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2014.05.17, 10:17 PM | #171 |
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There's clearly a deep personal connection in Ultra C. Time to kill some of those old reductive cliches even when it comes to 'post-Adult/Variety Jihen' and to stop pretending that all Ringo has to offer is to be groundbreaking.
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As for "Ringo has been wanting to make a dime for a while", that's a bullshit statement, it has been like this since 1998. Personally I don't see big quality slide between songs she wrote for others and songs she wrote for her own albums. If you have to label Ringo songs you don't like not her music, you're in denial here. Last edited by Inseu : 2014.05.18 at 04:57 AM. |
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2014.05.18, 09:29 AM | #174 |
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I think it means "The Ringo YOU like is not necessarily the Ringo that IS, so get over yourself."
To which a response could be "I don't have to like everything she does, that's an insult to an artist." Response to that: "Let her do what she wants, you are not god of all music." Response: "Without fans like me she'll never even try to improve." "Who made you the great judge of what's good or not?" "Nobody, that's just my opinion." "Well that's just my opinion too." "Great." "Great." *hugs and kisses* |
2014.05.18, 09:30 AM | #175 |
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LOL
Scribble, it isn't a reductive cliche, it is my opinion and based on the fact that that is largely when I fell out of sorts with her. Now you could argue that because I stopped paying attention roughly around the time of Ultra C that I missed reading between the lines - I don't ask Ringo to be groundbreaking, I ask that she stop putting out repetitive trash. Unlike some of what I heard from the last part of Jihen's work, this at least sounds fresh. Inseu, she isn't using the same approach here. For SG she wrote that music for herself and when it came time to publishing (as requested from fans at her anniversary show to have another solo album), she invited different collaborators and the end result was varied. Go to kronekodow and look up this new album and what you will see is they are giving the arrangers themselves double billing - they are publicizing this album as much on the guest arrangers and the original artists Ringo gave this to, as much as they are Ringo herself. Therefore in my opinion this is a different approach. As I said, the final result is more like a Picasso of Ringo - its strange and unlike her but fresh and exciting. I consider Jihen part of Ringo's canon, but different (just as you wouldn't judge Wings to the Beatles etc). If you don't see the difference in the songs Ringo has written for herself vs others then I feel sorry for you. Think of the worst of the worst from Ringo's core 4 albums (you can even include HF if you want) and then compare that to the work she has given to any of these other artists. And before I recede back to lurker status, I'll point out that none of this matters anyways. Ringo has been around for almost two decades and like any artist worth their salt has built a catalogue of diverse music that appeals to a variety of fans. We in this forum will never agree on parts of her music but I clearly have stirred the pot here and want to make sure my part in airing my own opinion is not twisted to serve someone else's fantasy. |
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A lot of drama for an album that isn't released in full yet.
I like it.
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2014.05.18, 03:33 PM | #178 | |
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Compare to these songs with Ringo on vocals, Tomosaka Rie's Shoujo Robot, Tokio's 渦中の男 (classic remake of Tokyo Jihen's Goldfish Box), Puffy's 日和姫, Chiaki Kuriyama's 決定的三分間 and SMAP's 真夏の脱獄者 Prefer the later... |
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2014.05.18, 10:45 PM | #179 |
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Inseu I generally agree with your sentiments -- that there's no radical difference in terms of quality of her songwriting (past/present, solo/band/other artists), but Odaijini, Tsukini, Irokoizata were some of my favourite tracks on those albums.
I don't understand this compulsion of some people to disown or to distance themselves on this work on the premise that it's not as good? Not her writing? The lyrics and hooks are 500% Ringo, I'm not sure how anybody could really argue otherwise. This might be a bad analogy or example to draw on but I can't understand people who hate the songs here but go jizz-crazy over tracks like Oiran or sa_i_ta. Or perhaps I'm imagining things. As for criticisms of it sounding "too mainstream".......1. don't think mainstream categorically = bad, and 2. we must be listening to some very different mainstreams...... |
2014.05.18, 11:20 PM | #180 |
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I don't think people here ever agreed on best/worst Ringo songs. I like fast-paced music in general, so songs like 歌舞伎町の女王 and 密偵物語 are perfect. I enjoy Gips, Service, Mirror Ball, Metro, Foul, the Izawa song, and the Nakata song...On the other hand, some people adore Shun, Carnation and It Was You, but I'm not really moved by them.
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