New Jihen single 12.02.09 - Page 8

Scribble R · 2009.10.17, 05:32 AM

Does anyone else think that Mittei Monogatari sounds exactly like sports commentary? Just change the lyrics to football (soccer) commentary. The final 009 = "Goal!"

Togatta Teguchi sounds like a deranged cheerleading chant (X DAY) -- OR a workout song

Yokyou is a hockey song, Futabocchi sounds a bit like match of the day, Irokoizata sounds like an organ baseball song

i think shiina was trying to tell us that she won't be writing for this album

Maou · 2009.10.17, 07:29 AM

Originally Posted by Scribble R

nooo not march

I can't go in March either. I hope the Osaka shows are in late April or early May.

frecklegirl · 2009.10.17, 08:59 AM

noooo don't try and taint SG with ties to this album! I guess I am the only one who is not super thrilled about this. I just know it's going to be Variety II, and the music is going to suck hardcore. blah!

LoverlyBijouu · 2009.10.17, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by Migoto

So they're still following the TV program theme. Educational, adult, variety, and now sports. Interesting.

Oh yeah. Forgot about that whole TV concept, haha.

I guess I'm automatically going to be bored of this album since I hate sports. XD

just kidding (maybe.)

MBF · 2009.10.17, 12:16 PM

I hope the next album will be "commercials"... Mikan no Kawa, anyone?

kuro_neko · 2009.10.17, 02:31 PM

ringo was definitely waaaayyyyyyy too busy with SG to spend time bossing everyone around with new work, so I agree that this will be Variety 2 in the sense of an album full of band-penned tracks, but overall I am hoping this time around it won't be such a freshman effort. Uki and Izawa have proven themselves able to write decent music (Tegami? OSCA?) but they really need a proper editor and the problem with Variety was they probably just threw in whatever they felt like

also, if Sports theme is true then its going be horrible. Bleh.

Scribble R · 2009.10.17, 03:09 PM

It'll be Variety 2 in that it'll build from the foundation set by the previous album, not in the 'drunk Ringo picking a handful of tracks from Ukizawa's collective dustbin' again sense. Judging by every album that Ringo's done, I'm expecting there to be some kind of gimmick/slant setting it apart from Variety.

I'm thinking now that a 'Sports' theme doesn't make sense because Education, Adult and Variety are all concepts that can be directly applied to music. 'Sports' is the odd one out because it doesn't actually mean anything, unless the album has fanfares, cheerleader chants and J-Pop Take Me Out to the Ball Game! which would make Sports (Sports) an actual concept album unlike the last three. Or unless they just want to do Variety 2 but can't use the same name so went with sports because there's loads of those.

If Sports is just a loose theme, you know this means:

- There will literally be Ukizawa songs. Shiizawa, Shiigumo to emphasise 'teamwork'
- Hirama and HZM will be coming back for one song to emphasise the competitive nature of sports. HiraZM vs Ukizawa in Aerosmith vs RunDMC style
- There will be a song called Superstar

kuro_neko · 2009.10.17, 03:24 PM

^ I agree, well, with the exception of Adult, none of the albums have been heavily influenced by the title/theme. Kyouiku had nothing to do with Education in retrospect, it was more a reference to it being the first album. With Adult they specifically went for a more mature and refined approach, something that is reflected in the production of that final album. With Variety, I really feel that was the only thing they could go with because there was no unified thread to hold that album together besides a whole bunch of tracks written by Uki and Izawa. Hopefully this time around there will be a more unified theme.

If the theme for this album is sports I can only imagine it influences the artwork, as we've seen, and influences the music so as to make it very upbeat and athletic. then again, if we judged an album's title/theme off the first single we would have assumed differet things

gunjou biyori - education?
shuraba - adult? more like, war/training/bloodshed/winter rofl
OSCA/Killer Tune - retro/vintage cars?

Scribble R · 2009.10.17, 04:02 PM

Many of the Kyouiku images, including the single covers, could have belonged to the Adult era.

AFAIK, the first Variety-era image was the colourful one with the guys in funky clothes/drag, which made sense. If you look at it, this image is quite similar, except the clothes aren't silly. So I'm guessing that this will be Variety but more intense and less 'fun/wacky'

Okay, maybe it's stupid to speculate like this but I can't wait to see how wrong I am...

Tokyo Jihad · 2009.10.17, 05:22 PM

that pic looks "fun/wacky" to me...

2009.10.17, 08:59 AM	#73
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2009.10.17, 05:32 AM	#71
Scribble R Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,392	Does anyone else think that Mittei Monogatari sounds exactly like sports commentary? Just change the lyrics to football (soccer) commentary. The final 009 = "Goal!" Togatta Teguchi sounds like a deranged cheerleading chant (X DAY) -- OR a workout song Yokyou is a hockey song, Futabocchi sounds a bit like match of the day, Irokoizata sounds like an organ baseball song i think shiina was trying to tell us that she won't be writing for this album

2009.10.17, 12:16 PM	#75
MBF Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tokyo Posts: 392	I hope the next album will be "commercials"... Mikan no Kawa, anyone?

2009.10.17, 02:31 PM	#76
kuro_neko Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: World's End Posts: 2,991	ringo was definitely waaaayyyyyyy too busy with SG to spend time bossing everyone around with new work, so I agree that this will be Variety 2 in the sense of an album full of band-penned tracks, but overall I am hoping this time around it won't be such a freshman effort. Uki and Izawa have proven themselves able to write decent music (Tegami? OSCA?) but they really need a proper editor and the problem with Variety was they probably just threw in whatever they felt like also, if Sports theme is true then its going be horrible. Bleh.

2009.10.17, 03:09 PM	#77
Scribble R Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,392	It'll be Variety 2 in that it'll build from the foundation set by the previous album, not in the 'drunk Ringo picking a handful of tracks from Ukizawa's collective dustbin' again sense. Judging by every album that Ringo's done, I'm expecting there to be some kind of gimmick/slant setting it apart from Variety. I'm thinking now that a 'Sports' theme doesn't make sense because Education, Adult and Variety are all concepts that can be directly applied to music. 'Sports' is the odd one out because it doesn't actually mean anything, unless the album has fanfares, cheerleader chants and J-Pop Take Me Out to the Ball Game! which would make Sports (Sports) an actual concept album unlike the last three. Or unless they just want to do Variety 2 but can't use the same name so went with sports because there's loads of those. If Sports is just a loose theme, you know this means: - There will literally be Ukizawa songs. Shiizawa, Shiigumo to emphasise 'teamwork' - Hirama and HZM will be coming back for one song to emphasise the competitive nature of sports. HiraZM vs Ukizawa in Aerosmith vs RunDMC style - There will be a song called Superstar

2009.10.17, 03:24 PM	#78
kuro_neko Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: World's End Posts: 2,991	^ I agree, well, with the exception of Adult, none of the albums have been heavily influenced by the title/theme. Kyouiku had nothing to do with Education in retrospect, it was more a reference to it being the first album. With Adult they specifically went for a more mature and refined approach, something that is reflected in the production of that final album. With Variety, I really feel that was the only thing they could go with because there was no unified thread to hold that album together besides a whole bunch of tracks written by Uki and Izawa. Hopefully this time around there will be a more unified theme. If the theme for this album is sports I can only imagine it influences the artwork, as we've seen, and influences the music so as to make it very upbeat and athletic. then again, if we judged an album's title/theme off the first single we would have assumed differet things gunjou biyori - education? shuraba - adult? more like, war/training/bloodshed/winter rofl OSCA/Killer Tune - retro/vintage cars?

2009.10.17, 04:02 PM	#79
Scribble R Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,392	Many of the Kyouiku images, including the single covers, could have belonged to the Adult era. AFAIK, the first Variety-era image was the colourful one with the guys in funky clothes/drag, which made sense. If you look at it, this image is quite similar, except the clothes aren't silly. So I'm guessing that this will be Variety but more intense and less 'fun/wacky' Okay, maybe it's stupid to speculate like this but I can't wait to see how wrong I am...