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- Oh yeah! I have been wanting to get to this one. It has been fabled to be "just what I needed to see"......They weren't wrong...
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Takayoshi Ohmura and Leda (guitarists) have their own music, as well as playing in various bands. Takayoshi Ohmura's most popular song is called Never Surrender. Here is a live version with Takayoshi's band featuring four guitarists (Takayoshi Ohmura, Leda, Mikio (RIP), and Narukaze). They trade solos. Each guitarist has two solos, for a total of eight. It is an amazing performance. Never Surrender - th-cam.com/video/kzKSavQE9As/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=SimonSays
Here is another incredible performance - Takayoshi Ohmura is playing as part of Liv Moon's band - A rock version of Vivaldi's Winter.
th-cam.com/video/ky2z2mMQO40/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=EMRYS
I liked how his face lit up with every new section of the song. That's a man falling love right there :D
A hauntingly beautiful heavy metal waltz.
The first guitar solo was by Leda (Leda Cygnus) who also put the framework for the solos together and as a song is titled Mischief(s) of the Metal Gods. He has done other arranging work for Babymetal. Also, the only known kamiband member to have played on studio tracks.
Second solo (gold guitar) was Ohmura Takayoshi.
And, of course, BOH on Bass.
The drummer was Hideki Aoyama.
As much as I love the others, this is my favorite of the Su-metal solo songs, and my favorite of the performances of it. The staging is fantastic.
LEDA played the bass on a few BABYMETAL album tracks IIRC. And also has writing credits for a few songs like Arkadia. He hasn't been performed as a guitarist in their live shows recently, and maybe doesn't have the showmanship of someone like Ohmura, but LEDA has a played a huge role in BABYMETAL.
Great reaction, thanks!
I remember you not being so sure about BABYMETAL and I see you totally in now, that's so cool!
I'm a sucker for bass and drums solos... and don't know exactly why... probably because they are not supposed to do that. Hideki is a beast on the drums. You don't usually see him stressed and no matter how fast and challenging the song is. You can tell it's hard when you see he's super focused (like in "Amore").
The instrumental intro song is called "Mischiefs of Metal Gods" and every Kami Band member has their turn to show off their skills. Just to summon the Queen who finally emerges from Hell... well, at least from the bottom of the stage hehe...
"Rondo of Nightmare" is probably their darkest song lyrically. It's about Su being trapped into an endless nightmare, without any chance to escape, and she's chased by a dark entity as she tries to run away and hide from. Finally she gives up and ask the entity to show its real nature.
This was just the second time they performed it live (the first one was just the previous day at the same venue) and Su-metal, being 16 at the time, was standing by herself on a tiny high platform, without any safety and probably not being able so see a thing due the spotlight. In a word: awesome. And one of the reasons why she's called the Queen.
Until next time!
This is my favorite Baby-Metal song. Not that I know that many, but I really like this one. It is just awesome music.
This song gives you a power up in real life for sure! I get goosebumps every single damn time I hear this song and the lore behind this song is so haunting as well. Maybe that's why we christened Su-metal as our Queen at 15 years old lol.
Great reaction!
Drummer Hideki is a second generation drummer, so he literally has drums in his veins :-)
This may not be the performance/song which made me a fan, but this is one that made me say to myself: I NEED to see them live !
Any other singer might have been intimidated to have to follow the Kamibands awesomen solos, but Su just comes out and proves to you why they built Babymetal around her vocals. The piano bit during the breakdown.... chefs kiss. 🤘🦊🤘
Su: “Hold my beer”…
@@MSIContent 15 here, so "Hold my juicebox." . . lol
"Hold my Pikachu"
I really want to hear her sing this now in 2023, now that voice had gotten even better...
This is pure art!!! Mind blowing performance!!! 🔥🔥🤘🤘🦊
Nice one Ryan, cool surprise to see BM show up on your channel again! Great reaction :)
I concur with your reaction! One of my top 3 BABYMETAL songs. I cannot imagine being 16 years old & having to follow that insanely awesome intro! Especially as all focus shifts to you while you're dramatically elevated & spotlit 10 feet above the stage which is rotating! Su-metal ROCKS!!
Arigatou! 🦊🤘 #notacult
what a great way to start my day. HAPPY THANKSGIVING C-YA
Dancing on a platform 2 meters above a rotating stage, a 16yr. old Suzuka sings of an Unending Nightmare being chased by a Faceless Terror and 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!
Get the Kami in a shredding circle and they will summon Su Metal.
Awesomeness!
Excellent! As soon as I saw the title I was sure you were gonna love it. Sadly, the intro solos are not on the album. Just the live shows. This is one of my favorites though. Queen Su-metal burning down the house at 16 years of age. Thanks for another Babymetal reaction! Kitsune Up! 🤘🦊🤘
Just sitting here enjoying my morning coffee watching some Ryan Mear gush about some Japanese band playing some crazy music. Life is good sometimes.
Thanks for your work Ryan. Have a good Thanksgiving!
Thank you, Brian, samee to you!
Nice & thanks again from Japan 有難う💛。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 piercing voice then turned Kami Band's plays into a ritual to summon her. How many times we should go through waves in this song? Billows, ripples and rollers.
@@michelm.6033 Not Flugelhorn, but I have heard of this rumor before, and my understanding is that it was a mistranslation; the Nakamoto children consist of 3 girls.
@@michelm.6033 As far as I know, Suzuka has two older sisters, no male sibling. I have checked information in the net and confirmed the same. As you know second sister is "Himeka" and oldest one has no career in entertainment business. So, her name is not officially disclosed. Allegedly said "Ayumi" (not confirmed yet).
@@michelm.6033 No problem. I am pleased if my info is helpful for you. I am not so knowledgeable about Japanese entertainment world. I have been a big fan of old American jazz and funk music. I suddenly fell in love with BABYMETAL on July 7, 2019, so have been their fan only for 2 years.
@@funnytoss @Flugelhorn Old Man
Thank you both again for the knowledge. This was the interview and link that caused confusion as I have to trust the translation.
th-cam.com/video/8--FOUi3FsA/w-d-xo.html The time stamp was 10:11. Such a mature young lady and knowledgeable leader.
@@michelm.6033 Ah yes, that's a rare interview with "Suzuka Nakamoto" (not SU-METAL). The part you're referring to sounded more like "Papa" (father), but the translator may have misheard it as "Otouto" (younger brother).
Great react again man! All hail The Queen and The Kami Band! Absolutely amazing and perfect performance. You need watch now Syncopation live, believe me, is absolutely perfect! See you in the next!
Aoyama Hideki is such a fucking machine. Just casually backing the solo intro *then* rocking his own solo *then* rolling right into Rondo of Nightmare. So impressive.
Great reaction - I got here late so I guess everything has been said already ...
This is the first song, in my mind that cemented the fact that Sumetal is indeed, a queen.
I think you have not yet seen Megitsune (MV), one of my two favorite BABYMETAL songs. It is a perfect execution of the BABYMETAL concept: traditional Japanese cultural themes, Idol Pop, and Deathmetal.
1. Hideki -KAMI BAND
2. Akane -BANDMAID
3. Tamu -NEMOPHILA
FAVORITE DRUMMERS..
For sure!
@@RyanMear Traitor.😆
And what about Anthony Barone from the Kami Band of the West? :D He is monstrous!
@@BlackArr0w He's definitely up there. I personally have a weakspot spot just-turned-12 Yoyoka, Juna and Nyango Star as well :-)
@@BlackArr0w he isn't japanese!
Kami-band has been played by players with the best skills in Japan, replacing some members. Boh has been making baby-metal sounds as a core member. Super guitarist Mikio Fujioka has died in an accident, but his awesome performances remain in many footage.
Mikio, Still plays with BABYMETAL up there from the Metal Galaxy.
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This is a great way to start my Thanksgiving day! I love this song. Great reaction! Happy Thanksgiving!🤘🦊🤘
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
Kitsune Up 🦊🦊🦊🤘🤘🤘🇯🇵🇸🇬#notacult.
Not the whole Wikipedia of the performance lmao
I apologize for not giving you enough credit, or spotlight. I’ve always appreciated your knowledge, comments, and spoon fed research. Some other commentators have hidden gems, but you always wrap up the knowledge in a nice detailed, fact filled, easy to follow comment. Thank You.
🤘🦊🤘
My personal favorite Babymetal song! I fuckin' love the bassists vibe so much, hahaha.
And then the part at 7:46... Goosebumps every time I listen to it. I rewinded that part so many times after the first listen to this song. The shaking camera, that vocal line, the heavy instruments combined with the piano... Jesus.
The song itself is about a nightmare you are trapped in, trying to run, but realizing it's inescapable. I don't know, the theme fits the vibe of the song so well, it only made me appreciate it more.
Thanks for the reaction! Had a very tough work day and this just made my evening so much better!
Yeah, it's pretty epic, hope your evening gets better!
@@RyanMear Thanks man, means a lot!
absolutely amazing
Seems like you were really impressed with this song, that makes me happy. It’s one of my favourites as well. Needless to say anything about the instrumentals (although I will mention one thing that's easily overlooked: How great is that live sound? All of the instruments sound fantastic, you don’t hear that very often in Metal). But what I can’t get over even after years is the beauty of that chorus and Su‘s voice. It’s such a perfect combination!
It is mixed SO well! Yeah, I failed to mention it. I think someone somewhere commented that they used, at least sometimes, the same recording crew as Nightwish. It shows. Both of their live recordings are insanely good.
you just got the chills i can see the bumps on your arms from here crazy!
Yeah, for sure!
神バンド！
QUEEN SU！
To me, there is no singer around that can convey the message of a song better than Suzuka Nakamoto. One thing about Su-metal is that she is a perfectionist. She only expects it from herself, but those around her take their cue from her and that is why BabyMetal is and has been so awesomely good for the last 10 years.
I'm a new fan. Found you on Gaijin guys. I love your honesty. You didn't just play Babymetal and react like so many others. "I've never heard of them. Oh I love them."
I can't wait to watch all your Band Maid reactions. I love a reactor who gets excited and I can feel it to.
Cool , thanks! Welcome to my journey!
The drummer is Hideki Aoyama. His rhythm keeping is excellent. I love his rhythm that I can hear around the middle of IDZ live clip at Sonisphere 2014. Kami Band members can appear to be funny in their off stages at times, but when they start playing, it's like a light switch turn on, and they play terrifyingly well. I love RON. From Japan.
Yeah, one of the funniest was Takayoshi Ohmura x BOH Riot 2021 Vol.5 where they were dressed in wedding dresses, had geese codpieces and were zapping each other with some electrical thing in the show (Takayoshi was the one wearing the tiara so he was probably a princess), BOH had nice hair but , pretty funny: th-cam.com/video/sVyO_kVoNcg/w-d-xo.html
Best reaction yet to BabyMetal could see you enjoyed that Su only 16 in this performance imagine how good she is at 23 🤘🦊🤘 . You going to get grief from you know who fans 🤣
Hey Ryan.. Find Baby Metal: Catch me if you can. Find the right video.. lol.. I’ll try to find it and send it to you. Great reaction brother
And find the one with another great Kami Band solo :D
I think the Budokan one should be good enough :)
blimey, he enjoyed it so much he actually unfolded those arms!
GJ on the reaction. This was the first Su-metal solo song I heard. And WOW. That intro was awesome. Some of the Kamiband members play in a jazz project group called the Kariband. You can find some of their stuff on TH-cam as well. When Kobametal (Babymetal's producer) got the guys together to be Babymetal's stage band, He did the world a favor. So much talent and skill in one place. And then Su comes up through the stage floor. And delivers an amazing performance at just above 16 years old. Babymetal liked to say we'll do are best and please support us. I think we can say they accomplished both. Su is a perfectionist and it has served her well. I'm sure she could fine a fault in the performance. The rest of us will just do as Su says "Don't Think, Feel". The song is one of Babymetal's darkest songs. It's about a terrifying recurring nightmare. She's getting chase by a creature she cannot see. The moon light only flashes the claws and fangs. She tries to hide but it finds her anyway. She then gives up and ask the creature if it would at least reveal itself. And then she falls into the darkness. That's some Nightmare on Elm Street craziness right there. They threw the Kawaii out the window on this song. And it still sounds like a Babymetal genre song. How do their composers do that?
Is it me?? Or do they just get it right every time.... Great reaction and super song.. cheers!@
Amazing to see this great reaction on Su's Birthday 🤟🏽🦊❤️
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This performance is my standard answer to anyone who says that BABYMETAL aren't really metal. : )
It's already epic, and THEN Su rises up from beneath the stage.
This song had it's world premiere the previous night.
The 'Mischief of the Metal Gods' instrumental often precedes 'Rondo of Nightmare', but not always.
This was the Black Night at Budokan in 2014, with Leda Cygnus and Takayoshi Ohmura on guitars and Hideki Aoyama on drums.
And of course BOH on bass. Not that many people play a six stringed bass to begin with, let alone tap one like that.
Su sang three solo songs that night.
She did 'No Rain, No Rainbow', followed by 'Akatsuki' earlier in the set.
I already liked BABYMETAL, but those solo songs made me a die hard fan.
Dancing on a small platform raised in the air demonstrates courage.
Following up an introduction where each Kami Band member shows off their skills with a solo, shows total fearlessness. : )
a really beautiful song. my favorite Babymetal song.
I don't know why, I wasn't subscribed to your channel yet, still a good choice Ryan, I suggest you read the lyrics of this song.
Ryan neeeeeeeeeeeeeeevvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrr gets off topic in the discord. And incase you can’t tell, I was being sarcastic.
Wrong channel. Re-post your comment by clicking the garbage icon. Thankyou. (Nice one J.)
No idea what you're talking about!
@@PaulEngineer 🤣🤣🤣
Kami band is seriously impressive! This was awesome!
so hard but she singing about barbies and push pops
Probably my all time favorite Babymetal performance to date
Still my favorite discovery video when started my journey down the Fox Hole in 2019. I envy those who got to witness all this Live. You got the fellas rocking the joint, then Su-Metal appears to take it to the next level. BUDOKAN was beyond stoked that night. 🤘 This performance was like telling me, "Oh yeah, we're a f*cking band. And our lead singer is rather awesome on vocals.". Definitely one of the top 5 videos that got me into BABYMETAL.
The Kami GODS bow down before the QUEEN.
Great reaction !!!
We are BABYMETAL🔥🤘🦊🤘🔥
🦊🤘
Great reaction.
BABYMETAL FOREVER
🤘🤘🤘
All hail the Fox God
Only the Kami with the power to summon the metal goddess
every react video on Babymetal I watch I see them making grown men smile. they are great
Hey Ryan,,, just wondering if your Store is working properly right now. Tryna get one of those Kanami T's and can't get the link to open enough to take my info. Could be my 1986 technology computer,, but, really want one and just getting a spinning wheel... Thanx, Man... Love the Reactions. Peace. 🤘😜🤘
ryan-mear-reacts.creator-spring.com/listing/shut-up-kanami-is-speaking
Thanks!! Here is a link
ryan-mear-reacts.creator-spring.com/listing/shut-up-kanami-is-speaking
Road of Resistance live…the drums are insane.
Boh!!! Po!
“I thought it was done.”
Queen Su… “Not done until I say it’s done!!!”
There’s a reason why they’re called the Kami Band. Truly god-like skill & talent. That goes for Kamis East & West!! Sent by the Fox God to join BabyMetal!!!
The fact that you don't interrupt every ten seconds and I can see genuine interest and appreciation on your face, you got me as a subscriber Ryan. Thank you for your reaction. :}
Thanks! It's difficult to find a place to stop with them!
The Kamiband never ceases to amaze and bewilder, I love these artists. Baby Metal is the gateway drug I first ingested which led me to Japanese rock/metal addiction, it's too late for me now, but I don't want to be well.
🔥🔥🤘🦊🤘
🍅💀🍅
🤘🏼🦊🤘🏼
Yep it is freaking awesome !! !!
please please more Babymetal 🙏🏻🌸🌸🌸
This is Babymetal at it's best; they are best live. Their fans say they do everything: Rap, Prog, Black Metal, Death Metal, Power Metal, Reggae, Hip Hop, Dub-Step, Latin, Celtic Folk, Bollywood and others. But, I can't think of a Babymetal song that is predominantly 'Blues'.
If there is such a song I would love to see it. Please let me know if you know a Blues based Babymetal song?
However, no matter what, I still love loving seeing whatever this band chooses to bring to the table.
Great reaction! BABYMETAL is the one!
Amazingly , her voice went along with the band , her voice did not been cover by the band .
Su was 16…. Let that sink in for a moment.. From where does she draw her powerful presence? Sure, even then she’d been doing it for years but come on… wow.
She nailed the vocals here, just as she does every damn time. Definitely deserves all the praise she gets.
If you want to see more Intros by the band. Check out Yava, Awadama fever and catch me if you can songs. Those intros are epic as well
🤘👻❤️🦊🦊🦊❤️👻🤘
This is Japan, Ryan 🤘🏻
I'm late to the party,, great reaction.🤘😎👍
😂😂😂wow🤘🤘🤘
Thanks for the amazing reaction to BABYMETAL!! I'm really glad that you are enjoying BABYMETAL more and more, Rondo of Nightmare was the first song I watched to discover that the Kami Band are really talented and that Su-metal has really an epic and beautiful voice. Thanks again!!
Listen to 2016 THE OEN
（Official）
Su is the best, by far, front women actually, her work in this song its not of this world.
Do yourself a favor if you wish to really see talent combined with hard work, discipline and crowd CONTROL
Watch the following IN ORDER:
1.) Karate LIVE 2016 UK DOWNLOAD
2.) Megitsune LIVE METAL GALAXY
3.) Kagerou LIVE
4.) SyncopationLIVE
5.)Shine LIVE
6.) Shanti Shanti Shanti LIVE at Glastonbury
7.) Pa Pa Ya LIVE
8:12 if you notice, she put her mic up her nose, to create that sound without effect, that's fantastic
Oh interesting!
EPIC Kami Band!! 🤘🎸🤘
Please please please react to Babymetal - Megitsune Live!!!!! is Amazing and wonderful show and sound , please 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺💞💞💞💞💞💞
Listen to Karate from Baby Metal it is interesting🤣💖😎👍
I did that one already👍🤘
Boh the bass god💪
the guitar solos are great but that bass solo goes crazy
Can I recommend to you a band from Japan called NOISEMAKER they're a very experimental and good band they combine mix different styles genres
Gente do céu esse moço é muito lindo!!!
reagindo a baby metal ainda perfeito ♥︎♥︎
RON is one of Su's solos and we'll just ignore the health and safety violation of being on a platform without a railing or harness...seriously the staging at Budokan is one of the few times I feel the need to criticize the professionalism of the BM organization.
RON is a very dark song where Su is chased by something she cannot escape. The repetitive nature of a "rondo" makes this even more frightening and that's explicitly said in the lyrics. I think that the changing time signatures are there to make us feel uncomfortable and keep us off balance. The final chorus is as unsettling as the time signatures and offers no happy resolution:
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.
I'm always reminded of "monsters from the id". Some reviewers mention that the song ends very abruptly and that it's hard to settle into...the lyrics imply that there's no hope of waking, but that's often what you feel when you are in a nightmare and then you wake as suddenly as the song finishes.
Enjoyed this reaction sir. Looking forward to more of your reactions with these young ladies and their awesome band. They have evolved and matured and I believe that you will be impressed with the results. I have included what I think is a link to a very satisfying performance filmed up close and personal (great optics and sound quality) by a fan attending right in front. The Western Kami Band performs here. If you choose to watch I hope that you enjoy it.
Kagerou Live
th-cam.com/video/A6dUvXcOs-0/w-d-xo.html
The Kami Band are music nerds. If you leave them alone all they play is jazz fusion and metal that is 90 percent solos.
.... meanwhile the other two babymetals are doing their homework
Yeah man, that's my favorite baby metal moment right there
Unfortunately, since that show, the guitar player you liked so much tragically passed away, and one of the girls quit.
I will always maintain they're a fabricated band and were better then than now. Especially since they started autotuning Su She doesn't need that shit.
But yeah.. in it's essence, it's the best session musicians in Japan's metal scene, fronted by a vary capable vocalist. And a couple dancers
I mean.. yes it's fabricated.. but what could go wrong with that mix? Especially a few years back.
Guitar player who died not in this video it was Mikio Fujioka . Leda and Ohmura where guitarists in this show . Yui took ill and left because she was unable to perform.
Quiting sounds a bit negative i think she would of still being there if not for that ps they only autotune Su in BxMxC music video for effect and Kingslayer the same reason she does not use Autotune . Su sings live no autotune.
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@@martinmetal7481 Sorry, my mistake on the guitar player.
OK Yui was unable to perform and called it quits. I agree that my wording was a bit strong.
But yeah, that, right there, that show at the Budokan, That's my favorite version of Babymetal.
@@gregs_music_corner great show one of my first Blu-rays i got. You should watch Live in London Blu-ray the forum show and Brixton Academy there early shows in London no big stage just BabyMetal and Kamis.
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And I don't think you have seen the Kami Band in it's ultimate form yet. Replace Leda (First guitarist) with Mikio. Who was the teacher to many amazing guitarists that you already know and enjoy. Takayoshi,Leda,ISAO, Tomo-Zo just some of his more famous students.
Some say Su uses her microphone's polar pattern to get the creepy effect when she has it against her lips and nose and has it the wrong way around. Others say it's only a mid-cut-filter in the sound engineer's mixing table. Of course the former theory is more appealing.
Su- did talk about learning to use the nasal resonance mic technique. But in this performance she has already pulled the mic out of position before the last note of the verse is finished. So, the only possible conclusion is the verse is on the backing track and she lipsyncs until nearly the end of it when she sets up to come back in live with the final chorus.
I can see you are starting to appreciate Babymetal more and more (Edit: sorry Ryan, this gets long haha).
Babymetal's sound, performance and lyric changed all the way through their first ten years. In the very early days they sang songs to appeal to girls and boys their age to encourage them to listen to metal music. All their songs have always had lyrics that have been age appropriate and their costumes and dance depicting cuteness, professionalism and an element of danger.
I feel that, early in their careers, this led many "metal" fans to deride them because they didn't fit the standard metal scene. And to be honest, they didn't. I can't think of any other metal band that had their first single in the charts when recorded by a 12yo in lead vocal supported by two 11yo backing singers and dancers.
I believe this led to Babymetal being labelled as a gimmick. Which they could well have been if they had fallen over after their first one or two songs. However, they didn't. Babymetal now have a discography of over 50 songs if you count their own songs and colabs with some of the world's leading artists.
Often metal fans will say that Babymetal isn't a real band because they were put together and not formed organically. This is true. However, Babymetal were not three preteen girls hanging out in their parent's garage, strumming guitars, thinking dark thoughts, sacrificing goats while deciding to form a heavy metal band ... of course they were put together. They were put together on the back of years of vocal, dance and theatrical/performance training. Babymetal was 'purpose built'.
Sometimes metal fans will kick Babymetal for using backing tracks and accuse them of lip-synching. This is probably the most obvious and easy attack on Babymetal because they always played to a backing track in their early days without any live musicians. Why? Because, when they were starting out as a stand alone band from their production company who didn't fund them sufficiently. So scarce was money for the breakout Babymetal that Su, Moa and Yui had to borrow clothes to wear in their first video. There was little budget for the Babymetal project. However, their production company hired session muso's to record the backing tracks and Babymetal then sang and danced to those tracks at various places.
Gradually, as Babymetal's popularity grew, they could afford to employ a live band to play the last few songs of a concert. The majority of their early concerts were performed to a backing track, with actors pretending that they were playing instruments to back them. This is where the Kami Band was formed with something of a rotating cast. To this day, most synth, echo, piano and random sound effects are on backing tracks. If Aoyama Hideki's job on drums isn't hard enough, in live performances (when it's not the Western Kami Band), Hideki sama is controlling all the backing tracks from the tablets he has on his drum kit. Hideki is the master of the live track and non-drum sound fills.
Babymetal has sometimes been accused of lip-synching yet hardly ever do in live performances. A lot of the allegations come from the vision not quite matching the lyric in their videos. This is a fair call. However, it is more a result of post-production pushing a cleaned-up live performance over a compilation of performances. As such, there are moments of sound not matching videos.
Su has often been accused of lip-synching because she is out of time with her vocal in live performances. However, again she is not lip-synching. Su often pre-records her own harmonies to back her live vocals to make her voice sound fuller and these backing tracks will come in at certain times during some songs. Again leading to lip-synching claims. But, I view this as Su providing her own back-up singers.
My point here I guess is that there would hardly be a major band in the world that doesn't employ backing tracks, self harmonizing (both vocals and guitar) and even real lip-synching (stand up to the plate please, Madonna). Sometimes the girls in Babymetal continue to sing (mouth the words) while the track plays, even though their mics are closed. This makes them look like they are lip synching, but they are really just staying in place to the click track they have playing in their ears. If you are singing it is very hard stopping for a backing track and coming in live at the right moment if you don't keep up with the lyric. Sometimes your mouth moves with your thoughts.
Anyway Ryan, This comment is stupidly long I am getting out.
Welcome to the foxhole.
You are cutting the vids too quickly, Babymetal is sacrosanct.
Please reacts Babymetal - Sis Anger Live
that kami band are cheaters!! they all put extra strings on their instruments ;-)
it terrible. only technic. nothing nice and beautiful
I disagree.
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