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I may be alone here, but EMBYO. It's just such a Sakurai song, it's truly cool how we can see the continuity of his lyrical themes from back then, and EMBYO is in some ways more powerful for being so direct too. Then ICONOCLASM is the classic, though I prefer the rerecording.

I may be alone here, but EMBYO. It's just such a Sakurai song, it's truly cool how we can see the continuity of his lyrical themes from back then, and EMBYO is in some ways more powerful for being so direct too. Then ICONOCLASM is the classic, though I prefer the rerecording.

@Jigsaw9 Not even My Baby Japanese type II? And yes!! about Hyper Love + Taboo. I remember just playing these performances on repeat (+Narcissus, Taiyou ni Korosareta and Kiss Me Goodbye) for weeks when I first became a fan.

Haha, I can get that...usually I can't stand Engrish either (most especially in rock/metal) but somehow knowing what an influence David Bowie had on Atsushi, I dunno somehow makes it feel endearing instead of forced? Not sure if that makes sense. Just like THE IMMORTAL live, addressing the audience almost entirely in English making an atmosphere of a real punk-goth live.
(I think B-T / etc is the only place I've made an exception 😂)

@karai · ebi I gotta confess, I could never take SILENT NIGHT seriously because of the Engrish (so I have a bit of a different experience with it), lol.
 
@crossparallel EMBRYO is a cool track! I love ICONOCLASM to bits, it's interesting to read some ppl prefer the rerecording. I've always adored the original, and come to think of it, I have to think really hard to find a rerecording by B-T that I like more than the original... tho the duo of the rerec'd TABOO and HYPER LOVE is pretty awesome, especially live!

I may be alone here, but EMBYO. It's just such a Sakurai song, it's truly cool how we can see the continuity of his lyrical themes from back then, and EMBYO is in some ways more powerful for being so direct too. Then ICONOCLASM is the classic, though I prefer the rerecording.

SILENT NIGHT (even though I can hardly listen through, cause, sad), TABOO, and JUST ONE MORE KISS, honestly I prefer this album on live.

^ I feel ya, sometimes I feel like JUST ONE MORE KISS is too syrupy and upbeat for my liking, haha. The music video is perfectly cheesy tho.  

Amazing album! I wouldn't have realized today marked it's 30th if you hadn't posted, about to go listen to it in a bit. 
I may be an outlier, but I can't stand JUST ONE MORE KISS, something about it always made me uncomfortable lol. The rest of this album is great tho, with my favorites being ICONOCLASM, TOKYO and TABOO. 

^Definitely JUST ONE MORE KISS, SEX FOR YOU and FEAST OF DEMORALIZATION. Wow I'm older than this album. 😑

The album "TABOO" was released in 1989, exactly 30 years ago today (18th January)!  
 
One of the most excellent old-school J-rock albums imo with many great highlights such as ICONOCLASM, ANGELIC CONVERSATION or JUST ONE MORE KISS. My favorites are TOKYO and FEAST OF DEMORALIZATION tho (the latter being one of only two songs whose lyrics Toll wrote in B-T history!).
 
 
What are your faves from the album?

The band is looking for a new bassist ! They would like someone who loves make-up, who has high aspirations and high confidence. If you apply for the job, you can send them some of your bass recordings.
 
https://ameblo.jp/liphlich-official/entry-12433438444.html

Elvis and C. 16th ± are old These New Puritans songs from the Beat Pyramid album.
 
 
 

Elvis and C. 16th ± are old These New Puritans songs from the Beat Pyramid album.
 
 
 

Agreed

sheeple is fucking great i don't give a fuck what anyone says

Yeah, Chiyudasen Democracy had some political undertones to it. Here's a in depth analysis my friend did about it. She also went ahead and added subs to the PV.
 
 
You can also check out English lyric translations over at the same tumblr I linked. ^^ Lots of political & Showa-era lyrics and symbolism 😮

their new live-limited single "sheeple" (1000 yen) will be released on November 7 at their 17th anniversary performance at Ebisu Liquidroom.
 
 

So their tour just started and according to fans' tweets, they've already debuted a new song called "sheeple". Gara also mentioned a live-limited single but i don't know if it'll be sold during this tour or what. I'm pissed but I look forward to seeing it on closetchild for 30 bucks x
 
edit: this is the flyer that was distributed at the live...what a LOOK.

It’s a pleasure to be able to share MERRY-ness with others! I just hope it is alright to translate and put my spin on so much stuff, as I am sure there’s loads more people whose Japanese is better than mine and would disagree with my interpretation.
 
If it’s alright, I did  just a little write up on a recent web TV interview with Gara.
https://freshlive.tv/bar_boo_friends/185971
My understanding is that Boo wanted to interview Die only but Die requested for Gara to join as well. I’m not going to go into too much details of what Die and Boo said because they are mainly DEG, X Japan, Ladies Room related. In general, Gara’s role on this show is being Die’s kouhai and reminiscent some stories from his roadie days.
 
 

MERRY has unveiled their new look and have updated their live schedule:
7/6 ガラ (Gara) Birthday Live 第三回自作自演「39グッドバイ」@ 渋谷duo MUSIC EXCHANGE
9/23 システム エムオロギーExtra～テツ (Tetsu) revenge～ @ 盛岡CLUB CHANGE WAVE
9/24 システム エムオロギーExtra～テツ (Tetsu) revenge～ @ 秋田CLUB SWINDLE
MERRY Autumn Tour 2018
10/12 Nagoya Electric Lady Land
10/13 Creative Center Osaka Umeda Club Quattro
11/7 恵比寿LIQUIDROOM
10/30~31 Merry Halloween Party ～Trick or MERRY～ @ HOLIDAY SHINJUKU
 

Know what would be cool? If they remastered (though re-recording might be better) Peep Show, M.E.R.R.Y, and Underworld. I call that Merry’s “tin can era”.

Posting this here since it's a fanclub-limited release...
 
MERRY will release their fanclub-limited live DVD, "CORE LIMITED LIVE DVD「47都道府県TOUR システム エムオロギー ～AGITATE FINAL「禁断」 2018.2.3 日本青年館」" (7000 yen, 2 discs) on May 23. It will be available at their lives and their label's webshop, but of course, you must be a member of their fanclub CORE to purchase it.
 
DISC 1 will include the full concert from their tour final on February 3, DISC 2 will include bonus footage such as backstage footage, member messages, and tour digest.
 
 

The band held a session live today for Yuu's birthday. The setlists are pretty interesting~
 
 
Yuu's band covered SHIVER DFJALFJOIDJFLDKJF