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View Poll Results: Who wrote the worst TJ song?
Ringo 0 0%
HZM 4 16.00%
Hirama 1 4.00%
Izawa 4 16.00%
Kameda 4 16.00%
Ukigumo 11 44.00%
Hata 1 4.00%
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Old 2012.04.04, 03:13 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by Kingyohime View Post
Somehow I have a feeling that when the dust has settled here poll-wise, it'll be Kameda in a landslide.

Anyway, he's my choice, since he was responsible for Senkou Shoujo, which is one of the only Jihen songs I always skip no matter what, plus I've never liked any his compositions for Jihen (with Osorubeki Otonatachi being the sole exception, although that one was half Ringo). They're so vacantly poppy and stale.

Reading that "discovery albums" list of his in Switch - you only get six albums, and yet besides hilariously putting Sports on there, you also include both RHCP and the fucking Carpenters? - instantly made me go "wow, suddenly it makes so much more sense why he writes stuff like that."
While I don't hate senko, its definitely the weakest Kameda song. But then again, its still better than service and horror dust.

Kameda did Pinnochio right? That is his best if so.
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Old 2012.04.04, 06:13 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by deadgrandma View Post
While I don't hate senko, its definitely the weakest Kameda song. But then again, its still better than service and horror dust.

Kameda did Pinnochio right? That is his best if so.
aww, poor Horror Dust gets so much hate. And, well, it's not like I don't understand why, but it's in a whole other class than Senkou Shoujo or Killer Tune (which has been growing on me just a little, I'll admit) for me. Obviously it's never going on any top-ten lists for me, other than maybe "most WTF Jihen experiments", but damned if I don't listen to it whenever shuffle comes it up, and usually with a smile on my face by the end.

In fact, like most of color bars is, it's most enjoyable as an experiment - or more accurately, as Izawa's love letter to '80s visual-kei. My problem with it if anything is that it feels too 'safe' to me; I'd have enjoyed it a lot more if it was taken even further (over the top, even) than it was. Seeing the glammed-out version of it from the tour did a lot to make me appreciate it, which is a big reason I hope the Bon Voyage DVD/BD release happens soonish - even if it doesn't make you like the song any more than you do, it will at least put it in context after you've seen Izawa rock to it in full Buck-Tick drag.

And yeah, Pinnochio is Izawa's. They played it at the Appa live I went to last week, as a matter of fact, and it was unsurprisingly great. I should get around to posting about that once I find the appropriate thread.
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Old 2012.04.04, 08:46 AM   #13
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I would have liked Horror Dust more if Izawa didn't slur the vocals so badly. Sounds like he's eating a chocolate bar while trying to sing.

It's a tossup between Toumei Ningen and BB Queen for me.
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Old 2012.04.04, 09:28 AM   #14
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Uki for BB.Queen, I can't understand why the band even agreed to waste their time and record it, I guess they were bored and had nothing better to do.

and am I the only one who really like senkou? I think the song itself is great but I wish the arrangement was less hyperactive

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Old 2012.04.04, 02:10 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by matan-san View Post
and am I the only one who really like senkou? I think the song itself is great but I wish the arrangement was less hyperactive
Well that's what Put Your Camera Down is for.
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Old 2012.04.04, 06:38 PM   #16
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I'm surprised about some of these. Well, I don't like Senkou Shoujo. I prefer Put Your Camera Down.
And I don't like the recorded version of BB Queen. But the live version from SOTC2 is amazing! (Ringo is all like "BITCH I CAN STILL ROLL MY Rs AND I WILL BEAT YOU UP WITH MY SINGING")
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Old 2012.04.05, 01:02 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by Kingyohime View Post
Seeing the glammed-out version of it from the tour did a lot to make me appreciate it, which is a big reason I hope the Bon Voyage DVD/BD release happens soonish - even if it doesn't make you like the song any more than you do, it will at least put it in context after you've seen Izawa rock to it in full Buck-Tick drag.

And yeah, Pinnochio is Izawa's. They played it at the Appa live I went to last week, as a matter of fact, and it was unsurprisingly great. I should get around to posting about that once I find the appropriate thread.
Now that you mention it, I think somebody had said something about how Bon Voyage horror dust was lots more enjoyable than the recorded version?? Well, I'm looking forward to the DVD release then.

Btw, we do have an APPA thread somewhere, yes? I'm kinda curious about them, since google search always leads back to EMF..
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Old 2012.04.06, 07:37 AM   #18
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Kameda for "Senkou Shoujo", Hirama for "Kao", Izawa for "Kai Horrordust",

I'll give it to Hirama, he needs some votes.

Noooo, wait. I want to change it to Shiina for "Kachi Ikusa" . . . Whatever. They're both terrible.
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Old 2012.04.09, 08:06 AM   #19
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Ukigumo for many... Fukushuu, BB.Queen...
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Old 2012.04.09, 01:41 PM   #20
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Well, it doesn't feel right, as I know Saabisu is supposed to be fun and lighthearted, and I don't want to be an old stick-in-the-mud. But it IS the only TJ track I skip over pretty much every time.
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