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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.

Well, i think Kiwamu is not a good oversea contributor, the only time i tried to purchase a live distributed cd from him, he said: "sorry, this cd is sold at the live only".

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.

Think of all the fired bands that could have moved to different labels if they were given the chance. I hope any other bands he signs with see these future posts or do some hardcore research on him before actually signing to his labels. 

So many other labels are out there: VAP, Nippon Crown, Pony Canyon, Avex, euclid agency

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!"

Are there any VK bands with vocalists who have raspy voice? I'm tired of these innocent-sounding guys. I'd prefer new-ish bands.

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.

 

 

Romaji

 

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.

 

 

Luzmelt, the fool both bands where fired.

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.