LunaaaC 2 Posted November 26, 2018 I'm getting into visual kei and I feel I'll get more familiar with it if I can listen to songs that are regarded as iconic/popular. Can anybody help a newbie out? 2 PIZAZ and reminiscing2004 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peace Heavy mk II 7200 Posted November 26, 2018 From varying degrees of "Iconic in the western fandom" to "actually iconic," but here are a few examples. 5 吸血鬼 ~Kyūketsuki~, LunaaaC, CAT5 and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arkady 396 Posted November 26, 2018 (edited) A couple oldie to break the ice. Illuminati by Malice Mizer ThE sOnG DiR eN gReY dOn'T wAnT yOu To SeE: And almost any XJapan's songs, but for the sake of chosing one because it's one of my favorite and it's famous for it's lenght: Edited November 26, 2018 by Arkady 3 PIZAZ, LunaaaC and saiko reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
saishuu 3220 Posted November 26, 2018 (edited) Lots of videos behind the spoiler cut, be warned. Edited November 26, 2018 by saishuu 4 monkeybanana4, LunaaaC, CAT5 and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VESSMIER 873 Posted November 26, 2018 A good way to start might be compilations such as this one: It gives you a nice little overview over the styles and genres dominating certain eras and you can get a feel for the sound you enjoy the most and dig deeper from there. 1 1 PIZAZ and LunaaaC reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkeybanana4 1732 Posted November 26, 2018 Here are some more songs. Lots of videos under the spoiler cut. Spoiler 2 LunaaaC and PIZAZ reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mihenno 4195 Posted November 26, 2018 (edited) Edited November 26, 2018 by Mihenno 2 LunaaaC and colorful人生 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akiko 260 Posted November 26, 2018 xD 3 PIZAZ, paranoia and LunaaaC reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
evenor 1655 Posted November 26, 2018 3 saishuu, Milayou and LunaaaC reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paranoia 23 Posted November 26, 2018 3 LunaaaC, PIZAZ and merchenticneurosis reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
violetchain 912 Posted November 26, 2018 (edited) ^It's not one of the big hit singles, but I think it's one of the quintessential "VK-sounding" GLAY songs. Gonna throw this in as well because, after looking at their revival thread, apparently no one knows who DuelJewel are anymore? I only know this song from them, but it's such a catchy track. Heard it when I was first getting into VK as part of a mix or something, and it still stands out so clearly in my memory. Edited November 26, 2018 by violetchain 1 LunaaaC reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PIZAZ 238 Posted November 26, 2018 Here are a few that come to mind when I think Iconic vk~~~ 2 colorful人生 and monkeybanana4 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Axius 2019 Posted November 26, 2018 1 colorful人生 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
colorful人生 2777 Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) Spoiler Man, did everyone flock here quick, lol. Not an exhaustive list and def. has bias. If you find an artist you like, last.fm is a good tool to branch out... or at least was. Just binge a bunch of YT vids. What everyone's posted looks good. We might want to tone down the embed vids tho, out of consideration for those w/ slow internet speeds and/or bandwidth caps. Edited November 27, 2018 by colorfuljinsei 1 LunaaaC reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Milayou 36 Posted August 27, 2019 On 11/26/2018 at 10:26 AM, VESSMIER said: A good way to start might be compilations such as this one: It gives you a nice little overview over the styles and genres dominating certain eras and you can get a feel for the sound you enjoy the most and dig deeper from there. As far as video compilations go, I always loved this particular series. It's notable in that it gives a feel for the scene from a japanese point of view which is still something that rarely manages to cross the language barrier. There's a lot of genre defining stuff on there that usually gets omitted by western fans because VK fandom overseas has always kind of been its own beast. Part 2 and 7 are missing unfortunately but if you're really interested in getting the full picture their tracklist should still be available under video description. Spoiler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Milayou 36 Posted August 27, 2019 This 90's VK twitter bot is also a good way to discover both obscure and widely celebrated genre classics https://twitter.com/old_school_vk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites