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2010.07.29, 08:47 PM | #61 |
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Thanks Maou, I had gone crazy looking for it everywhere.
I just listened to Girl (it was in a demos' folder I had downloaded last week) and liked it. However, I still need to assimilate and become familiar to it, so I'm just able to say it sounds promising for me. |
2010.07.30, 08:41 AM | #62 |
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Not only are the Girl chords nicer than most of her other songs, but the vocals are full of the lovable quirks many of us wish that Shiina Ringo were still doing in recent years.
The track almost makes me cry, because it parallels with listening to your favorite song from someone who died during your lifetime. Yes, Shiina Ringo is "still alive", but the Shiina Ringo of today expresses herself so much less freely than the Shiina Ringo of 10+ years ago. The work of her later years is what proponents would refer to as being more.. 'refined'. I won't say that's automatically a bad thing, but it's not exactly the Shiina Ringo I fell in love with.
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2010.07.31, 01:12 AM | #63 | |
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The Shiina of 10 years ago *should not* be the Shiina of today. To me that would represent regression and surrender, not development and challenge. If she were channeling the same persona and reproducing the same sounds of 10 years ago, wouldn't there be even more complaints that she doesn't have the ability to do more than what she could do in her early twenties? She is still vastly popular, and her fanbase does not entirely consist of low-standard dupes. I was just chatting with a student at Doshisha University whose specialty is music; he actually prefers Tokyo Jihen to Shiina's earlier work because her more current jazz stylings and brightness of persona, as opposed to her earlier solo work, seem to him less mannered and, as Glath also pointed out, more refined. If we can call the Shiina of 10 years ago an artist channeling identity conflict, we can call the Shiina of today an artist in a celebratory mood; whatever "edge" remains is playful, not hostile. And there is no doubting her talent. I suppose if she were tackling politics or other heavy themes in her songs she'd be progressive in substance as well as style. But I don't think artists have to deliver heavy thematic substance to have stature. We can single out some traits in the music, particular instrumentals or lyrics or composition, that don't measure up to whatever standard you want to apply. But when you add it all up, Tokyo Jihen still makes 90% of everything else look like crap. |
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2010.07.31, 08:43 AM | #64 |
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SR:
1. Tsumi to Batsu 2. Koufukuron (both versions) 3. Honnou 4. Karisome Otome (all versions) 5. Tsugou Ii Karada TJ: 1. Toumei Ningen 2. The Lady is a Tramp 3. Gunjou Biyori 4. Noriki 5. Superstar (just can't help it ver.) |
2010.07.31, 07:06 PM | #65 |
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This is hard, but I'll do it cos I'm hungover.
SR: 1. Toki Ga bousou Suru 2. Tsumi to Batsu 3. Tsumiki asobi 4. Yattsuke Shigoto 5. Kuki TJ: 1. Jusui Negai 2. put your camera down 3. Himitsu 4. Genjitsu wo Warau 5. Denpa Tuushin |
2010.08.12, 09:26 PM | #66 |
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1 Tsumi to Batsu 2 Shuukyou 3 Onaji Yoru (ZCS) 4 Honnou 5 Okonomi de TJ 1 Juusui Negai 2 Himitsu 3 Ekimae (DO) 4 Sounan 5 Kao |
2010.08.14, 12:49 PM | #67 | |
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Is Kabukichou no Joou considered to be a jazz song?
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2010.08.14, 01:53 PM | #68 | |
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I wouldn't even be surprised to hear SR say she was embarassed about her old love of Susanna Hoffs after having worked with 'avant-garde' musicians for so long... =( Here's my current top 6, so I'm not completely off-topic: SR Tsumi to Batsu (Ringo Expo '08 Version) Yami ni Furu Ame (Ringo Expo '08 Version) Okonomide Sigma Kuki TJ Noudouteki Sanpunkan Blackout Yukiguni / Kabuki Kachiikusa Kenka Joutou
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2010.09.14, 09:57 AM | #69 |
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at the moment:
SR hatsukoi shoujou rodousha tsumi to batsu yokyou konoyo no kagiri TJ genjitsu o warau ringo no uta omatsuri sawagi bokoku joucho himitsu |
2013.10.10, 04:43 PM | #70 |
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1. Apple
2. Torikoshi Kurou 3. Okonomide 4. Honnou 5. Doppelganger HM: Tsuki ni Makeinu 1. Blackout 2. Ikiru 3. Zettai Zetsumei 4. FOUL 5. Genjitsu wo Warau HM: Handsome Sugite In no particular order, but if I think about it, Okonomide would be my number #1 song for the last few years. Last edited by Scribble R : 2013.10.10 at 04:52 PM. |
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