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+Duane Zerkle Pretty much any of Su's solos from the Black Night Budokan concert are the best live versions. At least until the Tokyo Dome Red Night & Black Night shows come out on DVD/blu-ray sometime next year.

aand Kami Band Solo + Rondo Of Nightmare (Budokan Black or Red night live) :D

Please react to Babymetal.'Love Machine'(Live at Legend 1999,Moametal sings) And react to 'Chokotto Love'(Live at Legend 1999,Yuimetal sings)

They did started out as idols in Sakura Gakuin. As we all know, the majority of j-idol fans are males. This concert was held on December 21st, 2013 which is before the release of their self-titled debut album, BABYMETAL which was on February 26th, 2014. It's only after the release and how well received their debut album was among the general music listeners that they started to gradually gain more and more female fans.

Well, its first off a idol band, which is of course male followers simply for reasons people could perhaps write papers on. But then they went into a non traditional music genre (Metal) which is dominated by male fans to begin with, so picking up female fans is a slow process for them..and not really necessary tbh. If they wanted equal or more female fans, they would have just been pop..and had a mediocre career. Babymetal proves 2 things. 1) Metal is not sexist. its a meritocracy and a army of older grizzled metal fans and rock gods all cheering on BM because they deserve it shows this in spades. and 2) overall genders tend to like different things. females go for more soft music, men go for powerful hard sounds. its not a rule, just a guideline, and this demonstrates perfectly the innate preferences I hope that Babymetal's handlers understand this clearly and target their upcoming anime accordingly (but I fear they will fail and make it some sort of kim'possible style cupcake nonsense targeting the people who dont buy their merch)

DalrathGrub I don't know why everyone is surprised. Metal is a male dominated genre.

Come on people, let's make one thing clear. The last statistic I've seen from Japan news TV was from earlier this year: 34% of fans are are girls and women ! Maybe the boys go see their concerts. And some of the girls are afraid of the mosh pits. Or maybe the girls are still to young to go a concert on their own, but the there are lots of female fans !

Rob Xsiq Not tryna argue but the Legend of 1997 was/is pretty close to studio version (to me anyways). But I kind've agree that they should start off listening to the album first so they can fully appreciate the love performances and what the crowd adds to the videos.

aroraborealiss77 Right, its a decent copy. the official videos however also adds context and motivation of the song..basically its classical music and a fine painting to look at while listening to type thing. Perfect example, Wagakki Band's senbonzakura song sounds fantastic live, but the video...is art.

Actually think that's pretty smart. Lots of folks get their reactions to the official videos blocked or muted unless they speed up the video or change the pitch (both of which sound terrible). The audio from the live versions doesn't seem to be monitored the same way.

Rick Wagner Yeah but isn't the video itself already illegal? It was uploaded without permission but I don't really give a shit what Babymetal video they react

Live shows are 10000 times better.. watch video after.. they're shows are amazing! I've found the videos while good the energy and crowd enthusiasm they generate cant be duplucated..