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http://imf.com/link_player.html?video_id=2283
A wonderfully edited intro to VK. Gives you a good idea of what the concert was like.
A wonderfully edited intro to VK. Gives you a good idea of what the concert was like.
rizumu wrote:http://imf.com/link_player.html?video_id=2283
A wonderfully edited intro to VK. Gives you a good idea of what the concert was like.
That's freakin' inspiring, man. Glad to know that Meev's 6 months of study weren't for nothing; his accent is quite good. These were some of the more interesting comments I've heard from Japanese bands in a long time... which leads me to believe that American journalists are doing something right that the Japanese ones aren't.
Karyu's first comment was so deadpan it was hilarious.
Wow, that was a great clip. 
Of course, interviewing fans always puts me on edge because I'm paranoid >.> but this was really well done, and everybody said some really great things. And I'm with elec in saying that miyavi sounded great! I'd love to hear him do more on-video english interviews....
And also, as I watched this, I noticed that these bands are starting to pride themselves again on being VK or having roots in VK. For instance, Kagrra's pretty much stopped being visual, yet here they are talking about it again and donning outfits for the JRR show. Is this perhaps the honest revival we were hoping for? And who better to start it than Yoshiki himself! I wonder if dir en grey is kicking themselves right now
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PS: I still hold that gazette MUST be at the next JRR show. It's only fitting at this point seeing as how they've been the only real defenders of VK lately....
Of course, interviewing fans always puts me on edge because I'm paranoid >.> but this was really well done, and everybody said some really great things. And I'm with elec in saying that miyavi sounded great! I'd love to hear him do more on-video english interviews....And also, as I watched this, I noticed that these bands are starting to pride themselves again on being VK or having roots in VK. For instance, Kagrra's pretty much stopped being visual, yet here they are talking about it again and donning outfits for the JRR show. Is this perhaps the honest revival we were hoping for? And who better to start it than Yoshiki himself! I wonder if dir en grey is kicking themselves right now
.....PS: I still hold that gazette MUST be at the next JRR show.
It's only fitting at this point seeing as how they've been the only real defenders of VK lately....- Joined
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Kyuketsuki wrote:Wow, that was a great clip.
And also, as I watched this, I noticed that these bands are starting to pride themselves again on being VK or having roots in VK. For instance, Kagrra's pretty much stopped being visual, yet here they are talking about it again and donning outfits for the JRR show. Is this perhaps the honest revival we were hoping for? And who better to start it than Yoshiki himself! I wonder if dir en grey is kicking themselves right now
PS: I still hold that gazette MUST be at the next JRR show.
Kagrra have been in and out of VK looks for awhile. At the show they were in full costume.
And on the topic of Gazette being the "only real defenders of VK", I think that's opinion really.
^ Well, in a time where everyone's been disowning it, they've been the only real people to stand there and say 'We're visual and staying that way' while everyone's busy calling it cliche.
^ That's been fairly more recent though, hasn't it? Gazette's been going on about it for awhile now. There was a thread about it somewhere, whether it was the gazette thread or in the d/ls forum, I don't remember which, where we were all discussing this- I don't understand why all this is suddenly new.
Yes, yes it has. I don't know where Formless is getting, isn't he supposed to be a guru around here or something? Needless argumenting :/
@rizumu: Thank you very much for the video I'm glad I saw this.. has anyone seen any more of these?
@rizumu: Thank you very much for the video
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^Please don't refer to me as a "guru". I'm well versed in older J-rock, and that's all. And what argumenting? I was asking Kyuketsuki to seriously inform me. Just because you're used to arguments via forum, doesn't mean there's always one in the works. This is what I meant in the polls thread about instigating and misinterpretation.
What I was saying was that Nightmare and MYV have stood strongly by VK, and that Gazette aren't the only ones. I would like to know who else has said VK has become cliche because I'm genuinely interested. It's getting pretty irritating to have to explain everything in detail all the time because people are so pessimistic and assume everyone is trying to make an argument all the time. -_-
What I was saying was that Nightmare and MYV have stood strongly by VK, and that Gazette aren't the only ones. I would like to know who else has said VK has become cliche because I'm genuinely interested. It's getting pretty irritating to have to explain everything in detail all the time because people are so pessimistic and assume everyone is trying to make an argument all the time. -_-
With the way Nightmare dresses, they had no need to inform people they would stay that way until the question was raised by others as they rose in popularity. Plenty of bands have stayed visual; it's just that now people are falling back on the old terminology. No big deal really.
I would say that Miyavi's been the figurehead if anything, having never actually disowned VK in the first place.
I recall hearing from people at Kagrra lives that they have explicitly distanced themselves from it, but I could be remembering this incorrectly.
And, as much as I think we'd like not to admit it, those who have been dropping it have some legitimate criticisms of the genre. They could have either tried to make it better or try something different in another manner, and they simply chose the latter. Leave it to the youngins, I suppose.
I love when Yoshiki so confidently states "yeah, we started it" and then of course there's absolutely no argument there. XD
I recall hearing from people at Kagrra lives that they have explicitly distanced themselves from it, but I could be remembering this incorrectly.
And, as much as I think we'd like not to admit it, those who have been dropping it have some legitimate criticisms of the genre. They could have either tried to make it better or try something different in another manner, and they simply chose the latter. Leave it to the youngins, I suppose.
I love when Yoshiki so confidently states "yeah, we started it" and then of course there's absolutely no argument there. XD
^Thanks for the heads up Kyu, I still gotta check that vid posted a few pages back.. Tomorrow it shall be!
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