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Old 2014.05.12, 05:31 AM   #61
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This ball cover is saddening, I'd much rather see the previous Ringo pic floating around rather than this...
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Old 2014.05.12, 06:09 AM   #62
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lol, it sounds absolutely nothing like FOUL except for the horn. I can see the comparison to "jiyuu e michizure", though.

The structure of the song is really weird assuming NHK didn't chop it up.

A --> B --> C --> D --> B --> A (barely recognizable as the chorus with guitar solo/orchestra noodling) --> C --> B (key change) --> A (in English this time)

Strange considering A's the chant part people could actually sing together.
I agree with everything here. I also actually love the cover (I also think the composition of the image is amazing), I think it's kind of hilarious Ringo put her logo right in the middle of the Japanese flag like that... But honestly, I don't like the song at all. I didn't think I would though. Here's hoping Reimportation is more to my palate.
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Old 2014.05.12, 06:32 AM   #63
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I don't know why people don't like it. It's a classic pop rock song. I like it. I'd take this over Carnation
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Old 2014.05.12, 07:13 AM   #64
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I think I read something a while ago about Shiina Ringo putting Gunjou Biyori on Kyouiku because it's exactly the kind of song that she couldn't write herself (would that be because of Gunjou Biyori's 'sunniness' and unbridled optimism?) It's interesting how she's now writing in that style, as if that were Jihen's goal in the first place.
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Old 2014.05.12, 07:43 AM   #65
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... And I thought much of Phase 2 Jihen was mainstream drivel. This sounds like everything else in Japan since like 2000. When all that's left is a voice, man. If this is the dawn of the new era, I'll gladly stick to the darkness of nostalgic nights.

It's exactly what we expected based on the tie-in, right? Maybe they should have chosen some other artist instead of forcing one of the better mainstream artists to water her music down so much.
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Old 2014.05.12, 09:20 AM   #66
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That song went through me like a bowl of oats. Absolutely nothing going on there.
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Old 2014.05.12, 10:05 AM   #67
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I don't know why people don't like it. It's a classic pop rock song. I like it. I'd take this over Carnation
I think there's a lot of people here who are hung up on the sound and instrumentation with a lot of stuff Ringo releases. There's a lot of interesting things going on, as I mentioned with the stucture of the song being unusual. I think the ending is magical when the melody finally resolves. It's catchy and SR's vocal peformance is clean. It's well-arranged.

I like the English lyrics at the end

Hurray! Hurray! The wind is up
and blowing free on our native home.

Cheers! Cheers! The sun is up
and shining bright on our native home.
It's actually more adventurous than I was expecting a NHK World Cup song to be.

Most of the Japanese comments I'm google-translating seem to be pretty positive. They seem to like the lyrics, which I can't judge as a non-Japanese speaker.

The song's not my favorite but I think it's worthwhile.
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Yeah, it's really only the horn that elicits the comparisons to F.O.U.L. It's just that is the exact same sound.

Ringo wrote this? I didn't even want to finish listening to it.
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Was it Yukio Nagoshi on guitar for this? The solo was pretty badass and the highlight of the song.
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Starts off with FOUL's horn and Jiyuu e Michizure's guitar, and then descends into a mixture of Gunjou Biyori, Toumei Ningen, Flash Girl and Killer Tune. The music is just lazy. Wonder if Ringo's taking the piss.

Still like it more than Carnation though...
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