"Can do." Maybe that's the point? I _can_ use a pillow. I _can_ drive manual. I _can_ cook a curry. I _can_ run 100 meters. Does that make me equal or even close to those who excel in those fields?
Dancing in the dark 2 meters above a rotating stage, a 16yr old Suzuka sings of an Unending Nightmare of being chased by a Faceless Terror Begging a Boon that it show her its face just once before she dies. That's Metal. That's Babymetal!! Put your Kitsune UP!! Po!
Do you think that Koba Metal put this song in to shut people up about BabyMetal? Let's put a 16yo on a 2m platform surrounded by a band playing the heaviest riffs. Then you can hear how damn good her voice when she cuts through them like a knife!
@@stuartedmond7372 Naww...thats what Awadama Fever was for!! LoL! "So we are Bubble Gum Metal huh?? Try this!!" Babymetal - "Awadama Fever" Put your Kitsune UP!!
This is one of the songs that really showcases the awesome talent of the Kami Band. The Kami Band for this performance was Leda Cygnus (first solo), Takayoshi Ohmura (second solo), BOH (bass), and Hideki Aoyama (drums). The idea of this intro is that each of the Kami are performing a solo to beseech the Fox God to send to forth Su-metal, hence she rises from the floor at the centre of the giant pentacle that forms the stage. Rondo of Nightmare is one of Su's four solo songs, the others being Amore, No Rain No Rainbow, and Akatsuki that were on the first two albums. There are also four songs that Yui and Moa perform together under the name "Black Babymetal". The purpose of these split songs was to allow the girls to get some rest during the show when they were still quite young. At this performance at the Nippon Budokan, Su was only sixteen years old, performing solo at the most famous and prestigious venue in Japan while standing on a two meter tall platform in the dark. This song allows her to really show off her stage presence and vocal power without the distraction of choreography.
I can only echo the other commenters here and suggest more songs to try. "Akatsuki", "Syncopation", "BxMxC", and The Trilogy of Lights ("Starlight", "Shine", and "Arkadia"). There are also songs like "Karate" and "Megitsune". If you want a little taste of the other girls singing without Su, there are a few Black Babymetal songs, all go a bit harder than the usual faire. My favorite of those is "Onedari Daisakusen".
Great reaction. This is one of 4 Su-metal solos, two on each of the first two albums. The others are 'Akatsuki', 'Amore' and 'No Rain, No Rainbow'. Yui and Moa would get a break while Su performed those - Su would get a break when Yui and Moa performed one of their duets - they were called Black BABYMETAL for those and they also had two on each of the first two albums (4 No Uta' or Song 4, Onedari Daisakusen', 'GJ' and 'Sis Anger'). The Kami Band intro, as you know, is called 'Mischiefs of the Metal Gods'. In order of solos - Leda Cygnus (blue guitar), Takayoshi Ohmura (gold guitar), BOH (6 string bass) and Hideki Aoyama (drums). There can't be many 16 year olds who could follow that intro and then just take over the whole stage and arena the way Su did. I understand rondo is a musical term denoting a repeated theme - something like that anyway. I believe they borrowed the term for the title of this song as Su is caught in a recurring nightmare, being chased through the darkness by something she can't see. Eventually she hides, but it is still coming closer. Knowing there is no escape she asks that if she is to die won't it at least reveal itself to her. This was early March 2014. They played two nights at the Budokan in Tokyo (think the equivalent of Carnegie Hall or Madison Square Garden - it is the place all Japanese artists aspire to play), Red Night and Black Night, becoming the youngest average age female band ever to headline there. They had just released their first album - they sold out both nights. 🤘🦊🤘 They were back at the Budokan as part of their 10th anniversary celebration and played 10 shows over the first 3 or 4 months of 2021.
Seen this many times but still worry about Su on that small and hihh platform. 🦊🤟🤟🦊The Kami Band are astoundingly excellent and Su's vocals are too.🦊🤟🤟🦊
The performance by the band solo is great. However, as soon as the vocal appears and starts singing, everyone gasps at her beauty and recognizes that she is the protagonist.❤
One of my favorites is arkadia, but you might as well go through the whole triology of lights (starlight, shine, arkadia) if you're enjoying the journey.
Nice reaction, thanks! BOH (Daisuke Bohte) told in an interview that he initially played a 4-stringed bass until his music teacher suggested him to change to 5 and 6 strings bass in order to differentiate from the rest of the bass players and also to increase his versatility. Remember that he's a session musician. He also said that he prefer this kind of work rather than being part of a stable band. He also mentioned that backing BABYMETAL is one of his most demanding jobs. He plays an Atelier Z BOH's Custom by the way. The other kami of bass, Climt Tustin (who is actually a guitarist) plays a 5 strings bass.
Great & Thanks again from Japan 有難う💛。This is one of the songs that I am longing for revivals by New BABYMETAL. "Rondo" is a musical form with a recurring leading theme. I can't tell how many times I have viewed this video. It is literally a rondo of happy dream for me. Kamis' (=Gods') super solos were excellent enough as a main event in the show, but once the 16-year-old Queen (as of 2014) emerged from the underground, she colored everything differently with her penetrating voice then turned Kami Band's plays into a ritual to summon her.
Nice reaction. About the backing track, there is no backing track for this song. Someone picked up and recorded the radio signal that was for Su's in-ear for this live performance. If you're interested, you can search the TH-cam. Someone mixed that with this performance, and it was sync. About the AM radio effect, that was Su press her nose with the microphone. A band covered this song and the singer applied the same technique while singing. The result was the same. This can be found on TH-cam also.
The 'AM radio' effect is part of the backtrack, not some esoteric vocal/microphone technique. It sounds exactly the same at every single live performance of Rondo, and if you listen closely to the IEM capture you can hear her start to take a breath before it ends.
@@silly_programme5061 Wrong it is all live singing this is her in ear monitor for this performance the feed is her mic and there is a person keeping her time because the live music is not fed into her in ear monitor so she relies on the count to stay in time with the breaks and starts because they are protecting her hearing by blocking out the loud live music th-cam.com/video/nDao9r5knqc/w-d-xo.html
@@petefrantz4256 Then explain to me why that segment sounds literally exactly the same at every show, in every fancam, and in this IEM feed. Heck, in fancams you can even hear a clear difference between the live singing and the backtrack singing. And in many of the live performances she moves out of the marionette position early or doesn't even lip-sync the whole thing. Su's singing is excellent; there's no need to try to elevate her by making up tall tales. Also you can clearly hear the live instruments in that IEM feed, don't know what you're talking about there 🤷♂
@@silly_programme5061 yes I have. Yes I know you can hear the live instruments but they are not fed at a lower volumn into her IEM. I am not trying to elevate her she can do that on her own. But have you ever taken videos of 2 different live performances of the same song of BABYMETAL and started them together at the same time? I have, I took two live recordings of Ijame, Dame Zettai now these two video recordings were 5 years apart from each other and I started them together at the same time. I did this for myself to compare the changes in the song over the years out of curiosity and was floored by what happened. After that I showed it to a drummer friend of mine. Because they were almost Identical in every detail, there was no sound echoing in the slightest every note played by the band was exactly the same each note hit exactly together in tune and each word and phrase sung by Su even to the hand gestures and where she glanced and facial expressions were the exact same the only thing different is you could hear how her voice had changed. My friend did not like BABYMETAL at the time for all the same reasons people used to have. But he was literally blown away.... he could not believe what he had just witnessed he said "I just saw something I absolutly believed was impossible to do, a band played a song exactly the same twice" we found another one from a show in Japan qued it and played all 3 at the same time and it again was exactly the same all 3 at once. My friend still does not dig BABYMETAL but he says that professionally they are the best and tightest band he has ever heard in the world by a long shot. The first video was the one that they played at Makuhari Messe Metal Galaxy World Tour Jan 26 2020 and was the first time they played that song since Yui left the other was Live at Sonisphere 2014 UK they are 5 years apart but I just wanted to see what changes there would be without Yui. But I could not believe it. You won't either but Go try it....... you will be floored, Then pick whatever other video of this song you want after you do that I think you will get your answer to why Rondo sounds exactly the same evertime because they can play it exactly the same everytime except they might change the solos around which they do all the time
My 10 year old grandson, who is a bass prodigy, got into playing by watching BOH, I bought him a Ibanez 6 string bass for last Christmas and I'm amazed how quickly he took to it. He plays it just like you see BOH playing here.
This is one of progressive song by BM, with some djent part. BM have done so many genre. If you like to explore more, I have list for you Speed Metal: - Akatsuki - Headbanger - Ijime Dame Zettai - Road Of Resistance Metal Ballads - No Pain No Rainbow Progressive Metal - Tales Of The Destinies - Rondo Of Nightmare - Monochrome - Mirror Mirror Hardcore - Catch Me If You Can Skacore - Yava Trash Metal - Give Me Chocolate Metalcore - Megitsune - Karate Black/Death Metal - Sis Anger Nu Metal - BxMxC Symphonic Metal - Divine Attack - Metal Kingdom Industrial/Electronic Metal - PaPaYa - Metalizm - Headbanger Night Of 15 Mix Waiting for your next choice 🎸
OK you had to ask. I play in a 3 bass band where the tunings are somewhat specific. I play the Sub-bass which is tuned G#, B, E - yes it has only 3 strings and its high E is the same as a normal bass tuning E. The rhythm bassist plays an 8 string standard EADG chorded with an octave string like a 12 string guitar and fills the role usually occupied by rhythm guitar & the 7 string bass player goes: F,C,G,D,A,E,B so he and I have no open string overlap - apparently its Ibanez's standard 7 string tuning he kind of uses it like you would a baritone guitar but of course an octave down and he plays lead, just an octave down on the lead guitar. His greater range enables the three of us to avoid being more muddy than is desired.
Playback is used for the "broken marionette" bit, any death growl vocals (with a few rare exceptions, none in this song) and any synthesizer sounds (no live God of Synth kami-band member).. and for any Lore videos (which you've not seen yet) which happen between songs sometimes. The rest is all live. There are some normal low-mix light effects on SU-METAL's voice (probably slight reverb). There is a capture of SU-METAL's in-ear mix for this song (from a different performance) recorded and available on youtube if you want to hear what she hears, and everything 100% raw. Another example would be at the end of Gimme Chocolate, the choreography calls for eating chocolate motions from the three girls so the background bah bah bahhs are done via playback in that case. Regardless - SU-METAL is an incredible singer, and doesn't need playback to belt out everything live. You'll understand with time. :)
If you think 6 strings for a bass is too much, what about Asterism? The boy in there plays a 7 strings bass xD And regarding the guitars, Babymetal has 2 songs where in the studio track they use a 9 string guitar xD "Starlight" and "BxMxC"! Yes, she is singing to a backtrack, that has growls, screams, additional harmonies, additional instruments like keyboard and strings.
Excellent. Possibly mentioned, but the KAMI Band also uses a 9-string guitar on a few songs. During 'RoN', despite the KAMI's virtuosity, and Su-metal's powerful, haunting vocals while waltzing 2-3 meters above a spinning stage, an unseen, yet equally impressive performance was happening below stage, where it's been rumored that Moametal and Yuimetal were taking advantage of their break by working on their homework assignments. Which is something I found difficult to do under the best possible circumstances! Arigatou! 🦊🤘 #notacult #focused
Nice reaction. One of the cool things about Babymetal songs is that they're open to personal interpretation. Many of their songs lyrics are written in this fashion. That was the first time I heard this song is about depression from what you read. But I can see how it could be viewed that way. Literally the song is about a nightmare. One in which the dreamer is being chased in the night. Outside they run with the moonlight flashing off of the fangs and claws. Ooooh scary. They then try to hide in the forest, but it keeps coming. They then try to hide in a fountain. This is where we get some cool lighting effects. That make it look like were looking at Su floating in the water. Amazing theatrics. Then she is caught by the creature. It's at this point we get that radio voice. And she gathers what strength she has left and ask for it to at least reveal itself. She then falls into the darkness. And that's why the song ends suddenly. Did she die in the nightmare? Ah did we forget this is a Rondo which means recurring or repeating. It ends suddenly because she awoke. Only to have this scary nightmare again someday. Now how you interpret all of that is up to you. Babymetal seems to like fans to do so. As Su recently mentioned she was surprised by the fan's interpretation of one of their other songs. Many other artists have also had this happen. Once they put it out there the song is up to interpretation. This song however is top of the list for lyrically being one of Babymetals darkest songs. They don't have many. As you may have noticed there's not much in the way of kawaii in the song. A sign of the maturing Babymetal to come. Musically this is a fantastic song. Love the rhythms and time changes. The piano in the back track is very cool and keeps a lot of the dark feel to it. As many others have said and will say on other songs. The Kamiband is just incredible no matter which member is playing with them. But Boh takes the cake for me on bass. They've done some other intros over the years. Just look for Babymetal songs with intro. Kagerou with intro has the East Kamiband playing the intro. Which was formed when the West Kamiband couldn't make those shows due to scheduling. They all have their own projects going on. Enjoy the journey through the foxhole and into the metalverses of Babymetal.
In this concert, Su metal does not sing on or with backing track. To maintain her piecing vocal with very precise pitch on dancing, she is practicing singing on a treadmill.
There is parts of backing tracks in some songs. Very often for the vocals of the other two girls who do a lot of dancing. What I think you are hearing though, which I might be mistaken, is chorus. I think they've doubled her vocals with a very, very slight deviance to give it that subtle richer/thicker sound.
I _think_ the "AM radio effect" is actually just Su showing her vocal ability. I've seen it discussed on other channels, and it looks like it's an actual vocal technique (which is why her neck turns down) rather than just sound processing. If true, this would tell us two things. 1) The human voice is far more remarkable than we generally realise. 2) Su has a complete mastery of it. I'm quite happy to believe both of the above.
Great production you guys. I've only been a fan of Babymetal for a year. All three original members started at around ages 6 and 7. Check their history, especially Su-metal (Suzuka Nakamoto)! She is absolutely 💯 the Queen of Metal.
If you guys are questioning the six string bass, check out their live version of BxMxC - I think there's a nine-string guitar. th-cam.com/video/pLo8VbPJ4ys/w-d-xo.html
Why does the dude in the Cap America shirt when he's giving a compliment sounds like he's crapping on the thing he's complimenting!? Some of the biggest metal bands in the world use backtracking and they don't have to do choreography all show either. Put some respect on these teenagers.
Keep it up - they just keep getting better - you've survived gimme chocolate - don't stop now :P Early BM made the band pretty prominent which I love - they feel slightly absent and masked up now. This performance is awesome :D
I'm not sure why that comment you read about this song being 'about' depression bugged me so much except that BabyMetal is so overwhelmingly about hope and positivity that they would never write anything about *losing* to depression. It's fine if a listener connected to it in that way, but the song is about being trapped in a nightmare. Like a literal one. And the theme is reinforced by the musical device of the rondo. It's more like a dark fairy tale. When she seems to be suspended, I believe she's meant to have thrown herself into a fountain to hide from the thing chasing her. Again, all of this *could* be applied as a metaphor for depression. But while BabyMetal is notoriously ambiguous with their lyrics to allow the listener to draw their own meaning from the song, I can't imagine they'd intentionally apply such a hopeless outcome to a real world situation. They are very, very much about perseverance, and have several lyrics in several songs that are outright and unambiguously, 'You got this. No matter how bad things are now, everything will work out.' Sorry, that interpretation just rubbed me all kinds of the wrong way. :p I know Su records her own harmonies, but I almost feel like what you're hearing in this one is echo in the venue. The main vocal line is all Su live. But like you said, it hardly matters as any backing track is not doing the heavy lifting. Thanks for the reaction! 🤘🦊🤘
Great reaction! I'd say Road of resistance live in Japan or Megitsune (music video, being their best song, the live doesn't sound as good as the studio) next 🦊
Backing track?! Meh! She’s just an epic vocalist! I’m been to several live performances and Su is a totally solid vocalist and perfect for metal. She just cuts through the chaos.
That is 100% just Su’s voice. The sound you hear when she bends her head is also her. I have seen several vocal coach’s react to the song say It is her doing that.
Some Japanese bands, old and new. Take your pick: BAND-MAID [All their songs... really!], LOVEBITES [Break the Wall, Raise some Hell, and all the other songs], BABYMETAL [All their songs, because they are all different], MAXIMUM THE HORMONE [Yoshu Fukushu], DEXCORE [Earthworm], CROSSFAITH [Catastrophe], SiM [Killing Me], NINGEN ISU [Heartless Scat], UNLUCKY MORPHEUS [Black Pentagram], YOUSEI TEIKOKU [Astral Dogma, Patriot Anthem (Live)] and their other band: DenKare [Detonator], COLDRAIN [Die Tomorrow], CRYSTAL LAKE [The Circle], GIVEN BY THE FLAMES [Ronove], LONESOME_BLUE [Face the Fear], ANGRY FROG REBIRTH [2Step Syndrome], SILENTLY SHOOTING TRAITORS [Manipulate], ALDIOUS [Dominator], TRiDENT [Ambivalent, Spoopy, ...], BRIDEAR [Light in the Dark], CINQ ELEMENT [Destiny], MARY'S BLOOD [Marionette], GRAUPEL [Bereavement], DOLL$BOXX [Take my Chance], SOKONINARU [Tenohira De Odoru], HELLO SLEEPWALKERS [Flying Saucer], TELECiDE [Tied up Memories], NEKO [Ghost on a Record], MARDELAS [G-Metal], MERGINGMOON [Greyen], ROTTENGRAFFTY [Hallelujah], JILUKA [Mephisto, Overkill], BROKEN BY THE SCREAM [Emotion Cross-Counter], FATE GEAR [Unbreakable Wings], LYNCH [Devil], GACHARIC SPIN [Mindset], DIR EN GREY [Ningen wo Kaburu], X JAPAN [Kurenai], DAZZLE VISION [Second], DEVILOOF [Torture], JUPITER [My Enemy], NOKUTO [Life of Desire], GALNERYUS [Angel of Salvation], SAISEIGA [Ride On], BLOOD STAIN CHILD [Del-Sol], NEMOPHILA [Rise, Hypnosis], DADAROMA [Lucid Dream], JILUKA [Overkill, or Lluvia], HANABIE [We Love Sweets], A CROWD OF REBELLION [Re:Create of the Re:d], PALEDUSK [Area PD], POLKADOT STINGRAY [any song], MUTANT MONSTERS [Abnormal], BLACKLAB [Insanity], ASTERISM [Fiction, Rising Moon, Unravel, or Church], NOISEMAKER [Hunter or Prey], BiSH [The Night When Stars Twinkle], SCANDAL [A.M.D.K.J.], DEEP GIRL [I kill], Mrs. GREEN APPLE [Inferno], BRATS [Doudatte Yokatta], THE ORAL CIGARETTES [Frenzy Hey Kids!!], GIRUGAMESH [Drain], LiLiHoLi [From Darkness to Light], THE DEVIL’S KILLING MERRY-GO-ROUND [Diabolos], OTOBOKE BEAVER [Love is Short], and many many more...
The Kami band get a few chances to play solo. Here's a list of the songs with a Kami intro. "Catch Me If You Can", "Yava", "Awadama Fever", " Kagerou"( has the Western Kami band), and ofc this one. It's always great to hear them. And if your curious to hear members of the Kami's outside of BabyMetal , check out the Kari Band. Good song to start out with would be "Samurai Groove". 🤘🦊🤘
"What would you do with a six string bass?" ... Boh proceeds to show you exactly what you can do with those extra strings.
"Can do."
Maybe that's the point?
I _can_ use a pillow.
I _can_ drive manual.
I _can_ cook a curry.
I _can_ run 100 meters.
Does that make me equal or even close to those who excel in those fields?
The first time I've ever seen a 6 string bass in person was when my dad got one. A 6 stringed left-handed bass
Boh is a bass god and showed exactly what you do with a 6 string bass
Dancing in the dark 2 meters above a rotating stage, a 16yr old Suzuka sings of an Unending Nightmare of being chased by a Faceless Terror Begging a Boon that it show her its face just once before she dies.
That's Metal.
That's Babymetal!!
Put your Kitsune UP!! Po!
Do you think that Koba Metal put this song in to shut people up about BabyMetal? Let's put a 16yo on a 2m platform surrounded by a band playing the heaviest riffs. Then you can hear how damn good her voice when she cuts through them like a knife!
@@stuartedmond7372 Naww...thats what Awadama Fever was for!! LoL!
"So we are Bubble Gum Metal huh?? Try this!!"
Babymetal - "Awadama Fever"
Put your Kitsune UP!!
This is one of the songs that really showcases the awesome talent of the Kami Band. The Kami Band for this performance was Leda Cygnus (first solo), Takayoshi Ohmura (second solo), BOH (bass), and Hideki Aoyama (drums). The idea of this intro is that each of the Kami are performing a solo to beseech the Fox God to send to forth Su-metal, hence she rises from the floor at the centre of the giant pentacle that forms the stage.
Rondo of Nightmare is one of Su's four solo songs, the others being Amore, No Rain No Rainbow, and Akatsuki that were on the first two albums. There are also four songs that Yui and Moa perform together under the name "Black Babymetal". The purpose of these split songs was to allow the girls to get some rest during the show when they were still quite young.
At this performance at the Nippon Budokan, Su was only sixteen years old, performing solo at the most famous and prestigious venue in Japan while standing on a two meter tall platform in the dark. This song allows her to really show off her stage presence and vocal power without the distraction of choreography.
I can only echo the other commenters here and suggest more songs to try. "Akatsuki", "Syncopation", "BxMxC", and The Trilogy of Lights ("Starlight", "Shine", and "Arkadia"). There are also songs like "Karate" and "Megitsune". If you want a little taste of the other girls singing without Su, there are a few Black Babymetal songs, all go a bit harder than the usual faire. My favorite of those is "Onedari Daisakusen".
Great reaction. This is one of 4 Su-metal solos, two on each of the first two albums. The others are 'Akatsuki', 'Amore' and 'No Rain, No Rainbow'. Yui and Moa would get a break while Su performed those - Su would get a break when Yui and Moa performed one of their duets - they were called Black BABYMETAL for those and they also had two on each of the first two albums (4 No Uta' or Song 4, Onedari Daisakusen', 'GJ' and 'Sis Anger').
The Kami Band intro, as you know, is called 'Mischiefs of the Metal Gods'. In order of solos - Leda Cygnus (blue guitar), Takayoshi Ohmura (gold guitar), BOH (6 string bass) and Hideki Aoyama (drums).
There can't be many 16 year olds who could follow that intro and then just take over the whole stage and arena the way Su did.
I understand rondo is a musical term denoting a repeated theme - something like that anyway. I believe they borrowed the term for the title of this song as Su is caught in a recurring nightmare, being chased through the darkness by something she can't see. Eventually she hides, but it is still coming closer. Knowing there is no escape she asks that if she is to die won't it at least reveal itself to her.
This was early March 2014. They played two nights at the Budokan in Tokyo (think the equivalent of Carnegie Hall or Madison Square Garden - it is the place all Japanese artists aspire to play), Red Night and Black Night, becoming the youngest average age female band ever to headline there. They had just released their first album - they sold out both nights. 🤘🦊🤘
They were back at the Budokan as part of their 10th anniversary celebration and played 10 shows over the first 3 or 4 months of 2021.
Seen this many times but still worry about Su on that small and hihh platform. 🦊🤟🤟🦊The Kami Band are astoundingly excellent and Su's vocals are too.🦊🤟🤟🦊
Im more worried of how close she gets to the stage lights , she must be burning up there.
Su the Unburnt 🔥🤘🏼🦊
In 2016 baby metal sang some Judas Priest songs with Rob Halford.
The performance by the band solo is great. However, as soon as the vocal appears and starts singing, everyone gasps at her beauty and recognizes that she is the protagonist.❤
One of my favorites is arkadia, but you might as well go through the whole triology of lights (starlight, shine, arkadia) if you're enjoying the journey.
Nice reaction, thanks!
BOH (Daisuke Bohte) told in an interview that he initially played a 4-stringed bass until his music teacher suggested him to change to 5 and 6 strings bass in order to differentiate from the rest of the bass players and also to increase his versatility. Remember that he's a session musician. He also said that he prefer this kind of work rather than being part of a stable band. He also mentioned that backing BABYMETAL is one of his most demanding jobs. He plays an Atelier Z BOH's Custom by the way.
The other kami of bass, Climt Tustin (who is actually a guitarist) plays a 5 strings bass.
BM is perform at my city tonight cannot wait see them 🤟🤟
Great & Thanks again from Japan 有難う💛。This is one of the songs that I am longing for revivals by New BABYMETAL. "Rondo" is a musical form with a recurring leading theme. I can't tell how many times I have viewed this video. It is literally a rondo of happy dream for me. Kamis' (=Gods') super solos were excellent enough as a main event in the show, but once the 16-year-old Queen (as of 2014) emerged from the underground, she colored everything differently with her penetrating voice then turned Kami Band's plays into a ritual to summon her.
Nice reaction.
About the backing track, there is no backing track for this song. Someone picked up and recorded the radio signal that was for Su's in-ear for this live performance. If you're interested, you can search the TH-cam. Someone mixed that with this performance, and it was sync.
About the AM radio effect, that was Su press her nose with the microphone. A band covered this song and the singer applied the same technique while singing. The result was the same. This can be found on TH-cam also.
This is what I was going to say. What she hears in her earpiece is very interesting.
The 'AM radio' effect is part of the backtrack, not some esoteric vocal/microphone technique. It sounds exactly the same at every single live performance of Rondo, and if you listen closely to the IEM capture you can hear her start to take a breath before it ends.
@@silly_programme5061 Wrong it is all live singing this is her in ear monitor for this performance the feed is her mic and there is a person keeping her time because the live music is not fed into her in ear monitor so she relies on the count to stay in time with the breaks and starts because they are protecting her hearing by blocking out the loud live music th-cam.com/video/nDao9r5knqc/w-d-xo.html
@@petefrantz4256 Then explain to me why that segment sounds literally exactly the same at every show, in every fancam, and in this IEM feed. Heck, in fancams you can even hear a clear difference between the live singing and the backtrack singing. And in many of the live performances she moves out of the marionette position early or doesn't even lip-sync the whole thing. Su's singing is excellent; there's no need to try to elevate her by making up tall tales.
Also you can clearly hear the live instruments in that IEM feed, don't know what you're talking about there 🤷♂
@@silly_programme5061 yes I have. Yes I know you can hear the live instruments but they are not fed at a lower volumn into her IEM. I am not trying to elevate her she can do that on her own. But have you ever taken videos of 2 different live performances of the same song of BABYMETAL and started them together at the same time? I have, I took two live recordings of Ijame, Dame Zettai now these two video recordings were 5 years apart from each other and I started them together at the same time. I did this for myself to compare the changes in the song over the years out of curiosity and was floored by what happened. After that I showed it to a drummer friend of mine. Because they were almost Identical in every detail, there was no sound echoing in the slightest every note played by the band was exactly the same each note hit exactly together in tune and each word and phrase sung by Su even to the hand gestures and where she glanced and facial expressions were the exact same the only thing different is you could hear how her voice had changed. My friend did not like BABYMETAL at the time for all the same reasons people used to have. But he was literally blown away.... he could not believe what he had just witnessed he said "I just saw something I absolutly believed was impossible to do, a band played a song exactly the same twice" we found another one from a show in Japan qued it and played all 3 at the same time and it again was exactly the same all 3 at once. My friend still does not dig BABYMETAL but he says that professionally they are the best and tightest band he has ever heard in the world by a long shot. The first video was the one that they played at Makuhari Messe Metal Galaxy World Tour Jan 26 2020 and was the first time they played that song since Yui left the other was Live at Sonisphere 2014 UK they are 5 years apart but I just wanted to see what changes there would be without Yui. But I could not believe it. You won't either but Go try it....... you will be floored, Then pick whatever other video of this song you want after you do that I think you will get your answer to why Rondo sounds exactly the same evertime because they can play it exactly the same everytime except they might change the solos around which they do all the time
My 10 year old grandson, who is a bass prodigy, got into playing by watching BOH, I bought him a Ibanez 6 string bass for last Christmas and I'm amazed how quickly he took to it. He plays it just like you see BOH playing here.
Rondo Of Nightmare/With Mischief Of Metal Gods Intro (Nippon Budokan Black Night):-
This is one of 4 Su-Metal (Suzuka Nakamoto) solo songs. The other 3 are:-
1. "Amore" (Wembley Arena).
2. "No Rain No Rainbow" (Legend A Baptism XX).
3. "Akatsuki" (Same Venue, Nippon Budokan Black Night)
Rondo Of Nightmare/With Mischief Of God Intro:-
Babymetal:-
Babymetal (Japanese: ベビーメタル, Hepburn: Bebīmetaru) (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese kawaii metal band. The band consists of Suzuka Nakamoto as "Su-metal" (Vocal and Dance) and Moa Kikuchi as "Moametal" (Scream and Dance). The band is produced by Kobametal from the Amuse talent agency. Their vocals are backed by heavy metal instrumentation, performed by a group of session musicians known as the "Kami Band" at performances.
KamiBand:-
"The KamiBand are the instrumentalists (or backing band) in BABYMETAL - Each member is a "god (Kami) of music" summoned by The Fox God stage by stage. All the Kamis have their own jobs and side-projects in addition to BABYMETAL".
Current Members Who Perform At Nippon Budokan:-
•Takayoshi Ohmura (Guitar, ESP SNAPPER-7/R Gold & Twinkle Pink).
•Leda Cygnus (Guitar, ESP BLUE CUSTOM).
•Daisuke 'BOH' Bohte (Bass, ATELIER Z BETA 6, Boh'S CUSTOM 6).
•Aoyama Hideki (Drums, YAMAHA Signature Drum Kit).
BABYMETAL is the youngest act to perform at the Budokan and artists need to be invited to perform there.
Live at Budokan: Red Night & Black Night Apocalypse (stylized as LIVE AT BUDOKAN ～RED NIGHT & BLACK NIGHT APOCALYPSE～) is the third live video release by the Japanese heavy metal band Babymetal. It contains two concerts performed at Nippon Budokan shortly after the release of the band's eponymous debut album, and was released on January 7, 2015 in a standard edition and a limited-edition box set exclusively for "The One" fanclub members.
Nippon Budokan:-
Nippon Budokan (日本武道館, Nippon Budōkan), often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena located in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. Originally built for the inaugural Olympic judo competition in the 1964 Summer Olympics, its name translates as Martial Arts Hall in English. While its primary purpose is to host martial arts contests, the arena has gained additional fame as one of the world's most iconic musical performance venues.
A number of famous rock music acts have played at Budokan. The Beatles were the first rock group to play there in a series of concerts held between June 30 and July 2, 1966. ABBA ended their last tour there. Their final show on March 27, 1980, was the last live concert ABBA performed together. Numerous acts have recorded live albums at Budokan, including Bryan Adams, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Cheap Trick, Dream Theater, Duran Duran, Kiss, Mr. Big, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Journey and Deep Purple.
[Rondo of Nightmare]:-
Akumu no Rondo [Rondo of Nightmare]
is a song from BABYMETAL's first original album, BABYMETAL, by SU-METAL.
Information:-
•Artist: BABYMETAL.
•Album: BABYMETAL.
•Lyrics: Yuyoyuppe.
•Composition: Yuyoyuppe.
•Arrangement: Yuyoyuppe.
Lyrics Overview:-
"Rondo Of Nightmare (悪夢の輪舞曲; Akumu No Rondo)"
欠けた月が 照らし出した
陰りの中 はびこる狂気
笑い声 響き渡り
牙をむいて 目を光らせている
逃げられない
ゆらゆら 揺らめく
心に見え隠れ
悪夢の輪舞曲が 繰り返されている
目覚めの光は
遥かかなた 見えなくなり
ただ 走り抜ける
闇の中を
森の中 泉の中
息を殺し 身を潜めても
迫り来る すぐ近くに
淀んだ声 終わらない夜
嗚呼...
もう ここから 出られないのなら
貴方の 姿を 見せてはくれないか
ゆらゆら 揺らめく
心に見え隠れ
悪夢の輪舞曲が 繰り返されている
目覚めの光は
遥かかなた 見えなくなる
ただ 堕ちていくの
闇の中へ
[Romaji:]
Kaketa tsuki ga terashi dashita
kageri no naka habikoru kyooki
Warai-goe hibiki watari
kiba o muite me o hikaraseteru
Nigerare-nai
Yura yura yurameku
kokoro ni mie kakure
Akumu no rondo ga kurikaesareteru
Mezame no hikari wa
haruka kanata mie-naku nari
tada hashiri nukeru
yami no naka o
Mori no naka izumi no naka
iki o koroshi mi o hisomete mo
semari kuru sugu chikaku ni
Yodonda koe. Owara-nai yoru
Aa…
Moo koko kara derare-nai no nara
anata no sugata o misete wa kure-nai ka?
Yura yura yurameku
kokoro ni mie kakure
Akumu no rondo ga kurikaesareteru
Mezame no hikari wa
haruka kanata mie-naku naru
Tada ochite yuku no
yami no naka e
[English:]
The waning moon has lit up
the insanity rampant in the shade
The laughter resounds around
It bares its fangs and its eyes gleam
I can’t escape from it
It flickers slowly
appearing and disappearing in my mind
A nightmare rondo is being repeated
The awakening light
is gone far away out of my sight
I can do nothing but run
through the darkness
In the woods, in the fountain
I hide myself holding my breath
but it’s still coming closer to me
A stagnant voice. An endless night
Ah…
If I can no longer get out of here
won’t you show me your figure?
It flickers slowly
appearing and disappearing in my mind
A nightmare rondo is being repeated
The awakening light
is gone far away out of my sight
I can do nothing but fall
into the darkness
This song Su-Metal brings you to the dark side and tells you a story thru the journey and it enticed you.
Written by: TAKEHIRO MAMIYA (PKA YUYOYUPPE), Takehiro (PKA Yuyoyuppe) Mamiya
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Kitsune Up 🦊🦊🦊🤘🤘🤘🇯🇵🇸🇬#notacult.
This is one of progressive song by BM, with some djent part.
BM have done so many genre.
If you like to explore more, I have list for you
Speed Metal:
- Akatsuki
- Headbanger
- Ijime Dame Zettai
- Road Of Resistance
Metal Ballads
- No Pain No Rainbow
Progressive Metal
- Tales Of The Destinies
- Rondo Of Nightmare
- Monochrome
- Mirror Mirror
Hardcore
- Catch Me If You Can
Skacore
- Yava
Trash Metal
- Give Me Chocolate
Metalcore
- Megitsune
- Karate
Black/Death Metal
- Sis Anger
Nu Metal
- BxMxC
Symphonic Metal
- Divine Attack
- Metal Kingdom
Industrial/Electronic Metal
- PaPaYa
- Metalizm
- Headbanger Night Of 15 Mix
Waiting for your next choice 🎸
OK you had to ask. I play in a 3 bass band where the tunings are somewhat specific. I play the Sub-bass which is tuned G#, B, E - yes it has only 3 strings and its high E is the same as a normal bass tuning E. The rhythm bassist plays an 8 string standard EADG chorded with an octave string like a 12 string guitar and fills the role usually occupied by rhythm guitar & the 7 string bass player goes: F,C,G,D,A,E,B so he and I have no open string overlap - apparently its Ibanez's standard 7 string tuning he kind of uses it like you would a baritone guitar but of course an octave down and he plays lead, just an octave down on the lead guitar. His greater range enables the three of us to avoid being more muddy than is desired.
Playback is used for the "broken marionette" bit, any death growl vocals (with a few rare exceptions, none in this song) and any synthesizer sounds (no live God of Synth kami-band member).. and for any Lore videos (which you've not seen yet) which happen between songs sometimes. The rest is all live. There are some normal low-mix light effects on SU-METAL's voice (probably slight reverb). There is a capture of SU-METAL's in-ear mix for this song (from a different performance) recorded and available on youtube if you want to hear what she hears, and everything 100% raw.
Another example would be at the end of Gimme Chocolate, the choreography calls for eating chocolate motions from the three girls so the background bah bah bahhs are done via playback in that case.
Regardless - SU-METAL is an incredible singer, and doesn't need playback to belt out everything live. You'll understand with time. :)
FYI, they all play 7 strings guitar all the time, but also a special Babymetal ESP 9 string guitar. Look it up.
If you think 6 strings for a bass is too much, what about Asterism? The boy in there plays a 7 strings bass xD
And regarding the guitars, Babymetal has 2 songs where in the studio track they use a 9 string guitar xD
"Starlight" and "BxMxC"!
Yes, she is singing to a backtrack, that has growls, screams, additional harmonies, additional instruments like keyboard and strings.
Each one of these guys is a true musician. Otherworldly talented!
BABY METAL🔥🤘🦊🤘🔥
Mikio Fujioka and Takayoshi Ohmura are killer guitarrists
Excellent. Possibly mentioned, but the KAMI Band also uses a 9-string guitar on a few songs.
During 'RoN', despite the KAMI's virtuosity, and Su-metal's powerful, haunting vocals while waltzing 2-3 meters above a spinning stage, an unseen, yet equally impressive performance was happening below stage, where it's been rumored that Moametal and Yuimetal were taking advantage of their break by working on their homework assignments. Which is something I found difficult to do under the best possible circumstances!
Arigatou! 🦊🤘 #notacult #focused
Not many vocalists would not want to follow that intro ! But most vocalists are not Suzuka Nakamoto, Queen Su ❤😁
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NEXT LEVEL SHIT
RIGHT HERE!!!
Nice reaction. One of the cool things about Babymetal songs is that they're open to personal interpretation. Many of their songs lyrics are written in this fashion. That was the first time I heard this song is about depression from what you read. But I can see how it could be viewed that way. Literally the song is about a nightmare. One in which the dreamer is being chased in the night. Outside they run with the moonlight flashing off of the fangs and claws. Ooooh scary. They then try to hide in the forest, but it keeps coming. They then try to hide in a fountain. This is where we get some cool lighting effects. That make it look like were looking at Su floating in the water. Amazing theatrics. Then she is caught by the creature. It's at this point we get that radio voice. And she gathers what strength she has left and ask for it to at least reveal itself. She then falls into the darkness. And that's why the song ends suddenly. Did she die in the nightmare? Ah did we forget this is a Rondo which means recurring or repeating. It ends suddenly because she awoke. Only to have this scary nightmare again someday. Now how you interpret all of that is up to you. Babymetal seems to like fans to do so. As Su recently mentioned she was surprised by the fan's interpretation of one of their other songs. Many other artists have also had this happen. Once they put it out there the song is up to interpretation. This song however is top of the list for lyrically being one of Babymetals darkest songs. They don't have many. As you may have noticed there's not much in the way of kawaii in the song. A sign of the maturing Babymetal to come. Musically this is a fantastic song. Love the rhythms and time changes. The piano in the back track is very cool and keeps a lot of the dark feel to it. As many others have said and will say on other songs. The Kamiband is just incredible no matter which member is playing with them. But Boh takes the cake for me on bass. They've done some other intros over the years. Just look for Babymetal songs with intro. Kagerou with intro has the East Kamiband playing the intro. Which was formed when the West Kamiband couldn't make those shows due to scheduling. They all have their own projects going on. Enjoy the journey through the foxhole and into the metalverses of Babymetal.
Kami band in a league of their own, I love seeing them love soooooo goddamn much
That kids been singing her whole life. It's a long way from Karen Girls where she got started.
great reaction! i love this performance!🤘🦊🤘
In this concert, Su metal does not sing on or with backing track. To maintain her piecing vocal with very precise pitch on dancing, she is practicing singing on a treadmill.
There is parts of backing tracks in some songs. Very often for the vocals of the other two girls who do a lot of dancing. What I think you are hearing though, which I might be mistaken, is chorus. I think they've doubled her vocals with a very, very slight deviance to give it that subtle richer/thicker sound.
You need to check out the production on Babymetal"s (IN the Name of)
I _think_ the "AM radio effect" is actually just Su showing her vocal ability.
I've seen it discussed on other channels, and it looks like it's an actual vocal technique (which is why her neck turns down) rather than just sound processing.
If true, this would tell us two things.
1) The human voice is far more remarkable than we generally realise.
2) Su has a complete mastery of it.
I'm quite happy to believe both of the above.
Great production you guys. I've only been a fan of Babymetal for a year. All three original members started at around ages 6 and 7. Check their history, especially Su-metal (Suzuka Nakamoto)! She is absolutely 💯 the Queen of Metal.
Boh schooled your asses on the 6 string bass!
Karate(Live), Road of Resistance live in Japan, Headbanger, and Catch me if you can. 4 songs that will keep you in the Fox Hole 🤟
The bass player is Death from Bill and Ted
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Guys: What doyou do with a 6-string bass?
BOH: Hold my beer...
If you guys are questioning the six string bass, check out their live version of BxMxC - I think there's a nine-string guitar. th-cam.com/video/pLo8VbPJ4ys/w-d-xo.html
Early in flames is played with a 6 string bass
How many strings does BOH have on his base? All of them.
12:07 the song lyrics might be talking about being stuck in a well, this might very well be that moment.
Comments that cover important parts are in the way.
Why does the dude in the Cap America shirt when he's giving a compliment sounds like he's crapping on the thing he's complimenting!? Some of the biggest metal bands in the world use backtracking and they don't have to do choreography all show either. Put some respect on these teenagers.
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Keep it up - they just keep getting better - you've survived gimme chocolate - don't stop now :P Early BM made the band pretty prominent which I love - they feel slightly absent and masked up now. This performance is awesome :D
I'm not sure why that comment you read about this song being 'about' depression bugged me so much except that BabyMetal is so overwhelmingly about hope and positivity that they would never write anything about *losing* to depression. It's fine if a listener connected to it in that way, but the song is about being trapped in a nightmare. Like a literal one. And the theme is reinforced by the musical device of the rondo. It's more like a dark fairy tale. When she seems to be suspended, I believe she's meant to have thrown herself into a fountain to hide from the thing chasing her. Again, all of this *could* be applied as a metaphor for depression. But while BabyMetal is notoriously ambiguous with their lyrics to allow the listener to draw their own meaning from the song, I can't imagine they'd intentionally apply such a hopeless outcome to a real world situation. They are very, very much about perseverance, and have several lyrics in several songs that are outright and unambiguously, 'You got this. No matter how bad things are now, everything will work out.' Sorry, that interpretation just rubbed me all kinds of the wrong way. :p
I know Su records her own harmonies, but I almost feel like what you're hearing in this one is echo in the venue. The main vocal line is all Su live. But like you said, it hardly matters as any backing track is not doing the heavy lifting.
Thanks for the reaction! 🤘🦊🤘
Queen SU and her Kamis! 🤘🦊🤘
Su is queen.
more babymetalllllllllllllllllll!
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They're amazing, like watching dragonforce vs spice girls
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Great reaction! I'd say Road of resistance live in Japan or Megitsune (music video, being their best song, the live doesn't sound as good as the studio) next 🦊
Watch ASTERISM, 7string bass solo's and make you guys jaw dropped... songs Church, Dawn, Rising Moon, Gunfire....
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BABYMETAL-Ijime,Dame,Zettai-Live at Sonisphere 2014,uk (OFFICIAL)
イギリスのメタルフェス。
これが、世界に向けて発した産声？
公開されたギブミーチョコレートのビデオが話題となり招待され、当初はサブステージでのライブ予定だったが、更に話題が大きくなり急遽メインステージへ昇格。しかしその場にいたメタルファンからすれば知名度はまだまだ低いアウェイ状態でライブが始まります。このビデオはフィナーレの曲。果たしてBABYMETALはイギリスのメタルファンに受け入れられたのか？結果はその目でお確かめ下さい。
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Backing track?! Meh! She’s just an epic vocalist! I’m been to several live performances and Su is a totally solid vocalist and perfect for metal. She just cuts through the chaos.
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Why can’t we hear the first guitar solo though?
Like 🤘🦊🤘
Man... how much did you have to pay Lucas films for that fancy transition!!! 😅
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That is 100% just Su’s voice. The sound you hear when she bends her head is also her. I have seen several vocal coach’s react to the song say It is her doing that.
Some Japanese bands, old and new. Take your pick: BAND-MAID [All their songs... really!], LOVEBITES [Break the Wall, Raise some Hell, and all the other songs], BABYMETAL [All their songs, because they are all different], MAXIMUM THE HORMONE [Yoshu Fukushu], DEXCORE [Earthworm], CROSSFAITH [Catastrophe], SiM [Killing Me], NINGEN ISU [Heartless Scat], UNLUCKY MORPHEUS [Black Pentagram], YOUSEI TEIKOKU [Astral Dogma, Patriot Anthem (Live)] and their other band: DenKare [Detonator], COLDRAIN [Die Tomorrow], CRYSTAL LAKE [The Circle], GIVEN BY THE FLAMES [Ronove], LONESOME_BLUE [Face the Fear], ANGRY FROG REBIRTH [2Step Syndrome], SILENTLY SHOOTING TRAITORS [Manipulate], ALDIOUS [Dominator], TRiDENT [Ambivalent, Spoopy, ...], BRIDEAR [Light in the Dark], CINQ ELEMENT [Destiny], MARY'S BLOOD [Marionette], GRAUPEL [Bereavement], DOLL$BOXX [Take my Chance], SOKONINARU [Tenohira De Odoru], HELLO SLEEPWALKERS [Flying Saucer], TELECiDE [Tied up Memories], NEKO [Ghost on a Record], MARDELAS [G-Metal], MERGINGMOON [Greyen], ROTTENGRAFFTY [Hallelujah], JILUKA [Mephisto, Overkill], BROKEN BY THE SCREAM [Emotion Cross-Counter], FATE GEAR [Unbreakable Wings], LYNCH [Devil], GACHARIC SPIN [Mindset], DIR EN GREY [Ningen wo Kaburu], X JAPAN [Kurenai], DAZZLE VISION [Second], DEVILOOF [Torture], JUPITER [My Enemy], NOKUTO [Life of Desire], GALNERYUS [Angel of Salvation], SAISEIGA [Ride On], BLOOD STAIN CHILD [Del-Sol], NEMOPHILA [Rise, Hypnosis], DADAROMA [Lucid Dream], JILUKA [Overkill, or Lluvia], HANABIE [We Love Sweets], A CROWD OF REBELLION [Re:Create of the Re:d], PALEDUSK [Area PD], POLKADOT STINGRAY [any song], MUTANT MONSTERS [Abnormal], BLACKLAB [Insanity], ASTERISM [Fiction, Rising Moon, Unravel, or Church], NOISEMAKER [Hunter or Prey], BiSH [The Night When Stars Twinkle], SCANDAL [A.M.D.K.J.], DEEP GIRL [I kill], Mrs. GREEN APPLE [Inferno], BRATS [Doudatte Yokatta], THE ORAL CIGARETTES [Frenzy Hey Kids!!], GIRUGAMESH [Drain], LiLiHoLi [From Darkness to Light], THE DEVIL’S KILLING MERRY-GO-ROUND [Diabolos], OTOBOKE BEAVER [Love is Short], and many many more...
dude vob has released a new single, are you going to see it
BOH is awesome, but I'll just mention that Asterism's Miyu has a signature 7-string bass... But it's not a competition, is it :)
You guys should do Babymetal death because it’s a little on the darker side and creepy. Try doing Band-Maid Rinne.
The Kami band get a few chances to play solo. Here's a list of the songs with a Kami intro. "Catch Me If You Can", "Yava", "Awadama Fever", " Kagerou"( has the Western Kami band), and ofc this one. It's always great to hear them. And if your curious to hear members of the Kami's outside of BabyMetal , check out the Kari Band. Good song to start out with would be "Samurai Groove". 🤘🦊🤘
Am I the only one that thinks she is representing a music box, not a marionette?
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