MERRY (f.k.a メリー)

[crossparallel 180]

@Tokage Well the title literally translates to Mystery Cassette Tape, after all 😄

 

From what I could find, it was a live surprise thingy that you could get on the [collector] Tour Extra ~Mystery Day~ concert in exchange for your mystery card, don't know what the deal with the mystery cards was though and I couldn't be bothered to google it more, so hope that was useful.

[sads123 147]

On 3/25/2020 at 5:28 AM, Tokage said:

What's the deal with that 謎のカセットテープ cassette release? It seems to just be 5 different versions of 不均衡キネマ 

Its a gift that you get when you submit ticket stubs from all 6 different gigs of "10th Anniversary NEW LEGEND OF HIGH COLOUR" (each day where the band will play all the songs from 1 specific album) in 2011. There are 2 versions; 1 with the cover in red & the other in black. There is no difference in the content though.

 

I attended the 1st 5 days and passed the stubs to a friend who attended the 5th & 6th day, after which she used to exchange for the cassette tape then

[crossparallel 180]

@sads123 Is this a different thing then (scroll down for photo), or the same? Have there been various mystery cassette tapes through the years?

Edited March 27, 2020 by crossparallel

[felipar 143]

Do you guys know where I can find a thrustworthy list of all their stuff that could help me doing a checklist of what I could be missing?

[spockitty 643]

1 minute ago, felipar said:

Do you guys know where I can find a thrustworthy list of all their stuff that could help me doing a checklist of what I could be missing?

vk.gy maybe? 

[felipar 143]

2 minutes ago, spockitty said:

vk.gy maybe? 

sometimes they miss stuff, but I'm going to use it anyway, thanks

[suji 8317]

4 hours ago, felipar said:

sometimes they miss stuff, but I'm going to use it anyway, thanks

I upped a bunch of their shit on there, that should be just about everything, except maybe a few things plus the mystery tapes of course (which I'll add when i get home). It's always a work in progress, so feel free to add anything that's missing.

[sads123 147]

7 hours ago, crossparallel said:

@sads123 Is this a different thing then (scroll down for photo), or the same? Have there been various mystery cassette tapes through the years?

Its the same cassette tape; in the blog entry you linked, the writer stated that she used a 'mystery card' in exchange for the cassette tape. If I remember correctly (from what my friend told me, cos I was unable attend the last day), on the last day of the 6 day gig, there's a special counter for you to change your 6 ticket stubs for this 'mystery card' and what this mystery card is for will be revealed in future. I suppose this "[collector] Tour Extra ~Mystery Day~" (and maybe other gigs during the period?) is where you exchange the mystery card for. Basically forcing you to attend ANOTHER gig on top of the 6 you already attended but its MERRY so whatever hahahaha 

 

However, there is one more cassette tape that was released; the demo version of "SIGHT GLASS"; it can be seen here:

 

http://merryweb.jp/goods-archive/5384/

 

4 hours ago, suji said:

I upped a bunch of their shit on there, that should be just about everything, except maybe a few things plus the mystery tapes of course (which I'll add when i get home). It's always a work in progress, so feel free to add anything that's missing.

 I took a quick glance; its missing:

 

2005.09.10 - rareケミカルレトリック (live versions「迷彩ノ紳士」&「溺愛の水槽」, given out for free at one of their gigs)

https://puresound.co.jp/user_data/sp_artist_product_detail.php?pid=101004612&aid=merry&bck=%2Fuser_data%2Fsp_artist_product.php%3Faid%3Dmerry%26psd%3D99%26mt%3D1%26perPage%3D20%26sk%3D1%26zk%3D2%26kwdstr%3D%26pd1%3D1%26pd2%3D2%26pd4%3D4%26pd5%3D5%26pageID%3D5

 

2005.09.07 - 首吊りロンド B-ver (comes with that month's issue of Fool's Mate)

https://puresound.co.jp/user_data/sp_artist_product_detail.php?pid=101007879&aid=merry&bck=%2Fuser_data%2Fsp_used_product.php%3Fpageid%3D29%26pageID%3D2

 

2005.09.07 - さよなら雨（レイン）～リバース～ (lucky draw prize for those who bought the "PEEP SHOW" album)

https://puresound.co.jp/user_data/sp_artist_product_detail.php?pid=101005389&aid=merry&bck=%2Fuser_data%2Fsp_artist_product.php%3Faid%3Dmerry%26pageID%3D4

 

2009.12.24 - チック·タック (acoustic ver.) (live distributed CD at TOUR09 under-world [ ] final)

https://www.bilibili.com/video/av5106345/

 

2010.02.24 - THE BLUE HEARTS 25th. Anniversary TRIBUTE (cover of 皆殺しのメロディー)

 

2010.11.10 - ピエロとスイカと88ライダー (cover of -新宿ナナ)

 

2011.07.27 -  Beautiful Days・ F.A.D YOKOHAMA (live recording of the gig in title. For those who bought the 2 limited editions of  beautiful freaks. Ditto for the Freaks Day CD)

http://merryweb.jp/bf0727drop/sample.html

 

2011.08.28 - Freaks Day・名古屋OZON公演 (live recording of the gig in title)

https://www.mercari.com/jp/items/m36498110141/?_s=U2FsdGVkX19r1yXiVV9PqxoKwxFkJQS2GQcyt0LhfLJ2cDbsfiv7K-m9RDYpM9nwxAItQuhIfx-IAFlB-bcF_I3qAbusTaFQbAKaOirpFNLV7w1Lnp3R9jArR6sIEO2N

 

2012.07.04 - PARADE II - RESPECTIVE TRACKS OF BUCK-TICK (cover of 悪の華)

 

2017.00.00 - Demo version of "SIGHT GLASS"

http://merryweb.jp/goods-archive/5384/

Edited March 28, 2020 by sads123

[sads123 147]

So I was cleaning my storeroom earlier when I realized wtf, I have the mystery cassette tape!

 

 https://ibb.co/pffxcDn

 

Taken with monochrome heaven website as the background for authenticity haha. Should be given to me when I met my friend in her country years ago.

 

https://ibb.co/rys6F8Z

 

Now you have a release date to tag the mp3 folder!

 

https://ibb.co/Y0KVJbQ

 

Signed postcard by all members for ordering the 6 DVD box set.

 

https://ibb.co/94rRmZm

 

The box set itself is a thing of beauty; the individual album art can be found behind each DVD.

 

Sorry for the edits; I kept finding merry related items ha. And yes, I have yet to figure out how to post photos in my posts, sigh

 

I bought a ticket for the tour final with kenchi but looking at the situation, it's most likely postponed/cancelled. Oh well.

 

 

Edited April 1, 2020 by sads123

[Tokage 5930]

So - second question about the mystery cassette: are all the tracks just different demo recordings of Fukinkou Kinema or weird remixes by the members?

[suji 8317]

it's April 2 in Japan and it's Yuu's birthday!

 

 

[sads123 147]

14 hours ago, Tokage said:

So - second question about the mystery cassette: are all the tracks just different demo recordings of Fukinkou Kinema or weird remixes by the members?

I have no information on this but I believe the band themselves have no idea what to reward for attending all 6 concerts so 9 months later, they haphazardly remixed "不均衡キネマ" (a song that they heavily pushed back in 2011), slapped the 5 remixes onto a cassette tape ("its retro cos its old technology so it fits our retrock image!!!!") and called it a day. Definitely not demos IMO.

 

By the way, the date found on the cassette tape is the same date as "MERRY 【collector】Tour EXTRA～謎の日～＠恵比寿LIQUID ROOM" which the attendee in the blog that @crossparallel cited so ya, you got to attend 6 concerts to collect the stubs in Nov 2011 and then pay to attend that 1 gig in Aug 2012 to get that mystery gift WTF   

Edited April 2, 2020 by sads123

[303iD 8]

Is there a ACiD thread on here, that was tetsu's (bassist) first band, very underrated. https://www22.big.or.jp/~yunisan/vi/acid.html

[Desqui 48]

Anyone watching their live streams on YT?

[Tokage 5930]

Do they actually perform anything or is it just random talking stuff?

[suji 8317]

6 hours ago, Tokage said:

Do they actually perform anything or is it just random talking stuff?

just talking stuff ;w;

[Desqui 48]

While drinking lol

[Desqui 48]

Tune in if you can. They get uploaded later but half the fun? is the chatroom, especially if you have cash. 😁

 

【トーク生配信】 5/6 22:00

「90年代V系を語る会」 結生×テツ×ネロ でお届けします！ 

90s VKei topic

[Desqui 48]

Watch before it goes away!! 🤣🤣🤣

Gara shows up at Izakaya Merry night which usually consists of Tetsu, Yuu, and Kenichi with Nero in the chat.

 

 

[sads123 147]

New 「5 Sheep Last Tour」 dates are out:

 

http://merryweb.jp/news/6178/

 

For those who are unable to attend the new dates, they are given the option of refund or a special T-shirt (6 different designs, which can be seen in the link above) plus a signed card.

 

I opted for the refund haha

[Desqui 48]

Oh, are you in Japan?

I wish I could be in attendance for one.

[Triangle 345]

On 5/5/2020 at 9:02 PM, Desqui said:

Anyone watching their live streams on YT?

I've known about Merry for like years but never really thought of diving too deep in their music. They did so many taibans and colbas with MUCC and I kinda just knew they were awesome, have listened to few songs, but that was about it. Until like this year.

BUT BOI! Their livestreams got me hyped and so happy and now I literally went from 0 to Core in like few days XD. 

The izakaya Merry is my favorite one, but also every Yuu/Zaku sama streams are so good! I'm so happy they're like fully in my life now XD.

Edited July 4, 2020 by Triangle

[Desqui 48]

I know! I wish I knew then what I know now (how to ... ahem... save videos) because I want ALL of Yuu's guitar playing videos  It also seems like before they were doing nightly episodes, they showed Merry's past history videos?? Which has led me here to ask if Anyone saved All of it? 

I know they don't delete the videos off the account. When I saved Gara's first solo tube, it only switched to a private video. I've shamefully thought about trying to hack it lol The more I've been watching though, the sadder I get because now they're promoting their fall tour and then the final live, Kenichi's last, and it's not like I can go!

[Triangle 345]

11 hours ago, Desqui said:

I know! I wish I knew then what I know now (how to ... ahem... save videos) because I want ALL of Yuu's guitar playing videos  It also seems like before they were doing nightly episodes, they showed Merry's past history videos?? Which has led me here to ask if Anyone saved All of it? 

I know they don't delete the videos off the account. 

 

 

It seems like they leave the videos there for a while but then I guess they delete the old ones and leave only the summaries. I wish I had been faster enough to save Yuu's guitar videos as well. The summaries are fun to watch too. This one is my favorite because I love this album ❤️.

 

 

11 hours ago, Desqui said:

The more I've been watching though, the sadder I get because now they're promoting their fall tour and then the final live, Kenichi's last, and it's not like I can go!

Same! ;A; I wish I had the chance to see them with Kenichi live. 

But, I try to catch their livestreams everyday and tune in as much as I can. They're really relaxing and I love them for the hard work they put in both music and reaching out to fans even during awful times.  Their channel is packed with so much and no matter how many times I watch their videos I find myself enjoying their energy more and more. 

I hope we will be able to see them live with Kenichi one day, even if it's just a special performance ;A; ❤️ !!

[Kirito 69]

Without understanding japanese it's difficult to fully appreciate their channel : (