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  3. Posted

    13 hours ago, ghost said:

    Personally,  I also really liked Deep Six, The Mephistopheles of Los Angeles, Slave only Dreams to be King, and Birds of Hell Awaiting. I think my favorite thing about the album though is Manson's vocal performance. It's definitely not what it used to be but I feel that his current singing style fit perfectly with the sound of TPE.

    I agree with that. I think he lost a lot of his ferocity and fire in recent years and, especially with all the falling outs with past members and Interscope Records, I'm sure his musical influence has changed since times of the triptych. I think his lyrics have definitely changed. He talks less about politics or current events and more about himself. A common criticism I've heard is that with his change in lyrical focus, people feel Manson's lost his edge or shock value. But yeah, I think his lyrics don't quite have the same impact as they used to and they can be kind of cringey at times. 

    I'm familiar with Deep Six and The Mephistopheles of Los Angeles, but I'll give the other songs another shot, thanks!
    I don't think Manson necessarily has to sing about politics or current events to be interesting, and I don't care much for his shock value, I never found him very shocking to begin with. But I think that his commentary on these things used to be both insightful and general/fundamental enough to somehow be applicable to someone fairly unfamiliar with traditional american and christian values. The the more personal lyrics as of late feels (to me) very hard to relate to, and like you mentioned often sounds a bit cringey. Perhaps it's related to the split with Interscope, that would explain the sudden shift in quality between The high end of low and Born villain!

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    3 hours ago, ghost said:

    I could never finish Born Villain as I get bored a few songs in, but I absolutely loved The Pale Emperor. It was a more matured album and I think him experimenting with a more bluesy laid back style was a breath of fresh air. 

    Can't say that I'm quite on the hype train for HUD either, but I am looking forward to seeing what Manson's still got. Revelation 12 and Say10 sound pretty promising. What are the qualities from Born Villain and The Pale Emperor that you don't like?

    I did listen to Third Day of a Seven Day Binge quite a lot, but I never managed to get into the rest of The Pale emperor. I did only listen to the whole thing a few times though, so I should probably give it another shot. Do you have any gems from the album to recommend?
    I really wanted to like Born villain since I liked The high end of low so much, but I can't honestly say one good thing about it besides the You're so vain cover.

    We know where you fucking live is the first song I heard from HUD, so I should probably listen to a few more songs before I judge the whole album. I guess my problem is partly that Manson sounds a bit like a band that's very inspired by the mid- to late 90's Manson sound, but doesn't know how to write interesting songs, I think a lot of it is very "samey" and forgettable.  
    But most of all I'm not a huge fan of Manson's lyrics anymore, I don't know if the old stuff is better or if I just listened to it so much it started to sound good, but whenever I hear lines like "I don't know if I can open up, I'm not a birthday present" or "I know where you fucking live" I just instantly feel like changing song. I guess it's just not for me!

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    I really liked The high end of low but I'm having a hard time getting into the two subsequent albums, and I feel like everything I disliked about those two albums is culminating in this new single. I have no hope for the upcoming album, I'm just happy I didn't spend money on the fall tour at this point. 

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    On 8/2/2017 at 3:40 PM, returnal said:

    virgin blues is listed as a Togawa cover, tho it actually does originate with 野坂昭如

    Whoa, I never knew. I'm listening to the Nosaka version now and it's interesting, but I still think the Togawa version is the best.

  24. Posted · Edited by gwsm

    11 hours ago, 01K1NEMA said:

    Hey guys, there's this live I super want to go to.

     

    These guys:

    https://www.jrocknews.com/2017/08/return-world-90s-visual-kei-lamizerias-jubaku-gou-first-music-video.html

     

    All signs point to tickets can be bought online here for their show on the 25th at Takadanobaba AREA. 

    http://eplus.jp/sys/T1U14P0010163P0108P002229249P0050001P006001P0030001

     

    But I need to register a phone number before I can purchase the ticket? It can only be a Japanese number, which I don't have. My question is, is there an alternate to purchase the tickets? I tried the machine in conbinis, and the live won't come up in searches. Is the option to just go and buy at the door available? The whole process is a little confusing to me. Thanks a ton!

    It looks to me like the pre-sale tickets are no longer available (Since 17/8/23(水)18:00 Japanese time). In that case your only option is buying tickets at the door. There's barely any difference to the price, so as long as you show up in time (they seem to start selling tickets at the door an hour before they open) you should be fine.

    I haven't been to Japan/ aJapanese concerts for years, so I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm totally off here. 

    Besides the links you provided, my answer is based on this information from their website:
    前売り: ¥3,500 / 当日: ¥3,800 ※D代別
    ■Ａ：Eプラス A001〜A200 (チケット発売日2017年6月25日10:00)
    http://sort.eplus.jp/sys/T1U14P0010163P0108P002229249P0050001P006001P0030001
    ■Ｂ：バンド予約(エリア受付にて開場1時間前〜引き換え) B001〜
    ※入場順A→B→当日券 

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