Damn. Few days in, and I've already missed a blog. Right. I'm gonna try and make up for today's post later, so here's yesterday's. I'm going to try and not make a habit out of this, as I've (painfully) learnt, as soon as you start doing things for good reasons, you start doing them for bad ones, too.
Anyways, The Pillows.
I could play my pretentious "Oh, I bet you don't know this band, 'cos they're too cool. And Foreign." card. But then I'd actually have to shave off an eyebrow, become a hermit and learn how to not be an obnoxious plebeian on top of a mountain until my eyebrow grew back.
The Pillows are extremely interesting to me as they're a Japanese band that is mainly influenced by Western Music. So you get this great Best-of-Both-Worlds deal without having to be some creepy cow-girl-child-star. Solid Western Tunes meets Eastern Innovation. Awesome.
But the main reason I like them is because they're awesome. Plus, as a bonus, you don't have to go online and find a translated lyrics sheet if you want to know what it is they're saying- they're one of the few Japanese bands that have English lyrics. Musically, they sound like a really good rock band. There's no easy way to put it. It's hard to single out a few bands they sound like. My easiest suggestion is a good combination of everything that's less heavy than metal, more tuneful than pop, smushed into one band.
So, being the charitable gentleman I am, some of their best/most approachable songs. In Youtube form. There is much, much more I could put down, but if you must listen to one song (Read: You must listen to one song) then you should really listen to Advice. It's superb. One of my favourite songs ever. And this blog is all about me pushing my opinion on you innocents.
(I'm sorry a lot of these are AMVs and fan works, but I couldn't find anything else. All the songs should be the originals though, I can't tell, I have no sound >_<)
Advice
Carnival
Skeleton Liar
Hybrid Rainbow
White Ash
(Another post to follow)
The Pillows are extremely interesting to me as they're a Japanese band that is mainly influenced by Western Music. So you get this great Best-of-Both-Worlds deal without having to be some creepy cow-girl-child-star. Solid Western Tunes meets Eastern Innovation. Awesome.
But the main reason I like them is because they're awesome. Plus, as a bonus, you don't have to go online and find a translated lyrics sheet if you want to know what it is they're saying- they're one of the few Japanese bands that have English lyrics. Musically, they sound like a really good rock band. There's no easy way to put it. It's hard to single out a few bands they sound like. My easiest suggestion is a good combination of everything that's less heavy than metal, more tuneful than pop, smushed into one band.
So, being the charitable gentleman I am, some of their best/most approachable songs. In Youtube form. There is much, much more I could put down, but if you must listen to one song (Read: You must listen to one song) then you should really listen to Advice. It's superb. One of my favourite songs ever. And this blog is all about me pushing my opinion on you innocents.
(I'm sorry a lot of these are AMVs and fan works, but I couldn't find anything else. All the songs should be the originals though, I can't tell, I have no sound >_<)
Advice
Carnival
Skeleton Liar
Hybrid Rainbow
White Ash
(Another post to follow)
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