Yes! Su has been professionally singing since she was 6!

So true, i leave a BABYMETAL concerts and have to sleep for three days.

🤘 I went to the concert in the video and I saw an old couple (probably 70's) on the train wearing matching Babymetal t-shirts on the way to the concert. It was great!

hey I'm from Thailand F.hero he thai rapper popular and i can't believe he sings so fast and my first reaction yes so high energy performance i so so excited 🔥🔥🔥💯 This is a very good mix of music, I love it.

@@armromza8899 Hi! Thai fan! F. Hero came all the way to Japan for the world premiere of this song and he had been very nervous to perform at a huge arena in foreign country. At the actual show, Su-Metal shouted "Come on F. Hero!" to summon him and she screamed "Thank you F. Hero!" at the end of this song. Then the three girls bowed deeply towards him to show their respect. That scene makes me happy.

Belgian fan here! This band is just amazing!

True keep Su and Moa happy we dont want a Su death stare 😱🤘🦊

@@martinmetal7481 Or Moa's deadly death smirk (Moabanger).

@@GenTzu that sinister smile that says your hearts are mine 😱

@@martinmetal7481 She's had mine since I first saw Babymetal. She's gown into a beautiful Super-Moa-Chan! ❤❤❤❤

@@GenTzu i love them all for the joy they bring 😁❤️❤️❤️🤘🦊

Awesome Comment! I love information like this!

@@oldguyreactions Much appreciated, sorry i edited my comment just to add that i like your guest sweater. Thanks anyway 🙂🤘

Plus, all the Pre-BabyMetal work they did. It is not like little schoolgirls are going to start out playing in dive bars.

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exactly!

Yeah! they took chances at stages always. their dedication do not stop. In the eastern sky, a bright red beacon shines A new guide to mark the end of the dark loneliness Even in despair, light the flames of your heart as many times as it takes Now is the time! Is the time!

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Lol...he meant the concept. They do not sound remotely like the spice girls. Just the concept of 3 awesome girls singing pop!

@@oldguyreactions I know ...I was being a little facetious :P

Do you think people in general from within the industry would do better with certain BM songs to start with? We've seen the usually Gimme Chocolate WTF videos, or BxMxC, or Road of Resistance, or Headbanger first timers, even BM Death. You mentioned Karate or IDZ at Sonisphere. Are there others? I mean, what would happen if his first BM song was Oh! Majinai as an example? I just plucked a song out of the air.

@@Codametal I've run into quite a few people on social media whose introduction to BABYMETAL was the official music video for 'Gimme Chocolate!!', and who were kind of put off by it. Fortunately many of them happened to run into a song like 'Karate' or 'Road of Resistance' a few years later, and that totally changed their mind about the group. I could see something similar happening with 'Oh! MAJINAI', although you might get the attention of some Sabaton fans.

@@rickwagner- I was one of those people years ago, but the song that turned me off I think was Onedari Daisakusen. To my eternal regret, it was probably 2-3 years later before I 'rediscovered' who they really are and tried not to kick myself on a daily basis for waiting so long. I didn't give them the 3 song trial and I will never forget it. It was Road of Resistance that instantly clinched it. Now I try to make up for lost time listening/watching to them every day (3 years running now), and going through all of the SG stuff. Heck, maybe just show them Doki Doki Morning debut at 2010 SG Festival.

I don't know these songs either. People say do live. I pull up live searches and that is what I chose. I had no idea that fans would not want that song heard by us. It is interesting. I am glad you guys are giving me suggestions. I would not have a clue otherwise.

@@oldguyreactions it's not that they don't want you to hear the song or like this song it's that you're starting in the middle of the story you should start from the beginning the first album the second album work your way up this song is from the third album and recently they're coming out with a fourth but to really get the Babymetal fix you got to start from the earlier days and work your way up

@@MikeDPlxztc One cannot know that they would need to start from the beginning. I got multiple people that said..."do Baby Metal". I listened to a song and then everyone said that I need to do live. Now I hearing that I need to start from the beginning. So, I will start from there. I appreciate you Mike for letting me know. An old guy like me just flounders in new music ignorance.

Well he did say "highly produced" is not a bad thing. It could be bad or could be good. So he did not say it was bad. I asked him what he meant by that and I think he meant that it took a ton of people to produce what we saw. It wasn't garage bandy.

@@oldguyreactions Sorry wasn't critizing or implying he said something bad or wrong. It's fun watching genuine reactions of Babymetal first time listeners. Keep on rocking bro 🤘

@@oldguyreactions It may not have been started in a garage (In Japan, residences RARELY had any garages as not everyone owned a vehicle), but Babymetal started with zero budget. They had to hire actors to play instruments and borrow clothes for the first year or two until they brought in a bigger audience. They did play foodhalls, malls, even on the streets before they got to where they are. Watching Pa-Pa-Ya is the culmination of over 7 years of work, and two studio albums. Please forgive us for jumping the gun on criticizing too harshly on your guest. We've seen it many times when a new reacter sees a BM video and immediately passes judgement on 'what type of band' it is. We understand he is speaking from what he knows, and that's what he immediately sees. We've always respected that in a reacter because BM isn't for everyone. But his tone of immediately dismissing the band as a 'produced' band gives it a negative connotation when he doesn't actually know anything about the band. An immediate harsh critic will immediately get harsh criticism in return. You can tell by some of the responses that sometimes the One can be a bit protective of the girls as some of us have been following the girls ever since they were teenagers, some even as far back as since they were kids. I sincerely hope your guest follows the simple rule of thumb to listen to 3 songs of any band before passing final judgement. He should give some of their other songs a try. Like he said, not all produced bands are bad. Just because it is a produced band, doesn't mean the members worked any less than those who came out of garage. And if he knew how far the band has come since the beginning, fighting through a vast amount of adversity, the band is strong and now a driving force in the world today as the founder of kawaii metal. One piece of trivia, there are certain songs that only Su-metal sings solo, and some only Moametal and Yuimetal sings (Black Babymetal), and while one or the other is singing their setlist, the other is backstage doing homework. As they learned in their previous idol group Sakura Gakuin to adapt their focus immediately to do something else. The talent of Su-metal, the band, the production, the personalities of the girls and the bandmembers, the appreciation for each member of their audience, and the choreography, crowd control and participation, and all the practice so these three little girls can do what they love to do. And they absolutely love to perform for their fans. They always have, and they always will. They even had a song written in English specifically to thank the fans who has given them support, love and learned japanese just so they can sing with the girls. You probably won't find any other group like them anywhere, where everything you see on the stage and venue, it's all done for the fans. And Pa-Pa-Ya is only one song. That energy lasts for the entire concert. Not many performers can last that long. So I hope you bring him back, if he wishes to. It is still very interesting to hear different POV on BM. We are all fans, but are open to help people understand the girls, and gain a unique insight from people. I mean, there are billions of people in the world, right? Take care.

Yeah, even though I was an early fan of the Spice Girls, comparing them to BM is just...wrong. NONE of the Spice Girls can sing or have the background as Su-metal (or ever will). Spice Girls represented girl power. No one has more presence than Su-metal performing on stage. It is often said, Suzuka Nakamota may be 5'2". But Su-metal is 10' tall. Someone hard to ignore. I think he got a preconceived notion when he immediately pigeon-holed them as a 'manufactured' ban. Yeah, he sounds like 'one of those'. But who knows, manufactured or not, if the music itself because ever song is different. He'll eventually find a song that may interest him once he gets passed what he thinks he knows about the band. Maybe it's a marketing strategy on Amuse's plan to hit every single genre in existence, but what better way to expand your portfolio than to actually make those songs sound good regardless of genre? No other band can hit a wider market of genres as BM, they've got something for everyone. Kind of like...Amazon. 8-)

Guys, guys...we are old guys. Don't think of us as knowing anything in todays music. We are clueless. The guest is a retired professional musician and has worked with sound. But he is old school. He said it was heavily produced. As in, not garage band type of material put together by the 3 singers. The spice girls was a reference to having 3 girl pop singers singing. Not a comparison to sound or singing voices. It takes a large amount of people to put on the type of video we saw in his opinion. He is from old school music...70's. So this is very different for what he is used to. That is what is interesting with "old guy reactions". We have no clue. don't be offended by us discussing it. We thought it was awesome.

​@@oldguyreactions I'm probably older than you, so... And as much I remember I believe the Spice Girls were 5. 🤣 I was just summarizing the facts I saw. Sometimes, the production distracts from the actual performance and I believe that sometimes, less is better to better appreciate their performances. We don't hide that they started inside a company (actually a talent agency) BUT it was the (crazy) idea of one man, one of their producers. Apparently, no one believed in this idea so they didn't get any extra budget to start with. So they only had their enthusiasm and the opportunity. Su-metal was chosen specifically as a main vocalist because of her strong vocals despite her young age. And Yui and Moa were chosen on purpose due their similar appearance and their compatible voices with Su. There is footage from their very first live performance in 2010 and what you see here (2019) is not even comparable. They earned every single piece of everything they add in between.

@@oldguyreactions Here is BM debut at the Sakura Gakuin Festival concert in 2010 with zero budget for the subunit (the other subunits similear to clubs, had at least a modest budget to have dedicated costumes). All of their clothes are borrowed, and Moametal even started her choreo early by mistake. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eZOiZ8WSz9vZaY0.html. Su-metal was almost 13, Yuimetal and Moametal were both about 11.

What is his name?

@@oldguyreactions My uncle Henry

> "I thought I producer would spot that." Probably his ears aren't the best anymore... LOL

Hmmm, no going to re-watch, but I thought he was a pro-musician that was once in a "real" band.

Yes, he is a retired professional musician and has worked with sound. But he is old school. He did not say there were tracks. He said it was heavily produced. As in, not garage band type of material put together by the 3 singers. It takes a large amount of people to put on the type of video we saw. He is from old school music...70's. So this is very different for what he is used to. That is what is interesting with "old guy reactions". We have no clue.

I pull up the live videos and everyone tells me they are not live. So I am confused as to which ones are actually live.

@@oldguyreactions this particular video only uses the footage from a live concert, not the audio, so i understand the confusion. usually videos that actually use live audio are labeled "live at [venue]" or "live ProShot" if it uses footage from multiple shows. hope this helps! 😊

Thank you for that information. Super cool. I believe the guest was referring to the production being a large production that had the large corporate feel. There are some bands that are raw in their performances. Just getting up on stage and grinding it out. This video felt like every second was planned out. Anyway...I do love the information you gave. It really helps us understand where they came from.

Understood! Until next time.

Producer is Kei (or Key) Kobayashi as written in romaji, with family name (surname) first. At the start, October 2010, Su- was age 12 (two months from 13) and Yui and Moa were 11. Not classmates, fellow members. Sakura Gakuin was not a school but an Idol Group created by Amuse for developing talent.

@@oldguyreactions you are right about everything being planned out to the letter. I understand that some world not like that. I wouldn't like it in nearly any other case but Babymetal is a theatrical performance with choreographed dancing. There has to be some level of organization in what they do. I saw Rammstein a couple weeks ago and noticed they are the same way. They have the exact same movements, mannerisms and facial expressions in each concert. Who cares?! It's musical theater.

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Totally...I do think baby metal is something where people have to accept the concept of pop and metal. Every person I introduce to Baby Metal laugh in amazement the first time. It is kind of hard for them to process it in their brains. I'm even still trying to process it in my brain. It is so unique. But, I love it!

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