[Music] The Grand Music Discussion Thread [2]
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Mastodon - The Hunter: Well, that was...surprisingly shitty. Easily their weakest album to date, only one or two memorable tracks and neither prog nor sludge in sight. They're certainly stepping out of genre boundaries, but if the result is mediocre, I can't exactly recommend that as something in their favor.
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symbv wrote:Not all of them though. Andy Lau is first and foremost an actor and he had many years of acting behind him before he broke as a top singer.
Andy Lau is just a badass, though. Seriously. Is there anything that man can't do?
To me it is not that refreshing because it only reminds me of how far behind HK is in terms of developing idols.
Like I've said in the past, I'm not really into the whole "idol" thing. My favorite Asian pop acts are Faye Wong and Pizzicato Five - neither of whom really fit into the "idol" mode. In particular, Faye's focus on her vocals and creativity (especially in the mid to late 90's) have given her numerous classics. Same goes for Pizzicato Five, actually.
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Just one of those shibuya-kei acts from the 90's. I may have not listened much to Pizzicato, but I prefer Flipper's Guitar. As a Perfume fan I ought to listen to capsule (Perfume producer Yasutaka Nakata's project) too, but I haven't been inspired to do it because I don't like Nakata in his hipster mode.
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"Oh, Oz, I fear I'm losing my filmfag to the depths of Japanese pop. If only there were more films with Japanese girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes you'd be the David Bordwell of that genre." - Jimbo
"Oz, I think we need to stage an intervention and force you to watch some movies that aren't made in Japan." - Trajan
"No you wouldn't. Oz's secret is he goes without food to buy that stuff. He hasn't eaten in years." - Brikhaus
"Often I get the feeling that deep down, your little girl is struggling with your embrace of filmfaggotry and your loldeep fixations, and the conflict that arises from such a contradiction is embodied pretty well in Kureha's character. But obviously it's not any sort of internal conflict that makes the analogy work. It's the pigtails." - Merridian
"Oh, Oz, I fear I'm losing my filmfag to the depths of Japanese pop. If only there were more films with Japanese girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes you'd be the David Bordwell of that genre." - Jimbo
"Oz, I think we need to stage an intervention and force you to watch some movies that aren't made in Japan." - Trajan
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I actually have yet to acquire any Flipper's Guitar, but I've been meaning to for a while. I'm also quite fond of Fantastic Plastic Machine and Puffy. Buffalo Daughter is just okay, though.
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Flipper's Guitar is pretty hard to obtain on CD. There are only obscure SACD releases on CDJapan and the debut album is completely OOP (found out this after waiting for it to ship for months). Their albums can be found on YouTube, though.
Example songs:
The Chime Will Ring (the closing track of the debut album): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqiY32GoJwY&feature=related
Blue Shinin' Quick Star (from their third and last album): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FETfRqg7qVk
Flipper's Guiitar is just about as easy-going and retro as pop music can get.
EDIT: Might as well throw a link to an early capsule song as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhYZXmtLAJA
Example songs:
The Chime Will Ring (the closing track of the debut album): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqiY32GoJwY&feature=related
Blue Shinin' Quick Star (from their third and last album): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FETfRqg7qVk
Flipper's Guiitar is just about as easy-going and retro as pop music can get.
EDIT: Might as well throw a link to an early capsule song as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhYZXmtLAJA
"I'd really like to have as much money as you have, Oz" - robersora
"No you wouldn't. Oz's secret is he goes without food to buy that stuff. He hasn't eaten in years." - Brikhaus
"Often I get the feeling that deep down, your little girl is struggling with your embrace of filmfaggotry and your loldeep fixations, and the conflict that arises from such a contradiction is embodied pretty well in Kureha's character. But obviously it's not any sort of internal conflict that makes the analogy work. It's the pigtails." - Merridian
"Oh, Oz, I fear I'm losing my filmfag to the depths of Japanese pop. If only there were more films with Japanese girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes you'd be the David Bordwell of that genre." - Jimbo
"Oz, I think we need to stage an intervention and force you to watch some movies that aren't made in Japan." - Trajan
"No you wouldn't. Oz's secret is he goes without food to buy that stuff. He hasn't eaten in years." - Brikhaus
"Often I get the feeling that deep down, your little girl is struggling with your embrace of filmfaggotry and your loldeep fixations, and the conflict that arises from such a contradiction is embodied pretty well in Kureha's character. But obviously it's not any sort of internal conflict that makes the analogy work. It's the pigtails." - Merridian
"Oh, Oz, I fear I'm losing my filmfag to the depths of Japanese pop. If only there were more films with Japanese girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes you'd be the David Bordwell of that genre." - Jimbo
"Oz, I think we need to stage an intervention and force you to watch some movies that aren't made in Japan." - Trajan
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Honestly, I kinda liked it (in that "stepping-outside-of-themselves" way). Mind you, it's not great like their other albums...but I personally wouldn't say it's bad.
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Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly. - Franz Kafka
Clones to the left of me, tsunderes to the right...and here I am, stuck in the middle with Shinji. - how I view my experience with Evangelion
-When it comes to Asuka/Shinji, pre-EoE is like moving Mount Everest and post-EoE is like moving the Olympus Mons. Either way, it's moving a mountain. It's just the size of said mountain.-
Like I said, I certainly commend their courage for making a record so very unlike their previous work. It's just that I think the music itself is awful. It reminds of me the nu-metal I listened to in elementary school.
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I remember in a Deutsche Grammaphon album, The Planets is followed by Ligeti's "Lux Aeterna" (made famous by 2001 Space Odyssey) which is a very ingenious choice that fits in very well despite the many years between the two pieces.
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Apparently some Japanese pop singer used Jupiter in one of songs and said song was like a mega hit or something. Anyways, I'm listening to some Water Music right now.
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"Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it." - Confucius
"All styles are good except the tiresome kind." - Voltaire
That is Ayaka Hirahara 平原綾香 who got her major break by the "Jupiter" single in 2004. It was indeed one of the biggest hits that year and it is still a very popular song frequently sung in karaoke. The lyrics is about keeping a positive and forward look on life and urging people not to feel depressed and lonely. It has been used in many charity events including a few for the victims of the March earthquake and tsunami.
(from the CD)
http://youtu.be/Ok_hemznZgw
(live event)
http://youtu.be/K7rob0JVlfE
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Currently listening to the Star Wars Cantina Theme. Why? Because it is actually better then most crap made today. 
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"Life is becoming more and more indistinguishable from Onion articles." ~Monk Ed
"Oh my gods, that is awesome. I am inclined to forgive both Grant and the dub in general for that." ~Bagheera
"I don't try to engage in intelligent conversation here anymore."~Chee
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Someone, please get this song out of my head. It has haunted me ever since I (re)discovered it yesterday morning.
"I'd really like to have as much money as you have, Oz" - robersora
"No you wouldn't. Oz's secret is he goes without food to buy that stuff. He hasn't eaten in years." - Brikhaus
"Often I get the feeling that deep down, your little girl is struggling with your embrace of filmfaggotry and your loldeep fixations, and the conflict that arises from such a contradiction is embodied pretty well in Kureha's character. But obviously it's not any sort of internal conflict that makes the analogy work. It's the pigtails." - Merridian
"Oh, Oz, I fear I'm losing my filmfag to the depths of Japanese pop. If only there were more films with Japanese girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes you'd be the David Bordwell of that genre." - Jimbo
"Oz, I think we need to stage an intervention and force you to watch some movies that aren't made in Japan." - Trajan
"No you wouldn't. Oz's secret is he goes without food to buy that stuff. He hasn't eaten in years." - Brikhaus
"Often I get the feeling that deep down, your little girl is struggling with your embrace of filmfaggotry and your loldeep fixations, and the conflict that arises from such a contradiction is embodied pretty well in Kureha's character. But obviously it's not any sort of internal conflict that makes the analogy work. It's the pigtails." - Merridian
"Oh, Oz, I fear I'm losing my filmfag to the depths of Japanese pop. If only there were more films with Japanese girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes you'd be the David Bordwell of that genre." - Jimbo
"Oz, I think we need to stage an intervention and force you to watch some movies that aren't made in Japan." - Trajan
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