BAND-MAID - 本懐 (Honkai)
Added 2025-01-05 16:00:09 +0000 UTCmisa, Misa, MISA!
...and Akane...
...and Miku, Kanami and Saiki, of course...
But this one really is all bout Misa and Akane for me. Lol.
Comments
Those half-times they have are fascinating, because often they simultaneously feel faster than the normal pace. I'm not sure how they manage to create this feeling... but it's awesome. :)
Mike Holmes
2025-01-06 20:10:53 +0000 UTCI discovered recently that CONQUEROR on Spotify seems to be an improved remix. I'm not sure about it, but it sounds better there then it was on the CD. I checked the waveforms in Audition, and there is the same clipping. I don't know what's happening, but when I played it from Spotify recently, I suddenly was surprised how good it sounds. Before it was like through a mattress, and now I can hear MISA's punchy bass, and Akane's cymbals actually ring, and don't sound like radio static.
Vladimir Chupin
2025-01-06 19:47:02 +0000 UTCI remember when they had a Listen-Together Party on Twitter, I wrote the same to Miku. "No, Miku, I will never forget you!" 🕊️😍
Vladimir Chupin
2025-01-06 19:17:46 +0000 UTCI did already 😊 https://1drv.ms/v/s!AlMGoXSGX5qdrIIqVWMl3laWvOwXBQ?e=7wmjcX
Vladimir Chupin
2025-01-06 19:16:35 +0000 UTCOh! I hope the Maids hear you. I would love to see them announcing they have decided to play funk jazz from April 1st and releasing an album as a FUNK-MAID band...
Vladimir Chupin
2025-01-06 19:15:32 +0000 UTCAlso, I think it's "ambition" in the sense Japanese people use it, for example, for the New Year wishes—they call them "ambitions." Like, Akane's ambition for 2020, if I remember correctly, was "to go to bed before 1am" 😊
Vladimir Chupin
2025-01-06 19:10:16 +0000 UTCThanks for reminding me about it! In this one you can see Miku coming and pretending she shouts "You will forget about me someday." There is another version, [Self-cover] AKANE "本懐" (Pull Angle ver) 2021.12.09 https://bandmaidprime.tokyo/movies/65619 where she Akane looks up and straight and makes a little dance at this moment. That one is hilarious.
Vladimir Chupin
2025-01-06 19:08:24 +0000 UTCNot the pedal, as far as I can see. MISA is standing on the platform all this time, away from her pedalboard. I think it's just an effect. But sounds similar to wah-wah pedal, yes.
Vladimir Chupin
2025-01-06 18:50:41 +0000 UTCExactly! I was afraid no one else would notice that.
Juan San
2025-01-06 09:11:45 +0000 UTCThe 1st spin-off was really good, both live at the venue and the stream they did. Probably the best mix I've heard on a recorded concert by them.
Xenos
2025-01-05 22:21:20 +0000 UTCLoved your reaction and analysis, one of the surprises on Unseen World. I just noticed something that was bouncing around in my head every since I first heart "Forbidden Tales" and it finally clicked - if you listen to the ending of Honkai starting at 2:40 and FT at 3:52, they both have this epic feeling and soaring harmonies that are very similar in feel. Anyway, thanks for the extended reaction. And we will never forget about the pigeon and her merry band of minstrels.
Glen Kelley
2025-01-05 22:21:19 +0000 UTCThat's a wah wah pedal
Jonas
2025-01-05 20:23:40 +0000 UTCFunky Honkai! NittPicc, you nailed with Funkadelic Maids. I would pay boucoup for that album. From the beginning I have called MISA the "Japanese Soul Sister".
Bill Hallisey
2025-01-05 20:20:30 +0000 UTCThis song on its own is fantastic. Add the “Thunder Buddies” and with MISA getting funky - wow! Band-Maid, I guess, has to remind us that they are not bound by genres - they ARE the GENRE ‘BAND-MAID’. Let me also agree with Juan San that MISA and Akane share the podium with the best rhythm sections in rock history.
Rebecca Haigh
2025-01-05 20:06:44 +0000 UTCGreat reaction! Love this song - always have. So many cool things. The live intro is killer, as they always are! I really enjoy watching the Akane GoPro self cover of this song on Band-Maid Prime (makes me laugh every time) https://bandmaidprime.tokyo/movies/64880
Glenner7
2025-01-05 18:47:40 +0000 UTCWas this the free stream they offered to their fan club members because they had so many no shows due to the typhoon? That was very cool of them to do that.
Charles Coleman
2025-01-05 18:23:18 +0000 UTCJust 2 more things. Misa definitely loves her some Funk! And has anyone ever seen someone have so much fun playing an instrument as Akane on the drums?
Charles Coleman
2025-01-05 18:21:30 +0000 UTCYes. I can't remember the names, but you are right.
Charles Coleman
2025-01-05 18:20:18 +0000 UTC"Honkai" translates as "ambition" BTW, IDK WTF Google translate is talking about. 🤣
Lord Vorador
2025-01-05 18:18:18 +0000 UTCThe spin off live okyu-ji was only available when it was streamed, & has not been released on Blu-ray or BAND-MAID PRIME. TECHNICALLY it isn't content behind a paywall anymore, so you didn't break your rule... your off the hook on a legal "grey area" loophole. 😜
Lord Vorador
2025-01-05 18:13:29 +0000 UTCThis is one of my favorite BAND-MAID songs, I've absolutely loved it from the first time I heard it! ...BTW, MISA's "nasal" tone during the spin off intro is produced by an effect pedal she has on her pedal board called an envelope filter. It basically functions as an automatic wah-wah pedal for bass.
Lord Vorador
2025-01-05 18:01:44 +0000 UTCMaybe this year's April Fools day we will see a new band called Band-Funky-Maids that play funk covers of Band-Maid songs...
Eno L
2025-01-05 18:00:12 +0000 UTCSomeone needs to clip NittPicc doing the drums with her voice! LOL! She has so much fun doing these reactions!
Charles Coleman
2025-01-05 17:43:28 +0000 UTCEvery time Miku says "you will forget about me someday" I always answer back, no chance, Miku, there is NO chance we'll ever forget you Po!
Charles Coleman
2025-01-05 17:32:06 +0000 UTCThis is one of those songs that requires no "warming up to" period. I loved this one right out of the box! This whole album cranks it to 11 from start to finish, which is a departure from the previous album Conqueror, which was a bit more subtle. It took me a while to warm up to Conqueror (except for "Flying High") as it was a bit more laid back than previous albums, at least be Band Maid standards. I have since not only warmed up to it, but I really love and appreciate it now. But Unseen World was Band Maid reasserting themselves with authority and this is definitely in my top 5 on a killer album!
Charles Coleman
2025-01-05 17:30:52 +0000 UTCProbably my favorite UW song, that four-part bridge is a gem and Saiki's last verse over Miku's angelic choir... thrilling! The girls don't spare a single detail in the songs (bells, clocks, horns or violins...) but for me certain arrangements can only be heard in these instrumentals, it's impossible to discern them with all the vocal layers on top. In my humble opinion MISA and Akane share the podium with the best rhythm sections in the history of rock Geddy Lee - Neil Peart, John Paul Jones - John Bonham, John Entwistle - Keith Moon... MISA played in a couple of bands before... but to find out more I'll let you watch Ohrenje's documentary... BTW: as far as I'm concerned you can break the rules as often as you want, this is an environment among friends
Juan San
2025-01-05 17:22:40 +0000 UTCGreat reaction! That live video was awesome! Check out MISA's Instagram. She plays her bass on there. ❤️😊
Onyx The Dane
2025-01-05 17:15:03 +0000 UTCMisa + Akane = Thunder Buddies. I sent the live version to my best friend, I was all Misa, Misa, Misa, his response was that drummer! Akane's smile while jamming with Misa is awesome. I am glad you decided to "break your own rule", the intro was worth that. On a side note, I hope you do the documentary of the 10th anniversary show.
David Cousins
2025-01-05 17:10:31 +0000 UTCThe two are best rhythm section ever but they play as leads so much the term doesn't do them justice.
Msquare
2025-01-05 16:56:23 +0000 UTCMisa may have stank face but Akane always smiled 😃
Msquare
2025-01-05 16:52:33 +0000 UTCMISA was in a couple of bands before Band-Maid. I think she was in a Smashing Pumpkins cover band.
Bandmaidfanatl
2025-01-05 16:43:04 +0000 UTC
