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2007.04.15, 08:28 PM | #71 |
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C'mon I'm not bragging about this...just we have different feelings towards these English words. I simply regard drowning in somebody (rather than in some belief) something kinda unhealthy and futile. But I just can't help myself being lured by this lady & her buddies from the moment I open my eyes every morning.
What an embarrassing situation. To me gunjou biyori is just another punky song that every band is able to make. Not something exclusively from TJ. |
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As for Gunjou Biyori, I kind of understand how you do not think it is great, but I doubt just any band can pull it off. |
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Adult album reviews
Some reviews of Adult. Thanks Canto!
Translation: To me [the reviewer], this is without a doubt the best album in 2006. If the development of pop music in the following decades follows the course of guitar, bass, drums and keyboards, I think this album should be used as an education material. This is defnitely not a genre album; on the contrary, this album exemplifies the innovative use of the different instruments from different perspectives. If you try to play the songs with your friends, you will find that beyond the simplicity of the sound lies a complex and rigourous coordination between the different musical parts and it rightly shows off Shiina Ringo's deftness and depth in songwriting that bring her closer to a level of mastery. And another one:
Translation: There are simply too many talking points in Adult. Too many people like Himitsu, SUPER STAR and Toumei Ningen from Phase 1 for various reasons, and a lot of fans hold the new keyboardist Izawa Ichiyou's technique in high regard; the contrast in styles makes this album even more interesting. Personally I like Shuraba, but don't agree with the "kawaii" treatment of Toumei Ningen in the album. [SUPER STAR is the rare song which Phase 1 & 2 comparisons don't affect my appreciation of the song.]* There is a strong sense of 對立性 [is he trying to say symmetry here?]*, even in the song titles and sequence (take a look if you don't believe me)... which is why I think that this album has a special place in any of Tokyo Jihen's or Shiina Ringo's work. *don't really know if I got the meaning right. Canto I hope you can help me out.
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EDIT: ...if you get stuck playing the guitar bits, you are probably the "last resort" of the group =Q
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2007.04.16, 08:35 PM | #76 |
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對立性 = contrariety?
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That's what I thought it meant too, but how come there's contrast in the song titles and sequence?
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Honestly Adult feels more like a Shiina album than a TJ album; compare Adult with Kyoiku and the difference is the lack of Hirama and HZM dominance in the overall sound. It would seem like SR simply kicked them out of the band and replaced them withone someone she can keep a tight leash on; I dont see Hirama giving up his big rock sound just to follow SR's musical direction (from adult to Heisei Fuuzoku), especially when they are playing live.
Now I'm not defending Ukigumo, but on the assumption that he did play Tegami (unless someone from TJ come out and said otherwise), I'd say he's got diversity in his reportoire than most of us give him credit for, but while SR got him on a leash, he's stuck playing jazz fill-ins instead of playing like the power-chord and vibrato galore that is Hirama...
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I know everybody thinks Uki can play "normal" and as I sid before whoever's choice it is for him to be playing that way needs to get fired.
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Adult is a huge move in a different direction for SR.
1. HZM's prolific craziness is gone. 2. Ukigumo can't play rock like Hirama. 3. SR was rushing a out a new album when TJ changed members. So Adult is really just a clever solution to her circumstances. There's no way she can do whatever she did in Kyoiku anymore no matter how much she wanted to. So Adult; slow, chill-out, mature, "refined", Adult. SR is still a genius at problem solving; it's really her band members that's restricting her creativity. Uki can play normal... when forced by SR to do so. I'd like to think that Toumei Ningen is Uki at the height of his creativity (this sentence alone will mean different things to different people). I prefer Hirama's style, but Uki as a guitarist is more, urm, original. Now we can only wait for 2008 to really see where SR is going with TJ. In the meantime, let's enjoy some "motion graphics" from the HF dvd release.
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