If you have to move it you can put your own overlay on it and try RUclips again.I don't know how to do it but I'm sure there are videos about it. Something like a screen saver with movement is best because you can still see through it.
Su has said that she usually decides her singing style for a song. She will simulate dancing in the studio to make sure that it will work well live. J-pop is her fall back because that's what she likes and what she's trained for.
Interesting about dancing with your face.
Facial expression is prevalent for BM. Each member uses her own expressions that they are good at. Moa has a problem because her face expresses whatever emotion she feels at the time.
I think expressions are more important in Idol. Purfume doesn't do as much as BM but when I think about Idol group expressions are more important in their songs. I have a DVD of a rock group song. LOVENDOR has 2 vocalists. 1 is an Idol and the other is just a experienced singer. The DVD has different versions that have a closeup of each singers face for the whole song. The singers was boring but the Idol knew how to be interesting for the whole song just with facial expressions.
Oh really!? That's so annoying! I'll see how long mine stay up
I think in dance in general facial expressions are a must, expressions are choreography and though it can be natural, a lot of it is taught. But because metal is a genre that typically isn't choregraphed, I think Mikiko had the freedom there to play around with that element.
@@xiaouiris Yes. A good point that I didn't think about in those terms. BM was like a clean canvas for both Mikiko and Koba. I don't know if it was mentioned but at this point, BM creates their own moves and Mikiko come in and critiques them and makes suggestions.
@@jefffromchicago6321 No that's a new fact for me!
Watching their different facial expressions while dancing is one of the great pleasures for fans.❤️
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Thank you for re-doing your reaction to this video! Blocks suck and it must be so frustrating for reactors that really take their time in making and editing the videos only to have it blocked. Of course first time reactions are the best, but you being up front about it not being your first reaction is all thats needed. I don't like when reactors try to fake it and say its their first time when it isn't. So easy to tell.
It is SO frustrating!! You don't get the same emotional response second time round, and I know I was forgetting things I noticed first time because I was so annoyed lol
At 12:07, you paused it right when Moametal teared up. This song always brings tears to my eyes.
They reportedly can learn a dance in about an hour, then it's just muscle memory. They began vocal and dance training at about 6 yo. When they created the Avengers to be the third (there were 3 Avengers) after Yui left, Moa was their instructor for all the dances.
There is a team of song writers behind Babymetal, so their songs are not in a genre, as are all of the Rock/Metal bands of Japan. Their influences are not as western as the western barbarians believe. Their influences are more X Japan, Luna Sea, Show Ya and others.
thank you very much for your second reaction to this song, you are working very hard to do these videos
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I'm about to watch your reaction but I think you forgot to include the Patreon link (or I'm just blind and can't find it 🙂 ).
I am also looking for that link.
Omg I forgot to add it! It's in the description now!
Babymetal is genre the beginning of something different, the Metal part is the instrumental the singing is Jpop, Rap, and dance the vocals are not supposed to be Metal otherwise it's just more of the same thing, they are a stand alone one of a kind group hence the Name Babymetal and the choreography is another way it stands out cause no other metal band has it or does what they do, also you can thank Babymetal for saving the dying Metal genre because since they came out there is a renewed interest in metal music from people who would normally not listen to metal
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It's still a good reaction. the second time, i wondered what your reaction would have been if you did. Live in Japan version 😁🤘🦊🤘
I’ve heard good things about it!
@xiaouiris ᖭི༏ᖫྀ all true 😁🤘🦊
It's cool to see you reacting to Babymetal, I think your Kpop reaction videos fantastic but doing these are an interesting break. Destrose may have started the 2010s all-female Japanese metal boom but it was Babymetal that poured gasoline and really kicked it off. But before that there was the 2000s all-female Japanese rock band boom and the kids that added gas to that were 4 vocals and dance students from Osaka called SCANDAL. Their early videos where they were in school uniforms had some choreography in it which would probably be really basic for a pro dancer but surprising in a pop-punk group.
Babymetal's backing band is called the Kami band, and it's a large group of various session players. One of the original Kami band guitarists was in the band Yousei Teikoku (aka Das Feenreich) and currently with Unlucky Morpheus. Unfortunately I don't know who would be this particular Kami Band drummer.
I don't know if you're allowed to react to Mondo Grosso's Labyrinth but there's also a BTS video about it from Elle Japan, both on RUclips. Mondo Grosso has a RUclips channel Shinichi Osawa (Mondo Grosso). Yeah large Japanese music companies can be really hard-line about stopping showings of their music videos to the frustration of fans and the artists alike.
You’ve got me interested though! Will have to check them out!
@@xiaouiris Thank you!
Hideki Aoyama was the drummer at Tokyo Dome.
@@autohmae thanks!
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Very interesting again, and yeah it is a pity we have to deal with this blocking thing. It happens a lot with BABYMETAL stuff, it must be very frustrating in your position.
This was their biggest concert ever, they played two days in the Tokyo Dome stadium and for them it must have been a dream achieved. This was the first song they played in this set of shows, and in this performance there is a little detail that I have always loved. Around 11:30 Yui searches with her eyes Su's, and then they nod each other. You can understand they are saying each other with their body language something they must have spoken about: "yes, this is how playing in the Tokyo Dome looks".
From this show it is a must to also watch the performance of Tales of the Destinies and The One, that should be experienced together.
Yeah it's actually soul destroying to be honest! I'm going to stick with the logo videos to avoid it happening again!
I find them to be incredibly professional, they are a very 'stick to the script' group from what I've seen so far
TO SEE SOME JAPANESE FAN DANCING TRY THE WAGAKKI BAND. THEY ARE A HUGE HUGE SUPER TALENTED BAND THAT BLENDS TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS WITH METAL INSTRUMENTS.
I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned it but I do believe the girls drew small parts of the band's logo. I remember reading it somewhere. I think it was Su drew the wings, Moa the hearts, and Yui the skull.
Very fitting of you to choose that mug. As a child, I always had nightmare about Alice in Wonderland, especially after going to Disneyland. The band had a song that was almost named 'Killing Alice' or 'Kill the Alice', but was later renamed 'Rondo of Nightmare'. It's sort of inspired by the scene where Alice falls down the cave. Or at least that's what I read. You should check it out. It's not a song with any dancing though, just Su singing.
The Amuse graphic design department probably had a big part to play in the individual elements of the BM logo and also put them together. The wings are for Su and come from the "Karen Girls" song "My Wings". The elements for Yui and Moa are the skull and heart respectively. These elements were put on T-shirts and other merchandise in a Sakura Gakuin promotion with the clothing brand "Mono Comme Ca". Su's element was a flower, but you don't see that often now.
@@cuttysark8017 thanks for correcting me. I knew that the logo had something to do with each girl but thought it was them drawing parts of it. I love how the fans always know something about pretty much any part of Babymetal.
Oh I definitely need to check that out!!
@@tiggert4002 Moa and Yui might well have had some input into their designs. I can believe Moa came up with her heart, but the Yui skull is such a strong graphic that I find it hard to believe that she drew it herself...but I don't know. I believe she was a fan of the Yatterman anime and a similar looking skull appears a lot in that, so maybe she used that or mentioned it to an Amuse artist.
@@xiaouiris "Rondo of Nightmare, Budokan Black Night" is a great Su solo. There is a bit of dancing, but she's on a stage lift with no safety harness so it's limited.
I was hoping that your Patreon reaction would be to the definitive "Live in Japan" performance at the Saitama Super Arena as that has an energy and dynamism flowing between BM and the audience that is simply amazing - but any BM is good, as was your reaction. I agree with you about the quality of Su's voice being very clear and precise. You can tell she's had a lot of training rather than some metal singers, for example, Ozzie Osbourne who I assume was getting up behind a mic in a Black Country pub pretty much untrained. She doesn't strain for notes and can be very clipped with her voice. The drummer that you noticed is Aoyama Hideki.
BM do have techno elements that come in with the soaring guitar riffs and Mikiko will often have "voguing" hand elements that she uses to fill out the dance for performers who aren't professional dancers or who are of varying abilities. The main theme of the Road of Resistance dance is the "horse riding" and the raising of the hands and salutes to encourage the crowd in "resistance".
The emotional ride of Road of Resistance was my Babymetal "Road to Damascus" moment (#notacult). By the end I was an emotional wreck. They took me from one peak to the next and it shows the talent and professionalism of the whole Babymetal team. I realized that BM wasn't a gimmick or even just heavy metal but a cross between metal/J-pop and a Broadway show carefully choreographed to manipulate your emotions in the best possible way. Su, Moa and Yui are able to control tens of thousands of people in the audience, which never fails to leave me astounded given their young age, but all the years in Sakura Gakuin, rehearsals and touring makes it seem effortless even as we worry if they can pull it off.
The song is about fighting against the odds and never giving up and talks about beacon fires which brings to my mind the resistance of Japan against the Mongol invasions. It has a strong DragonForce feel because Li and Totman from that band collaborated on it and played it on the album. There are many places that amaze in this performance including Hideki Ayoma's drumming or the guitar solos, but I really get the chills right after the crowd "wows" finish and there is the fast guitar riff and the girls' dance break ends up with them standing strongly with their arms up. For me that's where the music, choreography, staging and emotion all come together perfectly.
For your next BM reaction I recommend Tales of the Destinies at the Tokyo Dome because it's my favourite BM song and dancing to the fluid time signatures of prog rock is interesting to see, I wonder what the click track sounds like. Then please get to some Atarashii Gakko as I think it will be more interesting than most groups from a dance perspective.
Just enter the following text in the RUclips search and enjoy. You'll be fine reacting to anything on the official AG or 88rising channels. AG bring a lot of joy to their dancing and I think that's missing from many performers today.
"Nai Nai Nai dance practice"
"Koibumi dance practice"
"Night before the Exam single take performance"
Tokyo Dome version was the one that was mostly requested- but I feel like I need to see all their performances. You know when you join a fandom and you need to backtrack in order to catch up? that's me right now!
Tales of the destinies, pa pa ya and yava are high on my list!
I'm getting a little confused- sakura gakuin and atarashii gakko are not the same general members? For some reason I always mix these groups up
@@xiaouiris OK so a quick orientation.
Sakura Gakuin, Babymetal and Perfume are all "products" of Amuse Inc., a big Japanese entertainment company. Mikiko Mizuno is their in house choreographer. Babymetal is a spin off from Sakura Gakuin that has out lasted them and become far bigger than SG ever was. So the members of BM were also once in SG.
Atarashii Gakko is entirely separate from BM etc as it was formed by the Asobisystem entertainment company in around 2015. The company's big star is Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and Mizyu from AG was once one of her back up dancers. Where BM seem to be tightly scripted and produced by their producer Kei Kobayashi, AG have a lot more autonomy and input into their work and performances. They do all their own choreography and work on the songs with producers which has lead to some very interesting results. They seem to be free to do some very uncommercial work like a recent collaboration with their makeup artist called "Ceremony". Just search on "Atarashii Gakko Ceremony" if you want to learn about mortar and pestles and Snail Gods...
@@cuttysark8017 Right ok!! For some reason I was merging the 2 thinking they were sub units from the same label or something. Thanks for the orientation!
Babymetal isn't trying to be a pure "metal" band; they're a hybrid of j-pop and metal, openly incorporating elements of both styles of music (and anything else they care to pull into their songs). Kobametal created Babymetal to be a gateway to get pop fans interested in metal music, so he deliberately infused it with lots of catchy pop hooks and pop vocals that are pleasing to a more mainstream audience. Their unapologetic catchiness and use of pop elements is what annoys some metal purists, because metal purists are insufferable elitist bores (I know because I used to be one before I became a kitsune).
Unfortunately, getting Babymetal videos uploaded to youtube is very hard, as Babymetal's management company Amuse are very heavy handed with copyright claims. You can try things like altering the transparency of the video clip or putting another logo over it. I think that if worst comes to worst, just remove the video itself from your video and just have yourself on screen talking about the song. We've all seen the videos you're reacting to a million times, so we'll know what you're looking at.
I think its safer for me to stick with the logo videos in the reactor resource up until I learn how to watermark
This is from Tokyo Dome Red Night 2016. Good choice not to do the same one all the other reactors do. They opened the concert with this so the chants are not as long when they close with it. Also you see the Kami band interaction with the crowd. That's Mikio Fujioka (RIP) doing the guitar harmonics chant with the crowd.
Thank you- fortunately people in my comments always point me in the right direction!
You are a really good reactor. Many of us sing your praises on the BM discord. I hope your subscriber count skyrockets.
Thank you so much! What is discord?
@@xiaouiris It's a chat room app, kind of like IRC. It's a great place to really connect with people online, though it can be overwhelming at first if you're not used to faster-paced online interaction. It also happens to be the home of probably the most dedicated non-Japanese segment of the Babymetal fandom, and we have a whole channel dedicated to reactions. If you'd like to stop by, creating an account is free and you can join the server simply by clicking the + (Add a Server) button in the sidebar after you log in, clicking 'Join a Server' and then typing in 'babymetal' and hitting 'Join Server'. Let us know if you plan to join so we can be on the lookout for you :)
@@silly_programme5061 Sounds really cool! I saw an option to add discord chat on my patreon but left it as I didn't know what it was. I'm looking into it now, I'll definitely let you know if I join!
@@xiaouiris Awesome! I really enjoy it because it's much closer to just talking to people without all this posting and replying back and forth, and you get to know individuals better rather than the more impersonal feeling I get from reddit or twitter or whatever
@@silly_programme5061 It's definitely my thing- I love chatting online. I'm in the process of creating my profile but for the server, am I selecting artists and creators for a club or community? I am already confused lol
Excellent reaction, can't wait to see the original. Did you try to upload it without any watermark or anything? That would be why it got blocked, unfortunately all the videos on the Reactor Resource need to be obscured in some way to get past the copyright bots. If you want to try to get the original uploaded, assuming it was a video block and not an audio block, you could edit a logo over it now, or even just blur it using youtube's own built-in editor (go to your channel dashboard where all your videos are listed, edit the one that's blocked, and go to the 'Editor' tab on the right, there's a blur tool there). Hope this helps!
I think the reason why many of their songs haven't been recommended to you yet is because people thought you were mainly interested in the choreography, so they were trying to pick only the ones with the best choreo. However, it seems you've been bitten by the BM bug 😁 in that case, I would suggest checking out a Su solo. Supposedly Su does the choreography for them herself (not that there is much of it, since the other two aren't on stage), though I wouldn't be surprised if Mikiko has at least some input. My recommendation is Akatsuki. If you want to watch a copyright-safe version, check out the one from Budokan Black Night in 2014. If you want the _best_ version, check out the one from Wembley in 2016 (it's on the Reactor Resource in the spreadsheet under the 'Future Plans' video, or it's also just on my channel with a link to the version without the logo in the description; you'll have to do the logo trick again though, hopefully you're able to watch the version without the logo and edit it or a blur effect in after the fact 🙏). Either way, hope you enjoy it!
I picked the version without the watermark thinking I’d be safe because it was from the reactor resource. I wouldn’t know how to watermark a video myself so that’s something I’ll need to look in to. For now I’m going to stick with their logo videos!
Thanks for a different type of request! She has incredible vocals for sure, incredibly crisp!
@@xiaouiris Ah, too bad about the misunderstanding there. Yeah, the reason all his videos are watermarked on youtube is because none of them will get through unblocked otherwise.
I definitely get that adding a watermark yourself would be a pain, but adding a blur with youtube's editor like I described should be pretty easy. You just select what shape you want the blur to be and then drag and drop it to where and what size you need. I don't think anyone would mind having a blur instead of a watermark. Hope that works for you!
TO HEAR METAL FRY VOCALS TRY NEMOPHILA. ALL FEMALE JMETAL. MAYU GROWLS IN THE SONG DISSENSION. ANOTHER HUGE HUGE ALL FEMALE JMETAL BAND IS LOVEBITES. BALLET TRAINED SINGER WITH BEAUTIFUL VOICE THAT HAS SOME VIBRATO. THESE BANDS ARE AMAZING THE ENTIRE METAL WORLD WITH THEIR MUSICIANSHIP AND VOCALS. TRY FROZEN SERANADE FOR LOVEBITES.
Nemophila are great, but there isn't a dance component to talk about.
@@rickwagner- THE ONLY ONE IS THE COVER OF, ONE NIGHT CARNIVAL. IN DISSENSION THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF CHOREOGRAPHY. MAYU IS AN EXCELLENT DANCER.
Sorry your reaction got blocked, that can happen with Babymetal, but especially anything from the Tokyo Dome concert. For whatever reason that one seems to be a bitch to get past the YT Gods
Su’s voice is very much a “copy” of Rami from Aldious in as much as it is somewhat operatic and clean. All of girl’s J-Metal is not like this… 😜
BABYMETAL is performance art, and is best viewed that way as it is a thing to behold, but the bands they are based on are “better” in terms of passion and music.
Hanabie are the band that BABYMETAL wanted to be if they had evolved organically - they really did meet at middle school and form a band in an after school activities club and it has even greater juxtaposition than BABYMETAL- check out “We Love Sweets” to get a taste of real Harajukucore.
No one is more passionate about their performance than BabyMetal. That's what gives them the following they have . Su a copy 🤣🤘🦊
Road OF Resistance NOT Road TO Resistance smdh.
OH MY GOD!! Clearly I still had the Crash Bandicoot game in my head! Thank you, I'll change it now!!