What does SNAKE SABO from SKID ROW think of NEMOPHILA???

[@DragonPhlyy]

Epic!I hope the members of Nemophila especially May get a chance to see this reaction!

[@docmetal8194]

Gotta show him "Youth Gone Wild"!!!!

[@joelroadie]

I hope you saw it! Might be my favorite friend reaction to date! That and watching him melt to Ningen Isu!

[@docmetal8194]

@Party Like a Rockstar Podcast I did watch it & it was awesome! Loved Snake's reaction. Great job, Joel!

[@haileene703]

Thanks for sharing bands like them to the world, and to peeps in the industry. I really really hope NEMOPHILA will truely break out of Japan big time. They deserve it due to the high quality music stuff they put out. I also love the fact that Snake could tell "various influences" without it being a plain rip off of any band. That's why I listen & 💖NEMOPHILA, they are simply them

[@gt1man931]

This track doesn't get reviewed a lot, but it is the one that sold me on the band.

[@rolandkarlsson7072]

This song grows on me - and that is partly due to Snake, his comments were quite acute and I hear more in the song now.

[@DavidKAnderson]

Excellent reaction, with well-informed, insightful commentary! Nemophila have become my favorite band on the planet: versatile, skilled, and insanely charismatic. Going to see them live for the second time in a few days at the San Francisco stop of thein US mini-tour. With the caveat that I'm still very much a work-in-progress as a Japanese language learner, I believe そらい ("sora i") means "sky." EDIT: I think I got that wrong: John Magill looks to have a better translation elsewhere in the thread.

[@rolandkarlsson7072]

I am eagerly waiting for the surprise for Snake :)

[@Popskull-yl9gn]

My favorite nemophila song ! Love it!!!!

[@waterwalker9600]

SORAI is EPIC. NEMOPHILA is really taking off now. Only increasing activities. 🌸✨️🌠

[@hidekikitayama3164]

Sorai (爽籟): The crisp sound of autumn breeze.

[@Dead-Eye]

Thanks for that. 👍

[@michelm.6033]

Beautiful!

[@yakidin63]

Love this rection and you have hit it on the head regarding the Japanese language in metal songs. It is like an instrument that adds to the genre.

[@Dragon-Believer]

I prefer songs in a language I don't understand. It took me a while to realize that.

[@Satsujinki1973]

That applies to pretty much any song in a language you don't understand. If anyone ever asked me how I can listen to songs in other languages, that has always been my go to response

[@don-music]

The singer for Nemophila has such a cool voice... These guys do covers of classic hard rock songs by ACDC and other groups and sound AMAZINg at it, while putting their own incredible chops to work in solos and stuff... and their singer sounds SOOOO GOOOOD at classic rock stuff... coolest sounding new unique voice in rock and metal today.

[@Greg-om2hb]

NEMOPHILA will be performing at SXSW this month, and and they are looking to make industry contacts. Please tell all your music biz friends to look for them there. BTW, to be fair, we were watching video from a live-streamed pandemic concert, but we heard the studio recording from the album.

[@trevalarose8155]

Great reaction, I really am enjoying your insights and connections.

[@lkm55]

Tamu’s pedal work on the drums is from another planet.

[@lencooke944]

I don't have to say anything. You know this stuff is killer. Keep the good stuff coming.

[@Hadesillo]

Awesome Joel!

[@asicdathens]

You should have reacted to "Youth gone wild" from Skid Row . They did a bunch of covers during lockdown

[@asicdathens]

@@nahadoth2087 They were talking about a KISS cover not Skid Row

[@joelroadie]

Wouldn't have missed it! Thanks Efstathios! kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4Gbd6yEn72tpKc

[@MrDportjoe]

Two working moms in that band! New mom singer can get advice from drummer on things 'WHEN CAN I SLEEP AGAIN!

[@michelm.6033]

Nice job Joel. ❤️🌸🇯🇵

[@tackle47]

Snake nailed it melody. Too many western bands have totally abandoned it in metal.

[@saldiven2009]

A lot of western music entirely have moved away from melody and harmony. They focus on beat and then note repetition too much.

[@maxmaidiac2237]

HOW'S IT GOIN MAN? SORAI DUDE!

[@pauljohnson7382]

Spot on about different languages being similar to another instrument...never thought of it that way before...Nice! 👊

[@blackowl83]

Show him lovebites too..i love skid row,i love lovebites..

[@guitardog7414]

So many amazing girl bands out East and I'm digging them. I highly recommend listening to the band Raise A Suilen. More of a rock fusion sound but they have the magic. Really, Really Good Raychell is the vocalist/bassist and she's just epic.🤘✌️

[@DavidKAnderson]

Oh, good call! The live video of "Outsider Rodeo" gets a LOT of repeats from me. And yeah...Raychell is phenomenal.

[@eaglez1901]

Hope you kept going and showed him a couple more...Bandmaid 🤟

[@joelroadie]

Oh, it's coming!!!

[@justinatest9456]

Never heard this band before, but Skid Row's first two records were favourites, and Joel is a gentleman; and feeling a fool after doubting The Warning for so many years, maybe this band can impress me too. Best of luck, I'm pretty tough. But my mind is open. Let's go!

[@justinatest9456]

Thoughts after the first verse/chorus: 1. The song sounds amazing and huge, immediately. 2. Vocals? Eh, I'll accept it. 3. I bet that drummer has never knocked a cymbal over in her life, or even broken a stick. 4. Eh, this is just pop vocals on top of metal music. 5. The guitars and bass are absolutely killer. Please note that I really do come in peace, this is just my honest opinion, and music is subjective.

[@justinatest9456]

After second verse/solos/outro: 1. Vocals are definitely cooler and grittier this time around 2. The pop style hooks and chorus over all are definitely catchy 3. Those guitarists are killing it in the riff department, and are not bad in the solo/melody parts 4. That drummer :/ Over all - not bad, the guitarists are absolute killers in all regards, and the singer could maybe work for me, but that whole jpop/kpop thing is not at all my style. I'd be really curious to know when in their career this was recorded? And if Joel has reacted to any live Nemophila, I'd like to check it out, to see if they can bring it live. Not trying to rain on anyone's parade, or start a flame war between fanbases, this is just one rock fan's honest opinion. Peace.

[@justinatest9456]

After listening to the fella's thoughts - I agree with everything they said. Definitely a killer band over all, and very promising. And what a compliment to KISS that was, and is probably true for many bands. Ace Frehley is one of the best guitar solo writers of all time imo. Every note was so tasty and perfect from him. Truly underrated, despite all the love from so many great guitar players that followed him.

[@tackle47]

Snake talking about use of melody is what you are saying about jpop. So many Western bands have abandoned melody for pure heaviness, it is great to once again hear melody in metal.

[@rolandkarlsson7072]

Sorai means sky, or it might be an emperor that has got his power from the heavens, or it might mean something vast and big.

[@Popskull-yl9gn]

Mite be my favorite j-metal song of all.

[@panterarufo9734]

Épica reacción con la leyenda snake pero con la canción menos agraciada ! Debió ser con OIRÁN o Dissenssion ! Bueno ya está hecho ! Saludos y otra reacción! Gracias! 😎🤘🇦🇷

[@billb.5183]

I've never heard a song where Mayu only sings clean. Only backing track screeching this time. It was nice to hear. I've never really dug her screeching all that much.

[@paulpabloanderson6884]

Actually she only screams in a few. You should check their channel and listen to more.

[@billb.5183]

@@paulpabloanderson6884 I probably should. 😀

[@paulpabloanderson6884]

@@billb.5183 try Style, life, night flight, blooming, fighter, hypnosis, to name a few.

[@billb.5183]

@@paulpabloanderson6884 I've heard Hypnosis. She screeches in that. Not as much as other songs though. I like that track.

[@DavidKAnderson]

While I happen to love her fry screams, it's Mayu's expressive, slightly "smoky" clean voice that really makes her great, imo. She has an incredible knack for conveying the emotion in a song with it. Not gonna lie: I tear up a bit more often than not when I listen to "Life."

[@andrewvidmar3488]

hey man when you do this again and show someone Nemophila for the first time you should show them the cover of Linkin Park Given Up please let me know what you think

[@gordonbell8728]

Empty. No substance. Meaningless. Useless. In Buddhism it means no essence. This is the meaning of Sorai.

[@Oldmarty]

be careful with the age of Japanese and others from the region (Korea, China, etc.) As a Westerner, you can quickly deceive yourself. If I have it right in mind, they are around the mid-20s and older. The drummer is probably 2 times mother.

[@realdocloco]

mid-20s for singer Mayu and bassist Hara-chan, late -20s for Hazuki (gtr), early-30s for Tamu (drums) and Saki (gtr). Tamu (2) and Mayu (1) are mothers. And they kick ass.

[@haileene703]

And to me, that's still very very young to put out so high quality stuff as they do. They sound so much like an already aged fine wine. They are insanely good.

[@realdocloco]

@@haileene703 Of course!

[@johnmagill7714]

Sorai - Empty No Substance. Meaningless, Useless, In Buddhism, something without substance or essence.

[@DavidKAnderson]

Ah, thank you. I'm still a bit of a novice with Japanese (passed N5...barely). I was rendering that as そらい...and translating it as "sky." But I looked up the kanji for "sky" (空) and was thinking I probably got it wrong.

[@johnmagill7714]

@@DavidKAnderson Its so easy to really screw up Japanese..lol. You could be meaning to saying something very complimentary, but end up saying something very insulting. Just by a slightly mispronouncing it.

[@DavidKAnderson]

@@johnmagill7714 So true! It's been difficult with just self-study, for sure. Fortunately if plans hold, I'll be departing for Sapporo in Autumn, going to language school.

[@johnmagill7714]

@@DavidKAnderson I lived in Japan 6 years in my Navy Days. I was able to grasp it ok. thanks to the forced practical use when in town..lol. Japanese is tough. Certain things just don't translate well back and forth. The ever-slightest mispronunciation. Could change good morning to your mom is a whore..lol Slight exaggeration. But not much. One thing I noticed while there. If you're making the effort to speak Japanese, they really tend to open up a lot more.

[@danwhite9644]

I found these girls from watching their covers before they had original songs. You check out a couple bands from Korea. The one band rolling quarts the song azalea, and the second band DI the song not enough