I love Band Maid. They’ve worked so hard and sacrificed so much. And they still act like we’re doing them a favor by watching them play!? It’s so easy to cheer for people like this

Willie Nelson, if memory serves, had two drummers. One was named Paul. He was asked by an interviewer, ss head of security if he carried a gun. He said yes. Then he was asked if they could see the gun and he said Which one? Not just a drummer. Now the following is pure conjecture on my part but I think Miku is fulfilling a role we don't get to see. I think she is the point of the spear. Would you want to go up against her in a contract negotiation? Or a poker tournament? Remember the Gold Rush interview when her band members described her as a middle-aged man on the inside? I think all Maidiacs owe Miku Kobato thanks and appreciation for BandMaid still being here. AND she sings while playing the guitar and writes most of the lyrics while being the MC! I admire her so very much!

@paddyofurniture4681

2 ай бұрын

It's astonishing isn't it? You have the best drummer and bassist, the best composer/lead guitarist combo, the new and improved Saiki who has apparently decided to become one of the worlds best frontpersons, and our little pigeon Miku, holding it all together from the jump, and filling in all the gaps. Hollywood wouldn't touch this script too unbelievable, too many coincidences, too many things having to fall into place. Thank go d truth IS stranger than fiction.

Miss Luna, I agree with you 100%. Saiki went super nova! She was at the absolute peak of her powers this night. She owned the building and everybody in it.. And She always sounds better live for some reason. Love the channel.

@roygillotti4615

2 ай бұрын

That entire 10 Year anniversary concert at Yokohama Arena I felt was Saiki's concert, she was on fire that evening.

@lurkmerchant

2 ай бұрын

And she sounded even better at spin off show.

Band Maid has restored my faith in Rock and Roll

MISA!!! MISA!!! MISA!!! 🥃🥃🥃I love the "conversations " between MISA and Kanami.

Best rock band on the planet. Four members of Lovebites were at this concert.

I love it how Misa turns around acting all surprised Kaname is behind her, Kawaii!

Saiki definitely stole the show at Yokohama Arena. Her solo performance of Choose Me on the piano was the highlight for me.

That is probably the best compliment you could have given.... as a musician yourself, Band-Maid makes YOU want to work harder being a musician. These ladies just rock. Full Stop!!!!!!

Anastasia, It's great seeing you get another opportunity to react to my favorite Band-Maid in the world. You are dead on with your analysis of Saiki's voice during that concert. She WAS on fire!!!!! That bass/ guitar duel should go down in the annals of rock history as one of the best duels from any kind of instruments. It is absolutely amazing and DOES showcase how talented th Maids are!

Thanks for your comment. The drums, bass, lead guitar, main vocals, and chorus are all great. I think they're probably the best rock group right now. The most amazing thing is that the lead guitarist has composed over 130 songs, and the rhythm guitarist has written the lyrics. Furthermore, there are no boring songs in this song. Their songs are diverse, so please enjoy them.

Saiki's voice has definitely changed over the past two years or so. It has some extra weight or authority that it didn't used to have and she sounds more powerful now. I don't know if that's from age or training or what. I do know she's been careful with her voice since the surgery, so I wonder if she's been feeling stronger lately. She definitely went full power for Yokohama! The band also sounds a lot more confident since they started doing US festivals.

Saiki is mesmerizing on stage. She just radiates charisma and has for awhile.

You know Midori, Asami and Haruna from Lovebites were there? The arena had a walkway around it that different maids walked around during some of the songs. At one point Saiki walks past the Lovebites members and waves at them.

i think i never saw you that happy and dancing like here

My introduction to Band-Maid was Real Existence (live) and I loved Saiki's voice. There are vocalists who can sing flawlessly every time, with amazing range, can growl like a death metal singer. She doesn't have that. She's not a pop princess, but has the powerful rock voice with sultry note. I don't play their CD too often, rather I convert their concert dvds into audio format and listen to them regularly.

Nice reaction greeting from germany 😊

Thanks Anastasia! They first pulled out the bass-guitar duo out at Lollapalooza 2023, and I remember being dumbstruck. But at Yokohama, we got everything: great sound, way better camera work, tons of fans. Saiki really did shine during that show, especially amazing considering the crap she's been through over the years with the vocal cord polyp surgery, rehab, etc.

@UltraHD.7

2 ай бұрын

Sorry, but no they didn´t. I was at the Tokyo concert on July 3rd last year and they already played the bass guitar part there. Lollapalooza was in August 2023.

@philcalvino884

2 ай бұрын

@@UltraHD.7 Wasn't aware of that. thanks.

Band-Maid is the best thing in life. The Best rock band of all-time with every member an all-time great! I LOVE BAND MAID❤

I agree with you on Saiki's voice for this concert. She's on a different level for this show. And it was a 3-hour show! You need to get the concert Blu-ray!

It's amazing how Band-Maid has rewritten the laws of nature: Hate brings Love! 😖--->🎀--->😍 📢 RECENTLY ANNOUNCED 📢 -- The Warning, a world-famous band from Mexico, and BAND-MAID will perform a dream two-band show! After meeting on our US tour in 2022, "The Warning" will be making their memorable first visit to Japan with BAND-MAID! Venue: EX THEATER RIPPONGI Date: Jun 12, 2024. -- BAND-MAID released a new song, "Bestie," co-written with Mike Einziger of INCUBUS! The MV dropped May 1. -- BAND-MAID HALL TOUR 2024 -- June 28, 2024 (Fri) Nagoya City Public Hall, Aichi, Japan -- July 5, 2024 (Fri) Osaka, Fenice Sakai Main Hall, -- July 14, 2024 (Sun) Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Kanagawa -- July 21 OSAKA GIGANTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL 2024 -- Aug 16, 17 RISING SUN ROCK FESTIVAL 2024 in EZO -- Aug 17 SUMMER SONIC 2024 (But you might already know all this.) Thx, Anastasia!

I retire this year. I plan to travel to see this band next year - including Japan! Still trying to figure out why this band in particular hits me differently than every other band I have listened to in my life.

@laughingbuddha2948

2 ай бұрын

To me what make them stand out is their sincerity and the total absence of ego. They love each other, their music and the fun they're having! Never saw that anywhere else in that great measure. My two cents, 70 here 😁

the guitar bass battle is more of a male bass voice arguing with a female lead guitar voice that devolves into shouting over each other until finally the bass leaves leaving kanamis' guitar still ranting

@hiawatha.g

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@lurkmerchant

2 ай бұрын

Yep. In Don't You Tell Me it was a flirtation.

Great reaction my beautiful Russian ballerina. WintersunbAlex❄️❤️🌹

Lovebites is my fav band, however B-M is fire as well. One of the best dueling solos ever. That bass tone is incredible. Saiki has really matured into her frontwoman role.

@yolandria

2 ай бұрын

Fun fact: 3 of the girls from Lovebites were at this show. Asami, Haruna and Midori.

The members of LOVE BITES were in the audience at this concert.

Saiki's growth as a vocalist over the past 18 months or so has been amazing.

I agree with your comments, Band-Maid is just special. So versatile and excels at everything they choose to do. Thanks for your great reaction and I enjoy your music as well!

Anastasia and Band-Maid 😍

I feel a genuine love for them. For all other good bands, admiration. For Band-Maid, love. About ticket prices, you got scammed. It was never over $60 each. Keep sharp attention about the sales date, and buy them right away.

@hiawatha.g

2 ай бұрын

In certain markets they got up over $300 for a few weeks on the resale sites. It's one reason I refuse to patronize those sites.

One of the great Rock performances of the 21st century.

SO good - saw this battle for the first time at Lollapalooza last year. They smoked it!

You should check out Endless Story official live from the same concert if you haven't done it yet

Hi Anastasia. Talking about the price of tickets. I’m seeing Lovebites in London on July 1st and the venue only holds 600 people. Ticket price. £25.00. Excited doesn’t cover it.

It's funny that the Maids call us "masters and princesses" but we should be the ones bowing down to them!!!!!

@aldomattera2043

2 ай бұрын

Masters and princesses are theirs. Masters of their instruments and princesses for their elegance and beauty...

@maurograziati3768

2 ай бұрын

Best rock performance last 10 years

❤

Damn, I feel blessed to live near LA. The tickets for their show in Anaheim were only like $50-70, I ended up paying $300 but I brought 3 friends who'd never heard them. Honestly I wasn't convinced they'd be as good live as their live videos make them seem like they'd be, but actually they were even better. I'm so bummed they don't seem to be touring this year, but it's understandable since they're gearing up to release a new album.

Great job 🤘@Anastasia Luna

Hey what about Avatar and Bandmaid us tour damn I would be so dead.

I was about to say "How have you not reacted to Hate? yet ?" Thank you for supporting the greatest rock band on the planet. Edit As far as the cost being expensive... - Im in the southeast and Band-Maid didn't play near me so I flew to Houston and Denver to see them. Houston is an 8 hour drive but f-that. I flew.

My favourite part is the exit form the battle. I even like it more in Lolapalooza.

@chrisbergsten1429

2 ай бұрын

The Yokohama video is better in every technical way, but there's something I like about the Lolla video. I don't know if it's the energy or the rawness or the fact that they were on stage at a US festival without a lot of rock/metal acts and thousands of unsuspecting folks got their faces melted that morning, but by the time Kanami's doing the tapping I'm thinking "stop! stop, can't you see you've already killed them!?"

Thanks from Japan 有難う💛。 I witnessed this very performance at the venue on Nov.26, last year. Very exciting 3-hour-40-minute-long show with 33-song setlist. (Happy fatigue thereafter 😍) Please react to "Endless Story" from the same show that performance will, I believe, make you weepy. 😄

Midori, Asami and Haruna from LOVEBITES watched the long live show over 3.5hrs from the seats on Kanami's side. And I was there too. 🤘

@asenka11

Ай бұрын

omg i'm so jelous!! i bet it was awesome

@mac3jp

Ай бұрын

I did typo above. "THIS long live show" is right, "the" is typo.

Hey, totally with you, have watched this dozens of times and happy to watch it again with you. Last time I saw them, we were just feet away from MISA, and we knew this song was coming. For those who never get tired of different takes, here's my capture of the "battle": kzread.info/dash/bejne/d6qLj89tg93Pkdo.html

best hard rock band on the earth❗️

2:15 that price was a re sale. Usually is not that expensive.

I was stationed in korea and japan in the army I was going back for a few months then covid hit but I dont know if I can do the 15 hour flights I did see them here in washington D.C. a few October's ago its cheaper to live in the phillipines or thailand like you if I go im not coming back!❤❤

Please don't forget Miku Kobato.She is the creator and leader of BAND-MAID.She writes the lyrics for BAND-MAID's songs. Miku Kobato selected Saiki Atsumi as the lead singer for BAND-MAID. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band-Maid

I´m pretty sure regular Band-Maid tickets will never cost 300 $, unless you go for a super-duper mega VIP-package or being late and looking for scammer tickets.

@chrisbergsten1429

2 ай бұрын

Of course these days, if you want to be on the rail or nearly there, you have to buy the super-VIP tix. Even if you buy regular VIP and line up at 6 AM, the whales will get in first and ensure you're five rows deep.

@UltraHD.7

2 ай бұрын

@@chrisbergsten1429 yes, that's probably true. But that was not what she was talking about. She said she wanted to go to a concert (not VIP, not at the rail) and the tickets were so expensive they cost 300$. That's why I said regular tickets would never cost this much.

You need to react to "Gion cho"

It's not a guitar and bass solo, nor is it a battle. It's an argument. Taking the context of the lyrics and the aggressive attack at the beginning, look at the bass as the guy, and the guitar as the girl, in an intense argument. The bass starts off, "complaining about something". The guitar answers back. The bass continues to berate the guitar, but the guitar merely mocks the bass and then they both just begin yelling at each other, until the guitar eloquently finishes the argument and has the last word and the bass mumbles. Saiki then adds that extra angry final Lalalala (which I picture her stomping her foot down hard) to finally say, YES! I HATE YOU! I don't know if that's what they had in mind when they wrote those bass and guitar solos, but in my imagination, that's exactly how I envisioned it. I've been in enough bad relationships to recognize an argument when I see one😂😂😂😅😊

We all owe Japan a debt that we can never repay!

LOVEBITES is coming to USA on OCTOBER 2024....

And Anastasia could I make a suggestion for you to react to ? It's for my favorite symphonic viking metal band from Finland wintersun. The song is wintersun land of snow and sorrow live rehearsal video at Sonic pump studio in Helsinki Finland. So please send me a reply back to see what you think. and say hi to suley for me. Thank you wintersun Alex. ❄️❤️🌹🤟

If you like metal, you may want to check out Native Howl. They call their style Thrash Grass. They are from Eastern Michigan, home of Ted Nugent, Bob Seger, Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, and Kid Rock (as well as Motown). Their song Mercy featuring Lzzy Hale (who was one judge of a talent contest They entered and won) is great! Check them out!

Just a thought but Band-Maid, like other great musicians of the past. feed off the energy of their audience. To play a 3 1/2 hour concert - aMAIDzing!!!!!

$300 dollars for Band-Maid concert or $3,000 dollars for a Taylor Swift concert?🤔🤔🤔

Will Someone PLEASE inform Lovebites there are more U.S. cities than their U.S. tour cities Atlanta (Sold Out), Dallas and Los Angeles (Venues upgraded due to sales), and San Francisco (Cafe du Nord Capacity about 350 expect it to sell out also) No other cities have been added to U.S. tour yet

Tell me who else can bring you to the promised land? btw, that's a rhetorical question because there is nothing else. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Peace. 58.2

Beutiful eye girl

you really need to watch BABYMETAL & Electric Callboy - RATATATA

Sorry they only let me give you one thumbs up

Hello Anastasia, I hope you are very well, I would like you to give a reaction to a band called Blessthefall that has a video called What's Left of Me. If you really like screams and grunts, I'll leave that band for you to react to. I love your videos I hope you see this comment

dimash, if there is no reaction, there is no follow up...

Nice! ps. In before Gary, Roger, or any of you other losers..... lol

@TomClark-Futoura

2 ай бұрын

I was here even before Anastasia was here. I was just waiting for your comment so I could make a comment about your comment. But your comment was just, "Nice." What am I supposed to do with that? Say it was nice, too? Ok, I will. Nice! 🤨

Just sounds like chaotic noise to me...not a fan

His Holiness TinyHat-san has brought us the 5 musical wonders of the world.