Music Teacher Reacts to BABYMETAL - Karate (Live at UK Download 2016)
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- Marlene Mendoza, a rock musician and music teacher, reacts to the live performance of the song "Karate" by BABYMETAL.
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"They don't do anything super technical"
*laughs in Tales of the Destinies*
When she said "she doesn't seem like she'd hit some higher notes" I laughed
#LOL by the end of Akatsuki at Budokan, she goes ultrasonic 😅
Not to mention From Dusk Till Dawn 😁
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1:40 Babymetal did try to promote metal in Japan to make metal a bigger genre again like in the past. it seems like that worked metal music sales in general went up in Japan.
And international sales of rock/metal bands from Japan went up as well as Babymetal got Internaltional attention. So you could say they are kind of like a gateway band. But also means some metalheads got into Japanese pop music. Maybe a big surprise or maybe not, because Marty Friedman former MegaDeth has always said Japanese music, including the J-Pop is actually very interesting.
8:40 what a lot of people don't notice is how she is jumping and singing at the same time until 8:48. My guess is this needs a very good control of breath and abdomen.
At least one vocal coach on TH-cam mentioned Su-metal sings around the female vocal-break. I guess you don't agree because mentioned a different range as the soprano or mezosprano range ?
What makes Babymetal interesting is how many different styles/(sub)genres they have in their songs and the combinations. Love to see some reactions from the latest album as you seem to know a bit about the first and second album. Something like Shanti Shanti Shanti or BxMxC would maybe be interesting.
Whatever it is, I just really enjoy Su-metal's singing somehow hits me in the right spot.
Check out the "road of resistance" live in Japan. One of their best live performance
BABYMETAL pretty much founded Kawaii Metal, and even today there's not much that's comparable. To me they are the most enjoyable band ever. Whether it's the musicianship, the vocals, the dancing, the compositions, the crowd interaction, the stages, and most importantly, the uplifting smiles, everything is awesome! I have never had more fun with music, they have quickly surpassed my previous favourite band and are here to stay.
Their songs, their appearance and pretty much everything about them is very unique, which is not an easy feat in today's musical landscape.
Oh, and everybody loves BOH, the bassist. I could watch him all day, very charismatic and entertaining.
It's impossible to get a complete picture of them from a single song, so if your interest is piqued, please watch another song or two. To hear more of Su's vocals, I'd recommend "Rondo of Nightmare": th-cam.com/video/QxYAcIyk2Co/w-d-xo.html . This version also features an instrumental intro where the whole band has a chance to shine. You seem to be interested in the instrumentalists as well, so you might find that interesting.
Edit: Forgot one thing: Kudos for preparing and getting some background infos for your viewers!
RIP Mikio Fujioka
Who is he?
@@pineapplecan_1293 the man with black guitar
Rest In peace
All the girls were highly talented and sing and dance routines were a big part of their life from pretty early on. Before joining the Sakura gakuin group Suzuka was a part of a popular child group named Karen's girls. These girls are all the way through professional.
If you saw them in N.Y. back in 2016, you probably either attended their concert at the _PlayStation Theater_ on Broadway or you were part of the studio audience when they performed "Gimme Chocolate!!" on the _Late Show with Stephen Colbert_ . In either case I don't doubt that it was fun. I've been to a few of their shows myself and it's been an absolute blast each time. They are definitely an amazing live act.
I believe it was at Hammerstein Ballroom when I saw them! Yeah for sure an amazing act live!
@@MarleneMendozaMusic Ahh, They played the _Hammerstein Ballroom_ back in Nov. 2014. Time flies :)
They were back in N.Y. again last year during their tour in the States where they did 20 shows in about a month and a half, including their first ever arena headline concert in the U.S. on Oct. 11th at _The Forum_ in Los Angeles. Can't wait for them to come back!
Wow... On this concert, it's rain... oh!
Hi teacher ,Thank you for your picking up !🦊 I enjoyed very well your reaction and their sound 🚀more please !🌸
Hello! Youre welcome and Thank you ! 😊
Hi teacher! 🙊 Welcome to the world of BABYMETAL.
Hello! :)
They can control not only crowd but also even cloud. It began to rain perfectly on time.
That’s why they call Su-Metal a Goddess. She can do anything 😉😁
good reaction
I am so happy to see Babymetal with you
“Nothing super-technical”? Double-kick pattern in second “Seiya Se Se Se Seiya”, section. I’ve been playing drums 38+ years.
All of the Kami Band is under-appreciated when people first start listening. Aoyama and the other drummers more than the others, it seems. I was watching BM drum covers just today and looking at the foot cam I noticed the quick switches from the hi-hat to the double-kick on some songs and realized those sections were harder than I first thought.
The Kami band are some of the most technical players on Earth, but they keep it totally musical. And the arrangements are much more skilled than you think at first.
Legend band
And don't think she is really music teacher
ダンスしながら歌って、息が乱れないのが凄い。
ありがとう！
thanks for this nice review! ;)
“She doesn’t seem as if she’d hit higher notes”. Su-metal.......Face-palm. Lol
I know absolutely nothing about vocals but I think most people put Su's voice in the soprano or mezosprano range. What i do know is that Babymetal is amazing. 🙂
I may have misunderstood you but were you saying the kami band only appears at festivals and special occasions? That would be untrue if that's what you meant. They are always present.
They are amazing! Before when the babybones band played with them, they would alternate with the kami band where the kami band only appeared at festivals and special occasions. Now kami band is fulltime. I was talking more about it in the past.
@@MarleneMendozaMusic Oh ok. I did misunderstand then. I only learned of them in 2017 when the kami band was out in full force.
Her voice should be in the range of soprano leggero... at least that's what has been measured
BoH ( the 6 string god of bass) is so expressive and always hopping around to the music. Watching him is almost as much fun as watching the girls.
Bass player steals the show. Dude is so into it.
Excellent reaction! If you haven't already, be sure to increase the volume of the video so that it matches that of your voice. I found myself turning it up when the video was playing and down when you were speaking. Probably not what the reaction you would want from us. Again, I appreciate your insight and look forward to future videos.
I miss Yui!
Thanks for the lesson, I did them as my first video so wanted to come learn more I'm totally New to this world of music.
Great video :D
Just for comparison you could watch the call and response part of the Glastonbury show from last year, I really love her vocals in that one! th-cam.com/video/2C6y2UTll-k/w-d-xo.html
BABYMETALもかわいいけど あなたもかわいいですよ❤
i miss YUI a lot....
I'm looking forward to the next.
Babymetal smashes! love watching people see it for the first time. My first time, I was in awe. Hooked ever since
glad I found your video. Dude is the best bassist I've ever seen. Absolute monster. Google him. He's like a prodigy
hello Marlene,..bcoz you've been to one of their concert before, so you already know about them & what kind of music they played. glad to know that your first BM live experience was good & fun. but if i may,.. why it takes so long for you to started the journey down to the fox hole,.??
btw, if you want to know more how good Su-Metal voices, i think you should do more reaction video. as far i know & remember, in her 10 years performed on stage with BM as Su-Metal, she only made a little mistake in Super Slippa 2019. i guess that pretty much explain how professional & good she is and with almost nearly 15+ years experience under her belts, she'll be the one of the best singer/performer comes from Japan.
I suggest these two songs th-cam.com/video/Tl1URUWFsO4/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/g2372C5PJLM/w-d-xo.html if you waant to hear some singing!
Thanks for the recommendations!
Sometime when watching a live video, concentrate on Suzuka's eyes. I dare you.
About 50% chance of instant death.
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That my friend is BOH 6 String God of Bass
Sorry to comment after 2 months. Enjoyed your reaction (even though I unfortunately can't take the analysis seriously because of your choice of source video), but I'm genuinely curious about some things. And found the comment funny about Su not being able to hit higher notes. It's the lower notes she always struggled with in her career. The sound of the venue is just so bad that everything seems like it's performed under a snuggly blanket.
I don't know why teachers, vocal coaches and other people who are knowledgable of music in general bother with trying to analyze festival performances. In 95% of all festivals the sound is just suboptimal or worse than that. The musicians and even more so the singers often don't have more than 5 to 10 minutes to perform a soundcheck and the sound itself is just not what it would normally be in a closed venue because of the general setup on stage and because the sound has nothing to reverberate/reflect off of. Nobody would bother seriously criticizing classical music performances from an open air venue, why do it with modern music. To me, in this video, it sounds like they're playing under a blanket or something. Somehow everythings muffled. Su's voice somehow sounds two octaves lower than it actually is (just talking out of my ass here with the 2 octaves, sorry xD).
The second thing about "you guys" (see above, sorry for generalizing) is, why pick Karate? Because it's probably the most mainstream song of Babymetal? Not trying to criticize the selection, just genuinely curious. It's probably in the bottom 10 technically demanding songs for everyone on stage. Most of the times I see a teacher or coach react to Babymetal it's either Karate or, even worse for analyzing, Gimme Chocolate and then the Babymetal chapter is closed for them without even looking into their more instrumentally or vocally demanding stuff someone can actually give a deeper analysis about.
If you really want to analyze Su and/or the Kami Band, you should check out a performance from a closed venue and a song that actually shows what they're capable of. Some people are suggesting Rondo of Nightmare, which is great because of the instrumental intro and because it's one of the most demanding songs vocally, but it's actually one of the easiest songs for the band to play (quoting Takayoshi Ohmura, one of the Kami guitarists, who said that the song is actually easy for them to play and Su's the genius for nailing her vocals because they're super demanding).
I'd always suggest Akatsuki (live at Budokan or from the Legend 1997 concert (Su's 16th birthday)) because it is, in my opinion, the musically highest quality song overall (vocals, guitars, bass, drums) you can easily find on TH-cam (I think the grammar is just wrong in this sentence, sorry for that, not a native speaker. I hope you get what I'm trying to say). There are even better examples, like Amore, Tales of the Destinies, etc, but there's nothing on TH-cam except maybe bad compilations, which is THE worst thing.
Hi @andoR ! You have made some excellent points and I am happy to discuss them with you!
1. Every live performance (even if its a festival one) is unique and most importantly raw. Theres a lot of factors that comes in to play that can make a performance great or not so great. It can be from the live sound mix, how long they've been playing, if they were sick, from the points you have mentioned etc. That's all important to take into account and its great to understand those factors and how that comes into play.
You'll be surprised, there are actually a lot of people that go to classical music performances and critique it. There's some people that even look at the music score while the performance is happen to analyze and learn the musical piece in depth. We can hear the same classical piece over and over again but each performance will be different because every musician that are playing is unique and have different skills/techniques.
2. Karate was picked because it was highly requested at the moment! And I am happy to review other songs from them. Theres a few requested in the other comments which I will look into as well as the one's you've mentioned. But, I am wondering why you suggest a live performance but criticize this live performance. Is it just purely because this performance specifically was from a festival? Every venue has different sound systems and there will be a difference hearing a performance from an indoor and outdoor venue.
@@MarleneMendozaMusic Thanks for your reply!
1. That's certainly true that every performance is unique and it would be pretty boring if it wasn't. I'm a biiiig~ fan of live performances. You could say that this is one of my "make or break points" if I like or don't like a band. In your particular video, what I was trying to say is, that you can't really musically analyze a performance of a band or a vocalist by a festival performance because the circumstances under which they play will never be focussed on sound. You can certainly say "this was good/wasn't good", but there's no merit to a musical in depth analysis when it comes to festivals in my opinion. I've been to my fair share of festivals (Rock am Ring a few times, Southside, Knotfest, etc) and live performances and I don't think that I enjoyed more than maybe 10% of bands sound wise at a festival. And some of those were because I probably drank too much "soda" ;). There's no comparison to actual live shows under a roof in my eyes.
I think you misunderstood my classical music part. I meant that nobody will judge or seriously critique a classical music piece in an outdoor performance. Every competition or concert that's focussed on performance and sound will be an indoor performance, mostly in especially for-music-built venues even, because there are way too much nuances that get lost in open air concerts and the sound will never be how it's supposed to be or wanted. I think that's almost always true for every kind of music.
2. Thanks for the answer, I was really intrigued by "why Karate". And I have to say sorry because I generalized the heck out of every person with musical knowledge on TH-cam. Should have definitely phrased that different. It's pretty cool, that you want to listen to more than one or two songs from single bands. There are a lot of people who give in-depth critique on bands and they're just picking the song with the most views and then never listen to a thing of this particular band again, regardless of how they liked the song. So, again, sorry for putting you in that category without even thinking about it.
I picked a live performance because I mostly listen to live stuff from bands in general. If someone recommends me a band, I always go directly to a live song to listen to them. It's the best way for me to really see what a band can do and how they sound (you should give a listen to Band-Maid live. They'll rock your socks off xD). There were way too many bands in my almost 20 years of listening to metal and rock that I really liked and then really disappointed me when I heard them live for the first time (looking especially at Limp Bizkit).
I didn't like this one solely because it was a musical analysis based on a festival performance. That doesn't mean I didn't like the performance they showed, I loved it actually (under the circumstances they were given). I think Babymetal and the Kamis are one of the best bands out there at the moment when it comes to festival performances and adjusting to what they are given. Like I said before, I think you can say that the performance was good/cool/whatever, but I don't think that someone can or should give a musical analysis based on a festival performance because there are too many circumstances that prevent an objective critique on what they can do (don't know if you saw, but it even rained cats and dogs in this video, not that it influenced this particular song, but it's a circumstance, too).
With Babymetal it's a pretty unique case even. I love their studio stuff, but live is on another level. I don't think I would have become a real fan only listening to their studio stuff. Japanese producers, especially those who come out of Pop/J-Pop tend to really overproduce songs, especially the vocals. The vocals are way too smoothed out (is that something you can say?) and focussed and the band is pushed solely in the background in most songs because of it. That's certainly not a good basis for a metal or rock band in my eyes. There are even songs I don't really like on the album but LOVE live (Headbanger for example) because of that.
Sorry for the wall of text and again, thanks for replying and I hope you stay safe and keep up the good work in those challenging times! :)
@@ANDOR- I think the critique is fair, but Su is not a classicly trained vocalist, yes she has had plenty of coaching over the years, but the whole package is how she should be judged as an entertainer not just a singer and in that regard I would suggest there are few around today that could challenge her and I'm sure history will rank her amongst the very best.
@@chrisharris1522 If you refer to my "she struggled with lower notes": it's just something either herself or someone close to Babymetal/Sakura Gakuin said some time ago. I think it was herself in an interview sometime between 2013 and 2016.
I don't know what your definition of "classicly trained is", but she is training as a/to be a vocalist since she's 5 or 6 years old. The vocal training in Japan is a lot different than it is in the "western world", so I don't think there is a consensus to "classicly trained" here. But I think she has more vocal talent in her little finger than most of the Billboard Top 50 combined, so I don't really care how she was trained. But I hope it was in a healthy way, so we can enjoy her for years to come. Unfortunately Japanese vocal coaches don't have the best reputation when it comes to longevity of their students.
I absolute agree with you. I don't think I've seen someone who isn't in this business for 15 or 20 years+ with that much of a stage presence in my almost 20 years of listening to Rock/Metal music or even music in general.
If I completely missed your point than you're welcome to just ignore my rambling :D
@@ANDOR- I just meant that she isn't like a classically trained opera singer that spends several hours a day every day singing scales over and over to hone her voice to absolute perfection. So it is a little unfair to pick on one slightly missed note when you would not hold any of the other "greats"to that same standard, also taking into account her age most singers continue to improve and mature as they get older and we have seen in the last year or two this is definitely true and I expect she will just keep getting better.
Hello Marlene ! During the call and response time with the crowd you appeared to think she missed a note but in my opinion she didn't ? I'd like you to correct me if I'm wrong on this tough !
Also as for technicality, they have songs/performances that showcase how much technical they can go but as you've pointed out, that's not necessarily the point of music. Some bands like to make it all about technicality and forget the melody.
If you really wanted them to impress you with technicality, I think you should check out their Tales of The Destinies song/performance (Tokyo Dome, also 2016). That song is full-on prog-metal with a few dozen different time signatures. It also came off pretty good. As for the technicality of being able to sing right while dancing and jumping around, I'm sure that you know how hard it must be and how much work it takes ;).
I really loved the reaction though. On what occasion did you see them live ? Was it a full venue concert or by passing on some music festival ? I really like that you've been giving a very concise but good summary of their background and what they're all about before going for the reaction. I don't mind people going in blind but many people get lost in bad misconceptions without some background info.
I think the lower note she doesn't hit so well, her voice is too high I think. The higher bit she hits just before the chorus comes back she nails.
I love and admire Su as much as the next one, but I think we can't deny that that low note was a bit too low for her. But on the positive side, it shows that they didn't completely gloss it over during post production, which makes the rest of the performance even better.
@@MacTaipan Post production? It was a live gig xD
@@MacTaipan I don't hear the false note. I'm not exactly a musician but I do play guitar and have always had an ear for music and eventhough Su has to go low I don't hear a false note there. I may be wrong, maybe I don't have the perfect ear needed for it, but it seems alright to me. So you guys think it's on the lowest note that she isn't hitting it ? A vocalist reacted to that exact song a year ago (or so) and did not point that out either...
@@markmckeown87 That doesn't necessarily mean it's unprocessed. Unless the clip was taken from a live stream. To be honest, I don't know whether it was. If it was released after the actual performance, I would expect some tempering to have occured.
OMG hello Johnny come lately, Where have been under this rock this so old yui's gone
Only came to this video to see Marlene! 🖤
Great reaction! +1 sub here :)
Thanks for subbing! :)
Those double kick patterns are not easy to play on the drums. ;)
Should react to so far away by avenged sevenfold
if you want to check more of sumetals' voice i recommand Akatsuki live at budokan 2014
Su does not lipsync in any show i've heard so far its easy to notice... there are some parts in babymetals shows they are lipsyncing and its quite easy to hear if you know the original track audio but only a mere few in my opinion... Great reaction i would love you to react more to them they are very different and have lots of styles mixed inside their music so i think you will find a lot of inetresting songs...
Yui and Moa are only ever advertised as Dance and Scream, which they always do live, they never claim to be singing.
I agree with you about the fun factor. But they can be extremely technical when they want to be. Check out 'Tales of the Destinies' it's pretty ridiculous. th-cam.com/video/JQdbdD1X9NU/w-d-xo.html
Wow you're so beautiful 😍❤️😘🌹
Have you think of doing ASMR? with your smoothing voice? Lol
Alot of people have been telling me to do ASMR videos lol I dont even know where to begin with that!
Research is good.nothing like it ever
Id love to see you react to the song Bring Me The Horizon put out recently featuring Baby Metal called Kingslayer.
I tried putting my reaction for kingslayer but youtube blocked it :((
@@MarleneMendozaMusic ah man that blows, TH-cam been being shittier and shittier lately.
あかつきのリアクションがみたいですth-cam.com/video/zS-gB0wYeM0/w-d-xo.html
A “rock musician and music teacher” but can’t tell how technical the music is and seems obsessed with waiting for a high note to be sung as if it’s the most important thing….🙄
Ugh, right? 🙄
fine check out ghost love score by nightwish.
I've watched a few of your reactions before, but this one was just shocking especially considering you're a "rock musician and music teacher". You just seemed to have a set of expectations from the start, and your final assessment of the band (nothing complex but at least they're having fun) was from ignorance. If you said that about the song then fine. That's understandable, but you said BABYMETAL has nothing complex about them. If you just hop on TH-cam and check out...I don't know...their most popular live video, you'd realize how unintelligent that comment is.
Sincerely,
Not a triggered BABYMETAL fan.
a triggered fan*
To be fair this is one of their more simple songs, as far as comp goes. I would also like to add that this is sung in the lower part of Su's range she can go a lot higher, and does so with a lot of power, also it was raining that could have messed with her voice a little.
@@chrisharris1522 what you're saying is definitely plausible. Karate isn't even one of my favourites tbh (I'm in love with the second half of the song though). As I said in my comment, I'd not have taken issue if her opinion was about the song alone. i had a problem with her assessment of the band in that their music is "nothing complex, but at least they're having fun". Again, it's about the context. This is coming from a rock musician/teacher who's seen BM live.
@@aamiw99 I agree, it is not one of my favourites either, its ok but I feel it was produced more to fit a market rather than representative of the total creative freedom we see in most of their other stuff.
React to the "Your Mind Is a Death" by NewDays (Band from my country). Greetings from Brazil.
she has to catch flies live lol
Too much waffling at the beginning,just get on with it
Listen to the Japanese band merging moon. They are metal and put these kids to shame......
Hello just subscribed can you please react to Pentatonix Evolution of Ariana Grande please. And you are beautiful damn
these girls must be something special if you got Rob Halford from Judas Priest performing live with them, as well as Rob Zombie directly saying that these girls play with more energy than 90% of the bands Rob Zombie plays alongside
Too much..