reminiscing2004
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Great picks. I saw all the albums I immediately thought of when it it came to 2007. ^^
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I had a dream I got the Hanamuke/Gazette live split in the mail and it was like the happiest surprise of my life, but I haven't thought about or wanted that CD in like over a year
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PLASTIC TREE FANS: best album???? I've only listened to cell. and Gestalt Houkai and a bunch of random singles. Was looking for some recommendations
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Parade, Puppet Show and ドナドナ are my faves.
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Puppet Show is their best album, by far.
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Just saw the Nightmare last live, wow. For the first hour and a bit, i had this sort of melancholy discomfort watching due to Yomi's vocals. I haven't really kept up with the band since like 2010, but it sounds like he's completely changed his singing technique, or hes burned out his voice, or a bit of both. It was tough at times, because you could tell he was really giving it his all and you he could hear the voice straining in ways that make you cringe a little bit because it seems physically painful. Of course, no one wants to go out as a vocalist like that, especially when the rest of the band was playing so well.
However, throughout the final encores, Yomi definitely redeemed himself and you could tell it was taking all of his being to do so. The Star[K]night orchestral arrangement that played at the end before the final encore was really top notch and totally got the feels going. In the end, I feel like it will be really enjoyable for anyone who was a fan of the band at some point to watch. It's challenging at first to feel like you're struggling with Yomi's performance, but he really does make the most of it.
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i tried this b4, but not many responded. fave live dvd(s)?
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Dir en Grey 1999 Osaka-jo Hall. The atmosphere, the songs played, the cohesion of the performance is just perfect imo.
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Sukekiyo MUTANS, Dir En Grey Dum Spiro Spero 2014, The Gazette Dogmatic Final
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I found this thread really interesting to read through and see everyone's take on this topic. I'm replying to these quotes because it spotlights just how different the desires in a live concert experience are from male and female fans. Despite what some people (like the above quoted) consider to be normal and expect everyone would want from a concert, I'm here to say that the things Inertia and Komo mentioned as being bad are exactly what I want from a great live experience. Not all male fans are like this, but I think this is a really common mindset for men. It's why a bunch of dudes who have never met each other can pile up in a cramped hot space and push the shit out of each other for a couple hours and leave with a big smile on their face, excited for the next time. I can't tell you how many times I've like shook someone's hand after a show or shared some acknowledging eye contact and nod with someone while leaving a venue after a night of moshing. The bond you have with those people is absurdly strong after the night. And why? It sounds silly, but its because you all got crushed, hit, pushed, soaked in sweat (if not yours, from someone else), and gave every ounce of energy you had while listening to some of your favorite music. It's simply cathartic. It's not really a matter of lacking courtesy (or atleast not intentionally). The rough nature of a lot of predominantly male lives is because there's an unspoken agreement that most people WANT that kind of atmosphere (though obviously a lot of female fans want something different). I can guarantee you I'm always the skinniest/lightest dude in the pit. It's hilarious how little control I have and how far I will fly when pushed, but I wouldn't have it any other way. The best concert experiences for me always end sweaty, bruised, unable to speak, and feeling like I've just ran a marathon. When you find a show where everyone is on this same level, prepared to use up all of their spirit to making this experience count, you have something crazy magical. And a strong sense of unity comes from having been through that together with other people who were looking for the same thing.
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Please tell me how the Nightmare DVD is once you've watched it. It's been on my list to check out for like a decade now... Awesome era of the band
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remember JAME? remember JROCKREVOLUTION? remember fucking CUREMEDIAUSA????
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how bout shattered tranquility tho
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I think theres a mix swap coming up, but anyone wanna do a bonus extracurricular one with me/? we can go hella experimental
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I have a free week coming up, so I'm up for it if you are
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that sounds fun! i'm going to start the deets for the new mixtape swap soon!
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lorelei: the third chapter LES GO, hash tag make vk great again, hash tag make vk budget kei again
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When is next Mix Trade-off ??? :OOO
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Next month if I'm not wrong!
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couple d'ange is the best two song band ever WTF
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caught myself listening to due le quartz and just watching gordon ramsay cooking videos on mute for like 20 minutes
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You ever just stay up for 24 hours and deliriously watch guitar demonstration DVD's
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Interesting discussion. First off, I think you might be exaggerating the change of his vocals, as you see it. Even looking it at the live clips you cited, let alone all of the other recordings from 2002 to this point, I don't think there was ever some drastic 'switch' where he got better. (I don't think he was ever 'bad' as many people believe.) You could maybe argue that about his screams, but I'm mainly addressing the clean singing voice. Also, something really key to consider (especially with live performances) is the circumstances of the sound setup at the venue. As a vocalist, you are desperately depending on monitors, either on the floor in front of you on via in-ear headphones, to allow you to hear yourself. Standing on stage with the band, you often can't hear the sound of your own voice. This makes your performances at shows vary a lot based on how the venue can accommodate this. Most small venues will have sparse to nil monitoring options. Even in higher budget tours where you have monitoring equipment, you are presented with a new problem: bigger venues have even louder sound systems. Even among same size venues, the acoustics differs wildly, so the live sound team is facing a new set of challenges every show. And on top of that, the house guy doing the mix might put you too low on X night at X venue, and do the opposite at Y venue on Y night. My whole point is that for Ruki, or any vocalist in a loud band, each show will not be a level playing ground for their performance. It's very plausible that at one concert he could hear himself fantastic, while at the other he had insufficient monitoring or was in a crazy reflective room that drowned everything out. Additionally, the idea that someone can improve very suddenly at a discipline is generally a fantasy, imo. Even if you are practicing something for 6 hours a day, progress is usually steady, but diminishes over time. For instance, imagine there are two people who practice singing for 6 hours a day. One of them only started singing yesterday and the other one has been professionally singing for 3 years. The newbie will make a considerable amount more overall improvement than the veteran in a month's time. This is what makes it so difficult to be in the highest echelon of skill in a certain field. If it takes 100 hours to become 'okay' at something, it might take 1000 to become good, and 10,000 to become very good.
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Listening to Phantasmagoria for the first time in years, and I'm having flashbacks of 5th grade. We were on a field trip and this girl asked me what my favorite song was. And my answer to her was "Kousoukyoku -Variant Jihad-".
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Fuck, I just remembered playing BAISER's En fleur for a guy while on a bus heading towards some landmark during a field trip in Washington D.C. when I was in eighth grade.
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Where I live, if I told ANYONE my favourite song was "Variant Jihad", yeah they'd probably turn the bus around and turn me into the police. (It didn't help that younger me had a short lived fascination with Middle Eastern aesthetic...)
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Does anyone know how the hell Miyavi's first support band had ex-members from X, sekima ii, hide spread beaver, and Luna Sea??? Did Tomomi Ozaki have like a shit ton of "I owe you's" saved up?
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3 ムック limited editions, two V.A.'s, and a lone Ryohei ty rarezhut!
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PHAT PANTS. holy shet its 2006
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stretching feels so good!! i'm almost convinced there is no circumstance in life where stretching won't make things atleast slightly better
