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11. Yoshiki is black

Personally, I view it as both a scene AND a genre. While there are technically a variety of genres played within the scene, I feel like you'll find common musical nuances amongst them all (most notably the vocals) that strings everything together. I think when you remove those nuances and place them in a different musical setting, people will automatically think of "visual kei" when they hear it - which is why I regard it as a genre/style of music in addition to it being a scene. It depends. Most VK looks horribly tacky to me (with a handful of exceptions), so If I were to judge bands purely based on their looks, I'd miss out on some potentially cool tunes. I personally don't care for the looks. Good music will be good regardless. However, I think the VK scene NEEDS the entire image aspect to be successful. For a lot of bands in the scene, "image" is all they have going for them lol. I search for music that will appease my ears. Obviously, there are certain genres/subgenres that appeal to me more than others, but I try to keep an open ear out for everything because with so much music out there, it's easy to overlook cool tunes. This is one reason I enjoy making and receiving mixtapes. Not really. There's a new genre and sub-genre invented everyday, so to get flustered over someone mislabeling music seems a bit ridiculous. There's a ton of music out there that is completely ambiguous and defies labels, so many things can be left up to one's interpretation. But on the same token, If something is being CLEARLY mislabeled, I don't mind spending a few moments to educate someone (if that person is receptive to new knowledge that is). Typically, I still tend to associate them with VK - like with lynch, MERRY, dir en grey, even miyavi. It's easy to change your image, but it's a bit more difficult to completely erase certain influences from the music you create.

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LOL, this entire tribute is over-the-top, haha. And since the track with Kinbara is a bonus track, it should be a house remix lmao

According to last.fm, mudy has been replaced by Cinema staff... It's funny because I hadn't realized that I listen to cinema staff that often. last.fm is full of these little revelations, as I pretty recently accepted the fact that rin toshite is one of my favorites, heh. Still, last.fm playcount doesn't necessarily dictate my favorites. Although if I were to make a list without the assistance of my last.fm, it would most likely look the same as above (give or take haisuinonasa, cinema staff, and mudy)

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Yeah, I think the users here enjoy talking about the gazette more than they actually enjoy listening to them, heh.

I'm loving how no two lists here are alike. It's interesting how such a small and homogenous scene has garnered such a diverse fanbase. I can dig it! ; )