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⌈ Secret Post #329 ⌋

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And the horrible thing is, you can't spread the word about awesome musicians, because as soon as people find out you're into jrock, you're an otaku and should be ignored at once, because your dorky opinions might be contagious. They ARE contagious, because they're VALID! Just because I like a culture outside of my own doesn't mean I don't have taste. Psh.

WORD. Nevertheless, I keep at it and encourage anyone who likes music to give it a chance. I mean, yes, the language barrier, but there's SO much more to music than the "oldies, emo, rap, and country-western" that dominates American music anymore.

Seriously, I laughed myself senseless at the guy playing "Rock Band" on one of the TVs in the university center, who was on drums and grumbling that there wasn't anything more challenging in the expert selections since it's true. I mean, Metallica? Dude, "Kurenai" or "Silent Jealousy" by X Japan would be one of the ultimate challenges for drumming. Four modulations in the latter song, oh yeah.

~~Though including them might not be a good idea, since Harmonix could be sued if drum players trying to best each other at it all ended up with real-life wrist braces like Yoshiki's.~~

I like the lighter, more traditional rock stuff myself. Miyavi, L'Arc, Ore Ska Band, High and Mighty Color, Beat Crusaders- Sort of the border between vk and rock. But I also am just not as versed in so many of the awesome bands! No one buys vk CDs for me, because they see them on my Amazon list and think that they're scary! XD So now I just need to sample more awesome bands. Though now I know not to touch Melt Banana with a forty-foot pole. Yez indeed.

^_^ Oh, I'd say you should try Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, abingdon boys school, An Cafe, Maaya Sakamoto, Koda Kumi, and LM.C too. You'd likely love hide's solo stuff that he made before he died (with his bands Spread Beaver and Zilch), so check it out. Hyde (from L'Arc)'s solo stuff is also very good. I recommend Roentgen, 666, and the album version of Faith (Faith tour live had some issues with Hyde's vocals.) Also, Miho Hatori.

You probably wouldn't like Dir en grey past the Six Ugly era (once they left vk).

Ooooh yez. I had this song for AGES before I actually looked up the translation online. "lol lookit all this! I had no idea this perky song was so smutty! I guess I should stop singing it in public places where I could possibly scandalize some poor Japanese person."

LOL!

It's true. He looks like he's seriously losing all sense of proportion. And it'll be interesting to see what happens. It's like a train wreck! Can't stand to watch, and CAN'T... LOOK... AWAY!

Oh yeah. I just hope he DOESN'T go the suicide/seppuku route, since he's got such a "devoted" fan following, and in his case, there's no one who'd be able to do what Yoshiki did after hide died and tell people to stay calm and honor his memory in other ways than suicide.

WORD. Nevertheless, I keep at it and encourage anyone who likes music to give it a chance.

well then you're stronger than I am. After the first few weird looks and a few of the "Japanese music? you're into that kind of stuff?" comments, I've mostly given up, except among my friends.

there's SO much more to music than the "oldies, emo, rap, and country-western" that dominates American music anymore.
it's true! And the variety is AMAZING! you just have to look for it! Seriously, I didn't listen to much music that wasn't from the 80's or handed to me by my parents, because the majority of what's on the radio is so boring. But then I got into jrock, and that oddly enough led to me getting into different modern music. Go figure.

Seriously, I laughed myself senseless at the guy playing "Rock Band" on one of the TVs in the university center, who was on drums and grumbling that there wasn't anything more challenging in the expert selections since it's true. I mean, Metallica? Dude, "Kurenai" or "Silent Jealousy" by X Japan would be one of the ultimate challenges for drumming. Four modulations in the latter song, oh yeah.

Though including them might not be a good idea, since Harmonix could be sued if drum players trying to best each other at it all ended up with real-life wrist braces like Yoshiki's.

AHAHAHAAHAHA. Genius. And I love it. Poor drummers. It's no subtlety, just beating the shit out of the set. Poor, poor drummers. Must get old after a while.

ah awesome! Now I have all these bands to check out! I already love AnCafe and abingdon boys school! I need to check out all the other ones on the list too. Sleep? Psh. Sleep is for the weak. I have some music to immerse myself in.

It's so strange to think of people killing themselves because a musician they love did. I'd be sad if someone I idolized died, but I don't think it could drive me into that kind of despair. That's some intense feeling right there.

well then you're stronger than I am. After the first few weird looks and a few of the "Japanese music? you're into that kind of stuff?" comments, I've mostly given up, except among my friends.

It's not strength, it's not pushing my stuff on or toward others, but not pretending I don't care about it either.

(as an aside, I knew I'd never work as "normal," so I've decided to pick the option of "carve out my own place and tell the haters to fuck off" both online and offline. ~~would it be a fandom secret to say that by inspiring me to do that, hide has saved my life?~~ Guess it's no secret now, but that's made me happier, that I can live as weirdly as I want and unless I'm endangering myself or breaking the law.)

AHAHAHAAHAHA. Genius. And I love it. Poor drummers. It's no subtlety, just beating the shit out of the set. Poor, poor drummers. Must get old after a while.

Indeed. I'd so love to see someone try "Kurenai" on expert mode, if it was an option in the game. Just to watch them flail and finally be beyond the three saves, or to see someone who could approach that level of awesome. ^_^

ah awesome! Now I have all these bands to check out! I already love AnCafe and abingdon boys school! I need to check out all the other ones on the list too. Sleep? Psh. Sleep is for the weak. I have some music to immerse myself in.

Hahahaha. ^_^

It's so strange to think of people killing themselves because a musician they love did. I'd be sad if someone I idolized died, but I don't think it could drive me into that kind of despair. That's some intense feeling right there.

Agreed. I don't think I could see myself killing myself over a musician (though I can kind of sympathize with the hide fen who did, since hide was so much more than music at the time, he was the symbol of breaking conformity and being free in Japan, and losing that, OUCH. I mean, as someone who has a really deep affinity to him now. . . yeah, suicide is bad but I could see why someone already disturbed would go "wow, it really is hopeless to break out" and copycat thinking it was a suicide -which it wasn't, IMO-, and that IS why I love Yoshiki so much: he had the strength even in his grief to tell people that suicide isn't what hide would have wanted, to control themselves, and to push for the death to be re-labeled an accident.)

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