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Does this look like the right guy? https://twitter.com/KamikaZe036

^Yes, but not all Japanese fans can afford to/are willing travel to whatever live it's sold at either, so I don't see it as discrimination against overseas fans. It's an annoying marketing technique, don't get me wrong, but it doesn't seem like something Kiwamu specifically does to be a dick to non-Japanese fans.

Daisuke looks pretty as usual, but he needs to cut it out with all those cheap-looking skulls and skeletons.

I'm not defending some of his other actions, but how does Kiwamu telling you that a live distributed CD you wanted to buy is only available at lives make him bad at contributing to the overseas fandom? That is what a live distributed CD is. It's supposed to make more people come to the band's shows because they can't get it anywhere else.

I'm sure the majority of the bands that sign with Kiwamu do it because they want to go overseas or because he's the only one that will sign them, not because they're ignorant of his reputation. If they had a choice between a label like Avex and Starwave, no unknown VK band is going to be like "Screw Avex, I want to work with Kiwamu!"

Not a new band, and they have a different singer now, but maybe Yuma from el-Ethnic Legist-? He's singing for IRON ATTACK! now.

^No, I feel the same way sometimes. I don't like sandwiches (with two exceptions: bacon + tomato and grilled cheese), but I'll gladly eat all the components of the sandwich if they're laid out on a plate separately. Is that weird?

No Chiba Yusuke or Kyosuke Himuro? Still voted for like half of this list, though. Tetsu, Atsushi, Kiyoharu, Sugizo, Eizo, Morrie, Sawao, Inaba... There are a lot of old men in my music library, it seems.

R.I.P. Wayne Static. http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/static-x-frontman-wayne-static-dead-at-48/

The only song I know from that list is the Dir en Grey one... 1. Angels and Airwaves - a little's enough 2. L.A. Guns - I Wanna Be Your Man 3. Ginger - Reinventing The Wheel 4. Candy - Electric Nights 5. Loretta Lynn - Precious Memories 6. THE BEATMOTORS - Yume no shiwaza 7. The Four Seasons - Marlena 8. Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - West Cabaret Drive 9. DJ OZMA - Prism 10. KAT-TUN - MOON Tough call between I Wanna Be Your Man and West Cabaret Drive, but that's one of my favourite L.A. Guns songs and I kept hearing it in my head after I skipped to the next track. I always forget just how much I love Phil Lewis' voice.

Again, I really love this band and I've never seen anyone translate their lyrics, so I decided to give it a shot. I've done a bunch of their songs (shoddily) on my blog over the past few years, but this one is easily the best, so I thought I'd share it here as well. We Are Lucky Friends Lyrics: Kazuhiro Momo Music: Isamu Fujita That guy is just a liar He says he put a band together in America, But no one knows about it Right now he’s singing a senseless song in bullshit English, But we’re friends for now* That girl is always depressed, and she usually calls in the middle of the night Sometimes laughing, sometimes crying, without gratitude, she just says “Goodbye” She does things like suddenly coming to return a CD she borrowed from me five years ago But we’re friends for now This time, I’m going to tell you clearly I’ll say “You guys are such freaks” Then again, I guess the punchline of the joke is that you’d probably say those exact words right back to me, wouldn’t you? That guy is quite psychedelic He says he’s meditating and makes his room dark But he’s probably just sleeping Still, we’ll always be friends This guy is also really ambiguous He says the world is going to collapse And he collects weirdly-shaped rocks But we’ll always be friends This time, I’m going to tell you clearly I’ll say “You guys are such freaks” Then again, I guess the punchline of the joke is that you’d probably say those exact words right back to me, wouldn’t you? Tomorrow, I’ll escape on the rocket I made Taking my manga, my guitar and my cat, Carrot And I’ll take all kinds of other stuff Should I take you guys along too? Let’s go search for planets Let’s save mankind from its crisis And let’s go down in history We are lucky friends *Or maybe something like “But so far we’re still friends”? Romaji YATSU wa tada no USOtsuki AMERIKA de BANDO kundeta tte iu kedo Daremo shiranai DETARAME na eigo de SENSURESU na uta o utatteru n da Demo ichiou tomodachi sa Ano ko wa itsumo MOYAMOYA taitei yonaka ni denwa yokoshite Warattari naitari shite kara kansha NASHI de SAYONARA Go-nen mo mae ni kashita CD o totsuzen kaeshi ni kitari suru n da Demo ichiou tomodachi sa Kondo HAKKIRI oshiete yaru no sa KIMIra dokka OKASHII ze tte Maa sono kotoba Sono mama kaesareru no ga OCHI ka mo ne AITSU wa kanari SAIKEDERIKKU Meisou suru tte heya kuraku shite Tabun neteru dake nanda Demo zutto tomodachi sa KOITSU mo kanari imifumei Douse chikyuu wa metsubou suru tte HEN na KATACHI no ishi o atsumeteru Demo zutto tomodachi sa Kondo HAKKIRI oshiete yaru no sa KIMIra dokka OKASHII ze tte Maa sono kotoba Sono mama kaesareru no ga OCHI ka mo ne Ashita ORE no tsukutta ROKETTO de koko kara dasshutsu suru no sa MANGA to GITAA neko no KYAROTTO Sono ta moromoro nokkete KIMIra mo nosete yarou ka Wakusei sagashi ni ikou ze Jinrui no kiki o sukou ze Rekishi ni na o nokosou WE ARE LUCKY FRIENDS WE ARE LUCKY FRIENDS WE ARE LUCKY FRIENDS WE ARE LUCKY FRIENDS Kanji: http://j-lyric.net/artist/a01331e/l017785.html

I'd pick Dance Floor Anthem too. Good Charlotte were a big part of my teens and I still love that song. 1. The Wildhearts - Inner City Overture 2. Goo Goo Dolls - So Far Away 3. Yellow Studs - Mr. Brightman 4. blink-182 - Go 5. IRON ATTACK! - Howling 6. Kaneko Nobuaki - [fin] 7. L.A. Guns - Skin 8. The Wildhearts - Schizophonic 9. The Wildhearts - There's Only One Hell 10. GLAY - I'm in Love Wow, I like The Wildhearts, but not that much. Kind of a boring shuffle otherwise.

I've never seen any Jeepta songs translated into English, so I tried to do this about a year ago. Again, my Japanese is pretty bad, so I'd take some of these lines with a grain of salt. 日進月歩 / Steady Progress Music and Lyrics: Taku Ishii The beginning is always decided A game of whack-a-mole where you always hit too late When you’re doing nothing but chasing after something It feels like you’ve entered a labyrinth I got strangely worked up What am I searching for? What do I know? We repeat a pattern of ups and downs, It’s not smooth sailing We explore fearlessly with trial and error, and improve ourselves It’s only a small, small step But it has an enormous, enormous meaning Even if the immediate future is still dark We’re always continuing to move forward At some point, I lost sight of which way was forward, and my legs stopped moving Because the route to the place that I need to aim for is one where I’m free to choose, Should I start blazing my own trail? Every day, every night, we’re advancing The future where you pass through your goals is all yours We’re rushing forward with all our might Running wildly every which way Groping around in the dark over and over again, trying to grab hold of the light It’s only a few thin, thin rays of light, But they become a wide, wide road Even if the immediate future is still dark We’re always continuing to move forward We repeat a pattern of ups and downs, It’s not smooth sailing We explore fearlessly with trial and error, and improve ourselves It’s only a small, small step But it has an enormous, enormous meaning Even if the immediate future is still dark We can only keep moving forward 日進月歩 / Nisshin Geppo Hajimari wa itsumo kimatte Gotegote no MOGURA-tataki Oikakete bakka itara Meikyuu ni haitta kokochi Myou ni kiotte shimatta Boku wa nani o motome nani o kokoroeru? Bokura wa isshinittai kurikaeshite Junpuumanpan ja naku tte Shikousakugo o shimakutte Jibun o migaku Tatta no chiisai chiisai ippo datte Dekai dekai imi ga atte Issunsaki ga yami datte Taezu susumi-tsuzukeru n datte Itsukara ka docchi ga “mae” ka o miushinatte ite Ashi ga tomatte shimatta Mezasu-beki basho e no RUUTO wa jiyuu sentaku dakara Chotto kaitaku shiyou ka Higoto yogoto ni ue e to nobotte Koeta saki no mirai wa subete kimi no mono Bokura wa isshoukenmei tsuppashitte Uousaou shimakutte Anchuumosaku kurikaeshite Hikari o tsukamu Wazuka na hosoi hosoi hikari datte Futoi futoi michi ni natte Issunsaki ga yami datte Taezu susumi-tsuzukeru n datte Bokura wa isshinittai kurikaeshite Junpuumanpan ja naku tte Shikousakugo o shimakutte Jibun o migaku Tatta no chiisai chiisai ippo datte Dekai dekai imi ga atte Issunsaki ga yami datte Taezu susumu shika nai n datte Kanji: http://j-lyric.net/artist/a0537e8/l01f7ef.html

Again, my Japanese is really bad, but I made an attempt at this a while ago since I didn't see anyone else translating their stuff. It seems to match the video pretty well, so I think this is one of the better ones I've done. The kanji is in the video description. キャッチアンドリリース / Catch & Release Music and Lyrics: Shingo Kanehiro My antenna is working properly today Just that is already a relief Invisible threads are stretched all over this world Recently, instead of looking up at the sky, We’re only looking at the displays in our hands While we’re eating, While we’re talking, Yeah, If my old man saw this, he’d be clenching his fists Yeah yeah We want to be connected Yeah yeah Gather up the lonely people Yeah yeah You’re not alone You’re not all on your own Yeah yeah We want to be satisfied Yeah yeah Even if it’s just a virtual image, it’s fine Yeah yeah You’re not alone You’re not all on your own Catch & release Get it easily Catch & release Throw it away in an instant We’re becoming dependent on it If you can’t connect, you get anxious It’s like being left behind by a good friend* Yeah yeah We want to be connected Yeah yeah Gather up the lonely people Yeah yeah You’re not alone You’re not all on your own Yeah yeah We want to be satisfied Yeah yeah Even if it’s just a virtual image, it’s fine Yeah yeah You’re not alone You’re not all on your own Yeah yeah We're being connected Yeah yeah We don’t know what our real intentions are Yeah yeah You’re not alone You’re not all on your own Yeah yeah We’re being connected Yeah yeah We don’t say what we really mean Yeah yeah You’re not alone You’re not all on your own Catch & release Get it easily Catch & release Throw it away in an instant Catch & release It seems like you’re doing it as well** Catch & release I wonder if I’m caught up in it too?*** *,**,*** = I'm not sure about these lines--especially the first one キャッチアンドリリース / KYACCHI & RIRIISU ANTENA kyou mo bacchiri da Sore dake de mou anshin desu Me ni mienai ito ga Kono sekai hari-megutte iru Saikin ja Sora miageru yori Te no naka no DISUPUREI bakka mite Shokuji-chuu Kaiwa-chuu Shikari Ore no oyaji ga mitara genkotsu desu YEAH YEAH Tsunagatte itai n desu YEAH YEAH Kodoku mochiyotte YEAH YEAH Hitori ja nee Hitori-bocchi ja nai yo ne YEAH YEAH Mitasarete itai n desu YEAH YEAH Kyozou datte ii n desu YEAH YEAH Hitori ja nee Hitori-bocchi ja nai yo ne KYACCHI & RIRIISU GETTO tegaru ni KYACCHI & RIRIISU Sugu ni POI sunda Izon shimakutte iru n da Korenai to fuan nan desu Nakayoshi TOMODACHI ni Oitekebori o kuratteru n desu YEAH YEAH Tsunagatte itai n desu YEAH YEAH Kodoku mochiyotte YEAH YEAH Hitori ja nee Hitori-bocchi ja nai yo ne YEAH YEAH Mitasarete itai n desu YEAH YEAH Kyozou datte ii n desu YEAH YEAH Hitori ja nee Hitori-bocchi ja nai yo ne YEAH YEAH Tsunagatte iru n desu YEAH YEAH Honne shiranai desu YEAH YEAH Hitori ja nee Hitori-bocchi ja nai yo ne YEAH YEAH Tsunagatte iru n desu YEAH YEAH Honne iwanai desu YEAH YEAH Hitori ja nee Hitori-bocchi ja nai yo ne KYACCHI & RIRIISU GETTO tegaru ni KYACCHI & RIRIISU Sugu ni POI sunda KYACCHI & RIRIISU Kimi mo sou da KYACCHI & RIRIISU Ore mo sou na no ka

My Japanese is pretty bad, but hopefully this turned out okay since the lyrics are so simple. The kanji is in the video description. I'm assuming that the symbols are just to show that the sounds he makes during those parts don't mean anything. SafetyDriver ◯△＃＄＆％◉■▲※∵≒◇☆ I am a driver. I am a safety driver ◯△＃＄＆％◉ somebody call me drunker I'm not drunker. I am a safety driver Let’s go until we reach your city Open the passenger door and let’s go I’ll keep to the speed limit And I’ll avoid the trash on the median as well When we pass through all those traffic lights, on the way to your city ◯△＃＄＆％◉■▲※∵≒◇☆ I am a driver. I am a safety driver ◯△＃＄＆％◉ somebody call me drunker I'm not drunker. I am a safety driver Let’s go until we reach your city Step on the accelerator, here we go We meet up with an unmarked patrol car Tonight, don’t get in my way Inspector Pepper If I drink, I can’t get into a car I'm going to drink, so I can’t get into the car I drank so, somehow I ended up accelerating at full throttle ◯△＃＄＆％◉■▲※∵≒◇☆ I am a driver. I am a safety driver ◯△＃＄＆％◉ somebody call me drunker I'm not drunker. I am a safety driver Romaji ◯△＃＄＆％◉■▲※∵≒◇☆ I am a driver. I am a safety driver ◯△＃＄＆％◉ somebody call me drunker I'm not drunker. I am a safety driver Kimi no machi made yukou Joshuseki o ake yukou Seigensokudo mamorimasu Chuuoubunritai ni aru GOMI mo yokemasu Ikutsumono shingou o koetara Kimi no machi made ◯△＃＄＆％◉■▲※∵≒◇☆ I am a driver. I am a safety driver ◯△＃＄＆％◉ somebody call me drunker I'm not drunker. I am a safety driver Kimi no machi made yukou AKUSERU o fume HERE WE GO Fukumen PATOKAA ni oimasu konya wa jama o shinaide PEPPA keibu Nondara noruna Nomu nara noruna Nonda nara Tonikaku AKUSERU zenkai da ◯△＃＄＆％◉■▲※∵≒◇☆ I am a driver. I am a safety driver ◯△＃＄＆％◉ somebody call me drunker I'm not drunker. I am a safety driver ◯△＃＄＆％◉■▲※∵≒◇☆ I am a driver. I am a safety driver ◯△＃＄＆％◉ somebody call me drunker I'm not drunker. I am a safety driver ◯△＃＄＆％◉■▲※∵≒◇☆ I am a driver. I am a safety driver ◯△＃＄＆％◉ somebody call me drunker I'm not drunker. I am a safety driver

I can cook if I have a recipe, but it takes me forever and everyone else in my family absolutely loves cooking, so I just let other people handle it most of the time. I've been living on my own for the past few months, so I've practiced a bit more, but I still don't really enjoy it.

I know one ROTTENGRAFFTY song, but it's not that one. Lost on the rest of that list. 1. Type O Negative - Christian Woman 2. Dope - Fuck The World 3. ROSSO - kimi no hikari to boku no kage 4. POSSIBILITY - Runner 5. metronome - PSYCHO-ENEMY 6. media youth - Past 7. Nothing's Carved In Stone - Out of Control 8. The Dogs D'amour - Evil 9. Down - New Orleans is a Dying Whore 10. I'M FLASH! BAND - TOBASHIYA

Wow, I didn't know all four members sing when they play live. Damn.

If he fired the fool that's a point in his favour, IMO. They sucked.

THE SOUND BEE HD is the only band on Starwave now that I'm interested in enough to buy something from. I think it's pretty clear that they're not going anywhere, but their music is fun, and I like their look. From the rest, Calmando Qual are okay, and I liked umbrella if we're counting bands that aren't on the label anymore.

asobius sound better in English. His pronunciation isn't good, but the lyrics have more punch, IMO.

Wii, DS and N64 + other (GBA and GBC). Basically, the main thing I play is portable Nintendo games, and I always buy about a system behind because I only really play when I'm commuting, so it's not worth getting the newest stuff. I still haven't finished any of the games I bought for my DS.

Their singer's awkward emo clothes and hair irritate the hell out of me in all of their videos, but what a voice. I guess that's why I can deal with this one - he's wearing costumes for most of it.

^Yep. It's from the 15th anniversary Niconico thing PLC did recently.