(REACTION) Lovebites - Swan Song (Chopin Intro)

Well these Ladies keep on giving, and we couldn't be more sold on Lovebites after this epic masterwork of a track! Way to sell outside our comfort zone!
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[@waterwalker9600]

This is just amazing. No one else does anything close to this. 🤘🐺🤘

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

They really are special. /Andrei

[@schelin1447]

A masterpiece and Miyako is from another planet!

[@barefootbaron1748]

My wife says that I've become a little obsessed with LOVEBITES....She's 100% right!

[@PaleHorseShabuShabu]

Mine wants to learn to play bass so she can play and sing with the four remaining members.

[@Celion27200]

my wife will come with me in june to see them live

[@marting.h.9417]

Yes, these women are exceptional and versatile musicians.

[@faintsmile88]

Welcome back to the Goddesses of Metal. They live rent free in my head. 🐺

[@samsunes2294]

Mine too...its my pleasure to have them there. 😁🐺

[@Phoenix-ci7ix]

I pay them to live in my head 🤘🙂🐺

[@faintsmile88]

@@Phoenix-ci7ix 😁🐺

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

Our heads are very much alike. /Andrei

[@L.A55]

Great reaction to these five artist/musician goddesses..There's Nothing Lovebites cannot do... #Wolfpack

[@lateagain9289]

Miyako hittin that solo lookin absolutely stunning. 😍🐺

[@daroldteitzel1649]

2 dudes what just happened??? This totally SOLD me. The ability of these woman is immeasurable and this song epic in its own right. All the elements I enjoy in music were present. Sensational song and a great assessment from you guys.

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

Thank you very much for watching. That did take us by surprise and then some. /Andrei

[@heavymetalisthelaw1227]

This song deserves an award

[@dg3258]

Not many heavy metal bands can do that, eh? Pretty easy to understand why they are ONE OF A KIND after watching this. Good react, watch more!

[@samsunes2294]

Fantastic performance from the band I love above all others. Have subscribed 🐺

[@indra-qw1bz]

badass artwork...masterpiece 🤘

[@hiawatha.g]

Thanks for coming back to Lovebites. Some background on "Swan Song" (you already know some of this but for your viewers who may not...) Chopin (pronounced Show-pan) was a Polish-born Romantic-era (1800’s) classical composer and piano virtuoso who lived most of his life in France. He is considered one of the greatest classical composers of all time. Miyako, who composes a lot of Lovebites’ music, is a professional-level concert pianist, and was originally going to make classical music her career. When she was 18, she picked up a guitar, and is now one of the best metal guitarists in the world. She particularly likes the Romantic Era classical composers like Debussy, Dvořák, Chopin and Rachmaninoff. She composed “Swan Song” using elements of the New World Symphony (Dvořák) and Chopin’s Revolutionary Etude (official name Étude Opus 10, No. 12 in C minor). All five members of the band are Jedi-level musicians, but I think Miyako is a once-in-a generation talent, a true savant. Nice commentary, you picked up on the duality between their "lullaby"-like melodic compositions and their pure metal mastery. I think this is what gives their music such a glorious feeling.

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

Well that was an unexpected career twist. Now that you mentioned it, I think the classical music influence does come through in the metal part as well. /Andrei

[@whirled_peace]

LOVEBITES - Swan Song lyrics: If this was the last day you could live on this earth Would you still go on, accusing someone for today It’s better to fail than not do anything at all It is not the length, but depth of life that counts Oh brave soldier Oh gallant warrior Valor to those who died in battle to Valhalla Believe what’s in your soul For death will come to all You shall rest peacefully in God’s Heaven Floating lotus You are so graceful Saintly and glorious Till the end of time Floating lotus You are so beautiful Sing me your sweet song The legend of the swan If you’ve never hoped, you’ve never been though despair Ignorance is bliss, it’s easier to not care You might think it’s meaningless to sacrifice a life Sometimes the life of one can save so many more Oh brave soldier Oh gallant warrior Valor to those who died in battle to Valhalla Believe what’s in your soul For death will come to all You shall rest peacefully in God’s Heaven Floating lotus You are so graceful Saintly and glorious Till the end of time Floating lotus You are so beautiful Sing me your sweet song The legend of the swan Floating lotus You are so graceful Saintly and glorious Till the end of time Floating lotus You are so beautiful Sing me your sweet song The legend of the swan ----- lyrics: asami music: miyako arrangement: LOVEBITES (miho, haruna, midori, miyako, asami)

[@lastinthequeue9586]

My Lovebites 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🐺🤘 all mine!!! Have subbed!

[@marks5451]

Great reaction to these amazing ladies. Check out Edge of the World from their 2020 Live show if you haven't already. 🤘🤘🤘🐺

[@zabriabubakar5982]

Next live songs Raise Some Hell, The Hammer Of Wrath, Break The Wall, Spellbound, Scream For Me, Winds Of Transylvania, When Destinies Align, another ballard songs with piano Edge Of The World, Empty Daydream.. 🤘 Guys, check also another all Japanese female Metal Bands NEMOPHILA - songs Revive(in English), Dissension, Raitei(Thunder) HANABIE - song We Love Sweets (this girls will surprised you guys) BANDMAID - songs live Freedom, Domination, Play, On Set, Blooming, Thrill, Dice, Manners

[@markmathewssgbcpenaltyboxs6389]

Yes, this is one of my favorite songs. Love how they work the piano into the music. Thank you for reacting to this vido.

[@cepho8349]

Great reaction. What a performance. I love that part when Asami comes in following the solo section. So epic! Asami is also trained in ballet and her dancing adds yet another layer to this spectacular performance. And as good as this song is on the album, that version lacks the Chopin piece. But it still works really well on its own and having the album end with Swan Song was a fantastic choice. Everything Lovebites do is extremely well-thought-out. This is not the only song where they incorporate the piano. I've said it before, but I see a lot of X Japan in them, besides their popular influences. Their drummer Yoshiki would also switch between drums and piano. Classical music is really popular in Japan and many Japanese musicians are classically-trained. No wonder that the musicianship of Japanese bands tends to be very high. It is therefore not uncommon to see Japanese musicians take inspiration from classical music. I've brought them up before, but you have to react to Galneryus. Angel of Salvation is probably the ultimate neoclassical metal song. Here's a link to a great version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnqoZnt3i8acp6s They are a power metal band from Japan with strong progressive and neoclassical elements. And check out Unlucky Morpheus as well, to complete the trifecta of my favourite power metal bands from Japan. Maybe start with their song Unending Sorceress. Other Japanese bands you might want to check out: Ningen Isu - Toshishun (heavy metal/doom metal), Boris - Riot Sugar (doom metal/drone metal), Melt-Banana - The Hive (noise rock)

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

We will try to get to more of these japanese bands. Galneryus was mentioned a fair bit, it will have to happen at some point. /Andrei

[@bradgale2625]

Love your reaction bros

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

THANK

[@jaimealmendro2657]

Great Reaction friends , Amazing Lovebites , please react to A Frozen Serenade (masterpiece) greetings from Chile .

[@kielanuar213]

Nice reaction friends. These ladies so talented and perfectionis. How this kind of metal can be thinkable or composed, so creative. Lovebites master of it.. salute!

[@CDMS_pt]

Masterpiece, another one from Lovebites.

[@whirled_peace]

LOVEBITES - Swan Song lyrics (Romanian): Dacă aceasta ar fi ultima zi în care ai putea trăi pe acest pământ Ai mai continua, acuzând pe cineva pentru azi Este mai bine să eșuezi decât să nu faci nimic Nu lungimea, ci profunzimea vieții contează O, soldat curajos Oh, războinic galant Valoare pentru cei care au murit în lupta cu Valhalla Crede ce este în sufletul tău Căci moartea va veni asupra tuturor Te vei odihni în pace în Raiul lui Dumnezeu Lotus plutitor Ești atât de grațios Sfânt și glorios Până la sfârșitul timpului Lotus plutitor Ești atât de frumos Cântă-mi cântecul tău dulce Legenda lebedei Dacă nu ai sperat niciodată, nu ai fost niciodată disperat Ignoranța este fericire, este mai ușor să nu-ți pese Ai putea crede că nu are sens să sacrifici o viață Uneori, viața unuia poate salva atât de multe O, soldat curajos Oh, războinic galant Valoare pentru cei care au murit în lupta cu Valhalla Crede ce este în sufletul tău Căci moartea va veni asupra tuturor Te vei odihni în pace în Raiul lui Dumnezeu Lotus plutitor Ești atât de grațios Sfânt și glorios Până la sfârșitul timp Lotus plutitor Ești atât de frumos Cântă-mi cântecul tău dulce Legenda lebedei Lotus plutitor Ești atât de grațios Sfânt și glorios Până la sfârșitul timpului Lotus plutitor Ești atât de frumos Cântă-mi cântecul tău dulce Legenda lebedei

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

LOL Dude thanks! They sound cooler in English tho! / George

[@rolandkarlsson7072]

This is not one of my favorite Lovebites songs, but ... the video as a whole is almost impossible to beat. Start and stop with SERIOUS! classic piano. I have seen other metal classic mashups. But not like this. Its unique. And ... it is good. Damn good!

[@JoAnn69BC]

Sooooo beautiful guys. These women kill it🤘🏽🔥🤘🏽

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

They absolutely do! / George

[@timgove5337]

Great reaction and combined analysis! By the way, the first (descending) guitar solo isn’t exactly a neo-classical piece. I’m confident saying this, because it is literally and directly a lifted quote from the Chopin Etude she’d just played! that’s why she played it, besides being cool, proving she’s the one really playing etc, but because that same written solo phrase appears on the studio version (without other reference or credit); in fact, the chords under that section are completely different, but it’s such a prominent “lyrical” melody (and in this case primed by the intro), that the music is (implied? Assumed? Taken for granted? Something…). Just a great song, but between the two of you I think you caught all the other stuff the cool kids were performing 😉🤷‍♂️🤘🎸💃😎

[@Phoenix-ci7ix]

Thanks for your reaction.🤘 Epilogue should be your next reaction...just a suggestion.

[@olivierconcerthallfrance]

Wow ! Lovebites 🤘 Lovebites 🤘 Lovebites 🤘

[@emilyst-gelais6248]

Oh more Lovebites!! First of, the piano part was magestic!🤘 Then the power metal part kicks in and omg!! They are seriously amazing musicians!🤩 I know now I can’t get disappointed with them. After three songs they still kick ass!! I think this one might be my favorite so far though!!😛 Awesome review as always guys!!🤘

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

I'd love to go through this whole show at this point. We'll sure get to more. /Andrei

[@hex_a_lexa]

Damn I wish I could play piano like that. I can play but not even CLOSE to that! I'm jealous ☹

[@hex_a_lexa]

Oh btw, your volume levels were a bit low. I had to press the volume up 4 button presses higher than normal on my phone. Just letting you know! 😊😁

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

Yeah sometimes our mic goes a bit muffled for some reason. It bugs me as well. And hey, if you can play then you're on the way there Keep going. /Andrei

[@user-li3kk7or2k]

LOVEBITES🔥🤘🐺🤘🔥

[@Celion27200]

since 5 days. i have my 4 days pass for HELLFEST in france 27/30 of june. Lovebites will be there and i'm so happy because all 4 days are sold out now

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

that is HYPE!

[@pabloverino3934]

ohh only god knows how many lives i saw lost in progressive metal, they could never enjoy music like before. Now they live tormented by the progression that does not let them enjoy the wonders of simple metal.

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

'ey we're prog nerds and we're digging this quite alright. It's not prog that makes you not enjoy the simple stuff, it's a fixated mind that only wants the prog once it finds it. And that ain't me. But I do still find prog to be one of my fav genres. Lovebites is amazing though, and I'm loving them more and more with each song. /Andrei

[@mmcpa]

The Miyako Show. Found my way back to this reaction. I forgot that this song sold you.

[@brian0703]

The pianist (Miyako) is also one of the lead guitarists (they have 2..). She is a classically trained pianist from the age of 3, and only started to learn the guitar from age 18! She’s a musical savant! 🎶

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

So much genius in one human. Mad respect! /Andrei

[@mathiashinsch6548]

Just...Masterpiece 🔥🔥🔥🤘🐺🤘

[@faithharris7173]

AAAAAH I LITERALLY THOUGHT WHEN YOU TWO WERE GONNA REACT TO LOVE BITES AGAIN!!! Right while I was mentally preparing myself for another cover that was gonna make me cry... OKAY so this song is absolutely FANTASTIC. These ladies are insane. The intro... God I wanna play piano like that. She is an amazing piano player and I wanna hear her take on Seven Seas Of Rhye by Queen. She'd pull that OFF. The rest of the song... I AM CLOSE TO TEARS IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL. This makes me want to see you guys react to the album Rise by Skillet. Love Bites reminds me a lot of Skillet (in a great way no comparison here) And I really want them to collaborate. I BOW TO LOVE BITES. THEY'VE STRUCK AGAIN

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

They always slay, this one was absolutely incredible. Cool that you were just thinking about that, guess the universe was listening... You mentioned Skillet more than once, who knows, maybe we get to it. /Andrei

[@faithharris7173]

@@thewindmillfullovcorpses this was beyond my understanding of worlds. THEY ARE JUST TOO GOOD. And I swear it's so weird whenever that happens. It's like God telling me "yeah this is gonna happen today." It just blows my mind. And... I did? I actually thought this was the second time... huh. Guess my brain is never fully there!

[@kamidake89]

Miyako is metal Queen. That is all.

[@chuhsin]

EPIC!!!

[@tsubasaozora7655]

Yes, Top Tier :)

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

We love them!

[@tajamatakkarles5794]

Hi friends. All the songs you hear from these girls are spectacular, just like them, they are songs that are also very well structured. If by chance, you like metal ballads, yes, you heard right, ballads. I encourage you to react to the song "Epilogue", in my opinion it is a work of art

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

Oh damn, would love to hear a ballad from them. /Andrei

[@donviajero2580]

@@thewindmillfullovcorpses Personally I prefer Edge of the World to Epilogue, but they are both great ballads.

[@gillesmurat7362]

From France: If the introduction is by Chopin, the final piece is an adaptation of "The New World Symphony" by Dvorak [Si l'introduction est du Chopin, le morceau final est une adaptation de "La symphonie du Nouveau Monde" de Dvorak]

[@CaffeineNightOwl]

thanks for your great and entertaining reaction. the songwriting or better composition work is one of their many assets. in their backcatalogue of around fifty songs they have not even one bad or mediocre song.

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

Gotta keep diving into that back catalogue I guess. /Andrei

[@hiawatha.g]

Since you liked that glorious metal-classical fusion, I suggest your next one should be "Frozen Serenade". kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5aboYSMqpKFhJo This is truly a masterpiece, comparable to Ravel's "Bolero", Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" or NIghtwish's "Ghost Love Score". This is a live performance from 2021.

[@guitarzen5999]

Swan Song gets em every time🤘🐺🤘

[@marcoskazu_]

Please, metal brothers! More #Lovebites !

[@marcoskazu_]

I suggest too Babymetal, Bandmaid and Nemophila!

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

We're trying to get to some of those. /Andrei

[@donviajero2580]

Lovebites have several excellent songs that are not pure thrash metal that you should check out. These include Edge of the World, Frozen Serenade, Empty Daydream, and Epilogue.

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

I mean this wasn't exactly pure thrash, it had a big power metal touch. But we sure wanna get to check those. /Andrei

[@parisiennemoonlight6650]

Miyako is a master in Piano before she became a prodigal lead guitarist.

[@Bergwacht]

she even plays guitar and keyboard at the same time in any song that name i dont remember ;)

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

That's borderline supernatural to be fair! / George

[@Patrick_H.]

@@thewindmillfullovcorpses I'm late to the show here, but that song is Burden of Time, part a Live Studio set they did for their Awake Again CD in late 2020. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoCll5J9o52YnNU 🐺

[@christopherturner6989]

You're thinking of burden of time my friend.

[@ahodori2233]

Miyako was playing a Roland electronic piano that she borrowed for a concert. She couldn't get used to the feel of the electric piano for the first time on the day, and she was nervous until the concert was over. It takes a little history study to understand the lyrics of the Swan Song. In 1831, the anti-government movement (November Revolution), initiated by officers and the public against the Polish government under substantial control of the Russian Empire, failed due to the direct intervention of the Russian army. Chopin heard the news during his performance trip to France. He lost his country of return. Around the time of the collapse of Warsaw, his agent announced "Etude OP10, No12". His agents exaggerated and promoted the song, eventually becoming known as the "Revolutionary Etude." Miyako, who had been taking piano lessons since the age of three, composed "Swan Song" with reference to "Revolutionary Etude" and Dvorak's "New World". Asami, who has been studying classical ballet since the age of two, wrote the lyrics by overlaying the image of "Swan Lake" on Chopin's episode. This song is a requiem dedicated to the dead warriors who fought to regain his hometown. Ironically, the Russian Republic, which revolutionized Imperial Russia, is now invading Poland's neighbor Ukraine.

[@info_public]

@AHODORI, "It takes a little history study to understand..." And it takes MORE than "a little history" to understand the circumstances leading to what is transpiring in Ukraine right now, which has NOTHING to do with LOVEBITES, these songs (Chopin's etude & Swan Song) or this performance which took place in February of 2020. PLEASE do not inappropriately INJECT current political/military actions into your most-always-valuable comments about LOVEBITES.

[@fastskipper777]

Do not add your politics to this. If you did some research, you would have known the reason why Russia is doing what is doing. Don't go there.

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

Guys, we did a video on the situation in Ukraine, if you want to discuss this, please take it there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJzQaIp8Zpl8qMk And thanks for all the history, that's actually beautiful to know the meaning behind linking the Chopin Intro to the song. Also shows how much soul and culture these ladies possess. /Andrei

[@emilkostov6271]

Miyako is a Geneus from diferent Universe

[@avanhinuar]

JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA YES IS CLASICAL MUSIC

[@gatograto]

I think you know the story as the background of Revolutionary Etude. Then the etude and Swan Song are one set as a suite sharing the same theme which is death of heroes, dedication and sacrifice, honor and glory. People fight against Russian Empire, this song perfectly fits to the situation in Ukraine right now.

[@fiona2240]

I'm not a big fan of the band but I can admit that this ladies are very talented musicians.

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

That's how it hit me at first but I'm getting more into it with each song... comfort zone breaks. /Andrei

[@aaohknsn]

Classical piano in a metal song? That's a new for me. Subarashii!

[@DavidGatson]

This band has no peer. You think you figured them out, then they'll hit you in the face with a brick.🤣🤣🤣

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

GoT bRiCkEd. /Andrei

[@jieragasa619]

galneryus - angel of salvation babymetal - rondo of nightmares

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

Galneryus is already filmed but still a while til' it hits the tube / George

[@metalcrusader6662]

Could you please react to HammerFall - No Mercy or State of the W.I.L.D

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

Wrote these down. /Andrei

[@mr.neorizal8908]

U guys need to checkout Winds of transyvlania..it has bethoven intro n music line ..

[@thewindmillfullovcorpses]

WE WILL! / George

[@Jmaveryk]

up the wolves

[@thesaturdaymorningcowboy4198]

Lovebites = Something for Everyone

[@thedocofrock1890]

will the real LOVEBITES please stand up ? they just did ! although miyako did sit down