Yeah it's surprising she doesn't mention Gary Moore here, although she has talked about him on other occasions. One of my friends was at that demo session where she played "Parisienne Walkways", and he said she talked about Gary then.
@@otobokegaijin6218 I think it is also hard to narrow-down your influences to just 5. I'm not that good at guitar, but I can tell you I probably have at least a dozen influences. Maybe more. Players that I admire and respect. I try to learn what I can from them, but my natural ability is somewhat limited. ( As is my spare time to practice. ) 😒
@@TheCyberMantis Took piano lessons for many years but never learned to play guitar, but I like the jazz-fusion guitarists who made a name for themselves in the early 1970s (before I was born actually) like John McLaughlin, Larry Coryell, Al DiMeola. They were shredders and influenced the rockers and metal players who came after them. Speaking of Mikio Fujioka as we were elsewhere, he was big into Allan Holdsworth, who like John McLaughlin was British with a rock and blues background but moved to the States and got into jazz-fusion. Mikio would talk to all his music school students about Holdsworth. When Mikio died Babymetal said that he had joined his hero Holdsworth up in the Metal Kingdom in the sky (or something like that, don't have time to look it up now)-Mikio died just a few months after Allan.
@@otobokegaijin6218 Wow, that is amazing. I am not even surprised that Mikio-san was into Holdsworth. All of this stuff is connected. Roots and influences.
It's crazy hard to narrow a lot down to the top 5 when there are just so many amazing! Kinda like narrowing down a top 5 list of songs! It changes on the daily! LOL
Great insight into Miyako! It's fun to compare their choices! Let me know your thoughts. Don't forget to Like and Subscribe! Check out the NEW Amazon links in the description!
RF a couple days ago put up a vdo with an interview with the band Stratovarius followed by Miyako showing the gear she used in LB's concert in March at EX Theater Roppongi.
Jennifer Batten worked and gave guitar lessons at a small guitar shop in my city before she got famous. She was a total shredder back then and always blew all of us away with her playing.
Lets not skirt over the fact that at an 18 y/o Miyako listened to these bands and was like "I wanna play that!", so she went out and bought a book to learn guitar! These weren't some "3 chords and a smile" Pop songs she was attempting to master.
Have seen this a couple of years ago. Miyako is so animated and Smiling. Marty has been in a lot of TV shows in Japan, some of his best was when he was explaining Babymetal to a panel of what appears to be entertainment celebrities.
EVH composed that famous riff in "Beat It" at the request of MJ. He also helped in the arrangement of the final version of that song. In an interview, EVH mentioned that initially, he didn't think "Beat It" would take off so he didn't demand any royalties for his work. He regretted that decision ever since ! BTW, the Lovebites song you're thinking of that contains the "Beat It" riff is "Empty Daydream". When Miyako composed that track, she included that riff as an homage to Batten.
Apparently, I'm more with Miyako's list than Midori's, but both lists are cool and surprising. And seeing Miyako playing "Bohemian Rhapsody" together with Marty Friedman (and Rollo) warms my heart! ;-)
Cool choices by Miyako!! Dimebag and Kirk were guaranteed to be on her list 🤘😁🤘 You said it right, Midori who usually plays the faster aggressive stuff had a more metal list and Miyako who usually goes more melodic, had a more balanced list with some rock in there!! Always a blast to see these!! Thanks GMG!! 🤘🐺🤘 By the way, just recently both Midori and Miyako appeared on the show again in separate episodes doing a quick small gear introduction the day of their first shows back in March, the first shows with Fami. It's pretty similar to the gear introduction you did last week, but sadly no subs!!
I don't agree with your comments on Queen/"Bohemian Rhapsody". But maybe I'm underestimating the influence of the US mainstream. For Europe, Queen was quite big in the 70s and 80s (more than "I have heard that name"). While it's true, that there was a peek in 1992 or so with "Wayne World" (epic scene!), because of getting viral due to a movie/show, just like the US never experienced Kate Bush too well until last summer, "Bohemian Rhapsody" was always "up there" as one of the iconic songs, even more than "We Are The Champions", "We Will Rock You" or "Radio Gaga" (at least, some people knew it, like a singing lady with a big following)... Queen was also undoubtly nailing the "Live Aid" show in 1985. Could be, that most Americans watched only the Philadelphia part, but that's on them. Like LOVEBITES sings "ignorance is a bliss"... ;-) In both cases, this hype introduced music to the public eye, what was already there elsewhere. And to a newer generation...
Queen themselves has said this Japan was the first country outside of their home country where they was treated as a star and became big. They first came to Japan in 1975. From then on they were very popular and big in Japan. They were very surprised and delighted that they were so popular outside their home country. Because they weren't that popular in America. that's why They love Japan and even wrote songs in Japanese, and they often come to Japan on private occasions.
The only real surprise in this was that Miyako was the one to list Dime as a top five influence. I would have thought Midori would be the one since she's the one I've read talk about being in bands that covered Pantera. Marty doesn't need me to second his words, but I saw Pantera twice (Feb 12, 1999 opening for the original members of Black Sabbath and March 5, 2001 with Morbid Angel and Soulfly) and Darrell was incredible live. It was just another way for him to party. I cried when I heard of his murder and was both glad and sad that I skipped the Damageplan show that night. In 2012, I saw Eklipse, Delain, and Kamelot at the venue and wore my Darrell tribute shirt. Kamelot's guitarist, Thomas Youngblood, made eye contact with me, raised a glass, and said, "This is for Dime!" I was glad to see those bands and meet Delain afterward, but I hated being at that place. I'm glad it's been demolished. Wayne's World did cause a resurgence for Queen. "Bohemian Rhapsody" was re-released as a single, I believe with "The Show Must Go On" as its B-side. That wasn't my introduction to Queen, I had the Highlander soundtrack and my brothers listened to a lot of Queen, but it was cool to see so many other people my age listening to them. Jennifer Batten is a badass. I first really heard her in when I discovered her live videos with the late great Jeff Beck when they toured Japan around 2000. There's a video I watch every now and then where they go back and forth trading solos. It's some great stuff. I wonder if Prince ever tried to poach Jennifer from Michael like he tried to poach Orianthi from Alice Cooper. It does my heart good to see Marty and Miyako playing "Master of Puppets." I had to break out a guitar and play along. My favorite cover of MoP is by Liliac. Regarding what you said about early Metallica, song for song, MoP is my favorite metal album. Second on that list would be Megadeth's "Rust in Peace," Marty's debut with the band, though I'd known about him from Cacophony before that and his solo album "Dragon's Kiss." Marty playing with LOVEBITES for a few songs would be insane. Michael Anthony playing with LOVEBITES would be . . . well, it would suck. LOVEBITES doesn't need a simplistic bass player like him! Hell, I'd be better. If nothing else, I can handle everything Miho played.
Edward Van Halen composed not only the solo for “Beat It”, but he rearranged the whole song, composed by Steve Lukather from Toto. And Eddie did play it live with Michael Jackson, I believe it was in Texas
The big surprise for me was the omission of GARY MOORE in her top-5 guitar influences.
I totally expected her to mention Gary. 🤔
Yeah it's surprising she doesn't mention Gary Moore here, although she has talked about him on other occasions. One of my friends was at that demo session where she played "Parisienne Walkways", and he said she talked about Gary then.
@@otobokegaijin6218 I think it is also hard to narrow-down your influences to just 5. I'm not that good at guitar, but I can tell you I probably have at least a dozen influences. Maybe more. Players that I admire and respect. I try to learn what I can from them, but my natural ability is somewhat limited. ( As is my spare time to practice. ) 😒
@@TheCyberMantis Took piano lessons for many years but never learned to play guitar, but I like the jazz-fusion guitarists who made a name for themselves in the early 1970s (before I was born actually) like John McLaughlin, Larry Coryell, Al DiMeola. They were shredders and influenced the rockers and metal players who came after them.
Speaking of Mikio Fujioka as we were elsewhere, he was big into Allan Holdsworth, who like John McLaughlin was British with a rock and blues background but moved to the States and got into jazz-fusion. Mikio would talk to all his music school students about Holdsworth. When Mikio died Babymetal said that he had joined his hero Holdsworth up in the Metal Kingdom in the sky (or something like that, don't have time to look it up now)-Mikio died just a few months after Allan.
@@otobokegaijin6218 Wow, that is amazing. I am not even surprised that Mikio-san was into Holdsworth. All of this stuff is connected. Roots and influences.
It's crazy hard to narrow a lot down to the top 5 when there are just so many amazing! Kinda like narrowing down a top 5 list of songs! It changes on the daily! LOL
One of my favorite parts of this video is seeing Marty Friedman play a Metallica song. 😆
Great insight into Miyako! It's fun to compare their choices! Let me know your thoughts. Don't forget to Like and Subscribe! Check out the NEW Amazon links in the description!
RF a couple days ago put up a vdo with an interview with the band Stratovarius followed by Miyako showing the gear she used in LB's concert in March at EX Theater Roppongi.
Awesome!
Jennifer Batten worked and gave guitar lessons at a small guitar shop in my city before she got famous. She was a total shredder back then and always blew all of us away with her playing.
That's crazy cool!
Lets not skirt over the fact that at an 18 y/o Miyako listened to these bands and was like "I wanna play that!", so she went out and bought a book to learn guitar! These weren't some "3 chords and a smile" Pop songs she was attempting to master.
That's so awesome!
The guitar instruction book she used is titled
"Mechanical Training Phrases From Hell" (!)
you're 90%there dude;) some really hard to find stuff left for you to hunt down great job !🤘
Drop me some info on what I'm missing! At least a hint. LOL
@@GlassMoonGaming what fun would that be ;)
Have seen this a couple of years ago. Miyako is so animated and Smiling. Marty has been in a lot of TV shows in Japan, some of his best was when he was explaining Babymetal to a panel of what appears to be entertainment celebrities.
Thanks!
EVH composed that famous riff in "Beat It" at the request of MJ. He also helped in the arrangement of the final version of that song. In an interview, EVH mentioned that initially, he didn't think "Beat It" would take off so he didn't demand any royalties for his work. He regretted that decision ever since ! BTW, the Lovebites song you're thinking of that contains the "Beat It" riff is "Empty Daydream". When Miyako composed that track, she included that riff as an homage to Batten.
Yep! Love the EVH history!
Don't forget tomorrow (29) Miyako piano cover of Eagle Fly Free on Lovebites official channel.
We are all looking forward to it! I watched her live autograph session. She announced her upcoming piano recital in November.
@@TheCyberMantis Awesome 😁👌
I have a feeling I'll be reacting to that during the next Lovebites session!
Apparently, I'm more with Miyako's list than Midori's, but both lists are cool and surprising.
And seeing Miyako playing "Bohemian Rhapsody" together with Marty Friedman (and Rollo) warms my heart! ;-)
same. and i thought midoris would be more like miyakos considering her style.
18:55 😂😂😂
LOL
Cool choices by Miyako!! Dimebag and Kirk were guaranteed to be on her list 🤘😁🤘
You said it right, Midori who usually plays the faster aggressive stuff had a more metal list and Miyako who usually goes more melodic, had a more balanced list with some rock in there!!
Always a blast to see these!! Thanks GMG!! 🤘🐺🤘
By the way, just recently both Midori and Miyako appeared on the show again in separate episodes doing a quick small gear introduction the day of their first shows back in March, the first shows with Fami. It's pretty similar to the gear introduction you did last week, but sadly no subs!!
Awesome! Thanks Jorge!!
I don't agree with your comments on Queen/"Bohemian Rhapsody". But maybe I'm underestimating the influence of the US mainstream. For Europe, Queen was quite big in the 70s and 80s (more than "I have heard that name"). While it's true, that there was a peek in 1992 or so with "Wayne World" (epic scene!), because of getting viral due to a movie/show, just like the US never experienced Kate Bush too well until last summer, "Bohemian Rhapsody" was always "up there" as one of the iconic songs, even more than "We Are The Champions", "We Will Rock You" or "Radio Gaga" (at least, some people knew it, like a singing lady with a big following)... Queen was also undoubtly nailing the "Live Aid" show in 1985. Could be, that most Americans watched only the Philadelphia part, but that's on them. Like LOVEBITES sings "ignorance is a bliss"... ;-)
In both cases, this hype introduced music to the public eye, what was already there elsewhere. And to a newer generation...
Queen themselves has said this
Japan was the first country outside of their home country where they was treated as a star and became big. They first came to Japan in 1975. From then on they were very popular and big in Japan. They were very surprised and delighted that they were so popular outside their home country. Because they weren't that popular in America. that's why They love Japan and even wrote songs in Japanese, and they often come to Japan on private occasions.
The only real surprise in this was that Miyako was the one to list Dime as a top five influence. I would have thought Midori would be the one since she's the one I've read talk about being in bands that covered Pantera.
Marty doesn't need me to second his words, but I saw Pantera twice (Feb 12, 1999 opening for the original members of Black Sabbath and March 5, 2001 with Morbid Angel and Soulfly) and Darrell was incredible live. It was just another way for him to party. I cried when I heard of his murder and was both glad and sad that I skipped the Damageplan show that night.
In 2012, I saw Eklipse, Delain, and Kamelot at the venue and wore my Darrell tribute shirt. Kamelot's guitarist, Thomas Youngblood, made eye contact with me, raised a glass, and said, "This is for Dime!" I was glad to see those bands and meet Delain afterward, but I hated being at that place. I'm glad it's been demolished.
Wayne's World did cause a resurgence for Queen. "Bohemian Rhapsody" was re-released as a single, I believe with "The Show Must Go On" as its B-side. That wasn't my introduction to Queen, I had the Highlander soundtrack and my brothers listened to a lot of Queen, but it was cool to see so many other people my age listening to them.
Jennifer Batten is a badass. I first really heard her in when I discovered her live videos with the late great Jeff Beck when they toured Japan around 2000. There's a video I watch every now and then where they go back and forth trading solos. It's some great stuff. I wonder if Prince ever tried to poach Jennifer from Michael like he tried to poach Orianthi from Alice Cooper.
It does my heart good to see Marty and Miyako playing "Master of Puppets." I had to break out a guitar and play along. My favorite cover of MoP is by Liliac. Regarding what you said about early Metallica, song for song, MoP is my favorite metal album. Second on that list would be Megadeth's "Rust in Peace," Marty's debut with the band, though I'd known about him from Cacophony before that and his solo album "Dragon's Kiss." Marty playing with LOVEBITES for a few songs would be insane. Michael Anthony playing with LOVEBITES would be . . . well, it would suck. LOVEBITES doesn't need a simplistic bass player like him! Hell, I'd be better. If nothing else, I can handle everything Miho played.
Awesome! Thanks so much for sharing!
Miyako's first band has metalcore elements so it makes since.
Nice!
Edward Van Halen composed not only the solo for “Beat It”, but he rearranged the whole song, composed by Steve Lukather from Toto. And Eddie did play it live with Michael Jackson, I believe it was in Texas
Awesome! Love that little bit of EVH history!
Aren't you thinking about the solo for "Thriller" that EVH played?
Fun fact: EVH did both solos!
@@GlassMoonGaming Ah, OK
🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺
Hell yeah!