ONE OK ROCK- 'Take What You Want' live Ambition Tour Japan Dome 2018
That silence was unbelievable! Taka is an AMAZING singer! Do we need to do a five song study of them!?!?!
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I remember being in a concert with this song. Such an amazing song. This silence is only possible with either Japanese or fans that understand it. Unfortunately in my concert that I attend, the people start wooing as they thought they wanted the audience to cheer for him. Taka couldn't let his silence stay any longer and continued the song sooner then I was expecting.
More one ok rock please 🙏
Hi, thanks for the reaction, definitely up for a deepdive on them from you!! They've been playing for over 20 years now and they've done a few different genres within the rock genre over the years. For reactions, I think everyone always highly recommends taking live performances over MVs, they really really are much better live and often do cool arrangements :) Below are a few recs with basic descriptions to help you choose what you'd be curious to listen to if you do decide to dive deeper (they have over 100 songs, 11 albums, and a lot of special versions of their songs), hopefully that'd be useful! So, the recs (in no particular order): 1) A couple songs I feel are staples (not necessarily my all time favorite though): - "We Are" from the same album and tour as Take What You Want - often the closing song of their shows. Hopeful punk rock written for the younger generation (they don't look it but are all in their late 30s now) - "Clock Strikes" -> it's one of their older songs so there are a lot of versions but you absolutely HAVE to pick the "live from luxury disease japan tour 2023" version, you'll know why if you listen to it I promise - "The Beginning" -> their most famous song. I'd go with either the EYE OF THE STORM japan tour version, or the "orchestra japan tour 2018" version 2) For harder rock: - "Deeper Deeper" and/or "Liar" which is some of their earlier work. I'd go with the versions from "Mighty Long Fall at Yokohama stadium" (Mighty Long Fall is also a great song but here it's the tour name for their 2015 tour) 3) For ballads: - Their most famous ballad and one of their most famous songs: "Wherever You Are", from the 2017 "Ambitions Japan Tour", very different from the album version, gorgeous arrangement, a lot of emotion poured in. - my personal favorite ballad of theirs "Your Tears Are Mine" -> "Luxury Disease tour" version as a priority, but really fun to contrast with the "Your Tears Are Mine studio jam sessions" version, which is acoustic with strings - optional shoutout to "Good Goodbye" from the 35xxxv tour (he has green hair in the thumbnail) 4) OOR with orchestra: - anything from the "Orchestra Japan Tour" but especially "I Was King" 5) For an exploration of their "poppier" sound: - "Stand Out Fit In" -> closest to the album version is "eye of the storm Japan tour", but my favorite version is from the Orchestra Japan Tour mentioned above - "Wasted Nights" from "EYE OF THE STORM JAPAN TOUR" - the song "+Matter" is from their latest album, no official live released yet but the MV is fun and was filmed on tour 6) A couple bonus categories -> from the Luxury Disease tour "Renegades" which is the song they wrote with Ed Sheeran, they also have an acoustic version of this song from their EP "live from DETOX JAPAN TOUR 2025" if you want to compare them. 7) From their latest album (no official live clips yet except for one song, the DVD will be released this summer): - "Party's Over" is my favorite and has a really cool guitar solo, and they released a live clip from it from "DETOX JAPAN TOUR AT NISSAN STADIUM 2025" - their main single "Delusion:all" has a great MV - if you want some harder rock you could go with "Puppets Can't Control You" or "C.U.R.I.O.S.I.T.Y". - if you want an emotional live version (audio only) with a fantastic string and guitar arrangement, you could try "The Pilot </3" from the "live from DETOX JAPAN TOUR 2025" EP. 8) Anything from the "studio jam sessions" is always a treat, they're acoustic versions of their songs they release with every album release. For this I'd go with Your Tears Are Mine as mentioned above, or maybe "Taking Off", or "Heartache" Honestly I could rec this whole album and so many more from the rest of their careers so I'll stop here!! This was long, but hopefully it is at least a little bit useful to you or to anyone else reading this and curious about them. Hope you have a lovely day today!
Definitely do a 5 song study! I have seen One Ok Rock live more than five times in the States and they never disappoint!
PLEASE please do a 5 song study of them. I'm floored that you did a J-rock livestream without hearing any ONE OK ROCK. I think the first song I heard was Delusion:All, but I love literally every song I've heard from them. Thank you for reminding me to put them back into my rotation.
Pretty sure in the Japanese band stream there was 1 one ok rock song lol.
YES YES YES YES YES to more one ok rock. ALWAYS watch their live stuff!!!! Some of my favs: -Clock Strikes - we are -make it out alive - renegades -deeper deeper - the beginning
Yes more ONE OK ROCK!!!!
def go down the rabbithole pls! They have tons of (great!) music i also absolutely love the songs C.U.R.I.O.S.I.T.Y and Standout fit in. I think i discovered around the time detox was released so still have tons of stuff i myself wanna check out more but they#ve proven they're 100% worth listening to and so I'll hope to see more
I've seen them 3 times in person and their lives always outshine the studio versions! Yes, please do a 5 song study! An underrated gem of theirs that's slightly outside of their normal sound is "When They Turn the Lights On." I also second the recommendation of “We Are” 18fes NHK Live, that was a really special performance. Any of Taka's covers are worth checking out too, and acapella versions of their songs are great too like "Heartache."
Taka is a legendary generation vocalist. Beautiful voice and masterful control/expression. I would love to see more reactions to them/him. Taka has a solo cover of Adele’s “Hello,” that is incredible. I would also recommend “We Are” 18fes NHK Live. The song itself is about standing strong and empowering yourself in the face of challenge, criticism, and adversity. It was a message to the Japanese youth that they matter and their voices deserve to be heard. They did a special live performance with a bunch of 18 year old Japanese “kids” that is stunning. As for songs I like from them, “Stand Out Fit In” is probably my favourite, but I’m also a fan of “Mighty Long Fall,” “Clock Strikes,” and “Vandalize.”
ONe Ok Rock are incredible!! I found them 2 or 3 years ago. Last year they were my most listened to artist on Spotify. Taka is the lead singer and he is incredible and can do any genre, but all the members are excellent! They've been around since 2005 so there's a ton of music you can check out! They are definitely known for being even better in live performances than on the studio track
Speechless......Literally
OOR is one of my favorite artist and I have had the honor of seeing them live twice in the 2 years I have been listening to them. I would love for you to check them out more!
I never skip a reaction to this performance, talk about iconic.
Agreed!
