Go Back   Electric Mole Forums > Shiina Ringo & Tokyo Jihen > Main Forum
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Main Forum The place for general discussion. Old news and speculation, polls, trivia, memorabilia, favorite songs, and so on.
Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 2019.05.31, 10:56 PM   #141
Lena-chan
EMF's mascot
 
Lena-chan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Brazil
Posts: 1,792
Lena-chan can barely hear you above the sound of how awesome they areLena-chan can barely hear you above the sound of how awesome they are
Default

Originally Posted by thespidereggs View Post
Here's Shiina Ringo and Sakurai Atsushi performing Kakeochi-mono on Music Station: Link

Also, a blast from the past: A clip of TJ playing Gunjou Biyori back in 2004:
Link
Omg, this channel a very interesting video
https://www.bilibili.com/video/av54230626
It's so weird seeing her so cute and casual like this
but I get it, I guess even if I was a serious person I would be like this when cats are the topic
__________________

渾て獨りぼっちだから
Lena-chan is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2019.06.01, 01:04 AM   #142
deadgrandma
Senior Member
 
deadgrandma's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 4,764
deadgrandma knows what you did last summerdeadgrandma knows what you did last summerdeadgrandma knows what you did last summer
Default

Robbie Clarke is Google Translate I know it
__________________
Disco! Life is dead
deadgrandma is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2019.06.01, 01:34 AM   #143
Fauxie
Member
 
Fauxie's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Posts: 46
Fauxie is headed in the right direction
Default

Originally Posted by deadgrandma View Post
Robbie Clarke is Google Translate I know it

LMAO!


You know, I've never thought about this Robbie Clarke stuff before. Wondering now though...
Fauxie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2019.06.01, 05:12 AM   #144
deadgrandma
Senior Member
 
deadgrandma's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 4,764
deadgrandma knows what you did last summerdeadgrandma knows what you did last summerdeadgrandma knows what you did last summer
Default

They may have been a real person before

But her English lyrics nowadays really read like a computer wrote them... It's a bit suspect...
__________________
Disco! Life is dead
deadgrandma is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2019.06.02, 12:37 PM   #145
thefro
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 190
thefro raises the standards of what a community can offer
Default

Originally Posted by deadgrandma View Post
They may have been a real person before

But her English lyrics nowadays really read like a computer wrote them... It's a bit suspect...
Yeah, there's a lot of choices where any native English speaker who's halfway talented as a writer could do a lot better.
thefro is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2019.06.02, 01:40 PM   #146
thespidereggs
Senior Member
 
thespidereggs's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Baltimore
Posts: 218
thespidereggs is an asset to this community
Default

Here's Ringo on NHK SONGS performing Tori to Hebi to Buta, Jiyuu-dom, and TOKYO: Link
thespidereggs is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2019.06.02, 03:16 PM   #147
zeroryouko
Ringophile
 
zeroryouko's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: La La Land
Posts: 629
zeroryouko raises the standards of what a community can offer
Default

Damn, she sure can still bring it live, when she wants to.
__________________
There are 2 kinds of J-Pop: Shiina Ringo, and everyone else.
zeroryouko is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2019.06.02, 05:01 PM   #148
deadgrandma
Senior Member
 
deadgrandma's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 4,764
deadgrandma knows what you did last summerdeadgrandma knows what you did last summerdeadgrandma knows what you did last summer
Default

Yeah these are a lot stronger than the album versions thats for sure
__________________
Disco! Life is dead
deadgrandma is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2019.06.02, 06:48 PM   #149
deadgrandma
Senior Member
 
deadgrandma's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 4,764
deadgrandma knows what you did last summerdeadgrandma knows what you did last summerdeadgrandma knows what you did last summer
Default

So after seeing the album booklet scans, can confirm that ALL pictures are from that same 20 year old photo shoot (the mole is a giveaway) except 1 more centaur photo.


Retirement after the Olympics for sure.
__________________
Disco! Life is dead
deadgrandma is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 2019.06.03, 04:12 AM   #150
shirasagi
Member
 
shirasagi's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Vienna, Austria
Posts: 34
shirasagi has had more than 15 seconds of fame
Default

Originally Posted by thespidereggs View Post
Really I would love to read translations of the album's lyrics since I'm sure there's more depth to the album as my perception is somewhat limited as a foreign listener. E.g. if Ma Cherie is about vanity, then I can see how it ties in to the theme of greed, etc.
Gotcha, I'll try to make an effort to get around to it then. I'm not going to do full-blown translations because that would be really time-consuming, Ringo writes in a rather difficult Japanese for a pop musician, and I feel like the translation I would be able to provide would eradicate all the finer points of her language. Reading the lyrics and following them along with the music is a different game though, and I'm hoping that I could extract the most important points and provide you guys with a bigger picture.

This was also one of the stronger points of Sunny and the songs tied well into each other lyrically, so I'm thinking her conceptual shenanigans will be mostly of a textual nature. Unfortunately that makes her project less clear to those here who are not Japanese speakers, but perhaps we'll at least have some justification of the concept which a lot of people are not really seeing. I'm curious myself!


Originally Posted by deadgrandma View Post
So after seeing the album booklet scans, can confirm that ALL pictures are from that same 20 year old photo shoot (the mole is a giveaway) except 1 more centaur photo.


Retirement after the Olympics for sure.
Also thanks for this post, those of us who didn't buy the CD don't have to regret all that much then. I'm still hoping it comes out on vinyl though, but given the recent market trends and Reimport 2 (which was announced months after the release date), there is a good chance for that, right?
shirasagi is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
[Various] 2004.04.23 - Our Last Day -Casshern Official Album- (CD) [Album] frecklegirl Product Reviews & Information 9 2009.05.24 12:25 PM
OMG. Tokyo Jihen world tour announced. Falling off floor right now... monad Main Forum 13 2008.04.18 04:51 AM


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 08:38 AM.