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2012.08.07, 09:06 PM | #11 |
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Reason for Living: KZK What Played to My Virgin Ears and Turned Me Into a Fan: ZCS Listened to While Waiting for a Friend to Show Up and Made Me Not Care About Waiting: Shouso Strip Played in Car for Benefit of Hot Chick Who Was Impressed But Thought "More" Sounded Gay-Clubby: Utaite Myouri At This Point, 2nd-tierish: Muzai Moratorium Literally 2nd-tierish But Qualitatively First-Tier: All her singles Underrated as Hell: Sanmon Gossip It Rocks, Fuck Off: Heisei Fuuzoku Stuff She Did With a Bunch of Guys I Really Don't Care about: Kyouiku Adult Variety Sports Discovery VIDEO You'll Pry It From My Cold Dead Hand: Gekokujyou Xstasy High Peaks, Low Valleys: Dynamite Out, Ultra C, Spa and Treatment Better as a CD: Electric Mole Will Burn All Together on 1 DVD Someday and Show at Parties to Captive Guests: Sexual Healing 1-4 When I Want To Watch Virtual Ball-Kicking: JCHI Shiina Ringo at Her Absolute Hottest (besides Gekokujyou Xstasy): Hatsuiku Status, Dynamite In!, Zazen Xstasy Shiina Ringo at Her Absolute Phoniest: Baishou Xstasy Shiina Ringo at Her Most Down-to-Earth (and mildly boring, but that's okay): Dai Ikkai Ringohan, Ringo EXPO WTF?!?!??!?: Hyaku Iro Megane, Bon Voyage |
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Yeah I guess I do. Kyouiku has some great songs, and I'm not going to say Color songs has individually better songwriting (except of course you know which,) Kyouiku has a couple things going against it. The production of course, but beyond that, I always felt Kyouiku was very safe creatively. While the band tried to go for a "lo-fi" or at least bombastic sound, I never felt the songs really matched that. The reason why I revere DO so much is because songs like Ekimae, Jyuusui Negai, and Crawl just become alive. (I could have named every Kyouiku song.) Even before DO came out and judging the record on it's own, it felt very restrained and I feel the album comes out with relatively shallow highs and lows.
Color Bars I put as an "oddity" which, as with the others I listed, I appreciate a lot for their weirdness and unevenness. They all feel like releases we could have very well not gotten. Off the wall ideas that were followed through until it seemed they didn't fit "the big picture" in post-production and abandoned in unceremonious releases. They may not all be classics, but they're daring and different and have pretty enthusiastic energy behind them. Each song on Color Bars probably won't be for everyone, but each has such a distinct personality and aim that I can dig as a whole. Its that personality and enthusiasm that Kyouiku lacked. Am I saying that Color Bars is superior to Kyouiku and having the opposite opinion is ridiculous? Absolutely not. On the flip-side its hard to go wrong with Kyouiku and Color Bars is uneven. But what I'm saying is Color Bars appeals to me more than Kyouiku on a personal level. Kyouiku is with some good company too though, so don't take this as a total tear down of the record.
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Albums that I am completely engrossed in:
KZK Heisei Fuuzoku SG (Kyouiku and Adult is somewhere between these two) Albums I show my friends who don't know about Shiina: SS (for rock-types) MM (for pop-types) Albums I have never actually listened to the whole way through: UM ZCS Albums I end up listening to a lot because they are easier to boogie to: Sports Dai-Hakken Color Bars Albums that work okay as an introduction to SR but don't hold up: Variety Videos! Never actually watched all the way through, but works great as a playlist: DO EM Expo Zazen What I expect from a high-quality rock concert: Ultra C The kind of concert that is just barely worth the money: Discovery Superfluous: Gekukojou It's like watching a super-campy Broadway show (aka Ringo for the geyz) Bon Voyage Cool on first view, does not hold up: JCHI The "Singles are usually the least exciting parts of an artists career" cliche: Sexual Healing Concerts I have never watched and have no desire to: Spa and Treatment This is not necessarily in order |
2012.08.08, 04:35 PM | #14 |
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My greatest music experience, possibly out of body:
Dynamite Out KZK live Yo + HZM killing shit especially Mayonaka, I put this above everything except Dynamite Out: Electric Mole Shiina you a monster, i love you shiina, Ringo can do no wrong in my eyes: Shouso Strip, KZK, Musai Moratori, Zazen X, Shiina and TJ rocks: Adult, Ultra C, Kyouiku, Sports, Domestic Virgin, ZCS Shiina is human: SG, UM, I sort fucks with even though it wasnt near her best: Dai Hakken Shiina was cute I watch for her, the band couldn't move me: JCHI, Dai Ikkai Ringohan Shiina not so cute: Spa and treatment I do not fucks with save for a few aite joints: Variety, Heisei, Color Bars |
2012.08.08, 05:32 PM | #15 |
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for some reason, I always forget about that Mayonaka. I'm not sure why, its pretty amazing.
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All of My Feels (aka what played to my virgin ears and turned me into a fan) Tier: KZK I Will Dance Around Like an Idiot to This Music and It Will Make Me Feel Awesome Tier: Heisei Fuzoku, Sanmon Gossip So Lovely and Wonderful Tier: Kyouiku, Adult I Listen to This When I'm in the Mood For Something "Edgy" Tier: ZCS Fantastic Song Collections Tier: Watashi to Houden, Utaite Myori Just Fine Whenever I'm in the Mood For it Tier: Variety, color bars So Catchy and Energizing and I Will Listen to the Whole Thing All the Way Through Tier: Sports Charming Young Ringo Tier: Muzai Moratorium, Ringo demos I Think This Album is Far Too Overrated but It Has Some of the Best Ringo Songs Ever Tier: Shouso Strip Not Quite There but It'll Do Tier: Dai-Hakken Dvds BEST EVER AND MY FAVORITE Tier: Zazen Xstasy These are Very Good Tier: DO, Ultra C Ultimate Costume Porn Extravaganza Tier (aka Don't Judge Me Because I Cried During These Concerts Tier): Ringo EXPO, Discovery, Bon Voyage I Watched These On a Livestream so LolWat Tier: Gekokuyojyosshos Xstasy, Spa & Treatment I am a Terrible Fan and Haven't Actually Watched These Completely Tier: Electric Mole, JCHI Boring to Watch, Better to Listen to Tier: Baishou Xstasy, Hatsuiku Status/Gokiritsu Japonnnnn Generally a Nice Time Tier: all PV collections |
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Since some people are talking about it, I will say that I really liked individual parts of JCHI than the show as a whole. Specifically Shojo robot/Kabuki, Kenka joutou and Rakujitsu. But DO and Ultra C are much better overall live shows for me, personally.
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2012.08.08, 11:16 PM | #18 |
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Reading this makes me feel bad about not putting DO at the very top, because I went batshit while watching it. I was like that one audience member (in the front) who was in absolute ecstasy. It was very ’oh, so that’s that music can do’ for me. EM was almost at the top, but I had to remind myself that Doppleganger was not the whole concert. Btw I only really appreciated EM when I listened to the MP3s. |
2012.08.09, 01:42 AM | #19 |
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Blue Apple's ranking is the closest to the right answer :-p
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FLUCTUATING FREQUENCIES
You will never take this away from me Tier - Adult My body is ready Tier - Karuki Zamen Kuri no Hana, Muzai Moratorium Blasphemous nu-Ringo Tier - Sanmon Gossip, Heisei Fuuzoku A league of their own Tier - Shouso Strip Mulligatawny stew Tier - Utaite Myori, color bars Love and hate Tier - Kyouiku At least it's better than Variety Tier - Sports, Daihakken, ZCS Variety Tier - Variety Not-an-album Tier - Watashi to Houden MOVING PICTURES Johnnie Walker Blue Label Tier - Domestic Virgin Line Worst editing/best music Tier - Just Can't Help It, Electric Mole I Wanna Rock Your Body ('Til the Break of Dawn) Tier - Dynamite Out, Zazen Xstasy Fetish Tier - Gekokujyou Xstasy, Ringo EXPO I would like to see more of this Tier - Ringohan That'll do pig, that'll do Tier - Baishou Xstasy Bores me to Tier(s) - Spa & Treatment, Ultra C, Discovery, Bon Voyage Beer in a can Tier - Hatsuiku Status This thread should be retitled "Make up names of tiers for Ringo releases, not really based on anything in particular". Last edited by karateexplosion : 2012.08.09 at 04:42 AM. |
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