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with regard to Ned's 'all the shouting' comment it's worth remembering there are still zero stories about her in western print media (discounting Time Asia)
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 1 May 2007 21:13 (sixteen years ago) link
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― Rockist Scientist, Sunday, 13 May 2007 18:44 (sixteen years ago) link
new tokyo jihen single 'osca' in one month:
http://doops.jp/2007/06/07/images/tjoscajckt.png
2nd single 'killer tune' coming in august, followed by album number three
not to over-anticipate
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 13 June 2007 23:16 (sixteen years ago) link
CAN'T WAIT CAN'T WAIT!!
I'm wondering if Surmounter and Ned have picked up Karuki Zaamen Kuri No Hana yet?
― Jack Burton, Thursday, 14 June 2007 17:57 (sixteen years ago) link
hmm
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 14 June 2007 18:01 (sixteen years ago) link
NO don't hate
ugh 22 dollars? it better be damn good - i'm ordering it now
― Surmounter, Thursday, 14 June 2007 18:09 (sixteen years ago) link
"hmm"?
― Jack Burton, Thursday, 14 June 2007 18:36 (sixteen years ago) link
"ugh 22 dollars? it better be damn good - i'm ordering it now"
Well, you SHOULD like it. I've played it for various people who have nothing in common as far as musical tastes go, and they've all loved it.
― Jack Burton, Thursday, 14 June 2007 18:39 (sixteen years ago) link
oh i'm sure i will, i'm sure i won't be able to stop playing it for like eight months.
it's just one of those things, u know, where u know it's going to blow u away but ya JUST have to put it off. i just got my confirmation from Amazon
― Surmounter, Thursday, 14 June 2007 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
Cool!
And you're right, it really is one of those albums that you can listen to for so long.
― Jack Burton, Thursday, 14 June 2007 20:20 (sixteen years ago) link
=)
― Surmounter, Thursday, 14 June 2007 20:24 (sixteen years ago) link
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/Sprad/blackshiina.jpg
duplicate images!! such brevarity of the lord and followed. TRUST and COMMON for that is our fellow man and wemen. shiina is CAPTURED and is HERE.
identical twin? coffee mate?
― Milton Parker, Thursday, 14 June 2007 20:54 (sixteen years ago) link
WAHTY?
― Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Thursday, 14 June 2007 21:10 (sixteen years ago) link
osca video get: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sP0cms8SYU
WELL
it's very... summery? her videos can be so awkward, especially when they go for "hotness". I know damn well that Jihen packaging / stills / videos have always had a savagely ironic edge to them, you're never supposed to feel _comfortably_ aroused, but... those schoolgirls are just ridiculous, that's just plain stupid on either side of the ocean. I'm glad there was a link to the song 'Sounan' in the sidebar for me to play three times in a row immediately after, that's probably still my favorite Jihen song & video.
Music for this new one written by guitarist Uki. It is catchy, if reigned in.
― Milton Parker, Monday, 18 June 2007 19:25 (sixteen years ago) link
listening again this isn't really reigned in at all, it's ten kinds of great. that clavinet. and all the intricate counterpoint in the second half of the song. & so good to hear her skipping the english, she will always sound more insane singing in japanese
ok yes this is rolls-royce + race car addictive, could be the one.
― Milton Parker, Monday, 18 June 2007 19:40 (sixteen years ago) link
x-post
The video is pretty bad. The song is okay, on first listen. If it weren't by Tokyo Jihen, I don't think I would have any interest in hearing it again.
― Rockist Scientist, Monday, 18 June 2007 19:48 (sixteen years ago) link
I've felt that way about a lot of Jihen from the beginning, I would not return to it if it wasn't for KZK being my favorite pop album released this decade etc.
Since it is Jihen though, the details start coming out on repeat. & though I'm pretty sure the video is going for awkward rather than hot, I can't wait to hear the album and forget this clip
with hindsight you can really see how much Björk's career owes to her impeccable taste in video directors, her videos have always been more her ideal medium for her than the album format actually... Shiina's songs always sound better in the context of the albums and seem to take a hit when bundled with these very professional but often average promo clips, which is a shame 'cause youtube is probably the main way she's crossing the ocean right now
― Milton Parker, Monday, 18 June 2007 20:21 (sixteen years ago) link
ok I think I was being mr. no-fun old-guy distracted by panties. that video isn't naive or awkward, that spastic choreography is advanced, they're having a blast falling down, in Japan four girls dance like one car
tell me it's not growing on you, RS.
― Milton Parker, Monday, 18 June 2007 23:18 (sixteen years ago) link
oook, i've arrived! or it did, the CD (whichever one people were telling me to get, with four words) - i've only heard snippits, but it's deeefinitely for me
thanks guys, will update with squeamish, manic realizations upon further listening
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 19:51 (sixteen years ago) link
It's best listened to as a unity, straight through.
― Rockist Scientist, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 21:35 (sixteen years ago) link
i suspected this when i put it on
but it got here so fast, and had been built up for so long, and was just so exciting
that i had to put it on.
― Surmounter, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 21:38 (sixteen years ago) link
this sounds really good guys, really, really good.
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 01:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I am playing it right now, inspired to put it on by the fact that you finally bought a copy.
― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 01:16 (sixteen years ago) link
=P track 7 is sounding hot so far
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 01:22 (sixteen years ago) link
Best 22 bucks you've spent yet?? :)
Am I the only one who wasn't turned off from their first viewing of OSCA?? Some of the instrumentation stood out to me as well as Shiina's vocals. I've only seen it once so far, but I liked it.
― Jack Burton, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 04:19 (sixteen years ago) link
no i think this is finally the Jihen song that could get them noticed stateside, this kind of fun translates much more directly than what they've been going for on their last few singles
it feels strange to say that when she didn't write the song, but Tokyo Jihen is increasingly its own project and I love Tokyo Jihen.
― Milton Parker, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 19:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I need to listen again (at work now). Doesn't seem to have much of a hook to it, which seems like kind of a big drawback for a single, but then I guess a lot of popular indie songs don't have much of a hook. I could see this thing appealing even more to prog. fans than some of their other songs. It definitely continues to work in prog-like ways.
― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 19:39 (sixteen years ago) link