2007-05-15, 08:00 | Link #62 | |||
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
|
Quote:
Quote:
Quote:
How? Oricon is just a measure of how many cds are sold. That is all it is. It doesn't determine quality or popularity. |
|||
2007-05-15, 08:06 | Link #63 | |
うるとらぺど
Join Date: Oct 2004
Age: 44
|
Quote:
If the sales figures generated is high enough, the commoners will like get to hear parts of it and wonder just how it manage to be ranked highly compare to other more....likeable composition. |
|
2007-05-15, 08:12 | Link #64 | |
Shitpost Gremlin
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Formerly Iwakawa base and Chaldea. Now Teyvat, the Astral Express & the Outpost
Age: 44
|
Quote:
Screw that protection list BS, I actually want them to sing City Hunter songs, You WA Shock or Heart of Madness, or Saint Seiya songs, or Space Adventure Cobra. I don't care if you get a heart attack from it, but as a big time nostalgic I have the right to enjoy how they gonna sing it. Hell, if they pull any Queen's songs, I'd die, of happiness. Not because they are LS or KyoAni characters but because someone in the anime world remembered how awesome were these songs. I have rl friends who are as much of Hokuto no Ken fanboys as I am, who never heard or saw what is moé and want Konata to sing You WA Shock after hearing DBZ's OP. |
|
2007-05-15, 11:20 | Link #65 | |
Banned
|
Quote:
@Sheba: It's called Ai Wo Tormodose, You Wa Shock is just something they scream during the song. @MakubeX2: Why would it be a slap in the face, it has people's "goddess" singing the opening theme from a relatively (?) popular show. It's meant to sell mostly on the back of name recognition (because if I weren't told who was singing it I would have assumed it was chattering monkey's), in fact I'd be surprised if it wasn't a chart topper. All they need is to have her name plastered on it, let people know its in stores and watch a flood of dreary eyed folk storm through the store, maybe a few ritual killings for the last disc and then count their money. Personally I'm interested in hearing what the off vocal version of the song sounds like (actually no I'm not and if they have any musical taste they'll never ever subject us to it on a single disc). |
|
2007-05-15, 17:59 | Link #66 | |
Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
|
Quote:
I personally like the "surprises" in the Oricon chart. It's usually predictable to the point where I just need to look at the release dates and I can pencil in the Top 5. But once in a while you'll just get something out of the blue that does well on the charts for whatever reason. BTW, does anyone have the lyrics (or an approximation thereof) for the full OP, yet? Japanese link is fine. Thanks in advance! Last edited by krln99; 2007-05-15 at 20:20. |
|
2007-05-18, 08:45 | Link #70 |
I don't give a damn, dude
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: In Despair
Age: 38
|
Something's been bothering me for a while now....just what exactly is the song used in the Ep06 Initial D parody? It has a sound characteristic of M.O.V.E. , the band which does the Initial D OPs and EDs, but this one isn't one of theirs, as far as I could see...
|
2007-05-18, 10:00 | Link #71 |
Osana-Najimi Shipper
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Mt. Ordeals
|
@Kenta
Been said before, but its Sera Fuku to Kikanjuu (Sailor Suit and Machine Gun), from the show of the same name. You can find the latest remake of it with English subs somewhere around the net, though I wouldn't bother since its one of the crappiest j-dramas I've ever had the displeasure of seeing. I can hazard a guess that the 80's movie is better, since the pacing was just horribly slow; thank God it was only 7 eps.
__________________
|
2007-05-18, 22:36 | Link #76 |
Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
|
1. You can't isolate the vocals from the music, since the vocals are the music. It's candy-pop rap.
2. Bought for name recognition? How about every second #1 hit anywhere in the world? 3. As poetry, the words are better than most pop songs. Just complex and bizarre, both in meaning and in syntax. 4. I just listened to the full version, sans images, and there is no reason except anti-otaku prejudice for Oricon to be embarrassed about this song becoming #1, when I think of other songs that have hit that spot. This isn't like them, but it isn't worse, just totally different. There are quite a few photos from the shops of Akihabara in this post on Akiba Blog about the campaign (click photos to enlarge). And here are photos (left) of a poster of the words, and (right) of a display saying the aim is to get the OP to #1 on Oricon and for this store (Toranoana main store) to sell more copies than any store in Japan. It also says they're taking orders for the first DVD: I don't think the proponents of the campaign are thinking of profits for KyoAni (of course the shops are thinking of profits for themselves), I think it's more like supporting a sports team: you want the team you support to win, and this is an aspect of winning. I have to say, however, that I will be amazed if they get anywhere near #1. The SHnY OP only got to #5, and my sense is that that was a much bigger hit than this show. But we'll see by next Thursday.
__________________
|
2007-05-19, 00:03 | Link #77 | |
Banned
|
Quote:
Also the words are hysterical and unusual, but the tune is actually the key to a song for me. Tune and Beat are most important and they are only augmented by the lyrics. A song with a good tune will always be popular with me and even more so with good lyrics, but a song with good lyrics and an awful tune will never be a favourite. I think this song lands somewhere in the middle, funny lyrics and decent tune, but not playlist material. A lot of J-Pop falters in this regard be it both a crappy tune/beat and cliche lyrics or an alright tune/beat and crappy lyrics. Lucky Star is a probably but one step above in each category in my view. Oh and popularity pushs have always been a huge huge turnoff for me. Having the same product advertised to me constantly from all directions is one of my pet peeves, so I tend to come on a little strong when one of these types of campaigns emerges. I just don't like that style of aggresive advertising at all. Sometimes I also wonder if those Lightspeed Brief ads from Futurama that advertise to you in your dreams are even a decade away let alone a millenium. That last sentence was a joke by the way (I hope). |
|
2007-05-19, 00:07 | Link #79 |
Banned
|
I wonder if there was any trampling. Somehow I imagine fistfights breaking out and a grab fest with one guy triumphantly grabbing the CD with a ripped shirt and pants and taking off out of the store with a police officer and several others chasing after him, because he forgot to pay in his attempt to get away from the other buyers.
|
2007-05-19, 02:52 | Link #80 | |
Yuuki Aoi
Join Date: Jul 2004
|
Quote:
__________________
|
|
|
|