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I got mine a little bit before seeing them on the 7th... which was good since they played 3 of the songs, so I had some idea of how they went lol.. nice! You're way quicker than me. But then again, it's not really a hobby of mine to be honest. When I got usotsuki I just for some reason decided to write up their lyrics and translate them from then on. Btw have you written down the other stuff that's in the booklet? The handwritten stuff? If you ever look at the setlists and see -朗読- that's what that it is, actually. I've been contemplating typing it up too...but I figured I'd type up the lyrics (+ translate) first before getting to the 朗読 stuff

I'm counting bands that are on hiatus too. And this is mostly from just glancing at iTunes. There's more but these are the ones that stuck out the most to me for various reasons... Belmosaic (this one hit a lot harder than I thought it would...) cocklobin (their last live was one of the best I've been to; I got a lot of closure with them there) Heartless kannivalism boogieman Hana Shounen Baddies Billy CodeRebirth (the first time I saw them was at their last live.........) GHOSE (I got into them quite a while after the last time I saw them...........) GLAMOROUS HONEY Heisei Ishin XA-VAT 8-eit I wanted to add baroque because baroque ≠ BAROQUE in my mind (says the person going to see them in June) Related note: Oneness and Cradle are about to break up and I'm slowly realizing I'll miss them a lot more than I ever thought I would. Mostly because they've been so fun live. Cradle idk if I'll get into them recorded.

no problem! It's something I've been wondering about ever since I saw someone wrote kowai cry the first time (it hadn't occurred to me until then). So it was nice to discuss it Yeah, it's why I don't translate more complicated things that often. XAA-XAA is generally okay but sometimes Kazuki is...too ambiguous, lol. Oh awesome You're quick! You got it the other day, right? I've been busy and/or lazy so I haven't had time or energy to get to writing up the lyrics since my last update on my tumblr.

Yeah I'll PM you! Sorry shinobu~!

other: don't even use last.fm anymore I changed computers about two years ago but scrobbling had slowed my old comp down a little so I had uninstalled it (and a bunch of other things) before then. It also often missed my iPod's plays even when I plugged it in. Now, it's missing 2 years worth of music to the point that it's completely inaccurate now. Tbh, I never really used last.fm to get in contact with other people or to look at friends' stuff, etc so I never really got around to installing the scrobbler again and I just kind of stopped caring.

that's EXACTLY how tsumetai is. lololol Yep, the song is about revenge murder. "憎しみ　痛み　悲しみ 僕に与えてきたもの 全て感じたら 眠らせてあげる" like dang kazuki chill out. Interesting take though! But actually I don't take it as money itself. The whole stanza is full of color references: red afterimage, white curtains, stained black. So, I think he's saying that the person's "cold voice that will call out" is gold (or calls out) but it just sounds weird to me. probably because he gave a voice a color. cold gold voice that will call out? idk i keep getting annoyed with this line again an editing this post repeatedly lol And of course "そんな妄想を膨らます" just putting the phrasing right for that one is somehow driving me insane. I keep straying pretty far from 膨らます and then getting annoyed with myself.

ahahahah I'll admit: my translations for XAA-XAA are pretty quick. They go more for meaning and sounding natural in English than direct word for word translation (if I did that I'd bang my head against the wall. Kazuki is so easy to understand but his word choice can be such a pain to put in English) or trying to make it fit the song. I've been sitting on a translation of komoriuta for weeks but there's like a couple parts in it that I'm not ~entirely satisfied with~~ so I haven't published it yet, lol one part is "飛び散る赤い残像 冷たい金の鳴く声 白いカーテンを真っ黒に染めて" like everything is perfectly understandable but the gold voice part... can we not......

Yeah, one thought was that: I was wondering if it was that left ambiguous too. I mentioned that option somewhere else a while ago, probably on my personal tumblr, idk. Also, the line 愛してるコワイクライ also seems like it could be like "I love you, to a scary extent"; especially when listening to the song to me. Anyway I think you might be right that it's left ambiguous (except with the sponsored live's title).. And that's why I probably won't translate it, anyway. And also why I choose to write the romaji as kowai kurai because it can still be "cry" or "dark" for the english but when it's written as cry it erases the dark meaning, which I feel like they wanted included. yeah, I lean more towards it being dark but I understand where the uncertainty comes from. Like I said, that's why I just choose to write it as kurai in romaji anyway..

Nice! I've actually been working through their lyrics too on tumblr here I have lyrics for kowai kurai; tsumetai; komoriuta; usotsuki; oshiete sensei; kanden, kega no osore ga arimasu; and na mo naki sora e. All have kanji + romaji and most have quick English translations too. I've been planning on getting to lyrics for the last two songs on kowai kurai but I've been lazy, lol na mo naki sora e didn't come with a pamphlet when we received it at the first oneman, so after a while I asked Kazuki to put up the lyrics on his blog; he did, so the kanji lyrics are just copied and pasted from him. Anyway, I know the artwork on their page is saved as kowaicry.jpg but the way they treat the word has always seemed like 暗い to me + they're known for typos/overlooking things--for example, roji's kanji was written wrong everywhere at first and they also copy+pasted the ticket info for the 1st oneman when announcing the info for their sponsored event... Speaking of, the event they'll sponsor to honor the release is called 『コワスギルクラスギル』 which also hints at it actually being 暗い and not cry. Thoughts?

Disappointed but not surprised.

I'm torn. I hope they upload a preview or something along those lines somewhere. Hearing an awesome preview is probably the only way I'll buy it tbh... I am considering going to the Okayama date. It helps that I love that livehouse. But idk if I want to pay 5,400yen for a ticket alone to hear a bunch of new songs I don't know or care about and only a few of my favorites.... I want it to be good and for them to get out of a slump--they certainly took enough time between releases to put thought and effort into it and figure out what direction they want to go in as just the two of them--but I honestly don't have high hopes at this point.

I have no organizational skills and I've come to terms with this. I've also come to terms with the fact that my musical taste is all over the place.

looking forward to the re-recording of 窃盗 too

I really wanted to go FiVe is such a great guitarist Anyway, Akito posted some video clips on his twitter! https://twitter.com/AkitoSevenlize/status/573531250444517376 https://twitter.com/AkitoSevenlize/status/573532556458524673 https://twitter.com/AkitoSevenlize/status/573536079237644288 https://twitter.com/AkitoSevenlize/status/573743425373138944 https://twitter.com/AkitoSevenlize/status/573744034021122048

XAA-XAA's newest release, kowai kurai

Oh thank you(灬ºωº灬)♡ that's not even half my minus stuff actually!and I'm glad to hear someone else likes minus! There's only one other foreigner here in japan that sees them regularly that I know of and outside of japan I rarely ever see anyone interested in them..

Minus Jin-Say Orchestra's 未来予想図X, 桜ヶ丘流星群 and 少女Cyborg. All of them are pretty difficult to find so when they were all up on pure sound I took the opportunity to grab them all.

My friend in a metal band's lyrics are completely in English and so me and my friends have helped them out. I told him that he could just have the lyrics in Japanese and he said no, he wanted his band to be global. I can respect that. More of the world speaks or understands English than they do Japanese. Of course the singer himself probably wants English lyrics for the "because it's cool" reason. As for the VK guys...nah. I don't really ask because normally I'm just shooting the shit at flyer distribute. But I know the answer is most likely what CAT5 said:

To be honest, after talking to vocalists, I know that is exactly what many do. I tell them "don't do that. It's so bad" but short of translating for them it won't get any better. Anyway, I'm indifferent towards Engrish in songs tbh. Sometimes it's just really fun and sometimes it just makes you want to facepalm. And of course sometimes it's refreshing when a band rarely has any at all. But simply put I don't particularly mind it. (edit: speaking of engrish lol at my original typo.)

@hiroki yeah oshiete sensei does have a bit of a Belmosaic feel. Kanden admittedly is great as a live song, but I don't mind it so much recorded either. Okay! @Shaolan974 As much as I love Belmosaic, I can respect that. All I'm saying is I think that one song + some clips is just not much to go off of, even if you enjoy the particular song

@Shaolan974 It's hard to say one band is better than another when comparing just one song to an entire repertoire... @hiroki how'd you feel about the songs on usotsuki? I like kowai kurai but honestly oshiete sensei is probably my fav. out of everything i've heard..... Anyway, I'm looking most forward to #4 personally if you need a personal shopper again let me know

I've seen EYA a few times and I enjoyed the composition of their songs but I could never get into his voice. With GAGA I'm also a little hesitant because I'm not sure what his voice will actually end up sounding like.. I like the look, though. I'm mildly interested from the previews--but you never know with just a preview. I'll be seeing them March 7th anyway when I'm going to see Xaa Xaa so I'll find out then if I actually like the music/feel like buying the CD.

@ender-ender glad to hear that :DD @CloudyTree completely understand! I own their first single and have seen them, so I have more to base the my opinion off of. Hopefully you'll enjoy the full songs

I'm pretty much counting down the days until the PV is released, haha. They didn't play kowai kurai at the first oneman so I really have no idea what to expect. Not that I really remember the other songs at the oneman besides the ones on the single. But man they are really good and I'm glad to see others interested in them With Kowai Kurai I highly recommend getting a copy of the CD ASAP. Usotsuki is pretty much sold out and was sold out at most locations in a little over a month's time. And it's not being repressed. Basically, if you don't have Usotsuki yet, then you're SOL.