Back to the start! BAND-MAID - Be OK | REACTION
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The early Band-Maid songs gave us a taste of the excellence to come! Their early songs are really great, this one for sure!
I would love it if the Ladies would revisit all of their earlier songs and tweak them for now and re-release them.
Two of my favorite early songs are Freezer & Fate, both ridiculously good ! 😊
😏♥️🎙🎸🥁😎🤘
You can hear the direction they eventually ended up going musically in the song 'FORWARD' which closes out this album and which wouldn't sound out of place on their later albums. They played an acoustic version of that song in the acoustic Christmas special.
You are totally spot on! The few videos of these early songs always makes me think of the Beatles playing in small clubs in their early days. You could see the talent and X factor. Just needed better material. A road rally car going to get groceries from the corner store.
If you'd like to have something to look at while listening to early BAND-MAID P in D has a whole string of montage videos on TH-cam of the classics. Well worth the watch.
Hey i heard someone did some art for P in D's awesome collage vids.🤔
@@GaryHolloway-810 Really? Who prey tell was that? Do tell.😁😁
@@jeremydawkins8814 OMG Jeremy you won't believe this but i just realised he had exactly the same name as me. What are the odds.🤷♂️
@@GaryHolloway-810 The number would be astronomical.
THIS! P in D's video's are awesome! (Even though Panic really does not like "Maid In Japan" - he called it 'the album no one mentions' which is so untrue!)
One of my favorite songs by our MAIDs ... to this day. Always takes me back. The Pop / punk era ... written by Kentaro Akutsu for the band when they were just starting out with Gump. They still consult him, which should tell you a lot. Mutual respect. BAND MAID as a garage band ;) .
Ooh & he wrote Smile not that long ago. Yet another of B-M's Killer B's :)
As an honorable 6th Maid we shouldn't let Kentaro 's birthday go unacknowledged this year. November 25th...just saying.
One of my favourites too Panic! But I thought you didn't like this album? (From a comment on one of your recent - fantastic - video's).
@@Davey-Boyd Listening to Maid In Japan is like going to a Band Maid concert in 2024, with Band Maid 2014 being the warmup band ! It's ALL good ! 😁
Kentaro Akutsu wrote 15 songs for Band-Maid, and all except one are in my fav Band-Maid song list.😁
My favorite albums are their earlier ones. Some great songs. Especially the ones that reveal their Punk DNA.
I was happily surprised to hear you do this one and I agree with what you've said. As one of their early songs, with all its energy and catchiness, It's one of my favorites. I would love to see them perform a do-over/update on it this year. Thanks so much for this.
The early days.
Good fun
🤘😀🤘
Thanks for starting from the beginning...You won't regret it ! You'll be hearing a lot of Kentaro Akutsu compositions including the awesome song KEY from Maid in Japan !
And Forward!
@@Davey-Boyd I've been so stuck on KEY I forgot about that one, Davey !
I'm always amazed by the _it_ factor. Some bands have _it,_ some don't. You can't point to _it,_ you can't test for _it._ _It's_ not technical ability or years of experience. Record labels can't detect _it_ and let bands with _it_ go. But you know _it_ when you hear _it,_ and this band had _it_ from the very beginning. Even if they'd had success from "Be OK" and the first album, I'm not sure much would have changed. I think Kanami always wanted to write for herself and for others and that wouldn't have changed. I think MISA and Akane wanted more freedom, and that wouldn't have changed. Kobato wanted "World Domination" and I doubt a single hit record would have been enough. But who knows?
Recipe. Take an 800 plus year old pigeon who is one of the best amateur poker players in Japan, add experience in a maid cafe, plus a liking for frills and customer engagement, add an eccentric guitarist/songwriter, happy drummer, shy bassist, and shy vocalist -- all of whom light up on stage -- and then play their MV on FaceBook to Westerners. That's the formula that works.
despite them not writing it, I still really like this album and Be OK is one of my favorites of theirs.
I think some people put too much stock into whether they wrote it or not and I think it's a bit of a shame, because regardless of that they still have some great songs from early in their career that people will unfortunately ignore because of it. Glad you enjoyed this one!
Totally agree!
It doesn’t matter who wrote it, they perform the shit out of it
@@markabusireactions agreed
This album is definitely persona non grata among the fans and the band. I don’t think any of this is ever recommended and the ladies never play any of it live.
I’m more into their newer stuff, but as is true with all of their albums, every single time I revisit one I don’t listen to a lot I’m always blown away by it.
@@evilducks3710 They do occasionally play tracks of it live. They played "Forward" at Yokahama Arena. As for 'persona non grata' amongst the fans is rubbish. I personally know dozens of fans who have stated they love the album.
I really love some of the songs on Maid in Japan as i do on all of their albums and ep's . Can I name an absolute favourite, no i bloody well can't as they have soooooo many absolute bangers .
I did sit down before Christmas and make a list off the top of my head of my top 5 BAND-MAID songs, that list contains 27 songs lol .🤘🤘🤘
I do like pop punk in general and these early Band-Maid tracks are fun and show the brilliance that they always brought to their performances. However, I came late to the party and I absolutely adore their more recent stuff. They just just get better and better IMO.
What a good idea Mark! It is interesting to see where the girls have came from. I remember when Saiki wasn't the stage presence and Miku would do all the announcements on stage. Their first album isn't bad, it's just very different. They got an acoustic set of their first album done by Engadget, maybe could be a cool video idea for the future. At the very least, I'd suggest checking out Knockin on Your Heart from that setlist. I fell in love with that song after I seen that video.
Even then 😁
There are many amazing things in the world. Egypt has the Great Pyramid of Giza, China has the Great Wall of China & Japan has the Great Rock of BAND-MAID :)
And Gary had has the Great British Comment.
That is 101% correct. Once they started playing rock. 🤘🏻🔥
The Great Rock of Syibuya
....and sweden has Pippi Longstocking 😬
It’s a shame Scotland has me 😂
The LIVE footage is real fun..Miku giving it her all Po!...hehe.🕊
There's two very early songs I'd love them to play on stage again: Be Ok and Beauty & The Beast. And I agree with you: with a slightly better production and more media presence, this first song could already have been their first success. They'll have to wait untill "Thrill" instead ... and maybe this isn't a bad thing actually: having a huge success with your first record can break a band. Instead, they paid their duties the hard way and it made them stronger, and ready for every fight you'll throw at them!
Their song KEY ftom that same album is a real good signpost to their current sound.
The live version of this is fun to watch. Man they were so toung
Thank you for chosing this one. Its in my top20 Band-maid songs.
They were very lucky to have fantastic writers as you can see many elements of that writing carried over into they're own writing style later on when they started writing they're own songs.
And it gave them decent songs to play until they developed their own song-writing capacity. It took Kanami a while to get there, but she kept improving under Saiki's encouragement. You can still hear the Band-Maid playing style in these songs. It was their apprenticeship period.
@@himbo754 I have a hard time believing that everything Kanami wrote before "Alone" "wasn't good enough" to be on an album... "Alone" just happened to be the one that management Ok'd. I hope one day we get to hear some demos or finished songs from the "rejected" pile... lol.
And in the end they were OK.
That was great. Every now an then it's good to go back to where they started. As you said, great musicians that were destined to become what they have today.
While you're feeling a little nostalgic, try out the last song on the second album "Shake That" - the production went up another level and is just a great rockin out song - no clip, but great song. I really think you'll like it.
Thanx for that.
No matter what your music 'sweet spot' is there's a Band-Maid song, or more likely songs, that hit you right there. Mine is more the hard rock sound, JBI-WD, that I listened to in the late 60s and 70s. But that said they have opened me up to so many sounds I'd passed by before, like this one here.
It takes some searching, but there is a video for this song out there. :-)
Yes, Mark, pop punk it is. I'd like to thank you for this reaction...why?...'cuz this song 'Was OK' for me but, having watched your reaction, it has given me a new appreciation for this tune and will now 'Be OK' henceforth. BAND-MAID, I love 'em.
It’s a great song lol, I’m glad to have helped 😂
Keep doing these deep cuts! no video no problem! take a listen to Beauty and the Beast, and Freezer. There are a few songs that may have took some "creative inspiration" from other artist most notable imo is the song Take Me Higher ! !
I would be so happy if they played this live. My thoughts are if they didn't play it for their 10 year anniversary (which they didn't) they will never play it, which is a shame.
MISA MISA MISA!!!!! a lot dismiss the first album without actually hating it I LOVE IT it reminds me of "The Go-Go's" who were my second favourite band (until I discovered Japanese Music)
As predicted, you continue to like the earlier stuff, as it matches your post-punk preferences. But I'm curious as you hear both more Band-Maid and other music, if you'll come to appreciate their later stuff more, as time goes on. We shall see!
Rock on, Mark!
A lot of people crap on MiJ but it's a very competent and fun poprock album. Be OK, Forward and Evergreen are some of my favorites.
I'm quite partial to "Bye My Tears" :)
I love this song. It was one of my dreamsongs from the Yokohama Okyu-ji, and it's in my top ten most played Band-Maid songs.
I love a lot of their first album. It reminds me of some of my favorite early ska/punk stuff I loved. This one reminds me a lot of the band Save Ferris. Especially their cover of Come On Eileen. Add in some horns and this is totally new wave ska.
1:11 lol your reference is just a few degrees from 'kate'.
OI!!! SHOULD OF DONE THE LIVE VERSION!!!!!! BLAH BLAH BLAH
Yeah there is one Mark, it's messy but beautiful and 2015 in a very tiny club but the energy is 200% and Miku isn't even holding a guitar. In your own time Mark, check it out, it's an absolute blast! (reminds me of seeing punk bands in back room bars circa 1979). As a musician yourself you will recognise a young band, not yet "tight" but with potential and that "it" factor.
th-cam.com/video/roSAA5OoUfU/w-d-xo.html
I absolutely adore their old Pop-Punk sound. "Be Ok" is still on my best ever Band-Maid track list (so is "Forward" from the same album), but I'm also glad they never stayed with one sound, they continually progress and experiment. It's now at the point we have no f-ing idea what they are going to do next. And that is what sets them apart for me. What goes on in the beautiful mind of Kanami is a mystery, but what comes out of that beautiful mind is a stream of masterpieces.
And just to say, the ladies have always paid the highest respect to their early writers. Kanami said she learnt a lot from them.
So so true. No one knows what this year's album will be like, but it will be awesome - and it will grow on you.
@@surfingasongwave Indeed!
@@surfingasongwave We have heard a few contenders for the new album though, "Magie", "Go Easy" and the MIku song "Brightest Star" are all favourites. "Shambles" is a high possibility too as it had no physical release.
@@Davey-Boyd Yeah, I thought about it after I posted and realized there are a few indicators. But then I remember January 2021 when they'd just released *"Different"* in December as an anime opening, and then they released *"Warning!", "Manners"* and *"After Life"* in about three weeks. When the album came out it had *"I Still Seek Revenge."* and *"H-G-K"* and *"Giovanni"* and *"Honkai"* and *"Black Hole"* and *"Sayonakidori"* and all the others. I wait eagerly for their next serving!
@@surfingasongwave Thats the thing I really love about them, we have no idea wtf they will do next! H-G-K blew my brain in a strange way. It took me a long time to get my head around it. A song named after a Turkish missile guidance system for F-sake lol! Kanami went nuts on the music, Miku did my head in with the title and lyrics. Looking forward to see what's next! You know, right now, if Kanami is not asleep, she is in front of her computer or piano composing. 😀
That wen't well! (As expected.) The Japanese music and pop culture roots of Band-Maid are kind of varied and complex. But Akutsu Kentaro as their first producer is a legit song-writer and producer in his own right. Kobato managed to convince the Platinum Agency to make a punt at he loopy idea. At the time Akutsu was the agency's main producer and songwriter. He was already writing and producing for the idol-groups PassPo and Predia on the agency's roster.
Possibly it might be a curious experience to check out in particular PassPo. At the time this agency was into "bands" with work-life themes. So PassPo(rt) was a "band" of young girls dancing and singing dressed as flight attendants, with a backing band of "pilots" (double feature of "Ignition" and "Baby Jump" might give the idea). Predia was young women in evening dresses singing, not so much dancing. And right before Band-Maid, and for a longer time the bigger band in the Platinum Agency "family" was "Silent Siren". Which was a band of... models - unlike the idol "bands", but like Band-Maid, the girls in "Sai-sai" really did play themselves. Their "Fujiyama Disco" might be a song to check out? But mostly all this would just be to give relief to Band-Maid.
First album often gets unfairly classed as pop but it really isn't. You can start to hear them really getting into their stride with Shake That and other songs on their second release but this album is such a f'ing nostalgia trip for those of us of a certain age.
I can hear The Ataris in this song.
Miku whipping her twin-tails while she's headbanging during old videos of this song is priceless. For such an upbeat song, it nearly brings me to tears to hear it now, such a fragile start to the band, it's like they're telling themselves it's gonna be OK, and now it's come true.
"MAID In Japan"..made me smile from start to finish..at a time I really REALLY needed it.......Especially when I heard this opening track...As I have said..BAND-MAID have been the light in my darkness..Long May They Reign!👑
They're already the most precious gems in the Crown jewels :)
@@GaryHolloway-810 Po! 🕊
@@Bodneyblue Bodney i'm eating a Greggs sausage roll with steak cut chips & baked beans. When you were in Japan do they eat chips (as we know them😂) or are they french fries?
@@GaryHolloway-810 Well...those I had Gary were french fries...I did eat at "MOS Burger" a number of times while in Japan the first time..But didn't the second time..I had their plant burger, large fries, onion rings and a large melon soda...came to just under 1500 yen.
@@GaryHolloway-810 No real reason for not going to MOS Burger during the second trip..other than I just don't recall seeing as many outlets the second time..And when I did..the timing was wrong..so just didn't..The food was good..I liked it.
A lot of the early albums are easier to buy and cheaper. So I have ended up buying lots of the early albums and do love them. Shock, horror. As you say very much Pop Punk vibe but I enjoy them and it feels oddly nostalgic compared to how they have moved on to their present musical style. Whatever that is. Had I waited to write this comment until after you had summed up I probably wouldn't have bothered as you seemed to say the same things. Which is better? Old or new. It is all Band Maid and I have a blind spot. I like it all.
I'm not that into pop-punk, but be ok is still one of my favourite songs. Reminds me of the early 90s Japanese pop-rock band vibe I used to listen to. I just can't help but wonder how bored Akane might have been .....😂
BTW if you are into good pop punk/rock check out Princess Princess another Japanese all female band from the early 90s, they were one of top two girl bands along with show-ya back then.
If we're doing old songs, you gotta do Summer Drive. It is their best early era pop-punk song imho and it has a short and sweet banger solo for you to interrupt too. 😉
I do enjoy interrupting a solo…
I't's a cool song, Parker. It reminds me of a teen movie intro where all the students of Goregeousville High rush out of class for the start of spring break....& lots of sex :)
They didn't write "Maid In Japan" but it's a very solid album. Their writers early on wrote some solid bangers for them. Sorry you didn't get to do your clever solo pausing thing. 🤣
Hi there. This might disappoint you a bit….Maids fans generally like this song. Freezer is another one that is popular with us Maidiacs….
No no I’m good with that! My only surprise element here is that I went with one that no one had asked me to do lol
Ah there is so much in their catalogue. Arcadia Girl from the same “era” also well worth a listen. Could make a long list but really dip in where you fancy :)
Almost nobody thinks that anything they've released is anything but great whether they wrote it or not. It's all good. No matter what song you choose, it's all good.
Even The Dragon Cries?
I love that song personally.@@markabusireactions
The album I listen to most as a whole..but not my favourite...that would be "Just Bring It"..yet even that album doesn't contain any of what I have refered to as my imaginary top 5...(though the tracks on it are pushing to get in)
I figured you’d like this one bring more poppy. Always reminds me a little of Puffy
lol. That's exactly what I said. WHAT!? If I discovered BAND-MAID with this album I don't think I'd be commenting here. Glad they chose another way. Peace. 2.73
You wouldn't be commenting on Bieber reactions would you?😬
@@GaryHolloway-810 I'd rather listen to Gary Holloway's original songs than Bieber. 🤔 Still waiting for your best of album. 😢
@@jkkansasband7056 Really. Ok what is it you want Jk? 🤨 I'm not signing over my half of our private island that i suddenly just remembered we were going to escape to with millions in cash.😆
@@GaryHolloway-810 Oooo.. I forgot about that. Enticing. 😲
@@jkkansasband7056 That's got to be 2yrs ago now. How time flies :)
Quite right about the lack of low/mid texture. These days it's provided (along with some more technical production) by Miku cranking out those low, blanket chords from the Zemaitis humbuckers. It's amazing how some people say she "doesn't add anything" but when she's not in the mix, there's this massive, gaping hole in the sound.
P.s. I love the track. So much energy!
Yeah it’s really bloody noticeable, anyone that suggests otherwise is crazy
Between the first 3 albums there are some interesting songs in terms of genres. Brand-New Road is an example. Also, keep in mind that they also have several songs that can only be found on singles and not on the main albums.
I’ll get to them at some point then lol
@@markabusireactions There's only 120 or so songs. You'll get there easily. You're not doing anything else on Mondays for the next couple of years, are you?
@@himbo754 not until I’m finished this, no 😂
They were still trying to find their "sound" with the release of this album. It wasn't until THRILL (Second album, New Beginning ) went viral that their sound was etched in stone.
B-side of their first single even before New Beginning!
@@Davey-Boyd I can always count on a faithful Maidiac to fill in the gaps . Thanx Davey ! I wonder how much one of those original singles is going for ?
@@frankandre4385 Original single last time I looked was between $500 - $700 second hand. Original album (with MISA wearing tiny hat) about the same or slightly less - but there are a LOT of counterfeits out there of both. Alongside the 5 disc release of Glory and Bubble (they were released on the same day - it came with Glory single, Bubble single, Onset Live CD, Puzzle Live acoustic CD, and Anemone Live acoustic CD) - and that is just rare as fuck or the price of a car. These three are the ones missing from my collection, there is no way I can afford them!
Thrill was originally released on the single "Ai to Jōnetsu no Matador" (Love, Passion, Matador) in 2014 and the video went viral from there. Thrill was re-released on New Beginning after the fact.
@@warthogphil Yep, and "Love, Passion Matador" and "Summer Drive" were later put on the 2018 re-issue of "Maid In Japan"
"Be OK" is cheap, but not nasty. It is catchy, upbeat ... and prophetic. Band-Maid *were* going to be OK. Look up folks, happy times for us. Band-Maid is now here. It's going to be OK.
"Be OK" and "Forward" are the two best on their first album, IMHO.
Still, even then, Band-Maid could not do a bad song. Compared to their later works, not even close. But still catchy as f***.
This is a great song, I really prefer their earlier songs, (less is more)
What camp do I fall into? When I did the "rank all Band-Maid songs" game and posted the results, people asked me if I chose at random.
Well that’s incredible hahaha
@@markabusireactions sometimes a specific part of a song is so memorable that I need to listen to that on repeat, and those are the moments I am always looking for when listening to music. The riff and follow-up bass slide in the first 10 seconds of Alive-or-dead, the long held note of Saiki at the end of Mirage, Saiki's "oooh" at the beginning of Shake That, the raw and uncontrolled solo of Kanami in Matchless GUM, the jazzy part of Secret My Lips. Those memorable moments make me come back to a song again and again, and there is no genre to that.
That was Saiki’s original voice that you are listening to in this song! After her surgery her voice became more powerful and slightly deeper…
9:22 I can't believe you haven't already had the stock fan answer to the "what genre?" question a hundred times already. The genre is Band-Maid!
But this song is pop-punk, yes.
po-punk
With a slight dash of emo 😉
HELLO PO !
Hi lol
Beauty and the Beast next PO! @@markabusireactions
@@airlinesecret6725 P in D's favourite song PO!😏
YO PO 👍 @@GaryHolloway-810
Miku doesn't play on any of the songs, unless it's a LIVE video. Kanami does everything except bass & drums, and on the demo that's her too, as well every instrument on the backing tracks. Akane will often complain about Kanami's drum programming, saying, "This drum part cannot be played by a human being." So, it's a good thing "The Beast" is Half Gorilla & Half Drum Machine herself because she always finds a way to make it work. But, for an early song, it's better than 'Thrill', which is derivative of Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'. But, it stands to reason that, since BAND-MAID can play anything, that they do Pop Punk and or Power Pop as good, or better, than anyone else. But, that snare is tuned way too high for Akane. It does give it that trashy sound though.
Hello Hello Hello.......sounds familiar.......
Put down the w d forty
NEVER!
Interesting. I see your point - they could have rested on their laurels and gotten away with being a respectable band. There's nothing really wrong with the song (other than the production I guess). Perhaps you have just influenced me to like this and pay more attention to their earlier songs.....
I mean, that might be the highest compliment you could give me
There was an EP that came out prior to Be OK which contained Ai to Jōnetsu no Matadōru, Thrill, and Summer Drive. It was Thrill's popularity that determined the sound that became Be OK and their future. The other two songs Matador and Drive, were much poppier.
People don't like this album because it's too poppy or not technical enough or whatever. All that is true, but it's still a solid pop-punk/pop-rock entry by a ridiculously talented band that just needed some time to find their voice and hone their craft. The songs are fun and bursting with youthful energy. I always imagine they knocked it out for fun during a beach weekend.
"some" people