Wagakki Band - 宛名のない手紙 (Atena no nai tegami) Reaction | Tokyo Singing | A Drummer Reacts!!

[@missandei8371]

I love this song. Ballads such as "Atena no nai tegami," "Sasame Yuki ," and "sabaku no komoriuta" are the quintessence of Wagakki Band.

[@TheCyberMantis]

Yeah, this is perfection. I have so many favorite WGB songs... and this is certainly one of them.

[@GlassMoonGaming]

Awesome! Thanks!

[@CaffeineNightOwl]

wagakki band is always so incredible. they are all top masters of their art. and yet everybody can leave his ego behind to create something wonderful, that is greater than the sum of them all. and yuko is up there with floor for me.

[@GlassMoonGaming]

They are incredible in all aspects for sure!

[@GlassMoonGaming]

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[@Yume-Hanabi]

This song is so hauntingly beautiful, it's one of my favorites of theirs.

[@GlassMoonGaming]

It's great!

[@user-jyanome-daisuki]

Tokyo singingのライブ曲で「宛名のない手紙」、「 Eclipse」、「月下美人」が僕のお勧めですが、この曲の紹介してる貴男にもこれらを聴いて欲しいね。Eclipse以外の２曲は、ゆう子嬢の作詞作曲でゆう子バラードと言われてる曲種です。

[@otobokegaijin6218]

Literally the song title means "Letter With No Addressee". This was filmed at Tokyo Garden Theater (where Band-Maid played recently) in Oct. 2020. That was a mini-tour as I recall, Tokyo and Nagoya and Osaka-very common mini-tour for Japanese bands. . . . Song written by vocalist Yuko Suzuhana. She said that it reflects the desperation and depression of people who live in the big city. . . . This band is schooled. Yuko, for instance, is an awarded master ("shihan" 師範) in "shigin" (詩吟), which is the art of performing classical Chinese and Japanese poetry with a melodic recitation. She's also trained in a type of dance with either a fan or a sword that often accompanies shigin. She further has a degree in piano performance from the Tokyo College of Music.

[@GlassMoonGaming]

Wow! Very talented indeed! Thanks!

[@TheCyberMantis]

I always appreciate your posts. You help fill in the blanks for me. I always want to know more about my favorite musicians. As you already know, Yuko is my favorite.

[@PaleHorseShabuShabu]

Such fantastic atmosphere! There's a lot of Japanese singers I like, but Yuko is my favorite. She has the best combination of control, consistency, range, power, and emotion. It doesn't hurt that she's a fantastic performer, songwriter, and pianist and always looks great on stage.

[@GlassMoonGaming]

She really is amazing! Love this band!

[@TheCyberMantis]

I want to see Yuko and Asami do something together. That would be a dream come true for me. Lovebites needs to try and get Yuko and Beni to perform on one of their songs. They wouldn't be able to perform that song live, but I would love to have it on an album. Maybe a ballad in the style of "Frozen Serenade".

[@PaleHorseShabuShabu]

@@TheCyberMantis I would like to see that as well. Yuko and Fuki would be an interesting contrast.

[@mbenocas1390]

@@TheCyberMantis And Jill on the violin.

[@spaolozzi53]

Other vocalists belt, but Yuko soars. Machiya remains the most underrated guitarist out there possibly because of his restraint. The synergy between them in this and many other songs where one will rise up to meet the other is one of the things that keeps me believing that we are capable of greatness.

[@GlassMoonGaming]

Great description of her vocals! Thanks!

[@gatograto]

Great reaction as always. How many bands can perform such a perfect live performance not mention of Lovebites. Wagakki Band is special.

[@GlassMoonGaming]

They are definitely special!

[@TheCyberMantis]

Wagakki Band and Lovebites... my two favorite bands. Lovebites for metal, WGB for everything else!

[@gatograto]

@@TheCyberMantis Damn right, buddy!!

[@finnishview2933]

This is one of my favorite songs from wagakki band. Absolutely beautiful, take breath away.

[@GlassMoonGaming]

It's amazing! Thanks!

[@mm57904]

I'm Japanese, so I can understand what they say, but I can't immediately understand the deep meaning that this lyrics is trying to convey because it requires interpretation. The same goes for other Japanese people. As a recent fan, I read many of their interviews and learned that Yuko wrote about ``Letter with No Address'' with the image of people living in Tokyo's Kabuki Town (a chaotic red light district). I was shocked. And for the first time, I feel like I was able to understand the deep meaning of the lyric. Both people and countries have a dark and sad side that is different from the beautiful side they try to show to the outside world. Even so, the people who gather there, despite their various circumstances, live desperately with a fate they cannot resist. Once again, I was able to learn about Yuko's insight into society and the depth of her lyric writing ability.

[@HO-mi1xm]

Thank you. Your reaction was so good. I is hard to say that this song is everyone's favorite. But I am addicted to this song beautifully arranged by machiya.

[@GlassMoonGaming]

It's a great song! Thanks!

[@johnbenson2919]

They are a class act. This is a great favourite of mine, particularly the atmosphere the traditional instruments bring to the song, quite haunting in a way. As for who came up with the concept for the band, you need look no further than their singer Yuko, she wanted to make the Japanese instruments interesting to a wider audience. Fun fact. From 2020, during the pandemic and since, the Japanese government allowed live performances so long as social distancing was observed, masks were worn and there were no vocal applause from the audience.

[@GlassMoonGaming]

Thanks for the info! I still say it would be near impossible for me not to have some sort of vocal applause for the stuff I react to on here. LOL

[@DrAcula-os1nz]

Atena no nai tegami = Letter with No Name From the Tokyo Singing album written by Yuko Suzuhana

[@GlassMoonGaming]

Thanks so much!

[@leonmichaels2773]

Asa is one of the best Bass players I have heard in ages.

[@GlassMoonGaming]

He's great!

[@leonmichaels2773]

@@GlassMoonGaming (Clears throat) Ahhh --- Asa is male, not female. ;)

[@GlassMoonGaming]

@@leonmichaels2773 lol fixed!

[@zilch634]

It's a song that shows the characteristics of the Japanese style of arrangement: complex chord progressions and flowing connections, sung in a restrained tone and characteristic Japanese singing style.

[@GlassMoonGaming]

It's amazing!

[@pugnaciousdeliciososa2191]

Other commenters had already covered the band's concept musically. Visually, the band was influenced by Visual Kei early on and evolved from there, in the Sept 6 Inteview at Anime Corner: " Wagakki Band - Creating New Japanese Culture Through Music", Yuko mentioned when she recruited Kurona, Daisuke and Kiyoshi, those 3 were working with various bands in the Visual Kei and rock scene. She also found a fan of one their bands who was a sewing hobbyist and that fangirl still makes the Wagakkiband costumes. In the interview Yuko also mentioned that their old label, the head of it was a big Visual Kei guy and he pushed them one way while Yuko, who's a J-pop kinda gal, tried to steer another way before they reached a compromise.

[@GlassMoonGaming]

Awesome! Thanks for that info!

[@KpopBopping]

this band is so cool and unique

[@GlassMoonGaming]

Definitely! Thanks!

[@ShinyVal]

During the pandemic they had a rule that the audience couldn't sing/yell/vocalize in order to help prevent spreading the virus. I'm sure they would have reacted louder under normal conditions

[@GlassMoonGaming]

Such a weird rule too given what we know now. LOL

[@kaieasthammer8243]

Letter without an address 🙂

[@GlassMoonGaming]

Thanks!

[@gerardorohlfs5260]

React to SYNCHRONITY !!