What are some iconic VKei Songs?

[LunaaaC 2]

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?

[Peace Heavy mk II 7200]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From varying degrees of "Iconic in the western fandom" to "actually iconic," but here are a few examples.

[Arkady 396]

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

[saishuu 3220]

Lots of videos behind the spoiler cut, be warned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 26, 2018 by saishuu

[VESSMIER 873]

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.

[monkeybanana4 1732]

Here are some more songs. Lots of videos under the spoiler cut.

 

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[akiko 260]

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[violetchain 912]

^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

[PIZAZ 238]

Here are a few that come to mind when I think Iconic vk~~~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Axius 2019]

 

 

[colorful人生 2777]

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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

[Milayou 36]

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.

 

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[Milayou 36]

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