K-On! - Music discussion (OP/ED & OST, etc.)

[Marcus H.]

Sorry to bring the bad news, but here it goes. (I'm trying my best to hold back some tears)

Originally Posted by MyAnimeList.net

According to the official blog, singer & song writer bice (Kijima Yuko) passed away due to myocardial infarction on July 26th. She was 38 years old. She wrote songs of Kirarin Revolution (ep 1 - 102) and "Gohan wa Okazu", which has just been played in K-ON!! Episode 20.

Sources: bice's blog, Sports Hochi

Thank you for the music, Ko-Kijima-shi. You will not be forgotten.
Requiescat in pace.

[OZ7UP]

Bummer, that was pretty shocking to read.

R.I.P., and thank you for the music.

[krko]

Originally Posted by Marcus H.

Sorry to bring the bad news, but here it goes. (I'm trying my best to hold back some tears)



Thank you for the music, Ko-Kijima-shi. You will not be forgotten.
Requiescat in pace.

38 is way too young. Such a pity.

[bloppyblue]

Originally Posted by Marcus H.

Sorry to bring the bad news, but here it goes. (I'm trying my best to hold back some tears)

Thank you for the music, Ko-Kijima-shi. You will not be forgotten.
Requiescat in pace.

That definitely is depressing... RIP.

On an unrelated note, does anybody have any sing-along lyrics for U&I for my friend?

[Mesousa2877]

Originally Posted by krko

HTT opens higher Linkin Park... Its feels so right and so wrong at the same time.

Makes me wonder WHY it hasn't garned MTV's attention yet.

[Lord of Fire]

Originally Posted by Mesousa2877

Makes me wonder WHY it hasn't garned MTV's attention yet.

Since when did MTV ever care about J-Pop, and anime at that?

Besides, MTV is more about crappy pop music than good music as a whole. Heck, MTV is hardly about music anymore.

[Micromonster]

I can't find any problem with the new songs. You just have to get used to them and then they'll grow on you.
I had to clean the bathroom, and put on repeat the 2 singles to help make the task more bearable. It worked, I fell in love with the songs as I got to know them, and cleaning has never been more enjoyable- well, sort of.

Though I do agree that the repetitiveness may be tiring...they should've spiced No, Thank You! up just like this guy did http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeJ3Xx1_7P4

[Nerroth]

Originally Posted by Marcus H.

Sorry to bring the bad news, but here it goes. (I'm trying my best to hold back some tears)



Thank you for the music, Ko-Kijima-shi. You will not be forgotten.
Requiescat in pace.

Pretty sad to hear; kind of poignant, since I only saw the ep in question today. (I wonder how differently I would have felt about that ep had I watched it before I read the news...)

[Vexx]

Just got my copy of the CD "No, Thank You" .... did anyone have trouble ripping it for storage (MP3, WMA, whatever)?

WMP and MediaMonkey both *see* it to play, but MediaMonkey refuses to believe its an audio CD when ripping is invoked and WMP keeps claiming the first track is titled Listen! when it is clearly "No, Thank You" and then tries to rip the first track to the Listen! album (and ignores the other 3 tracks).

Is this an intentionally crippled CD? (i.e. am I going to have to stream the audio output to a WAV file before I rip it to MP3?) If so, its the very first japanese CD I've encountered with "lame crippling" on it.

[bloppyblue]

Originally Posted by Vexx

Just got my copy of the CD "No, Thank You" .... did anyone have trouble ripping it for storage (MP3, WMA, whatever)?

WMP and MediaMonkey both *see* it to play, but MediaMonkey refuses to believe its an audio CD when ripping is invoked and WMP keeps claiming the first track is titled Listen! when it is clearly "No, Thank You" and then tries to rip the first track to the Listen! album (and ignores the other 3 tracks).

Is this an intentionally crippled CD? (i.e. am I going to have to stream the audio output to a WAV file before I rip it to MP3?) If so, its the very first japanese CD I've encountered with "lame crippling" on it.

Try using WINAMP player?

[Vexx]

Hmmm, haven't tried winamp in ages, will give it a shot.

edit: Heh... winamp wants me to buy their "Pro" package if I want to rip to MP3.... most of the other formats don't require it (MP4...).

edit: winamp sucked up the disk and spewed files just fine.... guess I'll be transferring my library and disconnecting WMP. So it goes... fortunately, my player handles MP4 and other formats than MP3.

[bloppyblue]

Originally Posted by Vexx

Hmmm, haven't tried winamp in ages, will give it a shot.

edit: Heh... winamp wants me to buy their "Pro" package if I want to rip to MP3.... most of the other formats don't require it (MP4...).

edit: winamp sucked up the disk and spewed files just fine.... guess I'll be transferring my library and disconnecting WMP. So it goes... fortunately, my player handles MP4 and other formats than MP3.

glad everything worked out ... it worked out, right? :P

[Vexx]

Yeah, winamp read the disk just fine and created both WMA, MP4, and a couple of others I tested. To create MP3s I have to "upgrade to Pro" but I'll investigate that later and whether there is an alternative.

I was mostly using MediaMonkey because it was the first thing I came across that read FLAC. WMP was mostly just a lazy crutch that sync'd easily with my Sansadisk player(s). I'll be introducing the Sansadisk to Winamp and see how that goes.

[bloppyblue]

Originally Posted by Vexx

Yeah, winamp read the disk just fine and created both WMA, MP4, and a couple of others I tested. To create MP3s I have to "upgrade to Pro" but I'll investigate that later and whether there is an alternative.

I was mostly using MediaMonkey because it was the first thing I came across that read FLAC. WMP was mostly just a lazy crutch that sync'd easily with my Sansadisk player(s). I'll be introducing the Sansadisk to Winamp and see how that goes.

Well, here's a free online converter if you want. http://media-convert.com/
Or, I think you can just put the song in iTunes and it'll automatically convert it. I'm not sure though.

[Ritsu026]

Originally Posted by Marcus H.

Sorry to bring the bad news, but here it goes. (I'm trying my best to hold back some tears)



Thank you for the music, Ko-Kijima-shi. You will not be forgotten.
Requiescat in pace.

That's a big shock for me. Rest in peace Kajima Yuko and thank you for the music.

[Pachael]

Originally Posted by Marcus H.

Sorry to bring the bad news, but here it goes. (I'm trying my best to hold back some tears)



Thank you for the music, Ko-Kijima-shi. You will not be forgotten.
Requiescat in pace.

After reading about Nujabes' passing earlier in the year, that's another FUCK ME moment. Enjoyed what Kirarin offered, so RIP.

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by krko

HTT opens higher Linkin Park... Its feels so right and so wrong at the same time.

More of the former actually

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by Marcus H.

Sorry to bring the bad news, but here it goes. (I'm trying my best to hold back some tears)



Thank you for the music, Ko-Kijima-shi. You will not be forgotten.
Requiescat in pace.

damn.......sleep well. Always sad when talent goes at such a young age

[evangeline88]

Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle

damn.......sleep well. Always sad when talent goes at such a young age

Yes, she's so young ...
RIP

About the new songs, I just realized that the lyrics of U&I are very good ...
And, yes, I hope those new songs will only be sung by Yui ...
I agree that those songs are "Yui exclusive" ...

[Lord of Fire]

Originally Posted by evangeline88

Yes, she's so young ...
RIP

About the new songs, I just realized that the lyrics of U&I are very good ...
And, yes, I hope those new songs will only be sung by Yui ...
I agree that those songs are "Yui exclusive" ...

I don't see why they shouldn't be. Yui's the lead singer of the band, after all.

Of course, since I already preordered the CD, I know Yui will sing them.