New TJ Album - "Sports" 2010.02.24

[Jesse]

Originally Posted by BanFan

The player spazzed out maybe thirty seconds into the video but I didn't even care . . .

Mine did after the first 5 seconds (literally), and I also didn't care. What sad times we live in

I'm still looking forward to the album more so than I'm looking forward to any other upcoming Japanese releases.. but that doesn't exactly say much.

[Yahiko]

whats with the live pictures? are they real? are they from countdown japan? does hata really have this "戦" drum?


XD the video is stupid, but i like it .. in the same way I liked kurumaya-san XDDD
this really looks like a not-yet-finished video.. we can even see the cables holding hata up

[lazer85]

Originally Posted by Yahiko

whats with the live pictures? are they real? are they from countdown japan? does hata really have this "戦" drum?


XD the video is stupid, but i like it .. in the same way I liked kurumaya-san XDDD
this really looks like a not-yet-finished video.. we can even see the cables holding hata up

kurumayasan was one of the 3 or 4 ringo video i liked. Who the hell was that black guy just lurking in the background? Is that robbie smith or whatever?

[Ringo~Bingo]

Originally Posted by lazer85

kurumayasan was one of the 3 or 4 ringo video i liked. Who the hell was that black guy just lurking in the background? Is that robbie smith or whatever?

For a time I actually thought that was Jay-Z.

(it's ridiculous I know...)

[fluffiethesock]

Oh good, I thought I was imagining him.

[Maou]

OK so the PV was bad, but I liked the song. It didn't sound like a Variety reject even though it sounded extremely mainstream.

[Scribble R]

Those live photos aren't from Countdown Japan I think, because the band was dressed differently. Hata had his pink hair though =p

I don't quite understand how people are calling this the worst song ever, but different boats for different floats...or something. Even the Engrish isn't THAT bad when you've heard it a few times.

[mae]

when you've heard it a few times, the same with the video, it's like it doesn't matter anymore... the feeling i've got is indifference!! even like a joke but not too funny!! I think this whole thing (song+video) is empty, also the "live" pictures look like no life, it's like they were doing a commemoration to something that has not happend yet!

(and please forgive my ugly english!!)

[ShadyNook]

Kameda or Ringo farts at 00:00:38?

i think the concept was supposed to be based on action still shots.

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[clakaz]

Originally Posted by mae

also the "live" pictures look like no life, it's like they were doing a commemoration to something that has not happend yet!

(and please forgive my ugly english!!)

It`s actually a very good insight (even if not intentional).

Their poses are like photos or statues of the "triumphant" type, smelling "victory", "complete dominance", "complete defeat of the enemy", much present in sports narratives.
So, the stilness (there is this word?), the fakeness (the cable, the self-importance posture) of "victory appearance" against the "fever" of true life that even the "defeated" carry inside (a possible interpetation of the lyrics).