violetchain

^Looks way too young for me to even think about hotness.

I've been listening to a lot of Good Morning America recently. This song in particular:

I'm kind of sad about it, since I loved them so much in my teens, but AFI. I really didn't like Crash Love, and after that album I completely lost interest in hearing new stuff from them.

I still like a lot of their older songs--The Art of Drowning-era stuff, in particular, holds up pretty well--but some of their lyrics just sound so cheesy now.

Just remembered how surprised I was when I first looked up the lyrics to Missile Girl Scoot's "Big Mouth" and saw it was completely in English, with lines like "That frickin' idiot told everybody something I kept a secret. / Why is he a fuckin' big mouth? What a jerk!" and "Don't spread gossips around, you nerd!"

I'm still not sure whether these lyrics for WHITE ASH's "Would You Be My Valentine?" are actually correct or not--that's how incomprehensible their singer is.

Lyrics: http://petitlyrics.com/lyrics/923906

It's a shame, since he has a lovely voice.

I'd pick the Galneryus song from that list. Yama-B's vocals make me smile. 

1. POSSIBILITY - I like it

2. The Birthday - Shachi

3. THE BEATMOTORS - God Only Nou

4. Faith No More - Take this bottle

5. Faith No More - Death March

6. LIGHTNING - Declining For Beginning

7. Demolition23. - The Scum Lives On

8. Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - Electric Circus

9. SBK - revibubble

10. Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - GT400

^Not the greatest list. I like all of these artists, but none of these songs are really standing out. I'll pick "Death March", since it's been years since I first heard it and the intro still makes me laugh. "95 cents!"

I'm cheating pretty hard on this because it's not anywhere near their VK era, but:

GLAY - Koukai

Also,

Psycho le Cemu - Omoide Aruki

I majored in visual art, and I'm working as a copywriter while I try to figure out what I want to do. The work I'm doing right now actually fits my skills and personality really well, and I like doing it, but I'm looking for something a bit more stable and fulfilling.   

Not Japanese, and not that anyone on this forum would buy it, but Tigertailz's "Bezerk" album.

I like their debut album "Young and Crazy", but then they changed singers and made this piece of shit:

I'm amazed that there are actually people in the world that like that song.

Final act: He dates you.

I think at the end the girl he's waiting for shows up late, and she's supposed to be standing where the camera is, which is why he has a sort of relieved expression when he looks up?

^I know a track or two from about half of those artists, but not those particular songs, so I can't really pick one.

1. Domoto Tsuyoshi - TALK TO MYSELF

2. Mr.Children - Ame nochi hare

3. Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - Get Up Lucy

4. MIYAVI - I love you, I love you, I love you, and I hate you.

5. THE BEATMOTORS - Barairo no sekai

6. THE SOUND BEE HD - Ritual

7. The Birthday - SUPER SUNSHINE

8. Suck a Stew Dry - Proletarier

9. Shotgun Messiah - Enemy in Me

10. LIGHTNING - Ride on the Wind

This is a tough one for me, but I'll say "Ame nochi hare", since I haven't heard it in ages and wanted to stop to listen to it when I was making the list.

I think the nazi stuff is just an attempt to be edgy and shocking, just like it was for Western punk bands. I'm sure there are some VK bands that are just copying older groups as well.

A lot of Japanese rock musicians were influenced by Sid Vicious and/or the Sex Pistols, and well:

Also, Siouxsie Sioux:

Skid Row's "Wasted Time", for sure. They used to be one of my absolute favourite bands, and Slave to the Grind was my favourite album from them.

1. Hanoi Rocks - Visitor

2. J - Vida Rosa

3. Bang Tango - It's All Ok

4. immi - STEP UP!

5. THE BACK HORN - Yasei no Taiyou

6. Hanoi Rocks - Self Destruction Blues

7. Jay Chou - 困獸之鬥

8. BALZAC - I See Nothing, Hear Nothing

9. THE BEATMOTORS - Chiku Chiku Chiku

10. Jay Chou - 困獸之鬥

I'm more of a chest person, but from those options I'll go with arms. I think six packs are overrated, and I don't really look at a guy's ass much unless it looks like Christopher Daniels' or something.

The first thing that's coming to mind is 04 Limited Sazabys' mini-album "monolith".

HAN-KUN's new single "With me" is adorable too, although I'm not crazy about one of the B-sides.

I haven't had time to listen to much new music yet, though. Still catching up on stuff from 2013.

^Ah okay, that makes way more sense.

Though I must admit I'm not this careless when it comes to lyrics. I expect my fav.vocalists to write their own stuff and create their own world even if it means encountering horrible English and singing along the lines like 'sleep with my mother' lol

It's great if they can, but personally, I don't believe that a singer has to be able to write lyrics. The thing that matters to me is whether or not the singer connects with the emotion of the song.

I think if you can't write (good) lyrics, it's perfectly okay to let someone else help you. Some people struggle to express themselves with words, and IMO it's better to let another band member or outside writer take care of it than it is to ruin good songs with awful, half-assed lyrics.

Well that was fast.

I don't really care. If the music is good I'll listen to it.

^I don't know any of those songs, but I like one song by Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas, so I guess I'll go with the one by them.

Enuff Z'nuff - In the Groove

L'Arc~en~Ciel - Dune

GLAY - Kuchibiru

Saigon Kick - When You Were Mine

The Birthday - Muddy Cat Blues

Thee Michelle Gun Elephant - Hotel Bronco

THE SOUND BEE HD - Hana

GLAY - Ikiteku Tsuyosa

SBK - Tokio LV

Stiv Bators - Tell Me (live)

Seems like I can't do this without getting at least two GLAY tracks and two Chiba Yusuke-related songs. Surprised I keep getting L'Arc as well.

Tough call between Muddy Cat Blues and Ikiteku Tsuyosa, but that cat banner is adorable, so Muddy Cat Blues it is.

Honestly, those are all bands I don't listen to but have heard mentioned on various sites, so they look familiar but I have no idea what any of them sound like. The only one I know is the LIPHLICH song, and I like that one a lot. 

GLAY - JUNK ART

GLAY - Be With You

IRON ATTACK! - Judgement Day

THE BEATMOTORS - Koi suru futari

The Birthday - KIKI The Pixy

SNAKE ON THE BEACH - Rain Sings (Piano Version)

L'Arc~en~Ciel - Vivid Colors

Eminem - Beautiful

The Birthday - Bitch Lovely

MO'SOME TONEBENDER - Lost In The City

I kind of want the Hai to Diamond Anthology, so I hope it doesn't end up being too expensive. It's possibly my favourite album ever, and their indie stuff tends to be the perfect mix of hilarious and awesome, so I'm excited to see what they've dug up. 

^I think he's trying to do both? He's using two different Twitter accounts: https://twitter.com/UNVEIL_RYO + https://twitter.com/RYO_INHALE

And he's listed as the vocalist on their new account: https://twitter.com/UnveilRaze

Any official website link?

http://sana-official.com/

http://vk.com/sana_sama

Also,

ETA:

There are subtitled comments too:

http://vk.com/video-46582435_168167396?hd=-1&t=

http://vk.com/video-46582435_168149865?hd=-1&t=

http://vk.com/video-46582435_168166496?hd=-1&t=

These two always remind me of how much I miss my dad. They're not my favourite songs or anything, but they really hit home for me emotionally.

GLAY - Father and Son

X JAPAN - Tears

And L'Arc~en~Ciel's "Blurry Eyes" will always be a special one for me because it was the first Japanese song I learned the words to. Plus I have a weird soft spot for DNA2.