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re: Has anyone on this board ever attended a Babymetal concert?
Posted on 6/23/26 at 9:34 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Posted on 6/23/26 at 9:34 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
Some formulas exist because they’re good. At least they have a live backing band.
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Posted on 6/23/26 at 9:48 pm to Dawglovertoo
Went to Atlanta last summer for Braves games and BabyMetal was playing the venue at the Battery.
The band’s tour buses were there in the afternoon and there was a line of 50 or so fans waiting to see the band, most had their faces painted white like John5 or something. Kinda freaky looking weirdos.
We had never heard of BabyMetal but started checking it out after seeing they were playing. I kinda dig it.
The band’s tour buses were there in the afternoon and there was a line of 50 or so fans waiting to see the band, most had their faces painted white like John5 or something. Kinda freaky looking weirdos.
We had never heard of BabyMetal but started checking it out after seeing they were playing. I kinda dig it.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:45 am to Dawglovertoo
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Are you claiming "session musicians" are not good enough musicians to form a good band?
Of course not. But this isn't a "band" in the traditional sense. It's more of a "show" which is cool if that's your thing.
Again, when you sing and dance in front of a generic band, regardless of their talent, you are no different than k-pop or boy bands. Or perhaps a Vegas show. That's what they do.
And having a great light show and an enthusiastic crowd doesn't change that.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 12:01 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
That's nonsense!.
Great musicians and good singers can make a great band wherever they come from.
Also, even if you have great musicians and good singers in your band you better be able to put on a great performance if you want to succeed as a band and Babymetal does that.
Great musicians and good singers can make a great band wherever they come from.
Also, even if you have great musicians and good singers in your band you better be able to put on a great performance if you want to succeed as a band and Babymetal does that.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 12:07 pm to shutterspeed
That's not true.
I started this thread because I saw some videos of Babymetal concerts and I wanted to hear from someone who has gone to a Babymetal concert what the experience was like.
That's not trolling.
I started this thread because I saw some videos of Babymetal concerts and I wanted to hear from someone who has gone to a Babymetal concert what the experience was like.
That's not trolling.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 12:50 pm to Dawglovertoo
Besides the style of music, how is it different than K-Pop and boy bands?
The Backstreet Boys put on a supposedly great show, have special effects and an enthusiastic crowd, and have quality musicians backing them. They just had a massively successful Sphere run.
The Backstreet Boys put on a supposedly great show, have special effects and an enthusiastic crowd, and have quality musicians backing them. They just had a massively successful Sphere run.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 12:51 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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this isn't a "band" in the traditional sense
By your definition, like 90% of “bands” aren’t bands.
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Again, when you sing and dance in front of a generic band, regardless of their talent, you are no different than k-pop or boy bands.
You know, other the whole having a live band thing.
By your definition, what separates a boyband from a cover band? Or better yet, a band that continues touring without some of the band members who wrote the songs?
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It's more of a "show" which is cool if that's your thing.
Every live performance should be a “show”. If a musician is performing live, they are tasked with being entertainers. To entertain, you must put on a show. There is as much, if not more, artistry in putting on a show than there is in being a struggling artist.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 1:03 pm to kingbob
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By your definition, like 90% of “bands” aren’t bands.
This is 3 chicks dancing and singing on a stage with a generic band of nobodies on the periphery, mostly hidden from view.
It's no different than the Spice Girls. Sure, there is a "band" back there playing music. You are correct, by pure definition.
This is a creation of music producers and just seems inauthentic, similar to the boy bands.
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There is as much, if not more, artistry in putting on a show than there is in being a struggling artist.
Both can be good, but a Vegas or Broadway style show is different than a rock concert.
This post was edited on 6/24/26 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 6/24/26 at 1:51 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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but a Vegas or Broadway style show is different than a rock concert.
Is it? I have seen a lot of broadway shows and a lot of rock concerts. The best rock concerts I’ve seen were all very theatrical with elaborate set pieces, choreography, pyrotechnics, lighting, etc. Some even had plots and props.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 1:57 pm to kingbob
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Is it?
So your argument is that Vegas style shows and rock concerts are the same?
Not sure how this thread devolved to this point.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 1:58 pm to kingbob
You are absolutely correct.
These guys dissing Babymetal probably never even watched a video of a live Babymetal concert.
They probably would have booed Bob Dylan when he changed from acoustic guitar to electric guitar.
These guys dissing Babymetal probably never even watched a video of a live Babymetal concert.
They probably would have booed Bob Dylan when he changed from acoustic guitar to electric guitar.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 2:05 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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So your argument is that Vegas style shows and rock concerts are the same?
The biggest versions of each blur the lines.
If you watched the stadium tour MCR has been performing for the past year, it very much so resembles a broadway show being performed in an NFL stadium. There are actors, a plot, sets, props, all kinds of theatrics while the music performed is the soundtrack.
I could say similar stuff about Iron Maiden, Weird Al, Kiss, GWAR, and many many more. They try to tell stories in their performances, and make them events.
If your idea of a concert is a guy on a stool playing acoustic guitar in a coffeehouse, this might seem a little foreign to you, but live performances ARE shows! People buy tickets to concerts because they want a SHOW! They want to be entertained by entertainers. If they didn’t, then they would just stream the album on Spotify and buy a ticket to see the latest sequel/spinoff/reboot at their local movie theater instead.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 2:08 pm to kingbob
Some concerts have a 'show' quality about them, but that is not the norm.
An Iron Maiden concert is nothing like a Vegas or Broadway show. I've seen Kiss twice, and would never make that comparison with them either.
An Iron Maiden concert is nothing like a Vegas or Broadway show. I've seen Kiss twice, and would never make that comparison with them either.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 3:08 pm to kingbob
quote:if by show you mean a cool light show then yes. If by show you mean skits, costume changes, and theatrical bullshite then…no
People buy tickets to concerts because they want a SHOW!
. I go to several dozen concerts a year and none of them are like thatPosted on 6/24/26 at 3:20 pm to cgrand
My argument is that having choreography, a backing band, and elaborate production doesn’t make a Babymetal show less of a concert.
It’s not like the guys touring in .38 special wrote “Hold on Loosely” or “So Caught Up In You”.
It’s not like the guys touring in .38 special wrote “Hold on Loosely” or “So Caught Up In You”.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 3:44 pm to kingbob
quote:yes it does. A concert is a musical performance, all that other bullshite is theater. If you want that that’s fine
having choreography, a backing band, and elaborate production doesn’t make a Babymetal show less of a concert.
quote:what?
It’s not like the guys touring in .38 special wrote “Hold on Loosely” or “So Caught Up In You”.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 4:31 pm to kingbob
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My argument is that having choreography, a backing band, and elaborate production doesn’t make a Babymetal show less of a concert
You are absolutely correct.
Babymetal is doing the same thing in their concerts that Pink Floyd did in their concerts.
When I went to Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon concert I went to see the light show.as well as their musical performance.
It was no less a concert because Pink Floyd had a great light show.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 4:46 pm to Dawglovertoo
Bruh.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 6:43 pm to Bjorn Cyborg
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It's so formulaic that who the actual girls are doesn't even matter. They just rotate them out.
It's so formulaic, there's no other band like them. One of the original girls left and was eventually replaced. She was one of the dancer/background vocal girls. The main vocalist, Su-metal, has some pipes. They're coming near me in September, I might still buy a ticket. Might go see Billy Idol, too, just because.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 7:43 pm to Saint Alfonzo
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there's no other band like them
Maybe not playing metal, but there are absolutely lots of similar acts (I’m not calling them a band) in other musical genres.
Here is an example:
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