First Time Hearing BAND-MAID 'Bestie' with Mike Einziger from Incubus!
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- čas přidán 15. 04. 2024
- Rock musician reacts to BAND-MAID 'Bestie' with Mike Einziger from Incubus! @BANDMAID
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I disagree re: solos. I can always distinguish between Midori, Miyako, Saki or Hazuki.
HAGANEにJUNNAが加入 再始動します。🥁
Hey Wave! Thank you for checking my lyrics video ☺
I agree. A unique flavor of Band-Maid with a western rock vibe. A perfect blend. I hope radio stations in the US will broadcast it because Saiki and Miku sing very well in English. Very nice song. Thanks Wave.
this is Band-maid for US radio. i am impressed that they were able to fit that Kanami Solo™ into a radio friendly song
I was surprised and confused on first listen, on second listen I cried🥲 fantastic song💯🎶🎵
Miku's phenomenal lyric's writing on display again!
In English, no less!
I love this song!! This song is super well composed and the lyrics are very meaningful (Miku always writes good and meaningful lyrics). Gotta say that Saiki’s English is getting so good. ❤ thank you Band-Maid for this amazing song. 😢 thank you Wave for the reaction too!
Great song and Kanami's solo is fire 🔥
The solo is all Kanami, but that riff is Mike all the way through. As a long time fan of Incubus and now also long time fan of Band-Maid, this song feels like a perfect blend of both sounds. It's been a while since I was this satisfied with a collaboration song 💜
It gives me a nostalgic feeling😌
The cover picture was produced by Saiki.
Her order was "A drawing of two best friends taking a long journey in wilderness"😉
So nice to see them going back a little bit into ballade style. Love it ❤❤
YES THIS IS SECOND TIME I HEARD THIS SONG TODAY BUT THANK YOU ITS REALLY NICE ❤❤❤❤❤
I love everything form BM,i have no problem listening to. PO ❤❤❤❤
Great song for driving in the sun! And very easy to listen to again and again. Very different mix than usual (that "nearly-sub" bass) - I wonder how it will sound on stage and if it's Miku who will play the very catchy arpeggio riff.
Loved it first listen, very catchy and a great solo...still sounds like band-maid song no doubt
I like it. It has that same vibe as Daydreaming or Endless Story
That's probably why I am not a huge fan :). I like the verses, not the chorusses. I agree, the chorusses remind me of their more ballady tracks that I am not a huge fan of. Nothing wrong with that obviously, it also means a lot of fans will love the track.
It's a legit contender for either the "big audience participation closing song", or "mid-set cool down" slots.
Its OK...........Enjoy your day ........
Hi Wave 👋🏻 I'm still processing this awesome song! Enjoyed your take on this reaction video 👍🏻
Ride that W. A. V. E.~~ :D
good choice on the intro-outros btw
the chill-maids
I'm entertained by some of the comments. Remember when "Start Over" was their death knell, the sign they were getting bland and poppy? Even though the B side was "Screaming" and the next album had "Rinne"? It doesn't have to be busy to be good. Lean back and enjoy the groove.
Listen carefully. There's more there than you think.
Spot on 👍🍻
Did anyone notice hardly any Eventide octave harmoniser. Gary is happy.😃
@@GaryHolloway-810 if you're happy GH we're happy 😄👍🍻
@@brunobryant4846 Then i found out Australia is the most expensive place to buy tobacco in the world.😯
@@GaryHolloway-810 And about the third most expensive in the world for alcohol 😭😭
MISA MISA MISA!!!!!
Love Akane's drums on this. This is the song I plan to play for introducing Band-Maid to the wife. I was going to do day dreaming but this is all English so get her hooked.
Love the song. Nice break from the dense, chaotic, heavy stuff that has dominated their recent work. Music is accredited to both Einziger and the band, not just Einziger. That solo really sounded like Kanami tho (but I don't know Einziger's music very well).
A well designed Saiki´s showcase. It is a good song, I like it a lot. It's not their best ballad (in my opinion far from their masterpiece Anemone), but it's very well written, it has all the quality that Band Maid's goldsmith work and attention to detail offers (that bass...), and it probably seeks to cast nets on other ears. Curiously I miss the words in Japanese, who was going to say that...
Unverkennbar Band Maid! Aber der Song muss erst noch ein wenig sacken bei mir!❤
The best songs always take a few listens, they grow, this song grows 🤘🤘
It's an earworm; the chorus has been playing in my head for two days now. Love it!
not really, no. But some certainly do. Plenty of Band Maid's stuff has been love at first listen. Some growers, and TBH, a few still haven't grown for me, personally. 🤷♂
@@bishopsteiner7134But 9 out of 10 have, and I enjoy those songs preformed live. I bet I would love the live version of this song.
Love the raw live sound..but it's BAND-MAID and they don't do anything half a$$ what"s not to LOVE PO!!!!!🕊🍌🍻☕⚾
Great to have a slower song for a change played by Band-Maid. It gives Saiki and the rest of the band, more time to shine as we know they can. For me- Best song for a couple of years.
I cried first time I heard this.
Wave, Isn't a wonderful song? It is different from their high energy headbangers, but it really show they are really more than genre specific. Miku's lyrics being completely in English really show the work put into writing them. Saiki's and Miku's vocals were incredible. What more can say about Kanami, MISA, and Akane's other than PERFECT!!!!! I LOVE THIS. It need serious airplay on radio in the U.S.. Taylor Swift,look out! The Maids are coming!
4:47 Yeah Wave, I felt it to!
Great job aa usual, Wave.
You can finally hear Miku singing in the background. It's about time. It could be a little louder, but I'll take what I can get. I like it. It's also nice that finally ... someone plugged in Misa's amp.
With the english lyrics and Incubus ties, I wonder if this can actually get radio play in the US?
Tell me a famous current band with this type of sound. Not Band-Maid but this thing Mike created.
You have to listen a couple times to get it❤
I don’t get some people being so protective of the Maids here. As if Eizinger came in the studio and wrote everything the way he wanted it and the record company forced them to record it. They like this guy, and his music, and obviously liked his input in the creative process. I don’t think they’d have recorded a song they didn’t like.
Remember, Saiki doesn’t hesitate to say a song is bad if she thinks it’s bad! It’s not my favorite song of theirs but it’s far from my least favorite too. To sum up: it’s Band Maid approved, so it’s a “true” Band Maid song, same as any other.
Yes, the current trend of toxic positivity is pretty bad. I like the song, but there's nothing wrong with people expressing their negative thoughts about it. The band relies on their fans liking what they do enough to support them, so if fans don't like it they should say so.
Luckily in Japan they seem to still understand that they need to please their fans rather than expect to be continually supported just because they're trying really hard to do what they like.
Of course there's a line where "honest thoughts" become something a lot worse and hopefully Band-Maid fans will stay on the right side of that line.
@@tinyhato I agree completely. I don’t think anyone has to like it, but I think it’s wrong to say “it’s the outsider’s fault”, and leave it at that. Plus, if you’re inclined to think in that fashion, you’re looking for problems right from the start anytime someone else is credited on a song. Not a good mind-set, IMO.
What does annoy me is that some people are saying 'Oh, this will get them recognition in the West because Succubus' or something similar. I'd never heard of Succubus until now and the Maids do not need a helping hand from some western white dude. They have proven over and again that they are the best at what they do. They did this song in collaboration with Eizinger cos they like the guy and they wanted to. Any collab is going to sound different (although I do feel the mixing is a bit muddy, but that's just my ear and taste). Given how broad the range is of the Maids' work, it's no way an outlier. And be thankful it probably took a bit of pressure off Kanami to have someone else contribute so centrally to the writing. She deserves to put her feet up for a bit.
The concert scheduled for 1st of may still haven't sold out yet. heaps of S-seats are still available. It's just TGT, not Budohkan. And it's only like 3 days away? Do you think the collaboration with incubus will really bring in new fans?
I'm sure Kanami will get some ideas and inspiration from working with Incubus and make the best use out of it in the future for sure though.
As a classic rock/hard rock/old school metal guy, I prefer their harder stuff because their riffs are just so good, soft songs and ballads i really dont care for but i still haven't heard a "bad" Band-Maid song yet.
Great tune! Love the hard rocking songs as much as anyone, but also love the melancholy type of stuff, too. Thanks for the video!
I love this song! Its a bit different, but still very much Band Maid. The smile plastered all over Wave's face says it all! 😊❤🥰🎶 Miku's lyrics and Saiki's voice melt my heart. 😊🥰
typical incubus sound 👏
We getting out of HATE? with this one
This is so 90s Rock Vibe
A bad 90s... there were great ones 😢
IT'S ALL IN ENGLISH I LOVE IT
As with many Band-Maid songs, it would take a few listens to get the whole song. Have to admit I was hoping for some guest vocals or something from Einziger. Yeah, yeah, I know he's a guitarist, but still.... heh...
I love MISA's playing... and Akane's... and Kanami's... and the recording is good, too! Miku's lyrics are heartfelt. "I can't look into your eyes." Is Saiki her bestie? But Saiki masterfully delivers her lyrics, as always. BTW - The volume of lyrics and nuanced melodies she's committed to memory over the years is simply mind-blowing!
Mikey did good at giving them his direction for the song, and probably helped with the English lyrics -- a good growth for Miku's craft. I don't understand why Kanami said she couldn't have come up with the main riff. Probably just her being super polite, as usual.
I like the groove and feel of the song. I was waiting for, "I don't give a f**k" at the end. But maybe with these particular "Bestie" lyrics, that wouldn't be such a good idea. Even though at first listen it felt on par with Start Over It will undoubtedly do what every Band-Maid song does -- grow on you. Got to break through to the mainstream market with a few cuts, right? Hopefully Bestie helps with that! Thx, Band-Maid! And thanks, Wave!
The music is credited to Mike and Band Maid. To me it is more BM than Mike. Kanami's solo is fire 🔥
I think it's a big shame there is no MV. I expect there was no budget and they are very careful with up front costs.
I suspect that "Memorable" which was similarly spontaneous had funding assistance from zemaitis. They used it in their publicity and it was basically full on product placement. Miku visited their HQ before the trip.
I like it more than "Magie". :p Hope to hear even more variety from Band-Maid in the future.
Great great song. Probably their best produced and mixed. Not compressed to hell like their other tracks,
It's okay, some of it I like some of it not so much (mainly the chorus, but that's pure personal preference). But I think it's been a good experiment and hopefully it helps them getting more fans.
I hope this is not Ilegal hhe... JK, but anyway i have vibes 90/2000's Vibes for this new Song... & obviously its sweet... But Correct me if i'm wrong... Is this the first Song ever which the lyrics has totally full in english?
3rd All English song after 'Don't Let Me Down' and 'The Dragon Cries'. But, the first all English song written by Kobato-san.
3rd - Don't Let Me Down & The Dragon Cries are the other 2
Yep….these two other songs are generally speaking the least appreciated in their catalogue
Is this their first all English song?
No there are a couple of others. I might be wrong, but I am pretty sure "Don't Let Me Down" and "The Dragon Cries" are also in English.
The reason we love Band Maid because they dont sound like the west.and here they go make a average song
Where'd the Innovative drumming go
3:03
@@surfingasongwave and the rest?
Actually after a few listens I think it's a really great song. I think M.E. is probably responsible for the guitar work especially at the beginning. I don't even mind that akane is laying back. If Saiki wasn't singing I still might think it was a Band-aid Song from Kanami's solo. But for those two things I might not have guessed it was Band Maid. Looking forward to their other collaborations
I was going to delete this comment to try and save myself embarrassment.
But I deserve any harsh and cruel replies. I must have just reacted without thinking or listening.
Because as usual the drumming perfectly fits the song
needs a little more Misa, but cool anyway
I liked the lyrics but the music, to me at least, does not sound like Band-Maid. It was well done but its the first song that I felt didn’t have that Band-Maid vibe (and I have all their CDs and videos). Daydreaming, another slower well-written song, had a strong Band-Maid vibe and speaks to the soul.
As a song I still enjoy it quite a lot, but as a Band-Maid song it kind of lacks the flavour, which is expected.
I'd be lying if I said I was wowed by it or want them to do more in this style. It's fine, but if it weren't for Saiki singing, and MISA being MISA, I would think it was a slightly above average Incubus song.
For me, after 2 dozen listens now... I still find it entirely too restrained and western pop structure predictable. Saiki's voice is lovely, but not a lot of dynamic variety, and lack of dynamics I think sums up why I am not wowed.. because there are none.
Even on their softest ballads, Band-Maid tend to be chock full of fills, crazy sub harmonies, and layers upon layers of stuff from our Mad Maid Mincho. It's exceedingly basic in a way that Memorable, About Us, Daydreaming, etc, are not. Even Before Yesterday or the Dragon Cries has more going on (though at least we are spared the terrible mix from the Dragon Cries here). Here, Akane feels like she's drumming in a straight jacket, with the most basic drumming since maybe Thrill. Miku feels MIA in most of the song, and even Kanami's riffs and noodling feels more basic than usual.
Also got to love the usual "shame game" bullshit from the slobbering "super fans" in all the comments, who think everything Band Maid ever releases is a perfect 10. Not being in love with the song doesn't mean we hate the Maids, or think they have lost their way, or are anti collaboration. It's far from their first, even AFTER Mincho took over the main songwriting task. But believe it or not not every song appeals to every listener, and many of us are drawn to their music for different reasons.
For me, it's the clever complexity that they fit into what seem to be even the slowest and softest of songs.. songs almost other bands would do the bare minimum musically on, and be fine. But part of what has long made Band Maid what they are is a refusal to write simple. I listen to other bands, like the Warning, whom I also love, for simple, but well written Rock. If I want heavier/faster, I listen to Lovebites. This... just doesn't scratch my personal Band Maid itch. Not the first song they've done that doesn't (still not a fan of Screaming, for instance), won't be the last.
It's fine. It will be featured on the next tour cycle, and after that probably fade away from their sets, mostly. Which is true for 75% of their songs, even ones I personally enjoy a lot more than this.
6.5/10
First listen (no watching as I was doing other things). I don't like it much.
It's in English, so I don't understand anything (at least in Japanese I can get a few words or expressions on first listen).
And the music is like background; nothing is grasping me.
I'll have to listen to this a few more times to see if I'll like it in the end or if it's one to ignore in the future.
Kanami was locked out the studio to then letting her in for the solo and she went like this. Finally 🔥.
If Band-Maid will be the one playing the song Band-Maid should have 80% control of the song ans not the other way around. I'm being a drama queen .... just hate when people come in and put their old boring spin.
Imagine Mike messing with RUSH.... that's how I see it.
Mincho's revenge.
They needed the dude to help write this song? Best keep in-house I think.
Needed? It's a collaboration. It's a bit of fun. But BandMaid don't need shite and never will.
Ask yourself. If this was the first song you heard by them, would you have given them another chance? I hate to say it but, I know my answer.
I would. This is right in my wheelhouse. Slow/Mid tempo Band-Maid is my favourite. It sounds like something off Conqueror.
Yes, of course. This is good songwriting and great playing.
If I just heard the chorus? No. But the whole song? Yes, absolutely.
If Freedom had been my first song, or Before Yesterday, or Cross, or several others, I may not have given them another listen though.
As an old school hard rock heavy metal guy, no. I would have ignored them intill a harder hitting song came across, like Hate for example. Then I would become an instant fan, but I already did a few years ago when I first saw Play official live video.
100 percent yes. And it gets better with every listen. This is my favorite chorus from them since "I'll".
Band-Maid playing this song is like putting a thoroughbred racehorse in a dog and pony show. Not a bad song, but not anywhere near their best. Not overwhelming. Not underwhelming. Just whelming. Barely.