IAKO BEI is a project of a singer, bassplayer, song-writer and lyricist Roman Jakobej. What makes the music unique is its innovative and original interpretation of rock music where the rock's main instrument - a guitar - is absent. Instrumentally relying on drums, keyboards, bass with many pedal effects and saxophone, the songs take a wide range of inspiration from the 70‘s space prog, the 80‘s pop/art rock, the 90‘s alternative rock to the 2010‘s prog metal. This creates a challenging but enjoyable sonic cocktail for either open-minded people tired of gazillion copy and paste artists or simply those who have heard way too much music in their lives and are looking for something fresh and exciting.
You can find here lots of additional content such as studio documentary, track-by-track, music videos, the making of + bloopers, sounds behind the record and live videos. Other videos include mostly music reviews and reactions focusing on promoting Roman's favorite music.
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Love Dokken, I Surrender, Puppet On A String and Voice Of The Soul are my favorite songs.
I dunno why people claim Chris Degarmo wrote "85 to 90 percent of their music". Look at the songwriting credits on The Warning, Rage and Mindcrime. Michael Wilton co-wrote nearly half those songs
Yeah, you're right. General consensus I guess. This video was made a long time ago. But he seemed to have been the secret ingredient because they never surpassed the first five albums. But the last album with him was quite weak so... who knows
Didn't thought, that "Pursuits in Life" would be a trilogy from the beginning on. So I'm excited about the third part!!
Thanks! At this point I have 3 songs done for the most part (around 21 minutes of music) and should do lots of writing during summer.
here are the chapters: 00:00 intro 00:08 General concept behind the album (Pursuits 2) 03:22 How we made Pursuits 1 album cover 06:42 How we made Pursuits 2 album cover
Great job!
Thank you 😊
This list is so ass backwards , you are a clueless fool
Hello Roman! Didn't heard anything from you a long time. Do you still running your channel and making music?
Hi, yeah, in the past 4 months I've been working a lot on 2 albums (one of them being Pursuits 3) but I wasn't that socially active. I actually have another video related to Pursuits 2 ready to go in a few days and after that there'll be one more. Thanks for reaching out :-)
@@rjakobej This sounds great!
I have very mixed feelings towards Chameleon. On the one hand, this album nearly killed the band as Kiske was single-handedly trying to steer them towards a softer and more radio-friendly sound. On the other hand, it's not really _bad_ - the songs are really solid with excellent production quality, it's just not the kind of music you'd expect from a band that pretty much pioneered a completely new metal subgenre just a few years prior. My top 5: 5. Gambling with the Devil 4. The Dark Ride 3. Keepers I 2. Master of the Rings 1. Keepers II
It's actually not true. Sure, Kiske wanted to do that type of music but that direction of music was given by Weikath and Grosskopf more so than Kiske. After Kiske was fired from the band and considering the general opinion of stupid public, they blamed him and he never defended himself because he kept away from the metal community (which worked for their cover-up story). There have been recent interviews where they touched upon this.
Who sounds very very close to Robert Plant is the singer of Kingdom Come, trust me
Lenny Wolf still has lots of his own personality. Funny how criticized and hated their debut album was for "copying" Led Zeppelin and now Greta Van Fleet is so popular. On their first EP the singer not only sounds exactly like Robert Plant, they even stole one riff from LZ. And it's ok for people. Strange.
Iako, can you do me a favor and rank Irwisch from Switzerland and Shakra (also from Swtterrland) the later is a great Hard Rock band.
I don't know the first band but I liked Back on Track from Shakra. I preferred their second singer, the original one has a strange whispering voice. I have listened to only like 2-3 albums from them.
Hello my Slovakian friend. I tried to get Sail Away, almost impossible in the USA. I listen to your band , you are VERY GOOD. You seem to be the only one who ranks this Great band. Nobody else did and that is not deserved, this is a great band. , hope to catch them somewhere soon life. Greetings from a Swiss immigrated to USA from Florida.
Also you share some little parts of songs nobody else does they just read us the tracks and their opinion
Thank you! Yeah, I always love including audio snippets even though it often creates copyright problems.
Toto named their self after Dorthy's dog in the movie The Wizard Of Oz.
They are not thrash metal! 😂 Either just straight up heavy metal or US power metal... Love the video
Thanks :-) well, riff-vise and even harmonically they're much closer to thrash metal. Heavy metal not even kinda close (imo) - that's like maiden or priest and power metal is even further. They had their own version of prog metal I guess, hard to classify :-)
I had the same interpretation 😭 and everyone else says its abt death
Art is for us to interpret in the way that's relatable to us :-)
You lost me when you said 70s Kiss overrated and 80s was best. I'm not big on non makeup period Kiss so I checked out. Taste is relative. Cheers.
I think it's important to go into videos like these not expecting the same opinion as yours. Different opinions make it fun and give you a different perspective :-)
1.razorblade romance 2.deep shadows and brilliant highlights 3.screamworks 4.greatest love songs 5.Venus doom 6.love metal 7.tears on tape 8.dark light I don’t dislike any of them I just only listen to the hits of dark light only ie vampire heart, killing loneliness, wings of a butterfly. Also tears on tape is underrated af some of Lindes best riffs and Burtons best atmospheric keyboards. Scream works also is very different from old HIM but also the natural progression of the band. He describes it as the Cult meets Depeche Mode which I love. Maybe early him was more Sabbath meets the Cure hehe;)
cool, thanks for your thoughts! Those band mixtures seem pretty accurate and quite original I think :)
Right? I think it’s natural for metal to be gothic given Sabbath being a proto metal, glam, punk, and goth band like the stooges. HIM were just returning metal to its roots while also mixing in newer elements of goth we got from the 80s like synths…..
The best!; ' Under Lock and Key'. Favorite song : "The Hunter". 🥰❤❤
GLS666 is S tier, mate. This list is bonkers.
For you. Remember that people have different opinions ;-)
Great White self titled debut album is Heavy Metal 🤘🏻 self titled album is a bands signature ✍🏻 album
Creatures of the Night is a Heavy Metal album and similar to Thin LiZZy Thunder and Lightning both were released in the similar years
Eüröpe self titled Heavy Metal debut (1983) is Heavier than Iron Maiden self titled NWOBHM debut (1980)
Just get the fangs ! Awesome on bass and versatile !
Hey!! good music, but where are the girls and real love dudes??? Mean real! Xhange your clips and there you go
Girls, woman,!!! Get some more!!!
Thanks, I don't think having girls would make sense lyrically and artistically. Having girls in the music video for the purpose of having them there is cringy for me.
Skandinavsky folk zmiešaný s Angličtinou tvorený Slovanmi!!! Paráda,,!
Diky 🤘
Wow, horrible list!
Wow, excellent comment!
VH2 you should be ashamed of yourself
You should be ashamed of yourself - channeling the frustration from your own life on my video. Didn't your parents teach you? If you have nothing nice to say then don't say anything.
My ranking 10 flush and blood 9 ready n willing 8 snakebite 7 come and get it 6 slip of the tongue 5 trouble 4 lovehunter 3 slide it in 2 1987 1 Sants and sinners
Interesting list, thanks for sharing!
Dtk...19?... oh man
Dtk... not 19 for you... oh man
Great Intro..truth
Thanks 🤘
My top 10 10 love gun 9 asylum 8 hotter then hell 7 rock and roll over 6 creatures of the night 5 dressed to kill 4 kiss 1974 3 lick it up 2 animalize 1 destroyer
Interesting, animalize so high up - I think I've never seen it before. Cool
8:30 completely disagree. For me Weiki is the best songwriter in all the Deris era and When the Rain Grows is one of the best helloween songs EVER. But I agree with you with Chameleon, I also love that album and it is just not fair how misunderstood it is.
everyone has a different opinion, cool if you like his songs. There are a few I absolutely love :)
The song is literally someone who passed, they have talked about it...
I made this video when the song came out. It was just my immediate reaction to it. It's easy to look at it now after so many reactions and interviews.
Hellfire Club is a bit complicated for me. Was heavily disapointed when I gave it the first few listens in 2004. After Mandrake, which was the first Edguy album I've ever listened to, I was expecting HC to sound similar. Somehow this album screamed "sellout" to me. Nowadays my opinion hasn't changed that much, since I didn't have this album anymore because I gave up on it after a few months. However Mysteria and Piper were the two songs I really liked from the beginning and are still two of their greatest songs. Fools, Lavatory and Moon are solid songs as well, while the rest just didn't do it for me. I guess Mandrake was just that good, everything after it would disapoint.
Many people felt that way (that they "sold out"). Even as an artist I know - it's extremely important for bands to evolve and move on. You lose some fans in the process but you remain true to your own creativity. Tobi himself said that power metal is an extremely narrow genre to be creative in.
here are the chapters: 00:00 intro 00:43 The differences between Pursuits 1 and Pursuits 2 04:00 Pre-production 05:40 The beginning & drums 10:44 Life situation & bass 15:59 keyboards & synths 19:54 more bass 22:04 new place & saxophone 23:56 more keyboards 25:45 fretless bass solo 27:19 2 keyboard solos that did not make it to the record 29:39 vocal booth 30:08 more sax & developing a saxophone solo 36:14 recording vocals 38:07 backing vocals 40:00 additional synths 41:56 post-production 43:51 bonus
My ranking 13 full circle 12 can't get there from here 11 recover 10back to the rhythm 9 psycho city 8 rising 7 elation 6 hooked 5 recovery live 4 twice shy 3 once bitten 2 self titled 1 shot in the dark
Interesting list, thanks for sharing :-)
Your welcome
You have a very unique list but i love it, that's what makes it interesting! 12. VH3 11. 5150 10. A Different Kind of Truth 9. OU812 8. For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge 7. Balance 6. 1984 5. VH2 4. VH1 3. Women and Children First 2. Fair Warning 1. Diver Down (Yes, Diver Down lol)
Interesting list, always nice to see some love for FW and DD :-)
So.. when I was a teenager HIM was my obsession. So here’s my list from their discography from worst to best. 7) Screamworks 6) Tears On Tape 5) Dark Light 4) Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666 3) Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights 2) Love Metal 1) Razorblade Romance
Thanks for your list, seems to be representative of a classical HIM fan :-)
Fantastický clip a výborná pieseň 👌💯
ďakujeme :)
Great White self titled debut is Heavy Metal Self titled means a bands signature ✍🏻 album
That is a crazy ass list
HIM was always underrated in my opinion. Venus Doom will always be #1
When I was growing up, they were huge. VD seems to be overlooked. Great choice :-)
Nice 😊
Thanks :-)
I got say that I've seen many Kiss rankings and none was quit like yours. It's insane to me watching your Ranking because I would make it totally different but so is taste in music. I would never put Hot In The Shade so high. I think animalize is kinda underrated besides most of the gene songs and Love Gun and Rock And Roll Over are at least top 10 Kiss albums for me. But I respect your opinion. Good vid.
It's all subjective. Most of the rankings seem to be based on the "general consensus" and that's why with Kiss for example it's always the 70's albums at the top. Thanks for watching and for being open-minded. Too many people are furiously possessive about their opinions, so kudos to you!
I agree that the third part of 3SidesToEveryStory is one of the best set of songs ever ,by anyone ...
However Joey's voice is changed from golden 80s but it changed very good. I think he still rocks 🤘
The range got a bit smaller but he still sounds awesome and very powerful
Is it strange that I love all Europe albums? 😬❤
They have a very strong discography 🤘
It's not necessatly a couple relationship and a breakup it could be a friend or a relative anyone very dear and for some reason lost forever...IMO the song is more about regret for a chance lost forever of telling to someone very dear what we didn"t tell when we could have but didn't.... we live our lives taking most people for granted never telling them or not telling enough how important and dear they are to us... not thinking that life or death might take away the opportunity to do so...when he sings "you'll be the saddest part of me" IMO it means his memory of that person will always be tainted with regret of not showing his love when he could have but didn't...
it's definitely possible. Thanks for your interpretation :)
2:07 Very underrated album. For their pretty high age they absolutely smashed that album. Huge respect for "Inamorata" (such a long song wtf). And to be honest, James´s emotional expressions in the lyrics of the songs and the songs generally never failed me and are absolutely epic.
I wouldn't necessarily put words 'Metallica' and 'underrated' together as you literally can't be a bigger band than them. It's a solid album and I think they're making a ton of money out of it.
@@rjakobej It is true that there couldn't be a more popular heavy metal band than Metallica, but I meant it like people have negative opinions on the album for no reason. Like, what more can you expect from them now?
@@kensdynasty that comes with fame I guess. 'Hating on Metallica' is such a big thing and it's honestly sad. When people hated St. Anger I was like - ok, I get it. I wouldn't hate on them but I get it. Same with Load and Reload. But Dead Magnetic? They finally do what we want and people go on hating them? It's the 'damn if you do, damn if you don't' scenarios. Same with the new album I guess that is why I at least mentioned it.
Deliverance is worth checking out on its own. “Leaving L.A.” Is a pretty descent song.
sounds fine. I prefer 80's aor but haven't heard of this band yet so I will check it out more, thanks.
Interesting ranking you did! Carnival almost reached your top ten while so many people don't like this album at all
Thanks. Even the band is against it. At the end of the day, artists reinventing themselves can be a good thing.