Band-Maid - ONSET (Apr. 13th, 2018) | MUSICIANS REACT

[@dicodec]

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[@johnnylaroux9517]

...it Rocks.....Glad iBe that iPurchased iT......

[@agungpriyadi7975]

next reaction REVENGE THE FATE DARK ERA this band is from my country Indonesia, Music Video this song just 3 weeks ago but going to be amazing

[@nussekuddenxxx6564]

Akane is the only drummer who works so hard during the songs that she uses the drum solos to slow down and have a breather.

[@DavidMISAMISAMISACook]

lol

[@gatling216]

This is the song that made me fall in love with Band Maid. A lot of bands can be technical as hell in the studio, but doing that onstage and doing it so cleanly is just a huge flex.

[@dicodec]

Great way of putting it. The song really is a big flex. 🤘

[@RyoMassaki]

Also the sound is so crispy and clear, it sounds better live than some bands in studio. I thought it was a music video at first.

[@BM4-Life]

In the music industry this is called _(The Saiki Pee Pee Song)_ 😊 In this concert they performed for 2 hours a 26 song setlist so *Saiki* needs her break. *Date:* April 13, 2018 *Tour:* WORLD DOMINATION TOUR 2018 [SENKOKU] *Venue:* Zepp Tokyo, Japan 1 DOMINATION 2 Play 3 Spirit!! 4 the non-fiction days 5 Moratorium 6 Alive‐or‐Dead 7 CROSS 8 Turn me on 9 Don't you tell ME 10 Daydreaming 11 One and only 12 Puzzle (acoustic ver.) 13 anemone (acoustic ver.) 14 DICE 15 secret My lips 16 CLANG 17 FATE *18 onset* 19 Carry on living 20 alone 21 Rock in me 22 I can't live without you. 23 you. 24 FREEDOM 25 REAL EXISTENCE 26 Choose me

[@PaleHorseShabuShabu]

It this concert available on DVD somewhere? I know the Shibuya concert is available, but what about this one?

[@BM4-Life]

@@PaleHorseShabuShabu It is from the *Start Over type A or B* which is not sold anymore and if you do find it, it is really expensive. 😒

[@ProsperoFinch]

As noted already, this was known as “Saiki’s Pee Break” for a long time. As they wrote more songs together, their set list grew and grew, and now they needed to give Saiki’s voice a rest (the band gets a break during “Miku’s Magic Time”). So they added an instrumental to the set list. “Play” was originally an instrumental, being based on a riff Kanami improv’d during band practice. But after developing it out as a full song, Miku wrote (simple) lyrics for it, making it one of their biggest crowd participation/amp up songs. So Kanami went back to the drawing board to write a more technical instrumental, where the guitar melody was explicitly “vocal” in tone, so there would be no need for vocals to complete the song. And that became Onset

[@dicodec]

Oh man, that is awesome!

[@powbobs]

Saiki is the one who asked Miku to add lyrics to “Play”.

[@powbobs]

@@dicodec Onset isn’t on any of their albums. It was just something they did while Saiki was “peeing”. 😝

[@viaverde3153]

Akane is such a genius of drums minimalism, practically no drum hit without the justification, but almost always very sophisticted one, that it took her friends from the band about 6 years to persuade her to a longer solo :)

[@stevehall5128]

I was thinking the same thing: Yeah we all wish this drum solo was longer. BUT even the one in "Wonderland" could've been longer than it is; a lot of drummers would have extended it with different sections: quieter, different beat, different techniques. Akane-san kept it fairly short and all of one piece because a longer, multi-section solo would have disrupted the flow of *the song as a whole* which everything they do is in service of.

[@mintomacco]

Kanami's guitar does all the singing in this one. 💜

[@dicodec]

You know it!

[@2abug]

It's been 84 years...haha Nice reaction guys! "Daydreaming" would be a perfect choice for the next BAND-MAID reaction :)

[@tonygallagher6989]

The rest of the band have said Kanami often becomes unusually aggressive during performances. Akane complained that she once did an axe kick to one of her cymbals, and regularly targets her kit. When you see how she is off stage, it's hard to imagine.

[@Davey-Boyd]

There is video of Kanami doing a solo during the band break, she got excited and ran at Akane's drum kit and drop-kicked her cymbal. It is really impressive. I think it was in Germany.

[@stevefromlondon4949]

My favourite instrumental since Rush released YYZ. I can't pay it a higher compliment than that.

[@bla5tfm]

I don't know if it's just me but during the guitar tapping part, I seem to hear someone doing long "aaaaaahhhhhh" following the main melody. I imagine that's all that is needed for a vocal part. No words. Just harmonies.

[@septimusseverus7237]

Kanami's moment is indeed throughout the whole song. She is laying out the dinner table, the room, the walls and roof of this instrumental. For a longer solo, check "Freedom".

[@metalcore5439]

Band maid are just toooo sweet and i Love them and especially Saiki shes so amazing

[@sceif]

Like others have mentioned this is played mid-performance to give Saiki's vocal cords a rest. Maidiacs affectionately subtitle Onset as "Saiki's pee break". The fact you can totally fill in vocals is a great reason why this works as a great instrumental. The chorus especially plays like its own vocals and that's something very few bands can pull off.

[@GaryHolloway-810]

At the National Archive London, CCTV captured a 5'2"Japanese woman underlining parts of the priceless Domesday book with a highlight marker. Go go Mincho.

[@stimproid]

I see what you did there 👀

[@GaryHolloway-810]

@@stimproid Thx Stimproid. I hoped someone would get it :)

[@johnnylaroux9517]

@@GaryHolloway-810 Any INTEL on the color of the Highlight Marker? Inquiring Mind wants to know.....

[@GaryHolloway-810]

@@johnnylaroux9517 I believe it was luminous green. Apparently it reminds Kanami of their concert lasers :)

[@johnnylaroux9517]

@@GaryHolloway-810 Thank-You for the illuminated Memo from an Initiated Source!

[@stanleyday7293]

In the Feb 2020 version of Play live, Miku traded parts with Misa in the intro. Recently, she said that her skill level started at zero and after six years, she is at 60% of her goal. Kanami and Miyavi are guitarists that she appreciates. Says that Kanami plays perfectly, and Miyavi has a style and stage presence that she admires

[@weilima9316]

Lasers and strobes go hand and hand with Band-Maid in Japan, especially for their bigger shows.

[@bretcrooks6192]

Also what's great is they ban cell phones at the venues in Japan

[@outwest1014]

In an interview Miku and Saiki said that Kanami on stage is very different than than she is off-stage. Very in-charge and focused. You guys really should react to the "Time & Rock in Me" a live video of Miku singing solo while Saiki takes a break. It's the closest to what Miku had in mind when founded Band-Maid.

[@laughingbuddha2948]

Luckily they found Saiki. Miku is just a shade too mainstream for hard rock, and that song shows it.

[@outwest1014]

@@laughingbuddha2948 Not sure you can say lucky, Saiki has said they tricked her into joining the band.

[@tombworld9012]

The fact that they have Saiki is what allows Miku to branch out into those kinds of songs to differentiate them from those with the full lineup. If Saiki wasn't there, Miku would have her hands full trying to do what Saiki does, not 'every song would be like Time/Rock in Me.' And she wouldn't do it as well as Saiki does, and we probably never would've heard about Band-Maid because the formula would be off. Miku is quoted as saying that her voice wasn't right for the music she wanted the band to play, not "I wanted to play bubblegum pop but oh well we have a different singer."

[@yugoxgc]

Idk what makes you think "Rock in Me" sound would be what Miku thought for the Band when She choose Saiki for vocals better fitting the band

[@outwest1014]

@@yugoxgc First Miku wanted a Rock music band from the get go. The need for someone with a stronger voice was by all of them. Now, Saiki was recommended by their agency, who told them that Saiki would likely have a problem with Miku (personality) and the Maid outfits. So Kanami, Akane, and MISA conducted the audition and worked with Saiki for some time. Saiki did not meet Miku or find out about the Maid outfit until the day before their the first gig with Siaki. Miku of course approved of Saiki, but Kanami, Akane, and MISA choose Saiki from her audition. Most important Saiki did not walkout. Now Miku and Saiki have a relationship, that at times can be amusing, warm and icy all at the same time.

[@johneg27]

YO! Thanks for another BAND-MAID reaction! Akane didnt get a big solo but she was beating the hell out of those drums the whole song! And yes, Miku played absolutely flawlessly this whole song. Miku had a small solo. Their shows can be pretty long. You can easily get a 24 set list of songs depending on the show. Saiki usually takes a break in the middle and they will perform 2 songs where Miku is leading vocals.

[@falconsooner]

Great reaction! I want to see you all react to Daydreaming. BM's best rock ballad. Great harmonies and terrific melodic solo from Kanami. My favorite rock ballad solo other than Maybe I'm Amazed

[@stevehall5128]

Man there seems to be a surge of love for "Daydreaming" everywhere in the past week. The live Zepp Tokyo version is transcendent and my new favorite 'Maid song, although I always loved the original.

[@xagorvangard]

This is has become one of the best rock instrumental for me...EVER! Band-Maid ROCKS! 🤘

[@tombworld9012]

This was recorded just at the point where Miku was coming into her own as a guitarist. I agree that the part where she's playing by herself isn't really a 'solo' because even though she's the only one playing for two bars it's just the beginning of a repeated musical phrase where the rest come in later and build on it. But still, it's a lot of credit to her for that time to be able to be featured and not just hang out in the background. And we all know she didn't stop there and now can duel with MISA like a pro. I have no doubt she'll continue to grow and we'll get a true shred solo out of her to rival one of Kanami's sometime in the future.

[@brettmarlar4154]

Luminlay side dots help on dark stages too. Akane exerts more than the other four combined on every song, so I'm sure she was saving herself for a bigger moment later in the show. (Which are typically 2 hours long.) This son also serves as an opportunity for Saiki to use the bathroom and rehydrate.

[@Socrates_1775]

There's a video where they're rehearsing blindfolded 🤘😊🤘

[@dicodec]

That's awesome! We gotta see it

[@stanleyday7293]

@@dicodec The song is Screaming. It is a short clip. They are goofing around, and end up laughing at the end.

[@powbobs]

My favorite parts are everyone cracking up and then Kanami trying to find her pedal while blindfolded.

[@Socrates_1775]

@@dicodec yeah, it's 2 short videos. The 1st one is more laughing and the 2nd video is more playing 🤘😁🤘

[@drogonr9318]

Nice reaction. You might be interested in checking out Yolo; it's a song originally written by Kanami as an instrumental, with vocals added later because Saiki wanted to sing to it (just as you suggest vocals could be layered over Onset). (Kanami actually wrote Yolo prior to Band-Maids formation.) The MV is posted on their YT channel and it's an amazing piece of songwriting: a well structured and creative instrumental with vocals layered over it.

[@timcorder5553]

"The Kanami in her natural habitat." Funniest thing I've heard in a while. Also, after you mentioned Misu tucking her finger under while slapping the bass, I noticed Kanami doing the same thing while she was tapping. Never noticed that before. Thanks guys.

[@dicodec]

We're happy you got something out of it my dude! 🤘

[@jaygonzales7198]

wow! what away to start my morning off with my cup of coffee and some BAND MAID this is KANAMI jam song she kills its as always take care guys c-ya AGAIN YOU MAID MY WEEKEND

[@dicodec]

That sounds pleasant af!

[@powbobs]

During one of their long interviews Akane makes an offhand mention of doing a certain technique when the drums are featured in a song. Saiki says “Are you now ready to say that?” And Akane demurs a bit. So it seems Akane may be a bit shy about the “drum solo” thing.

[@galaxyheavymetal5292]

I need more MISA video!!! Please react MISA'S PLAY!!!!

[@gmac6503]

I've been around the block a few times in my years so I know some things but I never knew the strobe lights would affect guitar playing and I never heard of that. I guess it is obvious now that I heard you mention it but it never occurred to me. I don't play guitar so maybe that is why. Also the pick/hiding/middle finger info was new to me. So, great info and great reaction and glad you mentioned Miku's playing. The reason there is no vocals is so Saiki can take a break. Thanks for the lesson!

[@keithsowerby8179]

On more than one song of Band Maid a solo is cut a little too short. Eric’s joke about a Kanami in its natural habitat is probably the best joke yet on your channel.

[@dicodec]

Haha glad you liked that one 😂

​@@dicodec I think that joke is more correct than you can imagine. I saw an interview where Kanami told that she started to play guitar to not be insecure and awkward (how she described how she felt). Now seeing her on a stage shredding the shit out of that guitar, she is the cool girl.

[@robertlawrence2609]

Kanami is normally very shy offstage. She lets loose and turns into a different person when she's on. Once she asked what she did on stage and Akane answered, "you kicked my cymbal!"

[@andreaspedersen3952]

The only thing i was missing was you making David Attenborough do that comment 😁😁

[@tungstenwhizard4361]

@ I also saw a interview where she started guitar because she wanted girls to think she was cool LOL

[@dandyprime5338]

Onset is such a great instrumental! BAND-MAID rocks! Oh, and just so you guys are aware, BAND-MAID will be releasing a new album in January and their first single is coming out on December 3rd. Saiki posted this info on her instagram a few months back. Anyway, you guys should check out the band Amaranthe and their song "Archangel", as well as "Black Ninja" by Battle Beast. Thanks!

[@justinfarr4399]

100% would watch that documentary

[@DavidMISAMISAMISACook]

MISA MISA MISA!

[@mickyhierro3901]

I love Miku's solid and tight rhythm guitar.

[@dicodec]

Same 🤘

[@ShikataGaNai100]

From the Days of the Little Hat!

[@dicodec]

I am wearing that hat for our music video! 🤣

[@christopherjohnferrer3771]

Bando-Maid - "Onset" baby! Achan and Kuruppo should be on animal planet for heavenly beast playing :) 🎌👗🐦🐈💗

[@shannonpage6665]

"She'll get her moment". These guys haven't seen Freedom yet ,I guess.

[@curtisrrobles7885]

MISA!!!! MISA!!!!! MISA!!!!!

[@aqa7077]

やっとonset来たねｗ

[@Running-withscissors]

I think you might be getting Miku and Kanami mixed up. That said, Miku's evolution from not even being able to play when the band was created to now is great. That Zemeitus is so sweet. Two things, surprised you didn't pick up on the piped 2nd track during parts of Kanami's rifting. Im unclear as Ive read either Konami or Akane key the synths and backtracks. Not clear which one. back to Miku. I focused oh her rhythm on listening again. There a part starting on 2nd bridge and then again that is really a beast with full bar chords with those little hands and critical for her to hit right in this instrumental. She does. It's also got the weirdest timing. As always, flawless transitions. BAND-MAID: "What lights"? :)

[@mauricedorreboom5388]

At 0:28 "I'm ready" ... let me refrase that for you "I think I'm ready"

[@dicodec]

You're right haha 😄

[@小池威-x6s]

A new song will be released soon

[@billb.5183]

Alan in Nov. 2020: I don't understand why this is an instrumental? I can so hear lyrics over this. Alan in May 2021: I want an entire album of instrumentals (During Band-Maid live stream) .Hell yeah! =)

[@dicodec]

Haha right! 🤣

[@Masterkitty0184]

when you're waiting for saiki but she never came :(

[@dicodec]

I totally feel you on this 😭

[@weilima9316]

Thank you!

[@dicodec]

Thank you for watching!

[@hiawatha.g]

ALL of their songs are structured well. They needed to have one that would give Saiki a break. There are actually other songs they have that started as instrumentals and then they added words.

[@brianbuchmeier]

Watch the live version of Freedom for a longer Akane drum solo

[@dicodec]

We did fam! Should be up.

[@brianbuchmeier]

@@dicodec Oh, how'd I miss that!?

[@HeySlimeYouTube]

MISA!!!!!!!

[@johnjavier36866]

You guys are my favorite reaction videos.

[@dicodec]

Aaww you are too kind 🤘😀❤

[@phishburger1186]

Japanese society dictates that when you do something you do it 100% or not at all, there's no half assing things. If you watch Kanami closely you can see how she loses herself in the music. Great reaction video !!!!

[@lartranslation6929]

listen to the absolute ooomph and calirty to the drums in teh mix here.. they need to get back to this

[@dicodec]

Heck yes!

[@reaction_translated]

Hello from Japan. This is their “ecstasy of gold”, I think. Yet, I haven’t been to their show though… Can’t wait to see them live! By the way, I love your reactions!

[@dicodec]

Hello! We gotta see them live for sure. Thanks so much for watching!

[@Kevin6059]

So why don't you write a vocal part over this, and put it up as an Onset cover with vocals? Consider this a challenge!

[@dicodec]

You're on!

[@glenkelley6799]

@@dicodec In Japanese

[@johnnylaroux9517]

@@dicodec Awerighty then..... iShall wait patiently until it is TIME to remind y'all of *this*.....

[@Bloodymecha]

I think the only reason that this song doesn't have lyrics is that its used a break for Saiki, I read somewhere that Play was also a break song for her but they eventually wrote lyrics for it.

[@dicodec]

That's actually pretty interesting. Haven't really heard of bands doing that until BabyMetal. 😮

[@RudiTheMan]

It was called saiki's pee break at some time,

[@johnmatthew102]

I get home from my 10hr shift at the cafe and a half-dozen Band-Maid reactions have dropped. If I have a day off, I'll just have one come in all day and that'll be from some toothless guy in a trailer in Hicksville videoing a computer screen with his phone. I'll pass on that. Few people read this far down in the comments thread, so thanks to all that have. 🙂

[@Mogis2011]

Miku had a solo in this song. You didn't notice it because it was a "rhythm solo".

[@gordowg1wg145]

Might be an idea to wear a long sleeved shirt, chap on the right, as some of the tattoo colouration is being picked up as greenscreen, spoiling your illusion as it projects the background colour onto your arm. Good reaction, though 👍

[@Wyldout]

I agree! Akane is way too talented just to have that brief part. Give Akane a true drum solo!

[@armynurseboy]

You DID get a Miku solo. Miku's spotlight was the "rhythm" solo right after Kanami's solo.....

[@dicodec]

I think we miss spoke the name, I am shocked that Eric messed that up. 🤣

[@P3wP3wPanda]

You commented on MISA tucking the pick in her pointer finger when she was slapping the bass, but you didn't seem to realize that Kanami was doing the same thing. You talked about how you tap the guitar with your middle finger because you tuck the pick, but again, didn't seem to realize that that's exactly what Kanami was doing.

[@dicodec]

Ahhh True, I can't catch everything. Sometime I feel like I could react to these videos more than once 😅

[@markyg236]

@@dicodec This song in particular you can/should listen to multiple times, concentrating on each instrument and then again how the pieces meld together.

[@dicodec]

@@markyg236 Done and done!

[@schelin1447]

aka Saiki's bathroom break! :) Nice reaction as always!

[@dicodec]

Thanks man! That's pretty funny.

[@davin4811]

You guys should check out King Gnu, i'm 100% sure you guys will like it! Here's some recommendation to start out : King Gnu - 三文小説 (Sanmonshousetsu) King Gnu - 白日 (Hakujitsu) King Gnu - どろん (Doron)

[@ShikataGaNai100]

BAND-MAID, SCANDAL, Stereopony, Shonen Knife, Maximum the Hormone...what more does a man need?

[@stevros48]

Miku has such a fantastic rhythm sound

[@dicodec]

She really does ❤

[@ibayyyyy]

react to Band-Maid / Dragon Cries MV please

[@frankandrik]

A miku lead singer song 👌👌👌👌 want to see that reaction ✌️

[@dicodec]

We'll do it!

[@_herw8507]

Proud to be asian ❤

[@dicodec]

Hell yeah! 🤘

[@DanielQuintanaDT]

Nobody : All : 4:06 MISAAAAA!!!!

[@dicodec]

Right! Haha that's in every song though 😂

[@celluz4156]

this is when you make a masterpiece for helping to pee :P

[@dicodec]

Lol 😂

[@yugoxgc]

They can actually play blindfolded There's a clip somewhere of them where while clearly messing around but playing with blindfolds on xD

[@RudiTheMan]

Nice double upload, but I skipped the first one for this,

[@dicodec]

Just watch it after hahahha

[@RudiTheMan]

@@dicodec yep, I already on it,

[@dicodec]

Sweet!

[@philproffitt8363]

I'm sure it's been said...to see Gorilla off the chain...see 'Freedom Live Feb-2018' 💪🦍🔥

[@dicodec]

We did react to that one i believe

[@airlinesecret6725]

Its an instrumental because Saiki needs to pee !

[@dicodec]

True, when you have a really long set it is an absolute necessity.

[@eddieloque4069]

They call it Saiki's peepee song

[@dicodec]

Lol 😂

[@miqoto]

guess they havent seen they way the gals practice/play around yet? lol insta blindfold challenge ps even if this wqs 20mins long, itd be "too short"

[@rugan0723]

Saiki's pee break.

[@dicodec]

Lol 😂

[@remmy2000]

They have more instrumental that only played live nowhere in any album

[@dicodec]

Wow they have a new one out now too!

[@mv3873]

マキシマムホルモンの👕 👍👍

[@mv3873]

on setはmarvelous⚡️

[@FourBleats]

Unpopular opinion time. I agree this sounds like an unfinished track waiting for lyrics - I hope they finish it. I also agree that it needs more if it is to stay as an instrumental - at least the track as opportunities for some extended jams in the future. I'm also mildly annoyed by the inclusion of a second rhythm guitar track. I'm not a musician, so I can't rule out the possibility that it some kind of pitch shift effect, but it sounds like a backing track and that kinda defeats the point of a live instrumental, IMO. I'd prefer it it wasn't there. Minor gripes aside, it's yet another solid BAND-MAID track. Thanks for the comments on lighting too. I'd always wondered if it was every a problem for performers - it's not something that gets talked about much. I remember getting death glares from Rose Tattoo's guitarist for using a flash at close range when photographing them in a poorly lit venue - guess he didn't appreciate being blinded.

[@stevehall5128]

Some people think Mincho is looping her first part into a pedal and then plays over that, but I haven't seen anyone who claims to know for sure.

[@teuchterloon9130]

I used to enjoy watching your videos, but recently you're just too hyper. All this thrashing around nonsense is uncalled for. Just watch the video, listen to the music and tell us your thoughts, we don't need to see you both overacting like that. Lay off the Red Bull and get back to making proper reactions.