How Did We First Discover...?

[Superficial Fan]

Originally Posted by a_grumble_cake

so in other words, show people a Dynamite Out live performance and they become fans.

I have plastered the most unlikely corners of the internet with links to the Dynamite Out performance of "Sounan" (and some others from that concert).

[Carlx]

Well, I started feeling curiosity while reading some positive comments and advices in Jpopsuki. I'm going to be honest: at first I didn't pay attention at all because of some prejudices with her popularity, actually popularity in general: I supposed she was just another one among the many female pop singers, with all those very well-known and effective formulas in the world of japanese idols.
I was quite new in that community, but it didn't take me much time to realize that a user, Glathannus (for lack of a better name ), lived the music with a passion and respect I felt identified with, in spite of all the technical knowledge (audiophile related ones) that I don't have at all. I kept in mind that opinion, so I decided to get all preconceptions out of my head and take a look at that girl Shiina Ringo. And listening to her, above all else.
All of this was a little while ago, near the release of Sports. So I decided to choose this album as a starting point because of another prejudice that even I don't believe in: assuming that everything new had to be better than the previous due to a logical development. But it’s kind of stupid for me, since we are talking about art and, what’s more, about an artist in constant quest.
I didn’t like it at first, which is typical for me. I felt completely lost, but it was enough to make me realize she wasn’t just a run-of-the-mill singer/songwriter. What I remember the most is that I didn’t like her singing at all, but it annoyed me in some way. For some reason (I already know that part of me), or rather some feeling, I put it off until later.
More precisely, a month later.
When I gave it another opportunity, I felt as if it had grown inside me: it was a completely new world, different, intense… and I was in. But when that amazing ending that is Kimaru had come I felt like listening more, like repeating and, naturally, looking for more.
So, I kept running through her career backwards, beginning from the last to the first.
If it had been complicated with Sports, it was the same with Karuki Zamen Kuri no Hana, maybe even harder, as you can imagine. And I’m talking about an album that is one of the most interesting things I’ve ever heard in my life. First, naturally, the rejection. Then the magic.



I’d rather write this in Spanish, but I think I made my point enough.

[D.K.Liu]

Carlx wrote
All of this was a little while ago, near the release of Sports.

Wow... I feel so old

I didn't think that Sports would have had the drawing power to attract new fans. But then again, I came to this point via Variety, which is ostensibly the most disliked album in this community.

Welcome to the forum by the way.

Your English is perfectly fine

[Carlx]

I understand your point. I listened to Sports for the first time without any previous experiences in her work, so I could enjoy this album by itself, without any background, there was nothing to compare it with.
But now that I am up-to-date with her career, I kind of agree and admit that Sports doesn't reach the feeling/creativity than her previous albums do, however, I can say it still has the power to trigger my imagination in many ways at many moments and it's completely worth the listen for me.

Thanks for your words.

You don't want to know how slow can a human being be when writing in English...

[Scribble R]

Originally Posted by D.K.Liu

Wow... I feel so old

I didn't think that Sports would have had the drawing power to attract new fans. But then again, I came to this point via Variety, which is ostensibly the most disliked album in this community.

Welcome to the forum by the way.

Your English is perfectly fine

Really? I got the impression that SR's mainstream career has been given a new lease of life through the whole post-Adult Phase 2 deal (including and especially Sports). In terms of popularity/sales.

I could be mistaken.

[Lock]

Hi, I'm new here. Be patient with my english.

Well. I discovered Ringo in rateyourmusic.com reading reviews of KZK two years ago. Actually it was my first listened SR's album. Love at first sight. It was incredible the first time listening to Ringo. She was a good surprise. She really catched me forever, I think.

Edit:

By the way... Carlx, aguante Argentina.

[Carlx]

You took the hardest way: I consider that KZK is probably the least accesible at first listening SR/TJ's album.

Originally Posted by Lock

By the way... Carlx, aguante Argentina.

¡Aguante!

[Lock]

Originally Posted by Carlx

You took the hardest way: I consider that KZK is probably the least accesible at first listening SR/TJ's album.



¡Aguante!

I think it's such a piece of art. When I was listening to KZK I though so.

[Glathannus]

Originally Posted by Carlx

I was quite new in [JPopsuki], but it didn't take me much time to realize that a user, Glathannus (for lack of a better name ), lived the music with a passion and respect I felt identified with, in spite of all the technical knowledge (audiophile related ones) that I don't have at all. I kept in mind that opinion, so I decided to get all preconceptions out of my head and take a look at that girl Shiina Ringo.

So let me get this straight:
I'm at least partially responsible for you becoming a fan?
Seriously?

I don't talk about Shiina Ringo very much in JPopsuki at all, but I know I really should (I'm probably "failing in my duty" if I don't). That's what shocks me about you bringing my name up.

[EmilScherbe]

Originally Posted by Carlx

You took the hardest way: I consider that KZK is probably the least accesible at first listening SR/TJ's album.



¡Aguante!

It's actually subjective view, depends on what kind of music you usually heard and preferred.

For peoples who like calm music than noisy rock, KZK is more accesible than others.