BAND-MAID - Different
Added 2024-08-11 15:00:11 +0000 UTCThis one made my brain go burrrrrr...!
I tried so hard to cover as much as I possibly could, but I feel like I still missed so much. Honestly this song needs to be broken down by layers. I need everything in layers like a cake. Lol.
Anyway, I tried my best. I feel like I may have to come back to this one again sometime soon with a more detailed outlook on it!
P.S. The acoustic version...HOW CAN IT BE THAT PRETTY?!?!
Comments
You mentioned 2/4 time. I'm not sure if that's what Akane means by a "two beat" song or not but thought you might find these interview snippets interesting. Akane: "When I listened to the demo of Different, the first thing I thought was “Here came a song entirely with two beats.” It was the first song that’s two-beat from start to finish, while songs up until then often become two-beat only in important parts. Moreover, its tempo is fast, and the hi-hat hits throughout. In that sense, my basic training was very effective. I was focusing on finger training around the time when I recorded it, so my practice of getting used to the tempo by moving the sticks with my fingers took the best effect ever. Also, I wanted to bring out the melody above all, so I consciously tried not to fill it with too many sounds. Fast two-beat tends to sound noisy, so I intentionally made a simple section to emphasize the change, and I kicked only once every two bars. I thought quite a lot how to make it simple while keeping the speedy feel." You also mentioned chord progressions and some other things Kanami seems to have touched upon: Kanami: "I’ve incorporated my favorite chord progression. I’ve always quite liked progressions with diminished chords, and I also wrote many songs with tension chords like this when I was a singer-songwriter. I thought it would be a good time for us Band-Maid to use such a chord progression with a lonely feel. So, the song is more elaborate in terms of chords than before. Another characteristic might be that the guitar solo is not like “Listen to this solo!” I just play a short one behind vocals. That’s because my image of the anime Log Horizon is something like a picture book. It looked a little dark picture book for me, so I focused on the storyline rather than the rock feel and decided not to put in a solo that sounds a typical guitar solo." Kanami: "Around the time when I wrote it, I got stuck on riff making. I talked about it with someone, and I got advice to make riffs with open strings. So I tried to make such riffs, which was the starting point of Different. I added a little bit of quarter-note triplets to make the riff sound faster. When I wrote Different like that, I realized again how important riffs are, so during the stay-at-home period, I was a complete “riff-making machine” (laughs)."
Drive Time
2025-01-31 00:24:52 +0000 UTCMISA MISA MISA!!!!! Sai-chan Mincho Sai-chan Mincho Sai-chan Mincho!
David Cook
2024-11-21 07:52:05 +0000 UTCIt's interesting that you brought up Bach, because I have thought that it seemed like Kanami was channeling Bach when she wrote that crazy guitar riff. It kind of reminds me of part of "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor."
Rick
2024-10-10 00:48:37 +0000 UTCKanami and MISA both have perfect pitch.
Rebecca Haigh
2024-09-10 01:29:38 +0000 UTCYou definitely have not lost your mind, you just realise genius and greatness 🔥🔥🔥
Minchorules2809
2024-08-16 10:51:44 +0000 UTCI really love this song. It is one of their best energetic songs. BUT, if you want to hear just a good, old fashioned hard rock song, listen to Flying High off of the Conqueror CD. You will hear the best rhythm section performing today at their best, amazing guitar work, fantastic vocals and harmonies, and, as a bonus, Miku belting out an awesome cat scream. They have so many great songs in their discography, but for me, this one is outstanding. Nothing extremely complicated, but the musicianship is to die for.
Bill Whitaker
2024-08-14 02:32:41 +0000 UTCYour immediate reaction to the chaos gave me a flashback to your Black Hole reaction...🤣🤍✌️
picti_pixie
2024-08-12 00:38:28 +0000 UTCKanami knows. She just didn't again in March.😁
Bandmaidfanatl
2024-08-12 00:06:54 +0000 UTCThis was the song when I realized how much of a genius Kanami is as a composer. The first time I heard this song I thought it was just pure chaos and didn't really like it. A year later it's one of my absolute favorite Band-Maid songs. One thing I love is just listening and watching Kanami go absolutely nuts during pretty much *the entire song*. For a song with no actual guitar solo you get a lot of Kanami in this song. I also have been extremely lucky and have seen this both original and acoustic live even though I've only been to 3 B-M concerts.
Xenos
2024-08-11 23:41:29 +0000 UTCEvery time I listen to the MV, I'm always out of breath by the end, and I'm sitting on the couch. It's just so frenetically perfect.
Richard N
2024-08-11 22:09:09 +0000 UTCCheck acoustic version with commentary. It something like : "Here comes the moment when you say shut up" Kanami: "Wait, did I?" :)
frantaf
2024-08-11 19:32:25 +0000 UTC
