From my understanding, Amy Lee loves the band and initiate the collaboration, they had a collab recorded song Sakura Rising, they also performed an unique version of Bring me to life at the same concert
They did "Bring me to life" at this show too, & recorded an original song together called "Sakura Rising", well worth checking out. Also I'd recommend "Synchronicity" for another Waggaki Band song, just a personal favorite of mine lol
This is from WagakkiBand Premium Symphonic Night Vol.2 Live & Orchestra in Osaka-Jo Hall February 2020. One nigh show only. The acoustics in Osaka-Jo Hall are very suitable for orchestras, so they held the concert there even though the WGB is in Tokyo. Evanescence vocalist Amy Lee joined Wagakki Band as a special guest. The song before this they performed "Bring me to life". The reason why they collaborate on this concert is quite simple. They have the same record company that proposed a collaboration. Amy liked what she heard, talked to them and agreed on a collaboration. It took them two years before the Wagakki Band invited her to the Premium Symphonic Night Vol. 2. This song is about the westernization of Japan, which happened during the Meiji Restoration. Despite having an upbeat, oriental track, the song contains rather dark themes, mentioning guillotines and ICBMs. In addition, the lyrics state things such as "Songs of lament go unheard" and "This is a banquet inside a steel jail cell". The song is a cover taken from Hatsune Miku Vocaloid recording. Hatsune Miku is a virtual person. A singing synthesizer software You have to listen to several of the songs of the WGB for example "Sabaku no komoriuta" from Otono Kairou Tour 2018.
Sort of. But the ICBM is just saying 'protects you like an ICBM' and it's 'step back from the guillotine'. It is creepy in the original hearing Hatsune Miku in her robotic voice saying ICBM. But that isn't the dark part of the song. I think the dark part of the song is '1000 cherry trees in the dark, your voice cannot reach.' And about the darkness of the eternal world. That stuff. Also there are much much darker Vocaloid songs.
Just to let you know, this was originally a vocaloid song. It's why there's barely room to breathe in this song, cause computers don't breathe. XD Amy Lee was there for a special concert with Wagakki Band I think.
If you're curious about the lead singer's vocal technique, she's using a style of singing called Enka, which is traditional Japanese singing. It features flipping often between notes very quickly and sharply, and can sound like autotune messing with pitch when singers go fast enough! 🙂
Some info: Wagakki means "Japanese music instruments" in direct translation. Senbonzakura translates to "1000 cherry blossoms". Japanese is not a tonal language, although it does feature what is known as pitch accent. In English, we stress syllables by raising the volume and increasing the length of the syllable. In Japanese they do not modify volume or syllable length. Instead, they essentially have a high and low pitch, and words will start with the high pitch and at some point transition to lower pitch. The timing of that transition indicates the location of the accented syllable. An example of a minimal pair distinguished only by pitch accent would be Hashi meaning "bridge" and Hashi meaning "chopsticks". Unlike Chinese and other tonal languages however, pitch accent is far less important in Japanese when it comes to disambiguating words. You could completely ignore pitch accent and be understood without a problem. However, you would sound very weird/wrong. Instruments featured prominently: Koto: the flat harp-like instrument. It's played with picks which are attached to your fingers. It features individual movable bridges on each string to allow for tuning each string depending on the key being played in (they can be adjusted mid-song as well) and uses pitch bends achieved by pressing the string down. Shamisen: a 3 stringed banjo-like instrument with no frets. Played with a large pick. Sakuhachi/Shakuhachi: a bamboo flute. A note on Vocaloids: senbonzakura is a cover of a vocaloid song. Vocaloids are speech synthesis programs specifically for music. They are created using a real person's voice as the basis for the synthesis, and each voice has their own mascot character, the most famous one being Hatsune Miku. Vocaloid music generally blends a number of genres, often featuring elements not often heard in pop music, such as heavy jazz/experimental music influences.
An addition to the above. Shigin is an art form unto itself that Yuko has turned into a singing style. Those, for lack of a better term, warbles (rapid pick changes) are a classic form of reciting poetry. It’s a form as old as kabuki and possibly as old as noh.
@@kurt9395 Sure, but that's the literal meaning. You, however, are forgetting the song itself: Senbonzakura, in the context of the song, means "one thousend blossoming cherry trees", and yes, if it meant only the blossoming flowers it would be senrinzakura, if it meant the buds it would have been senkozakura, senmaizakura for the petals and senbirazakura for petals that are falling. Problem is: the song is very, very political. It talks about an idealized imperial Japan before the westernization in the Taisho Era, and the blossoming sakuras represent that ideal of the Imperial Japan, that's why they're disappearing into the night, because that ideal is being erased by the westernization process.
I love this band so much! I admit to trying to get other reactors to view them for a few years now, but to no avail. When I just now came across yours, I was on it! Thanks for your reaction.
Ola…you always bring the coolest stuff! Love when you sponsor reactions as you bring fun, new and different stuff. Loved the holy cheese muffin reaction as well, Miss Maggie! Aloha 🤙 from Maui!
Well WGB collaborated with Any Lee for their song "Sakura Rising". Also WGB did a rendition of the Evanescence song "Bring me to Life". You can just search these songs on YT... 😄
Sure need to watch more of them!! I just came to know about IGNEA. Symphonic metal band from the Ukraine. Pls check out their song "Alga". It was was also recorded with an orchestra. Greetings from the far north of Germany!
I think WagakkiBand is fans of Evanescence. Amy posted a photo with them during the Synthesis tour. I guess they flew from japan to see her show at the greek. The believe they were mutual fans of each other and so they invited her to do with collab. She also wrote a song with them called Sakura Rising.
Japanese does have certain tones, but it is not a tonal language. Tones can be different regionally, but they don't change meaning, and people from different regions usually have no problem understanding each other. Dialects are so different that they sometimes do have communication problems, however.
Another great Japanese group is the duo called The Yoshida Brothers. They play an instrument known as a shemesen it's a type of string instrument that's like a guitar. 💗
Hi Maggie , if you like Wagakki may I suggest listening to Yoshiwara Lament the music is a lot more jolly than the lyrics which are on closed captions but it's worth a listen anyway.
I love their song Sakura Rising with Amy Lee. It’s really beautiful and their voices grab your attention from the beginning~ Please please look up the Vocaloid video for this song. 🎶💕🦋
Hi Maggie. I think you'll enjoy reacting to Mónica Naranjo in songs like "Doble corazón", "Europa", "Vivir así es morir de amor (cover)" and many others.
The lyrics, if u remember well what I read about the song, are a poem expresin living in Japan during the last years and right after World War 2, how the poet is worried that because Japan has to adapt to the Western world, it might lose its traditions and what makes Japan, Japan, , also the Senbonzakura are a metáfor fir the joung people who died in the war. And how Japan has to pay for what was done in the war, but how with the warrior spirit it will move forward to the future to a new world.
It's not Rock, but Would you like to hear a new genre of Japan? J-A cappella. It is a Japanese a cappella. If you listen to these 4 songs, You will find it fun. 第六感 - Reol / 早希 × New Schooler, 【アカペラ】踊 / Ado｜おかのやともか × New Schooler, 残響散歌 / Aimer ( Acappella cover ), 大正浪漫 / YOASOBI ( Acappella cover ), If these 4 songs are good, If you search by アカペラ, you can find various things, so please enjoy it.
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This song is not an anime song but hatsune miku A song by this virtual idol
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The way she sings is a traditional Japanese method. She made a video explaining, in non-technical terms, how it works.
Could you please link the video or point me in the right direction? I'm having trouble finding it :3
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I wrote it today.
From my understanding, Amy Lee loves the band and initiate the collaboration, they had a collab recorded song Sakura Rising, they also performed an unique version of Bring me to life at the same concert
Historically, Senbonzakura is their concert closing song. They leave the audience uplifted to the roof!
They did "Bring me to life" at this show too, & recorded an original song together called "Sakura Rising", well worth checking out.
Also I'd recommend "Synchronicity" for another Waggaki Band song, just a personal favorite of mine lol
Synchronicity is my fav as well, along with yoshiwara lament n senbonzakura
And their best version of Doppo is the one in live concert.
This is from WagakkiBand Premium Symphonic Night Vol.2 Live & Orchestra in Osaka-Jo Hall February 2020. One nigh show only. The acoustics in Osaka-Jo Hall are very suitable for orchestras, so they held the concert there even though the WGB is in Tokyo.
Evanescence vocalist Amy Lee joined Wagakki Band as a special guest. The song before this they performed "Bring me to life".
The reason why they collaborate on this concert is quite simple.
They have the same record company that proposed a collaboration. Amy liked what she heard, talked to them and agreed on a collaboration. It took them two years before the Wagakki Band invited her to the Premium Symphonic Night Vol. 2.
This song is about the westernization of Japan, which happened during the Meiji Restoration. Despite having an upbeat, oriental track, the song contains rather dark themes, mentioning guillotines and ICBMs. In addition, the lyrics state things such as "Songs of lament go unheard" and "This is a banquet inside a steel jail cell".
The song is a cover taken from Hatsune Miku Vocaloid recording.
Hatsune Miku is a virtual person. A singing synthesizer software
You have to listen to several of the songs of the WGB for example "Sabaku no komoriuta" from Otono Kairou Tour 2018.
Sort of. But the ICBM is just saying 'protects you like an ICBM' and it's 'step back from the guillotine'. It is creepy in the original hearing Hatsune Miku in her robotic voice saying ICBM. But that isn't the dark part of the song.
I think the dark part of the song is '1000 cherry trees in the dark, your voice cannot reach.' And about the darkness of the eternal world. That stuff.
Also there are much much darker Vocaloid songs.
Wagakki Band is absolutely huge in Japan. I can't understate just how popular they are, and for good reason. I'm glad you like them!
Yuko has since added 'Voice Actress' to her resume. She gives her voice to Atla, an Angel, in the anime series Peach Boy Riverside.
Its amazing that they can get so many different instruments to work together. And the pace of the song. They have some great songs.
No one rocks harder than that Japanese flute player.
Wow, that was a fast ride... So much energy!
Just to let you know, this was originally a vocaloid song.
It's why there's barely room to breathe in this song, cause computers don't breathe. XD
Amy Lee was there for a special concert with Wagakki Band I think.
good reason lol, never tought about that
Yuko Suzuhana might be the best vocalist I've heard in this whole japanese rock scene.
No doubt with her range from E♭3 - A5
Hiroko Moriguchi,it's great singer
If you're curious about the lead singer's vocal technique, she's using a style of singing called Enka, which is traditional Japanese singing. It features flipping often between notes very quickly and sharply, and can sound like autotune messing with pitch when singers go fast enough! 🙂
Some info:
Wagakki means "Japanese music instruments" in direct translation.
Senbonzakura translates to "1000 cherry blossoms".
Japanese is not a tonal language, although it does feature what is known as pitch accent. In English, we stress syllables by raising the volume and increasing the length of the syllable. In Japanese they do not modify volume or syllable length. Instead, they essentially have a high and low pitch, and words will start with the high pitch and at some point transition to lower pitch. The timing of that transition indicates the location of the accented syllable. An example of a minimal pair distinguished only by pitch accent would be Hashi meaning "bridge" and Hashi meaning "chopsticks". Unlike Chinese and other tonal languages however, pitch accent is far less important in Japanese when it comes to disambiguating words. You could completely ignore pitch accent and be understood without a problem. However, you would sound very weird/wrong.
Instruments featured prominently:
Koto: the flat harp-like instrument. It's played with picks which are attached to your fingers. It features individual movable bridges on each string to allow for tuning each string depending on the key being played in (they can be adjusted mid-song as well) and uses pitch bends achieved by pressing the string down.
Shamisen: a 3 stringed banjo-like instrument with no frets. Played with a large pick.
Sakuhachi/Shakuhachi: a bamboo flute.
A note on Vocaloids: senbonzakura is a cover of a vocaloid song. Vocaloids are speech synthesis programs specifically for music. They are created using a real person's voice as the basis for the synthesis, and each voice has their own mascot character, the most famous one being Hatsune Miku. Vocaloid music generally blends a number of genres, often featuring elements not often heard in pop music, such as heavy jazz/experimental music influences.
An addition to the above. Shigin is an art form unto itself that Yuko has turned into a singing style. Those, for lack of a better term, warbles (rapid pick changes) are a classic form of reciting poetry. It’s a form as old as kabuki and possibly as old as noh.
Trees, not blossoms. If you wanted to say thousand cherry blossoms, it would be "senrinzakura". If you're interested, I'll explain why.
@@kurt9395 Sure, but that's the literal meaning. You, however, are forgetting the song itself: Senbonzakura, in the context of the song, means "one thousend blossoming cherry trees", and yes, if it meant only the blossoming flowers it would be senrinzakura, if it meant the buds it would have been senkozakura, senmaizakura for the petals and senbirazakura for petals that are falling.
Problem is: the song is very, very political. It talks about an idealized imperial Japan before the westernization in the Taisho Era, and the blossoming sakuras represent that ideal of the Imperial Japan, that's why they're disappearing into the night, because that ideal is being erased by the westernization process.
Such a beautiful voice Maggie xx
Yes!! 😊
I suppose you will just have to attend a live concert now 🤩😃
I love this band so much! I admit to trying to get other reactors to view them for a few years now, but to no avail. When I just now came across yours, I was on it! Thanks for your reaction.
Wow! Never seen this before.. it's really good... my brain is out there too... thanks for posting this.. it's pretty cool!
❤
Yuko also practises japanese sword dancing...
Ola…you always bring the coolest stuff! Love when you sponsor reactions as you bring fun, new and different stuff. Loved the holy cheese muffin reaction as well, Miss Maggie! Aloha 🤙 from Maui!
Mahalo!! Miss you already! Hope you have an EPICAL time in Maui!! 🌞💖
Well WGB collaborated with Any Lee for their song "Sakura Rising". Also WGB did a rendition of the Evanescence song "Bring me to Life". You can just search these songs on YT... 😄
i hear this song when i wash dishes...then my mom angry because i broke too much
go see them live ! fall back onto your seat and wish you can push the replay button :)
Sure need to watch more of them!!
I just came to know about IGNEA. Symphonic metal band from the Ukraine. Pls check out their song "Alga". It was was also recorded with an orchestra.
Greetings from the far north of Germany!
I think WagakkiBand is fans of Evanescence. Amy posted a photo with them during the Synthesis tour. I guess they flew from japan to see her show at the greek. The believe they were mutual fans of each other and so they invited her to do with collab. She also wrote a song with them called Sakura Rising.
Great blend of rock and traditional instruments. 🇯🇵
Suggested video: them and Amy Lee. Bring Me to Life.
Japanese does have certain tones, but it is not a tonal language. Tones can be different regionally, but they don't change meaning, and people from different regions usually have no problem understanding each other. Dialects are so different that they sometimes do have communication problems, however.
Another great Japanese group is the duo called The Yoshida Brothers. They play an instrument known as a shemesen it's a type of string instrument that's like a guitar. 💗
I came here from searching Tenacious D reactions. Found you but never expected that you would have reacted to Senbonzakura!
I love this band!
Hey Maggie great reaction ! this week has been hectic. I will make it to twitch and your 🎓 stream. 💗
YAY!! So glad! See you tomorrow! 😊
the singer is a fantastic samurai sword dancer too :)
This was a fantastic performance. Thank you Ola! Good video, Good reaction, Good editing, Good premiere, Good fun!!! 💓
Hi Maggie , if you like Wagakki may I suggest listening to Yoshiwara Lament the music is a lot more jolly than the lyrics which are on closed captions but it's worth a listen anyway.
This session was requested by Amy because she likes this band.
another one that was brought was recorded, a song from evanescence, BRING ME TO LIFE,,, and it was also epic ,,,
I love their song Sakura Rising with Amy Lee. It’s really beautiful and their voices grab your attention from the beginning~ Please please look up the Vocaloid video for this song. 🎶💕🦋
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I think Evanescence opened for Wagakki Band for that event and they decided to collaborate
Evanescance does concerts with other bands around the world in december they work with within temptation in the netherlands a show i will go to
Thank you for your comment. Did you like the new Within Temptation video I just posted?
7:12 , speaking of brains exploding, they have a cover of a song called ‘brain fluid explosion girl’
Que bella voz , por favor !!!!
I’m surprised you have not reacted to them before. I love this band. Love your expressions while listening to this.
You have to go back and watch their rendition of Bring Me to Life with Amy Lee from the same concert. It's the best version you'll ever hear.
Pelageya - oy da ne vecher .. reaction.. thank you very much.
Galiba wagakki band tiryakisi oldum😊
Hi Maggie. I think you'll enjoy reacting to Mónica Naranjo in songs like "Doble corazón", "Europa", "Vivir así es morir de amor (cover)" and many others.
Kobushi, a form of melisma characteristic of Enka singing.
Hello Maggie, from the same live show you have to listen to "Bring me to life" entirely sung by Amy Lee and Yuko. A pearl in my opinion. Have fun !
Amy stepping out there is like bringing a hamburger to a steak dinner.
Superfluous is the word that comes to mind.
Idk I get what you're saying, but I enjoy these collaborations since it introduces music to broader audience
BTW japanese isn't a tonal language, it actually is a language where you can express a lot of things mono-tonally
Thanks for your comment and info. 😊
Correct, Chinese is a tonal language; Japanese is not.
Well her range is E♭3 - A5
The lyrics, if u remember well what I read about the song, are a poem expresin living in Japan during the last years and right after World War 2, how the poet is worried that because Japan has to adapt to the Western world, it might lose its traditions and what makes Japan, Japan, , also the Senbonzakura are a metáfor fir the joung people who died in the war. And how Japan has to pay for what was done in the war, but how with the warrior spirit it will move forward to the future to a new world.
special place in hell for people that give the wrong video to watch for the FIRST REACTION, someone hates you a lot to do this to you
Hello from Spain. React to Diana Navarro in "Cuplerías", please
Funny its means cherry neddle😅😅😅
Japanese is not a tonal language. It uses pitch accents, rather than dynamic accents, but it is not tonal (cf Chinese languages).
It's not Rock, but
Would you like to hear a new genre of Japan?
J-A cappella.
It is a Japanese a cappella.
If you listen to these 4 songs,
You will find it fun.
第六感 - Reol / 早希 × New Schooler,
【アカペラ】踊 / Ado｜おかのやともか × New Schooler,
残響散歌 / Aimer ( Acappella cover ),
大正浪漫 / YOASOBI ( Acappella cover ),
If these 4 songs are good,
If you search by アカペラ, you can find various things, so please enjoy it.
You ask why Amy was there. While I ask, why not?
The gestures with the fan are a language in itself. Nothing by chance. There's so much going on here.
KNIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN, FULL VERSION, MOODY BLUES please.
Something to get your teeth into...
Hope to see you on our Moody Blues livestream today?
Hi Maggie please react to Isyana Sarasvati feat death squad" ill sogno" and lexicon ...love to see ur reaction 👍❤️
React to Chris Stapleton “what are you listening to” live .... if you can🙏🏼
Please consider checking out recently released
AUSTIN BROWN “BRING HIM HOME” from Les Miserables
on Austin’s channel. Would like to see your reaction 🤗
hank you yes they are a bit special
Hello from Alumbres (Spain). Can you react to Diana Navarro' songs "Cuplerías" y "El perdón" please?. Thank you.
We western folks ROASTED Yoko Ono for trying to teach us abut that school of music.
Pleaseeeee Homura! React to Homura!
Her vocals are part of Japanese historical culture, you only need to understand the culture to understand how it works for the culture of Europe
ゆう子さんは詩吟のスペシャリストでもあるからこの発声法はそんな簡単には真似出来ませんよ😀
Could you also do "Hatsune Miku's" version?
Thank you for your suggestion! 😊
Hi
@@maggiereneemusic could you react to the live version?
ここにも日本人いないな😅
おるよん
Не самая удачная песня для ознакомления , тут ее вокал не раскрывается в полной мере
Amy Lee is just a guest performer and in no way essential to the performance. Also They usually don't use orchestra. Saves a lot of bucks too.
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