Flutist finds what she's looking for!🔎|BAND-MAID, Hide and Seek

[@threemonkeysk]

The first time I heard this song was from a very rare Japanese fancam on YT 2019 (Rare cos it's not allowed in Japan to record at a gig) sound wise it was ok but the way Saiki sang the second chorus/verse in one breath just wowed me. Then I saw it for myself in Islington 2019 at a 1 man show my first BAND-MAID gig where she nailed it perfectly! and even better I got to meet Saiki at the VIP where we chatted, well she chatted I just gawped, lost like a deer in the headlights and she has sharp nails, that I can attest to as she poked me in the back😊

[@mightydegu]

Band-Maid's"Hibana" from the Sense single is also about a shooter.

[@mogaman28]

It was the official song of Counter Strike championship in Japan!!

[@stephenchigwidden7504]

I wouldn't say this song is underrated but it certainly doesn't get the attention that it deserves. It really suits Saiki's voice and sounds great.

[@Glenner7]

Hide and Seek??? NitPicc - you're IT !!!!!!!

[@JuanSan66]

There is so much art in the b-sides of Band Maid!. At this point they could release a very reputable EP with just these songs. Summer Drive, Matchless Gum, Unfair Game, Play, Screaming, Smile, Hide & Seek, Hibana and Corallium.

[@TomRussell-cy6ll]

Akane totally makes this song.....she his totally driving this song (as usual) !!!!!!!!!! Take a listen FREEZER you'll love it !!!!

[@markyg236]

Another vote for Freezer 👍

[@st.croix5835]

Freezer is my favorite deep cut

[@_DriveTime]

The second chorus including the transition into it, up through the solo is one of my favorite pieces of music ever.

[@frankandre4385]

For a brief time,there was a YT channel that had instrumentals of every Band Maid song. THIS song minus vocals is one of the greatest bass and drum displays I've ever heard from any band ! One day, you'll hear what I mean !! 🤯🔥

[@_DriveTime]

@@frankandre4385 I should have known better, but I was surprised how much I loved the instrumental version since my favorite thing about this song is probably the vocal melody.

[@Muzicman2112]

Hide and seek is a great song, they have many great underrated songs that are very good, this is one of those! Give a listen to decided by myself by Band-Maid, I’ll bet you that it will make your top ten!

[@DavidMISAMISAMISACook]

MISA MISA MISA!!!!! for a FPS song by Band-Maid "Hibana" (Spark). I Play strategy games as my hand eye co-ordination (also controller skills) SUCKS hope your feeling better

[@UltraHD.7]

Now you have arrived at their totally awesome "B-side" gems, often better than the A-side. So you can absolutely not miss on "Unfair game", the mother of them and, imo, one of their best songs ever. Or "Hibana", which was indeed the theme song of a japanese college ego shooter league. Fun fact: Miku is known to be, or at least have been, an enthusiastic PUBG player 😊

[@VladimirChupin]

SJ Nix thoroughly misinformed NittPicc during the interview when he energetically denied that Hibana is connected to a game. From Usen - Encore interview with Miku and Saiki: -- As for the other tracks on the single, [Hibana] is the battle theme song for the "All Japan University e-Sports Competition". This is also a newly-written song, right? Miku: That’s right-po. -- Right. With the lyrics, you are using the gun to… Miku: Shoot at everyone-po. *laughter* -- It would have been a little frightening if these weren’t just lyrics *laughter* Miku: I wonder what I was thinking about when I wrote it… Perhaps I was under a lot of stress… or? *laughter* SAIKI: If it is Kobato, then it still makes sense because she plays PUBG. Miku: That’s right-po! I usually like this sort of game (note: shooter games). In that sense, I guess it does seem reflective of myself-po. It seems it has revealed a little bit about my own interests. *laughter* -- Were there any specific requests with regards to this song? Miku: Not really … *laughter* I think I was really blessed-po. I was just told to do whatever I wanted. SAIKI: Rather, I was the one who gave orders to Kobato. Like “please include these things in the lyrics” or something like that. Miku: So this game is called [Rainbow Six Siege], and Saiki has a friend who plays the game-po. SAIKI: My friend is a gamer so I thought to ask him whether he knew about [Rainbow Six Siege], and the moment I did he was like “You’re going to ask me about this!?” (note: excited) Miku: A switch was turned on-po. *laughter* SAIKI: Yup. “So, let me tell you about this game…” and my friend started giving a lecture on various aspects of the game *laughter* So for different games, there are specific unique terms that are used in each game, right? I was taught some of these specialised terms and passed the info on to Kobato. For example, it seems “One Shot One Kill” would make people happy, etc. **Miku: “**I’ll add that in-po!” SAIKI: Also, I was told that setting traps is an important part of this game. There’s a trap where if you knock on the wall 3 times, a bomb will explode, so Kobato wrote “Knock Knock Knock” into the lyrics. I also asked Kobato to make some changes to give off the feeling of “Let’s set more traps!”, etc. Like this, while listening to my friend’s lecture, and actually watching the game on screen, it’s like “ah… I see how it is”. Miku: So because there is a lot of specific jargon, so I thought that was very important when writing the lyrics-po.

[@SteveBalderrama]

Kanami is VERY fond of sneaky polyrhythms, layering either vocal or instrumental polyrhythms over 4/4. 3-3-2 over 4/4 happens a lot, ie in Sayonakidori or Puzzle. Hide and Seek is in my top 20. I wish Kanami would revisit this song sometimes and remember that space can be as effective as notes lol.

[@rossmudie9298]

I love saikis vocals and kanami's solo comes straight out of 1990.🤘🤘

[@ericifune5543]

Miku and Herman Li briefly talked gaming in his interview with her and Kanami on Twitch. Misa is apparently the big gamer of the group. This is the one where he dresses as a maid while they play together.

[@MichaelRees1969]

Miku used to stream live games of PubG and she tried Call of Duty but kept getting killed by campers and she got so annoyed she stopped playing it.

[@Kevin6059]

Reference to punk rock not stupid at all, NP. Musically I found it interesting that it seemed to take much longer than normal to get from the verse to the chorus. It didn't sound like a "pre-chorus" either, but more like an extended verse with three separate sounding iterations. Then the chorus hits and it's catchy as f'ing hell and I love it. Also love Mincho's solo (gee what a surprise), since it has a little bit of everything and at the end a very cool chromatic and unexpected twist! And I'm older than you, so where you heard Santana and Eddie Van Halen, I heard Ritchie Blackmore!!

[@paddyofurniture4681]

So glad to have another truly deep cut reacted to, it is amazing how prolific Kanami and crew are at pumping out so many great songs, it has been my single greatest musical journey in my now 72 yr old life. Arrigato very nice insights as always,

[@emkayg612]

Listening to Unfair Game is a must at this point. Band Maid never fails.

[@ral8452]

i have not heard this in awhile --- great song

[@markhayes9004]

Welcome Home Princess NittPicc! I hope you are having a wonderful Band Maid Sunday! Miku is into gaming, although I don't think she has much time lately to do any gaming. She is the main spokespigeon for the band, writes most of the lyrics and has to perform double duties as rhythm guitarist and vocalist, and she has a lot of other interests that keep her busy in her downtime. You will learn more about that in Ohrenje's documentary on her. He split Miku's documentary into three parts, because she is quite the character. Please take care and have an amazing week.

[@joebarrera9741]

🎉YOURE AN AWESOME PERSON ....I LOVE BANDMAID AS ❤❤❤❤❤WELL

[@GaryHolloway-810]

Another attack by BAND-MAID's killer B's. They went for Glory but the better song was playing Hide and Seek :)

[@curtisrrobles7885]

H&S is much better than Glory for me

[@jeffedwards9180]

Signs of a great band, when your B-sides are as good as some band's career defining hits. Any of Band Maid's B-sides are better than "Free Bird", any steve miller band song, Boston, or 95% of the bands in the R'nR Hall of Fame. To have so many great songs in 10 years, compared to some artists with 40 years and 20 albums who could barely make 1 good "Best of." album. These gals are prolific, IMO... there are songs by Zeppelin, Beatles, Metallica, RUSH, and Van Halen that I skip, but not Band Maid.... I love them all, even "Start Over". May I suggest you react/review their song "Youth", it's a rare bird with not many reactions. It's a bonus track that comes with the "Unseen World" limited edition. The regular edition of this CD costs $19, limited edition is at $80. You do get a Bluray with 4 "White Room" videos. So, it's possibly their most expensive song since you can't buy it on Spotify or Apple Music, just this limited edition. I have it because SJ had an extra copy, he sold to me for a great price. There is a live YT video from "The Day of Maid 2021" okyu-ji or I've seen a PinD photo collage version. Great song that most don't know about. 🤘

[@ApexRadius]

You're not crazy. Anyone who thinks the lyrics are actually "out of synch" doesn't have a functioning sense of rhythm. All the parts are syncopated. It definitely has a punk feel but it's far more sophisticated and layered. The drop-out at the second chorus and Saiki's snarling vocals in that chorus are great. The last phrase of Kanami's solo is nuts, btw. The song is a hidden gem, better with each play.

[@mustanggrandpubah]

Hide and Seek is one of my favorite Band-Maid deep cuts. To be fair, there aren't many Band-Maid deep cuts I don't like.

[@ronniebrucehalford8396]

Punk tends to be more about the message, not the musicality. With hard rock and metal, it’s typically the other way around. I feel BM often draws on both pop punk and punk to make their musicality more accessible.

[@greylocke100]

There is a semi-live version of this song, with the studio version used for sound over footage from I believe Le Boule in Paris. The few reactors who are musicians giggled at Miku's playing. And Many of us consider this to be Pop-Punk. And I just checked, and Vladimir's original of Hide and Seek with in camera sound is still available on his channel @VladimirChupin . I can't locate the version of studio over the live, the channel that used to have it I think got taken down for copyright strikes.

[@geoffb5]

In the 3rd Miku documentary they talk about Miku playing video games and show a stream she did of her playing PubG mobile dressed as a combat maid.

[@ApexRadius]

Oh, and Miku used to kick a$$ in PUBG, apparently. There's a clip of her playing/slaying that she posted at one time...avatar dressed as a maid, of course. It's in her documentary, too.

[@realdocloco]

One of my favorite Kanami solo here. And one of my favorite B-M songs (top 20).

[@BillHallisey]

Princess NittPicc, you are not only a music teacher, you're also an art teacher. To paraphrase a judge, "I don't know art (porn) but I know it when I see it." Well, I love the Maid's music, I sometimes don't know why. You have opened my eyes to their creative artistry. Thank you so much!!!!!

[@davids9445]

Definitely one of my favorites from them and Kanami’s solo is so good

[@grahamreed8774]

The Glory single from the Conqueror album 2019 and this a non album track.

[@ChimPANTSz]

Thanks for the great reaction! I suggest the song Glory! It’s one of my favorite BM songs and it’s on the same single you just listened to. There is also a cool MV to go with it 😊

[@philproffitt8363]

I love Glory and the rhythm changes. MISA's eye view video, playing the bass track of this, is a favourite of mine on Prime 👊👌

[@NOMAD-_-]

Yes glory is a amazing song 🤘🏻

[@philproffitt8363]

Love it 👌 And on screen the whole time: 'Glory'...such a cool and thoroughly Maidy song....VR style MV for the gamey vibe 😎🤘🤘🤘

[@lurkmerchant]

Some of their songs the music perfectly mathches the meaning of the lyric and I think it's one of them. Rhythmically, they deliberately trick you by one of the instruments including vocals coming in slighly off. They are also the masters of using pause effectively. in this song is "oh, no one can stop me" part. Love it. Off topic, if you enjoy hardcore punk-rock with multiple elements you'd love Bad Brains (1976-), but if you pick a wrong live video, you'd never want to listen to them again lol. They play punk with metal, rap, reggae, funk, math, progressive elements depending on the album you pick. Every album has a couple of reggae songs as well. I love Band-Maid for the similar reason.

[@picti_pixie]

Glad you enjoyed! It's just a purely fun song and very great with the vocals lining up ❤

[@moscatodasti1]

My favorite song by them! Thank you! Freezer and Hibana are also a good listen! This song is great for an FPS, PVP match. It would be so good in an action movie or as a promo song for a game teaser.

[@curtisrrobles7885]

MISA!!!! MISA!!!! MISA!!!!! 🥃🥃🥃 I would suggest KEY 🔑 to be on your B-M of ols school songs to react too

[@billmcleangunsmith]

An instrumental version of this song somewhere (Band-Maid Prime maybe) brings the bass to the front of the mix (like a lead instrument). Kanami's part in the chorus is also brought forward and sounds amazing.

[@markyg236]

In one of Miku's tourism of Japan videos she goes to a 'shooting range' (pellet guns) and she has a great time blasting away. Can definitely see her with a controller and a headset.

[@BillHallisey]

Princess NittPicc, It's always fun to watch your reactions to my favorite band! You always give me an insight into the music that I haven't thought about.

[@rpurdey]

The "deadly gas field" (or "electric gas" ... whatever) in pubg was always referred to by most of the players I came across - and myself - as "the blue". As in, "he's deep in the blue, forget about him". Those were the days. Still one of the best games ever -- ruined by hackers, tho.

[@Mikupigeon]

Their single B sides are all great. I like Screaming and unfair game most.

[@philproffitt8363]

It's like Punk...but with proper musicians 😉

[@stevehall5128]

Altho some of the OG British punk rockers actually started as glam- and pub-rockers; they had some chops developed and more music knowledge than they wanted people to think 😊

[@davidmejia7908]

Another fun one is Youth, there is a lyric video and a "Live" video on the Instrumental Maid channel, there are so many of the lesser known songs and B-sides that rock!

[@satocalbee8857]

This song includes the phrase "No matter where I look, I can't find it!" We were looking for you too. The perfect combination of Miku and Saiki leaves no room for Kanami to get involved.

[@glennsmith3834]

History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes. So, Band Maid sounds a lot like a lot of other things but they are their own animal.

[@dennisueland8146]

I think it’s Picasso that said “good artists copy, great artists steal”

[@chrisegbertky]

More fun thst a raft of half'wit 🐒 monkeys! Loved this song and jeez you just keeping getting better and better at this reaction/analysis endeavor! Your delightful personality and pleasing appearance makes it fun to watch your channel. But the real super power you posses is the insight into the music and your ability to articulate your insight! A pretty darn groovy combination! I wish you great success!

[@frankandre4385]

Wish I had said that, Chris !

[@daft73games]

Thanks again @NittPicc for a great reaction. Deep cuts are always fun, the video for this is great and worth a check 😄 🤘❤‍🔥🤘

[@philproffitt8363]

What video?

[@daaaaaave]

Wow. Deep cut.

[@bukkatyan]

Hello 🤚This song is Glory’s coupling song,and it seems that it has evolved to be a better compatibility with Glory. When MIKU chose the words for the lyrics,she was very conscious of the vowel sound “a”,such as “bang/clash/clown/alone”.👋👋👋

[@joebarrera9741]

IM SORRY BUT SAKIA INJECTS EVERY SONG WITH HER VOCALS....ENOUGH SAID

[@TomClark-Futoura]

Here's a pretty good live version of Hide and Seek: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJTWmWyPjNiipNE. Thx, Ms Picc!

[@moscatodasti1]

Thanks you! My favorite BM song!!!

[@SteveBalderrama]

Also, you really need to react to Sayonakidori. It’s a Miku led song that is also quite progressive. You should spend some time on Sayonakidori and do the studio version, acoustic version, and a live. Miku puts everything into the live version. Ohrenje has a nice mashup of live version from us tour.

[@NOMAD-_-]

She did sadly only on patron

[@falconsooner]

You need to listen to Hibana. Another song written for a FPS but it is much faster and more intense. It is one of my favorite workout songs

[@dennismitchell9500]

I think Miku likes punk .Her side projects without Band Maid have a punk feel.

[@cius2112]

I'd say Band Maid is closer to post-hardcore than they are to pop punk. Think stuff like Taking Back Sunday, Thrice, Hawthorne Heights or early Coheed and Cambria.

[@lewissmith4123]

A hidden gem ! One of the best !!

[@olabergman7406]

Did you not check out the song Puzzle? Try the live one if you want. A song that will grow on you.

[@marcbouchard1467]

Great react as always , for me i feel the pop/punk rock of the begin of 2k,

[@foong171183]

I never heard this song from Band-Maid. This is my first time hearing this song. This song is so familiar from their other songs especially on the chorus parts. Is it Spirit! or is it just me?

[@tmctmhs]

I think the quality of this song is average for BAND-MAID. In other words, it's great! Among their single coupling songs, I like "Screaming" the most.

[@killiansred1000]

Except for a few songs Miku writes all the lyrics.

[@jameswelsh598]

everybody seems to forget that they are Japanese and the influences that they get from their culture

[@DAVID-io9nj]

What is Japanese? Culture is dependent on so many factors. All types of Western music is insanely popular in Japan. Blues, jazz, classical, classic rock. I live in Hawaii and know that Hawaiian music and dance has it's share of fans and practitioners in Japan. Kanami herself has cited the Western guitarists she admires. Especially Van Halen for the skill of tapping.

[@NOMAD-_-]

Brotherrrre!!!! 😂

[@PaulEngineer]

Found you!

[@MnPofBM]

🫣🤭🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦🐦

[@NOMAD-_-]

Please listen to the non-fiction days and glory next please 🤘🏻🫶🏼🤘🏻

[@zer0tzer0]

Miku is the composer of nearly all the lyrics since they started writing their own material, with the exception of 'Hate?' which was written by Saiki. Miku & MISA used to play a lot of PubG. That's one of the reasons MISA is known as The Barefoot Assassin. I prefer Fort Nite. Less lag. There's a shortened version of the video of Miku going to an AirSoft shooting range in Tokyo . . . kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJy9aZyZZ8t7qLs

[@lurkmerchant]

Hate and Corallium, memorable and Daydreaming are co-written by 2 of them. Miku's is the poetic one.

[@Greg-om2hb]

I wonder if you would enjoy real Punk Rock.

[@VladimirChupin]

Yeah... I would say, Sex Pistols is more "on steroids" than Hide-and-Seek. BAND-MAID is a very refined music anyway, even when they want to go brutal.