Naoki: Piano Man Umu: NO THIS IS NOT BILLY JOEL (Umu triggered throughout the entire intro)
Shaoki: *sings Billy Joel* Umu: I HATE YOU IT'S NOT.. AAAHHHHHHH (Damn she's really triggered)
All 3: *continues Billy Joel*
(And now it goes downhill)
umu: oK... nOW WE CAN MOVE ON NOW
*Rossini's Semiramide Overture plays*
Ash: So we'll be moving on to Mamamoo aannnddd- Henry: *gasp* Mamamoo, we haven't watched Mamamoo in forever
This is really exciting Ash: Yes, right yeah
Ash: So ya'll will be listening to Piano Man for the first time Henry: Wait
Fiona: Woo that's exciting Henry: like the Billy Joel song Ash: No no Mamaoo's Piano.. Man
Lindsey: Are they gonna sing us a song
Cuz they're the piano man Umu: *Sings Piano Man*
(Sounds like someone hasn't had sleep)
Umu: Ok so Mamamoo piano man not Billy Joel Piano Man
Gwen: Is this a cover of piano man Umu: NOAHAHAHHHHHHAFHJAHASJG
Kevin: Billymoo Yunyi: MamaJoel (The meme team)
Umu: I know a lot of Moomoos were like why haven't you reacted to Piano Man yet
and so finally we are getting to it Lindsey: is there piano in it
Umu: Yes...
Lindsey: I'm shocked
UMU: it's pretty
Both: ~~A fiiiiveeee a foouuurrr a threeee a twooo a onneeee
Yunyi: All right jazz
Naoki: Well I hear a piano so that makes it authentic
Davis: So noir
Naoki: That.. jazzy
Jeremy: Ooh serious
Jarod: These guys are really not messin around with that jazz vibe you know what I'm sayin
Peyton: Yeah I definitely feel like I'm in the 20s
Ben: Oh yeah Naoki: Well it's changed now
Ben: and like the 8 bit synth?
Jarod: kinda this like modern
Yet vintage
Ben: Oooh Naoki: OOoohh sexy
Ben: That was really good
Lindsey: Oh this is cool this is very 20s esque
Davis: Schwanky
Fiona: I love the snapping
Ben: Ooh nice yeah
Ben: Breakdown with the rhythm Naoki: I like it Shimon: *Still quiet*
Yunyi: Oohh
Davis: I like this Lindsey: See there's a couple groups that have done stuff like this
and I love it everytime because they just take this old style and totally modernize it in their own way
Oh this is awesome Davis: Yeah
Kevin: This could be the most spot on homage to like you know way better than IU dare I say
Jarod: Dude she's got groove
Jeremy: I love the dancers, the girls in the street
Umu: That's them
Jeremy:... Oh
Gwen and Umu: HAHAHHAHAHA
Kevin: Yes
Umu: Yes about what Kevin: Yes about all
Ben: OOoohhhhh some flirting
Naoki: Yeah
Peyton: I like their outfits
Fiona: Oh my god this is so cute
they just did a jazz square
Henry: It's like, almost jazz Fiona: It's like-
Umu: What do you like- Gwen: This is another reason why Mamamoo is queen
Ben: Ok their lyricist did not get paid that much
Shaoki: HAHahA Ben: Tbh
Yunyi: Hey nice pentatonic
Ben: I also like that it's uh...
They only highlight
red and gold
Gwen: Also they have really good balance of like- you barely even notice that there are harmonies
But they're there and they're awesome and they add a lot
without you being necessarily conscious of it
Jarod: Yeah piano man
Jeremy: I like the combination of jazz and pop
Gwen: Mhm and it's executed very well Jeremy: Yeah
Kevin: that was the right arpeggio
Yunyi: I'm upset that they missed out on this prime opportunity to feature Henry
To like guest star Henry in their video
Fiona: I like this weird interlude of them like doing accapella
type bababa
Naoki: It's very easy to sing along to Ben: Bumbumbadabumbumbada
Yunyi: Also he's sitting very high up there Kevin: The chorus is still a little too poppy for me
Ben: The strings though Naoki: OOOhh thaaaaat was nicee
Shimon: I see I see
Lindsey: They're just so happy, they're just so cute
Naoki: It was a really unusual chord compared to what we've heard
It like went to medium or something Ben: Ohh oh yeah
Naoki: I wasn't sure if it was a complete modulation but
Jarod: Oh drum it.. ahhaksajkfa
Yunyi: Dude he's sitting so high up on the piano, the keyboard is like at his hip
Kevin: Uhuh Yunyi: What the heck
Ben: The ?? are good
Lindsey: Their vo- like the timbre of this girl's rapping voice is just really cool like it works. It really works (DAS MY BYULLIE I LOVE)
Naoki: I'm loving the piano riffs Ben: Yeah (Raise your hand if you still don't know what a riff is bc I don't lol)
Peyton: Oh they're scatting now
BADAHBUHYEAAAH
Terrible trio: OOOOOHHHHHH
*Everyone freakin out and I literally don't know why*
Henry: *Demon voice* MODULATE (Oh that's why)
Ben: Ooooh that slide Naoki: Oh he's playin it he was doing the tremolo
I can do that
Peyton: Break it down ungh
Gwen: I like the mixture of tap dance and then like
grinding
Fiona: It's so schwanky
Davis: Oh (Piano) man
Lindsey: I don't want this song to end
Davis: Yeah
Ben: Yeah
Naoki: Yeah
Naoki: That was a half cadence
Why can't they ever finish songs
Jeremy: I love this a lot Gwen: Honestly
If Mamamoo could just liike
follow me around and sing I would be fine with that
Fiona: That was really cute
I like how it rolled as if it were a movie Henry: They ended on a fiiveeee
Fiona: How do you feel about that
Henry: Not- not well, not particularly well I'd have to be honest with you
Fiona: It just makes it seem like it's a musical in the- it's like High School (Moo)sical
Or just a musical in general it's like
Time for another scene Ash: Yeah Henry: Yeaah
I mean like, stylistically it was cool, an attempt was made, ummm
But Fiona: Bam
Henry: They had a minor 5 in there once and that was kinda cool
Fiona: They had like a really clean modulation
That I appreciated and it didn't seem stupid Ash: Uhuh
Fiona: Like in other videos sometimes it's just that was unnecessary but this one had an actual effect
and added to the music
Henry: And the key change Fiona: Yeah I liked it
Henry: I was just kinda like
Fiona: I thought it was cute
Henry: I was just listening and I was like "yeah k whatever there's this progression..."
and then suddenly
IT'S IN B AND I'M LIKE AH
Fiona: Ah
Jarod: I dig I dig Peyton: Yeah
Jarod: 4/5 stars
I love the versatility
of the music
cuz everything has been so- it's really cool cuz kpop is really kind of fashion forward kind of on this like
Bo- very bold statements in their outfits and their choreography
and their music, very electronic very modern
very today
whereas this has elements of that and elements of the past which is really cool
Peyton: I think the- the scenery and the costumes and all the videowork and stuff is kind of like
depicting a jazz era type deal
But like a lot of the actual musical content was more like
rag timey
Which isn't quite jazz yet
But like I get where they're going with it
But like I don't know when I listen to it I wouldn't say oh yeah that's jazz ya know
Ash: Yeah
Jarod: I think the one thing it would also need to make it more jazzy I think just a bit more
Bit more of a cal- like a jazzy bass cuz I still felt the bass line was very much pop and that funk which is like that element
but I just wish there was a little bit more of that maybe a bit more of an actual drum sound
Davis: I like the way they portrayed themselves like as characters like it was all just...
It was fun i didn't- Lindsey: They were like showgirls
of the 20s but they weren't like flappers (History ew no don't take me back to that class)
Like that's a separate thing cuz they'd have to have the dresses with the fringes
but they didn't have that, they were like 20s showgirls and they played it so so well it was very- it was great
Jeremy: They're great singers, great dancers, I loved the video like that was a great concept (Mamamoo is a great concept tbh)
Gwen: It was a great song too just great, 10/10 would listen again
Umu: But musically what did you like about this song
Yunyi: I actually don't think it was that special
Kevin: Yeah I think by the time it got to the chorus it had worn off
Kevin: Like the beginning that was so alksfdsjflsdkf
there was that one cool arpeggio
you know and then later on it kinda just
Yunyi: Yeah it like settled into a pattern really quickly Kevin: Yeah Umu: Ok
Yunyi: I do like the little pentatonic in the chorus Kevin: I do like.. the music video
Ben: No I thought that was really good except for the amount of lyrics
*stares at Shimon*
Naoki: The amount of lyrics?
You thought they said too much Ben: Well they ended on yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Umu: So.. yeah Shimon: It was repetitive
Umu: Prose wise it was repetitive
Ben: Yeah prose wise it was a little bit uhhhh
Naoki: Stale Ben: Lacking, stale
Naoki: I really liked the music Ben: Everything- music was really good
Naoki: Yeah.. I really liked the piano Ben: Uhh they like orchestrated a little bit with the strings shimon: some brass
Ben: Yeah some brass
some of their stings...some of their flourishes at the end, buudadiing
Naoki: I can see myself singing along to that (It's 11 pm and the chorus is stuck in my head)
Umu: Ok you ready for the next one Kevin: Ahh Oop
Kevin: MamAHHOOP Umu: So this one is a collab- no whyy (Because #memeteam4life)
Ben: Aah Oop Mamamoo Umu: Yes now we're about to see
Ben: eSNa Umu: Yeah eSNa or ok sure
Ben: Dude I don't know
Umu: This is a collab with a solo artist under the same company as Mamamoo
Gwen: eSNa
Umu: Yes
Ash: eSNa is actually from California and she graduated from UCLA studying jazz vocals
Ben: Wait doesn't aah oop mean...
Umu: No it's just aah oop Ben: 8 or 9
(Update: Wee woo is now stuck in my head bc it's catchy af)
Shimon: It's your turn Naoki: Oh is it Ben: No it's still yours
*Click*
Henry: Cool a** electric guitar and bass
Yunyi: That's- Kevin: Ooh aspect ratio, I love it
Anothe homage to older.. older film
Yunyi: Like this is very Grease
Kevin: Yes
Hairspray
Naoki: Yeah the guitar is like so reminiscent of the 50s isn't it Ben: Yeah
Gwen: Just a little violent
I'm getting like serial killer vibes from the opening montage
Shimon: I like how small the screen is that gives like the 50s
vibe
Jarod: This kinda also has that vintage feel except this is more of a 50s, 60s kind of vibe
You know what I'm sayin Peyton: Yeah
Gwen: She's got a great R&B voice
Naoki: This is definitely Elvis (AOA stans where you at)
Henry: It definitely has like California pop vibes Fiona: 60s 70s 50s whatever
Gwen: See yeah Mamamoo is just brighter and poppier
eSNa is very sultry and more appropriate to R&B style stuff
Davis: I like how thematic they tend to be with their videos. Like they kind of find something and stick to it, ya know?
Yunyi: Oh wow omg he's so attractive (same)
Holy crap I was not ready for that
Gwen: I think this is early 60s
Yunyi: He was like so- Kevin: The Adele voice is eSNa right
dude he was so good looking it was like a jumpscare
Henry: Super super 60s oh my gosh Fiona: Soo cute
Peyton: Yeah it's got that honky tonk kind of like guitar
Jeremy: She has- yeah she's a very different voice from Mamamoo
but they make it fit together really well with this song
Yunyi: What a boss
Kevin: I agree
Henry: I feel like a lot of kpop has people who are supposed to look kind of girl-ish
And I respect the fact that she's... a woman Fiona: Yeah she doesn't look young
Henry: I mean- Fiona: That is so cute I wanna touch her too but not sexually (Lol wtf Fiona)
Henry: She's youthful but like she's not like.. ya know
A child
Kevin: Man, come on keep it going
See right now the style of this song, music and video, it all works so well
Yunyi: Yeah Kevin: Like they don't go too poppy
Jarod: My only complaint is that.. it just seems very
Like I don't feel the.. the beat necessarily going anywhere
Peyton: Yeah Jarod: Or the melody
Jarod: Like she's basically doing really cool riffs and stuff but like
when you constantly riff over the same kind of pattern it just kind of loses its coolness
like she's great but I think it's just too much
Peyton: Yeah
Kevin: There's like some 70s rock riffs, the guitar
Jeremy: Yeah she's got a really cool voice Gwen: eSNa's got like a cool upper range
Jeremy: I just love her voice, it's like raspy but also not Gwen: It's cool...i'm gna listen to this
Ben: *said a korean word that eSNa just said*
Jeremy: This is just like harsh but it's- I like it a lot Gwen: Yeah it's like a growly-
Kevin: Oh I love the old- it's like the old CocaCola commercials
Gwen: I'm very worried about the razor blade
close to his throat because
Peyton: AHHH Jarod: So it was blood
Fiona: Nooo (Let's be real he probs deserved it)
She cut him
Kevin: ah that big- those big chords
Yunyi: AHHH her growls so good Keivn: And the last time- the chorus is differnt
Henry: This vocalist is really good
Kevin: Giiirrlll Umu: Wait how are you saying the chorus is different
Kevin: the high notes
Yunyi: Woaah I never heard you make that sound XD
Ben: Yeah now it's kind of big bandy it's- Naoki: Yeah the style changed a little bit except they add more to it now
Kevin: Who knew writing a song could be so much fun
Lindsey: Are they talking about men when they say "Nobody got time for this" Umu: I think so
Jeremy: Missing?! Davis: Sweeny Todd
They killed him
Kevin: That was amazing
Gwen: so they did Sweeny Todd him (again he probs deserved it)
Kevin: Oh and it ends with the projec-
man
(thought he was gonna throw the headphones again)
Man, everything, yas
Jeremy: Awkwaarrdd
Naoki: They killed him
Naoki: Uuhhh Sweeny Todd Shimon: It's like with the razor
Naoki: Cut his neck open
Yunyi: That was amaazziinnggg
Lindsey: I'm turning into a radish but I'm not one
But I'm turning into one Davis: Yeah
I think me too
that was- I was probably way more excited for that than I probably looked
Jarod: Ahh oop, that basically sums up how I feel about this song
I'm just like ahh ooping all over the place Ash: Mhm
Like it was cool, she's definitely a talented vocalist I just figured
I just think, it was a bit too much for me
Fiona: That was really cute (So murder is cute lol) Henry: eSNa is awesome
Fiona: Holy crap
Henry: Yeah I loved it Fiona: We're done
Fiona: her voice was different
it was like thicc
Henry: You said she's from California (I miss In n Out) (me too Jay me too)
Ash: Yeah Henry: She's a jazz vocalist
Ash: Mhm Henry: That absolutely makes sense for this style
Not because this is like jazz but it had a lot of California rock going on
Like that kind of- like that guitar tone was like the Les Paul
sort of like surfery
vibe going on
and had the horns in the background that still implied like ya know the kind of like
cheesyness umm- oh also about the music video it was soo cool, it was really really good Fiona: It was so good
Jeremy: That was awesome
I think they did a good job combining the 2 groups cuz
a lot of songs that are like
Collaborations I guess
It was very like
This group sings and then this group sings
and then this group sings and then this group sings
and they were like singing together and
it was really cool Gwen: That was actually one of the more impressive parts, just how seamless that was
Ben: I feel like it was pretty
because we weren't necessarily so much commenting on it I think it was pretty subtle
like the changes and I think that's what kept it interesting
ben: is cuz we were just entertained
shimon: yeah naoki: pretty plain
shimon: there wasn't anything like... big that changed
ben: no but like I would definitely listen to that again because it's catchy but it's still interesting enough that you could get more stuff out of it
henry: the drumming was also...it was a real drummer as opposed to a drum machine
it was reeally good
like whoever the session guy was...is really talented
fiona: I just really enjoy how they stylize it to an era in a way?
it's just so cute
yunyi: I like how it kidna defied ...the...what we're used to seeing
kevin: uh huh. it's not overproduced the-
the brass is very much
the clearest instrumental we hear...we hear the band sound
and then we hear the guitar *sings*
but then the brass takes over
there's that...ungh
the vibe is just so GOOD
yunyi: it just had so much character!
umu: so which do you like better? ahh oop or piano man?
gwen: piano man
jeremy: mmm oooh that's haaard
I guess piano man
gwen: gotta love me some billy joel
lindsey: i think I like the firsst onneeahhh hahaa no
davis: gruuunt/groan/upset noise
i'm on the fence *lindsey having a panic attack*
umu: oo ooh lindsey: i'm also on the fence
k they fit the style of both so well that's why i'm having so much trouble because like
it's not like you know... they were soo 20s that when they got to the 50s one it was like
this was kiiinda it but they were just *clap*
in the pocket on both of them they were just right *snap* right where they needed to be
in the first one i liked the like...
the swanky 20s style and in the second one i liked the like...upbeat 50s style with like
the horn line and stuff...i dont think i can pick
umu: so 50/50? lindsey: 50/50
davis: mmmm yeah
peyton: I like the last (piano man) one
ash: last one? *jarod agrees*
umu: so you guys like ahh oop better than piano man?
yunyi: yes kevin: oh yes yunyi: yeah
yunyi: just b/c we're pianists...
kevin: doesn't mean we like piano man
*love
yunyi: pianists xD
eHAH (what just happened)
henry: oh absolutely this one
fiona: i liked...i think i liked piano man more
henry: whAT
fio: yeah
from a music sense- for the music video I liked this one more
ash: uh huh
actually I don't kno- yeha I liked this one more for music video but
i think song wise, the other one
ash: mmmmm henry: no way *respect the opinion boi*
umu: ok so...which one did you like better? piano man or this one?
naoki & shimon: piano man
*feel that peer pressure ben feeel it*
naoki: are you gna be the odd one out? ben: yeah dude
yeah I think I like this one better
naoki: </3 I see I see
SEVENTEEEEEEN
NEEEEXXXT
wish umu luck this one is gna b e hella hard for her to edit
half the reactors reacted to aju nice dance
and the other half did the MV
it'll be interesting