BAND-MAID - FREEDOM (Live) Reaction (Japanese All-Female Band)
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- Brought to you by MyIndie Productions, BABBLE ON is an entertainment show bringing you Film and Music related content (reactions, reviews, discussions). Co-hosted by indie filmmakers, Asaf Angel and Itai Guberman.
In this episode, Asaf and Itai are back with a Music Video Reaction for Band-Maid's ass-kicking track, FREEDOM (Live)!
Check out the video on their official @BANDMAID channel, HERE: • BAND-MAID / FREEDOM (O...
We searched some more after we recorded the episodes and eventually found some lyrics that makes some sense...
LYRICS:
Agreeing, I nod to this and that*
I know courtesies and charms, pretending like I know*
If it’s inconvenient, I can’t see it, I don’t care
bye bye bye
Always looking at people’s faces*
Living while hiding your emotions, (it’s) Not cool
Just enjoy your life, it’s a story to only live once*
Get out (of) my way！ my way！ my way！
Showing off my impulse*
Back off！ go (a)way！ go (a)way！ go (a)way！
Love me as you feel
These moments can’t be reset
Struggle, break it down, patch it up and live*
Like to be a freedom
Envy, jealousy, twisted emotion
Stupid lies, 1.2.3.4
It’s obviously shown, you laugh and laugh at it*
lie lie lie
Even if you dress up as a fake
Sweet fruit isn’t available right now
Naked, jump in and go surfing*
Get out (of) my way！ my way！ my way！
Stirring up emotions
Back off！ go (a)way！ go (a)way！ go (a)way！
Embrace me as you want to
These moments can’t be reset
Struggle, break it down, patch it up and live
Like to be a freedom
Always looking at people’s faces
Living while hiding your emotions, (it’s) Not cool
Just enjoy your life, it’s a story to only live once
Get out (of) my way！ my way！ my way！
Showing off my impulses
Back off！ go (a)way！ go (a)way！ go (a)way！
Love me as you feel
This is a moment that will never happen again
You have to struggle, you have to break it down, you have to patch it up and you have to live.
Get out (of) my way！ my way！ my way！
Stirring up emotions
Back off！ go (a)way！ go (a)way！ go (a)way！
Embrace me as you want to
These moments can’t be reset
Struggle, break it down, patch it up and live
Like to be a freedom
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In case anyone is interested in checking out our BAND-MAID Playlist, which now includes the above episode, it can be seen HERE: czcams.com/play/PLzwQo9bDDsIx6klQDDDhaAAddBEdF3Fla.html
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It's not possible to be in a bad mood after watching Akane in this video.
It is really is impossible. You can see the happiness on her face and body language and it is just so contagious! This band is hugely talented. So, so awesome! More Band-Maid still to come in the near future. Stay tuned!
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Akane is the happiest drummer on Earth !!!! And the best thing about her is how she is involved she is within the song itself. Her fills are possibly the best I've ever heard and even in her solo in Freedom you can see how her solo is part and parcel of the construction of the song itself. Kanami, with her genius for composition, writes the music to specifically include the drum solo. You can see that when the transition from the solo back into the song effortless and there is no clear delineation between the solo and the transition out of it. There's a reason why Jimmy Page told Akane when he attended a performance of theirs in Tokyo that she was the reincarnation of John Bonham. She is just amazing Her nickname of Gorilla fits the bill completely the way she hammers the skins.
@@mikeat2637 She is incredible, as are the rest of the band. Just fantastic!
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That Kanami’s guitar after drum solo. My Top5-moment ever 🔥🤘❤️
Band-Maid best hard rock band
A long time ago in the 80's and 90's I made a living playing drums, then life intervened and inexplicably I didn't pick up the sticks for a very, very long time until two years ago at the young age of 62 I stumbled onto one Ms Akane Hirose and was gobsmacked by two things, 1 - how fcken mind blowing good she is and 2 - her smile, playing drums is fun , so I hauled the kit out of storage and am now having a hoot thrashing away behind the kit like a drunk in a bar fight, absolutely loving it (as are my neighbours 😂). Thank you Akane, thank you BAND -MAID, what a fcken band Viva the Maids peace and love Po 👍🎼🥁🎤🎸🍻
Good for you! Band Maid inspires.
The other happy pills kick ass drummer to check out is Tamu from Nemophila. Her smile is sunshine.
@@enol8603 Absolutely I adore Tamu, love her original work with Nemophila but she cracks me up everytime I look at their cover of journey. Love your taste in drummers 😄, cheers 👍🍻
Shoto Saito of Sokoninaru is another superb drummer as well. Start with Re:prog. They play this live and it is better.
@@philipebbrell2793 Hey thank you, much appreciated 👍🍻
Watching Kanami troll Miku never gets old.
This is the only song they do with a drum solo longer than 10 seconds. Each song is truly unique.
And they should do more. What a great moment! We loved it!
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The Ladies are THE BEST currently touring LIVE Band. There may be bands that are better than the Ladies, but when it comes to LIVE Performances, NO ONE does it batter than the Ladies. From the skill with their instruments, to the ease with which they interact with the audience. They ARE THE BEST!
They certainly are awesome! No argument from us! We love them!
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lol watching Asaf slowly grow a smile during the solo is what reactions are all about!
It's tough for us not to check out more of their music as we want to do it all on the show as a first-time listen, but we guess it pays off in these types of ways. We get to see how we responded the first time our ears were hit with such awesomeness! 😁
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Troll-nami @ 3:10 keeping an eye on Miku, so she doesn't flub the lyrics, will always be funny to me.
I love these goofballs so much.
I'd say it looks like the pride of a teacher encouraging her student...
It is a fun moment, no doubt. Such a great song! Their personalities just seem to shine through, which we love! Much more Band-Maid to come. Stay tuned!
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Saiki-san may not have a lot of octaves in her repertoire but she's rarely out of key. Very, very rare. I've seen them live once and her charisma is awesome. You can't take your eyes off her at all. I'll be seeing them a second time in 4 days!
Its more since her surgery. She had problems with her vocal cords long time.
Yes, she is hugely charismatic. There is definitely something magnetic to her appearance and presence. The band is awesome and we will continue covering their songs for as long as we can. So much fun!
BTW, we are jealous. We're unlikely to see them live anytime soon...
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@@ShadeNature That sucks to hear. We were unaware she had any such issues. We love her singing anyway. An amazing band!
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Yep, it really doesn't matter if you understand every single word or not, the music as a whole speaks for itself. 🤘🏻And that makes this band, these ladies, the main reason why I listen to music differently today than I used to. This may be frustrating at times, because I 'expect' things from other bands that I just won't get, but on the other hand, I really love listening to BM's songs afterwards. Hard to explain, but the influence this band has on me is huge, to say the least.
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「 _"完璧なんてありえない" / Perfection? No one gets there._ 」 - from *BAND-MAID* - 'Warning' 🎶🕊
We know exactly what you mean. Every time we listen to this type of music, it fees like a "cleanse".
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Simply Perfects! No more words! Great react again guys! You need watch "Maners"/"Black Hole" live. See you at the next 🤟🏻🦊🇯🇵🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Added to the list. Thank you!
Also thank you for taking the time to view and engage... and for the kind words! Much appreciated! 🙏
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Thanks guys for the intelligent reaction. BAND-MAID does have a voluminous catalog so you'll be hard pressed to find a "bad" song. So you don't have to worry about the lyrics check out FROM NOW ON which is their latest instrumental. A progish/metal experience for sure. And then their other Awesome instrumental ONSET-LIVE. You can thank me later. Peace. 1.32
Thank you! Both songs are already on our request list (it's a VERY long list), so we should get to them sooner or later. Stay tuned! We love this band, just so awesome! Much more Band-Maid to come!
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@@myindieprodentertainment There's a lot of cr4p out there. It's easy to engage with you two. 😎 There a good reason a BAND-MAID request list is very long.
The pure joy they display when playing is just infectious. I flew to Chicago to watch them last November and they blew me away. They are in my god tier of live bands. Each of my top live experiences were all for differing reasons. Iron Maiden, Dio, Jinjer and Babymetal. Band Maid joined them that night. For Band Maid it was just seeing their joy of performing and how they made the crowd feel.
Wow, you definitely got to see some awesome band, there! Nice! We can't wait to get a chance to see The Maids live... hopefully in the near-ish future, if they ever get to our necks of the woods...
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They have a habit of working up an extra part to 3/4 songs for each touring season. Then never to do the extras again. That extended drum solo was done in 2019, and a few times in 2022, and from what I have seen, each time was slightly different. Probably the top extra is Don't You Tell Me from 20118?
They do seem to have a knack for always keeping things fresh. One of the things we love about them.
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"Freedom" is an early song, not a work of their own. But it's so catchy and exciting, and so easy to play, that they enjoy playing it live. Now, the real value of BAND-MAID lies in the richness of variation in the songs they have created. Some of their songs are almost progressive rock, with complex structures that are difficult to play, so please try them.
We have a long list of Band-Maid requests and suggestions still to come and we hope to get to all of them! Stay tuned!
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I looooved the drum solo. And Asaf is right you should start a reaction channel. 🙃 Could be fun.😉 You could do lots of Japanese Rock/Metal.
LOL. Nah, sounds like too much work, Andrea. We might give it a miss 😆
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If you could capture thunder & lightning in a bottle then Unleash it unto the world, that's what Akane's drum solo & Kanami's guitar solo would sound like :)
@rogerchance9074 Lol. You must still have a Clang ringing in your ears then :)
I saw them twice during last year's US tour and it was the best live performance I've seen since seeing The Doors at the Whiskey a Go Go in LA back in 1969.
@@mikeat2637 That's very cool.👍
@@GaryHolloway-810 I'm the epitome of the old fart rocker, lolololololol
@@mikeat2637 I was recording a remake of Red Rubber Ball by The Cyrkle at Sunset Studios during that time when the Doors where just up the street. Heady times, back then! 😵💫
The Maids performing their second most performed song, Freedom, (just behind Real Existence) is pure perfection, isn't it? I mean, what can you fault? And those faces... their attitude... their music... their playing... their story... and their joy! Band-Maid is a world treasure! Thanks, Asaf & Itai, for bringing the world's best hard rock band to your viewers!
Thank you! We are loving it! More Band-Maid to come. Stay tuned!
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“Like to be a freedom.” Japanese people may even find it hard to translate KOBATO’s lyrics. One reason is her frequent use of YOJIJUKUGO, four-character idiomatic expressions whose meaning is not conveyed in direct translation of the constituent kanji.
Each time FREEDOM pops up in my feed, I think to myself oh, that’s not my favorite song, but then I listen and remember it’s a real banger. I especially like the part where KOBATO takes the vocal lead. But it’s SAIKI that really impresses with her charisma, powerful voice, and tightly controlled vibrato. If you find videos of SAIKI on the socials and in interviews, you can see that in contrast to her on-stage persona she’s actually a nerdy, insecure, tiny slip of a woman. I don’t know where that dynamic stage presence and huge voice comes from.
Saiki is not insecure, just reserved. Also not tiny by Japanese standards.
It is always interesting seeing performers who's stage personas greatly differ from their real-life ones. It is intriguing. We have yet to see what she's like in real-life, but on stage, Saiki is full of charisma and a great lead vocalist who we love reacting to. The whole band is great, really. This song is awesome... That drum solo was fantastic!
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@@DAVID-io9nj Yes, “reserved” is a better choice of words. I meant to say, “self deprecating.” In a video interview SAIKI is asked what her “charm point” is. As I recall, she said something like, “If I have a charm point, I wish someone would tell me.”
Next reaction VOB "GOD ALLOW ME PLEASE TO PLAY MUSIC" 'MV &"SCHOOL REVOLUTION"MV&" PMS" MV.VOB Band ROCK TRIO HIJABERS from 🇮🇩 VOB AMAZING super talented ♥️🤟
Akane is the worlds happiest drummer😄👍
She is awesome! We love her and, of course, the rest of the band!
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Hi Itai and Asaf.. Was wondering when you would find this one.. Such a great feel good song and video. One of my favorites. They are all about good music and fun.. Misa on Bass is always in black, and doesn't wear shoes.. Hence the nick name, "the barefoot assasin" Saiki is just a "Queen" such great style and sass and a really good singer.. "The Queens of groove"!! So many songs, so many styles, but all Band maid.. Glad you enjoyed it.. Best wishes to both of you from France..
We always enjoy Band-Maid. So much so that we are always looking forward to the next time we react to one of their songs... which will likely be soon 😉
As always, great hearing from you, Grant! We appreciate the support! 🙏
@@myindieprodentertainment Thank you for the reactions.. :)
Glad you are reacting to Unlucky Morpheus, I love Jill!!!
As do we! 🙂
MISA MISA MISA!!!!!
Next reaction VOB" ENTER SANDMAN "Metalica cover VOB BAND ROCK TRIO HIJABERS from 🇮🇩 VOB consert LIVE AT FRANCE. TRANS MUSICALES DE RENNES 2021👍 VOB AMAZING super talented ♥️🤟
Band Maid facts: Akane, drums and MISA bass, Are alumni of the Tokyo School of Music. It's a 2 year vocational school for musicians wanting to work in the Japanese Music Industry. Akane also plays the Trombone and piano. MISA also can play the guitar. Kanami, lead guitar has degrees in Economics and Marketing!!!
They have release an updated version of "Puzzle" well worth a reaction.
That's awesome! Great to know! Thanks for the info!
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"All their songs are good." Exactly. This is why, as much as it outrages a lot of music fans, I consider them the best rock band since the Beatles. There were a few like Cream who were briefly more brilliant, but 160 songs with no duds? No one besides the Beatles even comes close.
It's all subjective, of course, but yes, we have not even heard an "ok" song from The Maids. They are all at least GREAT! Awesome band!
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My guess of Lovebites was wrong, but Band-Maid is just as good. Freedom is one of their older songs from the 2016 mini-album Brand New Maid. It is one of the very few songs not written by Band-Maid (meaning Kanami) that they still play in concert. They played Freedom at most of their shows last year, including the Dallas show where I saw them, but only once so far on their 10th Anniversary tour (Austin, Texas got to hear it). It is getting to the point where they will only play Band-Maid (Kanami) written songs going forward. Thrill, Freedom and Real Existence might be the only very rare exceptions to that rule.
My guess for the next reaction is Unlucky Morpheus and my confidence level is high.
You were right to be so confident, Dan! 🙂
I (Itai) am still trying to catch-up on all the slightly older missed comments I haven't responded to yet. I have some work ahead of me... Thank you, as always, for taking the time to view and engage! Much appreciated! 🙏
Violin? Galcharic Spin!!!!
Yeah, it's pretty straight forward 70's arena rock but has a catchy vibe to it. Freedom is like Japanese ABBA meets KISS but it works. And yes, I agree entirely, in the west rock kinda died over the last decade plus. That's not to say there isn't any rock out of the west, but it gets buried under EDM Pop, and simplistic hip hop. Hopefully bands like the Warning encourage more rock in the West in the near future.
We can only hope. We're sure there's great music out there coming from the West, but as you said, it's buried under piles of... well, mainstream 😉
The Japanese band are definitely next level, as are The Warning! Some fantastic rock!
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They’re really fantastic. They have their unique sound and each some is a surprise. Plus, is there a band that smiles more when playing live?
Not sure about that last question... Maybe Gacharic Spin will give them good competition in the smiles department. So many awesome bands from Japan who just love what they do and keep producing amazing music. This has definitely caused a change of direction in our show, with so many requests coming in for such bands (Band-Maid, Lovebites, Gacharic Spin, Nemophila, etc, etc.). We are LOVING it!
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Band-Maid doing Band-Maid things.
(OK, it's not original, I stole it from Chase Carneson's channel.😁)
They certainly do! And they never disappoint! 🤘😁🤘
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Enjoyed your comments and observations regarding this extraordinary band from Japan. Yes, American music has dropped the ball as far as Rock Music is concerned, which is a pity. The current modern listeners are hard pressed to find the type of hard rock that is so enjoyable to hear, rather than the listless computer-generated samples and autotuned vocals which are such a poor substitute for the real thing. Fortunately, Rock still flourishes in other parts of the world and is far from extinct, although the myopic American media would like to imply otherwise. Great bands like Band-Maid defy expectations and are able to showcase what true Rock/Metal is all about. Thank you for recognizing and promoting Band-Maid on your show and hope to hear your reviews of their other great songs.
Sadly rock is a niche market in the US, but good music will out!
Thank you! We have covered a few Band-Maid songs already (see Playlist in top/pinned comment). We totally agree with everything you said which is also why we so much enjoy and intend to continue with covering "foreign" bands (generally meaning non-U.S.) on the show. If you look through our episodes, you'll see there are many others that fit the bill (Lovebites, Nemophila, Nightwish, Jinjer, Ningen Isu, Wagakki Band, etc.).
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Aldious - Reincarnation??
Close, but no cigar 😉
@@myindieprodentertainment I tried.. lol Maybe you will watch it one day.. It is a great song..