Maid-house - you nailed it there, as it is in fact the maid cafe that Miku used to work at, which inspired her to start the band!

No matter what they try, they always KILL IT !!!!!

Honestly if you are interested in seeing their growth as a band and as musicians it is chronological. But really it doesn't matter as long as you keep in mind where you are at in their catalogue. They started as talented and now are stellar performers that come along only once in a very great time.

BAND-MAID MV's in Chronological order please SYGNEH. You'll see just how much their awesome talent has blossomed :)

Filmed where Miku worked as a Maid. The growing frustration until her shout 'Don't say you love me'! Brilliant even when the lyrics are not known. Just seen your reaction to ' About Us' live? Very emotional love letter to the fans. Anyway great to have you back.

Actually, MISA is playing her Black Cloud Private Reserve - MISA Signature Bass. 😁 Looks a lot like a Gibson though. Nice to see you back and doing well!

Maid my day! Sygne's back! Excellent and entertaining comments as expected. Some of Miku's history being hinted on in the video - after struggling as a vocalist, she worked in a cafe dressed as a maid before starting the Band. The video is located in that cafe. As primary lyricist I think she is very much reflecting on what drives her After that Life. Chronological sounds cool. One exception might be visiting a big live performance for a change of pace - maybe 'Domination (live)' or 'Freedom (live)'.

I love how active a bass line MISA always plays.

Glad you picked up on the ska aspect of the song, they've done it on previous songs 'freedom' probably being their most popular, they really are a punk band at heart and its great. 🤘🤘

I think you'd like the live "About Us" their most recent song and a gorgeous ballad. I think you'd like the bass in that one. Misa has yet another bass, a new one from Black Cloud. It is a 5-string Jazz bass with a worn look to make it look old. She finger picks in that video. The bass looks a lot like the Fender 4-string Jazz bass she used in the early videos like "Thrill". "Thrill" was their 1st MV and even then she has a bass solo.

I am not really a fan of the chronological order, prefer bouncing around the years, but as long as it's Band Maid I will be here! Love watching musicians break down what these awesome ladies are doing. Real Existence live would be my suggestion for your next song. 🎶🎸🥁🎸🎶🔥🙂

No top tracks. Every one is gold.

Welcome back!! Whichever you like to react is fine. Onset (instrumental) I want to see how you analyze the song.

Like @Gary Holloway said... Chronological order would be a different way to do it and surely a wonderful trip from early works to recent ones. From the days where they had people composing for them to the days where what you see/hear is 100% Band-Maid creation. If you could go as far as their first album ("Maid In Japan") even without a MV, it would be awesome... they are still good (really good, I love that whole album) but very different from what came to be THE start of what we recognise as the Band-Maid sound with "Thrill", "REAL EXISTENCE" or "Don't Let Me Down" - all these 3 with MVs... and from then on, it's ...well, you know...

Everything since their 4th album “Just Bring It” (which is also their 1st full album) is Top notch. Kanami their lead guitarist and the one who writes and arranges almost everything currently also started taking charge from this album onwards. Everything before that was still their learning phase and they hadn’t found their own sound yet. Or to put it bluntly their label didn’t allow them to do their own thing snd it was mostly external writers and they had to work with what was provided. So if you want to start chronologically, starting from the 4th would be my best recommendation.

Misa plays a Black Cloud bass. the red on is a Private reserve made by Black Cloud, for Misa the Black one she plays is called a Black Smoker.

Hi there good that you are back! YES, chronological would be great ! Gary is right.

Enjoyed your reaction. I think your the first reactor I've seen that honestly breaks down what you're listening to. Nice job.

At some point I realized there is a smile on my face. Glad you are back.

Spotify have a monthly list of the most played Band Maid songs for Each month. You would be surprised how well the old songs compete with the new songs. Freezer,Shake that, Yuriago ,Key,Acadia girl and I could go on but mercifully I won't.

When life happens I watch Band Maid reaction videos.

I believe that the most "Difficult" Band Maid song is "Different" They wrote it as a theme song for a Japanese anime and had to make it at a super high pace, what with all the different modulations made it very difficult, especially for our Little Pigeon, Miku. Misa has played 5 strings almost exclusively since their early recordings. She plays a GS Precision, a custom made that she calls "Smoking Black", and I've seen a blonde Fender 5 string in some recent vids. She also has some curls in her hair in recent vids that I, personally find quite sexy!

You've got to check out Dice!! It practically starts with a bass solo. As always, I love hearing your reaction 😁

Great reaction. The beginning of this video is hilarious. We have all been there, both the young lady going mentally mad and the other one looking at her like WTF?

So nice to see a genuine reaction rather than something churned out just because it gets clicks, please keep the integrity going. I love Band-Maid and I love your reactions to them.

Chronological order would be cool.

i vote for chronological order. also, if you can catch any of their full albums, have a listen and share your thoughts :)

Great to see you have time to post Sygneh. Really love your videos and especially the breakdowns. Chase Carneson had mentioned that Misa deliberately up strokes on the pick for a sharper tone on that bass. Had you noticed that in the songs youve covered for BAND-MAID? Take care and look forward to the next one! :)

I love the way you say "hi" at the start.

MISA MISA MISA!

Welcome back! :) I see this video, even though it may seem quite simple at first glance, as a small masterpiece. The first scene takes place in exactly THE maid café where Miku used to work as a maid and where the idea for Band-Maid was born. We have 5 actors of whom 4 gradually join the madness after first looking at it in wonder and reluctance. And then we have the title 'After Life' with its lyrics and a final scene in which harmony reigns, which complete this puzzle quite well. Coincidences? Maybe, but I think we get presented here a very entertaining version of the band's formation and the whole thing accompanied by a damn good soundtrack. 🤘🏻

Miku when she found Kanami had an agreement in hand from her agency for her to create a band with a Maid theme. Miku had won the Super Idol Audition in 2011 and had been a member of Lil Cumin (Jpop Trio), so she wasn't unknown. On a TV show she said she had been a DJ at her High School. She can come an across as ditzy, but she is anything but! She put a band of strangers together and held them together until their breakout MV "Thrill". From that MV they learned that nearly half the views were from Europe and the US. They played at an Asian Festival in Seattle with their largest audience to date, 3000. From there annual tours in Europe and in 2019 5 sold-out concerts in the US. Today their fan base is primarily in Europe and the US through they have a high profile in Japan now due to their foreign fanbase. Miku Kobato ís a very smart, talented, tough and beautiful lady. You would not want to negotiate against her or play poker with her.

The first scene of this video was shot at @ home-cafe in Akihabara, Tokyo, where band founder Miku Kobato worked. Here she came up with the style of BAND MAID. The birthplace of BAND. Kobato gathers five members to form BAND MAID. They are planning a concert in Tokyo on May 10th for the first time in a year. However, the new COVIT-19 is currently expanding throughout Japan, including Tokyo. They are ordeal continues. I hope the concert can be held safely and without any problems. MISA and Aina Yamauchi （ SILENT SIREN） Teach Each Other：kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZruVepVhzMmXcas.html 　The practice songs are "Bubble" BAND MAID and "Fujiyama Disco" Silent Siren.

Welcome back. Glad you do it with Band Maid. Good vibes and enough energy to light a small city.

Good to have you back. There are far too few people here who can say something really interesting about the music. The order of the videos is not important. In any case, your next video should be their official live instrumental "Onset". You are a musician and I KNOW you will absolutely love this song...trust me! There is also a bass solo))

For some real MISA goodness, watch About Us. It was written as a love letter to the fans since they haven't been able to do any in person concerts. It's a softer song but you can feel the emotion behind it

From the songs available in their channel, some of the most interesting tracks are: Bubble, YOLO, Alone, Endless Story... for God's sake there are a lot more, but this enough just to begin.😉

Perhaps you might like their mv Dice. Also their live performance of Play.

You have to watch anime to really get the whole dance sequence. The have maid cafes, which Miku worked at, and so that's where the costumes came from.

Yes if you can help it, watch the official videos in chronological order. Helps to show the evolution and you can’t go wrong with any selections so you might as well see them grow :)

If you get a hold of the instrumental version of this, you could hear the bass much more clearly.

I recommend a treasure from The Tiny Hat Era of Band Maid called "Moratorium" live. You might need help finding it , but it is well worth it.

hehe - so far you have mentioned their punk influences on every video (besides "About Us" I think). And here you go with "ska". Exactly - they may be classified more in the hard-rock, but I agree - at it's core, at it's heart - it's also pretty much a punk band. They definitely took the attitude (clearly seen at their live shows; but "cuter"), but none of the politics. Well, they took the pure essence, punk wasn't very political until much later XD "After Life" is in the bottom half for me on the "Unseen World" album. Not bad at all, but the other songs are just more to my liking. The MV has CC btw. The lyrics aren't exactly about what's depicted in the video. They are way more on the darker side. They probably thought it would be better to lighten them up a little in the MV, making it more crazier instead BTW. There is also a pretty cool "Making Of" available for this one on their paid fan-club site. And it doesn't have very much of a "Making Of" stuff - there was nothing much to say about that filming, besides "We played in a small coridor, the smoke/fog was real, my eyes hurt ... that's basically it". BUT they were in make-up and dressed up in their uniforms anyways - not a lot of opportunities for that in 2020 XD - and there was a camera guy available, and there was a nice filming location nearby - so they decided to film something else instead. "Band-Maid" at their goofiest and funniest possible hahahaha If you decide to go for the chronological order... Hmmm... it might surprise you :D They started very pop-punkish and/or pop-rock. Don't get me wrong - even the first album was good, but it was different. MISA hated the music they played back then XD And it didn't took them all that long to find their sound. But their progress is damn interesting to follow - so, I would say, sure, go chronological.

Time for an official live song.

I am glad you´re back, I love your reactions. Please, please react to "About Us". It is a beautiful balad to the fans. Thak you.

you're back??? you're back!!! from/for the afterlife! 🤘🖤🤍🕊️

So glad to see you back. We missed you too :)

The Bass that MISA has is not a Gibson SG Bass. It is a signature model of MISA of 5 strings SG type of brand called Black Clowd.

The red base of Misa is a special order of Private Reserve of Black Cloud. Black Cloud supports Misa.

I would love to see you covering some bass lines of "The Barefoot Assassin"😎 👍

Chronological

Every official video is worth watching...including Miku's hand washing guide (though I wonder...should a guitarist spend so long washing fingers and softening the tips?...ouch)

Kanami in one of the interview she says that she would love fan try to play this song since it is simple straight rock song.

Love Band Maid just pllay more Band Maid

"Domination" live, or the song "Play" live or "Real Existence" live ... You think they have good MV's? You need to see a live video performance..

Ska music gone mad - like that too. Hey, that would be a good next trick for the band - a Band-Maid tinted ska song, like The Specials meet Band-Maid. Hey, that could be their next April Fools (a la Band Maiko) thing, although maybe more reggae tinted so they can wear dreads and sit around a hooka.

Band Maid 👐

You should check out their older songs, freedom, doimation and onset the live version

Check out the instrumental of Afterlife its just amazing.

Have you done any live music by them? I think you should try: Domination live - everyone gets a short solo, Misa switching her playing between picking and slapping. It’s like Guitar Hero. Onset live - Akane kills the drums, lots of finger taps Cross live - nice vocal intro by Saiki. More melodic rock sound.

for new reaction try Wagakki Band - 焔 (Homura) + 暁ノ糸 (Akatsuki no Ito) wagakki = traditional japanese musical instrument

Official music video Rinne.

I want see your reaction in Daydreaming

Waiting for you to react on bandmaid about us and wonderland

Why so many comments about chronological order? It don't matter, it's all gravy!

Yeees...the attractive and cunning woman is back!🙂🙏

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Doesn't matter what order you do them in! You can try a few of the instrumental videos - GIOVANI - BLACK HOLE - REAL EXISTENCE (MV version is good) The back room of a maid cafe - MIKU's photo is on the wall at the beginning of the video. In a nutshell the video has nothing to do with the song. It is a short history of the band - starting with MIKU - RED Then KANAMI with the Purple on the bench then KANAMI with the chair and wearing Yellow after comes MISA as the cleanup crew and then SAIKI as the Manager - Pretty much the order that MIKU brought them into the band. This is all MIKU's idea from the start of the band originally. She knows what she's doing. That said these are all very smart and talented women and I respect them for all that they have done. NOT A GIBSON!!!! MISA's Bass is a BLACK CLOUD - Private Stock.

It’s a black cloud personal reserve special bass. It looks very like a gibson but isn’t. Gotta say i was enthused by her playing a “gibson” but this is better ❤️❤️

You should check out Babymetal - Gimme Chocolate. Plus all their stuff. They are amazing.

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u should try react to AfterLife instrumental Power Video ! (find the video at other social media site)

It looks like you've already reacted to all the singles on the album, i would highly suggest checking out the whole thing, maybe you could even do a review.

I doubt you will find a bad song. Even those small venues where it was shot with a phone. The sound isn't great on those but their interaction with the audience makes it worth it. In one video Misa shreds and taps on the bass, challenging Kanami in a play off. Don't need to react to them but for your enjoyment.

Pls react Nemophila!! Oiran Life Fighter Dissension

Welcome back! That was a phenomenal breakdown, thank you for coming back to them. Someone isolated part of the vocal track if you're interested: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/geCfjcZ72cmpYnU.html

I was waiting to see if you would call out Misa following Saiki down that descending scale at the beginnings of the verses. I just noticed that this time around and it was yet another "holy cow that was awesome" moment. I know a little bit about recording but it's very basic. To me, compression is what I use to make a track louder, but I know that's far from all that it's used for. If it's not too much trouble, could you tell me how you recognize that a given part of a recording is compressed?

so long since I watched your reaction, look firward to your reaction to Wheein's latest solo - Water Color

What do you do when life happens? I think your question got answered after watching the video

I notice that you consistantly talk over the vocal parts and then listen intently to the the instrumental portions.

pjl lurked through....

I like to recommend hot new band right now: Nemophila Raitei official vid 🙏🤟

i think you need to get away from the videos a bit, check them live