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Old 2007.09.27, 05:36 AM   #131
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ok, here is my review /o/
I think I never wrote a review before O.õ
don't know
well... 1st of all, I never hate any(SR/TJ)thing
even Adult, I just like less than anyother album, but I like o.o
so don't expect a harsh review...

Ramp O_O OMG what a happy song (like mostly of this album's songs)!!!
sounds retro (like mostly of this album's songs too)
remind me those happy-happy clamp's anime ending
well... it's a good song to walking-and-jumping-happly or dancing-in-the-rain on the way to home
I like it

Mirrorball to me is better than JCHI's mirrorball
sounds a little retro too, and is good to have a non-too-happy-song in the album
and oh yeah, the bass remind me sigma... that "tun dun tah"

Kingyo no Hako ...I love it *.*
even doesn't sound like a SR/TJ song
I could imagine even koda kumi doing a song like this, but not TJ
sounds like an anime opening
and Sounan's guitar solo would be better here than this solo.

Shiseikatsu a bit depressing-melancholic song
sounds like superstar... but is worse because superstar chorus are animated-not-depressing-and-good-at-all
I don't liked it so much
its like a meh rakujitsu+superstar
XP

OSCA goes in the right place, after a melancholic song like shiseikatsu...
I like how this song goes with this album
sounds retro (how much times I'll say it in this review X_X) and it's one of my favorites on the album...
but even liking it I don't like as a normal TJ/SR song...
it's kind of... this song is with the mortal songs... and SR songs are with the divine ones
so even if I loved this song, it'll never reach the same status than other SR/TJ ones
so
OSCA is inferior.

Kronekodow
OMG
LOVE
IT
sounds like a runing cartoon song
like Tom & Jerry's song
and remind me a little Kojima Mayumi songs plus old SR

Fukushu XD when I 1st heard it I thought WTF?!
I like it
sounds a little ocidental
neverexpected it
its a unique song between all SR/TJ songs!

Boutomin to me sounds a bit ocidental too
it's uki singing with SR?!
like the kabuki reference part
the whole song... like a bit more than shiseikatsu XP
to me this song goes with karada...
ocidental-a-bit-meh

SSAW also goes in the boutomin/karada group
is an ending of afternoon song
boring+melancholic
Boutomin>SSAW>shiseikatsu

Tsukigime-hime sounds retro and happy
like a Variety song
XD
is in right place, after a song like SSAW
I like it...
is in OSCA/BBQueen/JCHImirrorball group

Sake to Geko
I like it
sounds a dramatic song to me
XD
better than another happy song
the end remind me Suguroku Xstasy's performances
Oh Hirama if you were here...

Killer tune always sounded like a normal jpop song to me
it's a song that bring you up
I like it...
but like I could like a normal jpop song
not as a divine SR song

Metro Oh I really like this song
not love, just really like... but this can change
happy but melancholic and is in right place

and about pinocchio and kaban no nakami being better than some songs in this album... well, SR B-sides are always so good that you want to buy the single only for them
I think the songs in the album are all in a good place
like I think the songs in the singles are in a right place to preceed the album

OSCA----animated-retro-song+gorgeous-end-of-afternoon-song+retro-like-old-series-songs-song

KillerTune------bring-you-up-normal-jpop-song+animated-retro-noisy-song+RnB-slow-kind-of-sexy-song-but-not-too-much

so
the truth is
KYOUIKU>VARIETY>HF>ADULT
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Old 2007.09.27, 06:36 AM   #132
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Originally Posted by Tokyo Jihad View Post
Since when does an overwhelming majority love HF? Did I miss that memo?
An Adult being regarded as "the best Jihen album" doesn't say too terribly much. It is a good album, but until this week, the only competition was an album that sounded like it went through a garbage disposal before reaching our ears .
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Theres no majority of love for HF. I think he's just referring to himself.
http://forums.electricmole.net/showthread.php?t=272

Boooya bitches!!! 15 love it and 19 think it is a good album, compared to the 9 that do not hate it and 1 that does not like it. If you did not vote that's your problem, democracy rules! ^__^

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it is a generally accepted truth about the history of the band

seriously, didn't you see Behind The Music: TJ?

There was a whole 10 minute segment about it.

besides everyone knows she has a thing for guitarists....clearly Hirama had to leave because he couldn't put up with all the sexual tension and favors he was forced to commit in order to remain in a band that actually sells
I did not see Behind the music!!! Where can I see that?

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btw Goraku debuted at #2 selling 18859, behind Otsuka Ai selling 37409. Anyone remember the first day figures for Adult?
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FUCK I KNEW i shoulda made a bet with Hedo when I had the chance! dammit.

Oh well, I won the non-bet |(
Damn TJ got blown out!! That's what you get for being indifferent Jihad ^_~
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Old 2007.09.27, 07:18 AM   #133
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Originally Posted by HEDOfloe View Post
I did not see Behind the music!!! Where can I see that?
... >_>

neko was joking ._.
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Old 2007.09.27, 07:22 AM   #134
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Originally Posted by Lena-chan View Post
KYOUIKU>VARIETY>HF>ADULT
Adult last?

Adult > Kyouiku > Heisei Fuuzoku > Variety

(though I don't like including HF when it's not a TJ album, it contains mostly covers, and is a soundtrack of sorts...)
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Old 2007.09.27, 07:30 AM   #135
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Originally Posted by HEDOfloe View Post
http://forums.electricmole.net/showthread.php?t=272

Boooya bitches!!! 15 love it and 19 think it is a good album, compared to the 9 that do not hate it and 1 that does not like it. If you did not vote that's your problem, democracy rules! ^__^
<3 Yes. Exactly, and if we had that poll the day Heisei Fuuzoku was out, we would have had almost everyone voting 'hate'. I don't think a single review posted about that album was positive in the first week of the album's availability. SR (well, "new" SR) and TJ albums take time to grow. It's sort of how Kyouiku was the worst album ever until Dynamite! Out was released. Who knows what Spa&Treatment will do for Variety?

Personally, Variety is one of the freshest things in music I have heard in a long time and ironically, it draws from numerous references to the 70s and 80s. The fact that Ukigumo had such a huge part in this album and how during Countdown Japan live, the band already had a reworked version of Mirrorball, my theory is that the band composed the majority of this while Shiina Ringo was working on Heisei Fuuzoku.


Tyra loves Variety btw.
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Old 2007.09.27, 07:55 AM   #136
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New TJ website:
http://www.emimusic.jp/tokyojihen/

Edit: Ughh someone needs to teach the Jihen webpage designer PHP. The page does not need to be refreshed every time you click a button.

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Old 2007.09.27, 08:43 AM   #137
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The HF poll is case in point why a Variety poll would 4ail. No one has the balls to be too critical

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I did not see Behind the music!!! Where can I see that?
epic win.

And Kyoiku was not the "worst album" ever at the time. There was no HF/Variety calibur backlash. Everyone was of the opinion the album wasnt as good as the solo records. But there was an air of "its not great, but were comapring it to classics. Maybe it sounds better live" and we were right. There was no "hard feelings" towards it like Adult or Variety. It was a bit of a letdown, and there was some "go back to solo" stuff, but it wasnt so venomous because no one was really too positive that Jihen would be around for 3 more years. and in a way, theyre not
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Both Killer Tune and Variety shipped yesterday. Will soon be in my hands, ears, and brain. Then I can actually participate in this epic thread.
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can anyone tell me what Kingyo no Hako means... not the whole song .. just the translation of the title
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Originally Posted by Tokyo Jihad View Post
The HF poll is case in point why a Variety poll would 4ail. No one has the balls to be too critical
How come whenever a majority of people like something you don't like you say they are not being critical? If people were just giving it a pass because it was Ringo, then they would have just voted that they liked it which a lot of them did. I don't think you can say that people were being lenient when the 17 of them said they loved it.

Also, why are people who like it not critical? You can be critical and still like something. Not everyone is going to take the time to post about each song, but most people did for Variety and said what they liked and disliked about it so how is that any less critical than someone who disliked most of it?

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... >_>

neko was joking ._.
Sarcasm is lost in online text. Anyway, Neko usually brings up good information so I had no reason to disbelieve him when he said this. It's not like he said the show was called "Behind the Scenes: Ringo ruvvs Uki" or something obvious like that.
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