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I wonder if say Happy Life will even be on the next album? I always perceived it more as a part of the NO SMART era, but they do have a history of jamming singles into albums regardless of whether they fit or not  Recording a more straightforward album like NOnsenSe MARkeT feels right for the time, and they got to stretch their songwriting muscles a bit too with it and Beautiful Freaks, but I also miss retro guro Merry. And it's not like they have given up on that, take a song like [collector] for example! That hits all the right spots, but ended up only as a single b-side,  as have all their most out there songs really [Oriental BL Circus, Charlie, stupid x cupid...] I wonder how much of it is label pressure and how much - self-censorship. Good thing we have the concerts at least. If you're asking about current favorites, I'm so stuck on the '09 Shinjuku Loft Concert (Identity/BURST EPDVD).

Since you reminded me about it a few days ago, I've been listening to Koseiha Blend Classic on repeat... well, even more than usual XD So. Good. Ngh. Just the amount of raw creativity that went into Merry's early singles, you don't even need fancy instrumentals or production for it to count.
 
Other than that, well, even as they may be flawed, there is something I love about each of their albums. (Moderngarde being the exception to this rule, as I  think it's basically perfect ). There isn't a band I'm rooting more for, what with all the introspection in the last two albums, I'm curious what that will lead to. If one day they manage to create an album that combines all I love about them, it will probably be my undoing.

yaaaassss almost exactly what I think of Rei-Rei 💕just didn't know how to say it!!
 
And I didn't even realize that!! I wouldn't be surprised if Fuyu no Castanet served as an inspiration or smth to them, since this is the only song like this that they've ever done~ and yeah, it was hard for me to get into them too, since they're a smaller band, but later on I fell in love orz 💦💦
 
I'm glad you're starting to like them, more Merry fans should definitely check them out!!

Gendai Stoic vibes indeed, at least when it comes to Rei's singing  And do I even hear a bit of Fuyu no Castanet in Amesansan? Not sold on them yet, but I think I may get there. Just watched Amaji 3 times and Rei didn't miss the chance to make me smile every time (that note at 2:09, he's so like a cat). And he gives off a different vibe from young Gara anyway, lighter - less drive or melancholy, more whimsy? 

Okay, so this band is my MOTHERFUCKING LIFE. ok that's too much but still *looks at her small Marco collection, along with other cds from Rei's previous bands* They capture the spirit of MERRY perfectly, especially their old visual era. Rei is a huge fanboy of Gara especially, you can clearly see that in his vocal abilities, and well, just look for yourself:
 

 
He even has his own corset too, and likes to do handstands sometimes. xD That's some devotion right there.
 
Marco deserves more recognition than what they have now, and the fact that they're only releasing live-limited CDs at the moment is just wrong ;w; I was very lucky to get Amesansan, because it really does sound a lot different from their usual songs, and it's pretty~ I hope they stick to releasing more music soon, aside from venue-limited ones, so that I can hear more of them without having to hunt shit down at auctions!! ;w;
 
I really, really like this band, and I just wanna see them grow and grow. What do you think?
 
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Welcome! Seems we got into Jrock around the same time! ^^
 
I'm sure you'll find new things to learn and enjoy here
 
Btw I love Sukekiyo too!

Also happy to meet you! You can say I got into Japanese rock three years ago, only I spent the first 2 of them playing BUCK-TICK on repeat. 2016 was the year I managed to separate from the mother planet enough to really get into other bands, and now I'm on a J-rock honeymoon, where I end up losing myself in some song or album every week. MERRY are my new love, cali≠gari grow on me with every minute, hide, sukekiyo, LIPHLICH, Pura, Daisuke's bands & MUCC (see "MERRY are my new love", hahah, it was inevitable)... Outside of v-kei I'm hooked on Jun Togawa, Shiina Ringo and Urbangarde. I know I'm just in the beginning of this journey, and I'm excited for what I may discover.
 
Other plausibly relevant points:
Anything that's 20th-century, Japanese and counterculture-ish is a possible interest, though I don't know 1/10 as much as I wish I did.  I dropped out of my Math major in uni and now I'm hoping to enroll into a Japanese studies program next year. I am the kind of person who complains about the existence of ratings and reviews and indulges in them anyway   I'm not the best soul round, but I'm trying. 

Also happy to meet you! You can say I got into Japanese rock three years ago, only I spent the first 2 of them playing BUCK-TICK on repeat. 2016 was the year I managed to separate from the mother planet enough to really get into other bands, and now I'm on a J-rock honeymoon, where I end up losing myself in some song or album every week. MERRY are my new love, cali≠gari grow on me with every minute, hide, sukekiyo, LIPHLICH, Pura, Daisuke's bands & MUCC (see "MERRY are my new love", hahah, it was inevitable)... Outside of v-kei I'm hooked on Jun Togawa, Shiina Ringo and Urbangarde. I know I'm just in the beginning of this journey, and I'm excited for what I may discover.
 
Other plausibly relevant points:
Anything that's 20th-century, Japanese and counterculture-ish is a possible interest, though I don't know 1/10 as much as I wish I did.  I dropped out of my Math major in uni and now I'm hoping to enroll into a Japanese studies program next year. I am the kind of person who complains about the existence of ratings and reviews and indulges in them anyway   I'm not the best soul round, but I'm trying. 

now that's a warm welcome ♥ always up for that, you know.

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssss qween u finally made it 👋 welcome to mh ♥
 
♥♥♥ let's fap to merry together~♥♥♥

Also happy to meet you! You can say I got into Japanese rock three years ago, only I spent the first 2 of them playing BUCK-TICK on repeat. 2016 was the year I managed to separate from the mother planet enough to really get into other bands, and now I'm on a J-rock honeymoon, where I end up losing myself in some song or album every week. MERRY are my new love, cali≠gari grow on me with every minute, hide, sukekiyo, LIPHLICH, Pura, Daisuke's bands & MUCC (see "MERRY are my new love", hahah, it was inevitable)... Outside of v-kei I'm hooked on Jun Togawa, Shiina Ringo and Urbangarde. I know I'm just in the beginning of this journey, and I'm excited for what I may discover.
 
Other plausibly relevant points:
Anything that's 20th-century, Japanese and counterculture-ish is a possible interest, though I don't know 1/10 as much as I wish I did.  I dropped out of my Math major in uni and now I'm hoping to enroll into a Japanese studies program next year. I am the kind of person who complains about the existence of ratings and reviews and indulges in them anyway   I'm not the best soul round, but I'm trying. 

Hahah, you've lured me to get out of stalking mode to say,
WTH Super Merries live! I didn't think I'll see the day. Ah, this is exciting! Too bad the twitter is a mess on autotranslate, guess I'll have to try to piece it together kanji by kanji.

Shinjuku Gewalt - ''My dad totally does NOT work for Nintendo, he's in the army I swear!"
 
goatbed - ever heard about gays? BOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
 
Coaltar of the Deepers - ''fucc this shoegaze shit im gonna compose anime soundtracks now"
 
Psycho Le Cemu - Anime is real and they're playing at my house
 
Plastic Tree (old) - depressed puppet man forms smashing pumpkins/the cure tribute man
Plastic Tree (new) - [sound of a Loveless tribute record skipping]
 
[NOT FAVES SECTION]
Golde Bomber - Asian Milli Vanilli
 
''that'' band -
 

gibkiy gibkiy gibkiy:

MUCC (old) - Kermit the Frog sings about his struggles with depression
MUCC (new) - dude did u ever watch anime lol
 
Dir en grey - Sashimi Slipknot
 
sukekiyo - rowdy primate gets accepted into art scool
 
deadman - Chinese Marilyn Manson fronts a grunge band

FLOPPY - "My dad totally works for Nintendo you guys, I swear!"
 
MERRY - LIKE THIS IF YOU'RE A REAL TAISHO KID BORN IN THE WRONG GENERATION
 
cali≠gari - the gay man wants us all to keep it real... about NEW WAVE
 
Buck-Tick -
 
Strawberry Song Orchestra - [watches a Terayama Shuji play/movie ONCE]
 
 

Give a sentence meant to compel someone to try out one of your faves, but do an awful job at it.
 
Versailles: Japanese men in dresses pretending to be French vampires singing in English sometimes.
 
Merry: Ska, but like, sad.
 
Cali=/=gari: If the 80's came back to tell you "I fucked ur mom lol"
 
Jupiter: Versailles in space.
 
LuLu: Tone-deaf man lists medical terms in Japanese.
 
Dir en Grey: huurryguugjgugjh suuuuuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKḞ͚͇̠̿͌̍U̸̡̻ͧ͌̆̄C̡̯̦̖ͪ̂̔K̵̡̺̤̩͙̟̗ͤͣͦͭ̐̀̒F̡̪͇͎̣̣̘͕̝̠̖͎͗͐ͫ͛́͌͋̈̇̕͟U̶̢͔̦̳̫̥̣͊̃ͨ͒̍̽̇̓̃͋̐̏ͨͣ̽ͮ̄͐͗̕͞͝C̸̡͇̫̦̠̖̣͓͖̥̲̪̞̘̠̱̄ͦ͐ͫ́̎̋͆ͯ́͜͡ͅK̴̨̝̳͉̙̳̰̺͓̙̝̣͋̿̆ͤ̌̌̀ͅ
 
D=sire: Feelings of love and regret recycled for 25 years.
 
Luzmelt: Ｉ＇Ｍ Ａ ＲＯＢＯＴ ＡＮＤ ＭＹ ＰＡＮＴＳ ＡＲＥ ＭＩＲＲＯＲＳ
 
BLOOD: When you're an asshole and have to get a new group of friends each school year in an effort to not sit alone at lunch.
 
Metronome: **SOUNDS OF DIAL-UP MODEM**
 
Rentrer en Soi: The musical equivalent of a t-shirt that says "I'm turning my puff into tuff."
 
Deshabillz: Social commentary on the averse effects of narcissism on the human psyche, the push and pull of the ego and id, and a grotesque pin-up of internalized desire left to the wayside for the stronger influences of conformist nothingness.
 

sing it out to the gods, queen ;w;
 
Even though I don't do it often, I love listening to MERRY live. Especially when they decide to do acoustic stuff. Gara is really good at showing emotion when he sings these kinds of songs, and it just makes one feel all sorts of things inside. The first time I even watched this clip, I got chills. Shit like this still makes me wonder how the fuck this band is so underrated....