ひとりの夜もそばにいようぜ　君と僕の歌を歌う

"Hey... don't leave,"
The smile slightly faded from his face.
"What are you talking about?"
"I mean, I'll never have a moment like this with you again," she said at the music thumped on in the background, the momentum of the crowd carrying on.
He smiled brushing her concern aside.
"Don't be silly, we'll always have this..."
"Not always..."
It was the chorus again as the fans raised their hands in unison cheering with the beat of the song.
"Even so, lets us just have this.. This is what we have, and this is what we will never forget, right?"
At the moment the beat stops, a temporary pause in the frenzy of sounds. A moment of silence before the drowning beats of the chorus comes crashing into the crowd. The shadows and the contours of his face. She thought about the moments they had danced just like these, in the crowds before this, where the music brought them to that whatever destination that lay ahead. Towards and onwards beat on beat, hands raised, hips swaying, feet tapping, jumping onwards and onwards toward the final beat of the song.
"Yeah, I suppose that's true," she said and smiled.
In an instance a thousand raised hands cheered forward in a single solid beat, like a sea of hands and darkened faces bathed in red. This was what will be remembered. The solidarity of hands and people meshed as one, cheering in accord following the beat of a single drum, washed in redness against the blinding white lights of the stage.

I can never understand japanese because of the nuaces of the language that I don't understand.. Perhaps I would one day.

来る朝燃える未来 - Kuru Asa Moeru Mirai

So it was translated by the wonderful excite.jp translator as "The future that burns in (the) coming morning"

I suppose... since "moeru" (燃える burn) here modifies "future" (未来 mirai) is an adjectival verb and is not a verb, and since "kuru" (来る come) here also modifies morning (朝 asa), is also an adjectival verb and not a verb.


But.... I suppose... I really like that phrase (it's a song title by つばき)...

I like the fatalistic meaning of it and, for me anyway, I feel it's a play on words.. Because in Japanese "moeru" can both mean "bloom" (萌える) or "burn" (燃える)...
I don't know if in Japanese they would use it that way but I think a more positive and brighter outlook in life kind of person would see the phrase and think that "moeru" here should be "bloom"... Then it would be "The future that blooms in the coming morning".... But instead Tsubaki chose for the meaning to be burn, thus making it way more fatalistic "The future that burns in the coming morning"...

I feel that today.

The future that burns away, burns out, in the coming morning.

So.... In light of Lunkhead's upcoming Best Album, I shall review... FAIRLY... the past albums! My two cents! ^^

===Music Evolution===

In my opinion, i think Lunkhead's music has changed alot through the years (duh) becoming less rockish towards perhaps something of a softer toned rock melody.

I therefore, personally, prefer their older albums than the newer ones.

==Review==

OLDEST TO NEWEST!

Kage to Tabako to Boku to Ao (影と煙草と僕と青) (Translation: The shadow and cigarettes and me and blue....... HUH???)
1st mini album
Release Date: 21 May 2003
Track List:
Tokyo ni te (東京にて)／Kono Kenkireru (この剣斬れる)／Monoomoi ni Fukeru Niwa (物思いに耽る庭)／Kareri To (帰り途)／Saigo no Tane (最後の種)／Boku to Ki (僕と樹)

= my review=
Actually I like this album alot, more than the later albums... While the sounds are really raw and you can really hear the indie quality of this album, I think the songs are really solid. They have some really rock out songs, passionate ones, and of course, a slower contemplative tune... My fav tracks are Boku to Ki and Tokyo nite... Boku to Ki has one of those powerful passionate sounds like Yuugure no (in the Sengawa dori yuukaze datta single) which i absolutely love!




Chizu (地図) (Translation: Map)
Release Date: 23 June 2004
1st Full Album
Track List:
Oto (音)／Fuyu no Asa (冬の朝)／Prism (プリズム)／Shiroi Koe (白い声)／Yakou Bas (夜行バス)／Hakudaku (白濁)／Sono Kan 5 Meter (その間5メートル)／Zenshin Boku Senjou he Album Version(前進/僕/戦場へ)／Hai Sora (灰空)／Sangatsu (三月)／Senkawa Doori wa Yuu Kaze datta Guitar Version (千川通りは夕風だった)／Kinmokusei (金木犀)

=my review=
This album contains alot of rock out songs like Prism, Shiroi Koe, Fuyu no Asa, Hakudaku, Zenzhin Boku Senjou he, Hai Sora and Senkawa Doori Yuu Kaze datta. Their rock sound still sounds "hard" and raw but definitely more refined and cleaned as compared to Kage to Tabako to Boku to Ao. Solid rock songs nevertheless with of course, a slower song, Sangatsu, tagged along ;)
Fan favourites are Prism and Shiroi Koe... Both solid solid rock tunes. My personal favourites are Hakudaku, Hai Sora, Zenshin Boku Senjou he, and Fuyu no Asa. Hakudaku is not as raw or hard in its sound but it has a really catchy and rocking tune. Hai Sora just has BRILLIANT guitar solos!!!
OHHHH and the band LOVES!!! Zenzhin Boku Senjou he!! It's like their anthem!! Dude... in their career, the song has appreared on two singles, and two albums!! wth!! But if i remember correctly, I think that's the first song they wrote together... maybe....




Tsuki to Tenohira (月と手のひら) (Translation: the Moon and the Palm of your hand)
Release Date: 11 May 2005
2nd Full Album
Track List:
Gekkou Shounen (月光少年)／Goodbye (グッド・バイ)／Taion (体温)／Sakana no Uta (魚の歌)／Hitorigoto (ひとりごと)／Himeyuri no Hana (姫百合の花)／Jibun wo Aisu to Kimetanda (自分を愛すと決めたんだ)／Semi (蝉)／Reiji (零時)／Highlight (ハイライト)／Tsuki to Tenohira (月と手のひら)/Hidden Track

=my review=
If I have to choose, I'd choose this as my favourite album! haha!

Hmmm... What can i say?? But I think this album was the pinnacle of Lunkhead! The best yet, perhaps, in their rock evolution. Here in this album, their rock tunes and sounds have been developed, refined further and crafted into solid sanded tunes... I wouldn't say "polished" because the sounds are not studio fake... nor would i say "well moulded" because its not fomulatic.. but it's just their rock being taken further, still sounding solid as ever but more refined not fake just smooth but sandy, not silky... DOes that make sense??

Anyway, I think alot of their Japanese fans like this album.. I know Gekkou Shounen, Taion, Semi, Highlight, Reiji seem to be a favourite especially at lives. ANd they're all rocking songs, really rocking out songs!!

And of course, my number 1 most favourite Lunkhead song is in this album, the title track, Tsuki to Tenohira.

But.... I suppose, there is a certain atmosphere to this album, and perhaps I think that contributes to the overall beauty of this album.




Purukerima (プルケリマ)
Release Date: 26 October 2005
2nd Mini Album
Track List:
Purukerima (プルケリマ)／Indigo (インディゴ)／Komorebi (木漏れ陽)／Kimi to Cosmos (君とコスモス)／Bokuranouta (僕らのうた)／ Electric (エレクトリック)

=my review=
Haha, if not for Tsuki to Tenohira, i think this would be my personal favourite. haha. Coz I think I like all the songs on this album and TOTALLY love 4 of the 6 songs! Purukerima and Indigo is definitely in the same rock blood of the usual Lunkhead power rock songs!
That said, Komorebi moves into one of Yoshitaro's softer, melodic and beautiful side along with Kimi to Cosmos. Bokuranouta is one of their choral rock tunes haha. Yoshitaro did comment that Komorebi startd off fast but became slower and slower... That said though, I'm glad it ended up as it is because if it wasn't for this beautiful melodic side of Lunkhead, I would have never fallen in love with them instantaneously when I first heard Komorebi... =)

But this album does stand at the treshold of Lunkhead sound change...




LUNKHEAD (Self Titled)
Release Date: 21 June 2006
3rd Full Album
Track List:
Koi wo Shiteiru (恋をしている)／Canaria Box (カナリア ボックス)／Subete (すべて)／Hikari no Machi (光の街)／Clover (クローバー)／Bokura no Senaka to Taiyou to (僕らの背中と太陽と)／Niji (虹)／a.m.／Black Misty Island (ブラック・ミスティ・アイランド)／loop／Soshite Asa ga Kita (そして朝が来た)／Purukerima Album Version (プルケリマ)

=my review=
Haha, i wanted to say that this album is like Lunkhead rock on a beach vacation! hahaha... But it does seem that way... Besides Subete and Hikari no Machi, their rock sounds was definitely much subdued in this album.. Not as angry anymore?? Well, definitely NOT as hard anymore, much calmer and smoother, and dancy rock, downright to happy and Hawaiian haha like in Clover (i like that song ok!!) and then...... electro dance?? in loop (wtf?!). But yeah, the two still very powerful rock songs were only Subete and Hikari no Machi...
Seem like they usually play Canaria Vox, Subete, Hikari no Machi in their live. And occasionally loop, a.m, and of course Bokura no Senaka to Taiyo to. Though, sometimes, I feel that Niji and a.m. sounds are more towards Tsuki to Tenohira era....





FORCE(4th full Album)　
Release Date: 27 June 2007
4th Full Album
Track List:
Oto／Heart Beater／Giggle (ギグル)／Kiseki (奇跡)／Kirariiro (きらりいろ)／Natsu no Nioi (夏の匂い)／Paradoxical (パラドクサル)／Huan to Yume (不安と夢)／Glass Ball (Garasu Dama) (ガラス玉)／Nemurenai Yoru no koto (眠れない夜のこと)／ Heavens Door (ヘヴンズドア)／Bokura ha Ikiru (僕らは生きる)／Sakura Biyori (桜日和)

=my review=
I remember when I met Lunkhead 2 days after this album was released, Sou from Lunkhead asked me which songs on the album was my favourite... And I answered "2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,13"... and he looked at me laughed like in a "wth" manner and said "that's practically the whole album" and I just laughed and said "yeah".
But i really did think that they were all good songs... Giggle and Glass Ball (Gurasu Tama), Kiseki, Heartbeater were REALLY rocking out rock songs! Butttttttt... they were rocking out in very different ways than the previous albums. This album is definitely more rock than the self-titled album but was just different from the older types. The sounds on this one was more punchy fast type of rock than the solid/strong/raw sounds of the previous ones...

That said, I'm quite sorry that I didn't get into this album as much as I should have... They're still AWESOME songs and I remember thinking that Giggle and Glass ball would be AMAZING songs to rock out live and when they played like 6 songs from the album back to back in the december show, MAN!! it WAS damn breathtaking!

That said, yeah... I'm really sad I don't lsiten to this album much, especially even after Sou said to me that they really have alot of confidence in this album....

Entrance: Best Of Lunkhead Age 18-27 (dude their titles are all turning ENGLISH!!! wthhhhh!)
Release Date: 5 March 2008
Track List:
ENTRANCE/Sengawa Doori wa Yuu Kaze datta (千川通りは夕風だった)/Shiroi Koe (白い声)/Zenshin Boku Senjou he Album Version (前進／僕／戦場へ（アルバム・バージョン）)/ Gekkou Shounen (月光少年)/ Taion (体温)/ Hightlight (ハイライト)/ Purukerima (プルケリマ)/Indigo (インディゴ)/Canaria Vox (カナリア ボックス)/Hikari no Machi (光の街)/ Bokura no Senaka to Taiyou to (僕らの背中と太陽と)/ Kirari iro (きらりいろ)/ Natsu no Nioi (夏の匂い)/ Swarouteiru (スワロウテイル)/ Tokyo ni te (東京にて（new ver.）)/ Boku to ki (僕と樹（new ver.）)

SO! Muahahahahaha!! The songs here are definitely fan favourites! Best of Lunkhead... hmmmm...!!!! But why is Sakura Biyori not in??? Actually, it's weird!! I think Sakura Biyori is such a great song but actually, during live, not many fans actually rock out to the song.. But they're all crazy over Kirari iro tho!!!

Of coz being me, I like all of the songs that made it into this album especially the likes of Purukerima, Indigo, Zenshin Boku Senjou he, Hikari no Machi, Taion, Canaria Vox and I DEFINITELY LOVE that they put Tokyo nite and ESPECIALLY Boku to Ki and REMADE them in this album!!

But of coz, when fans could vote for their 3 favourite songs online to be on the album, I voted for Komorebi, Tsuki to Tenohira and Yuugure no.... WHICH.... had ABSOLUTELY NO chance in hell in getting into the album!! (although I thought Tsuki to Tenohira might have stood a chance)... There are no slow songs on this album except for Bokura no Senaka to Taiyou to.... but i think that one is a band favourite for nostalgic purposes! haha! Actually I wonder which 3 fan voted song made it into the album...

Anyway, I'm really looking forward to this album (i want to see the booklet!! I hope it has really nice stuff in it!!!), to the new single Subarashii Sekai (which promised those old hard rock tunes!), and most definitely to the new album in April!!! It's an exciting year people!!!! AND I WILL BE MISSING OUT ON ALL THE ACTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...................................... AGAIN!................. AS ALWAYS!!! BLAHHHHHHHHHHHHH~~~~~~!!!!



LUNKHEAD OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://www.lunkhead.jp
LUNKHEAD OFFICIAL BLOG: http://blog.livedoor.jp/lunkhead_nikki/

Asuka said that Yoshitaro has bad pronunciation >___<



But anyway... I really like how he pronounces some words in some songs like:



"dakara" (therefore/so) - in Natsu no Nioi and Bokura no Uta

"totemo" (very) - in Prism

"mou dame da" - in Zenshin Boku Senjou he

"oto" (sound) - in both Taion and Purukerima


very nice! so passionate! muahahahaha...

Waaaaa~ i knew Tsubaki was gonna be out-placed by ART-SCHOOL! gomen~~~!

Art-School is good though! But for now, i still like Tsubaki but...... coz i am checking out bands..... TSUBAKI GOT OUT-PLACED!!! Sorry~~~!!

But yay! FINALLY CHECKING OUT NEW BANDS!!!!! BUT..... still TOTALLY lacking!!!!!!!

But you know.... I think i'm just not a music person, u know?? I'm just not one who listens to alot of types of music or bands..... Anyway, I'm happy with the ones I do know, and I do look forward to the ones i don't just yet....

sometimes there's no forgiveness for the bitch i was to you and how i treated you. i'm sorry that you casted pearls before swines. I'm sorry for what I said to you that night. I'm sorry that I failed to see the one thing that was great about you that time when you needed me most to see it. I'm sorry I failed to see the love which i will never in my life be able to recieve again.

It's not that i never loved you. it's that.... i wanted you to find strength on your own and not through me... I wanted you to see for yourself at yourself, how beautiful you are.

But I'm glad you finally did find someone whom you can see that with. I'm glad really, I really am. I'm not sad or upset or anything... because you really did find a true most precious thing in the world... and for that, I will never feel sad or upset about... I'm happy for what has happened to you, for you... I'm just sorry for how I was the bitch to tear your heart up. how cruel and merciless i was that night... and i don't ever deserve to be called a friend, nor do i deserve the happiness you now have for the sins I did to you that night...

But I'm glad. You've found your Light.

SHITTTTTTTTTTTT!!

FOR SOME REASON MY MYSPACE BECAME JAPANESE!!! wthhhhhh~~~~~~~ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!



All i wanted to do was add Lunkhead!!!! And i did.... then i went browsing some guy's page then suddenly i can't get back to my profile in English!!! aaaaaaaaaaaaa!! EVERYTHING'S in Japanese!!! waaaaaaaaa~~ i don't understand it yo~

Maybe i just need to restart the comp and flush out the cache!

>__<

Anak (B.Malaysia)

Director: Barney Lee
Starring: Erra Fazira,Ida Nerina, Rusdi Ramli & Philip Jusuf
Genre: Horror/ Mystery

In cinemas on 21 February 2008

"Anak" is a horror movie revolving around cousins Nita (Erra Fazira) and Kay (Ida Nerina). Nita, who experienced a traumatic past that nearly made her end her life, move into a new house with Kay. After moving in, Nita frequently experiences sightings of a five-year-old child in the house - but only she is able to see the child. When Nita told Kay about the sightings, Kay shrugs it off as a figment of her imagination and advises Nita to see a psychiatrist.

-----------------------------

Wooo!!!! Sooooooooooooooooooo ANAK IS FINALLY BEING SHOWN!!!! FINALLY!! ONE YEAR LATER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway! I really hope my brother's name will appear in the opening credits like he edited it before he left the company! If not my mom will be dissapointed hahahah!! But i bet u she will be like "Why W.K. Loh only???" and she'll probably complain that the movie was crap hahahaha or "i can't see what's so great about it." muahahahahha

Actually, we didn't even know it was gonna be released until i got a SMS for Chee Woh during CNY and he told me that he saw Anak's poster with my bro's name on it. hahahahah!

Anyway, it's cool and we're all gonna check it out on Friday night! Yes..... it's a family outing hahahaha!

DUDE EVEN MY GRANDMA WANTS ME TO TAKE HER TO THE THEATER TO SEE IT!! wthhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

so... been checking out some J bands these days... But, i don't quite like to listen to a band's entire discography in one listen... coz i mean, music evolves... it's not realistic to appreciate a band's ENTIRE musical history in like TWO HOURS =_= So, I've been slow to check out the songs I've downloaded....

Anyway, so far, i think the two bands whose songs I'm most favourable to is Art-School and syrup16g... They're actually pretty awesome. Awesome enough to make me wonder if i wasn't so in love with Lunkhead, I'd probably love these bands even more.

I might put up a compilation after i listen to a little more.

Other than that, some of the bands actually have like those pop punk, indie rock and emo sounds that I would have probably really liked 5 - 6 years ago.... I'm not quite looking for that now these days.... But it also makes me wonder, what am I really looking for then?

I mentioned syrup16g and Art-School because they have the sounds and melodies I usually fall in love with, but I wonder what type of music is that? Rock? Pop? Indie Rock? Hm.

It's suppose to look like this:



Disclaimer:
1) Layout TOTALLY messes up on Firefox and Macs...
2) Urm.... the background and all is fix to 1024 x 650.... So, it'll be too large or small on any other size windows.... Basically, i only know how to design for it to look nice on my OWN comp hahahah!
3) SONG playing is Hutari by LUNKHEAD!!! (button is on the left to turn it off)
4) Blog title, i decided to take it from a quote by Yoshitaro during the Ebisu live on 9/12 when he said, "Owari janakutte, hajimari". Meaning, "it's not the end, it's the begining."... I thought to put this quote up since it's a Lunkhead layout, and alot of things are progressing for the band this year coming very soon. So i thought it's very appropriate for them!

Yay~! I realized, although I've liked Lunkhead for 1 1/2 years, I've never had a Lunkhead layout. So, here's a lunkhead layout!! With a widget counting down to the Best Album release on MARCH 5th!! yay~~~~!!! The picture is the cover of the album! yay!

Next layout i wanna put a playlist widget, calender widget and other widgets!!!... It's been a headache modifying this layout... ARGGGGG!! Blogger changed their layout but I didn't upgrade.... Also, i don't understand xml language, so i totally can't deal with other harder stuff!!!


Anyway, i was pre-editing the layout on another blog and it had these questionaires in it, so i went to look for a questionaire... So here it is:

1.What do you think of the most when you are alone?
iro iro... Usually about life or like Lunkhead and yoshitaro... and I talk to God...

2 . When it is a rainy night, what do you do most of the time?
The night is a night is a night... No diff if it's raining or not..

3 . When was the last time you were out?
3 Hours ago... for lunch with my bro.. Bak Kut Teh... at Centerpoint... We had a lenghty discussion on the life of Kurt Cobain, the impact of Nirvana, and the changing roles and landscape of music and its representation.

4. What do you do when you see a full moon?
hm. usually i'm really amazed and i think of Tsuki to Tenohira... haha. But yeah, usually I'm quite amazed.

5. Would you rather swim in the lake or dive in the ocean?
Maybe dive... I don't like lakes in general because of scary monsters.

6. What would be the best partner of a good cup of coffee?
Nice cake... Japanese made... Because theirs aren't too sweet.

7. If you'll ask yourself question now, what would it be?
Why the hell am i wasting my time doing this instead of revising for the Japanese placement test???

8. If certain everything in your life fall apart, what would you do?
These questions are phrased really weird, the grammar doesn't make sense...
Anyway back to the question, I'd cry and MOST LIKEY BITCHHHHHHHH like hell about it... Then feel depressed, then cry, then maybe ask God why.... maybe i'd blame God... then after i bitch more and think i'm gonna die, I'll feel better, then I'll listen to Lunkhead, then I'll try to look for a better way or something vague to hope in..

9 . Favourite month/s
HA. There are no seasons in malaysia so it's hard to say... Maybe Feb, since there are alot of holidays and the month is short haha... And the December too, since it's always a very nostalgic time of the year and celebrative too...

10. When your friends forget you, what will you do?
Urm.... I probably won't know.

11. Do you talk to urself?
Of course.

12. Is there anything that you are craving for right now?
Maybe for yoshitaro haha.

13. I or you?
IOU.

14. Ever cried for something stupid?
Of course, of course.

15. Do you like anime?
OF COURSE!!!

16. How about Japanese music?
MOSTTTTTTTTTTT DEFINITELY! Hitorigoto is playing now~

17 . Your definition of sexy?
If you have it, flaunt it.

19. First thing you do after watching a movie?
Haaaaa...... <- literally... I take a deep breath. haha

20. Do you wash the dishes in your house?
Only when the maid is not around.

21. Can you last two days without a bath?
Of coz. I've just lasted three without. MUAHAHAHAHHAHA.

22. Most common words in your house.
hmmmmmm... we don't talk much with each other... So it has to be either "ELAINE!" or "ADRIAN!"... I think more often it's "ELAINE!"

23. The last lie you told your parents?
That i went to Church when I didn't... Probably.

25. Still go to the mall with your parents?
Yes, and dinners and movies too.

26. Are you brand conscious?
Totally not.

27. Ever fell in love?
No. But I am prone to delusions.

30. Is it in you to kill someone?
No. Actually, no.

31. Daydream a lot?
Totally.

32. Happy with your life?
Hm. NO.

YAY!!!!

SO!

I wanted to listen to Boku to Ki live version yesterday. Been loving that song alot lately! I didn't realize it was one of those powerful Lunkhead songs, like Yuugure no... I really like it!

They played the song on the second day of the live i went for back in December... Actually it was the absolute LAST song I heard Lunkhead play live =(.... But i was surprised they played such an old song and slow song as the finale of their entire tour... But they played it and it was amazing!!!

So, I remember that in the second live limited edition DVD, they had the song in it... (BIGGGGGGGG HUGEEEEEEEE thanks to Tsuyoshi and friend for buying it for me!!!).... SOOOOOOO i had my bro help me rip out the audio and video for me!!!! THANK YOU BRO!!! mannn he's been in a good mood thankfully hahahahhaha....

WAAAAA~~~~~ I got the DVD when i met Tsuyoshi in Japan back in December but I have NEVER watched the DVD!!! BECAUSE I DON'T THINK MY HEART CAN TAKE IT!!!! But i had to watch it yesterday to get the timecode to rip the dvd and.................... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I AM NOT MENTALLY PREPARED TO SEE THOSE IMAGES YET!!!!!!! I MISS THEM!!! I WANT TO BE THERE SO BADLY FOR THEIR TOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

and...

YOSHITARO IS LIKE SUPERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRBLY CUTE YOOOOO!!!

HERE ARE SCREENCAPS!!!



I CAN'T BELIEVE TODAY, i was with my brother in his car heading home...... MY BRO SAID TO ME (meaning he did look at the video too hehehe)

"I don't see what the *%$&* you see in that guy. He's so *#&@*ing messy man!"

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DID MY BROTHER JUST SAY THAT????????? AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! WHAT THE HELL!!!!!!!!!!!! YOSHITARO IS NOT MESSYYY!!!! DUDEEEEEE he's like SWEATING profusely and giving EVERYTHING he's got into the show man!! OF COURSE he'd look abit dishelved!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! *my poor heart* *ouch!*

I mean look at him.... SUPER CUTE!!!!

作詩：小高芳太朗 作曲：小高芳太朗 <-- lyrics and music written by Yoshitaro muahaha


今日、あなたは世界で誰よりも
綺麗で　綺麗で　眩しく見えました

これからもきっとふたりには
いろんなことがおきて
怒ったり泣いたりくじけそうになったり
迷ったりもするでしょう

だけど
これからもうずっと
ふたりはもうずっと
明日が今日より幸せであること
それだけは信じて生きていけるって
こんな夜だから思うのです

今日、この目に世界は何よりも
綺麗で　綺麗で　いとおしく見えました

僕らはもうちっぽけで
なきむしないきものだ
そのおかげできっと
ふたりは出逢えて
寄り添いあえるのでしょう

これからもうずっと
ふたりがもうずっと
明日が今日より幸せになること
それだけを信じて生きていけるって
こんな夜だから思うのです

いつかふたりは仲良く歳をとって
笑った数だけ皺が増えて
今日は昨日よりいい顔してるねって
毎日ふたりが笑えてますように

今日、あなたは世界は誰よりも
綺麗で　綺麗で　いとおしく見えました

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Hutari by LUNKHEAD (of coz).... Hutari... two of us?? It's quite a sweet song... You know, somewhere inside that rocker of Yoshitaro is a sentimentalist! muahahahaha...

Really like this song! Hmmm i like the chorus, when he sings the chorus..!

It's not a new song, it's from the "Subete" single, but I didn't listen to it till this week. Mayuko bought me the single last year but I was saving it for "dry" times!! muahahahaha... so that i would have "new" Lunkhead songs to listen to when i get sick of listening to the same Lunkhead songs over and over again and there new songs have yet to be released! muahahahaha.

It's good! So whoever's reading.... please try it out! ^^

i'll never understand Yoshitaro =(..... I mean that LITERALLY.

waaaaaa~~~ why are words formed like that in Japanese??? I don't understand the sentence structure!!!! whaaaaa??? It doesn't make sense!! waaaaaaaaaa~~~~ how can i ever understand him??? I'll never!!!!!! T________T

I mean even the line i like so much in Tsuki to Tenohira... "iro iro hanashitai koto ga aru..."-- why is hanashitai in the middle there? isn't it a verb?? What is it doing there?? Hanashitai seems to be modifying koto instead.... The sentence is translated as "there are various things I want to say"... But if hanashitai is modifying koto... then it's (various) things that i want to say, there are.... Hmm............. makes sense???

Maybe it's coz my English is bad too!! So I can't really comprehend the fuction of words to begin with and what modifies what and the type of word a word is!! aaaaaaaaaaa~~~

tragedy.



ODK <3

Yes, it's about Lunkhead again... hehe.

I like Lunkhead =)

I really do.


I've been downloading ALOTTTTT of Japanese albums the past week. FINALLY checking out bands that I should have a long time ago. FINALLY checking out Lunkhead "contemporaries" like The Local Art, Art-School (i don't know why all the art ok?), syrup16g, 9mm Parabellum Bullet (i did check their albums out in Japan), Lost in Time, Base Ball Bear, etc etc....

ALSO! I finally loaded TWO "new" Lunkhead songs into my ipod ^^... They're not new songs but... songs from their singles i did not listen to because i was rationing myself to not listen to ALL their songs ALL AT THE SAME TIME... So that, when i DO get bored of the songs rotating, I have something "new" to spare... hehe ^^


BUT ANYWAY... I was thinking "why is it that I never checked out these bands wayyy long ago when I was listening to Lunkhead??"

I remember the time when I really loved Blink-182, I sort of burnt out on their songs (like how i was abit tired of the same Lunkhead songs)... I remember at that time, i just couldn't stop checking out bands. I remembered i just went on a music discovery frenzy, trying to find bands like them... Then when the whole "emo" thing came in, I was checking out wayyyyyyyy alot of bands... I just needed more...

But with Lunkhead, it seems that for the past 1 1/2 years since I heard them, I stopped looking for bands...

But you know, I just thought... I DIDN'T check out any other band because.... I was content listening to Lunkhead only.... SURE, I was abit BORED with the songs sometimes... But.... I just didn't feel the need to want to listen to someone else....

aaaaaaaaaaaaaa~~ Love~~~

MUAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

;)

^^

ok la...

hehe, so now that I AM checking out other bands.... does that mean I have fallen out of love with Lunkhead?

OF COZ NOT.

=P

Anyway, I'm in love with Lunkhead's Futari. REALLY NICE! Ok... I DO like their acoustic songs ALOT! hehehehe.... aaaaaaaaa Odaka-kun...... somewhere inside your rocker dude, you're a sentimentalist! Muahahahahahaha...

Also, for now, of the new bands I've check out, actually yeah, syrup16g is a solid band... I liked them the most of the ones I checked out this week... But I've not gone through all the bands' stuff, so we'll have to see how it goes.

Anyway... hold on to that thought... I have more to say later ;)

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Other than that, I suppose everything is pretty dull on my side. No great adventures or revelations and even if epiphanies were revealed to me, I found myself too lazy to act. Story of my life, unfortunately.

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yeah. hm. so true.

was writing an email reply to robbie today. he has changed alot and I'm really glad he has. I'm really happy he met someone who loves him...
It's like when i was reading his email, all i could think about was Haru no hi.... I just read yesterday in the Ouran manga about Haruhi, well yeah, i knew it meant Spring day but apparently Haruhi's birthday is on Feb 4th and Feb 4th is the first day of spring.

Robbie's email came yesterday, Feb 4th.... and reading how he has overcome so much and the confidence he feels now since being with Katherine, the one thing that popped into my mind was: Haruhi... (haru no hi).... Reading his email, it's like the first day of spring. Not about young love or whatever, but more so of a new beginning, of the blooming of something beautiful, of a start of something wonderful.


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Reading your email, that was the first thing that I thought about. The start of spring. I'm really happy for you, and I mean it (i'll get to the last paragraph of your email later though). But I'm really glad you finally found out how loveable you are and how much you are worth :)

There's only so much words can do. It's only so far friends can go and words read on emails and chats can change. But, I suppose the realization of one's self worth can only come through experiecing it. And I'm really really really glad you found Katherine to finally show you that which words never sufficed.

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So, you know, I'm sure I've mentioned before my VERY FIRST introduction to LUNKHEAD.

It was a download of a J-Rock sampler on jpopsuki back in July 2006.

I was actually looking for Grapevine because Shuunya had recommended me that band awhile ago but it was quite hard to get their stuff (at that time).
I made a search for Grapevine on jpopsuki for a torrent and the only ones I found was a J-Rock sampler uploaded by the user j1m0n3.

In that sampler towards the last few songs was Lunkhead's Komorebi.

Well................ what's to say?

In the whole sampler, it was only Komorebi that I totally fell in love with.

And after that, well, we know, what happened!

I suppose, I liked Komorebi above all the other songs on the compilation was because it was one of the the slower songs in it, and thankfully, it's also one of Lunkhead's slower songs that was put in that compilation. But most of all, I think I fell in love at first listen, because, till this day, I still think that it's a really beautiful song... and it is...


Anyway....

the person who uploaded the compilation j1m0n3, I discovered today, is actually from MALAYSIA! (hooray people! see, i am NOT the only one in Malaysia who likes Lunkhead!!).

It's weird, isn't it? How life is sometimes so circular and the world sometimes is so small.... To know that the person who is the catalyst to all these, the person who first opened that door to me, is from the very same country that I am from... and she's hakka too not to mention! andddd... her birthday is November 18!! haha... DAMN THAT'S JUST LIKE... WTH!!.......... But really, sometimes life is very funny that way... how it works...

Anyway... for those who are interested, do visit her blog:


She amazes me how she is TOTALLY updated and into the Japanese music/anime/seiyuu scene!!! AMAZING!!! She has lots of reviews and introduction on anime and music and seiyuu... Very amazing! Do check it out!

So.

I was doing a preliminary browsing through the world WIDE web for Japanese music sites... preferable one where I can check out good music (samples) of J-music of my preference, a.k.a. the Lunkhead gang.

It's almost nearly impossible to find a site that would be dedicated to bands that play Lunkhead type of music.

Firstly: categorization. Secondly: Language barrier.


ONE:
So how DO YOU classify Lunkhead type of bands? Like つばき (Tsubaki), Art-School, or even like Number Girl, Base Ball Bear, Band Apart, 8mm Parebellum Bullet, Polysics, etc etc? Do you call them J-rock? Indie Rock? Pop Rock? Soft Rock? Something rock?

If you searched for J-rock... Good luck... J VISUAL KEI rock bands would most probably pop up because that's the most popular kind of J-rock that is exported to the English speaking sphere.
Once in awhile (thanks to anime) more famous (anime-related) ROCK ROCK bands like Ajikan or the Pillows or Orange Range (they ain't just rock no?), and gang would pop up...
But for bands like Tsubaki? Lunkhead? Grapevine? Much less... and when do bands like that blur into the boundaries of like Syrup16g or The Michelle Gun Elephant or like really truly ROCK indie bands? or the the more hardcore ones....

Then, if you take the less "rock" or "mainstream" way and searched J-Indie Rock.... Good luck... The bands that are classify under J-Indie are TRULY INDIE bands. Most of the people who do post up J-indie band reviews in English are foreigners with great command of the Japanese language living in Japan... So these guys REALLY dig deep into the indie roots of J-music...





And while i may loosely group bands like Lunkhead and Tsubaki and Art-School and the likes together with 8mm Parebellum or Base Ball Bear or Boom Boom Satellites and the likes... all their sounds are QUITE DIFFERENT YO~!!!! I mean... it's not just ONE type of "J-rock" that is hard(er) to find, you know!! There are ALOT!!

Thus leaves me to...... what do I search for???


I guess... the problem (which is also related to factor TWO) is that I'm not in Japan or the scene enough to know what the Japanese fans themselves label the type of music I am looking for.


I remember 7 years ago when I first blurred from the boundary of melodic punk into then-unclassified/unknown-outside-of-America emo and screamo music like Finch, The Used, Taking Back Sunday, Thursday, Saves the Day and the likes... It was almost impossible to find the songs online... Not just coz well, the scene was maturing at that time in America and virtually unknown anywhere other so much so that I just didn't know what to search for. (By the way, I found out about most of the "emo"/"scremo"/"indie" bands back then in 2000 stuck in malaysia was through Randy's thank you liner notes, and also through Dive Thru's webradio).
I remember playing Blink-182's song Emo (from Dude Ranch album) and I remember I liked that type of song alot and I remembered from an interview that Mark said they named the song Emo coz he thought the song sounded like Emo music... So that's when i searched for EMO online... and that was probably the first time I ever heard of emo.

But when I went to America, it was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much easier to check out bands with similliar sounds! Coz they were all in the same scene anyway. All you had to do was just go for shows (or in Japanese terminology LIVE, in Malaysian terminology CONCERT, in British terminology GIGS) and you'll get to know more bands and other people who know even more bands.

BUT WELLLLLLLLLLLLLLL therein lies the problem ain't it? I ain't in JAPAN! Duh... and it's probably one of the MAIN REASON why i want to live there for like a year or something. So I could go for shows and check out BANDS!!!!!!! yessss~ it would be perfect following Lunkhead around for abit and checking out bands every week! hahahahaha!!!

It's just that having gone for only 5 shows in Japan in total, I already got to meet really cool and awesome people who are so into the music that I am into, also... and they introduce me to other great bands that I am not able to get to know about on my own because of the lack of language!!


BUT...

All that said... I KNOW the information is out there without me needing to be in Japan... I know there is a mine of bands like Lunkhead I could check out and get to know about... BUT it's not just that I don't know what to call their type of music or what their scene labels themselves as, it's ALSO coz I just don't know Japanese well enough to access that kind of information. BBS boards are everywhere, blogs are everywhere, websites are everywhere... Even if there's no main English based website that would introduce these bands, there is a healthy group of hardcore Japanese fans who are in that scene... It's just that... I don't have the language to get to them...

And it's not just japanese pages but also CHINESE pages you know? Coz i look at these Chinese forums on Japanese music or manga or anime, they're like crazy!! and AGAIN, I just... don't know and can't get to the information that I want coz, I just don't have the language!




*sigh*

somehow, i want to believe there MUST BE damn lot of Art-School and Tsubaki English speaking fans out there!!!! Lunkhead too! Not as obessed (as moi hahahah) but I am sure there ARE QUITE A NUMBER OF CRAZY! ENGLISH FANS out there too!! Coz i see their albums put on sites like jpopsuki and stuff, so there must be, you know!

But it's just that.... I don't know how to search for them either... =_=

I mean seriously.... the more i try to search for something like Lunkhead, I really come across REALLY indie bands instead... or like bands like what? Acidman?

Tragedy in all.... how do i get to know their music? How do i find that particular type when... I don't even know what it's called? In ANY language!


I guess the only way is................... Last.fm!

hahahahaha...

well, yeah... actually... SERIOUSLY.


However, success..... I did get to download, apparently, ex-Number Girl guitarist's band Toodle's album Dawn Praise the World.




I should check out AT LEAST one new band a month, don't you think? I've been stuck in Lunkhead for the past 1 1/2 years, it can't be healthy..... And the only "new" band I "discovered" in that period was Tsubaki and that was because....... LIKE I SAID!! I WENT TO LUNKHEAD LIVE. I discovered Tsubaki through a CONCERT!

ain't that the best method?!

TOTALLY!!

That and having awesome crazy music fans like Luis Mendoza, Michelle Brown, Michelle Knox, Fuji and the likes...

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... i wish i could communicate with Tsuyoshi's HARDCORE LUNKHEAD FAN friend..... waaa!



Sigh......... now what? Soul Seek? Liner notes? shows? magazines?

There are always ways of digging, of course, but just how far can I persevere digging before I give up?!


Anyway I just KUDOS! and KAWTOW! to ALL THOSE who have like 50 million song files from every band imaginable on their Soul Seek folders. How the hell do you amass such fortune of song collection of such VARIED and UNKNOWN bands is BEYOND my comprehension!!! I can merely sigh in envy of your musical prowness! (and wait in line with wide-eyes to download your enviable collection!) *kudos!*

(oh yoshitaro.... wuts on YOUR ipod???............ Mr. Children probably hehe............... and....................... your girlfriend's band! *sniff**sigh**cry**ouch*)