They are the most beautiful and wonderful band on the planet and they brought back the joy of music to this jaded 68 year old jazz prog rock drummer when I found them 2 years ago.

BAND-MAID's entire existence leaves you wanting more, at all times lol

They make me happy too. They give me goosebumps. Sometimes they even make my eyes moist. That's how Band Maid affects this old rocker.

"Not to dominate the song, enhance the song" Exactly! Each member have super technique but they don't dominate the song by one person. Great solos in every songs but not too long, and we want next song! "Please give me next song! next solo!" Oh it's rabbit hole.

I just wanted to thank you for introducing me to Band-Maid. I came to your channel for a Nightwish response, which was awesome, and clicked on one of your Band-Maid responses. Now, I can't get enough of them. Thank you!

Kanami has been composing 95% of the Band Maid songs since 2015, and the arrangement are shared. Besides, there are two main types of instrumentalists. Those who are happy to show off their technique, and those who know, how to use it best. Kanami, MISA and Akane definitely belong to the latter group and that is why they form such a phenomenal trio, and sometimes shining as short-lived duets. Great reaction.

What always impresses me is that they always sound like "BAND-MAID" but somehow every song still feels unique and fresh. I never get tired listening through full albums.

Thank you. Thank you for seeing the glory that is BANDMAID. I really appreciate your reactions to this band. This is a classic rock master class. Nice work.

Thank you for a great reaction. The world is a better place with Band-Maid for sure.

The smile you had when the Chorus hit is me during every second I listen to this band, lol. Great reaction, I always love listening to your input.

This is their best song imo. Always feel better listening to it :) The great part of the Misa into Kanami Duel, is that Misa's last note directly feeds into Kanami's first note, it's like a relay team handing over the baton.

Normally, reactors who keep pausing a video annoy me to no end. I know for YT reasons, some is necessary, but too often the reactor just fills the pauses with fluff - I know it was great, I don't need "you" to stop and tell me it was great. However in THIS case - each time you paused you broke something down and explained some technicalities or nuances to the performance that I found really enlightening. I really enjoyed hearing the reasons *why* something sounded (or felt) the way it did. That aspect of music has always fascinated me. Thank you! Definite Subscribe

Really enjoy your reactions and analysis of BAND-MAID songs. A big smile on my face when I saw one of my favourite songs appear. Thank you!!

This song, it feels like, they are not just a band with maids outfits, they serve you with what you want in music just like a maid does,

The "wanting more" feeling is exactly how I describe their solo parts. A lot of people want them to write longer or more technical solos, well I disagree. I love having the feeling that the part was amazing and I want to hear more of it instead of it going on forever. Also great point on them being brave on using multiple ideas for one song. What blows my mind even more is they write new parts for songs that are only heard live and sometimes maybe only for 1 show. They could use these for a new song but instead turn it into something amazing to enhance a live show.

Perfect song structure 🎸👍🎸 Awesome Band Maid. 👏👏

Best band of this millennia! Musical ability of Rush. Energy and tightness of AC DC. Showmanship and sexiness of the Rolling Stones. Melodic genius and euphoric warmth of Fleetwood Mac. I've been playing music and writing songs in Nashville for over 20 years. Which means I pay my bills by being a hotel maintenance man. But I make enough off of music to pay my bar tabs and buy more Guitars. I'm not great but I've played with some greats. These girls are as good as anyone out there!... Also It has been fun to watch your evolution on this band. From this is pretty good. Not what I expected. To these girls are hit machines. You helped me a lot also. I knew they were awesome but you John maddened it. A lot of that that stuff I knew. A lot I did because I was taught. Never thought about it just did it. You're very good at this. Thanks for teaching. Thanks for helping in world domination! Band Maid! 🤘🤘🤘🤘

I'm really thankful, that I discovered your channel. I have heard this song so many times, but after you explained the different parts and I could hear what you mentioned, I do now understand their genius much better. So thx to you, really appreciate it.

I've heard this song hundreds of times, but I just noticed something for the first time: the last measure of the bass solo & the first measure of the guitar solo overlap and are identical. It's basically a cross-fade transition from MISA to Kanami. Brilliant.

I watch a LOT of Band-Maid reaction videos, and your mix of technical appreciation and musical enjoyment, plus your presentation, is one of the best. Keep up the explanations about structure too, I like to know more about why I like this band so much.

the changes in this particular song just blow me away. there are 3 distinct changes that flow perfectly . and then they go into the little slow down in the middle that makes a fourth one.kanami's songwriting genius shines in this song.

Thanks very much, another insightful analysis that every time adds something more to each song that I've listened to countless times. I sometimes feel like a lobster in the pot slowly heating up, I don't notice I'm cooked until I"m done, that's how Band-Maid sneaks up on you and captures your senses. They are just sooo goood.

Good to see you reacting to this song, DICE is my favourite Band Maid song by a large margin. It makes me super happy like you said! :)

Yeah, since I discovered BAND-MAID this past January they've quickly become one of my Happy Places. I can't help but grin like an idiot through most of their songs. I wish I could find a good version of "Freedom" on youtube, because it's one of my favourites for that reason (and Miku gets a nice vocal spot in it too).

Great reaction and analysis....and yes their solos really leave you wanting more!

I feel like it's impossible to listen to them and it not improve my mood. I can be in the dumps and they're my anti-depressant of choice. I'm building a guitar specifically because, listening to them, I desperately want to learn. Thanks for taking a look at them, Chase. They're just great.

Wow. I was kinda surprised when I saw you smiling from that chorus. That made me smile too! Thanks a lot! Also, Because this song made me smile like a madlad too. That chorus made me energetic and started grooving myself to that happy tune when I first heard it and I still listen to this and never get tired of it... BandMaid is like a rollercoaster ride for me. I really love them! Haha. Loving your reactions! Keep it up! 💯🕊️🕊️

Great again! Looking forward to more of your thoughts! Puzzle!! I'd suggest both versions. 🐱‍🏍😃

Band maid has become my favorite rock band and not afraid to tell anyone about it. I 100% agree for you to check out puzzle acoustic version. It is such an emotional song in that version. Kanami and saiki doing just an amazing performance together.

Another ace reaction! ^_^ Honestly, these reactions remind me of the first time I heard all these songs! They are an addictive band :) The stuff they do behind the scenes is great too, on their social media pages and stuff (they are quite active with individual accounts as well as a band account), lots of little snippets of them having fun and goofing off and it just makes you love em even more.

Great reaction. Someone knows what he is talking about and points out the things he noticed, in an excellent way. -------- Subscribed -------- BAND-MAID is the best thing that can happen to a fan of rock music, i love them. Their songs are so refreshing and full of energy, melodic, catchy, mood-lifting, with so much to discover if you listen closely. Composition, arrangement and musicianship are always stellar. Dice was the first BAND-MAID song I stumbled across last october, what a great discovery. Since then it's a pure joy to listen to their music. I hope for many more BAND-MAID reactions because your analysis of songs is great. Rock on.

I just quote Henk Poort what he said in Beste sanger "Good music is good musik and it brings people together" !

pure hard rock. i think this is my fav band

After I saw your first reaction to Band Maid I went and listen to like 3 of their albums. Not a single song I thought was meh, all of them are really catchy and rock!

Fascinating reaction as usual, excellent stuff, keep em coming !

Your observations, as usual, are extremely insightful. I agree completely with your assessment of their particular form of artistic bravery as expressed through their self-confidence in their writing skills. I also agree with you that they are astonishingly skilled at giving us just enough to enjoy the material, but always leave us wanting more. I just can't believe how good they are at that. It's so impressive. Fantastic work as always, Chase, love your vids!

MISA is a stone cold killer on that bass, as much as I love all the girls... she’s my favorite, shes amazing

I'm so glad there's other people who have that smile while listening to this band. I can't help it, this band is just so fun and makes me happy every time I hear them. I feel like the drums right after the solo always get overlooked, but it's probably my favorite part of this song.

i think "brave" is a good word for this band in general, on multiple different levels. an all girl hard rock band, self-made from "idol group" japan, who dress in maid outfits not (like you mentioned) as a gimmick but to make a statement? like you gotta have some guts man. these ladies are special.

Just have to say, I love your insights into this band. Your musical knowledge actually enhanced my enjoyment of their music. My answer to why I like Band Maid is "they sound great!'. You have helped me understand why they sound great. Much appreciated!

Yep,spot on again Chase. I wonder if BAND-MAID & Lovebites would ever consider doing a double headliner. Now that would be a marriage made in heaven.

Great reaction. You are one of the few reactors that I really appreciate breaking down the song. I wish you would do more Band Maid. If you can do Blooming or Day Dreaming that would be great. More power to you and your channel.

They may be the best straight-up rock band going.

I get goosebumps every time I hear this song,

Thanks for the insightful review! The ladies are way more than their costumes. Great compositions and musicianship!

Great reaction!! Kanami composed and arranged this song (and most of their songs). I guess she is always thinking about members. How she can let them shine, or how can their ability be drawn out... She loves Band Maid and it's members.

Hey everybody, now THIS guy gets it!! Hell yah, man, good on you. It’s one thing to have the good sense to like and appreciate Band Maid, but it’s quite another to have the brains to know WHY! Very astute of you to recognize their songwriting style (more like credo) of not getting it out of balance. Everything is to uplift the song, not wank all over everything. It’s all the subtleties that are there that you may not catch the first or second time. Those creative flourishes and accents between the drums, bass, and guitars that mesh so well together to give a song its life.💪🏻🤘🏻

Chase, I hope you get a chance to see them live sometime. Their shows are great.

Cause it always a pleasure listening the way you break down a song. Many reactors could learn a bit from you and a few select others that know what they are talking about. Great job.

Chase, do a double. Puzzle Live × 2. Acoustic and hard rock version please 😆🤘

yessssss! Definitely do puzzle. The regular version has some amazing lead peices where Kanami is basically playing a 5min solo and doing her own thing. The acoustic is something else though, really shows off the emotion in the song.

Their song called "Blooming" is very technical, it would be cool to see what you think about that one.

When the bass and guitar are so good you miss out on the amazing drum work. Akane blows my mind with her drumming on this song. Dice is top song for many fans for a reason. A masterpiece.

Your reactions do the girls honour. Well done!

Very insightful reaction

Hey Chase, I so much enjoy your breakdown of the music that Band Maid does, just great. You notice the little nuances of the different members very well. Most people notice of course Misa, Kanami, Akane and Saiki who are all incredible on the own instruments but what is so often overlooked is Miku. She has a beautiful voice that complement Saiki so well and her rhythm guitar work ties the music together for the band, never overstated, just the right amount delivered everytime.

Its worth doing Puzzle live (full version) to see the variation they put into the track. The acoustic version is a totally different animal that lets the vocals shine...both lead and Kanami's backing. Certainly worth looking at both!!😁

Roll the 🎲 *DICE* 🎲 on BAND-MAID and be a winner all the time. In an interview MISA indicated that this was more of her challenging songs.

I like your take and explanations of the technicalities, and your pure joy while listening.

They are very good at leaving you wanting more! Of course even after a 2 hours concert we still want even more! 😀

The great mix of fast-slow, hard-soft, is fantastic, not many bands can pull this off , reminds me of some of Cold Chisel songs from the 80s, this song especially, that guitar solo near the end 👍👍👍🤟🤟🤟

I've listened to a lot of rock and roll in my time. This is the only band that every makes me SMILE--and I MEAN S M I L E!

agreed. the beauty of bandmaid's music is their chemistry. they know how much to push and will pull back, making you want more. for Puzzle do both, they have totally different feels to the song(the acoustic is a ballad version w/just Saiki and Kanami). :)

Loved it again, the reaction, I mean... I love this song, loved your (almost) involuntary smile as soon as the chorus came through... I just can't get enough of these ladies. I already saw a lot of people mentioning how short the songs are, but all Band-Maid songs have a pretty "normal" length between 3 to not much more than 4 minutes long... nothing to do with Dead Kennedy's "Dog Bite" (that's so awesome) ... they just leave you wanting more and more. Kanami's solos have that same effect... BTW, you should check "Matchless GUM" and the way Kanami leaves the listener desperately salivating for "please just a few more seconds of that, please please..." ... but she delivers just the right amount...no mercy! :-D More Band-Maid reactions please, there are like 80 songs you haven't done yet, so, yeah, if you can still find the acoustic "Puzzle" would be awesome, better yet would be finding that acoustic moment on Zepp Tokyo 2018 and do both "Puzzle" and "Anemone"... check Kanami's sweet backing vocals in kawaii overload and Saiki being jawdropping awesome... Cheers, as always, loved the reaction video.

Great review and love your reviews of my favorite band currently. I love that you take the time to breakdown WHY the song sounds so good, WHY they are doing what in the song. It's a great technical reaction that most other reactors are not doing. Keep it up. Also, if you loved this, which Dice is one of my Top 10 songs from the ladies, you REALLY need to see the video for Blooming. Blooming and Don't You Tell Me are my 2 favorite Band Maid music videos.

What is interesting, is that despite their songs not being simple, they really don't over think it. They play rock music and they just play it well.

Great reaction to a really good song. MISA's bass tone is awesome on this track. What really does the song for me is that it SWINGS. You can do classic rock'n'roll dancing to the chorus. Being old, I can remember when you could dance to rock music ;)

Play (Live) by Band-Maid is a must!

Bass and drum lead in on BM song TURN ME ON (live) and Kanami's lead will blow your mind..🤯

hi, i love it, how perfect Miku and Saici are singing together!

I like both the insightful reactions as well as positive energy. Thanks for putting out your videos!

This song, for me, is their best work. Such technique!!

This is one of my favourite songs, thanks for the great reaction.

Best bass and guitar duel is Band-Maid - "Don't You Tell Me" live: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5aSYMWd15qmcmw.html Misa and Kanami go back and forth playing off of each other's riffs!

Until I found Band Maid I thought Rock n Roll was dead Band Maid has saved Rock n Roll

Actually, as far as Puzzle goes, it might be interesting to do the MV, and then follow up with the acoustic live. The difference is fascinating. It's a heartbreak song (one verse sticks with me- "You look so beautiful dancing together; now could you be beautiful somewhere else? If you danced far away and never came back, that would be fine with me.") While the electric version is an explosion of pent up rage, the acoustic is a bitter self criticism.

A fantastic breakdown of a truly great song. I agree with all the points you made! The one point you made about being brave was particularly spot on. They just are relentless with seemingly no thought about possibly running out of ideas for the future. I often wonder how it is possible for them to continue to make such great and diverse songs over and over. I almost worry sometimes that it has to come to an end because it just seems inhuman at times. The studio version of this here was the way to go because IMHO they still haven't quite got this song perfected live, though they are getting closer, the production on this MV is just fantastic. Just such a great punch in the face, not a note that is not purposeful.

Rock on, this is great!

Yeah....Their choruses make me smile too!!!.....Nice job....

Sacramento loves Band-Maid. Take that to the bank!

Yep - Band-Maid's music makes me happy too. Kanami has talked before about exactly what art is supposed to do: Invoke emotions. She and the band really, really know how to bake that into the compositions and performances. They're not alone, of course, but they do it exceptionally well. Po.

There is an IMMENSE and frankly unfair amount of talent in this band in vertually every aspect. Writing, musicianship, performance etc.

Blooming or Puzzle. Both are excellent

When you talking about headphones, it reminded me of a band that I LOVE listening to with headphones on. I'm a huge fan of Trip Hop and Morcheeba is a band that taught me the joys of listening to music through them. I love how the music and different sounds that make up their songs seem to roll around inside my head.

Now you need to see them live. I Highly suggest PLAY or Moratorium.

It's amazing how Saiki can sometime sound like Miku and visa-versa.

How many more times can I listen to Dice and still find new things in it? I absolutely adore Akane's burst-fire drums on this one. On all the songs, obviously, but this one is an awesome showcase.

Don't stop doing what you do, maaan! 🤘

Love the way you dissect the music.... Most know good musicians when they hear them but can't understand why...... Yes, Puzzle or Blooming would be a good choice for your next BAND-MAID review.

Brother-man! Love your reviews/reactions! 👍 One way to TL;DR is to say that Mincho is a Genius composer/arranger, and she has the absolute best bassist in MISA, and drummer in A-chan, creating the warp-drive for every one of their compositions. 🤘 Add to that Miku's (po!) genius at lyrics-writing (and for forming the band), and Sai-chan's ability to create the perfect vocal atmosphere (with Miku backing), and there's nothing more to say except MORE BAND-MAID! 😎🤘

HAPPY BIRTHDAY... MISA! (The Barefoot Assassin). You keep killing it, again and again every time you hit that chords and we're dying in it...

Yay, more BAND-MAID. I'd say if you're doing another, Real Existence is a good one too.

Was just waiting to see your face when they hit the two little solos. The hand-off from Misa to Kanami just gets me every time, like a jolt of adrenaline. I posted a couple of live links for you in Patreon, I'll go back and find them again.

OMG! The acoustic version of puzzle is amazing. Kanami on harmonies. They also do Anemone.

Chase Carnesonさん　素晴らしいリアクションをありがとう！

The beginning if this reminds me of old, gritty surf rock. I lived in a rooming house with a lady who had her own surf rock band, so... I kinda grew to really like it. I DO like this bass and drum driven sound. The drummer of the surf band told me I liked their stuff so much because I liked it DIRTY. I was shocked, and then had to agree. I was raised on Manilow, Mouskouri and Springsteen.

Onset, Mouratorim and Don't You Tell Me. Check out the live versions of all of these, you can't go wrong.

You hit on the very reason I love this band. Their music is upbeat and happy, makes me feel good listening to it. So many metal bands are about death, suicide. And devil worship. I want to feel good after I take my headphones off, not like i need to destroy something.

The acoustic version of Puzzle is nice. But I think the non-acoustic version of Puzzle is outstandingly brilliant and definitely not to be overlooked.

Look into the softer side of Band Maid with 'Daydreaming' or 'Anemone'