Music Stuff

[jackofallgeeks]

Oooo, I like this song. Alot, actually.
"Anthem for the Year 2000" by Silverchair.
Now just to find a non-bleep version.
Maybe I should get more Silverchair...

Note for the Nihongo-inclined
Can anyone tell me, roughly, what "Kyomu No Chuu De No Yuugi Dais" means?
Apparently it's a Malice Mizer song, which I thoughly enjoy.
And that's saying alot, seeing as I typically have to understand the lyrics to like most songs. -nods-
Much appreciated.

Comments

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

S'alright. What do you mean by 'worst of the gothic-Lolita-esque bands?'
What's visual kei? (Eye-candy?)
and, uhm, yeah - remember, I'm straight, apparently contrary to popular belief.  ^_~

Anyways, this one song of theirs I enjoy, and would suggest you listen to, at least once.

[surichan.livejournal.com]

Well, it's hard to explain shortly, but lemme try: there are a mess of J-rock bands that can't make music worth a damn...but they're really pretty, so girls love 'em. They really work their visuals - thus, "visual kei". I have no idea where the "kei" comes from...but a lot of J-rock bands are known simply as "visual bands" - probably because, lemme tell ya, there's just not that much there to enjoy aurally.

Most of the visual bands tend to have a certain gothy bent to them. The guys dress up like girls a lot (the lead singer of Malice Mizer is a guy in a girl suit who everybody thinks is really a woman), or just goth-punk themselves out to death. They also follow the goth trend in their music, which tends to have really "dark", mopey lyrics (like American goth music).

All in all, I don't have much respect for J-rock. A couple groups are okay, like GLAY, who I tend to like. Gackt is good - I don't like him all that much personally, but I know he's a hell of a lyricist, and I respect the fact that he and his band write and play all their own music. Nanase Aikawa rocks, 'cause she's the Japanese Joan Jett. But a lot of J-rock...just crap. I prefer Japanese bands like Pizzicato Five, The Pillows, the Boom Boom Satellites...unique groups like that, who break outta the typical J-pop/rock mold and do their own things.