BabyMetal | ☆Edited for Copyright☆ Legend 1997 Apocalypse (Live) Part II | Kawaii Metal

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1. This video took almost 10 hours to upload/process and was fully blocked by copyright. I had to use the trim feature to salvage it. About 26 mins was cut out. I will attempt to repost the full version. Sorry guys, this is not my editing choices this is youtube.

2. Nice! The "Legend 1997" concert was definitely one of the best early shows from Babymetal. And yes, Yui and Moa were still 14 here. You can see how much all 3 of them were sweatin' 🤣. Babymetal definitely works hard and goes all in for the show and their fans. Also, sorry to see that you had to cut so much! Was it the video or the audio? If video, just adding watermarks during editing should work. Don't worry we are all used to it.

   Babymetal's audience: Keep in mind, by Legend 1997 (Dec 2013), Babymetal had just gotten big in Japan, and was not yet known in the West. Also, they started as a sub-unit of an Idol group as well. You should see the crowd worldwide recently – There are a lot of girls cosplaying Babymetal's outfits. Parents bring their young kids, grandparents, your typical neckbeard metalheads, and everyone else in between! 🤣

   Su's vocals: You mentioned Su's voice sounds "sweeter" here. Well, that's probably because she just turned 16. The original Gimme Chocolate you saw was years later when she was in her early 20s. Her voice has definitely matured over the years, but I think she sounds even better now.

   Kimi To Anime Ga Mitai: This was a cover of Kiba of Akiba's song. They, in turn, covered Babymetal's Doki Doki Morning in a very early collaboration project.

   Kitsune: The word means fox (Kit-soon-eh). Megitsune = female fox (Meg-it-soon-eh). When Kobametal (Producer) introduced the girls to Heavy Metal early on, they, being kids, mistook the devil-horn hand gesture for the fox shadowplay hand sign. Koba just rolled with it and created a lore (Fox God, etc.) around it. Babymetal continued to use the "kitsune" hand sign as their signature hand gesture. Another way of saying, we are metal, but we are different.

   Ijime, Dame, Zettai: You pronounced it correctly. It means: Bullying, No, Never (Zettai = Absolutely, in this context, "never", or something along those lines).

   Onedari Daisakusen: When you hear the tracked vocals "FLYYYYY!" – That was a voice sample of Limp Bizkit 😂. Most adorable song about spoiled rotten brats tricking dad into spending money and buying them all the shiny things! 🤣

   Akatsuki (Unfinished): This was the ballad version of a very metal song. Somewhat of a sad love song. Here, after Babymetal fought the "Metal Resistance", ending with Headbanger, Su is "slowly dying", which leads to the closer.

   Closing song: Title is actually "BABYMETAL DEATH". It's Babymetal's typical intro song, used as a closer here. "Desu" (silent U) = "I am / We are". Babymetal Desu = We are Babymetal, etc. Say it with a lisp, and you get "death", because, this is heavy metal 🤣. Idol Suzuka dies, and the Metal Goddess Su-metal is reborn. This is how you do a sweet 16th birthday show.

   🤘🦊

3. Great reaction, and thx for Part II! Oh, and finally welcome to the Foxhole! 😁 Now you know why we always recommend live versions, and even more so, if those versions are with our unsung heroes, the Kami Band. These guys, the Easterners as well as the Westerners, are always fire!

   As you mentioned the drummer of the Kami Band of the East quite often: his name is Hideki Aoyama, and he is sometimes called "the human metronome" because of his high accuracy, and his tendency to play the drums like it is nothing special… for "Gimme Chocolate!!" he is even singing the "Parappappappaa" part together with the backtrack 🤣 Like Anthony Barone, the drummer of the Kami Band of the West, the man is a beast. If you ever react to (or simply watch in private) the Tokyo Dome (viciously blocked sometimes!) version of "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" including the entire "Goodbye" to the crowd, you´ll see yourself, why.

   Regarding "BABYMETAL DEATH": this performance was the most Metal performance without any real pig´s blood and other gore stuff, that I´ve ever seen in my entire life! Absolute madness, but so, so good! 😄

4. Good effort. It is a shame you've had to cut so much, but we understand the difficulties, especially trying to get a complete concert posted. As GAnimal83 said, if it is the visuals that were blocked adding a watermark may work.

   At the end of the concert they made a couple of big announcements and the crowd went wild – they announced the release of the first album would happen in February 2014 and then two huge shows at the Budokan in March. The Budokan is the most prestigious venue for concerts in Japan and BABYMETAL became the youngest average age female band ever to headline there (Su 16, Yui and Moa still only 14).
   That was also when the Kami Band became their full time support for all live shows.

   Yes this was the Gimme Chocolate debut. They used this for the official video but with the studio audio. The live vocals in this were better.

   Kimi To Anime Ga Mittai is a cover of (or response to) death-pop band Kiba of Akiba's song. It is the cover they played live more than any other. Later versions with the Kami Band's live instrumentals are so much better. KoA covered Doki Doki Morning and they were released on a joint EP.

   Megitsune is a big fan favourite. It is a female empowerment song and talks of deceptive Kitsune (foxes are said to be able to shape shift to look like attractive women in order to deceive gullible men) but that women are not kitsune, they are pure hearted Megitsune (female foxes) who over the centuries have had to stay strong, hiding their tears and doing what they can to please everybody.
   There is also a line Su speaks as she does a high kick saying "Maidens should not be underestimated".

   IDZ (your pronunciation was good) is their anti-bullying message. Great song and they use it now for encores at big shows.

   Then we got the intro for the Kami Band and Onedari Daisakusen. This is Black BABYMETAL's take on Nu-Metal. When they saw Limp BizKit playing 'My Generation' Moa thought it sounded familiar and was a tribute to this song – then she laughed as she realised it was the other way round.

   Catch Me If You Can is a song about playing hide and seek or tag with an Oni (a sort of Japanese ogre they use at festivals to frighten children into behaving). The Budokan performance had an instrumental intro by the Kami Band – in this one we got the girls just hyping the crowd for 2 minutes, great fun.

   Yes this is the original 'Headbanger', another big fan favourite. There are several special performances as Yui, Moa and Momo took over lead vocals to celebrate special (15th and 20th) birthdays.

   This is the only live performance of the unfinished (acoustic) version of Akatsuki. It is a power metal song normally – still a Su-metal solo.

   BABYMETAL Death – GAnimal83 has explained the pun. They have started using it as their intro and opening song again now they are a trio again. The statue crumbling was an homage to Metallica's Lady Justice statue crumbling at the end of their 1989 Justice For All tour concerts.
   Su received the sacred neck brace and sacrificed her life as JPop Idol Suzuka Nakamoto to be reborn as Metal Goddess Su-metal, chosen by the Fox God to lead the Metal Resistance. This was the culmination of the storyline that ran throughout this show.
   They only crucify Su-metal on special occasions.

5. I forgot to say regarding your comment on whether BABYMETAL are bringing a new (female) audience to metal or introducing metalheads to JPop – they do act as a gateway band and the gateway opens in both directions. You will not see such a mix of people of all ages from all sorts of backgrounds at any other concerts.🦊

6. Although it is a personal observation, I think many of BABYMETAL's best songs are when Yui and Moa are playing the Greek chorus to Su-metal.

   Regarding "Megitsune": it's not too surprising you had to cut that one; it among their greatest hits so I guess Amuse, Inc. is a bit sensitive about it. However, If I may suggest you also take a look at the music video for that song ( https://youtu.be/cK3NMZAUKGw?si=dyl_vba-VTAQ_dZi ) – it is truly a work of art! (By the way, that is some nice ink you have! And it is a very interesting coincidence!)

   "Ijime, Dame, Zettai" is another big hit for BABYMETAL. It, too, has a music video, but it isn't among BABYMETAL's best.

   "Onedari Daisakusen" is one of my favorites from Black BABYMETAL (and all of BABYMETAL, for that matter) and, IMO, this is far and away the best version you can find. Black BABYMETAL has a total of fours songs, the other three being:

   "Song 4" ( https://youtu.be/5AFlvpNciyc?si=xAa0BjSToXnoIeB9 ) [Yui and Moa have official credit for the lyrics of this song]
   "GJ!" ( https://youtu.be/qLYBUVjlhFo?si=kUbEipCFeAWDCeXL ) [unfortunately, this video and the next are both compilation videos which I truly despise but the best versions have been taken down]
   "Sis. Anger" ( https://youtu.be/BZLZcoWZKN0?si=pHygFyCy89B1oixf )

   Although this is an excellent version of "Catch Me If You Can" (CMIYC), one that I think is slightly better – because it includes a Kami Band intro – is from the "Budokan Black Night (2014)" concert:
   https://youtu.be/ZPYimKmxW0g?si=57Mx319h6cIM13Zn

   What better way to celebrate your sixteenth birthday than to be crucified by your friends and colleagues while 8,000 kitsunes are screaming "DEATH! DEATH! DEATH! DEATH!"? 🦊☠🦊☠

   This concert was a bit over 82 minutes long.

   Allow me to congratulate you at reacting to an entire BABYMETAL concert a try!!! Despite the copyright issues, I think you did well under the circumstances. Although it might be tempting fate, perhaps you might give the "Budokan Black Night (2014)" a try? ( https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdBAj9hZ91wBwsBfjsKH9zWxA5YOOUkSI) It has four "new" songs in addition to many from this concert, but it's a different venue and the Kami Band for the entire concert.

   Once again, excellent job!!!

   Keep rockin’ BABYMETAL!!!

   KITSUNE UP!!! 🤘🦊🤘

7. I always felt that Legend 1997 was an important step for BabyMetal to step onto the world stage. Not only the viral song Gimme Chocolate, but also the crazy closing show BabyMetal Death, the beautiful and emotional solo of lead singer Akatsuki, the girls' energetic singing and dancing, the interesting BabyMetal lore and storyline, and the amazing talent of KAMI BAND. We can see that BabyMetal already has the ability to stand on the world stage at that time. All they need to wait for is time and opportunity. And those all came the following year. Thanks for your great reaction.