violetchain
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I wish The Birthday would get Imai back. Fujii is okay, but Imai just brought so much more personality and showmanship to the band. Plus all that hilarious random English. "Rock n' roll Jesus!...Chiba Yusuke."
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2006. I was posting on a glam metal forum and someone had started a thread about VK with a bunch of pictures and videos from some of the more popular bands. I was instantly drawn in by X Japan and L'Arc~en~Ciel.
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^Thanks sai, they seem cool and the catchiness I'm looking for is definitely there, but I think what I'm looking for is vocals that are a bit more towards the opposite extreme.
I mean a really noticeable deep/low voice. Like tezya-level deep, or just above.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=F1HwEFTpJhU#t=569
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Can someone recommend me a rock band with a vocalist with a deep voice? Preferably non-VK, but something towards the lighter, catchier end of VK would be cool too. I find I usually go for higher pitched vocalists and I want to try to branch out a bit.
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But really though, this is quite tame.
Yes, I really don't see a problem here.
On one of the forums I used to post on there was an entire board dedicated to hating on other posters. There were people stalking posters they didn't like from thread to thread to bait them into arguments or to bring up stupid things they said in the past - completely derailing new discussions with pages and pages of repetitive bickering, there were people making horrible photoshops using pictures from the show yourself thread, people trying to find out the names and addresses of posters so they could harass them IRL and looking through their other accounts (facebook, myspace, online reviews, and even things like shopping wishlists) to try to dig up any sort of info they could use to make them look bad. Those are the type of things that make a forum feel like an unsafe place to express yourself, IMO. While it was never directed at me, the creepiness of some of the regular posters got so intense a few years ago that I just couldn't enjoy posting there anymore.
A little swearing and name-calling during an internet argument is really nothing to get worked up about - you just click on another thread and it goes away. Unless someone is following you around the board or spamming you with PMs, I really don't think you need to call in a mod to intervene.
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The Marrow of a Bone ruined them for me - I just can't will myself to listen to any of their new material since that album, so my favourite is probably always going to be Macabre.
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My Japanese still sucks, so there are probably mistakes, but I think these are some of the better attempts I've made at translating andymori lyrics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTmV5Yc0Ks8
彼女 / She
Music and Lyrics: Oyamada Souhei
What should I do if that girl opens her heart to her friends about her relationship troubles?
That girl calling out my name is just the stuff of dreams, isn’t it?
Still, every night when I’m about to fall asleep, I end up thinking about her
I even think about things like sneaking into her room and hiding in the closet
These wild ideas just keep growing
Even the way she writes is beautiful
And somehow the way she walks is pretty too
Lalalalalala…Her voice is wonderful too
And there’s absolutely no doubt that she’s a kind-hearted person as well
I’ll go to the park with that girl, to the sea, to the mountains, to the river, to the street corners of foreign countries, to the very centre of the desert
And ten years later, when it’s become affordable, we’ll travel through space
These fantasies just keep growing
We’ll be gazing at the blue, blue earth together
She'll smile just for me
She’s taken flight in my heart
These fantasies just keep growing
彼女 / Kanojo
Kanojo ga koi no nayami o tomodachi ni uchiakete itara dou shiyou
Kanojo ga boku no namae o yonde-kureru nante yume no hanashi sa
Soredemo maiban nemuri ni tsuku koro ni kanojo no koto o kangaete-shimau n da
Kanojo no heya ni nantoka shinobikonde awatete KUROOZETTO ni kakuretari nanka shite
Sonna mousou o fukuramasete iru no sa
Kanojo no kakuji wa totemo kirei de
Aruki-kata mo nandaka kirei de
RARARARARARARARA…koe mo subarashikute kitto kokoro mo yasashii hito ni chigainai
Kanojo to kouen ni umi ni yama ni kawa ni shiranai kuni no machikado ni sabaku no domannaka ni yuku
Juu-nen-go ni wa o-tegaru ni natta uchuuryokou ni yuku
Sonna mousou o fukuramasete iru no sa
Aoi aoi chikyuu o futari de nagameru n da
Kanojo ga warau
Boku no tame ni
Kanojo ga tobikonde-kuru
Boku no mune ni
Sonna mousou o fukuramasete iru no sa
Kanji:
http://j-lyric.net/artist/a050bf1/l02896a.html
愛してやまない音楽を / The Music I Can't Stop Loving*
Music and Lyrics: Oyamada Souhei
The music I can’t stop loving
Seems to ring out anywhere I go, brother
If I start to take it too seriously, I get in fights about it too,
And sometimes things get ugly
Still, since your eyes always call out to me like a little boy’s
In those tough moments too, I can keep going with an honest heart
The music I can’t stop loving
Seems to ring out anywhere I go, brother
Let me hear that wonderful melody
Lalalala…
While I was heading down the road to the station, carrying my guitar case under my arm, I looked back with a smile on my face
Time flows by, and even if my dream is destroyed, I want to sing with unwavering passion
The music I can’t stop loving
Seems to ring out anywhere I go, brother
Let me hear it
Play it for me now
Lalalala…
Notes:
*Or maybe "The Music I'll Love Forever"? I remember seeing someone translate it as "Can't Stop Loving Music" as well.
愛してやまない音楽を / Aishite Yamanai Ongaku o
Aishite yamanai ongaku o
dokomademo nara-sou ze kyoudai
Honki ni naru nara KENKA mo suru yo tama ni iya ni naru koto mo aru darou
Dakeredo omae no hitomi wa
Itsumademo shounen no you ni
Ore o yobu kara kurushii toki mo sunao na kokoro de irareru yo
Aishite yamanai ongaku o
dokomademo nara-sou ze kyoudai
Suteki na MERODII kikasete kure yo
RARARARARARARARARA…
GITAAKEESU kakaete aruita eki made no michi no tochuu furikaetta egao
Toki wa nagarete yume wa yaburetemo kawaranai jounetsu o utaitai
Aishite yamanai ongaku o
Dokomademo nara-sou ze kyoudai
Kikasete kure yo
Kanadete kure yo
RARARARARARARARARA…
Kanji:
http://j-lyric.net/artist/a050bf1/l028968.html
クラブナイト / Club Night
Music and Lyrics: Oyamada Souhei
I got a little bored in front of the refrigerator and,
I tried to go for a stroll, but the day just ended up bringing me down
Come out on a club night, and let’s dance with a gin and tonic
It’s fine if you have an ulterior motive
I’ll play your favourite records
Lalala…lalala…
Come out on a club night
Where a red light shines on us
We become adults, and make our grown-up faces
Show me your unadorned smiling face
It’s fine just like that
I just feel like I can't go to sleep yet tonight
There are some weeks when I’m wandering around, when my heart gets exhausted
But I can’t complain
I just have to hold on a little longer
When you can see both the light and dark before you, let’s head for the light
I’ll play your favourite records
Lalala…lalala…
Ah, everyone is going to continue on their journeys, being blown by the wind
Wanting, being loved, being rejected, looking up at the stars*
Stop turning the pages of the albums from that glittering age and,**
Come out on a club night
I’ll play your favourite records
Lalala…lalala…
Your playlist goes right to the centre of my heart***
Anything is fine, as long as you’re going to come with me
Let’s go anywhere
Come on, let’s go anywhere
Let me hear some cheerful music
Come out on a club night, and let’s dance with a gin and tonic
Just that is fine
I’ll play your favourite records
Lalala…lalala…
Lalala…lalala…
Lalala…lalala…
Lalala…lalala…
Notes:
*, **, *** = Not sure about these lines
クラブナイト / KURABU NAITO
Reizouko no mae de nandaka tsumaranaku natte
Sanpo shite-mita kedo soredemo yappari shizunde shimau hi wa
KURABU NAITO e oide yo JINTONIKKU de odorou yo
Shitagokoro demo ii yo
Kimi no suki na REKOODO o kakeru yo
Lalala…lalala…
KURABU NAITO e oide yo
Akai RAITO ni terasareta
Otona ni natte otona no kao o shite iru
Kimi no ari no mama no egao o misete yo
Sore dake de ii yo
Konya wa mada nemurenai kibun
Nan-shuukan mo tadayotte
Kokoro wa tsukarehatete
Demo yowane wa hakenai mou sukoshi dake ganbaranakucha
Hikari to yami ga kimi no mae ni mietara hikari o mezasou
Kimi no suki na REKOODO o kakeru yo
Lalala…lalala…
Aa daremo ga kaze ni fukarete tabi wa tsuzuite yuku
Motomete wa aisarete furarete hoshi o miageru
Kagayaita jidai no ARUBAMU o mekuru te o tomete
KURABU NAITO e oide yo
Kimi no suki na REKOODO o kakeru yo
Lalala…lalala…
Kimi no PUREIRISUTO wa boku no kokoro no domannaka mou nandemo ii yo tsurete itte kure yo
Dokomademo ikou
Dokomademo ikou yo
GOKIGEN na ongaku o kikasete okure yo
KURABU NAITO e oide yo JINTONIKKU de odorou yo
Sore dake de ii yo
Kimi no suki na REKOODO o kakeru yo
Lalala…lalala…
Lalala…lalala…
Lalala…lalala…
Lalala…lalala…
Kanji:
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Psycho le Cemu, since the 15th anniversary concerts are happening next year and whatnot. That, and I love seek's new costume. It's so amazingly impractical.
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I guess yes, some topics can get quite heated, but generally I just see the regulars in here who like to put their two cents in and discuss the post of the day. Myself included. Generally because the unpopular opinions are much more interesting for me. Are we really that bad? lol
Oh no, I'm not saying that the discussion here is bad or mean-spirited - quite the opposite in fact. I think the discussions in this thread are pretty civil, and they're some of the more interesting ones on the site. I'm just saying that if you feel like everyone is arguing against your point in this thread you're probably doing something right.
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Welcomed and agreed with are 2 different things. This is the unpopular opinion thread, after all.
Yes, in the end, if a bunch of people disagree with your opinion in this thread then it really is an unpopular one and it should be here.
But it also means that tons of people are going to gang up to try to convince you you're wrong. Just comes with the territory.
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So Kiwamu posted the Starwave Records online shop rankings for the end of the year.
https://www.facebook.com/kiwamu.kai/posts/10153014390485712?pnref=story
Was pleasantly surprised to see THE SOUND BEE HD's live DVD on both the international and Japan lists. I thought only like three other people bought it.
Then again, there are only supposed to be 100 copies of it, and it's not sold out, so maybe they just sold three copies of everything below it.
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Once Zess ate beans that tasted like shit, thinking, "what the dick?", so threw them at the cat cause he is such a crazy little bastard. After drycleaning vigorously, everything bursted into some form of hypergalactic flames and the couch started transforming into something sexy like boobs which performed lap dances which seemed
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Two more songs from their Paper Hearts mini-album. It's such a shame that Pocky doesn't get someone to look his English over. His pronunciation is so good, but his lyrics are such nonsense sometimes.
3days of April
You are gone
Turn on lights and watch the BTV shows
Finding page of comic, see me low
Burn on pans and making cheap cereals
Drinking juice then sending me to go
I know it’s my selfish thoughts
I was calling in a sec
I can’t wait to see you
You had come
Take ‘em away
Time had taken you away
You are gone, and then you are gone
And you are gone
Time had taken you away
Moon and Ark
If we were friends, then things would not turn out like this way anyway
If we had met, when things had went turn out fine with pay
It’s time to decide how to say
That I love you
But I have to more than
To say it for you and me
“It’s goodbye. How can I die?”
I’m painting to my palette, making my ideal future’s color
But I notice not to use these blue paints so far
I’m saying to my palette these won’t mixed like ill deepest lover*
Throw the blue to garbage here
It’s goodbye, bye for now
And see you again
If I were you, I’ll never ever make fun of those Rudolph and so
If I hate you, I’ll never ever want talk to you
It’s time to decide what to do
What I want to
And I have to more than
To say it for you and me
“It’s goodbye now”
I’m painting to my palette, making my ideal future’s color
But I notice not to use these blue paints so far
I’m saying to my palette these won’t mixed like ill deepest lover
Throw the blue to garbage here
It’s goodbye, bye for now
Tell me bless you, I miss you, and hold you
Bye for now
Goodbye my third love
Goodbye my third love
I’ll miss you forever
Goodnight my third love
Till the time
Goodbye my third love
I’ll miss you forever
Goodnight my third love
Till the time
Till the time
*It says lover in the booklet, but is it just me or does it sound more like "mother"?
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Sad to hear the telephones are going on hiatus. I loved their last two singles. "Don't Stop the Move, Keep on Dancing" is such gold.
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^Well to be fair, the second one didn't seem like he wanted to leave - it was supposedly a family emergency or something, and the first one stuck around for a pretty long time and seems to still be friends with them.
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"I've got a crazy crush for discover something new"
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AA= DVD came. Seems like it's definitely worth the extra $2 for air mail. I think this is the fastest I've ever received something from CDJapan. Everything I ordered with SAL took 2-3 months.
It also came with a "live flag", which I have no idea what to do with. It was a nice surprise though. I thought the only bonus with this edition was extra footage.
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I just realized that the video for LEGO BIG MORL's song "Wait?" is about the other band members waiting for the guitarist's fractured wrist to recover. Which is why he's just standing there looking angsty and flexing his wrist while everyone else is playing until the last minute.
Wow I'm slow. I thought he was just supposed to be the good looking one or something.
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Ordered the limited edition of AA='s new live DVD, since it was on sale for cheaper than the regular on CDJapan. I still need to get around to buying the rest of #4 off iTunes, though...
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I'd go with embryo since I don't listen to any of the other bands.
1. New York Dolls - Subway Train
2. BUCK-TICK - Spider
3. DJ OZMA - Good Night
4. Souls of We - Gandhi's Got a Gun
5. Tackey & Tsubasa - LOVE & TOUGH
6. GLAY - GROOVY TOUR
7. ADAPTER. - Hajime no Ippo
8. Domoto Tsuyoshi - Yasashisa o mune ni daite
9. GLAY - Mugen no deja vu kara ~Peaceful Session~
10. DJ OZMA - DRINKIN' BOYS
This is kind of a boring one. I like all these artists, but most of these songs don't really stand out too much. Hajime no Ippo is a fun song, though.
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I'll get married with someone inside my mirror who always looks at me, and only me
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The video for To overflow evidence's "Fune o amu" is up.
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I made an attempt at this today. Probably not the most accurate translation in the world, since I suck at Japanese, but I tried.
swim
I can’t forgive myself for that day
Bring me back to the days when I made the wrong decisions
I cling to your words
We can’t be separated
I can’t escape
Swim, come to me, and when we’re together not even those cold nights will get to us
No matter how many paths I take, the light I’m scrambling for keeps shining down
Down on the hundreds of millions of light years I’ll start wandering today
No matter how many paths I take, the light I’m scrambling for keeps shining
You’re worried, but I’ll keep swimming until you love me*
I want to forgive myself for that day
We were washed away by the current and scattered apart
Even if I know it’s in the answer key,
Giving up like an adult is an answer I just can’t give
Swim, come to me, and when we’re together not even those cold nights will get to us
No matter how many paths I take, the light I’m scrambling for keeps shining down
Down on the hundreds of millions of light years I’ll start wandering today
No matter how many paths I take, the light I’m scrambling for keeps shining
I don't know why I'm crying
Even if I start to feel like going under might be better,**
This laboured breathing doesn’t reach my eyes***
I start to struggle and sink, and I need to take another breather
But believe in the future
No matter how many paths I take, the light I’m scrambling for keeps shining down
Down on the hundreds of millions of light years I’ll start wandering today
No matter how many paths I take, the light I’m scrambling for keeps shining
You’re worried, but I’ll keep swimming until you love me*
So, come to me
Notes:
*I’m worried that this is wrong, but I don’t know what else it could mean…
**"Going under" as in giving up and drowning
***I think this means that, while sometimes his body gets so exhausted that he wants to give up, he never loses sight of his goal
swim
Ano hi no jibun ga yurusenai na
Erabimachigaeta hibi o kaese yo
Anata no kotoba ga shigamitsuite
Hanarerarenai nogarerarenai
Oyoide oide yoru no tsumetasa mo
Shinpai nai sono saki ni wa
Nan-oku doori ubaiatte hikari sashita
Nan-oku kounen kyou ni mukatte hourou o
Nan-oku doori ubaiatte hikari sashita
Nayanderu kimi no suki na hou e
Oyoide
Ano hi no jibun o yurushitai na
Nagare nagasare hanarebanare de
Otona no furi shite akiramete wa
Kotaerarenai kotae awase o
Oyoide oide yoru no tsumetasa mo
Shinpai nai sono saki ni wa
Nan-oku doori ubaiatte hikari sashita
Nan-oku kounen kyou ni mukatte hourou o
Nan-oku doori ubaiatte hikari sashita
Namida no imi ga wakaranai
Oboreta risou no hoshou no kuse ni
Kono me ni utsusezu ni kokyuukonnan da
Mogaite shizunde mata ikitsugi
Shinjiro mirai o
Nan-oku doori ubaiatte hikari sashita
Nan-oku kounen kyou ni mukatte hourou o
Nan-oku doori ubaiatte hikari sashita
Nayanderu kimi no suki na hou e
Saa oide
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Women in Visual kei
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Drop's are fun if you like bands like The Birthday and that sort of old school rock n' roll vibe. Their sound is more pop-rock, but the singer has a lovely voice, and they're going for cool instead of cute, which is kind of refreshing.