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Chan Fry
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Married parent of two in Texas, U.S.A. I also run the RUclips channel "Random Chess Person" (check it out!) I'm definitely NOT a professional woodworker or carpenter; I'm simply a homeowner who sometimes dabbles in DIY. This also is NOT a music reaction channel -- it's my personal channel (the majority of my videos are made for family/friends). I hope you understand.
Listen/Review: 'start over' & 'Screaming' by Band-Maid
Next up in my chronological journey through Band-Maid's catalog is the 2018 single "start over", which includes the songs "start over" and "Screaming". (It also includes one Band-Maiko song, which I've already covered.)
Please consider supporting Band-Maid via the following links:
Band-Maid official website: bandmaid.tokyo/
Band-Maid on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/5Wh3G01Xfxn2zzEZNpuYHH
Chan's ranked Band-Maid playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/2l9bARN8b6mVIOtgylilam
Band-Maid on RUclips: www.youtube.com/@BANDMAID @BANDMAID
Band-Maid 'start over' playlist: ruclips.net/p/OLAK5uy_kH_jUZTaiJ4phhKsa8gY8jt6sBwQDTHhk
start over (official MV) : ruclips.net/video/iL5sRrSECQ0/видео.html
Scream...
Please consider supporting Band-Maid via the following links:
Band-Maid official website: bandmaid.tokyo/
Band-Maid on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/5Wh3G01Xfxn2zzEZNpuYHH
Chan's ranked Band-Maid playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/2l9bARN8b6mVIOtgylilam
Band-Maid on RUclips: www.youtube.com/@BANDMAID @BANDMAID
Band-Maid 'start over' playlist: ruclips.net/p/OLAK5uy_kH_jUZTaiJ4phhKsa8gY8jt6sBwQDTHhk
start over (official MV) : ruclips.net/video/iL5sRrSECQ0/видео.html
Scream...
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Listen/Review: Band-Maid 'Carry on living' (live, 2018)
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.14 дней назад
One of you pointed me to a live version of "Carry on living", so here it is! (Song is from 2018's album "World Domination".) Please consider supporting Band-Maid via the following links: Band-Maid official website: bandmaid.tokyo/ Band-Maid on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/5Wh3G01Xfxn2zzEZNpuYHH Chan's ranked Band-Maid playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/2l9bARN8b6mVIOtgylilam Band-Maid on R...
Listen/Review: Band-Maid 'DICE' (instrumental x2)
Просмотров 2,3 тыс.14 дней назад
I just listened to "Dice" in my previous video, but I found a couple of instrumental versions of it. These are AMAZING and I think every band should be required to do videos like this for at least one song per album. (NOTE: The song is from 2018's album "World Domination".) Please consider supporting Band-Maid via the following links: Band-Maid official website: bandmaid.tokyo/ Band-Maid on Spo...
Listen/Review: 'DICE' by Band-Maid (MV and live)
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.21 день назад
Next in my chronological journey through Band-Maid's catalog is "Dice", which happens to be the first Band-Maid song I listened to, late in 2022. From 2018's album "World Domination", this track is a solid intro to this amazing band. Please consider supporting Band-Maid via the following links: Band-Maid official website: bandmaid.tokyo/ Band-Maid on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/5Wh3G01Xfxn...
Listen/Review | Band-Maid | 'Turn Me On', 'Carry On Living', 'Anemone', and 'Alive-Or-Dead'
Просмотров 2,5 тыс.21 день назад
The next four songs in my chronological journey are "Turn Me On", "Carry On Living", "Anemone", and "Alive-Or-Dead", all from the 2018 album "World Domination". Partway through recording, I was delighted to discover a live acoustic version of "Anemone". NOTE: "World Domination" is the first album on which Band-Maid was credited with ALL songs (with help on three tracks: "Fate", "Rock In Me", an...
Listen/Review: 'Clang' LIVE! by Band-Maid @BANDMAID
Просмотров 2,7 тыс.Месяц назад
I was happy to find a live video of "Clang", which is currently my favorite Band-Maid song. This is from 2018's "World Domination" album. NOTE: "World Domination" is the first album on which Band-Maid was credited with ALL songs (with help on three tracks: "Fate", "Rock In Me", and "Turn Me On"). Please consider supporting Band-Maid via the following links: Band-Maid official website: bandmaid....
DIY: Screwdriver Rack/Holder
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When I bought a full set of new screwdrivers, I didn't have a good place to put them, so I built a good place to put them. I used only scrap wood I already had on hand. This is NOT a sponsored link, but the set of screwdrivers I bought is from Harbor Freight, as seen here: www.harborfreight.com/Premium-Screwdriver-Set-15-Piece-64549.html NOTE: footage and photos were recorded throughout early J...
Listen/Review: tracks 5-8 of 'World Domination' by Band-Maid @BANDMAID
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.Месяц назад
Next up in my chronological journey through Band-Maid's catalog are four tracks from 2018's "World Dominatinon" album: "Fate", "Spirit!!", "Rock in me", and "Clang". NOTE: "World Domination" is the first album on which Band-Maid was credited with ALL songs (with help on three tracks: "Fate", "Rock In Me", and "Turn Me On"). Please consider supporting Band-Maid via the following links: Band-Maid...
Listen/Review: @BANDMAID 'Domination' (audio, MV, live, instrumental) -- Band-Maid
Просмотров 2,4 тыс.Месяц назад
Next up in my chronological journey through Band-Maid's catalog is "Domination", the title track of 2018's "World Domination". In this video, I listen to audio-only, and watch THREE Domination videos: Official MV, Official live, and instrumental. NOTE: "World Domination" is the first album on which Band-Maid was credited with ALL songs (additional writers are listed on three tracks: "Fate", "Ro...
Listen/Review: @BANDMAID 'I can't live without you.' and 'One and only' (2018) by Band-Maid
Просмотров 2,3 тыс.Месяц назад
Next up in my chronological journey through Band-Maid's catalog is the 2018 album "World Domination", which opens with the absolute face-melter "I can't live without you." In this video, I listen to that song plus track 3, "One and only". NOTE: "World Domination" is the first album on which Band-Maid was credited with ALL songs (with help on three songs: "Fate", "Rock In Me", and "Turn Me On")....
Listen Review:「ハニー」('Honey') by @BANDMAID (Mucc cover, audio only, 2017)
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.2 месяца назад
After the single "Daydreaming/Choose Me" (July 2017), the next song released by Band-Maid was "Honey" (November 2017), a Mucc cover for the Mucc 20th anniversary tribute album. In this video, I listen to this cover song, and soon I hope to move on to the 2018 album "World Domination". Please consider supporting Band-Maid via the following links: Band-Maid official website: bandmaid.tokyo/ Band-...
Listen/Review: @BANDMAID 's 2017 single 'Daydreaming/Choose Me'
Просмотров 5 тыс.2 месяца назад
Next up after the "Just Bring It" album is the single "Daydreaming/Choose Me" (2017). Today, I listen to all three songs from the single (including the two title tracks and "Play"). This is a continuation of my chronological journey through Band-Maid's catalog next up is the album "World Domination (2018). Please consider supporting Band-Maid via the following links: Band-Maid official website:...
'secret my lips' / 'secret MAIKO lips' (Listen/Review) by @BANDMAID (Band-Maid)
Просмотров 1,5 тыс.2 месяца назад
CORRECTION: I mistakenly said in this video that "secret my lips" was the earliest Band-Maid song that later received a Band-MAIKO treatment, but it turns out that "YOLO" (from late 2016) is the actually the earliest, remade into "YOLOSIOSU" in 2019. Also, "Awkward" was remade as "Akasimahen" in 2019. I think I was thrown off by the fact that "secret MAIKO lips" was the first Band-MAIKO single ...
Listen/Review: @BANDMAID 'Just Bring It' (Tracks 10-12)
Просмотров 2 тыс.2 месяца назад
"you.", "Awkward", and "decided by myself" are the three tracks I listened to in this video, enjoying all three. (This is a continuation of my chronological journey through Band-Maid's catalog, and I have one more song remaining on 2017's "Just Bring It" album.) Please consider supporting Band-Maid via the following links: Band-Maid official website: bandmaid.tokyo/ Band-Maid on Spotify: open.s...
Garage Lighting Improvement (STKR Trilight V2)
Просмотров 2793 месяца назад
To improve my garage lighting situation, I installed three "screw eyes" into a ceiling joist and hung three STKR TRiLIGHT ShopLight V2 lighting units from them (via short bungee cords). At the time (February 2024), I paid $29.99 for each light, but they were selling for $80 or more on many online sites. At the time of uploading this video (May 2024), I found several online for about $50 (which ...
Listen/Review: @BANDMAID 'Just Bring It', Tracks 5-9
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Listen/Review: @BANDMAID 'Just Bring It', Tracks 5-9
DIY Build: 'Wahoo' Game Board (Plus Pegs)
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DIY Build: 'Wahoo' Game Board (Plus Pegs)
Listen/Review: 'モラトリアム' ('Moratorium') by @BANDMAID
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Listen/Review: 'モラトリアム' ('Moratorium') by @BANDMAID
Listen/Review: 'Puzzle' by @BANDMAID (from 2017's 'Just Bring It')
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Listen/Review: 'Puzzle' by @BANDMAID (from 2017's 'Just Bring It')
Listen/Review: 'Don't you tell ME' by @BANDMAID (audio, video, live)
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Listen/Review: 'Don't you tell ME' by @BANDMAID (audio, video, live)
DIY: I Replaced My Work Bench / Assembly Table
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DIY: I Replaced My Work Bench / Assembly Table
'matchless GUM' and 'Unfair game' by @BANDMAID (listen/review)
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'matchless GUM' and 'Unfair game' by @BANDMAID (listen/review)
Listen/Review: 'YOLO' by @BANDMAID (MV and instrumental)
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Listen/Review: 'YOLO' by @BANDMAID (MV and instrumental)
DIY Build: Dumbbell Rack (2x4s, Plywood)
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DIY Build: Dumbbell Rack (2x4s, Plywood)
Listen/Review: "alone" by @BANDMAID (2016)
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Listen/Review: "alone" by @BANDMAID (2016)
Listen/Review: 'Before Yesterday' by @BANDMAID (2016) - audio and video
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Listen/Review: 'Before Yesterday' by @BANDMAID (2016) - audio and video
DIY Build: Iron Pipe LAMP (and it works!)
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DIY Build: Iron Pipe LAMP (and it works!)
Listen/Review: 'FREEDOM' by @BANDMAID (audio, then live video)
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Listen/Review: 'FREEDOM' by @BANDMAID (audio, then live video)
Unboxing/Review: KLUCZ 90-Degree Clamping Squares
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Unboxing/Review: KLUCZ 90-Degree Clamping Squares
Music Video Reaction: 'ORDER' by @BANDMAID (2016)
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Music Video Reaction: 'ORDER' by @BANDMAID (2016)
“Start over”came out, just few months after BAND-MAID released their album WORLD DOMINATION. Actually, when the album was finished, KANAMI kind of hit a slump and couldn’t write hard-hitting song for a while. So KANAMI asked the members what should be done, and all members said that she should write any song she wants to, and also the record label suggested to write a song that was easy to sing on a karaoke, which fruited into this song. The last line of lyrics was written as is, to show that BAND-MAID can write this kind of easy singable song, but at their heart, they still are a rock band😅
I always find the Band-Maid live performance recordings better than the studio video versions. The bass comes through more, and the drumming is more crisp. It is a mixed bag as to how well you hear Miku's backup vocals and guitar. In this one Miku's singing is more prominent than some other recordings.
@@olaflangness2907 Completely agree - for bass, drums, and Miku, the lives are better 99% of the time.
I love these because we get to see just how much Miku adds musically. Live and omv, the camera moves too quickly to fully appreciate her contribution on the guitar. Especially when you consider when she started playing and how much else she brings to her band as well.
Good point! I think that's another thing I like about these -- that the camera lingers on each member long enough to see what's going on. :-)
Listening to Start Over again, it reminds me of their recent acoustic sessions. Going straight into Screaming afterwards is a big shock. Akane always makes the drumming look easy. On the August 2020 Okyu-Ji, Screaming was the last (13th) song of the concert.
This MV surprised me when Saiki used the "F" word, first time I heard anything like that from Band-Maid. I saw them live in 2022 and 2023 and after Miku's Magic Time, Saiki would say to the crowd, "Let's Go Fuxking Crazy!, Let's Go Fuxking Crazy More!" Of course we did!
Obviously, it kind of surprised me too, though I can't say it bothers me. It's just you get used to someone *not* saying certain things and then when they do, it's a shock. Like if I ever heard my mother utter ANY profanity, I think I would faint. She's never even said "damn", as far as I know. :-)
@@Chan_Fry It doesn't bother me either, it was just a surprise at first. I have read Saiki has a bit of a potty mouth away from the shows.
It's useful to know that most of us don't mind cursing in a foreign language because it doesn't carry the emotional baggage it does in our own language. For us to say "merde" (French) or "kuso" (Japanese) doesn't have the same strength of feeling as us saying "shit" in English. Actually, Japanese doesn't have much in the way of curse words like we do in English, so getting to use something like the word "fuck" is probably pretty liberating for Japanese when speaking English, especially since there's no real emotional weight attached to it. I often had to tell my university students not to use "the f-word" or flip the bird at people when traveling in the US because they could really upset some people, maybe even get in a fight, even though they thought they were just having fun. They just didn't know the depth of feeling that those engendered in US culture.
@@jwoodjapan Interesting, thanks for the explanation.
I have heard that "Start Over" was in a time Kanami was getting a little burned out and may explain why some don't especially like it. I love it, have from first listen! "Screaming" is a great song, for sure! Don't overlook "Gion-Cho" from Band-Maiko, the next years April Fools song.
I did wonder if maybe Kanami just decided to give herself a break on this one. Even in the video, after the piano intro, it's clear she isn't contributing what she normally does. Just some notes here and there; no guitar solo, no ongoing background riff, etc. And if anyone deserves a break, it's one of these five people right here. :-)
@@Chan_Fry Agreed!
An enjoyable review of these excellent tracks. Thanks. Two comments to make. Your comment about the pronunciation of Anenome. For my whole life I also pronounced it incorrectly as anemone. Or is it the other way round? It was only when I watched the Maids video of the song that I realised...after decades. Habits of a lifetime are hard to change. My other comment is about your favourites from these tracks. You prefer the standard bangers and were confused by the best track. I know it is all subjective but....Alive Or Dead is a brilliant track and in my Top 10. Why? It is a hypnotic, swirling, masterpiece that sucks the listener in and demands to be listened to again and again. Recently, I found Bestie and Protect You can also be listened to on repeat play because they start and finish with the same riffs. Alive Or Dead, though, is different. It is a track I can put on repeat play and listen to for an hour because it just sucks me in with the hypnotic rhythm and words. I can listen to the line ' I feel it coming, I feel it coming, caught in the undertow' over and over again. It is just a mesmerising lyric and melody. I think if you listen to it a few times, you might feel the same.
Certainly, my "favorite" songs depend on my mood and energy levels... Maybe even time of day. At this point, certainly I wanted to be BLASTED, and the first two tracks here did that for me. :-) But don't worry, I'll hear "Alive-Or-Dead" again. And again... As with all Band-Maid songs, it's on my playlist and I assume they will all stay there. :-)
i was definitely not a fan of start over when i first saw the mv. the song itself has grown on me, not so much the mv.
I assume the song (not the video) will grow on me too... And it's not that I "don't like it', it's just that they have 100+ other songs that I enjoy just a bit more than this one. :-)
@@Chan_Fry indeed. i doubt it will ever be among the 20 songs in my top 10, but still i find it interesting how my perception of the song has changed. it helped that you listened to it as audio first, i think. i could here more of the nuance of the music without the mv to distract me.
I always think of Start Over as the Maids' "slick song." Love MISA playing those slides and chords on the bass. She started out playing regular guitar, so I think she uses some of the same techniques while on bass, including using a pick. I also think it's too bad that Saiki doesn't want to give away any of her ducks. Enjoyed your comments as usual, Chan.
For my money, Saiki (and her four pals) can give (or take) whatever they want at this point. :-)
Thank you! "Screaming" is my number one BAND-MAID song. However, this online live version is not very good. Among the video software versions, I think the live version included in "BAND-MAID WORLD DOMINATION TOUR [Evolution] at LINE CUBE SHIBUYA (Shibuya Public Hall)" is by far the best. This is still available on Blu-ray/DVD, but unfortunately it has not been officially distributed on video.
It is certainly a bit frustrating coming into this fandom so late -- when so many "better versions" exist but are hidden away in the dark corners of the world. Perhaps someday, the band's management will wrap up a boxed set of Blurays and let us send them money for it. :-)
I liken "Start Over" to Extreme's "More Than Words" from bsck in the early 90s. It was a soft acoustic ballad that was very radio friendly and appealed to a very wide audience. This song sharply contrasted with the rest of the album, which featured Extreme's normal funk tinged 80s hard rock/metal sound. I heard of many cases of new listeners buying their album "Pornograffiti" thinking the rest of it was like "More Than Words"....😂. BTW, I LOVED "Pornograffiti." One of my favorite albums of the time. Personally, I like "Start Over." It's far from my favorite song, but i don't get the icks from it that a lot of fans of harder music complained of.
Oh I definitely wouldn't say "ick". It's just more a song my wife would listen to (if she was still in the late 1980s or early 1990s) than a song I would gravitate toward. Plus it's competing with 100+ other Band-Maid songs and thus it's going to get bumped down my list. :-)
Start Over is clearly a pop song. But a good song. Of course, it seems to be very far from their usual music but who knows Band-Maid cannot be surprised if he has listened to their entire catalog. They have the courage to explore other genres of music but it goes against the taste of some fans. You can't put a leash around their neck. Thanks Chan Fry.
Exactly. They can play/write/perform what they want, or at least they *should*, in my opinion. Trying to please fans is obviously a good business decision, but artistically/creatively, you have to write and play what you WANT, what you FEEL, and if this is what they wanted and felt just then, more power to them. :-)
@@Chan_Fry You are 100% right. They have total freedom in their creativity. Which is not common in the Japanese music industry for a female rock band from what I know. But maybe I'm wrong?
One story for "Start Over" is that Akane wanted a song that could be sung at karaoke! And the final lyric is Saiki's response to the band being told what type of songs they had to produce or videos to produce. A small assertion of their authority over what can be released. "Screaming" definitely more aligned with where they were going musically - and very replayable/relistenable for the reasons you mentioned.
Maybe it's true? It sounds reasonable enough, doesn't it? :-)
Oh, yes, the ashtray definitely took me back to childhood - so many places we visited back then (even businesses) had actively used ashtrays indoors... Such a stinky time! And what an interesting thing to include in a 2018 music video!
For that matter, even in my adulthood, some places still allowed smoking indoors. (I worked at a supermarket in Arkansas in the mid-1990s, and customers/employees regularly smoked on the sales floor.)
I think this is my first time hearing "start over". I'm incredibly impressed that they wrote and played this - it's FAR outside their usual sound and could be some other band's number one song. As someone else said, if you just switched out Saiki for Miku, it could be Cluppo's song and no one would bat an eye. In fact, it might have been Cluppo's best song.
I am sure others can confirm or deny. But the actors in 'Start Over' were interviewed or at least one of them was. Apparently an enjoyable experience for them. But my brain has forgotten what was said. Anyway as ever Band Maid provide so many feels and genres to their songs. I am no good in deciding what sounds like a Band Maid song anymore. Thanks for the review.
I think even the hardest rock bands ought to have a few "laid back" songs in their repertoire, just in case. :-)
Jazz fusion will do generally for Start Over, and top quality too. Any funk band would be happy. I love the prog edge to Screaming.
Love START OVER Po!
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I think you pretty much nailed it on what they were building up to with Conqueror. I don't want to say much beyond that since it'd be "spoilers" and the whole point of this journey is to imagine the experience of being with this band from the beginning. The band really didn't have much creative control for the first few albums. Just Bring It was probably the first album that was more Band-Maid than production and World Domination was the first album that really distilled their sound. At this point I think the majority of the band was finally playing what they liked, but Saiki was probably a bit left out. I imagine they deliberately made a pop song to appeal to Saiki's desire to be a pop singer.
Saiki sounded good on this track ("start over"), though I think Miku would have sounded very nice on it too. :-)
Neither of these are my favorites. I enjoy the band members experimenting with their parts, but whenever Saiki does a weird voice, like she does in Screaming (21:15) and the beginning of Rinne, it loses me a little.
Oh, I didn't think of that as a "weird" voice... I guess maybe now that I hear it again. I just thought she was slowing down and enunciating precisely... Those definitely don't take me out of the song, but I guess I can see why it would for others. :-)
I kept thinking I had 4 notifications when I looked back at the video. -_-
Ha! I noticed that halfway through recording but decided not to draw attention to it. :-)
You are damn straight that it would have been awesome to be in the room during one of the Online Okyuji. My favorite Band-Maid performance is the Online Okyuji from 2-11-2021. Great track list, great performance, great sound mix. Everything about it is top notch.
I've always said Screaming is a tribute by Kanami to the "flight of the bumble bees". Btw the only physical release of Onset was a bonus to the first prints of Bubble-Glory singles(had to buy them together as a set) and you would also get Anemone and Puzzle acoustic as well
IMO Kanami is having fun trying different things…I read somewhere(?) she listens to many different genres. So she said I want to try this Start Over (Radio friendly) - Screaming (let’s see how chaotic we can get)! MISA and Akane are always up for challenge! Miku is saying “She so Devil” and Saiki is just smiling! I believe the video for Start Over turned me off somewhat…but after I saw & heard it played live from the spin-off concert. I really enjoyed it and you can see how much fun they’re having playing it…and they put it on their Best of Albums I wanting to see it live wt. Saiki on the piano! 🤘🕊️🦍🥷👸🏻👀PO!
Start Over could have been a Matchbox 20 song. It gives me that specific time period feel. MB20, Papa Roach, GoGo Dolls, Michelle Branch, Wildflowers...It is a good song, but it is in my bottom 2 with The Dragon Cries. Screaming, OTOH, is a terrific song, especially live.
Yes, I was feeling that Matchbox 20 era... But my wife says it takes her back even farther, maybe to late 1980s Debbie Gibson. (I won't argue, she has far more pop music knowledge than I do.) :-) "Dragon Cries"? I remember liking that one! Oh my. I suppose I'll get back to it soon enough on this journey. :-)
MISA: The Slide Queen..... I LOVE any music video whenever we can see Miku's gorgeous Mother of Pearl Zemaitis the Zemaitis CS24PF Ring Chess...about 5~$6K right now. I dig "Starting Over", lite and jazzy-pop....as an old drummer it took me back to Jazz Band in school. "Screaming" definitely paved the road for their manic songs like, "Different" "No God" and hell, the entire "Unseen World" album. I would love to have been a fly on the wall to see the looks on the girls faces when they first viewed the sheet music for "Screaming"....and watch the first practice....LOL!
If Miku had done the vocals for Start Over, I might have thought it was a Cluppo song. It may not be my favourite style but I definitely don't hate it. ✌
Yes, Cluppo wouldn't have surprised me with this song. :-)
Never seen a reactor with eyes bulging during the performance of *Screaming* 😊
Would you believe my reading glasses magnified the eyes? That's what I'm going with. :-)
Start Over has grown on me quite a bit from repeated listenings, but then years ago I was more into Billy Joel than Van Halen, for example, and I'm always drawn to piano music. The story part of the video has NOT grown on me; I'd rather look at the maids! I agree that World Domination is very cohesive, and I would add that it has an amazingly consistent high quality. Conqueror is more varied. I'm interested to see your reactions to those songs :)
I wouldn't be surprised if I follow that same path ("start over" song growing on me but not the video). And to be clear, it's not that I don't "like" the song; it's just not a genre I look for, most of the time. (Although Juna Serita and her Jazz Avengers bandmates are starting to turn my ear in different directions...)
_In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida_ 🍻🍻🍻🍻 *In the Garden of Eden* 🤣🤣🤣
I heard at least one of those on "The Simpsons". :-)
I love Start over and yes highly jazz influenced. They played it at the Yokohama spinoff show and there was a lot of audible gasps when the piano intro started, I'm not sure if it was shock, happiness or disgust lol. It was also played straight after Rinne which I like to think that it was Band Maid trolling those who dislike this song. Screaming was the penultimate song of the set and it was rather good.
Honestly, I think it would be perfect to follow "Rinne" -- I'm the kind of concert-goer who likes a nice build-up/progression of power and volume with occasional drops into slower, softer tunes (followed by another build-up). Even when I was younger, I liked a slow that would change the pace every few songs. :-)
If I was running this show, Saiki would be in the background sitting at a nice table sipping tea and reading a book.
Yeah but gets harder when you get older . My current band has completed 15 albums , and set lists change every gig and tour. You have go thru them all b4 each show. You know, Joe W. Said in a tv interview when asked why the Eagles had to rehearse so much ? . JOE... well, just cos we wrote em, don't mean we know how they go . So funny but so true. Hahaha.
Even with the cuts, it's such a joy to see the Maids perform live. The way they move (like Miku and Saiki's jumps) and the way they interact just can't be beat.
I do enjoy their interactions, their positive energy. But I know I miss a ton of it on the first watch-thru... Quite a few of these live videos, I've watched five or more times and I still notice new things I didn't see the first time... :-)
A lot of the older live videos you are finding used to be on the official band maid YT channel but they had a clear out a couple of years ago (when they changed record labels?). So they will be good audio quality.
Some of them, I wish they could still have as their "official" lives, but there's probably I reason I'm not getting paid to make those decisions. :-)
How in the hell do the girls remember these complicated arrangement ??? And , an hour and half on them in a sow, Beyond me, that's for sure. But I guess that's why I love them so much. Another great I have never heard before today. Thanks for turning this up and reviewing.
Thanks for watching. I also wondered about the monumental task of remembering all the arrangements, but then I recalled high school band (I was in marching band for three years and concert band for four). I think with enough practice it's really not as difficult as it seems at first... And I saw somewhere that Kanami says she practices 3.5 hours a day and composes 3.5 hours a day (Wow!)
I agree that their live videos cut too fast for me. But I'd be curious about some other bands and how they cut their live footage. In other words, I don't know whether Band-Maid is doing it faster than others or whether this is now par for the course.
I'm certain that the older stuff I remember was cut more slowly than this, but I don't (right now) have the time to count frames on a few dozen videos, LOL. I'm just convinced that Band-Maid's are faster than most (of the old stuff). Other current artists might be doing this same faster cutting for all I know.
Love the song. And totally agreed, the frenetic cuts in their videos is a huge minus.
If I had a spare afternoon some day, I might look at some of my favorite live videos and count frames between cuts. I'm certain that Band-Maid's are faster than most...
Studio Dice has my favorite Kanami guitar tone, too. It sounds like she's playing a damn chainsaw when she's doing her slide ins.
Yes, "chainsaw" is about the closest audio analogy I can think of. It feels like the term "shred" must have come from something like this sound. :-)
A small correction: 〇 Look At Me X Look At Me Baby
Oh, wow, thanks! I had it written incorrectly in my text file list (which is what I copied from to make the graphic). I've fixed the list now, so hopefully I won't make the same mistake in the future. :-)
I believe this concert has some of best mixes of Band-Maid’s concerts. Kanami is more forward in the mix and shines! 🤘🕊️🦍🥷👸🏻👀PO!
It's certainly better than a couple of their "official" live video mixes, which makes me wonder why they don't use *these* as their official lives for several of these songs...
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I like stats 😊 Especially if it is about *BAND-MAID* Wait till you get to *Blooming* you will throw all that hard work in the Trash. 🤣
Can't wait!
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Completely agree with you, Chan, about how these instrumentals polish my appreciation for the band as a whole. I feel like I can better see what Kanami wanted to do with each song from solely a musical point of view and that's just fascinating.
Indeed! It's also just a different KIND of music, at least in my mind. For example, vocal-only music (like Pentatonix or barbershop quartets or gregorian chants) feels like an entire different artform when contrasted with instrument-only music. And the combination of the two is of course almost all music we listen to. Re-separating them like this bends my mind in interesting ways. :-)
I think Saiki loves to have some spare time to watch Baseball
Someone's got to keep up with the Tigers, right?
If you want to see a perfect difference between with and without vocals. Check out the song "Giovanni". The white room video version (no vocals) sounds completely different than the version with vocals. Saiki's vocals sometimes covers up a lot of finer details.
Can't wait to get to that one. :-)
Akane`s doble kick bass drum creates very unique rhythm progression of this song , that makes good contrast with catchy vocal part and you would feel that part more comfortable . Akane is a really master of rhythm . Her footwork is like doing with hands . that`s the one of reason why she called "half gorilla" ? just a my assuming . www
White Rooms🤤 There are 9 of them in total. Each has 5 versions.
Cool! Maybe someday I'll get to see all of them. :-)