British guitarist analyses BABYMETAL!?!
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- Tonight I'm taking a look at 'Babymetal' for the first time as requested!
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"Give me Chocolate" was one of their earlier songs, and while this was a fairly recent concert, I would suggest that the song worked better when they were very young, but as they matured their music matured with them. While I enjoyed the "WTF" nature of Gimme Chocolate when I saw it, I would suggest they have other songs which are far more enjoyable generally.
Agreed,BxMxC is killer.
I'm a day late but not a dollar short. I found these guys recently and watched a bunch of the live performances. Then I looked into the background. The girls all attended the same private school together from the start. The school is not only the regular studies but it is primarily for entertainment careers. The singing, dancing, routines and public awareness were classes they had together all their lives. The primary singer was born in 97' , the other two in 99'. The lead is about 5'2". the other two under 5 feet. The other two were in the same class and paired together because of age and similar height since they were 5 years old. The band is Kami. The lead guitarist recently died after falling from an observatory while on vacation.
Sakura gakuin is not a real school. While they were in Sakura they actually went to a regular school
Fil, nobody can ever accuse you of not being open minded.
Dude, thanks for that diplomatic comment... I was at a loss at what...to...say...
And that's a good thing. I was a little jarred by the heavy metal but that frivolous pop melody was SO in contrast, it kind of made the whole thing gel. I thought of what else has done this. Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice" video with Christopher Walken dancing czcams.com/video/XQ7z57qrZU8/video.html sort of had the same affect on me. Cognitive dissonance that melts into humor. Thanks, Fil, we never know what's next!
rtt1961 so was i
Amen my friend, amen!!!
@@rtt1961, hilarious comment.
This particular show at Rock am Ring 2018, BABYMETAL had mic and audio problems the whole show (mic even cutting out mid chorus on some songs). This video (or anything from this specific show) is definitely not a good example to react to.
There weren't enough mic or audio problems...
I don't know a lot of their videos unfortunately. This one was the only one I could find that had an audible live lead vocal, having a backing track going will always help things if the band can pull it off!
I heard this stuff a few years back. It’s crazy! I love every aspect of it. Campy, fun, scary, technical, pop metal! They,re pretty sweet.
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I really enjoy the way you explain backing tracks and all the things that happen when you play live with backing tracks.
The other guitarist here is Isao Fujita. He rarely gets a mention. Few people seem to realise just how technically brilliant he is. He plays an 8-string guitar and to my ears is the most interesting and diverse of the three, Takayoshi Ohmura and Leda being the other two. Great video 👌🏻
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Yuimetal missed quite a few live shows last year and earlier this year and then ultimately left the band on October 8th 2018 due to undisclosed but serious health issues.
If you watch some of their some of their older performances you'll see that Su and Moa aren't as energetic without Yui.
The last thing Su, Moa and Yui wrote together is their tribute to Mikio: Starlight. The song is better written then most of their work and is quite emotional.
Most people forget that these girls started very young: Su at 13 and Yui and Moa at 11. They are currently 21 and 19. All the more reason fans are worried about Yui. If you watch them close enough in this performance when they start Karate the look Su and Moa exchange show how much they miss Yui.
I think it's unfortunate they have had to deal with two major blows to their band in such a short time. But they they have a great deal of talent and Su and Moa are handling it pretty well. Hopefully Yui gets better and is able to come back. If not they are still incredible.
I love Babymetal so thanks Fil for showing them love.
No problem, thanks for the info!
Saw Babymetal last year in Tampa (opening act for Red Hot Chilli Peppers) and they were really good in concert. My 10 year old son loves them. The band's lead singer is very good and has a lot of stage presence. The two screamers play to the audience.
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@PrepsterM I was in an arena and they did not have a circle pit. The show was very good and my son loved it. It was his second concert (Joe Bonamassa being the other)
Get an earful of the earlier productions. "Headbanger", " Road To Resistance", "Papaya".
The musicians were best when Mikio Fujioka was playing harmonics. Gone too soon in a tragic freak fall.
More solos and a great vocal by SuMetal in "Rondo of Nightmare Live At the Budokan-Black Night" is a must-hear.
The girls started kicking serious performances when they weren't even in their teens yet.
Ok Fil. You don't need to make a reaction video. But as a guitar player. You need to watch Akatsuki. 2 back and forth guitar solos. Also the Nightmare of Rondo with mischief of God intro. Is top level guitar playing. You will enjoy. Not to mention those 2 songs show case Sus amazing voice. Anyways. Take care pal
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Omg rondo with intro, you really need to check that out. That intro is insanely good
@@wingsofpegasus oh yes! Mischief of the Metal Gods! yes ! yes!
YES!! Rondo with intro is a must. If you do that I will subscribe. @ Wings of Pegasus
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Must agree! 'Catch me if you Can' live also has a great set of solos in the intro. Through not their best song have to admit... But Rondo with the Mischief of God intro. Awesome!
This may well be the worst Babymetal song for first reactions. Road of Resistance, Karate or Megitsune are all better introductions. The sound on this concert is total shit as well.
Karate is cool.
was this picked for that reason ,as you said it is hard to find bad performances from BabyMetal was this set up as a fail?
@@Briansgate Agreed, not a huge Baby Metal fan, but Karate is amazing.
I agree that this is a terrible video as a first intro. This one is bad since it's without Yui. Moa is doing all the secondary vocals and actions and it looks unbalanced. A better live version would be from Makuhari Messe or Buddakon. I would also throw out Headbanger or Ijime, Dame, Zettai again from either Makuhari or Buddakon as good examples as well.
No, that's really not what he was looking for. As he explained in the beginning, he went through several videos before he settled on this one, specifically because it was so raw and live. Babymetal focuses on polished performances including some pre-recorded bits mixed into even their live performance videos, and as a professional musician, this reviewer wanted to see a completely live performance, to identify what the band was doing and how they were doing it.
If he wanted to hear the official cleaned-up version, that would not have told him much about the musicians, because it would be heavily edited to sound better. Impressively, he was able to figure out exactly what Babymetal was doing just by listening to this, and he fully appreciated the band's abilities and the difficulty of what they were doing to mix the few previously recorded bits into a live performance.
It was really interesting to watch this and learn so much. Very different from all the other reaction videos I've watched, and much more informative.
Dude that was the best analysis I have heard. You really explained what was going on in a way that I wouldn't have gotten on my own. Thanks a lot
Got to love how the Japanese are always willing to try something different. Let’s take this and this and put them together and see what happens.
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I don't think the analysis is quite right. There are only two girls in the band here, Moa and Su, and two dancers. Yui was injured and had to leave the band.
So Moa does sing to a backing vocal, but the track is not off the original recording. She is singing both the Yui and Moa part which was on the original recording, and her voice is lower in pitch than it was on 2010.
Su's vocals are live for the most part, except the "pa-la-pa-pa too too late" part, the rest is live, and differs from performance to performance if you see them. If she was down in the mix in the first part of the song, someone made a mistake. She was certainly expecting the mic to work when she talked to the crowd. She talks to the crowd often in songs. Here is a good example www.dailymotion.com/video/x3tsxqk
Thanks! Yeah I don't know anything about the band so I tend to expect all vocals to be live! 😅
Yes, my assumption were the same, might be he heard Yui's part in this video so Moa looks like doing lip sync. For Su-Metal, she is real man!
Oh I shouldn't probably mention that this 5 piece version of Buck Tick formed 1986 and has never changed and they are still active. I know 30 years is unusual amount of time for the same 5 people to stick together.
I think this is at the Rock am Ring 2018 festival? So, this performance is after the death of the previous guitar player who passed away back in January? Mikio Fujioka. I just watched a video of his "greatest moments" . He was an incredible guitar player. Very technical and clean almost effortlessly.
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Mikio’’s one of the best I’ve ever heard! I put Links in some comment thread on this vid...
Honestly given their corporate origin & status I'm kinda looking forward to more bands like Babymetal forming on their own & seeing those develop & how that would influence the music scene.
Still Babymetal is precious to me so I hope they can power through the difficulties they faced last year & are fighting still. Lost a member in 2017 (his death was a big blow) & one of the girls left cause of Health issues. Also a massive blow to the band since most of their songs are structured with 1 main vocal & 2 back ups. As one can tell in this vid Losing 1 of those back ups makes the song off in a significant way almost even ruining it
lol a british guy with a São paulo FC coat, i loved this, is my favorite team too. nice video
Haha yeah! I've been to Brasil 4 times! 😂
I saw them live... the lead singer is truly amazing. Try any song if you want a wider smile. BTW good job
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Liked your breakdown of all the elements of this live performance.
Yeah Fil, this was a very unique experience for me as well. I could tell the guitarists were awesome, yes! Not a fan of this particular mix of the genres, but I will not write them off. I will investigate some of their other tracks, so as to stay open minded. Not really feeling the vocals but I dig their outfits!!....☮️❤️🤘
@ Lori Pond Not my bag either really Lori but I always try to stay open minded and like I've said numerous times, always highly value Fil's honest, open and respectful opinions. Speaks volumes to his good character and moral fiber! Truly does!
Their shrill vocals just make me wince and there's zero spontaneity. The group are talented for sure but the cutesy, cutesy girly singers just do my head in.
@@gwendolyncarter5668 ...absolutely agree Gwen! Fil is my higher musical authority because there is so much I have not been exposed to. I am going to check them out further because a lot of people on here that know their music said there's better songs than this. Fil is always Top Notch whatever he analyzes....✌❤🤘
Thanks Lori!
How about some Babymetal Akatsuki, just the main singer when she was 16 and the band ?:
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That’s incredible! Amazing! Fil, if You hadn’t chosen BABYMETAL, I’d have never listened to more than three seconds of this band. The guitarist and bassist are phenomenal, and the drummer, how does he survive a whole set? Good work, Fil, as always. You’re da BEST!
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Hideki Aoyama is a beast! One song at his drumming speed would give me a coronary! Check out Road of Resistance and you'll see why.....
The drums are not that difficult. Very simple.
Sorry....
Dominik Schmelter Thank You, Dominik. I think we are impressed by the speed and machine-like precision, rather than complexity. I understand Your sentiment, though. It’s like when people swoon over high-speed shredding.
@@futuredirected to be honest...it was not my intention to hurt anybody with my comment. But qualitiywise compared to lets say. ..Mike portnoy, there is a Lack of technical ability.
I love that you're reacting to this, but I think its important to point out that you're not really reacting to Babymetal. You're reacting to the Kami Band, they're the ones who actually play the instruments.
Fil you did a fantastic break down of this band and how they do it
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Fil, you are amazing with the music you pull out. I would have totally written these guys off. Honestly, I'll never listen to this band, but I can appreciate their talent and complexity of mixing live.
Now I'm going to have that dang odd melody in my head all day!
Can you play some bluegrass rap next? Are there Snoop Dog and Earl Scruggs videos out there? 😂
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Very successful and talented band. I do not care for the style, but I do 100% respect the fact that their fans think otherwise, and respect the fact that you have no musical bias. Cheers!
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One thing which pleasantly surprises me is how polite the vast majority of negative comments are about this act. Most seem to just state their dislike without any kind of anger.
Think it's because it's so obviously not easy to replicate (most just do pop metal with cute girls) that there's no danger of a song like this overwhelming the genre. Plus, everyone is working insanely hard so it's nigh impossible to dismiss the underlying craft in music and dance.
Plus, it's fun springing this on the uninitiated :)
@@stevenclubb7718 because they, like me, likely realize that they (those that comment) have no real musical talent and should just positively recognize those that do. I have been banging away on a set of drums for like 20 years and still sound horrendous.
Definitely different. It's sounds like Pop in the front and Metal in the back. Two different genre's meet.
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Ha! Kinda like the mullet of metal! xD
Looks like a fun band. Seem to have plenty of fans.
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It really wasn't something they expected. Years ago, Yui (who recently retired from BabyMetal for health reasons) had even expressed her hope to perform in more distant places, but what she meant was in parts of Japan that they weren't reaching. The true scope of ambition they could have just didn't occur to them. They've often been noted as being very modest, humble, and just down-to-earth in their attitudes, more so than even by common Japanese social standards. Members of bands they've toured with remark at how polite, friendly and professional they are. That sort of thing tends to really shine through. :)
The Kami Band which is part of BABYMETAL has their own band without any of the kawaii; its called Kari Band. Im mentioning this because of your admiration of the technical difficulty they play at. THeres a Spotify album called "Kari Ongen - Demo".
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Thanks for choosing to react to BABYMETAL, they're amazing! As someone who is new to the group, I thought I'd give you and your followers a little background on them.
BABYMETAL is a Japanese Kawaii Metal group consisting of (for the most part) SU-METAL on lead vocals, YUIMETAL and MOAMETAL on backing vocals/dancing, or "SCREAM AND DANCE" as they like to call it. I say 'for the most part' as Yui & Moa have a few songs that they do as duets without Su and Su has a few songs she does as solos whilst Yui & Moa take a well deserved break.
They were formed in 2010 as part of the idol goup Sakura Gakuin, before touring on their own in 2011 and have gone from strength to strength.
They started singing to backing tracks with actors in skeleton suits pretending to play instruments (known as BABYBONES) but soon incorporated the Kami Band into their concerts, bringing them in full time at the end of 2013. The Kami Band consists of some of Japan's premier musicians on rotation based on availability. The most popular configuration consisting of Takayoshi Ohmura and Mikio Fujioka on guitar with Leda Cygnus as stand-in, BOH on bass and Aoyama Hideki on drums. These are the people you will see most often in videos. Since the untimely passing of Mikio at the end of 2017 they have enlisted the talents of Isao Fujita on guitar.
Below is a list of some of their best performances that I hope you will consider for future reactions. Should you decide to do more BABYMETAL reactions in the future, you should be aware that CZcams will block almost all videos that incorporate audio. The best way round this is to mute the video and provide a link that we can open in a new window and sync with yours. Just give us a countdown before you start playing it. The BABYMETAL fandom is very used to this way of doing things.
Akatsuki (Wembley Arena 2016)
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No Rain, No Rainbow (Tokyo Dome 2016)
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Song 4 (Saitama Super Arean 2015)
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Sis. Anger (Tokyo Dome 2016)
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Ijime, Dame, Zettai (Tokyo Dome 2016)
www.dailymotion.com/video/x5u16xh
Headbanger! (Yokohama Arena 2015)
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Road of Resistance (Saitama Super Arena 2015)
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Syncopation (Tokyo Dome 2016)
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Megitsune (Saitama Super Arena 2015)
www.dailymotion.com/video/x6f0edz
Catch Me If You Can (Makuhari Messe 2014)
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BABYMETAL - Starlight (Official)
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Great history lesson. Much appreciated!!
Yui left quite a while ago
@@Briansgate and with these corporate manufacturered groups the individual is not very important. You lose a player you hold auditions to replace that player. This to me is how the Monkees came to be in response to a group of local friends who decided to form a band in Liverpool in the late 1950's.The Monkees had some nice songs. Babymetal has some nice songs. The Beatles wrote, arranged and performed their OWN music. Just like Band-Maid. To deny that is not a quantum leap in talent and ability is tantamount to saying the Monkees were somehow better than the Beatles. Looked at it that way Band-Maid is the very best hard rock band on the planet today.
They are shit on a stick.
@Wings of Pegasus- Fil, great review! Not sure if you know, but sadly, one of the guitarists Mikio Fujioka died in an accident Jan 2018, almost a yr ago! Great band, and great review! Peace out-
I heard in the comments here unfortunately.
@@wingsofpegasus agreed!
This particular song is not a good suggestion for a guitarist. It's just the popular, catchy, simple and fun single. Road of Resistance or Tales of the Destinies have more elements to analyze.
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I don't see how they could sing live with all that bouncing around they do, that is very energetic dancing! I love them, they are amazing and so entertaining, and I like the music.
Wow. That was great. Love this kind of unique act when it is done well.
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The audience sure seemed to enjoy it. With a band like this isn't that what really matters?
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@Mr Tibbs: Thumbs up for not liking it (I guess) without being an ass about it!
not according the metal snobs who think music is all about 8000 time signature changes and 2000 guitar solos and anything less is "manufactured pop". Enjoyment is for Posers.
You should pic one of the fancam takes from the 2023 - 24 tour. It's been 5 years, but they still got a high energy level on stage. They are not playing any instrument, at least not on stage. I love the head on crash between the genres. What i've heard, is that the person that had the main idea of this, thought that the metal scene was being just the same over and over and wanted something different.
Hi Fil, thanks for checking out Babymetal! One of my favourite bands. You're spot on with everything you're saying, the backing band (Kami Band) are absolute beasts, there's a few that rotate out depending on availability, but here it's Ohmura and ISAO on guitars, BOH on bass, and Hideki on drums. Yeah there is a backing track used in some of their songs. Unfortunately this last tour is when YUIMETAL was absent (and unfortunately has had to leave the group due to health reasons), so MOAMETAL (headset mic) was on her own for the "scream" parts, probably why they decided to go with a backing track for those. There are some performances where they sang them live, like when they played Wembly. SU-METAL is the main singer with the hand mic and she had tech problems with it for the beginning of the song, she normally never lipsyncs, except for the "pa-pa-pa" parts at the end. The other two girls are dancers, affectionately known by fans as MUSCLEMETAL (no sleeves) which were introduced when Yui couldn't perform. The girls don't play any instruments, they sing and dance only.
I can see where a lot of the normal viewers on your channel might not like this particular song. I'd recommend if you decide to do another Babymetal song possibly Rondo of Nightmare with Mischiefs of God Intro. That's a live one back in 2014 and the instrumental solos at the beginning are fantastic, I think your viewers would love it.
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this is not a band, it is just a product
The girls just sing...the lead guitarist for babymetal is marty friedmans guitarist in his band takayoshi ohmura
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So Fil I was hoping you could give me an expert opinion on what I think is amazing guitar work of a Japanese rock band call Buck Tick (the name is a clever variation of the Japanese words for firecracker). In particular the guitar work on 2 of their songs first: Kagerou, which has a sustained guitar collaboration between the bassist and lead guitarist, and Dress in which all 3 guitarists have solos in the song.
I'll warn you Dress and Kagerou are both personal to the lead vocalist, Atsuschi Sakurai and are somewhat long tracks.
I find both songs to be amazing and well arranged but I'm not an expert by any stretch of the imagination lol. Thanks for the great insights Fil. I hope you're able to do this for as long as you want.
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I just randomly found them a few months ago. However, the girl singers were little kids at the time and it REALLY blew my mind!! I wish you’d seen that first. Oh, they also have another group with a guy from Australia who is like big and manly but dresses like a girl and they dance wildly and it’s popular too I think..... shouldn’t be hard to find, something like “HimHer” or something that is masculine and feminine at the same time in the name
Maybe it’s “LadyBone” or something....it’s irking me not to remember
Ladybeard
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I saw BABYMETAL back in 2016 and it was honestly one of the best shows I've ever been to. The drummer for the band is incredible.
When I saw them they blew the Red Hot Chilli Peppers off the stage.
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Very educational reaction/analysis. Babymetal isn't high on my list of bands I listen to, but it certainly led me to tons of Japanese rock/metal bands. I'd be curious about your thoughts on Asterism. Young kids again, but they play their instruments. The guitarist seems out of this world (I'm only a drummer, but love listening to good guitar). Rising Moon by Asterism is my favorite so far.
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They are opening for Judas Priest next month in Singapore. Rob Halford seems to like them.
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Rob even collaborated with them and performed Painkiller and Breaking the Law with them: czcams.com/video/KG_fqkyJ-wo/video.html
Foo fighters and Metallica are big fans as well.
That rapid fire kick drum is really the thing that jumps out at me. Really unique different sound. And the visual of those girls dressed in those very futuristic Japanese Samurai looking costumes with the choreography is striking. Really high energy feel to the whole thing. And that lead solo was insane! (Also, was that some cat screams at the tail end of the solo?) This video definitely holds your attention. I'm going to have to check out more of these guys.
They always have backing tracks, as you noted, but this being a festival was not a good mix. Usually the lead vocals are much more prominent in the mix. It sounded like they finally got the right mix near the end, which is much more like you will normally hear in their live performances.
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I just recalled that this song was the first of the show that had vocals (the first song was an instrumental). Probably, other songs from the show have better mixes once they realized the mix was off.
Intro for Rondo of Nightmare, or Road of Resistance might more a suitable song to be analyzed
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If you enjoy the skill of the backing band, then you would definitely enjoy this: czcams.com/video/1AfZH_xdIXE/video.html - it's the kami-band (god band) without the girls. The guitarist on the left with the black E-II (Mikio Fujioka) unfortunately passed away in early 2018. This solo song didn't have a name when they recorded it, but it's since been named The Hill of Wisteria after him (it's a literal play on the meanings of the kanji in the name Fujioka)
PS: This video should have less issues around copyright too, as it's not controlled by AMUSE (BABYMETAL label)
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*Hello,Fil :) Aw.. Wow... "Gimme Chocolate What Name 2 A METAL Song" But The Customes Are Cool (: Well ; Thanks & ROCK !!!! X3
Actually improved my opinion when I stopped watching the video and just listened to the music.Getting much better.
Ima jump in and say that i really like the cutesy kpop lyrics which go PERFECTLY with the chugging metal. At least it works well on this song. Don't know if they can keep it up over many songs.
EDIT: I listened to some of their other stuff and they can get quite dark amd heavy.
try 30 plus and it works
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Jpop not K. It's funny. Back in the day, anywhere in Asia would be called China, but now it's Korea. :D
Another well-known Kawaii-metal group is LADYBABY, who's pop is a bit bouncier and metal a bit darker than BABYMETAL, yet their lyrics are almost folk music in terms of subject matter.
Fil, check out the video "5 instruments in a Guitar - Jose Feliciano" it's a really great mix of techniques!
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Not my cup,but that's what makes the world go round...to each their own...great job fil..rock on brother✌
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What the BLOODY HELL did I just friggin watch?!?!? Japanese Slipknot meets Hillary Duff? Singers are cute. Dude at 10:12 LMAO!
Sean Miller ....you’re crackin me up!!!🤣🤣🤣
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Hilary who???
That was a very good breakdown of how the technicality was working. Thanks for teaching us this information. 🤟🏼👍🏼
To be fair, the reason why they've to use a vocal base here is to fill a gap. This songs are meant to be performed by three members, but unfortunately they've to go on tour with only two of them, so Moa had to work twice as hard with both vocals and dancing. They usually sing without any lip sync or vocal background track, still using them for instrumental parts (keyboards etc,), if you listen to both the live sessions at Budokan you can easily tell, as you can definitely hear them havin' some issues toward the end, most of all you can hear the moment Yui fell from stage during Headabanger on the Red Night. Pretty much like David Grohl, but she got back on stage unharmed, being that young has many pros LOL.
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A mix of totally different genre? Wagakki Band, Senbonzakura LIVE 2017, uploaded by OST Thanh Trọng. Traditional Japanese Music, Koto, Sakuhachi, Tsugaru Shamisen, Taiko mixed with modern Drum, bass, guitar, with Shigin singer / leader / visionary, Yuko Suzuhana.
Another good live by Wagakki Band, Yoshiwara Lament, uploaded by avex, featuring a lot of shamisen players.
The official music video has higher views than Babymetal's Gimmer Chocolate.
As far as I know, there are only two bands in this unnamed genre by Yuko, since The Hu gets to name their own genre, why not this two bands genre? Wagakki Band and Band-Maiko, the sub-unit of Band-Maid.
Sad that this isn't even the highlights of Babymetal. Check out the suggestions that the commenters have posted. Much better stuff out there from this group.
Check out the Tokyo and Budokan shows. This is the stripped down and gutted version of BM. Su and Moa are impressive but without the other girl, Yui, they are a car with a temporary spare tire. I hope they recover, the 2 remaining girls are definitely professionals and deserve to be recognized as true performers.
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'Gimme Chocolate!!' is a great WTF? dive into BABYMETAL, but not the best demonstration of the members singing skills.
KillingMachine has a great list to pull from.
I'd add the 'Legend S' version of 'No Rain, No Rainbow' that's on their official channel, since I like it even better that the Tokyo Dome version.
Also, any live version of 'Rondo of Nightmare'.
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@Wings of Pegasus Thank you for being so engaged with the comments on your video.
That's really cool, unusual and great to see.
bloody hell, TOKYO DOME was spectacular show! my favorite after Wembley Arena.
Its funny how part of the song sounds like a 60's music track, then it goes right away from it
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Good one, Fil. Thanks for analyzing this band. The girls are cute and the band kicks ass.
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Hey Brother thanks for doing this review ,I appreciate your professional opinion on Babymetal.There is a great version of there song" rondo of nightmare"with mischief of the gods intro on daily motion if you get a chance to check it out.Yokohama 2015 live.
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Your analysis is correct, about click track/metronome as tempo guide for the band, about the main vocalist singing live, about backsound helper to hide 'out of tune' vocal (not auto-tune but it can blurring 'out of tune' vocal), I can saying this because I've heard leaked ear monitor audio when Babymetal performs live, I can hear click track and some 'out of tune' vocal here and there, but she is singing live without auto-tune for sure.
I'm also amaze by the backing band skill, unlike recording in studio, where we can stop and repeat if we out of tempo, doing live performance with metronome on is hard thing to do, especially for the drummer.
Yeah the band are impressive!
@@wingsofpegasus You might want to check unedited camera audio of Babymetal live performance
www.dailymotion.com/video/x4uv32r
The song called Tales of the Destinies, one of their greatest song, here we can heard how tight the backing band follow the tempo in that complex song and how clear and powerful the singer is (there are few out-of-tune/cracks vocal but that was normal in live performance)
Anyway, you might want to analyze this young talents from Japan: ASTERISM
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Their skills are awesome, especially the guitarist, I put my bet that she gonna be one of top notch female guitarist in future, or maybe she already is, lol
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Since you're a guitarist, you definitely need to check Rondo of Nightmare with Mischiefs of God intro. That song is what I would call a "beautiful catastrophe" because of how it seems so off beat yet it all blends together perfectly. Coupled with Su-metal's amazing vocals which is exploding with emotions.
Also, Su-metal's vocals are actually so on point. Her vocals are plain live. And yet, she is on point in her singing despite all the dancing. She has been trained from childhood and her control is near perfect. The mix we hear in this clip may have been altered a bit, but when you come to see them live, there is no doubt you will hear raw live vocals from her. Yes, there is a backing track for vocals but only on certain points of the song, but in general, her vocals are live.
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Amen on open minded!!!fil your the best!!!
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Please review Akatsuki or Rondo of nightmare next,i like your details about the music in this video.thanks
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@@wingsofpegasus your welcome,i'll waiting for the reviews.subs you now
I love baby metal! Also do the band "Loudness, Crazy nights".
Huh....well... See, I had HEARD the music before and found it to be an amusing novelty that occasionally veered into providing a song I might listen to for enjoyment a bit from time to time. Actually SEEING them perform just.... yeah...I have no words and my thesaurus just spontaneously self-ignited, so no new words on the way any time soon...
David Ayers They’ve changed. This is the new style doing an old song. First two albums, and anything from a DVD (tons on CZcams and dailymotion) are worth checking. Same voice, and tones are kinda throwback, but tons of different stylistic mashups, almost each song different tho maybe quarter are powermetalish...
If you get some time, check out the Sound City vid. Dave Grohl's reaction to playing to a click track for parts of Nevermind (maybe one song,,,) is priceless!!
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Babymetal can be polarising to ppl with a rigid taste in music. Big risk of mixing starkly different genres but hey this is how music evolves. Trying out new things rather than doing the same thing everyone thinks of about a genre.
Babymetal are technically a corporate creation. Although interestingly enough the concept & reason for the band started from 1 talented person.
Yeah The main vocalist is literary the reason this band got developed. She was in a kids idol pop group but the manager thought her vocal talent would be wasted on pop.
So they got 2 more girls, added a metal back up & Babymetal was born.
In the years of their career they found a main back up band you see there (Kamiband) that's a staple & I'd argue the reason why Babymetal didn't stay just a gimmick.
Started with a gimmick idea but got a solid main band so kept improving musically & vocally. If that didn't happen they'd probably just be a soon forgotten niche thing
Something about very cute and very metal hurts my brain but I like it. That was 4:19 of super awesome fantasticness.
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great video dude, no two Babymetal songs sound the same either, just check out more and you will see and hear that they are awesome.
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Great videos! Request: Maximum the Hormone, please. Punk, hard rock, metal, funk, alternative... it's all there in one band. Also great Japanese bands like Galneryus, Unlucky Morpheus, Lovebites, Bridear etc... I have a "Turning Japanese" playlist on Spotify that should get your head banging.
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Heard this before .. very good analysis Fil. Tough one ..
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Diehard Babymetal fans want Yui to come back (which isn't going to happen) but Minami and Kotono filled in nicely. I'm glad those two have been successful on their own. Great reaction and you obviously know what you're talking about.
Ever try Japanese candy or cookies and walk away going "Good Lord, that was awful and weird" and for some reason, when presented with another example taste it anyway?
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Not my kind of thing at all, But, what is interesting is that the Japanese create their own genre of music and entertainment which is different from our tates in the occident. From what I have seen the bands are extremely capable and the spirit of the music is good resulting in huge followings in the orient. Hatsune Miku is an incredible concept and it keeps guitar music alive, and where are most guitars probably built ?
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i would love to see your reaction to the gazette, for live songs i would say "Incubus","taion"(2006 live version or Spooky night abyss version),"Duex","13 Stairs","Headache man", "filth in beauty", "ugly", "falling" or "stupid tiny insect" the are amazing live
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Amazing. I've been subscribed for months and have enjoyed your vids! I am a huge Babymetal fan, and I did a double-take when I saw Babymetal on your channel. I'm commenting before watching, but I am totally psyched...good or bad, I will enjoy your insight.
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Fil, you are the Ghandi of music analysis vids. I'm too old and grumpy to go forth w my opinion of these intergalactic time-traveling extraterrestrials.
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What you said about having pop and metal is what makes Babymetal what they are. They have their own genre of metal. You have to hear so many more of their songs to truly understand the way they do metal. They do different styles of metal in different songs. The pop of this is why they have haters in the metal community. If you listened to more of their songs Babymetal is technical and the music blended with the vocals and the live tracks is what makes them stand out.
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@@wingsofpegasus and one more thing. Babymetal waz formed by someone called kobametal. At the time japanese metal was stagnate. He heard Su, the lead singer and realized she had a strong loud voice that he thought would be good for metal. At tbr beginning it was considered an experiment. No one thoight it would take off. The band was formed with Su in mind then they found the band members. I have been a fan since 2013. They bring fun to metal. You cant help but be happy when you hear their songs. The drummer and the bassist are the best i have heard. The guitarists are so good too but the drummer stands out in a lot of songs. Like said you have to hear more songs to truly appreciate them.
At first I thought this version was a terrible pick- but you got super technical and as someone who really isn't a musician, I found it quite informative.
Your analysis are always informative! it help to gain a little appreciation of a band or artist that are new to me like Babymetal, You definitely know your stuff! Fil. you got my vote on Analysis of the Year!
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Hey Fil, I’m sure you get requests all the time, and unfortunately the quality of the video I want you to see isn’t very good but it is a hidden gem of guitar history that you will not regret watching. I promise. Look up Eric Gales and Shawn Lane LIVE at Murphy’s in Memphis. It’s 1995 and Eric Gales absolutely plays on a whole different level. Shawn of course crushes it as well. There are multiple videos from that show on CZcams but that one’s my favorite. Absolutely insane. Also man, Umphrey’s McGee is a super super good, very technical, and melodic band that doesn’t quite get the attention they deserve, please, if you can, maybe listen to a live version of “Nothing too Fancy” by them and help spread the word. They have a good cult following and they play big venues, but they deserve to be more well known and appreciated. Their drummer is insanely good and both guitar players are top notch 100%. Hope you will check those two videos out. I have scoured the internet for the best guitar videos out there and not much tops Mateus, Buckethead, and Guthrie Govan, but you have to see that Shawn Lane and Eric Gales video, and I think you would enjoy umphreys a lot.
By the way. I enjoy watching your videos! I kill time at work watching these all the time
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Eric Gales is absolutely a killer guitarist
Now that's something new to me for sure!
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First of ,I think the band is playing awesome...the girls are cute and i like their little routines...when i listen to them sing their lyrics it puts me in mind of some video game background music...2 different elements,totally....but i think all in all they make it work!I can't say that I would want to hear it again...great analysis!One of the Wingers informed me of this one!As usual,good job,Fil!
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Now its time to check out their lead guitar player Takayoshi Ohmura. He's having a lot of great CZcams content going on and a really cool signature guitar from ESP.
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A better song for analysis would be Rondo of Nightmare with Mischief of Gods intro czcams.com/video/QxYAcIyk2Co/video.html. This gives you an individual solo intro of all the band members with a song following. No backing track on this one...
You hear 1 neoclassical guitarist, you heard them all. Not impressed.You close your eyes, they sound like about every metal impersonation band. It's like listening to an instructional video on neoclassical metal. Totally sterile.
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@@wingsofpegasus YVW, but thank you Phil for the BM review. Choco wasn't the best of choices as it was their earlier poppier material. BM is a breath of fresh air, even though Japan is about 20 years behind (hence all the pinch harmonics LOL! they really love those!). And as others have said, they're FUN! Paid $500US for VIP to the Houston show and had a blast! Bad back and all and I was still hopping to the tunes. BTW, the opener, Skyharbor was great!
you are a gentleman and a scholar
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0:00 RIP HEADPHONE AHHAHAHAHA NICE VIDE DUDE! 😁
So this is what happened to Rita and her minions after the power rangers ended.
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Fil, you looked stunned 😄
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I actually don't mind Babymetal. I think any metalhead has to admit that there's kind of a thread of silliness that underscores the genre. Babymetal embraces that thread wholeheartedly.
They're like the flipside of Gwar.
I'd rather listen to Lawnmower Deth.
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I don't know how I feel about this. I like the metal ALOT!! Not the singing too much. You definitely have a knack and openmindednes about music. It is appreciated. Hey, I am new and don't know the process of making requests, so I am gonna throw it out there. Have you done any songs by Dream Theatre, Judas Priest, Megadeth or Queensryche? Anything these guys do I would love to see. Thank you for your all the work you are doing here- ROCK!
BabyMetal are appearing with Judas Priest in Singapore soon and have already had Rob Alford performing with them at the APMAs Awards 2016
Thanks! I've only looked at John Petrucci so far with Dream Theatre, thanks for the suggestion!
@@wingsofpegasus I'm gonna go check it out now-thanks!
@@martinmetal7481 I gotta go check it out. Maybe I can be swayed?
Here is a little peak at there Wembley show the singing is live might sway you, dai.ly/x54140r
Fascinating.
Always remain teachable.
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Awesome. I saw them open for Rob Zombie/ koRn. I think they're great. A lot of energy and visual appeal. Elements of Kabuki in there. The band was top notch. The girls very precise in their choreography. The timing of all their elements was immaculate. Unfortunately I think the guitarist passed away?
+s6y9l Guitarist Mikio Fujioka passed away near the beginning of the year.
Takayoshi Ohmura, Leda Cygnus and ISAO were the guitarists for the 2018 tour.
BABYMETAL have always had some flexibility with guitar duties, since all of the Kami Band members are involved with other bands and projects. He was definitely part of the "classic" line-up and will be sorely missed.
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Yeah I heard this too unfortunately.
In this video Ohmura is playing on Mikio's guitar. Mikio was the one to usually do the solo in this piece. You should see how much fun he had doing the Late Show with Colbert back in 2016. Here the student is honoring the teacher, although Ohmura was already well established at the time of those studies.
Maybe more live babymetal live budakan .. Really good ..
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JPop Power Kawaii Death Rox! I've been onto BABYMETAL since 2013 (actually 2011 with Doki Doki Morning). The backing band has always been legit-Japan's session musicians are scary awesome mo'cats. They also perform with faces covered. No less a metal luminary than Rob Halford gave them his stamp of approval. Weird but awesome seeing you do an analysis. It's the amalgamation of different styles that keeps me hooked to your channel... That and how you greet us each time.
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Bro, I love they way you react and explain nicely. I would love if you can react on ' lovebits' it's a Japanese girl metal band.