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2015.05.20, 06:34 PM | #21 |
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It is strange when your interest starts to wane in an artist you once couldnt live without. Things seem less important. You look at earlier posts and wonder why the hell you were so keen on defending the artist then. And then long for that feeling again.
It is then you find other artists. Take a break. Then come back. Today I replayed Shouso Strip for the first time in what seemed ages. And all the memories came flooding back. The reckless collecting. The retarded EMF arugments. The hours and hours of wasted life poured into a barely used message board. Ive grown so disenchanted by Ringo's latest work that I frequently forget why I was following her to begin with. Everything up till Sanmon Gossip has a place in my heart- even, yes, Variety. But what has really reignited the fire is this. Watching someone discover Shouso Strip for the first time, and seeing her face literally light up. I've never seen that happen to anyone for any band. I've never been there to experience anyone discover something they instantly fall in love with like that, to be touched on such a deep level by a piece of music. Shiina Ringo IS the real deal. Don't ever forget. Yeah that's enough of nice Grandma. Back to hating.
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2015.05.20, 06:54 PM | #22 |
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You are lucky - I've never met anyone else who could stand her. Now THAT'S disappointment.
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2015.05.20, 06:56 PM | #23 |
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My wife hated her at first. (Our tastes barely match except if it's Metallica) But after a while she's grown to like her more or less. The jazzy stuff is fair game for sure.
Im really surprised how well she took to Seiko Oomori though- I thought that would have been an instant "TURN THAT OFF" kinda response. She really fucking hates Mariko Goto and most Jun Togawa (though she really likes Showa Kyonen a lot) for example, and I find them to be in the same-ish area vocally. But no. She really digs her. Which I don't know if I like haha.
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2015.05.20, 07:06 PM | #24 |
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DG is....married?! I never would have suspected with all the money you spend collecting Oomori stuff
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2015.05.20, 07:17 PM | #25 |
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It helps when its like the one and only vice you have :-p
I dont really buy much else with the disposable cash. It like... Mortgage, Food, Oomori/Music related stuff. The occasional holiday when there's time.
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2015.05.20, 07:17 PM | #26 |
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Most of the criticisms I've heard about Ringo center around her voice. Even I will admit that to being somewhat put off by her voice at the very beginning, and it took me a while to really "get" her. Also I hear a lot that her music is too "derivative" of Western music, usually accompanied by an admonishment to go listen to something more "original".
But my girlfriend has a couple of unique ones. She has an extreme aversion to songs getting stuck in her head, and she says that Ringo's songs are "too catchy". She also says that Japanese music in general, and Ringo in particular, sounds "wrong" to her. Our working hypothesis on this is that Japanese music, and Ringo in particular, make extensive use of 7th chords, which are quite dissonant in a way she doesn't like (she doesn't like jazz either). |
2015.05.20, 07:21 PM | #27 |
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Most people who have criticised Japanese music to me mainly complain that they put the vocal track way too high in the mix. Which is a fair thing to say, because I can't deny it, particularly in the more "Jpop" end of the scheme.
Ringo is definitely no exception to this. But it's also quite hard to take this too seriously when those people listen to Tame Impala or Animal Collective :-p
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Weird since I always thought of her vocals as mixed to drown. |
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