CRUSH! -90’s V-Rock best hit cover songs-

[Asakusa 95]

sorry

[Peace Heavy mk II 7200]

Full review: http://ow.ly/3LHQe

Bite sized: Only loved D's and Matenrou's covers.

Disappointed in BugLug, Dog in the katakanaspam's pairings since they could have picked better bands to do Shanza and Raphael. As much as like DuelJewel, that song wasn't the right one for them to cover.

Pissed about And.

Wondering why people like Mix Speakers, Inc.

[Maiku 4]

BugLug totally owned Melty Love. ;O;

[LIDL 692]

Overall, this cover album are very nicely done.

Almost every song are enjoyable.

Of course i say thing after listening to the album without or at least less any prejudice or compare it to the original.

And trust me, it's not an easy work.

And i say, almost, because there is one song that bugged me,

that i listened to first as soon as i finished downloading

That song is DeG's Schwein no Isu,

Many time i have stated on many topic on many incarnation of this forum, that Schwein no Isu is the song that introduced me to VK.

How it does made personal impact on me, and also to my Dad.

The original sounds so chaotic, raw but this part that making it sounds special.

While MERRY cover, i must say i am not very pleased with the result.

To me,they are ruining a song that are special for me.

It sounds very dull, overdubbed, and the way the vocalist singing it were so blah. like SERIOUSLY WHERE'S THE RAGE? He singing it like a teenager having his first live show on shitty live house. Crap. What the fuck are they doing?

Lucky that the guitars are pretty decent, or else, i could hate them forever. Not my luck yet.

OTOH, NoGod and D did a very well done job.

It was so good that i wish 1/3 Junjou.. wasn't SIAM SHADE's.

Seriously, i admires the way Danchou singing it, the way he did the high notes on some parts making the song less boring. and the double pedals on drums as some accents, too. Nice.

with D, i like it how they're making it sounded more thicker. And less Baroque-ish.

They making the song sounded more to Moi Dix Mois than Malice Mizer. It's nice, both song are champion on it's own. None are better.

Man-Ou are also outstanding.

I also enjoyed Mix Speaker's Inc. cover,

It was nice. Sounds very twisted. Feels like in a dark amusement park or something. I am not really fond the vocal sound effects on some parts of the verses though. WOuld sounds much better without.

LOST ASH and LOLITA23Q are also very good.

It's not the first time STORM being covered,

But this one sounded better than the one one Memorial Cover album by Nami Tamaki, at least. Lolita's version making my feet dances that having my forehead wrinkles because too much over produced technical bullshit etc, thatamaki's did, you know. Shit female singer that is not very outstanding at all.

And the way Lolita's vocalist singing it, are emotionally similiar to Lunasea's. As if he talking with you, his lover, asking "tokimeki o sousa motome tsuzuke yo, do you like it rough? (If i'm with you, do you like it rough?)" and at the end asking "Kiss me, in the stormy..." very cool. :")

For melty love, i enjoyed Shazna's better.

The way it composed just more kicking than the cover version. And so does with Winter, Again, i enjoyed GLAY's better. Sounded more meaningful when it sang by the original vocalist.

The rest are pretty mediocre-ish, it feels like, you know, that they didn't do their best shot for working a cover song.

But this album at least, personally, did help set my heart back up again after being shatterred by 2 lame ass B-sides from LOTUS single. Not too shabby, made me feel nostalgic. 90s music is the best, for the most part.

Since i grew up listening to 90s than anything else.

[MissConduct 12]

I was really excited about Matenrou Opera's version of kurenai.....but now, even though I really dislike Toshi's voice, I can't get used to Sono's voice in this song, either.

Maybe I have to listen to it a couple if times before it starts sounding "right" for me.

[ShanethVarosa 1209]

I found the album to be really good actually, there were very few songs I thought were bad or unbearable.

My favorites:

1/3 no Junjou na Kanjou

Gekka no Yasoukyoku

Storm

Kurenai

Other ones I liked:

Pink Spider

Machi

Romance

Endless Love

Jupiter

Yume Yori Suteki Na

Songs I absolutely cannot stand at all:

Melty Love

With-You

Schwein no Isu

S.O.S. Romantic

Winter Again

[TheBistroButcher666 228]

My review will be in emotes only.

01 - heidi./ (hide with Spread Beaver「ピンク スパイダー??)

02 - ドレミ團/（SOPHIA「街??）

03 - BugLug/（SHAZNA「Melty Love??）

04 - NoGoD/（SIAM SHADE「1/3??純情??感情??）

05 - D/（MALICE MIZER「月下??夜想曲??）

06 - 少女-ロリヰタ-23区/(LUNA SEA「STORM??)

07 - 摩天楼オペラ/(Ｘ JAPAN「紅??)

08 - DaizyStripper/（La'cryma Christi「With-you??）

09 - 12012/（GLAY「Winter, again??）

10 - アンド/（PENICILLIN「ロマンス??）

11 - Mix Speaker’s, Inc./（CASCADE「S.O.Sロマンティック??）

12 - LOST ASH/（D-SHADE「ENDLESS LOVE??）

13 - MERRY/（DIR EN GREY「Schwein??椅????）

14 - DuelJewel/(BUCK-TICK「JUPITER??)

15 - DOG inTheパラレルワールドオーケストラ/（Raphael「夢より素敵????）

[ShanethVarosa 1209]

I LOVE that review, Arithmetica.

In any case, I dunno why my post here... isn't showing up?

It wasn't long, but I don't feel the need to go into it again.

Just to sum it up:

I loved D's and Matenrou Opera's covers the best, Lolita 23 Q's and Heidi's were pretty good also.

Hated Merry's and Mix Speaker's Inc. is probably the worst band ever.

[Maiku 4]

Even though I disprove of your BagRag Melty Love your post is visible in the reply part.

I found the album to be really good actually, there were very few songs I thought were bad or unbearable.

My favorites:

1/3 no Junjou na Kanjou

Gekka no Yasoukyoku

Storm

Kurenai

Other ones I liked:

Pink Spider

Machi

Romance

Endless Love

Jupiter

Yume Yori Suteki Na

Songs I absolutely cannot stand at all:

Melty Love

With-You

Schwein no Isu

S.O.S. Romantic

Winter Again

[LIDL 692]

omg, the post is hidden 8D

[Champ213 1858]

This seems to be a recurring problem lately. D: Post show up in repley overview but not the topic itself.

I'll have Kai or manda look into it.

[ShanethVarosa 1209]

Weird! I wonder why this is happening...

@Maiku I'm sorry It's not that I don't like BugLug, it's that I didn't like their cover of Melty Love... It certainly wasn't the worst shit on there though. *coughmixspeakersinccoughdaizystrippercough*

[Erin 19]

1- heidi. / hide with Spread Beaver - ピンク スパイダー

I think it's better than the original one. But still, I think they didn't make it like heidi would make it. Not enough effort.

2- DOREMIdan / SOPHIA - 街

Doremidan, it weird you know. They're really talented, but still, they keep doing what they usually do: boring music. It's really listenable, but always the same. Not a fan.

3- BugLug / SHAZNA - Melty Love

Really, I think they tried too much to make it sound as gay as SHAZNA. The fact itself is impossible. But at least they tried... well, it still sucked, so. NO ONE can cover SHANZA. I actually can't believe that I'm kind of liking Megamasso's cover of Sumire September Love. Even if it's not actually SHAZNA's, it's still SHAZNA's.

4- NoGoD / SIAM SHADE - 1/3??純情??感情

This song bring some childhood memories, so it became one of my favourites. They didn't do too much to the song, but Danchou's voice really stood out, like usual.

5- D / MALICE MIZER - 月下??夜想曲

The best cover in the whole album imo. They really took that annoying chanson-like tune out, and made it a nice, and listenable song. My personal favourite.

6- Lolita23q / LUNA SEA - STORM

Really? I couldn't stand vocals. Soshi should try something WHITE BLADE-alike. And ban's drumming went down the hill. Probably one of the worst.

7- MATENROU OPERA / Ｘ JAPAN - 紅??

I don't really like Matenrou Opera, but I must admit that they did a good cover. Almost impresive.

8- DaizyStripper / La'cryma Christi - With-you

I feel like they did an effort, but it was still not enough. Vocals were good, but they didn't add anything special to the song.

9- 12012 / GLAY - Winter, again

This helped a lot with my insomnia problems. I was sleeping by the end of the first chorus.

10- And / PENICILLIN - ロマンス

Nothing really amazing, but still catched my eye. Liked the solo.

11- Mix Speaker’s, Inc. / CASCADE - S.O.Sロマンティック

Seriously? Even hookers wouldn't dance to this.

12- LOST ASH / D-SHADE - ENDLESS LOVE

1. Who the hell are they?

2. I can't even remember how it sounded. Fucking generic.

13- MERRY / DIR EN GREY - Schwein??椅??

Love it! Probably second favourite. I'm not a fan of the original, but this one sure is good.

14- DuelJewel / BUCK-TICK - JUPITER

WHAT THE FUCK?! How did they dare to do this to a BT song? Erased with anger from my folder.

15- DOG inThe parallel world orchestra / Raphael - 夢より素敵??

I can't actually believe tranie-vomit made this. Vocals are incredibly good, and deep, which is kind of a surprise. And instrumental work was good too. Really impressed.

Btw, Arithmetica review is the best one so fat

[gyakutai 12]

I love D's and Matenrou's Opera cover MERRY's one is enjoyable but nothing special... the original is still the best one. The other ones: some are ok (like Doremidan or NoGoD), some are terrible (BugLug......)

[Jigsaw9 6783]

I was only interested in MERRY, so I only listened to that one. Nothing special, but not bad. I really liked Gara's vocals though and the few tiny things they changed up (like the MERRY-like drumbeats).

[Maiku 4]

Weird! I wonder why this is happening...

@Maiku I'm sorry It's not that I don't like BugLug, it's that I didn't like their cover of Melty Love... It certainly wasn't the worst shit on there though. *coughmixspeakersinccoughdaizystrippercough*

LOL I don't like BugLug. But I like their Melty Love. xD

[Seiji 156]

heidi. - ピンク スパイダー

Don't like how they tried to put in some own parts~

Overall it's okay though.

6/10

ドレミ團 - 街

Pretty solid cover. Don't know what to add

7/10

BugLuG - Melty Love

Exactly what I expected... The whole atmosphere changed to a NYAPPYYYYY ._.

At least they did a version which represents their own style and stuff like that

4.5/10

NoGoD - 1/3??純情??感情

To be honestly I expected a better cover, but still good work.

Any yeah, it really sounds like a regular nogod song

8/10

D - 月下??夜想曲

Awesome cover!

They really did a good job on converting the synths and whatever to guitar riffs.

Also great job on the vocals and drums.

9.5/10

少女-ロリヰタ-23区 - STORM (LUNA SEA)

This one bored me a bit.

Nice ideas, but something's missing in my opinion

6/10

摩天楼オペラ - 紅 (X Japan)

I don't like the idea of using synths for the riffing tbh

Not sure about it.

The vocals don't match the song so well I think

6.5/10

DaizyStripper -With-you

First thought when listening to it: "WTH HIGH PITCHED VOICE"

Didn't remember his voice to be that high.

Interesting cover, but not a very good one in my opinion.

5.5/10

12012 - Winter, again

Really like the original song.

The cover fails in many ways though :<

4/10

アンド - ロマンス

I like both bands very much, but this cover didn't do it for me.

The vocals are not powerful enough I think.

And the verses are kinda strange

4.5/10

Mix Speaker’s, Inc. -S.O.Sロマンティック

wtf - just wtf

....but not the worst cover I think

4.4/10

LOST ASH -ENDLESS LOVE

Sounds much like the original, which I really like

7.5/10

Merry - Schwein??椅??

Another good cover. I was really looking forward to this one and it didn't disappoint me.

8.5/10

Duel Jewel - Jupiter

Out of all BUCK-TICK songs, why did they cover this one?

Don't think that it's one of their good songs, but the cover is pretty neat.

7.5/10

DOG inTheパラレルワールドオーケストラ - 夢より素敵??

I have to say that I was really afraid of that cover.

But it turned out better than I expected - much better.

One of the best covers on the whole compilation - it's like a dreamy version of the original song.

Great work on the guitars too.

9/10

I won't do an overall rating for this as it feels kinda weird to do that for a compilation.

[sai 868]

Finally my review xD

heidi./ (hide with Spread Beaver「ピンク スパイダー??)

Didn't like the original, heidi. made it listenable though Yoshiyuki's voice doesn't quite fit the song. Decent cover. 7/10

ドレミ團/（SOPHIA「街??)

Was kind of a "meh"-fest to me. Don't know Doremidan, but it wasn't anything special. 6/10

BugLug/（SHAZNA「Melty Love??)

I lol'd when hearing this. I don't like BugLug, but this cover was OK. 7/10

NoGoD/（SIAM SHADE「1/3??純情??感情??）

I really like this one. Nice cover. 8/10

D/（MALICE MIZER「月下??夜想曲??)

One of the best on this cover album. 10/10

少女-ロリヰタ-23区/(LUNA SEA「STORM??)

Slightly disappointed by this one. Overheard drumming and not much power or emotion in Soshi's voice. They can do much better. 6/10

摩天楼オペラ/(Ｘ JAPAN「紅??)

DO WANT. 10/10

DaizyStripper/（La'cryma Christi「With-you??)

Just. The guy's voice is terrible. 4/10

12012/（GLAY「Winter, again??）

Love it, nice relaxing feeling. 8/10 *H8TERS GONNA HATE*

アンド/（PENICILLIN「ロマンス??）

Another good cover. And did a nice job. 8/10

Mix Speaker’s, Inc./（CASCADE「S.O.Sロマンティック??）

/care. And it's horrible none the less. The vocalists are horrible. 4/10

LOST ASH/（D-SHADE「ENDLESS LOVE??)

Don't know either of them, but I like it. 7/10

MERRY/（DIR EN GREY「Schwein??椅????）

I kinda liked this cover even though not a big fan of the original. 7/10

DuelJewel/(BUCK-TICK「JUPITER??)

Not a very good cover, doesn't really fit DuelJewel. 5/10

DOG inTheパラレルワールドオーケストラ/（Raphael「夢より素敵????

Not impressed. 5/10

Worst review by myself yet but I don't feel like it XD