Hamburg 2019-06-26 21.16.05 BAND-MAID Choose me - Bubble

[@larryhoopingarner6445]

Back again,love Saiki's interaction with the crowd, going to share too this time,hope you and family are well

[@jan-ovepedersen5764]

Saiki's voice is unique, she is the one and only, none like her. She does not sound like anyone else, damn I love her singing :-)

[@VladimirChupin]

I was just thinking about it recently. I watched Nemophila live at NAON no YAON, and was actually a bit disappointed. In the studio version, her growl sounds good, but live, not so much. And I thought to myself, probably I just don't like the growl. Saiki's clean and honest vocals sound much better for me.

[@jayeshbhalerao6475]

Kanami....great

[@markmark6378]

Saiki sounds like she was pretty damn fantastic at this show! She doesn't get enough props! A great rock singer and a great front woman.

[@jame254]

Yea, it's her shyness because she cant speak English well. But she is trying and that is what matters! But she speaking Japanese as well wouldn't care loo

[@ChristophS]

She was totally awesome. I watched the concert DVD before and it's nothing compared to her in real life. Bochum was also very perfect!

[@ronnieguitar99]

I like that she doesn't get all operatic and try to sound just like Ronnie James Dio like all the other Japanese girls do. Nothing wrong with Dio but has everybody got to see how much they can sound like him?

[@winwinwin282828]

I love her voice , really suited for band maid

[@Lpmgato1]

@@jame254 I sense audiences love Saiki and Miku so much, they could say most anything and get cheers and support. I love hearing them talk, although as a Texas cowboy, I only understand a few expressions in Japanese.

[@gibsoneb3]

In 1980 I saw Jack Bruce, David Sancious, Billy Cobham and Clem Clemson (Humble Pie) play in a little club called Stages in East St. Louis, IL. Jack looked around smiled and they kicked ass because they loved playing. These women possess the same spirit...doing what they were born to do. Admirable. I evangelize for them when ever I can!

[@grayjack5021]

Happy Drummer Happy everybody!

[@charlescoleman4017]

Me too!

[@masayaohazama4372]

Sai-chan is so fucking real singer, because she singing bubble on this livestage. Everybody knows this song is not easy to sing on the live. I'm so respect Front woman Sai-chan.

[@charlescoleman4017]

@@johnp.johnson1541 I love her voice. It may not be perfect, at least according to some self appointed experts, but it's just perfect for Band Maid. That's the amazing thing about these wonderful ladies. They fit together perfectly. Their chemistry is awesome and obvious. Are they perfect individually, debatable, but together they are perfectly awesome. I have never felt the way I do about a band the way I do about Band Maid. I'm no 15 year old fanboy, either. I'm 58. These amazing women were worth waiting for! I love them dearly! 💗💕❤🥰🎶🎸🥁🎤 Fuck Yeah Band Maid!!!!

[@haggaisimon7748]

It’s so beauty when a woman sings, I want your attention and choose me. What can be better in world?

[@packerjip9665]

Saiki has one he!! of a voice.

[@alpaca8422]

bubble's bass line soooo goooood Misaaaaaaaaaaa🤘🏻

[@VladimirChupin]

You can hear it especially strong in Paris concert. It's almost drum&bass there :-) I suddenly appreciated Bubble at precisely that moment, because that live version has such an incredible bass pulse, it changes the energy of the song completely, and boosts it into a hard rock masterpiece.

[@powbobs]

Jesus!!! Her voice sounds amazing alone at the beginning. 💕

[@VladimirChupin]

Yes, she was in a perfect vocal shape that day. And her voice was even getting better and better by the end of the show. And she seemed genuinely happy, she was smiling a lot.

[@krudler406]

wow Sai-chan's voice is so good great show, thanks for sharing!

[@remmy2000]

Wow!! akane in the action

[@alexivan4629]

beatiful voice!

[@haggaisimon7748]

Hamburg concert was probably the best for all their touring

[@VladimirChupin]

I would agree. The worst in terms of heat, the best in terms of spirit 🤘💖

[@Petertrottierrealtor]

What a thrill it must have been to see them in such a small venue ! My favorite band 😍🥰❤️

[@VladimirChupin]

It was a thrill indeed! 🤘💖

[@haggaisimon7748]

There’s something from the great 70s spirit here.

[@Pauloz87]

OMG! First video I watch of them playing bubble! Sooo Gooood!!

[@scottmeyers1903]

These girls are BAD ASS all so talented and Vladimir dude every video you made you got the best spot from stage both side so good 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@VladimirChupin]

I love MISA so much, but it seems I will always have to stand on Kanami side, to have better sound for the recording. MISA is too strong, she overloads the mic...

[@LawrenceCox-bv9zt]

First time seeing this segment of live video at LOGO/Hamburg from Vladimir. So cool!!!

[@joki5346]

I must admit, at first I didn´t like this song that much, maybe I was pampered or spoiled too much by their Amsterdam concert. But the more I heard it, the more I got into it and to see and hear it live in the middle of the crowd, shouting and "singing" can´t be compared to the studio version. For me now it´s a must on a concert.

[@HalloweeN245]

did you mean the song Bubble or Choose Me?

[@joki5346]

@@HalloweeN245 Oh, I meant Bubble. When I heard the song for the first time, I thought : "oh no, not this oooohhhh again, sounds a bit stereotype and doesn´t fit in this kind of song." But I think, it is the philosophy of them to get close to their audience and to interact with it to have a wonderful common experience, and the sing along - songs beside of Kobato´s "Omajinai Time" and talking with the crowd is a lot of fun for both sides. Many of us are hardcore fans, knowing all the songs and want to show that, also our appreciation and love to them in the way you see at the concerts. We buy VIP - Tickets and a lot of merchendise stuff to support them, or are member in the fan - club. Now it is their profession and they have to work and earn money to carry on. I´m already looking forward to their next appearance in Europe !

[@rossmudie9298]

Akane's like a bloody octopus with those sticks

[@michaelmusson3593]

yea the whole time smiling and singing along with Saiki

[@markwise9138]

I like how the vibrations from the music vibrate your camera lens. Makes a nice effect. #MISA

[@VladimirChupin]

Yes, Akane's bass drum force is strong here...

[@Lpmgato1]

Vlad, thank you SO MUCH for posting these Band Maid videos. This is a truly great band, worthy of world wide recognition, support and financial success. These videos actually have decent sound quality often lack in live performance videos. Go Band Maid! Along with Love Bites, these two, all female, Japanese bands, are the best in the world, in my view.

[@VladimirChupin]

Check out Asterism. They are an instrumental band, but HAL-CA really speaks with her guitar, she's a prodigy. My visit to Fukuoka, their hometown, on January 8th, was really something not-to-be-forgotten. I watched them play in a Hard Rock Cafe, and then I had a chance to take photo with them, and they've signed the CD inlays which I brought with me. Really great band. They are still pretty much children, just graduated from the high school.

[@Lpmgato1]

@@VladimirChupin Right on! I love Asterism, been following them for several years. Haruka "Hal-Ca" Noma, at 17, is truly amazing on guitar. The other two, bassist and drummer, are biological brothers, equally awesome on their respective instruments. I also like Love Bites, truly amazing musicians.

[@michaels3659]

Can’t get enough of these videos, Vlad, thank you so much! Great audio!

[@sigfridofajardo5430]

their chemistry together, MAGIC🎭🎼🎵🎶♠♥♦💔🖤💋

[@michaelpalmer3717]

It wasn't enough that providence brought together 4 mega talented musicians they are joined by one of the hottest singers on the planet. The perfect voice and a front woman who can command the audience with her imperious right hand and arm - no wonder Kanami is in love.

[@VladimirChupin]

Kiseki-po. Miracle-po!

[@larryhoopingarner6445]

Vladimir,I'm creating a library of your video's finally,so I can share easily,Thankyou,and stay safe my friend.

[@VladimirChupin]

🙏💖🕊🕊🕊

[@jamie.norris]

That accapela intro was beautiful

[@jesstipton]

I think Bubble has to be my favorite BM song. This performance looked amazing, I couldn't imagine being there in the front. Maybe one day!!!

[@VladimirChupin]

Don't miss your chance! They are going to play bigger venues rather soon, I believe.

[@jesstipton]

@@VladimirChupin For their sake, I truly hope so! They deserve to be headlining stadiums.

[@VladimirChupin]

@@jesstipton Yeah, definitely so! But they are best in an intimate setting, like this one. They are very much crowdfunding-dependent :-) The more energy comes from the audience, the more energetic they get. On stadiums, they'll be far from their energy source. Let's see how they manage it...

[@ringderniebelung]

0:48 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗠𝗘 4:35 𝗕𝗨𝗕𝗕𝗟𝗘 👍😎👍

[@leewawson344]

ROCk Rages 🐲 On ⚡#BandMaid⚡

[@drapesmatonge7334]

the random Japanese words coming from the crowd is hilarious.

[@edwardmcalister8743]

I usually don't like cell phone vids, but this is awesome. I can't wait till October when I get to see them. Got my tics, bucket list item for sure. Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!!!!!

[@VladimirChupin]

So happy for you, man! I also have a lot of tickets, but it seems I will not be able to get a US visa. Due to COVID, the US consulate in closed in Amsterdam. 😭

[@edwardmcalister8743]

@@VladimirChupin Man that sucks. When I first discovered this miracle of a band it was the Thrill video, followed by Onset. At that, it was over, and I have been addicted ever since. I probably listen/watch them 2 to 3 hours every day. And it never gets old. The skill that these ladies have is unlike anything I have ever witnessed. I'm just amazed with every one of them. Akane never misses, Misa is a magician, Miku is like glue that holds every song together, Saiki has such a wonderful voice and what a graceful and beautiful artist she is. Kanami, oh Kanami, I have played guitar for decades so she is my absolute idol. I could go on and on about these ladies but..........

[@VladimirChupin]

@@edwardmcalister8743 Well, I hope they come to Europe next year. Wherever they go inside the Schengen zone, I'll follow them 🕊

[@kevinlane7555]

Going to Aftershock 9 October

[@VladimirChupin]

@@kevinlane7555 I will see (hopefully 🤞) seven OKYUJIs in the US, but I will start from LA. Still a lot, though 😉

[@yasushitanaka8107]

さえちゃん　最高です！

[@VladimirChupin]

それは本当です！

[@OniZai]

I went to KZbin with the intention of watching something else, then this was on the suggestion list...

[@VladimirChupin]

And how do you like it?

[@OniZai]

@@VladimirChupin I very much like it! I am already a fan of Band-Maid already so when this appeared I insta-click

[@VladimirChupin]

@@OniZai I think it's safe to say that all Hamburg videos can be watched without much problem, you can thoroughly enjoy most of them. Bochum ones are not that good, although there are some very nice occasions, like Akane's drum solo, the incident with DocLoco getting back his BAND-MAIKO bag, and a fan throwing a teddy bear on stage for Saiki. But the sound from the middle of the hall was not so good, you hear some reverb. Paris recordings are of an entirely different class. Guitars are almost absent there, only bass, drum, and, strangely, Saiki. It's a nice stuff if you want to hear what MISA is doing 😎 MISA is the main focus there. But it's not BAND-MAID in its entirety.

[@johnp.johnson1541]

Thanks for these uploads Vladimir. Watching unfiltered live shows shows the flood of talent pouring out of them. Truly, I'd shake your hand and buy you pint for these vids you have shared on YT. Band-Maid are the best thing to happen to rock music in over 30 years. Already, they are among the all-time greats from a song output view and they have only gotten started recording their own compositions. Kanami Tono has such fluid playing. Akane Hirose is fierce on the drums. Misa is subtle in her playing accenting where it needs to be in the rhythm. Saiki sings with her gorgeous voice, a pure one , one not needing autotune. And the Po, her lyrics and ambition clearly drive the band in a different way. Each musician is a pillar to the mighty Band-Maid.

[@VladimirChupin]

The pleasure was entirely mine 🙏 I'm a slo mo, I don't perceive things at the first encounter. I need a few listens before my mind digests the song, and I may enjoy it. Hence the recording idea. I'm glad that my phone was able to provide a pretty decent quality. If BAND-MAID ever comes to Europe again, I'll be there, maybe with the more advanced recorder. But they usually don't allow a more bulky hardware in the clubs, which is a pity.

[@johnp.johnson1541]

@@VladimirChupin Hey you did all right, dude. The sound is great for what you had. Their performance is stellar. How did you learn about Band-Maid? I discovered them after discovering Aldious. I read about them after looking up Aldious. Someone asked me if I thought Aldious were faking to a track during a live performance and after being surprised about how good they are, I discovered Band-Maid. BM is more of a power rock band than a metal band say like Lovebites. Rock music is happening in Japan, Korea and Russia. It is not happening here in the USA. My country has lost its soul during globalization and an immigration invasion of 30 years. Heck, I have even discovered fresh rockabilly from France and Poland.

[@VladimirChupin]

@@johnp.johnson1541 I was also discouraged by the modern Western music in the new millennium. I tried to listen to a lot of bands, but they all were boring like hell. Then, somewhere in 2010, I have discovered Japanese music scene, and it helped a lot. Initially I was listening to the more exotic stuff, like Vocaloid. There are pretty nice things there, like Yuyoyuppe and Utsu-P. They were a nice addition to my normal Metallica, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and King Crimson playlists. There were some non-Vocaloid bands as well, like Bleach03, I still love them. Amazing band with explosive energy. Then somewhere in 2018 KZbin started to recommend me THRILL. I did not want to click on that white thumbnail, it seemed like something not up my alley. But it was appearing always in recommendation, Google knew me better than I knew myself 😂 Then one day in October 2018 I finally clicked it, just to get rid of it, and I was lost forever to any other music. Of course, I may still listen to some other bands from time to time, but BAND-MAID is probably taking up to 99% of my playlist. Actually, there's even too much to listen to, I simply don't have enough time to enjoy properly everything that BAND-MAID produces. They are truly all-encompassing, it's a whole universe in itself. No matter what I need, be it a heavy music to carry me through difficult times, or something soft to make me cry, BAND-MAID has it. "about Us" is currently my favourite song. I keep listening to it over and over. I have translated it into Russian, and now those words just get imprinted into my soul directly when I listen to it. Those are the words I needed in these crazy times...

[@johnp.johnson1541]

​@@VladimirChupin Right on, Vladimir. RuNet fanscinates me, by the way. I have much respect for the hardy Russkiyes. I use Russian Internet products because I don't trust American ones. I've listened to music for decades having grown up in the heydays of rock music in the USA. I minored in music at university. My listening is broad from concertos to jump blues, from ska to metal. I've listened to band from King Crimson to Devo, from Cheap Trick to Sea Level, from Lynyrd Skynrd to the New York Dolls. Band-Maid has hit me in the same way as you. They strike me as the best rock band since Alice in Chains and Soundgarden. Daydreaming is such a melodic and gorgeous song. Tono touches the heart wtih her solo in that one. Their first all-band penned song, Alone, is stellar. The solo is off the charts. Tono is a much more melodic player than say an Eddie Van Halen. I put her in that class of players. My first song was Non-Fiction Days. That floored me. Then I heard Thrill and I was hooked. To me, there are two Band-Maids. The first BM was a cover band of unreleased songs by others. That is what Maid in Japan, New Beginning and almost all of Brand New Maid are all about. The second BM is the original artist band which we know now from Just Bring It, World Domination, Conqueror and Unseen World. Another way I see Band-Maid is this: They are a Power Rock band and they are a Power Pop band. For every 14 power rock songs, they put out 10 power pop songs. Oh and they have like four slow numbers, ballads or what have. It is hard to pick a fave in songs, in styles, in eras and in personnel. They are beautiful souls, beautiful people.

[@johnp.johnson1541]

@@VladimirChupin Hey Vladimir was this the Asterism show in Fukuoka that you attended? kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaKUY2lqhcqcmtk

[@roshanthapa7075]

SUGOI DESU NE!!!!!!!!

[@AlexThelordDjThecultofJMusic]

🖤

[@TherealSeriousMoonlight]

If all you listen to is the drums... you'll be a better person by the end of it. Thanks Vlad!

[@VladimirChupin]

I remember I kept thinking shortly after I discovered BAND-MAID, that "The saving grace of Akane's drums saved me." When I finally clicked on that white thumbnail of THRILL, succumbing to KZbin insistent attempts to recommend it to me, it was Akane's drumming which kept my attention enough to let me explore further. At the time I was listening a lot to various female drummers, from child prodigies Senri Kawaguchi and Kanade Sato all the way to Meytal Cohen. So, Akane's double kicks were exactly in the context of this exploration 😍 And then, of course, MISA, and Kanami, and Miku's lyrics... And Saiki's magic presence... BAND-MAID is a miraculous union of miraculous people...

[@TherealSeriousMoonlight]

@@VladimirChupin I've loved every one of them in different songs for different reasons, but Akane's drumming is the common thread. I listen to drums differently in other bands' songs because of Akane Hirose. (Now I have to look up Senri Kawaguchi and Kanade Sato)

[@VladimirChupin]

@@TherealSeriousMoonlight My favourite performance by Senri Kawaguchi is STRATUS by Billy Cobham, which she played with a band at Rocking the Castle jazz festival in France: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJenamWPbrRmrsU Kanade Sato is now part of KOIAI band. And of course, it's a super band. I don't know how long it will live, usually the gatherings of such legendary musicians are temporary. Let's see. But back then, six years ago, I was fascinated by her solo performances like this one: Drummer Girl - Kanade Sato / Drops (Live version) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jorTd39mbdJonLM Or this fanny one, where she approaches a drumkit casually installed at a shopping mall, and nobody suspects anything form a twelve-year-old girl, until she hits the skins: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYXWi2OOn5moptk

[@jameswelsh598]

Such a god awful small venue, they deserve better. That being said, I'd have given anything to be there.

[@Nemesis_T_Type]

Just like the old days of rock and roll. Don't worry these girls will get bigger next year.

[@joki5346]

www.logohamburg.de/venue.php you can scroll down a bit to see a list of bands played there.

[@OzziePete1]

Agree. That bloody pole would've driven me mad if I was a performer there. Second set would've involved a chainsaw! I suppose the gig could be dressed up as 'intimate setting'?

[@ringderniebelung]

@@OzziePete1 LOL! Wendy O. Williams! (RIP)

[@VladimirChupin]

@@OzziePete1 It was very intimate indeed. It's actually an interesting effect: the venue is rather awful, but the concert was the best of all. Exactly for this very reason: it was so small and awkward, that it seems like they are playing in your kitchen. Like back in happy hippy times half a century ago. It was crushingly hot, we were all drenched in sweat, that stupid column in the middle, Kanami was really exhausted, etc. etc. But it felt so great! We all just went mad. Strangely, Saiki seemed quite fresh even at the end of the show. As it happens with most of the good singers, her voice was getting better at the end, it felt like her lungs opened up and she was singing absolutely freely. But her throat was probably irritated, because at the very end she patted herself at the breast, as if she wanted to cough. I imagine, it's probably quite a stress, to scream like this for two hours...

[@arturopiaggio9993]

Very nice

[@winwinwin282828]

nobody proposed to kanami ? she is so closed up lol

[@VladimirChupin]

She's waiting for Saiki to consent.

[@GustavEkky]

SUGOI DESU NE Who say it 😂

[@VladimirChupin]

😂

[@jame254]

Yeah that was funny, I would have said sugeiyo. Sounds better Haha jk lol

[@VladimirChupin]

.@@jame254 I don't know Japanese, but I have a few phrases in my vocabulary, like Tsubarashi, Saiko, and Sugoi desu ne :-)

[@MrEmrys24]

NANI?!!

[@PaulPaullus]

1:03-> Saiki{loveistrong} 'psycho'? ........po

[@ringderniebelung]

Saikō = the best (usage here meaning, "Great!" or "Awesome!")

[@patron40silver]

Vlad is still THE MAN👍

[@VladimirChupin]

Thanks 🙏

[@viaverde3153]

I am thinking so... What if the girls did add to your selected recordings the sound straight from the sound desktop? They definitely have a sound archive of their performances. And the quality of your video in my opinion does not differ from their official concert recordings :) And then, they made it an official, bootleg album?

[@VladimirChupin]

I asked the sound engineer in Bochum whether he's recording the sound. He said, "No no no, I don't do it." It's a pity. Of course. I would even say, it's a crime 😢

[@viaverde3153]

@@VladimirChupin Damn it. I understand that it's difficult to take 64 track equipment from a recording studio with you, especially if you don't have a tour album in mind, but now you only need a few dozen gigabytes on a laptop to have decent CD level sound.

[@VladimirChupin]

@@viaverde3153 You can see that Akane has a camera to her left. She's obviously recording her drumming. You can see how she adjusts it at the start of the show. That would be great, to have those recordings published one day 😋

[@ronnieguitar99]

Is that banner "LOGO" to indicate "this is the place to put your band's logo banner" Where's the BAND MAID banner? Maybe it means something else in German. Maybe it's the name of the club. I dunno.

[@VladimirChupin]

It's the name of the club, but I like your interpretation :-) "Your logo here" :-) The locals say that this club is "Hamburg's loudest sauna" :-) And that stupid pillar in the middle, which Miku called "The Biggest Master" :-) But this club is a famous place, many great musicians performed there since 1974: www.logohamburg.de/

[@IanMcGarr]

Damn pillar, can see nothing of Miku, what a strange venue. Great video though, Saiki's voice is class.

[@VladimirChupin]

Yes, not the best hall for band performances, that's for sure. Although it's pretty legendary. If you look at their Web-site, there were many great bands who played there.

[@RyanMear]

Awesome! I was sent here for Bubble and got Choise Me as the BEST bonus! Thanks @Vladimir Chupin!

[@VladimirChupin]

Nice to see you here, Ryan! LOGO Hamburg has the best sound of all my European recordings. Check the playlist "Europe 2019." Paris was drum&bass only because I was BEHIND the loudspeaker-but the best picture because my phone stood on a tripod. Bochum has a nice picture, I was in the centre. But the sound was not so good, there was a significant reverb. Too far from any loudspeakers, the sound waves were billowing around me, bouncing from the walls and the ceiling. Hamburg was the best, I was in front of a loudpeaker. My right ear was hurting badly at the end, but my phone was happy 😁.

[@VladimirChupin]

You may notice that in the middle of Bubble (starting at 5:00) I was trying to move my camera to the left, to capture more MISA. The phone was on a selfie stick, so, I turned the grip a little bit, and stretched my arm as far to the left as I could. But the overhanging headlights did not allow me a lot of freedom. At this moment, the sound became noticeable worse as well. The problem is that you can't control the sound as it is being recorded on a phone. So, it was all random, how it happened. I was not even able to watch the videos recorded on a particular night. I uploaded it all blindly to KZbin after BAND-MAID tour was over. It is was it is.

[@joki5346]

@@VladimirChupin Saiki was very prominent over the loudspeakers. I have her to thank for some intense vibrations in my head or sense of balance, because some of her frequencies hit me quite hard. The instruments, on the other hand, remained not dangerous.