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The PV spot...

I can't even...

To be honest, the girl with the manga mask was the last thing that worries me.

8/10

'Cause the pics are funny even thought I don't know the band in them. The links could be better placed though, so that's why I took 2 points away.

Seriously, what are this?

That doesn't really explain much, to be honest. Kiryu, which is produced by B.P. Records, does their mixing on their own. Of course, the program they use is professional (ProTools, which, may I add, I'm also familiar with). Though getting a professional mixing tool does cost some money, like, well, ProTools costs like $800 for the basic software. But I think, if I was a musician, I would totally invest on a good mixing software, since even high-quality instruments can be made sound really bad with bad mixing, whereas lower quality instruments can be made sound decent with a good mixing software.

Not judging them though! I'm just saying that, to win my attention, they should've paid more attention to the mixing.

But if you're saying their recent releases are better than the first three they published, then alright, good. I'd still like to hear it though, to be convinced.

I used to listen to them, but they didn't really convince me with their mixing skills. I mean their sound is pretty unique and especially Andy fascinates me as a bassist, but the whole mixing done poorly kinda ruined it for me. I wanted to hear more of their songs to actually like them, but wasn't ready to buy any of the releases based on their impression.

So yeah, good band, bad mixing.

Constantly feeling like I'm not good enough for anybody.

Wish granted, but once they become rare and valuable you'll lose them all in a house fire.

I wish BFN starts making good music again.

カメレオ's HIKARU.

The best motherfucking band of the decade! 

You better like them or wait for me to appear behind your door with a shotgun.

Seriously speaking, any other fans? Favorite songs? Favorite releases? Favorite members? How did you find out about them? Etc etc. Conversation plz.

I kinda want this even though I don't care much about DOLLY. I like JULIET, GOTHIC PARTY and「R」.

Nevertheless this is probably overpriced considering how much I like DOLLY.

The Cat Lady for PC for the second time.

I just enjoy the art and the gore-ish feeling in it.

Two books. The aquariums of Pjongjang by Kang Chol-hwan and Pierre Rigoulotand; and Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick. 

Both about North Korea. I've already read Escape from camp 14 by Blaine Harden.

Should also read The circus of Pjongjang (?) which just got released. It was written by a Finnish... athlete, I think? Or someone related to sports.

I'm really into NK right now.

Both versions of カメレオ's album なう! for myself and the regular edition for my gf.

Boohoo there goes $100. I love this band too much.

1823日 (1823 nichi) - アーク

What are the current beauty standards?

 i write a lot and maybe that's why i annoy people so much i guess, but its who i am.

I don't think you're actually annoying anyone here. We just don't agree with what you say and point out some weaknesses in your arguments. That's called a conversation, you know. If you think all people who disagree with you and wanna point that out are annoyed with you, you're gonna have bad time there, buddy.

To me it rather seems like you're annoyed and defensive because some many people came to oppose your views.

I understand that and i can understand if someone genuinely enjoys this sort of music i just don't understand why EVERY new visual kei band i see has to have some type of pop or electro type of elements nowadays..

Owld skewl kote kei was also just a forced cliche and what was popular back then. The crap that's going around now is also just what is popular and in another decade VK will probably be a totally different monster and the fans of what VK is now, will be like the kote kei fans complaining that VK isn't the same anymore.

Arithmetica pretty much summarized it. Being all electro and colorful is today's VK's thing. If you don't like it, that's alright, but it isn't any less inspiring or any less unique than what kotekote bands were compared to each other.

And to clear things up again: I don't like BFN. I wanna like them, because I'm a huge Vidoll fan and used to be even more huge Rame fan. So I'm not really defending this band, and whatever you say can't possibly make me feel butthurt because I know well enough how much BFN sucks ass. Yet, I think there are certainly worse bands than BFN, and one of them is Xodiack. 

my point was mostly being of how you can go from kote kei brutal death metal type of shit to this. it just doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

Because Eros is as much of a greedy little bastard as anyone. Like you might know, Xodiack didn't sell too well (why that might be, I don't know. I mean, they were so great! *sarcasm*). Whereas you think this type of music isn't mature, I think it's as mature as music can get. It's about being flexible and admitting to one self that you can't always stick with your ideals and do everything and everything alone what appeals fun to you. If you wanna live on music, you gotta need to do something that sells. And obviously, Xodiack didn't and didn't even have a chance to. So Eros went to a band where he could do something he likes, not at least hate what he does and be actually able to earn some pocket money. It's that simple.

That's why people that "used to make great, inspiring, original, unique music" tend to go to "shitty sell-out bands". Because shitty sell-out bands sell better. :'D

Can't undesrtand why people still complaining about 'electro shit'. 

I'm not complaining about them doing electro-what-ever. I'm complaining about them not doing it well. They can do whatever they want as long as they do it well.

DIR EN GREY. i just can't seem to get into their music no matter how hard i try :\ but i've got some mad respect for em so w/e

Agreed. I hate their music, yet they've achieved a lot, there's no denying of that.

Their fans on the other hand...

En haluu kesää. Kesä on perseestä. Haluun loppukevään ja sulavan koiranpaskan raikkaan tuoksun ja ärsyttävät, talven jäljiltä tiellä olevat hiekotukset.

 how do go from xodiack to this crap? rame was even in eze:qul.

You can't be serious with this statement? I mean, I'm waiting for BFN to be actually good but do you seriously think Xodiack was better? :'D I have no idea who did the composing in that band, but obviously he either wasn't very good at his job or just didn't give a shit.

And eze:qul too? Rame hardly even knew how to hold the bass the right way! Geez, even Vidoll in the beginning was pretty amateur stuff, even though some people choose to see those years as their best. No, Rame is not doing his best in this band, but thinking he was more talented in eze:qul is just ridiculous.

This is too fast...Tomoshibi and Etsu to Utsu aren't very good compared to their other release =\

I disagree with you. I think the singles were really good, especially the title songs.

Anyways.

KIRYU.

WUT R U DOIN.

KIRYU.

STAHP.

The fuck is wrong with this band. :'D Do they have note soup instead of alphabet soup every morning and decide their new melodies based on that? That's the only way to explain how in earth they can release new stuff every 3 months. NO ONE HAS SUCH A LIMITED STASH OF CREATIVITY WITH THEM. Especially since this band only has like 2 composers, when bands with 4 composers are doing slower job.

No, wait... Kameleo only has one composer and they're pretty much doing the same thing here... wow.

DANGER CRUE has updated some information about the upcoming album「なう！」

The limited edition will include the songs 捏造ピエロ (netsuzou pierot)、検索結果0 (kensaku kekka 0)、始まりの歌 (hajimari no uta)、サンドウィッチLOVE (sandwich LOVE) and 6 new songs, making it a total of 10 songs.

The DVD will have the following contents:

1.「君となう。」Music clip (Kimi to nau music clip)

I agree with Gizorz above.

Another point to consider is why the visual kei look works for Japanese people. For one, because it is a look that is culturally acceptable in their culture. They can get away with looking outrageous and effeminate because they, as a people, have been fascinated by such imagery since god knows when.

I once watched a documentary on guys working in maid-cafés in Japan. One of them told about one incident, when his girlfriend found his pair of stockings in his car. Instead of saying "Yeah I work at a maid café" he lied to his girlfriend by saying he's been cheating on her.

In a culture, where cheating is more socially accepted than dressing up as a woman, you definitely can't say Visual kei is more socially acceptable than anywhere else. 

So yeah, I've watched an American show where transgender girls (that's how they called themselves, I'm not being intolerant here) did makeovers for women. By your standards, this should mean being transgender is totally accepted in the states because they show it on TV. 

There will always be people drawn closer by oddities like VK and stuff, that's true, but it doesn't make it generally acceptable in any society.

Cute girl but wasn't even near crying.

Puppies are cuter anyways.

This, though, would probably make me cry if I watched it further than a minute:

カメレオ, like ever since they started activities. Because I needed something to replace the empty space in my heart that being disappointed with BFN left me with. Also, they've constantly had decent, strong releases with no disappointment factor and they keep getting better. They make being obsessed with them really easy, too. 8D New releases like every 3 months, a lot of merchandise sold on auction sites, bunch of interviews, even in English...