What are you talking about “It’s all about the *BAND-MAID* “ 😁 😁 😁

Kanami's always telling me interesting facts like, "It rains diamonds on Saturn". All i know is BAND-MAID are the priceless perfect storm :)

Akane (a-kah-nee, not a-kay-nee) is probably my favorite as well. It's hard to favor one over the other. They're all so good at what they do. Miku has been learning to play on the job from Kanami for 8 years. She had never even held a guitar before she formed Band-Maid. Real Existence live is a great, rocking song to react to next.

Until you get a chance to watch a complete concert, Miku's contribution may be less apparent. Eventually you realise that she is part of _two_ awesome partnerships, one with Kanami giving her the freedom to play lead guitar, and the other with Saiki whether it be harmonies, vocal effects, or second vocal lines. Also Miku does sing lead on a few songs, and does lead a crowd interaction section in each concert. Putting all that together with her lyrics for most songs, means she is kept very busy - heart of the band.

I think this song is a masterpiece in which 4 beats and 5 beats are in perfect harmony. The playing technique is also high, but I was more impressed by the composition of the music.

Knowing that Kanami is proficient on keyboard, her tapping the guitar in this song sounds exactly like a harpsichord. Sounds great. Three good choices from their third album Brand New Maid (2016) are "The Non-Fiction Days", "Before Yesterday" and "Alone".

Real Existence (Live) or Alone (MV) which is their first self-written song that was included on an album. They've written 99% of their material since.

For an older song I would suggest the live version of Don’t You Tell Me . It features the usual catchy hooks plus in the live version Misa and Konami have a bass / guitar battle. Worth checking out 🤟🏻

Without Miku there would be no Band Maid, she started the band. She also writes the lyrics.

Puzzle live ;) Kanami just same as a Durracel bunny play non stop the full song.I love that :)

Yes! My appreciation for what these girls are doing grows every day! Greetings from Indy!

This song is put in to give Saiki a break and relief for her voice. "Play" originally started as a instrumental, but Saiki loved the song so much, she asked Miku to add lyrics so she could participate in the fun, so wa-la, The Small Pigeon added lyrics! "Without Holding Back" is another epic instrumental song from these amazing ladies! The P in D photo collage of "Shake That", "Yolo", "Alone", "Real Existence", "Take Me Higher", and "Turn Me On" are excellent examples of early Band Maid musical magic! Enjoy!

...and, of course, a special guest appearance by TinyHat-san.

Alone, YOLO, Endless Story, Anemone, Smile or Daydreaming

Band-Maid classic!

Band Maid Forever! Earlier stuff. Don't Let Me Down ( all English) Freedom( gotta do live amazing drum solo) Don't Tell Me. Dice. Real Existence. Choose Me. Day Dreaming. You may have done one of these already. But doesn't matter whatever you choose all maids is great! Rock on Brother!😊😎🤘🤘🤘🤘

I would suggest "Shake That." There is a very good photo video on Ytube. There are also more treasures on P in D's channel.

Band-Maid always brings an ONSET of love, appreciation and happiness to their viewers. Why? Because they're so damn good -- good-natured, good-hearted, good-looking, and beyond good as writers, players and performers. Wow, right?!

This song never get old

Non fiction days

You should start with the song that first brought them worldwide notoriety and saved the band from breaking up, "Thrill"(M/V or official live) great hard rock sound

If you can get the concert videos of "Don't You Tell Me" and "Take Me Higher" from a few years ago. I think from 2019 that would be great. MISA and Kanami have a guitar dual in both videos.

Once again the maids lay waste

Lots of good suggestions for early stuff. Alone, Real Existence Live, Daydreaming, Choose Me. I would add Don't You Tell Me and Secret My Lips to the list. Secret My Lips is a great rocker

Great reaction and review! I would like to add my list of recommended tracks. Starting with their early ones: Non-Fiction Days (MV or Live), Real Existence (MV or Live), Alone (MV), and my all-time favorites: Puzzle (Live), Moritorium (Live), Play (Live), Dont You Tell Me (Live), Secret My Lips (MV), Turn Me On (Live), Choose Me. (MV or Live) I better stop there otherwise I will every track they have. That should be a good starting set.

Everyone in this band is great

You looking for a starting point for some of their older works? Hands down, it's gonna be Thrill. That will give you a good idea with how their current songs, which they write and compose themselves, compare to their first popular single, which was not exactly written by them (though they had plenty of input from what I hear). Thrill will give you a base line to compare against their later songs.

Asterism is a must for pure talent.Japanese wonder group.Thanks.

Impressive as all hell, especially on first listen. Earlier stuff? How about REAL EXISTENCE-LIVE or MV Choose Me, Alone or Yolo. New or Old, BAND-MAID is Awesome. Peace.

If you want to go back to the earlier material you could try ALONE it's the first song they wrote themselves.

I find it difficult to have a favorite with this band. Kanami, Akane, and MISA are so skilled with their instruments, Saiki is consistently great with her powerful vocals, and Miku has worked so hard to become the solid rhythm guitarist she is while contributing some important vocals. Plus, from what I've seen in their interviews and on social media, they're all endearing in their own way. They're all my favorite. This was recorded on April 13, 2018 at Zepp Tokyo, not to be confused with Zepp DiverCity Tokyo. Zepp is a series of venues throughout Japan; some have closed, some are still open, and some are still in the planning stages. Also, Zepp's parent company is Sony. It took me a while to pick out the backing track in this song, but I eventually realized right before the bass solo that Kanami was tapping, Miku is strumming chords, yet there's a another guitar part in there that sounds like Kanami recorded herself playing a simple lead that rides the same melody as her tapping. It picks up again toward the end of the song, too. I don't have a problem with it, but it's interesting how seamlessly it blends in.

This is Saiki's chance at a pottie break, but I like to think she's sitting in the back with her feet up, having one of the guitar techs.....give her a foot message, lol 😆

Miku is the rhythm guitar(more crunchy sounding) and Kanami is the main guitar with all the melodies and technical riffs/tapping

Hello brother... Greeting Alipers from Bali Island

Thanks for this great Band-Maid reaction. I usually show people this first and then Domination, which usually does the trick. I agree about MISA and Akane (pronounced AH-KAR-NAY) being one of the very best rhythym sections ever - I put them up there with John Bonham and John Paul Jones or Keith Moon and John Entwistle. I'm sure we all check out your other reactions too but Band-Maid, Babymetal, Lovebites will always get more views and comments than many other bands. Recommendations for more Band-Maid would be either Thrill, as it is the oldest MV on their YT page at 6 years ago ( kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i8qjaspkspOYnIU.html ) or the MV of Rinne from 2 years ago, as it's one of their heaviest songs ( kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ebdpl8V2u82-k3U.html ). Get to them when you can as we know you already have a long list of other bands to get through as well.

In Japanese, you have to enunciate all the vowels. Akane ("Ah" "Kah" "Ne"). They do not have names that sound like "kaine". It's like Spanish. Speak all the vowels.

Daydreaming MV would be a great change of pace to what you've done so far. Trust me! :)

lot of new songs.　from Japan

You could do some album reactions. Ive seen a couple of reactors go through the entire catalog.

My college soundtrack was the great fusion bands of the late 70's. They were far beyond most rock bands in skill, creativity and energy. Band-Maid could go toe to toe with any of them. Thank you for taking the time to get to know them.

I think you're ready for wonderland or some acoustic like anemone or puzzle.

React to 'Puzzle', both the original and the acoustic live versions. You're welcome. =)

For their earlier stuff.. I think you should watch Real Existence (Live).... or Freedom (Live). But to me, their best *early* song is Freezer.

Two tiny guitarists and the best rhythm section in rock.

MISA MISA MISA!

You can hear Carlos Santana whispering to Kanami.

Band-Maid=World Class !!

Recommendations for early stuff: Thrill - First music video and hit Freedom (live) - The live performance on their channel is recent, but it is one of their older songs. Also, the live video is one of my favorite BAND-MAID performances and features an extended drum solo. Alone - The first song composed exclusively by BAND-MAID. For their first albums, they had external songwriters. Puzzle - Extremely well-written song. There is also an acoustic live version that is worth checking out. Moratorium - Another all-around great song.

Try BAND MAIDs song GLORY it's a great song great react . Long Live the PO!

Check Moratorium Live (on Bili Bili). You'll thank me :-)

I was going to say 'Real Existence' LIVE, but since you did 'Domination' LIVE you should do 'Freedom' LIVE as well. It's from the same show and it has a drum solo.

TRIVIA: Kanami's BA degree is NOT in music; it is in economics.

For the next song, Puzzle (live) Kanami do AC/DC riff.

"Moratorium" Is a great Misa song. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nbKIfMmivuCZpZc.html Thanks to Mr Chupin. Small venue + great Kanami Solo intro. If you want to see the official live vid you will have to go off platform to find it.

You really need to react to the other instrumental versions of some of their other tracks. No God Giovanni (!!!) Domination. Simply Epic. Oh, and the drummers name is pronounced: Ah Kar Neigh 😋

Its Mee-sah not Mee-za. Just a small thing to mention. Welcome to the fan wagon!

Real Existence and Rinne are good. As much as I like Saiki and Miku's vocals, if they did instrumentals from now on it would be fine with me.

………………………………….. Akane Try Daydreaming

Start with Freezer. Why? Why not!

I really like Band-Maid, but I'm actually not as fond of the vocals as I am of the instrumentals. I've gone to quite a bit of trouble trying to collect as much as I can of their instrumental stuff, and that is mostly what I listen. But when I want to step things up a notch, I switch from Band-Maid to Asterism; an instrumental metal trio that blows everything else out of the water. Kanami is great, but Haruka is mindblowing. You really should give them a try. Here's _DAWN:_ kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNuBg9l6s7DHcWQ.html

In Japanese a’s are alway pronounced ‘ah’and e’s are pronounced ‘eh’. So Akane is ah - Kah - neh.

Earlier is better

If Akane is your favorite you should learn to pronounce her name properly. No long As. Both short As like Kanami. Here's a link . . . kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g95yjbiVqbzYfJ8.html

I really don't see the big deal with this group... they're a pretty generic rock band in maid outfits. That's it.