Much higher level than last week for sure
- Geinin: Meh. Funny how they were better than that gasmask band.
- Ukulele: Flawless performance, good arrangement, cute appearance... but more than one song and it gets boring.
- Tangobuchan: Similar too SHNJ48, but with a much better arrangement. Very very cool. I could feel the power and energy.
- Jazz: I hate jazz. But trying to be objective, the arrangement was all over the place. I didn't enjoy this at all.
- Demons: Lame image aside, musically it was pretty solid. Awesome red Jackson guitar too. Duel guitar attack. I'm especially happy all the member really enjoyed some heavy rock action.
My personal winner from the two episodes... Tangobuchan! Same amount of impact as that demon band, but with less the experience and lesser material. Great arrangement, good playing and overall a blast to watch and listen to.
I think the jazz band arrangement was maybe better than that, and I though their overall performance was very good in filling the assignment (Please interpret this song in your band's style)........but your comment about how you don't like Jazz is the key point........You saw the same thing with the AKB48 girls' reactions to the jazz song and the rock songs. Jazz is far less popular with a certain generation (let's say under 40 years of age) than other pop and rock music, and somewhat like the Uke music, it has it's place, but not as universally as other music.
And I did like Tangobuchan- and the girls in AKB48 really related to them- a group of high school aged girls working hard in practice and then putting it out there on stage with the risk of not being liked....something the AKB48 girls have to face themselves.
I did like the old guys' band, they had the old
'rock 'n' roll will never die' spirit!
Overall, have to give credit to the producers of the show. They found a good mix of contestants, and it made for great entertainment, and hopefully gave a lot of musicians some inspiration to keep practicing in those rental rooms they have in Japan (as opposed to 'Garage Bands' in other countries)