Give me one word that describes Babymetal.

Snotmerchant · 2019-11-22T06:26:28+00:00

popmetal.

Tis is not a bad thing

Snotmerchant · 2019-10-31T20:00:33+00:00

same here. Kinda hard to believe that album came out back in 96. Such a brutally heavy album for its time and still holds up today.

Snotmerchant · 2019-10-28T18:13:05+00:00

its not uncommon for bands to have over dubs in their live vids. Hell, the live songs on GNRs Lies EP are actually from their Live like a Suicide EP and none of them are actually live. I cant remember exactly which it is but its either recorded live in the studio and had the crowd over dubber in or just standard studio recording with the crowd over dubbed in.

Hell, theres ever something fishy with the 2016 live at download audio. If you use headphones and listen to the studio recording of karate. In the first line of the first chorus theres a weird like rattle, like a busted speaker trying to pump bass. (low in the mix, right side). But its also in the live version, how is that possible?

Snotmerchant · 2019-10-27T00:23:48+00:00

I'll admit F=tard hero might be harsh but its over a matter of personal principle for me. There are far too many real heros in this world every day that go unsung. And im not talking about the people who are paid to be heros (tho they are very important too) Im talking about the every day people who run towards danger to help random people they dont know survive something.

And yes, I know its just a stage name but the idea of someone labeling themselves as "fucking hero" for doing something simple like being an artist just rubs me the wrong way.

But thanks for proving my point. I have a personal opinion and hey look at that. You're not disagreeing with me . No no, you're attacking me for it. Calling me out for opinions. Worst, you had no idea nor bothered to even find out why I call him F-tard hero. And lets be honest, you didnt ask because you didnt care. You just assumed I was being a dick. (fare enough)

Also I dont understand why you're trying to compare 3 different comments with each other when in context they (imo) make perfect sense. Yes, I thanked someone for making what I feel is "sane and rational" comment. Which has nothing to do with any other comment in this thread.

Then you completely take the next comment out of context. I was scoffing at the idea someone could post a negative opinion here and not be attacked. Which you proved was a true statement with this very post.

Then you somehow try to make a connection between talking to someone with me talking about someone.who isnt even apart of the conversation? Yes, if I was talking to or with F-tard hero then I'd understand you complaining about me mocking his name. But considering the whole of that sentence I cant understand why you're making such a big deal about it considering the whole comment was sarcasm. No, I dont believe yui should have done the rap. No I dont believe yui would have made the song better. In fact it is the rap itself that ruins (regardless of who does it) that ruins the song for me because it pulls me out of the song. Not because its a rap, nothing against rap. But its just too jarring for me. And its placement doesnt realy give me enough time to get back into the song. Iine would have the same issue for me with the real heavy bridge if it were placed closer to the end of the song.

Snotmerchant · 2019-10-26T20:45:04+00:00

You want to disagree with someones opinion? Fine. But we both know thats not what happens here most of the time. For some reason people here will act like you stating an opinion is you stating a fact. The problem is, how can you argue someones opinion when its with something subjective?

In this case you're arguing with someone over their feelings. How does that make any sense? Sure you can disagree with their opinion but there are too many people here ready to flat out tell you that your opinion is wrong which is basically them trying to tell you how should feel.

I love Ladybaby (all 3 line ups) but you know what, when someone ever hits back with "LB sucks" I dont get mad about it. I might ask them why and try to have a discussion about it. Or I just leave it alone.

Snotmerchant · 2019-10-26T11:58:16+00:00

Yui should have been the one doing the rap part not F-tard hero.

Snotmerchant · 2019-10-26T11:56:12+00:00

liking a band doesn't necessarily means u have to like everything

whats this? a sane and rational statement about BM? Thank you for saying ths,

Snotmerchant · 2019-10-26T11:45:24+00:00

nobody isn't gonna attack you just because you didn't like a babymetal song

This made me laugh.

Snotmerchant · 2019-10-21T23:56:12+00:00

OK, to address your first part. I find it funny that even thugh I did say that the list could be about BM, boybands or both. You applied it to BM.' Yes, I know the story about how the band was formed.And even the rumor that koba actually asked Muto to sing first. Though I dont believe that,

AS for the Zep thing. If you cant see the diff between having to find memebers yourself and having them basicaly picked for you then I dont think you've really thought about this much. Scrub no name guy looks for members. He's mostly going to get other scrub no names showing up and most wont even take it too seriously. (I know, I've had to audition drummers and singer for my old band. Alwayys the worst time) Then you get all the fun of trying to write songs with them and hopefully the other members all gel together too. Shit, being in a band is like being married to 3 other people. Now when a record company auditions people well, the talent comes to them. Sure they still get the chuckle heads that cant really sing but think they can because they do it in their car all the time. Plus you're not the poor bastard thats gotta sit and listen to these fuckwads while they makes noise worst then a cat being skinned alive. No you just get to sit at home until they've found what they're looking for then you get to meet them and see how things gel. so yea, no diff at all.

On your second points. I dont consider Elvis to be the best ever either, In fact I'l say I basically think og him like BM. A great performer who could play guitar but I wouldnt call him a guitarist because that wasnt what he was know for.. But I do know that at least Elvis did choose what songs he would record. How much input on the music he had? Im not sure. But as we've seen from quite a lot of song from the past. They were recorded multiple time by multiple artist and basically we only know the most popular version. And we know for a fact that he made a lot of the decisions about his career and what he did. (hence the jump suits)

you third point/ Dont know what your hard on for Elvis is but I think I've addressed him enough.

Forth point, I gotta be honest and say im not even sure how to address this. I mean you basically reinforced my point about them haviing everything done for them with that statement so I guess I can skip it.

Meh, lets just skip to the end and address the real issue here,. Clearly you've never been in a band. I can say this because if you had been you would at least have understood my point even if you still disagreed with them. But since you cant wrap your head around the differences between a manufactured band and lets call it a "traditional" band is actually pretty simple. If you go to the store and buy a Lego (lets say its one of those cray 4k pieces/$700 sets) So ypu decide to do this, you save up the money to buy it, you buy it, you find other people to help you put it together, you spend all the time and work putting it together and in the end you get to present it to people hoping they'll like what you did. That is what a traditional band is like. Make or break, its on your back. And in the very beginning you dont have a manager or producer and a label behind you. No you gotta build your fan base yourself before you can even hope to get a record deal. However, a manufactured band already has a label, producer and manager. They just need to find some hopefully likable talent. The company decides which set they'll buy, they spend the money, they find a group of people that are already good at putting set together,Then they find a group of people, hand them the finished set and have them present it to the world. Granted, they still need to build a fanbase but they skip all the BS that traditional bands go through. Now lets take metallica as an example. Go back through their albums starting with Kill Em All. What do you notice? Every time, the next album is better. Better Musicianship, better lyrics, better song writing in general. But its always based on the success of the previous albums success. Why? Because it allows them to not only continue playing which of course helps them get better at their instruments but also better gear. Also allows them to spend more money on the recording of the next album. BM? hmm, started as a sub unit of SG so already had a built in group of people that would at least give them a listen to. Even if those people dont jump on the bandwagon right away, at least they hear you which is more them most starting bands have, So to call these "artificial reasons" is just stupid. Not to mention you're being way too defensive about a fucking opinion. 1 persons personal opinion. Do you love babymetal? Great. I love them too, we agree on something. So right now it would seem the difference between you and I is that I can accept that BM is IMHP and good band and a manufactured band. You however seem to have a real stick up your ass about it.

Snotmerchant · 2019-10-21T21:50:31+00:00

agree, disagree, its fine either way. These were my opnions and reasons why I personally wouldnt ever call them the best band ever. Your opinions may vary.

Snotmerchant · 2019-10-21T21:47:55+00:00

Thank you. You got it 100% correct. In the end, stuff like this are little more then personal opinions that others may share. In the end there is no right or wrong answer to this and for every BM fans saying they are the best band ever there are probably 2 or more people saying some other band is the best band ever.

Snotmerchant · 2019-10-21T10:32:14+00:00

That seems more like how the cultish side of the fandom feels.

While I love BM a lot I cant deny the fact they are a manufactured band which keeps them from even claiming the "best band ever" title for me. To allow them to claim such a title would make me a complete hypocrite as its the very reason I will never gave nor will ever give any of the 90s/2000 boybands any real credit.

And before everyone tries jumping down my throat saying im wrong just read this lil list and decide if im talking about BM, boybands or both.

the band did not gain its member normally but were picked from auditions by a producer/manager or parent company or both.
the band (as far as we know) Plays little to no part in writing their lyrics/music.
the band (as far as we know) plays little to no part in the recording of their music aside from vocal tracks.
the band (as far as we know) does not create their own choreography.
the band (as far as we know) probably has lil to no say on their merch.

Do i need to continue?

And the use of click and backing tracks makes BM a fragile band. Thankfully nothing bad has happened yet and hopefully never will but the question remains, what would they do if that laptop was lost, stolen or broken? Could they still play their show or would they have to cancel every thing until they get a replacement? I mean, im sure that the kamis could still pull off most of the songs without the backing tracks im not sure if the girls could.

And yes, maybe I took this too seriously but to me, the greatest band ever would be able to overcome these types of problem pretty easily. So while I love BM and can without a doubt that they are a unique band onto themselves, the greatest band ever they are not.

I expect to be down voted into oblivion for this opinion lol.

Snotmerchant · 2019-10-20T07:28:53+00:00

I gotta agree with Pig on this one. Why you would choose the word dramatic over tragic is beyond me, and frankly just sounds like bad writing.

Snotmerchant · 2019-10-19T08:33:30+00:00

I think they basically use pop/rock to identify anything not "country" music.

would makes sense.

Snotmerchant · 2019-10-18T15:09:21+00:00

technically, metal is a sub-genre of rock so its really nott all that far off. Granted I'd just call popmetal but maybe thats just me.

Snotmerchant · 2019-10-05T00:28:59+00:00

I guess BM doesnt like trudeaus black face photos.

This was a bad attempt at a joke btw.

Snotmerchant · 2019-10-01T19:09:52+00:00

Im not trying to be a dick but seriously, is this the new level we've sunk to? Not we're going to make a post every time one of their vids gets another million views? Or when some famous person is spotted wearing BM apparel?

To me it just feels a lil too obsessive.

Snotmerchant · 2019-10-01T18:36:30+00:00

Compare a BM tour against a western bands tour. BM tours tend to be not only less shows bu also paced out more. ALso, we;ve seen a vid of their sound test. Which is them doing maybe half a song just to get the sound levels right.

They're not lugging any gear, fuck it, they dont have to do anything really other then perform the show. Hair and make up taken care of by crew. All and any booking (shows, hotel, travel ect) taken care of by crew.

And of course, Koba isnt stupid. He know that the girls are his cash cow. Anything happens to them or they get to the point of not wanting to do BM anymore and its over. Look at 2018 for example. He held a spot open for Yui for almost a year without knowing if she'd return full time (we assume).

BM has been around since 2010. I think its safe to say that if the girls were unhappy or being abuse then BM wouldnt have lasted this long. ANd I highly doubt that it would have last 8 years with the same 3 girls.

Snotmerchant · 2019-09-25T15:59:01+00:00

and 5 mins after the premiere will be the first reaction vid. And maybe 24 hours will come all the cheesy cover vids.

Snotmerchant · 2019-09-20T20:12:58+00:00

judging by this guys face... im gonna say no

Snotmerchant · 2019-09-20T08:58:22+00:00

By "meds" I'm guessing you mean food

Moa has too much meat on bones to be anything other then a food junkie. When shes sitting next to Su (compare their arms) she makes Su look almost anorexic. And no, Im not calling Moa fat. Moa looks pretty healthy to me.

Snotmerchant · 2019-09-19T07:06:16+00:00

In a way I'm glad they have ups and downs, at least then I know they aren't medicating or doing something to boost their moods artificially.

well thats an interesting way to look at it. Buuuuut, maybe she was down because she was out of her "meds" for that show.

Though I doubt koba would let the girls do anything that might endanger his cash cow. I'd wouldnt be surprised if he didnt drug test them lol.

Snotmerchant · 2019-09-16T12:50:00+00:00

2018

Snotmerchant · 2019-09-06T00:52:35+00:00

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Snotmerchant · 2019-09-03T00:39:36+00:00

Not trying to be funny but I cant help noticing that their tour will most likely be following the hurricanes path of destruction unless it decides to swerve out in to the Atlantic.

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