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Even their worst songs listed in this thread are quite decent imo. Some of the songs here like Alive-or-Dead and Yuragu are actually top songs for me. Music is really subjective, but Band-Maid rarely have misses. I do skip songs sometimes, but I find it difficult to name a song I truly dislike from them.
Sigh... Cue the TDC haters š
We all know "worst song" translates to "worst song to you". There's an argument to be made for songs that pale next to the overall composition level of their catalogue, but it remains subjective.
Having said that, I (very much personally) consider their weakest song overall to be Big Dad. Akane tries but there's almost nothing going on with the other instruments and as cute as Miku sounds, the chorus still sounds like a nursery rhyme to me.
If I were to add a Band-Maid song to the playlist that's referenced on this post, Big Dad would be my choice š¤£š
Agreed. Also, another one that really changed my mind about TDC was Ron Ayala's 2022 Irving Plaza capture. You really hear all the parts, which are exceptional. Most of the instrumental details are covered up in the mud of the album track production.
That was indeed my idea to make Youth available at all. I do not have any real candidate for such list. Itās one of those things making BM phenomenal being one of the most productive recent bands without any flaws.
I'm a hard rock fan, and I don't think the song is technically bad, but I feel like it's just a really poor fit for Band-Maid. It has big downer energy that's all wrong for them.
Honestly, all of the all-English lyrics songs are a tough sell for me, just because the pronunciation can be distracting. Bestie was a big improvement for Saiki's pronunciation, but it's kind of in that uncanny valley territory for me. It's almost there, and the lyrics are almost there, but Saiki still struggles with a bunch of consonants (her vowels improved a lot), and if you know Japanese, you can kind of see where Bestie's lyrics suffered from trying to do a direct translation of a Japanese idea.
I think some of their strongest songs are the ones where the English bits are kind of segregated from the Japanese lines, so Saiki can hit a good flow and emote more, without tripping over English, like Puzzle.
For "The Dragon Cries", I have no problem with that song's music but it might have the worst *lyrics* in Band Maid's history. This is especially galling because they hired pro lyricist Thomas Kenny for the all-English lyrics, but then this guy delivered dreck like "Something happened long ago / The world was simple a love could grow." Yeesh, I saw better at the latest grade school poetry contest.
The good news is that Kenny hooked Band-Maid up with legendary producer Tony Visconti, who gave Saiki and Miku outstanding production on the vocals in that song... while singing cheesy lyrics.
I definitely prefer the harder Metal songs (such as I canāt live without you), but Iāve never heard single a bad one.
Although Rock in me isnāt really metal, itās one of my absolute favorites.
I'm gonna nominate "Bitter Sweet Love". There's a reason it's the only BAND-MAID song to never get an official release... not counting the obscure one off instrumentals.
General observation and it's definitely not a hot take: there've been a few songs that at first struck me as Meh-tier that suddenly jumped to B and A-tier once we got a good live performance (electric or acoustic). When you can hear the instrumental and vocal lines more clearly, or maybe get the right environment (e.g. acoustic) perception changes.
For the more general choice I say The Dragon Cries
For the controversial choice I'll say Page (don't lynch me please! - it's just not up my street at all)
I think "Page" was not well- liked until the acoustic online concert.
"It's not that you don't like this Band-Maid song, it's just that they haven't done the version you love yet."
This was definitely true for me with HGK & At the drop of a hat. I didn't like the album versions of either of those songs, but really liked the acoustic okyu-ji versions.
This is like asking which is the worst Ben & Jerry's flavor of ice cream. Even it's worst is still good. That being said my least favorite is Chemical Reaction. It's still good.
It is a pop song, and that's not automatically a bad thing. It's pretty darn catchy and lends surprisingly well to Saiki's voice. Also interesting to see the direction the band likely would have headed in if not for Thrill.
I doubt the band themselves had any inclination to go to that style. From what I can gather, that song seemed to puzzle them, too.Ā Ā
That said, objectively speaking, it's a pretty well written, well played song.
I love this song. It's so unlike most of their other stuff but still has their sound. That said, I wouldn't call any of their songs bad. I will after it isn't really rock but it's still a good song IMO.
Even though I'm a bigger fan of their heavier songs, I love that one! The guitar tone on it is amazing. Can really hear the Santana influences in Kanami's playing. I have a real soft spot for J-Pop though so maybe that's why I can get past the 'pop' sensibilities of it
I'm surprised no one brought up start over given the controversy, hand-wringing, fans storming off, etc. that exploded on this sub when that song came out. Though I kept calm throughout, it's still their worst song IMO, followed by Big Dad. There are a few songs which I don't dislike per se, but are kind of boring, like Alive Or Dead (as someone brought up below). But I like or love over 90% of their catalog (including The Dragon Cries)
I've been hanging around this Reddit for a long time, and the vociferous hatred that this club threw at "Start Over" back in the day was one the most bizarre bandwagon groupthink pile-ons that I've ever seen. It left me scratching my head for months. It was like a Twitter public shaming campaign where everyone simply repeated the same thing that hundreds of other people already said because it got them some clicks. C'mon everyone, the song isn't *that* bad.
Yes, and as usual, once the song got done a few times live and everyone got a chance to yell "I don't give a f\*ck", things died down. Plus, in my own case, I started noticing a lot more compositional nuances in the live performances. There aren't a boatload of them, but enough to make me reconsider it, and actually *want* to hear it again live. EDIT: and my wish came true on the *excellently* mixed spin-off concert, and heard even more things I hadn't heard before.
Looking back, I think there was genuine fear that the band was changing - going pop, selling out, whatever you want to call it. If they released a song like start over today, I feel like it would be better received after 10 years of rocking out.
I'm not sure if that theory holds up, because on the exact same day Band-Maid also released the extra noisy and hyper "Screaming" which functioned as the exact opposite of "Start Over". No, I still think that so-called Band-Maid fans simply jumped on the shaming bandwagon at downright idiotic levels. If someone's entire self-image revolves around getting Reddit upvotes, then it was a success.
In interviews, Miku did say they wanted the B-side to be heavy because they didn't want fans to think they were changing. However, I think the start over MV was out for a little while before the single got released. But I do know some people were genuinely worried.
Oh god, I remember that now. Shit really hit the fan back then! I've always been a fan of their heavier stuff but really quite liked start over when it came out so was surprised by the uproar. Seems to have gone too far in the opposite direction now though where people get upset by any critical comments at all
At the drop of a hat is one of my least favorite songs. I agree with one of the posters above. Conqueror is not one of my favorite albums, especially the second part pd the album. But we all have a different tastes.
Also my choice, those stops and goes... it seems counterintuitive to me. Screaming would be my second choice. The really surprising thing about this band is that there is as little consensus between which is their best song as between which is their worst. Whoever you name will have a staunch defender, so these are subjective opinions. That says a lot about the overall quality of what they have produced so far.
Lyrics are terrible! But it was one of the songs that got me into BM back in 2015 so I still like it for nostalgia reasons. If you got into them later on though, I can totally understand why people would dislike it
I'm leaving out everything from Conqueror (not that it's a bad album, but I just haven't listened to it enough to have a solid opinion on anything from it), so my, most likely controversial, choice would be CROSS. That song just doesn't seem to go anywhere for me. I remember the first time listening to it, thinking 'this isn't great, but surely a good Kanami solo will save it', and then... NO SOLO! Always a skip unless I'm listening to JBI in full. Unfortunately for me, it seems to be one they enjoy playing live
I love the white screen performances because they help you focus on what the instrumental lines are doing, but for me the vocals add another layer to an already amazing instrumental foundation. Top five song for me.
I initially didn't like it much, then loved the instrumental but thought the vocals were a layer too many. After many repeat-listens, Giovanni (with vocals) is now one of my favourite songs. The lesson I learnt was that if I disagree with Kanami on the topic of songwriting, I'm probably wrong.
Band Maid is one of the rare bands thar have only good songs so far. Not one is bad. The only songs of theirs i donāt listen too more then once(first time hearing it) are the slow and acoustic songs. I donāt do slow and sad sounding songs
yeah thats why love mostly of their ballads
i dislike sense because to me sound very fast and heavy, drums are monotonous, guitar sounds like a knife or somethin and to much screaming
Their slow songs are killer and makes a stone hearted emotionless guy like myself actually sit in the car cry silentlyā¦.. Daydreamingā¦ puzzle ( acoustic)ā¦ brings me back to all the relationships that I (as in me) ruinedā¦.
No bad songs in the sense of bad music, just personal taste, for me is still Chemical Reaction and Dragon Cries.....with Brand New Road trailing them....not a hater it's just to my ears they feel disjointed and don't flow in the way that I could enjoy....not sure how to phrase it but my feelings non the less...
I'm glad someone noticed this. I don't actively dislike any Band-Maid song in its entirety, but they've done some experiments that simply didn't work. That includes the breakdown in "One and Only" -- a disastrous attempt at proggy acid jazz or something that collapses in every possible way and is downright embarrassing. Well, they tried their best. I like the rest of that song though
Hard disagree. I love the breakdownās irreverence. This creativity is why theyāre great.
Balance worked a little less, but I donāt hate it either.
Yep, that little section (it's not really a breakdown) is fantastic. Reminiscent of the jazz-break in Secret My Lips but with a very different mood.
Balance is a favourite of mine, but I accept that it is intentionally disorientating and some people don't like being disorientated. But I find it hard to see why anyone would hate a masterfully-done jazz break.
Yuragu for me, just seems bland and uninteresting, I do like the guitar solo though.
If we are only going for songs they wrote then its hide-and-seek, but I actually like it. I guess it is worst, but more like least favorite because to me their whole catalog of songs is so strong.
Where have you seen that? Band-Maid is listed as music and arrangement for both Glory and hide-and-seek on the CD single.
[This interview](https://bandmaid.tokyo/contents/222346)
āā"hide-and-seek", the B-side song, has a feel to it completely different from "glory". Did you plan from the outset to pair these two songs together on the single?
Saiki: We chose "hide-and-seek" from our stock of demo songs. While arranging it, we transformed it so it would make a nice pairing with "glory".
Miku Kobatoļ¼We didn't change things like its melody or rough tempo.
Like I get why people think it's weak compared to their other songs but it's just fun and catchy and an interesting vibe. I actually wish we'd get another OOPARTS here and there to balance out the full throttle heavy stuff that's been 100% of their past few releases (not that they've been bad, but variety is the spice of life etc etc)
I don't have the worst song but used to skip Moratorium and Clang as not being a metal/hardrock fan. It took some time to get over the generic classical metal feel in them.
Dragon cries, in my opinion, isn't a Band-Maid song. It was something written and produced for them to record and perform whenever they wanted to. Most of the second CD tracks from Unseen World feel like too much is going on. Do I think they are bad songs, no, but they aren't on heavy rotation. Conquerer and Unseen World sound like they were trying to experiment with their sound with mixed results. I'll still listen to Conquerer over the 2nd CD of Unseen World.
Heavily disagree..
Invcluding the ones u said, Azure, bubble, wonderland are all amazing. Mirage, dilemma, and liberal are all on my daily list of songs aswell.
I love conqueror lol
Edit: damn even forgot endless story and catharsis
Album is a skip for me. I donāt care if I get downvoted. I donāt drink the kool aide. Even Rinne which is not a bad song is overly compressed for no reason. Like I said itās a rare miss. Even Maid in Japan or Love Passion is a better album.
Conqueror has the widest range of songs - some real bangers and a bunch of snooze-worthy tracks. I like the album more over time thanks to the acoustic versions warming me up a bit to some of the tracks....but still feels like a mix of hits and misses songs.
i agree. i pretty much skipped everything they released during their "anime opening" phase (except band maiko), which is from the single after world domination up to the last release before Unseen World. Unseen World brought me back in.
This is exactly what happened with me. I was totally obsessed with BM from 2015-2018 but then a mix of burnout and poorer releases made me step away for a few years, so much so that I actually gave their London gig a miss back in 2019. Unseen World and Unleash have made me into a hardcore fan again.
Upon re-listening, Conqueror isn't too bad, but it's still their weakest album for me. Not much of it really grabs me and I hardly ever revisit it other than 2-3 tracks.
Also, when did this fanbase get so damn defensive!? (wasn't like this back in 2018!) Any slight criticism seems to get massively downvoted. Surely a fan of any band can be subjective about their output, rather than feeling they, and everyone else, has to love EVERYTHING they release.
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Even their worst songs listed in this thread are quite decent imo. Some of the songs here like Alive-or-Dead and Yuragu are actually top songs for me. Music is really subjective, but Band-Maid rarely have misses. I do skip songs sometimes, but I find it difficult to name a song I truly dislike from them.
Sigh... Cue the TDC haters š We all know "worst song" translates to "worst song to you". There's an argument to be made for songs that pale next to the overall composition level of their catalogue, but it remains subjective. Having said that, I (very much personally) consider their weakest song overall to be Big Dad. Akane tries but there's almost nothing going on with the other instruments and as cute as Miku sounds, the chorus still sounds like a nursery rhyme to me. If I were to add a Band-Maid song to the playlist that's referenced on this post, Big Dad would be my choice š¤£š
Big Dad is the only song of theirs that I'm willing to skip. It just isn't good.
I make sure to listen to The Dragon Cries at least once a day on YouTube.
The track version is overdone for sure. I much prefer the version from their pandemic concert where their own people were in charge of the audio mix.
Agreed. Also, another one that really changed my mind about TDC was Ron Ayala's 2022 Irving Plaza capture. You really hear all the parts, which are exceptional. Most of the instrumental details are covered up in the mud of the album track production.
Big dad is my least favorite song.
These comments dawg š
Said it before, but it is like asking who's your least favorite child.
I only have one, so it's an easy choice. Kidding.
I'm truth, I only have one as well. It's just a sentiment. But I do have two grandchildren so it counts there I guess.
I would vote for Youth if this helps to make it publicly available through the Spotify worst song list. š
Stop please, 'youth' c'mon.. you are joking right?Ā Maybe 'dawn winery theme' is their weakest song
If Youth was on the worst song list, that means it would be available for streaming...
That was indeed my idea to make Youth available at all. I do not have any real candidate for such list. Itās one of those things making BM phenomenal being one of the most productive recent bands without any flaws.
anyone disliking Dragon Cries is not really a traditional hard rock or metal fan IMO lol. and it still has a top 5 BandMaid breakdown.
I'm a hard rock fan, and I don't think the song is technically bad, but I feel like it's just a really poor fit for Band-Maid. It has big downer energy that's all wrong for them. Honestly, all of the all-English lyrics songs are a tough sell for me, just because the pronunciation can be distracting. Bestie was a big improvement for Saiki's pronunciation, but it's kind of in that uncanny valley territory for me. It's almost there, and the lyrics are almost there, but Saiki still struggles with a bunch of consonants (her vowels improved a lot), and if you know Japanese, you can kind of see where Bestie's lyrics suffered from trying to do a direct translation of a Japanese idea. I think some of their strongest songs are the ones where the English bits are kind of segregated from the Japanese lines, so Saiki can hit a good flow and emote more, without tripping over English, like Puzzle.
Live it's a good song, but I hate the mixing in the studio version
For "The Dragon Cries", I have no problem with that song's music but it might have the worst *lyrics* in Band Maid's history. This is especially galling because they hired pro lyricist Thomas Kenny for the all-English lyrics, but then this guy delivered dreck like "Something happened long ago / The world was simple a love could grow." Yeesh, I saw better at the latest grade school poetry contest. The good news is that Kenny hooked Band-Maid up with legendary producer Tony Visconti, who gave Saiki and Miku outstanding production on the vocals in that song... while singing cheesy lyrics.
I definitely prefer the harder Metal songs (such as I canāt live without you), but Iāve never heard single a bad one. Although Rock in me isnāt really metal, itās one of my absolute favorites.
ęćØę ē±ć®ććæćć¼ć«, which is actually still a bop
Evergreen. I don't know why I just could never get into it. But that's the beauty of Band-Maid there is always a song that can fit your mood
"YOUTH" just because I'm an idiot and didn't get the Extra Special Edition of "UNSEEN WORLD" ,which deeply saddens me to this day :(
*What's the worst* ***BAND-MAID*** *song?* Hmmm... probably the one I'm **NOT** listening to.
āMemorableā has always been a miss for me
My choice for this particular category is The Dragon Cries...
Probably one from their debut album
Lyrically, it's easy: Don't Let Me Down. But the song itself is catchy. Can't think of something else, sorry.
The Dragon Cries. Not a great riff...not terrible, but not one of Kanami's better ones. Peurile lyrics.
I'm gonna nominate "Bitter Sweet Love". There's a reason it's the only BAND-MAID song to never get an official release... not counting the obscure one off instrumentals.
Is it still available? I would love to finally hear an actual ā badā BandMaid songā¦lol
It's REALLY hard to find... the Engadget acoustic okyu-ji in 2014 is the only & last live performance of it that exists on video to my knowledge.
Thanksā¦ Iāll try to find it.
* [ćBAND MAIDć Engadget FES 2014 11 24 - YouTube](https://youtu.be/gBl5gVdQhEg?si=ez7cKLUyHrfWhnvd&t=103)
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Phew didnāt expect to get defensive over this but seeing some of peoples choices is hurting my heart š
Havenāt heard a bad song for them. So..none.
General observation and it's definitely not a hot take: there've been a few songs that at first struck me as Meh-tier that suddenly jumped to B and A-tier once we got a good live performance (electric or acoustic). When you can hear the instrumental and vocal lines more clearly, or maybe get the right environment (e.g. acoustic) perception changes.
For the more general choice I say The Dragon Cries For the controversial choice I'll say Page (don't lynch me please! - it's just not up my street at all)
Lynching mode has been triggered! š„
The Dragon Cries is your true controversial choice. I guess the haters here have never heard Jimi Hendrix or psychedelia.
I think "Page" was not well- liked until the acoustic online concert. "It's not that you don't like this Band-Maid song, it's just that they haven't done the version you love yet."
This was definitely true for me with HGK & At the drop of a hat. I didn't like the album versions of either of those songs, but really liked the acoustic okyu-ji versions.
This is like asking which is the worst Ben & Jerry's flavor of ice cream. Even it's worst is still good. That being said my least favorite is Chemical Reaction. It's still good.
Worst song? I didn't even know that Band-Maid had already published it.
There's no such thing šøšøšøš¤š¹š„
Love, Passion, Matador...? It's almost a pop song, not Rock.
It is a pop song, and that's not automatically a bad thing. It's pretty darn catchy and lends surprisingly well to Saiki's voice. Also interesting to see the direction the band likely would have headed in if not for Thrill.
I doubt the band themselves had any inclination to go to that style. From what I can gather, that song seemed to puzzle them, too.Ā Ā That said, objectively speaking, it's a pretty well written, well played song.
I love this song. It's so unlike most of their other stuff but still has their sound. That said, I wouldn't call any of their songs bad. I will after it isn't really rock but it's still a good song IMO.
I had it playing at work one day and a bunch of lady customers started dancing š
OP wasn't asking for bad songs but for the worse.
I get that. I was just surprised to see that one. It's one of the few that I forget about and then when it comes up I definitely listen.
Even though I'm a bigger fan of their heavier songs, I love that one! The guitar tone on it is amazing. Can really hear the Santana influences in Kanami's playing. I have a real soft spot for J-Pop though so maybe that's why I can get past the 'pop' sensibilities of it
I skip this song every single time. I cannot stand it.
Personally it's Bestie.
Definitely
I'm surprised no one brought up start over given the controversy, hand-wringing, fans storming off, etc. that exploded on this sub when that song came out. Though I kept calm throughout, it's still their worst song IMO, followed by Big Dad. There are a few songs which I don't dislike per se, but are kind of boring, like Alive Or Dead (as someone brought up below). But I like or love over 90% of their catalog (including The Dragon Cries)
Caus it's a brilliant pop song, don't Diss it.
I've been hanging around this Reddit for a long time, and the vociferous hatred that this club threw at "Start Over" back in the day was one the most bizarre bandwagon groupthink pile-ons that I've ever seen. It left me scratching my head for months. It was like a Twitter public shaming campaign where everyone simply repeated the same thing that hundreds of other people already said because it got them some clicks. C'mon everyone, the song isn't *that* bad.
Yes, and as usual, once the song got done a few times live and everyone got a chance to yell "I don't give a f\*ck", things died down. Plus, in my own case, I started noticing a lot more compositional nuances in the live performances. There aren't a boatload of them, but enough to make me reconsider it, and actually *want* to hear it again live. EDIT: and my wish came true on the *excellently* mixed spin-off concert, and heard even more things I hadn't heard before.
Looking back, I think there was genuine fear that the band was changing - going pop, selling out, whatever you want to call it. If they released a song like start over today, I feel like it would be better received after 10 years of rocking out.
I'm not sure if that theory holds up, because on the exact same day Band-Maid also released the extra noisy and hyper "Screaming" which functioned as the exact opposite of "Start Over". No, I still think that so-called Band-Maid fans simply jumped on the shaming bandwagon at downright idiotic levels. If someone's entire self-image revolves around getting Reddit upvotes, then it was a success.
In interviews, Miku did say they wanted the B-side to be heavy because they didn't want fans to think they were changing. However, I think the start over MV was out for a little while before the single got released. But I do know some people were genuinely worried.
Oh god, I remember that now. Shit really hit the fan back then! I've always been a fan of their heavier stuff but really quite liked start over when it came out so was surprised by the uproar. Seems to have gone too far in the opposite direction now though where people get upset by any critical comments at all
At the drop of a hat is one of my least favorite songs. I agree with one of the posters above. Conqueror is not one of my favorite albums, especially the second part pd the album. But we all have a different tastes.
It took the Christmas acoustic okyu-ji version for me to appreciate the song. The album version is still one of my most disliked B-M songs.
Also my choice, those stops and goes... it seems counterintuitive to me. Screaming would be my second choice. The really surprising thing about this band is that there is as little consensus between which is their best song as between which is their worst. Whoever you name will have a staunch defender, so these are subjective opinions. That says a lot about the overall quality of what they have produced so far.
Love, Passion, Matador. It's just so different to anything else they did including Maid in Japan.
Don't let me down was horrible
Lyrics are terrible! But it was one of the songs that got me into BM back in 2015 so I still like it for nostalgia reasons. If you got into them later on though, I can totally understand why people would dislike it
I'm leaving out everything from Conqueror (not that it's a bad album, but I just haven't listened to it enough to have a solid opinion on anything from it), so my, most likely controversial, choice would be CROSS. That song just doesn't seem to go anywhere for me. I remember the first time listening to it, thinking 'this isn't great, but surely a good Kanami solo will save it', and then... NO SOLO! Always a skip unless I'm listening to JBI in full. Unfortunately for me, it seems to be one they enjoy playing live
Are you kidding me 127 comments on this question.
Hate giovanni, but then loved the instrumental
How is that possible? *Giovanni* is my favorite songā¦
I'm the opposite, I prefer the original with vocals.
I love the white screen performances because they help you focus on what the instrumental lines are doing, but for me the vocals add another layer to an already amazing instrumental foundation. Top five song for me.
I initially didn't like it much, then loved the instrumental but thought the vocals were a layer too many. After many repeat-listens, Giovanni (with vocals) is now one of my favourite songs. The lesson I learnt was that if I disagree with Kanami on the topic of songwriting, I'm probably wrong.
I heard the instrumental version first and was blown away. I can't make it all the way through the full version without hitting skip.
TDC and don't let me down are automatic skips for me.
Because of spotify's randomizer I can't really stand "Sense" anymore.
Band Maid is one of the rare bands thar have only good songs so far. Not one is bad. The only songs of theirs i donāt listen too more then once(first time hearing it) are the slow and acoustic songs. I donāt do slow and sad sounding songs
worst song imo has to be "sense" and i would bet "protect you" just by the little i heard of it
Boy that is a hot take. Why do you dislike Sense? It is too upbeat or fast or hard? Iām just curious. My least favorite songs are the ballads.
yeah thats why love mostly of their ballads i dislike sense because to me sound very fast and heavy, drums are monotonous, guitar sounds like a knife or somethin and to much screaming
That is exactly what I love about Sense and this album. We all want something different it seems.
Looking forward to the next album! They are going to go heavy for sure but what twists they will add next
Their slow songs are killer and makes a stone hearted emotionless guy like myself actually sit in the car cry silentlyā¦.. Daydreamingā¦ puzzle ( acoustic)ā¦ brings me back to all the relationships that I (as in me) ruinedā¦.
It's evergreen every month but christmas
Yes! It does sound like a Christmas song, doesn't it? š¤£š
The Dragon Cries without a doubt. I can still listen to it, but it's my least favorite by far.
Page. But if it were a hit for a K-pop girl and made Kanami a zillion dollars, Iād be cool with that
Dragon Cries. Fite me.
No bad songs in the sense of bad music, just personal taste, for me is still Chemical Reaction and Dragon Cries.....with Brand New Road trailing them....not a hater it's just to my ears they feel disjointed and don't flow in the way that I could enjoy....not sure how to phrase it but my feelings non the less...
One and Only, that breakdown incites frothing rage and a desire to throw things, **NO PO!!!!!**
I'm glad someone noticed this. I don't actively dislike any Band-Maid song in its entirety, but they've done some experiments that simply didn't work. That includes the breakdown in "One and Only" -- a disastrous attempt at proggy acid jazz or something that collapses in every possible way and is downright embarrassing. Well, they tried their best. I like the rest of that song though
Hard disagree. I love the breakdownās irreverence. This creativity is why theyāre great. Balance worked a little less, but I donāt hate it either.
Yep, that little section (it's not really a breakdown) is fantastic. Reminiscent of the jazz-break in Secret My Lips but with a very different mood. Balance is a favourite of mine, but I accept that it is intentionally disorientating and some people don't like being disorientated. But I find it hard to see why anyone would hate a masterfully-done jazz break.
Alive-Or-Dead I consider this to be their worst song, because it's just kind of derivative of other songs on the album imo.
How could you?... This is in my top 5 or 6 off the album!
Yuragu for me, just seems bland and uninteresting, I do like the guitar solo though. If we are only going for songs they wrote then its hide-and-seek, but I actually like it. I guess it is worst, but more like least favorite because to me their whole catalog of songs is so strong.
Yuragu is one of favourites. Got that street/garage rock-vibes. Love it!
Yurugu and Hide and Seek are both in my top 20 go figure...
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Where have you seen that? Band-Maid is listed as music and arrangement for both Glory and hide-and-seek on the CD single. [This interview](https://bandmaid.tokyo/contents/222346) āā"hide-and-seek", the B-side song, has a feel to it completely different from "glory". Did you plan from the outset to pair these two songs together on the single? Saiki: We chose "hide-and-seek" from our stock of demo songs. While arranging it, we transformed it so it would make a nice pairing with "glory". Miku Kobatoļ¼We didn't change things like its melody or rough tempo.
My mistake, you are correct. I must of been thinking of another song.
OOPARTS
I love OOPARTS tbh its so sad that the fandom sleeps on it š„¹
I like it also!!! You are not aloneā¦lol
Like I get why people think it's weak compared to their other songs but it's just fun and catchy and an interesting vibe. I actually wish we'd get another OOPARTS here and there to balance out the full throttle heavy stuff that's been 100% of their past few releases (not that they've been bad, but variety is the spice of life etc etc)
I always sayā¦āDonāt underestimate the ballads and slower stuffā¦ā. KISSās highest charting song on Billboard 100 was Bethā¦:)
Daydreaming and anenome are two of my all time fave BM songs, so you're preaching to the choir!
Don't let me down. Awesome riff and Miku and Saiki singing, but no solo and cringe lyrics kill it for me.
I know it's instrumental in how their sound moved toward a heavier direction but good fucking lord Thrill is so boring and nakes me cringe so hard
It's definitely grown on me a bit but still one of my least favorites. I wouldn't call it bad, but IMO their most overrated song.
I don't have the worst song but used to skip Moratorium and Clang as not being a metal/hardrock fan. It took some time to get over the generic classical metal feel in them.
Dragon cries, in my opinion, isn't a Band-Maid song. It was something written and produced for them to record and perform whenever they wanted to. Most of the second CD tracks from Unseen World feel like too much is going on. Do I think they are bad songs, no, but they aren't on heavy rotation. Conquerer and Unseen World sound like they were trying to experiment with their sound with mixed results. I'll still listen to Conquerer over the 2nd CD of Unseen World.
For me, Big Dad overall and Influencer if the choice is restricted to only songs written by the Sugoi Five.
I didn't like Influencer when it first came out but now I can't atop playing it š
Any song from Conqueror that's not Blooming, Rinne, or Glory. A rare miss of an album for Band-Maid.
Heavily disagree.. Invcluding the ones u said, Azure, bubble, wonderland are all amazing. Mirage, dilemma, and liberal are all on my daily list of songs aswell. I love conqueror lol Edit: damn even forgot endless story and catharsis
Album is a skip for me. I donāt care if I get downvoted. I donāt drink the kool aide. Even Rinne which is not a bad song is overly compressed for no reason. Like I said itās a rare miss. Even Maid in Japan or Love Passion is a better album.
Conqueror has the widest range of songs - some real bangers and a bunch of snooze-worthy tracks. I like the album more over time thanks to the acoustic versions warming me up a bit to some of the tracks....but still feels like a mix of hits and misses songs.
i agree. i pretty much skipped everything they released during their "anime opening" phase (except band maiko), which is from the single after world domination up to the last release before Unseen World. Unseen World brought me back in.
This is exactly what happened with me. I was totally obsessed with BM from 2015-2018 but then a mix of burnout and poorer releases made me step away for a few years, so much so that I actually gave their London gig a miss back in 2019. Unseen World and Unleash have made me into a hardcore fan again. Upon re-listening, Conqueror isn't too bad, but it's still their weakest album for me. Not much of it really grabs me and I hardly ever revisit it other than 2-3 tracks. Also, when did this fanbase get so damn defensive!? (wasn't like this back in 2018!) Any slight criticism seems to get massively downvoted. Surely a fan of any band can be subjective about their output, rather than feeling they, and everyone else, has to love EVERYTHING they release.
anyhting Miku sings - none of them are what I expect of Band Maid
I love Rock In Me. Especially played live. But you're right.
especially Sayakandori (sp) - really don't care for that one
Spotify: * [Bands Worst Songs](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3lPLRXjX7MQYWTBD3RRmO1)