GARNET CROW part.204

Official site http://www.garnetcrow.com/ Previous thread GARNET CROW part.203 http://mamono.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/musicjg/1232374606/

Feels like I don't need to buy it.

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GARNET CROW Yuri Nakamura — vocals & composition; AZUKI Nana — keyboards & lyrics; Hiroto Furui (leader) — keyboards & arrangements; Hitoshi Okamoto — guitar & radio Indie album 1999/12/04 first kaleidscope Singles 01 2000/03/29 Mysterious Eyes 01 2000/03/29 君の家に着くまでずっと走ってゆく 06 2000/11/29 flying (theme song for the game Tales of Eternia) 26 2007/11/14 世界はまわると言うけれど 27 2008/08/13 夢のひとつ (ending theme for the TV Tokyo anime Golgo 13) 28 2008/10/22 百年の孤独 (theme song for the film 真救世主伝説 北斗の拳ZERO ケンシロウ伝) Albums 1 2001/01/31 first soundscope 〜水のない晴れた海へ〜 2 2002/04/24 SPARKLE 〜筋書き通りのスカイブルー〜 3 2003/11/12 Crystallize 〜君という光〜 4 2004/12/08 I'm waiting 4 you 5 2006/10/04 THE TWILIGHT VALLEY 6 2008/03/12 LOCKS Best album 2005/10/26 Best Remix album 2005/01/21 Remixes DVDs 1 2003/03/26 GARNET CROW first live scope and document movie 2 2004/06/16 GARNET CROW live scope 2004 〜君という光〜 3 2005/07/20 le 5 eme Anniversaire L’Histoire de 2000 a 2005 4 2007/06/27 GARNET CROW LIVESCOPE OF THE TWILIGHT VALLEY 5 2008/12/17 GARNET CROW Special Live in 仁和寺 Books 2001/01/31 80,0, written by AZUKI Nana 2008/08/24 歌謡曲 October 2008 issue (cover & interview + feature on all singles), 500 yen

>1 Thanks for the hard work.

The red-bean soup is delicious!

>1 The sides of her head are starting to go bald from wearing ponytails too much.

>7 I was watching her thinking she seemed to be going bald too, so it wasn't just my imagination. Though this is the first I've heard of ponytails making you bald.

>8 It's called traction alopecia.

http://mamono.2ch.net/test/read.html/msaloon/1189591824/l100 Rockin'On types vs. Being/GIZA types 1 ：名無しの歌が聞こえてくるよ♪：2007/09/12(水) 19:10:24 ID:TKI1gT/s They really can't stand each other, so I couldn't help starting this thread. The other day, while looking through the separate Japan Fes issue that Rockin'On put out, I suddenly thought, "There must be quite a few people at GIZA who want to play at Japan Fes, right?" The way the artists in that snapshot collection are all buddy-buddy would probably trigger a pretty strong allergic reaction from the anti-Rockin'On crowd, but to me it just looks like healthy camaraderie. So this year, we're definitely going to RIJF and CDJF!

They said outdoor shows in summer are too brutal, so probably not.

>1 To the Otsu that comes around.

>1 Even if I line up words beyond "thanks for the hard work" 

Anyway, whenever Rockin'On comes up, I paste this since it's a lucky charm. Masataka Uno, former deputy editor-in-chief of the music magazine ROCKIN'ON JAPAN, was surprised that Okamoto, who can compose quality guitar pop, does absolutely no composing in GARNET CROW, and said that this was very unexpected given the preconception that he's "GARNET CROW's guitarist." He also pointed out that their music is cosmopolitan in the way Todd Rundgren's is, and is characterized by having almost no discernible influence from Japanese music in particular. When asked about this, Okamoto replied that once he started thinking of himself as a professional composer, he stopped listening to Japanese music altogether.

>14 Mochi: "Once I started thinking of myself as a professional composer, I stopped listening to Japanese music altogether, you know." I can't stop laughing imagining him saying that lol

>1 The power of the wind — I want to 乙press something.

>1 The time has come to 乙 you away~♪

>1 The world may say 乙, but...

I was looking at Wikipedia's February 7 birthdays and saw: 1980 — Hiroto Furui, GARNET CROW That can't be right, can it? Is the old man really that young?

>1 Why are you using the next thread without finishing the previous one? (´・ω・｀)

Happy birthday, Mr. Furui!

Happy birthday, old man!

Jumping on the bandwagon: happy birthday~

Happy birthday, Mr. Furui~

Happy 4○th birthday, Mr. Furui!!

>19 That would mean he started working at Being at age 13 lol

Mr. Furui only started playing piano in high school, right? He improved so fast lol Apparently people told him he could have become a pianist if he'd started earlier lol

Happy birthday!

Congrats, old man.

Looks like he went to the Pontocho main branch of Takeya Ramen.

Speaking of karaoke, why does DAM have so few GARNET CROW songs?

When's Yurippe's public wetting-herself incident happening? (･∀･ )っ/凵⌒☆ﾁﾝﾁﾝ

Nan-san's essay in the newsletter is way too cool.

Nan's cool-guy essay, huh. Now I'm curious. If I join the FC, how many newsletters do you get a year? And is that Nanaa's essay in every issue? I'd read anything Nan-sama wrote, even notes scribbled in a phone book. Maybe I should join the FC.

>31 Is it only the singles that they have?

>34 Look up things you can easily find out yourself before asking. First, go read the Fan Club page on the official site.

>34 If you're willing to join the FC, I'll make it worth your while. The newsletter comes four times a year! The content ranges from essays to photos, and you never get tired of reading it, no matter how many times you do. There are fan-club allocations for live shows, fan-club-only events, Christmas cards, summer greeting cards, merchandise announcements... It's absolutely worth more than 3,000 yen.

>35 They have singles, best-of tracks, and around two songs each from albums 1 through 5. The coupling tracks are pretty much wiped out.

>37 >There are Christmas cards and summer greeting cards too Some older male fans say they'd be embarrassed if their wives and kids saw them.

I'm 25. I was an Airi Aiuchi fan until two years ago, but after seeing her perform "Namida no Yesterday" on TV, I joined G-NET last year. >34, you should try joining once too. It's only for the first time, but if you pay the enrollment fee and annual fee, you get the newsletter four times a year (each issue arrives about a month late). You can even just receive it and put it up for auction without reading it, and if you take a shot at applying through the fan-club live allocation, there's a 50% chance you'll get an S seat. If you're broke, you can just look at the essays and photos. They never get boring no matter how many times you read them, so they're good for killing time. There are Christmas cards, summer greeting cards, fan-club-only events, merchandise announcements, and all kinds of other stuff. It's absolutely worth more than 3,000 yen, so I seriously recommend it.

Thanks for the detailed info. The number of newsletters was actually written on GIZA MUSIC NET, sorry about that. It sounds fun, so I think I'll join.

>38 The karaoke place near my house only has the singles lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Zw_QnBxx8 Yurippe!!! Ono-san and Okazaki-san are there too......the backing vocals are insanely stacked.

>43 Thanks for the promo. Someone else uploaded this ages ago.

I wonder where they went on that hot-spring trip. Maybe with Nan-san? 

>45 Nan-san, another friend, or maybe her boyfriend...?

Going by the context, it was probably with Nan-sama, right?

Normally it'd be her boyfriend. I'd go with my girlfriend too lol I mean, you guys would do the same, right?

>48 Whoa, that's far enough. Obscene posts aren't allowed in this sacred thread.

>48 There is no way a virgin woman would travel with a man. Keep the jokes to your face.

>50 The whole virgin thing is impossible. She's over 30, and she's beautiful on top of that. Give up on the dream already. I want Yurippe to be a virgin too, but reality isn't that sweet...

The album tracks from the fifth album: Anywhere Rusty Rail かくれんぼ 向日葵の色 マージナルマン Yellow Moon もうちょっとサガシテみましょう 春待つ花のように WEEKEND Looking at it like this, it's actually a pretty impressive lineup. Maybe the fifth album gets a bad rap because of the singles...

>32 >48 I just noticed, but these two posts seem contradictory. ------------- 32 名無しさん＠お腹いっぱい。 sage 2009/02/08(日) 00:12:34 ID:HqiYVCpxO When's Yurippe's public wetting-herself incident happening? (･∀･ )っ/凵⌒☆ﾁﾝﾁﾝ 49 名無しさん＠お腹いっぱい。 sage New! 2009/02/08(日) 15:33:56 ID:HqiYVCpxO >48 Whoa, that's far enough. Obscene posts aren't allowed in this sacred thread. -------------- 　Maybe they aren't contradictory in the mind of HqiYVCpxO, the fetishist.

Hello to all G-NET members. I just received the newsletter. >41 An excerpt from the letter for new members: "Newsletters are sent to members who join by the end of the month in which they are issued. For example, for the January issue [this issue], people who join in February or March will begin receiving them with the next issue [issued in April]." So unfortunately, if you join now, you won't get the January issue.

>48 Q: Were you able to take that uninhabited-island trip with Nan-sama? A: Sadly, I couldn't go to an uninhabited island. But I did go on a hot-spring trip. It must have been with Nan-sama.

>30 Apparently this was Yurippe's first time ever eating ramen outside the house. Was she raised as a sheltered young lady? She might really be a virgin.

>56 AZUKI-san was talking about that in the previous newsletter, wasn't she?

The fact that Yurippe is a virgin is as self-evident as the sun rising in the east.

>48 >55 Basically, Nan-sama is pretty much her boyfriend.

Yurippe must have devoted her entire youth to music. You can tell she's a virgin just from her aura.

Any normal person could tell.

>59 Yeah, something like that lol But they're not lesbians.

Still no new song? (・∀・ )っ/凵⌒☆ﾁﾝﾁﾝ Even a Dragon Ball Z theme song would be fine.

>55 She sure likes deserted islands. Even though she looks like she'd hate bugs and stuff, she keeps bringing them up.

Okamocchi and Nan-san seem like a bad match (；´Д｀)

>65 That's how it seemed from GTSP lol Seeing Nan like that, I'm amazed Yurippe ever managed to travel with her.

>66 Though Okamocchi was the one in the wrong. Nan-sama went to the trouble of bringing apple mangoes, and he said something like, "This has a weird smell," lol He should've just ended it with something like Furucchi's "Wow, that smells good" lol

Yeah, anyone would get pissed off at that. I thought Mochi was pretty insensitive. And then he even nitpicked Yurippe's song.

Am I a weirdo for liking the fifth album best? Maybe it's because I'm not a fan from the early days. I only started listening recently. The reviews on Amazon are all over the place.

I don't know about Amazon, but I think the fifth is one of the more popular ones.

Still, it does feel like the first and second get high marks, and the reviews have dropped with every release. The sixth had that kind of feel, so I'm hoping the seventh will be something fans like.

There's no way they can produce the quality of the first or second anymore. Everything has changed, from Yurippe's singing style to the content of Nan's lyrics. They've become reasonably well-known too, so they can't bring out the dark world that's GARNET's essence anymore. With the state of society, people would probably slam them for putting out gloomy songs, saying this isn't the time for that. Even Naotaro got that much criticism for "If Living Is Painful."

At this point they're just a band that releases inferior copies of the past.

Personally, I thought the fifth was a miss compared with the earlier albums, but the sixth was right up my alley. Looking forward to number seven too.

Looks like there'll be a second best album next year (；^ω^)

>68 Really? Well, Mochi probably makes those kinds of comments because the members trust each other. Like, "She'll get mad if I say it, but it'll be fine, right?" lol You mean the "Did that song even have a B section?" comment? lol Leaving the B section aside, sometimes it is hard to tell where the chorus is lol But I really like Yurippe's style like that.

Mochi's comments read the room just fine. Nan-sama is just weirdly hung up on strange things.

>76 Ah, that one. I think he was nitpicking the coupling track "Mijikai Natsu" from Yume no Hitotsu. Okamoto: This single just happens to be coming out in summer. Nan: ...... Okamoto: "Mijikai Natsu." I thought, wow, that's short... Nan: What's wrong? That's so Yurippe-like. It was made as a summer song......

I've thought this for a while, but GARNET isn't actually "dark." Whenever I see posts like this, I want to ask whether you've really listened to them properly.

>78 Ah, that one. I don't think something that minor counts as nitpicking. It's just unusual for GARNET. Though if Yurippe herself was bothered by it, that's another matter lol I still haven't listened to "Mijikai Natsu" myself lol It's the only GARNET song where I don't know the melody or anything and have never listened to it even once lol Sorry, "Mijikai Natsu"... I'll listen to you properly (´・ω・｀)

It just comes off as rude and insensitive. Maybe they're trying to make it funny on purpose, but obviously you'd rather be complimented.

>69 People who say "Am I the only one like this?" really are everywhere lol

They really are everywhere.

>79 Agreed. Way too many people don't understand what GARNET is really about.

>79 Yeah, yeah. "Dark" means deep, right?

There aren't really any "depression songs." I actually think a lot of the songs have a strong, forward-looking feeling. When I saw the description "light shining through a cloudy sky," I thought, yeah, that says it perfectly~

Wanting to talk about yourself is pretty normal around the age of 14.

>80 It's a pretty good song.

lose feeling is a good example.

>89 That one really is pretty positive.

If they broke up, how would Mochi make a living? The other three would be fine, probably.

>91 Stand-up comedy.

Though I don't think their salaries would change even if they broke up.

If he were as in-demand for live shows as Oga, he'd probably be making good money. But Mochi is smart and seems good with people, so he'll probably manage fine. AZUKI Nana seems like she'd just vanish if they broke up. Though she looks like she has money, so I guess there's no need to worry.

No one mixes with GIZA's other artists as much as Okamoto lol He's like Higashiyama in Johnny's lol

Boring (*u_u)

>95 Comparing him to Higashiyama makes him sound too cool, which feels wrong lol He seems friendly with db and doa, and probably gets along with the younger GIZA girls too since he's nice to them lol

>95 Higashiyama is way too cool a comparison lol At most, he's like Shinya from LUNA SEA. Though Shinya probably has the bigger network.

Minshine's self-posting is gross (*u_u)

>86 Timeless Sleep and Holy Ground are like that too.

>79 No, it is dark, though.

Even when it's bright, it's still dark by society's standards. That's GARNET.

I like the way Yurippe sings on Go For It.

The members went out for ramen on Friday, December 26. So Paspara really is recorded on Fridays lol

I'm sure everyone has their own story about what got them into GARNET CROW. For me, I'd always liked Detective Conan, and I thought the GARNET songs used as ending themes (Yume Mita Ato de and Kimi to Iu Hikari) were really good. I bought a Detective Conan theme-song collection and listened to it carefully again, and was incredibly moved. Right then, Tokai Walker published information about a GARNET live, so I went to see them in person (I'll never forget it: February 7, 2004, at the Aichi Kosei Nenkin Kaikan Hall—and it was Mr. Furui's birthday too). That experience made me a huge fan (^^) If you have a story about how you became a fan, please tell me anything at all!

>105 My older brother was already a GARNET fan and always played them in the car, so I'd been listening since I was little (without knowing the artist's name). For some reason, the only two songs that stuck with me were Kimi wo Kazaru Hana wo Sakasou and Yasashii Ame (I didn't know their titles at the time). Years later, my dad bought me a digital audio player, and I tried listening to the GARNET best-of we had at home. That's what got me into them.

Regular bump.

Regular self-story bump.

I became a fan because Yurippe was cute at a ZARD live show.

I became a fan because she was insanely cute up close.

>104 After the radio recording, they moved from Shijo to the Sanjo Pontocho main branch. Even though the Mibu branch was closer.

I noticed Yurippe was wearing a ring on her left ring finger again in that photo of her eating ramen.

Spiral gave me a mild shock, Yuudachi no Niwa moved me, and Yume Mita Ato de made me love them like crazy. The way their music creates sound to express scenery really gets to me.

I wonder what that means.

I have an amazing friend. This friend of mine (male) started playing piano at 19. Before that, he had absolutely no piano experience. His only previous musical experience was playing drums. So he was a complete beginner on piano. When he was 22, he played Chopin's "Tristesse" for me. Normally, when playing this as a hobby, people tend to play only the technically easy sections at the beginning and end (though they're musically difficult), but he also mastered the technically difficult middle section in its entirety. Not only that, he played Chopin's "Fantaisie-Impromptu," Nocturne No. 2, and Badarzewska's "The Maiden's Prayer" for me too. I think he's a genius for doing all that after only three years of piano, having started at 19, and without taking piano lessons. Fantaisie-Impromptu is extremely difficult, but he played it at a very fast tempo. You can't play it without highly independent fingers, so I think he must have worked incredibly hard. He's also extremely handsome and manly, has qualifications in kendo, bookkeeping, and care work, and is good at kendama too. He has a strong will of his own, and he's very good at fighting. His dick is circumcised too. There really are people who can do everything. So you should definitely give it a try too. His only flaw is that he's the kind of person who can't say basic human words like "thank you" or "I'm sorry." I think people like that should disappear from this world. That's what I thought when I had a fight with him.

So Yurippe is insanely cute up close, huh... Even from far away, I looked at Nan-sama and the old man and thought, "Damn, they're cool..." But I couldn't really make Yurippe out from a distance. Because she's tiny.

>113 She's been wearing a ring on her left ring finger every so often for years. Like during the solo Pan Live singing-and-playing segment.

I saw this copypasta about six months ago.

It's funny that Yurippe and Nan seem like such a bad match but are so close lol Yurippe is definitely the type who'd want to walk around looking at illuminations with her boyfriend.

Maybe two ladies from well-bred families just get along.

Is it true that Yurippe and Okamocchi are married? For some reason that makes me happy.

Then Furui and Nan can be together lol

The old man is with his cat.

How much of a rich boy do you have to be to live 30 years without ever eating ramen out?

Yurippe must be with Furui. The composing and arranging would go smoothly... Yurippe: Old man~ I finished a new song. Old man: It's a good song. I'll try arranging it......

Yurippe eating ramen in the newsletter is insanely cute. But she's wearing something like a white bra under a black knit. So unfashionable. Moe. I'm curious about the ring. She wore one on her ring finger at the Fukuoka live and the solo singing-and-playing live too, right?

She got married, right? She has no obligation to report it.

I wonder if the rumor about her and some musician is true.

Where's the live DVD already? I should be in a close-up shot...

This time the ring is on her right ring finger. Women normally wear one on the right ring finger as fashion.

Has anyone been to Takeya Ramen? Give us a report. It looks delicious, but I live in Kanto and can't really get there...

Wasn't it on her left ring finger at the Fukuoka live?

In other words, it's a message saying, "Notice it already."

I had no idea that Doi Ponta from the old Sukiyaki had somehow become a guitarist.

I'm curious about the bag Yurippe is carrying. Where's it from? She likes coats with big collars and belts cinched at the waist, huh. Are accessories a necessity? I wonder if they each took a taxi home after eating ramen.

Your beloved Yuri Nakamura wasn't just a virgin—she was married. If you think about it sensibly, that makes sense. She's cute, after all. There's no way someone who works in front of people like that could be a virgin. Too bad for you guys. Woooooooooo

But why was he so hung up on "hatsumou"...

>137 Hang in there and live strong. >138 "Hatsumou"??

Hair growth. Yurippe, are you sexually frustrated? I get moe over naughty, horny little Yurippe. Should I put my smooth bare cock in your pussy, old man-style? You'll be begging for more and more, won't you? That look in your eyes... if you said it with your mouth, I'd lose it. I want to cum on your face. Yurippe on all fours is irresistible too. I want to grab that big ass with both hands and lick it all over. And I'll stick my fingers in your "あ　る" and play with both holes.

Sorry for the filthy fantasy. Yurippe is just way too lewd.

All you Kansai people, die off already.

Doesn't Claire's CG from Biohazard 2 look like Yurippe?

>140 Yurippe's butt is small, right? Her boobs are small too, though. Moe.

Her butt is pretty plump, isn't it? Her mouth, flat chest, and butt are all so lewd. She's erotic.

But Yurippe's fashion sense is abnormal.

When Yurippe wears a ring on her left ring finger... Oga is always there.

Apparently, wearing a ring on your right ring finger means: It stimulates creativity and inspiration. Recommended for people who want to work in artistic or creative fields. The power of the gemstone comes through directly. Or so they say.

Come to think of it, Yurippe wears rings on all sorts of fingers, so maybe she doesn't attach any particular meaning to them and just wears whichever one suits her mood that day.

Is it strange that I assume someone who has sex before marriage is a bad person with a bad personality just on that basis? I have this strong feeling that premarital sex is something delinquents do (partly because of the influence of rape and things like that), and I'm afraid to interact with people who have experience despite not being married. So I have this subconscious idea that virgins are people with pure hearts (of course, it's not absolute), and I want Yurippe's heart to remain untainted too, which is why I want her to be a virgin. Is this the kind of thinking where people go, "You're so old-fashioned it's hilarious lol"...? I'm only 22, though. But I do think I have that tendency. There must be other people who think this way too. Still, I often see people saying, "I hate non-virgins because they're used goods from another man..." I can't say I have none of that feeling myself either. Even so, the feeling that I want a virgin because I expect a beautiful heart is overwhelmingly stronger. So personally, I kind of worship virginity (maybe "worship" is a bit much).

There's jealousy too, of course. If the person you love has had a relationship with another man, it obviously hurts. Since I have three separate reasons for wanting her to be a virgin, finding out the person I love isn't one would hit me twice as hard as anyone else... orz

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>150-151 Believe in Yurippe!

Virginity worshippers like >150-151 scare me. They seem like the type who'd get crushed by reality and eventually prey on children.

>154 I'm not sure about that... I'm also somewhat inclined to think like >150, but doing what >154 describes would be contradictory, wouldn't it? If you hate bad people, wouldn't you avoid becoming one yourself? Maybe rather than being crushed, you'd eventually reach a point where you stop caring.

http://love6.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/pure/1200564841/

Still no new-song info~

Virginity talk again... Just as boring as people talking about themselves.

Yurippe has huge boobs.

So Nan-sama's collar was a gift from someone lol Maybe I'll give her a red collar someday lol

Are GARNET CROW songbooks available for sale?

Yurippe is so cute. http://mat.blogdns.com/up/img/mat_202.jpg http://mat.blogdns.com/up/img/mat_203.jpg http://mat.blogdns.com/up/img/mat_204.jpg http://mat.blogdns.com/up/img/mat_205.jpg http://mat.blogdns.com/up/img/mat_206.jpg

CANDY POP is a great song.

>162 Gore warning.

>161 If BGV doesn't sell it, then it's not being sold.

Come to think of it, Fist of the North Star is a Jump manga. Maybe there'll be a Jump anime tie-in song too.

If it's released around April, it might be the theme song for the new Dragon Ball Z.

>167 Mochi said on the radio that it's coming out in March, so it is possible.

>167 It'll just get us driven out of the thread, so give me a break.

>169 But if it gets picked as the new Dragon Ball Z theme song, it'd be a chance to expand the fanbase all at once.

>162 Seriously cute!

I just witnessed some truly shameless self-posting.

The only ones you can watch on DVD are: 1: (livescope-2005) Good sound quality, Okamocchi's "Last love song!" 2: Ninnaji That's it.

>162 >172 I've reported it as a gore image. Turn yourself in quietly.

>173 The first DVD is the most fun.

>175 Ah, I know what you mean. ...Though I only own the first, 2004, and Ninnaji DVDs myself lol Yurippe sings much better on the latter two than on the first (especially Ninnaji), but as far as being fun to watch, the first is by far my favorite. The boundlessly energetic, constantly midriff-flashing Mugen Spiral is the best lol

Did she really show her midriff?

Yeah, you can even see her navel.

The vagina of a non-virgin is a washed cup. "If you really love someone, you shouldn't care whether she's a virgin." To a woman who says that, ask her this: 　　"Can you drink the semen of a man you don't know?" Almost 100% of women would answer, "I can't." I think you should cut ties with any woman who answers, "I can." Next, ask her this: 　　"If you fill the cup you use every day with the semen of a man you don't know, 　　　then wash it thoroughly, can you drink water from that washed cup every day?" 90% of women would answer, "I can't." That's normal. Even if it was the semen of a man a woman once loved, from a man's perspective, it's the semen of a complete stranger. There's no way I could lick a vagina that had been filled with semen from a man I don't know. Of course, I couldn't put my penis in it either. The vagina of a non-virgin is a washed cup. But the fact that someone's semen was put into it can never be erased.

Can something be done about Mochi's taste in hats? lol He probably thinks he looks cool, but wearing one in a ramen shop is totally weird, and I think hats just don't suit him. I think Mochi looks fine just the way he normally does.

Maybe he's using it to hide his bald spot. Though apparently hats make things stuffy, which isn't good for the roots.

>174 Why do I feel like I got reported? lol It was >171, right?

There's no way the release is still happening in March, right? No matter how you look at it, adding a tie-in this late would mean it wouldn't sell.

For some reason hats basically never suit men. But Yurippe looks insanely moe in one.

The hat Mochi wore in his solo PV was good. Somehow, when Mochi wears one, it gives him a very Showa-era vibe lol

When you say hats, I think of Nan-sama's Hare Dokei.

First of all, her singing is so unbelievably bad she doesn't even seem like a singer. Some random amateur walking down the street could sing way better. Her face looks like an insect too, which is disgusting. The songs are good, so I think she should work as a composer instead. Being able to debut on CD with that singing and that face is a miracle. She should be grateful to GIZA.

There's no point saying that in a thread full of GARNET fans who like that voice and face.

Still, an amateur couldn't produce that range and falsetto. The songs are difficult too, so GARNET's music is hard to sing.

>187 Sing "Hory Ground" and upload it to YouTube. Then we'll talk.

Someone who can sing L'Arc-en-Ciel songs effortlessly should be able to reach the chest-voice parts of Holy Ground, but smoothly producing that falsetto seems difficult.

Honestly, there are tons of amateurs with a two-octave range. The falsetto isn't something to worship as godlike either. But Yurippe's tone and singing style are one of a kind, and I became a GARNET fan because I fell for that. I know the people saying she lacks singing ability are technically right, but honestly, so what? GARNET has a charm that goes beyond singing ability.

Learn to ignore people lol Being ignored is what makes them feel most miserable.

The question is whether you can produce it and actually use it. If it's just reaching that range with head voice, I can do that too.

>161 No band score. Piano: something like a Conan theme-song collection. Lyrics and chords for every single through Yume no Hitotsu: http://www.boutique-sha.co.jp/book/show_detail/3175

But Yurippe really does have a good voice.

The final chorus of 「水のない晴れた海へ」 sounds like "ヒッサイシ○○" to me. I'd appreciate it if someone could tell me what the actual lyrics are.

ヒッサイシジョー

>187 >196 I just witnessed some extreme tsundere.

Can't help it—it's tsundere.

Her amateurishness was part of the charm, but her improved vocal technique at Ninnaji took some of that charm away.

>198 That would be true if it were Hirahara Ayaka or someone doing the chorus...

We can't really say whether she actually improved until we hear the LOCKS live DVD.

Yamaji from Ainori looks exactly like Yurippe.

>204 You're going to get stabbed tomorrow.

It's the Tokyo one, so she's safe. Besides, her improvement is setting a new record every year. There's nowhere to go but up.

>205 You get stabbed. Especially around the eyes, they look exactly alike.

So you're saying those are the eyes of a virgin.

GARNET is dormant.

More like hibernating.

Hitoshi is active.

>211 You mean Hitoshi from Yokohama is active at spring training, right? Got it.

>204 They're worlds apart—like the moon and a turtle, heaven and earth.

>204 has terrible eyesight.

I'd like to eat ramen with Yurippe.

>204 They don't look alike at all.

I'm debating whether to buy the Ninnaji DVD, so I watched a few clips on YouTube. People mentioned this before, but does Holy Ground sound lip-synced for part of it...? Or is it dubbed? I wasn't there that day, so I can't say, but Mab or something has the same vocals as the CD too. Anyway, among the live DVDs so far, this one looks like it would be worth watching. Hearing Cried~ and Meguri Kuru Haru made me even more undecided...

Yurippe's voice is in good shape, and it's their first outdoor-live DVD. I wish they'd put the old school-festival live and premium live on DVD too.

>217 I don't think they re-recorded it. If it was lip-synced at the venue too, there's no way to confirm it now.

Isn't Koufuku na Pet obviously extremely similar to the Western song "Joy to the World" (I might have the title wrong)? Has nobody ever called it a ripoff or anything? Has GARNET ever publicly said they were influenced by it?

It's Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World." The instruments and arrangement, as well as the feel of the chords, are definitely similar, sure, but I wouldn't call it a ripoff—it's more of a pretty common style. The melody line is a different thing altogether.

Anyone who's in the fan club, I want you to check the latest newsletter, You know how she's signing the shop at the ramen place? Yurippe is writing with her left hand, but is she left-handed??? Though from the angle it looks like the image has been flipped... No, but why would it be flipped?

People born in July are often left-handed, you know.

>222 I was surprised too, but there's no way it's not flipped. Yurippe and Nana are on opposite sides too.

>222 The wall is on Yurippe's right.

Y-y-y

>222 Did GARNET ask the shop if they could sign it? Like, because they wanted to take pictures. Are there any other customers in the photos with Yurippe and the others?

Yurippe is right-handed, duh lol The reason it obviously looks like she's writing with her left is that the image is flipped. You can tell just from the positions of the two girls and the wall.

I wonder if everyone in GARNET CROW is right-handed.

Is it true that right-handed people wash their left breast first?

Yurippe.

Yurippe rubs her nipples when she takes a bath too, and rubbing her pussy feels good too.

Nana.

I wonder if Mochi smokes.

Mochi might. What about Furui?

Yupperi.

Mochi and AZUKI look like they smoke normally. Mochi especially is a heavy smoker. Virgin Yupperi definitely doesn't smoke.

Yurippe smokes a kiseru.

Yurippe is so adorbs.

Yurippe is insanely moe~

I'd be shocked if Yupperi smoked.

Virgins don't smoke.

Then I wonder if she drinks alcohol? I'd hate it if she liked Shaoxing wine.

Yurippe said she avoids spicy foods and alcohol to take care of her throat. Someone like that would never smoke, either.

She probably just has one glass of wine and gets all flushed in the cheeks.

Nana-sama is health-conscious too, so she probably doesn't smoke. Though apparently she can't give up booze lol

Nana smokes Pianissimo. I saw her smoking at a pasta place.

How old is the VO girl?

>248

Everyone's smoked at least once.

I wanna steal Yurippe's poop sample.

I'd love for Yurippe to cover Miyuki Nakajima~ Like one of the Dr. Koto songs.

I wanna see some stray pubes. I wanna see some stray pubes.

>253 "Haru na no ni," maybe lol No way Nana smokes Pianissimo lolol

>255 With Yurippe's voice, it'd probably sound pretty powerful. Conversely, it would be hilarious if Miyuki Nakajima sang "Rai Rai Ya" lolol

No matter what the haters say, the fact that X JAPAN are gods is unshakable. The overwhelming charisma of their soul-stirring drumming—YOSHIKI alone has enough presence to completely transcend every other band at the root. And the late HIDE had incredible guitar technique and charisma too, while TOSHI's insanely high-pitched vocals are beyond any genre... no, beyond the limits of humanity itself. On top of that, they've got PATA, a craftsman with some of the best technique in Japan, even surpassing HIDE, and the handsome HEATH supporting the band's sound, you know? Just looking at the members, they're not merely Japan's best—they can go toe-to-toe with the whole world. And they even wield the songs of that genius composer YOSHIKI as a weapon. His music is so captivating that once you hear it, you lose the desire to listen to anything else. Most Japanese music these days is just a bunch of shitty bands with not a shred of soul, right? When something is this absolute and peerless, of course some people will get jealous, and most haters are exactly that kind of person. I want you to listen to the music a little more honestly. And go see them live. Then you'll understand just how X JAPAN are gods who leave every other band in the dust. Sure, everyone was off at Night of Destruction (and the PA sucked too), but go watch Reckless and Creation. They're seriously godlike. Even as a fan, I never thought they'd actually perform ART OF LIFE, that embodiment of YOSHIKI's life which swallowed up classical music and prog rock. The piano solo was as full of madness as ever. And once you hear "Kurenai," even a hater will have to acknowledge X JAPAN. Does anyone seriously think these guys can't conquer the world? Maybe you should listen to a little more music.

>165 >195 Thanks. It's surprising that a "band" that's been around this long doesn't have any sheet music published. Maybe it's because they don't do many individual solos and don't put the band itself front and center.

>244 Thanks, Wikipedia.

>244 Exactly the same as TAKUI.

No matter what the haters say, the fact that GARNET CROW are gods is unshakable. The overwhelming charisma of soul Pon de Ring-ing—Yuri Nakamura alone has enough presence to completely transcend every other band at the root. And the tearful Hitoshi Okamoto has incredible guitar technique and charisma too, while the insanely low-register vocalist Yuri Nakamura has a voice beyond any genre... no, beyond the limits of humanity itself. On top of that, they've got the craftsman Furui, whose technique is even better than Mister Donut's, and the handsome AZUKI Nana supporting the band's sound, you know? Just looking at the members, they're not merely Japan's best—they can go toe-to-toe with the whole world. And they even wield the songs of that genius composer Yuri Nakamura as a weapon. His music is so captivating that once you hear it, you lose the desire to listen to anything else. Most Japanese music these days is just a bunch of shitty bands with not a shred of soul, right? When something is this absolute and peerless, of course some people will get jealous, and most haters are exactly that kind of person. I want you to listen to the music a little more honestly. And go see them live. Then you'll understand just how GARNET CROW are gods who leave every other band in the dust. Sure, everyone was off at Night of Destruction (and the PA sucked too), but whether it's Reckless or whatever, go watch the first DVD. They're seriously godlike. Even as a fan, I never thought they'd actually perform "Yume Mita Ato de," that embodiment of Yuri Nakamura's life which swallowed up classical music and prog rock. The piano solo was as full of madness as ever. And once you hear "Mizu no Nai Hareta Umi e," even a hater will have to acknowledge GARNET CROW. Does anyone seriously think these guys can't conquer the world? Maybe you should listen to a little more music.

>258 Apparently if they published sheet music, it'd be as thick as a phone book.

Ｇ目女死分

How old is the vocalist?

>263 Go die.

>264 You go die too.

>260 He's Yurippe's boyfriend, after all.

>253 "Ito," "Tanjou," stuff like that would probably suit Miyuki Nakajima singing them normally. Those distinctive Miyuki Nakajima songs where she belts it out have flavor precisely because she sings them. >255 The one Vibe sang? Spare me lol

Still, it's surprising that Yurippe had never eaten ramen at a ramen shop. I guess her dates are all at fancy restaurants and stuff. What kind of guys has she been dating all this time?

Yurippe is a virgin. She was a sheltered girl kept in a box all the way until she was 30.

>269 つ TAKUI >270 No way.

>269 つ Ohga

I mean, she's just a former company employee, right? You people hype her up way too much.

TAKUI is also the type who sings "i" as "hee~."

I thought it was surprising that Yurippe had gone to a Mr. Children concert, but TAKUI likes Mr. Children too, doesn't he?

Off-topic, but Mai Kuraki is going on Music Station. Has it really been that long since someone from GIZA was on? If GARNET puts out a single, do you think they can finally get on this year too?

It'll be their first appearance, right? I think it's their tenth year since debut. There's no way they'd be able to banter with Tamori at this point, so it'll probably just be a singing appearance.

They could appear via remote broadcast lol

Trash Yurippe.

Who's TAKUI? Yurippe's man? Where did they meet?

Is GARNET CROW not doing any lives in 2009?

There's almost certainly no way she isn't dating TAKUI—or didn't date him, anyway, right? Would she go to a concert if she hadn't publicly said she liked Mr. Children? She probably went with him because TAKUI likes Mr. Children. Still, I can't imagine they have any connection besides liking the same singer. Where did they even meet? I guess the virgin theory is going to have to draw to a close... lol

>281 Probably around the end of the year? There's someone on Mixi claiming to be an insider, so you can find out if you ask them. ttp://mixi.jp/show_friend.pl?id=10272398 ttp://mixi.jp/show_friend.pl?id=12971560

>283 Thanks!

Yurippe, famous for being a virgin.

I watched Conan today, liked "Mysterious Eyes," and bought the best-of, so I was surprised that it was mostly slow songs. It really grows on you.

>286 You'll like it more and more the more you listen!

How old is Nakamura, anyway? Tell me already.

Sometimes it's the other way around, though.

>286 You like it now (・ω・)? Personally, I recommend the first and second albums. There's a lot of overlap with the best-of, though lol By the way, I started with the best-of too, and honestly my first impression was kind of meh lol It wasn't until I listened to the first album that I finally realized how good they were.

>288 31 (serious answer)

Ah, it's finally happened—MFM is folding. orz

JGM is gone too. Heehee.

Loser Yurippe.

The guitar is mixed way too quietly on the CD. Mochi, go complain to the old guy.

Mai Kuraki peed herself during the live broadcast ｷﾀ━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━!!

Part 205 has already been posted. The title has way too much impact.

When I listen on headphones, it feels really weird that the guitar tone on "Eien ni Houre" only comes from the left.

Link to the next thread: http://mamono.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/musicjg/1234525228/

>299 Yurippe is a virgin! How much longer are you people going to keep dreaming... lol

If she really isn't a virgin, it'd be a betrayal of the fans, so I might sell my CDs.

Unfortunately, the odds are pretty high that she's not a virgin...

>282 The music and entertainment industry is tightly connected, so there are any number of ways they could've met. People changing companies is basically an everyday thing in this industry too.

Hey, MFM is going away and nobody's reacting? We're not going to be able to read "word scope in MFM" anymore, you know?

>303 Yeah... that makes the odds of her being a virgin even slimmer, huh＾＾； I'm disappointed too, personally, but I've already given up.

I'm never giving up, right until the very end.

>306 Do it for me too... >_<

>307 Yeah.

Yupperi, a sheltered indoor girl who never goes out and had never even entered a ramen shop—what does she do on her days off?

309 She spends her time indulging in ○○○ー, using her bare hands or a toy.

>310 (･∀･)Go home!

>309 She posts away on the Lonely Women board while happily eating kimchi hot pot.

A woman can't go 30 years without sex. She must have masturbated at least once. Slutty Yarrippe.

>310 She spends her time indulging in Yoichi Nukumizu, using her bare hands or a toy.

Just look at that lewd face of Yurippe's. Doesn't she look like she's constantly horny? Vocalists are basically narcissists who love masturbating, after all. Yurippe must be rubbing her pussy every day to console herself.

>315 Says the virgin lol

>295 Mochi mostly plays side guitar (you can't even call it rhythm guitar...), though. Ohga does most of the lead, but honestly he's not that good. hide or ken are better. That's why they turned down the old man's guitar volume.

>258 Like 262 said, if they made one it'd be as thick as a phone book. There are too many parts. Even if they made it, apparently it wouldn't sell enough to turn a profit, so it's a no-go. B'z have a lot of parts too ("Mienai Chikara" has 15 staves), but I guess they can publish one because it'll actually make money.

>318 >Even if they made it, it wouldn't sell enough to turn a profit. Who said that?

You can kind of figure it out without anyone saying it. Their CDs don't even sell that well, so sheet music...

I wanna get the sheet music so I can play it in a band.

http://www.moodyz.com/shop/-/detail/=/cid=mdl403/ Doesn't she look like Yurippe?

word scope in MFM, January issue Yurippe >February brings Valentine's Day, the big event for all the girls. >So let's go with the next theme: "Chocolate I was happy to receive." >By the way, I like truffles! They're expensive, though... (lol) Hey, Yurippe-sama says she wants truffles.

So now the otaku are going to send Yurippe piles and piles of truffles.

Yurippe, have my truffle...

Yurippe, have my caviar.

I made truffles yesterday! lol The intro to "Rusty Rail" really gets stuck on loop in my head (・∀・)

Is this for real? http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1213942997?fr=rcmd_chie_detail houchou_onna Is GARNET CROW's Yuri Nakamura dating anyone? Selected best answer suigyozashounen She's married to guitarist Hitoshi Okamoto.

>328 Isn't this question just self-made, self-answered? I reported it to Yahoo.

>328 Old news on top of old news. Eat any more scraps like that and you'll get a stomachache.

Yurippe isn't into guys like Okamocchi.

There is no way Yurippe is a virgin. If anything, she's probably a slut.

>320 Same here—I can kind of figure it out without anyone saying it. I can figure out that 320 is an idiot.

I'll confess, "Please give me some chocolate too." Now's my chance. I won't miss an opening.

The Nana-Yuri yuri fanfic days were still okay. Lately it's just this boring virgin/boyfriend crap over and over.

The boyfriend stuff is more important than the yuri jokes. There's no way they're lesbians anyway lol

People like this are probably going to become stalkers.

GARNET CROW is surprisingly well-known. I was shocked that there are people who know them pretty well on the thread I always hang around in.

Yurippe dated a man who was pushing 50. She was always walking around with him wearing a hat. That only made them stand out more.

>336 So she was bi?

TAKUI's song "Lily" must be about Yurippe.

>341 I looked at the lyrics and it was a song of repentance to an ex. She must've transformed into an active girl from the shock of heartbreak. Like wanting to visit deserted islands and go see the drift ice.

>341 Lily... Yuri...

>335 There isn't any new-song news, so it's understandable to some extent. I have zero interest in their private lives too.

Using other artists as fodder just annoys their fans. There are more newcomers now, so maybe they should put the rule against dragging other artists back in the template.

New-song news—probably around March, right?

Casually dropping other artists' names, putting others down to make GARNET look better, and then the virgin and yuri stuff on top of that... It really feels like these people aren't used to a thread about actual living entertainers. Boomerangs are scary.

Peaceful, isn't it? But... update the diary already.

>347 Yurippe has a boyfriend, and there's no way she's a virgin, but Yuri-Nana is yuri.

I only became a fan recently. Since there was no sheet music, I copied about ten songs from the Ninnaji live (guitar parts) and made transcriptions~ (I've been listening nonstop for the past few days.) There isn't some kind of Kansai offline meetup for playing, is there...?

>350 What made you become a fan?

I had been curious about them for a while, then I listened to the Ninnaji live DVD.

>352 Ninnaji is great~

When am I getting a live DVD with me in an extreme close-up?

I want a DVD to commemorate going to the Premium Live. I'll definitely buy it!

Is the fan club event on September 9?

I became a fan after seeing Yurippe at the ZARD memorial live.

Becoming a fan after seeing Yurippe was easy.

This morning I dreamed that Yuri and Mochi were having a baby, and that I was in a Japanese class divided by groups. Ahh, if I'd known it was a dream, I should've pinned Yurippe down...orz

Whether Yurippe has a boyfriend or not is none of our business. What's with people smugly saying she does when they can't even provide a clear source? It's pretty annoying lol

K kindergarten, M elementary, R middle school, R high school; two siblings, with an older brother. She was in the manga club and basketball club.

Yurippe graduated from the vocal department of some music school.

Yurippe's special talent is playing the harmonica.

>360 For someone saying it doesn't matter, you're awfully desperate to deny the existence of a boyfriend lol

At GT in June, Yurippe said: "Even if you don't get a very good first impression of someone, sometimes they're completely different once you date them. But then again, sometimes people really are just the way they seem."

Well, sometimes you only find out if you're compatible after dating too.

Yurippe has huge boobs.

>365 Details, please.

>367 Details, please.

I finally watched Ninnaji. Yurippe's consistency really is freakishly good. The loose, ramshackle feel is great too.

>370 I watched it for the first time yesterday too. Ohga looked like Eikō Kanō. I thought "Kimi Tsuresaru Toki no Otozure o" was a masterpiece.

>371 >Ohga looked like Eikō Kanō. You're pretty honest, huh lol

Ohga looks cool when he's playing guitar, but he's kind of meh normally lol

Ohga as Kanō, Mochi as Hosshan, and Ikeda-sensei—what a fun stage lineup lol The old guy is pretty dandy too lol

>373 Apparently even he has a group of female fans who follow him around lol

>374 Is Ikeda the conductor guy? His mannerisms were kind of campy. He feels like he overlaps with Furui character-wise. I hadn't gone to see Nakamura since the first live, so I was shocked by how good her singing was.

>375 So you're saying Eikō Kanō has groupies too?

Ikeda-san was incredible at last year's live too. He danced Mr. Holiday's choreography like a maniac.

>375 He was trying even harder than Okamoto to hype up the live, and he sang along too, so I can believe he has groupies. I was also surprised by how broad the audience was. I didn't realize there were so many older-guy fans too.

Ohga is one of the cool-looking ones in GIZA, I guess >Ohga Though he's in a completely different league from the naifu guys and Tokunaga.

As usual, no new-song news is coming from the radio. I guess they aren't even allowed to speak freely on their own radio show.

There's no way new-song news is going to come from the radio. It'll start with an FC email.

>382 The fan club hasn't even gotten an email yet. Then I guess there isn't anything. Thanks.

>378 Ikeda at the Saegusa live was honestly kind of creepy.

Why did Rie Sugaya become AZUKI Nana?

>382 Same here. Thanks.

>385 Because she has a talent for writing lyrics, duh. Though I can already hear someone saying, "We know that!" How she ended up joining GIZA is shrouded in a veil of mystery.

For some reason I keep liking songs by GARNET CROW, B'z, Mai Kuraki, and Conan. Why?

>388 Because you like Conan more than anything else.

あ あ あ

>388 I'm GIZA-only! I'll support Mai too, since she used to be with GIZA!

>385 Because there was an Azuchi Castle near my house with what looked like seven layers of roof.

Yuri

Good work, Lily-san.

Yurifart.

Yurippe lets out a silent fart before bed.

These people have no intention of seriously talking about music, do they? Go die.

Well, some people like them because of their looks, so I guess it's unavoidable to some extent. More importantly, what do longtime fans think about Nakamura's vocal technique having changed? Personally, I like it because the lyrics have become easier to make out too.

>398 Her voice has more body now, and the overall volume feels stronger, so I like it. You could also say it feels more appealing to the general public than before.

>388 Maybe you're just easily influenced.

>398 I like her current voice too, but I still have a pretty strong attachment to the early stuff. If they're going to keep doing lives, that vocal technique would wreck her throat, so I guess it can't be helped. I think her current voice has its own appeal too.

>398 second half >399 Same here. Some old-timers among the "longtime fans" were lamenting that Yurippe had lost her clumsy-girl side, though.

>398 Personally, I like her old fragile-sounding voice.

Yurippe forgetting to mention the backing vocals during the member introductions is so moe~

AZUKI's boobs in the Ninnaji live DVD are hot. When I saw it live, they were fully on display when she bowed. Great fap material.

>397 I mean, GARNET's music isn't anything special to begin with. Yurippe's voice and Nana's lyrics are all GARNET has. And the fact that they're selling themselves on the looks of two women is undeniable.

Don't underestimate Furui-san.

Yurippe always does the talking when they appear on music shows. On top of being in charge of composition, vocals, and visuals, they make her do the talking too... Their leader Furui-san should be the one out front.

If she were a solo singer, she'd be responsible for everything herself, so they should each play their roles according to what the fans want. It's a shame that even Yurippe gets so little exposure, while Nana-sama's exposure is practically nonexistent.

Yurippe's voice and Nana-san's lyrics are distinctive and definitely appealing, but without Furui-san they probably would've ended up as nothing more than amateurish work. Furui-san probably deserves a lot of the credit for elevating Yurippe's compositions too.

As usual, I'm dying at how pointless Mochi's existence is lol

Being the guitarist is already a pretty sweet position for Mochi, if you ask me. Several of the phrases he plays are overdubbed in the songs, so it must be rewarding. They give him proper solos too. I think his contribution was especially big in the early days, when acoustic guitar was the main thing.

>414 I think the acoustic guitar in the early days was played by Ohga. Up through around "Kurige," anyway.

When "Yume Mita Ato de" was popular, I heard it and assumed they were a slapped-together unit like Field of View, selling themselves on Yuri and Nana's looks with musicality as an afterthought, so I avoided them. But after actually listening, I found that, just like their covers and PVs show, the balance of power between the members is really finely tuned. The songs around the fourth album especially have flashy arrangements from the old guy, and you can feel that they're seriously competing. It's interesting. Lately it feels like Yuri is stepping too far to the front, while the others are starting to look like they're just going through the motions.

>415 Seriously? Then Mochi has no reason to exist... But I think the guitar solo in "Rusty Rail" is amazing. It fits the song perfectly.

IKZDatWiO ↑What is this guy? And what the hell is a blank-post nerd?

Still hibernating.

Into the whiteness of this winter.

>398 Honestly, her voice is thicker now and she sings like she's straining to belt it out. I don't dislike it, but... somehow it doesn't really appeal to me. The current version is better in that she has more volume and you can make out the lyrics properly, but... Personally, I still prefer her early voice. Songs like "the first cry" and "Nana Niji" do suit the thicker voice better, though.

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What's "Nana Niji"?

>424 You mean "Kaze to RAINBOW"?

>425 Thanks. I figured it might be that too, but why would it be called Nana Niji? I thought maybe it meant "Kimi Tsuresaru Toki no Otozure o" lol By the way, yesterday's Mochi radio show confirmed that Mochi went to Doshisha University.

>426 Because a rainbow has seven colors. And maybe they were thinking of Nana too, so they accidentally called "Kaze Niji" Nana Niji... lol

Mochi's Doshisha thing was confirmed around the time of their debut. He even talked with Saida on a GIZA program as a "Doshisha University alumnus" lol

Sorry, I meant "Kaze to RAINBOW" lolol For some reason I mixed in some handsome poet lolol

>429 I knew it lol

>401 True, she couldn't do "mysterious eyes" with her current singing style. At first I became a fan because I was drawn to that boyish voice and its instability. Her current singing style feels pretty ordinary. I don't dislike it, though.

>430 I-it's not like Nana-sama was just so damn cool that I couldn't get him out of my head or anything!!

People say albums 1 and 2 are good, but I think 4 is the best. 3 is no good. 1 and 2 are good, but isn't 4 the strongest one? 5 is good too, but it feels a bit overproduced. What do you think?

>432 Lolol

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>433 Agreed. I like 5 too, though. 1 and 2 have lots of god-tier songs, but the balance between the singles and album tracks isn't great. I think 4 has the highest level of completion as an album. I'm not saying anything about the singles included on 4 in particular.

So 6 is out of the running, huh?

>433 Everyone likes different things~ I think 4 has a great sense of cohesion all the way through. 1 is my favorite. Then 2, 3, and 4 are tied lol 5 is too dense for me. I don't dislike it, though. I haven't really listened to 6 except for the last two tracks... sorry

The run from tracks 8 to 11 on 6 is great. Now that's an album-track lineup.

2 has singles that are god-tier right from the start, and the album tracks are good too—no throwaways. 1 has no throwaways either; every song is good. 4 is so polished you want to listen straight through from beginning to end. 3's singles are mediocre, but the album tracks are god-tier. 5 has some mismatched songs mixed in with the dark ones, but it has plenty of god-tier songs too.

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Sorry to derail the conversation, but HyperJoy's vote count is getting reset once this month, so please concentrate your votes on the album version of "Maboroshi," which has already gotten a decent number of votes. I know this is incredibly shameless to ask on 2ch, but I'm asking from the bottom of my heart m(_ _)m

If I collected songs like "pray" and listened to them for hours, I feel like I'd go somewhere else entirely.

Songs like "pray" and "Meguri Kuru Haru" feel like the closest thing to God in this world.

Personally, "Seichi" and "Kimi Tsure" are beyond the level of liking or disliking. You can practically see a halo around those songs.

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I know I'll get flamed for saying this, but I can't get into "Seichi," "Mizu no Nai~," or "Mikansei na Neiro." Sorry for picking a fight.

You really can't find GARNET's used CDs anywhere, huh orz

>448 You see the albums and DVDs relatively often, but almost never the singles. I've been looking for "Sen Ijo" and "Last love song" too, but I've never seen either one.

Personally, I'd like them to add "Crown" to Joy.

>447 So you're a GARNET fan, then? Do you like the brighter, more upbeat songs?

>448 Maybe people just don't want to let go of them?

>447 Well, everyone likes different things, so it's fine. I don't really like the popular song "Wasurezaki" myself.

>451 No, I like "Eien ni Houre," "pray," and "Yuzukuyo." I think "Seichi" and the like are good songs too.

>447 I don't really like "Seichi" either, but I love "Mizu no Nai~" and "Mikansei na Neiro."

I think "Mizu no Nai" is a masterpiece. The clarity in the first half and the exhilarating rush that builds in the second half feel incredible. It still pulls me in no matter how many hundreds of times I listen. I only finally got pulled into "pray" recently. A lot of the early songs seem to have this unique worldview that doesn't really reveal itself until you've listened to them and replayed them several times. But once they pull you in, it happens fast.

I finally realized how good "Cried a little" is.

>449 It's listed on Amazon. Amazon also acts as a broker for used CD sales.

I like the fourth album best too. Then the fifth and first. The third has an awkward fit between its album tracks and singles. I like a lot of the individual songs, but I don't listen to it as a whole very often. The second has fewer tracks than the others, but two of them are remixes, which I think is one of the ways it got shortchanged. The sixth was great live.

I only started listening recently, but "Towa o Kakenukeru~" is my favorite. It's interesting how GARNET has so many different styles, so everyone ends up liking different things.

I like the second album. Maybe I feel more attached to it because that's where I started. It pretends to be all fresh and breezy at first, then goes completely dark and murky for the last two tracks. I love it lol

>The sixth was great live. I wanna watch the DVD already.

>433 Strongly agreed! It goes godly right from the intro to "Yuzukuyo," and then "Into the Whiteness of This Winter" gives me goosebumps lol "Wasurezaki" gets me all sentimental, then "Kimi Tsure" makes my adrenaline explode lol It's such a god-tier album, but those idiots at GIZA released it in some weird week, so it only peaked at number 11...

There was a period when I skipped "fill away" and "さっあーっいえいぇー"＼(^o^)／ I listen to them properly now, though.

>464 You mean "picture of world," right? lol I like the fourth album best too. It's perfect from start to finish. Then the second, first, sixth, fifth, and third, in that order. The second has "Seichi," and the first has "wonder land," which completely wreck my tear ducts. The sixth is cohesive too, so I never get tired of it. The fifth has lots of good songs, but there aren't any tracks that let you take a breather, so I get tired of it. The third's singles are kind of meh and the track order is terrible, so I don't listen to it much as an album. I do love "Kyou Ashita," "Mario," "Eien Kake," and "Endless," though.

Yurippe.

The fourth's "Yuzukuyo," "Tsumetai Kage," "Into the Whiteness of This Winter," and "Kimi Tsuresaru" are the best. I didn't listen to this album much for a while at first, but after a few listens it became irresistible. It's a drug.

The sixth is cohesive, but I don't have any favorite songs on it, so I never feel like listening. With the other albums, I want to listen straight through before bed and stuff.

Nana.

>469 Have they already decided on the title of the next album?

Last year was their eighth anniversary, so it was Hacchan. Will this year, their ninth anniversary, be Q-chan? I don't know whether that's the marathon runner or the monster...

Gane-Crow.

It's a shame GTSP got deleted... Is there some god who can upload it again?

Yurippe.

I love Nana-sama. Doesn't she look like Hekiru?

She looks like Yamapi.

I've been a fan since the early days, but is it weird that the sixth is my favorite? I think the flow toward the end is godly. "Mr. Holiday" has great taste too. I'm not that into the singles, though.

As far as the sixth goes, "The first cry" is a huge hit for me.

Personally, I love "doubt," "Mr. Holiday," and "Love is a bird." I like "The first cry" quite a bit too. Funny coincidence that they're all songs with English titles...

No way, "doubt" and "Mr. Holiday" are awful... "Ubugoe" is the only good one. I kind of like "Ai wa Tori" and "Futari" too.

Azuki.

I can't be the only one who was disillusioned by Yurippe turning into an auntie at last year's live.

Yurippe seems to be gradually turning into an auntie, but she still looks prettier than the others. Nana-sama seems like the type who won't age at all, no matter how old she gets.

Even though Okamoto-san has had more chances to appear in the media, he seems to be getting more and more grime stuck to him. Hang in there.

The person known as AZUKI Nana made a pact with the devil and obtained immortality.

Azuki.

>485 Faust Nana lolol

Yurippe has gotten kind of sexy.

>465 As someone who likes the third, I'm crying lolol Well, the arrangement of the last song, "Yume Mita Ato de," is good, but I would've liked them to include something from the B-sides too~ If only "Yuudachi no Niwa" and "Kuraga" had been on it...

>490 It was just my personal opinion, so... sorry.

My favorite song on the sixth is actually the single "Sekai wa Mawaru to Iu Keredo." This song really hits my sweet spot. The intro, the buildup in the final chorus, all of it. You don't hear this opinion very often, though lol

I can't wait to watch the LOCKS LIVE DVD that everyone says shows her turning into an auntie. Her singing got better, right?

Nana: "Yuri, you are beautiful!" Thud...

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Sorry, can someone explain what "sage" means to an idiot like me? I looked at Wikipedia and explanations of 2channel and still don't get it...

If you use sage, Yurippe's virginity will keep being protected from here on out.

It's already been taken (r...)

>499 (･∀･)Go home!

Absolutely nottttt!!!!!!!!

>498 Bump.

>503 Go die.

Man, we finally had a good flow going for once... I used to think the third was kind of meh, but now I love it. The single medley makes it easy to skip through, though.

Sorry to interrupt the flow, but the LOCKS live DVD is the Tokyo show, right? How many times did they repeat "Cosmic Fried Rice" in Tokyo?

>506 Four or five times.

I wonder what Yurippe's moans sound like. She seems like she'd desperately try to hold them in.

>508 Probably something like the intro to "Kurige."

*smirks*

I listened to the second album for the first time in ages, and thought "pray" was really good. I didn't think anything of it when it came out. People here really beat up on Okamoto-san, but he doesn't hog the spotlight or ruin the atmosphere, so I hope he stays just as he is.

I'm looking for "Sky Blue" on YOU TUBE, but it's not there.

>505 The singles, poor things lol Don't skip them—listen to them properly lol

>512 If you're a real believer, buy the CD.

In my book, nothing has surpassed the first album yet. "Sen Ijo no Kotoba," "flying," "Rythem," and "Holding you, and swinging" are god-tier.

>516 It's "Rhythm," lol

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>514 No, I have the CD, LOL

>519 Then why do you want to watch it on YouTube?

>520 Because I can't find the full ringtone version of "Sky Blue" anywhere. I want to find the upload on YouTube through MyTube and listen to it that way.

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Yurippe likes Johnny Depp, huh. She said Brad Pitt was handsome on GT too.

>523 Where'd you hear that? >Johnny Depp

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>525 The newsletter.

I've been really into "pray" lately.

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>506 The first day was three "Spirals," if I remember right. One fewer than at the first live.

>506 Will there be a DVD of the summer show? Can't wait. Did everyone send in their fan club event proposals???

>528 Sometimes I can't get "pray" out of my head either. "Sky Blue" too.

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Are there any GARNET songs that stay happy from beginning to end?

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>534 "Marude Koi Suru Koto Shika Dekinai Mitai na."

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>536 Isn't that one about not getting what you want? Or is it happy because she found her own way of feeling about it?

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As a song, "Marude Koi Suru Koto Shika Dekinai Mitai na" is my favorite. Then "Marionette." But the third album is kind of underwhelming.

I like "Ameagari no Blue" and "Towa o Tsukinukeru Shunkan no Bokura." I can also get through two bowls of rice to "Marude Koi Suru Koto Shika Dekinai Mitai na" and its "cycling yeah."

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GARNET has been hibernating too long. You're GIZA's biggest money-maker, so get back to work.

>543 Don't Mai Kuraki and Rina Aiuchi sell more? That's what I thought, but then I realized Kuraki had transferred somewhere else without me noticing.

>545 GARNET is GIZA's biggest money-maker. I don't think anyone besides GARNET can sell more than 10,000 singles these days, can they?

Aiuchi retired.

>532 "Mr. Holiday," "Futari," "Pet," "Naked Story," and "Crown." "Kim'nchi," "Rocket," "call~," and "CANDY" are happy too, so I think they count.

I messed up the anchor. It's >534.

>550 Thanks. That way of expressing happiness is pretty amazing too.

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Come to think of it, I once saw a site with a completely different interpretation of "Kim'nchi" from what you'd imagine when listening to it. It was something like: "You" is already dead... "Your house" means the other side, where you are (the afterlife). Running all the way until reaching your house means living as hard as you can until you die and make it to where you are... something like that. I think "Natsu no Maboroshi" was interpreted as being related to death too. There are all kinds of interpretations in this world. Now I kind of want pizza.

>554 That's an incredible interpretation. Does Nakamura sing AZUKI's lyrics while understanding them 100%? I like the relationship between those two.

>554 So that means they deliver pizza in the afterlife too. How surreal.

>554 ↓This is the blog. ttp://arkankoro.blog101.fc2.com/blog-entry-69.html

>557 Nana-sama really is amazing. She's a god.

>557 Oh, yeah, that one. Interpretations really do differ from person to person~ I never could've thought that deeply on my own. Though I don't think it's cool to put someone's personal blog or site on blast... I was the one who brought it up in the first place, so (´・ω・｀) sorry.

Yurippe.

Whoa! In my mind this was GARNET's happiest song by far, but now that interpretation is starting to seem totally possible too lol It's amazing how much the way you interpret something changes it. It is "Don't worry everyone," after all.

That's a pretty shallow interpretation...

Yurippe.

"happy days" from the first album doesn't seem very popular. I wonder why? I love it like crazy.

>564 I love it too.

Nana.

I didn't realize the chorus was in English until I looked at the lyrics. I heard it as something like "spoke to the water's surface."

>567 I heard it as "joy increasing against the rhythm" lol

I could mostly hear it the way the lyrics actually go. But for a long time I thought the opening of "Yofuke no Ryuuseitachi" was in English.

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Ahh, I wanna cum all over Yurippe's face. That'd be nice.

Yurippe Yurippe

>567 "lose feeling" is exactly like that.

I hope they use "whiteout" as the opening at the next live. I think it's GARNET's coolest song.

Doesn't "dreaming of love" sound like "Flower"?

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Yurippe, wear a maid outfit for next year's calendar cosplay.

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Is this place full of nothing but perverts and idiots?

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What are they singing between the contradictory repetition in "Holding you~" and the English lyrics? I can never make it out.

>581 Isn't it "I'm in love"? Or maybe "I've been loved."

Yurippe Yurippe Yurippe

>545 Apparently Kuraki transferred to a company Being set up in Tokyo.

Yuri.

>582 Thx.

ppe.

I wanna see Yurippe's zettai ryouiki.

Rank these seven songs in order of how much you like them: "A crown," "wonder land," "Holy ground," "Marude Koi Suru Koto Shika Dekinai Mitai na," "Kimi Tsuresaru Toki no Otozure o," "WEEKEND," and "Love is a bird." My ranking: 1. "Kimi Tsuresaru Toki no Otozure o" 2. "Holy ground" 3. "wonder land" 4. "A crown" 5. "Love is a bird" 6. "WEEKEND" 7. "Marude Koi Suru Koto Shika Dekinai Mitai na"

"A crown" "WEEKEND" "Kimi Tsuresaru~" "Love is a Bird" "Marude Koi Suru Koto Shika~" "Holy ground" "wonder land"

But I refuse.

>590 Reading it vertically somehow makes it look like Studio Ghibli.

Yurippe.

1. "Holy ground" 2. "A crown" 3. "Marude Koi Suru Koto Shika Dekinai Mitai na" 4. "Kimi Tsuresaru Toki no Otozure o" 5. "Love is a bird" 6. "WEEKEND" 7. "wonder land"

1. "WEEKEND" 2. "Love is a bird" 3. "A crown" 4. "Marude Koi Suru Koto Shika Dekinai Mitai na" 5. "Holy ground" 6. "Kimi Tsuresaru Toki no Otozure o" 7. "wonder land"

1. "Holy ground" 2. "wonder land" 3. "WEEKEND" 4. "Kimi Tsuresaru Toki no Otozure o" 5. "A crown" 6. "Love is a bird" 7. "Marude Koi Suru Koto Shika Dekinai Mitai na" I'm crying over how unpopular "wonder land" is.

>597 Same, I'm crying too. I actually like it quite a bit...

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Same as the person who posted 591.

>590 1. "Love is a bird" 2. "A crown" 3. "WEEKEND" 4. "Kimi Tsuresaru Toki no Otozure o" 5. "wonder land" 6. "Holy ground" 7. "Marude Koi Suru Koto Shika Dekinai Mitai na" 1 and 2 are both in my top ten favorite songs, separated by a hair. 6 and 7 are in my bottom ten.

>590 "Love is a bird" "A crown" "Kimi Tsuresaru Toki no Otozure o" "Holy ground" "WEEKEND" "Marude Koi Suru Koto Shika Dekinai Mitai na" "wonder land"

"wonder land" again... I want to believe it's the same person posting these.

1. "Holy ground" 2. "Marude Koi Suru Koto Shika Dekinai Mitai na" 3. "Love is a bird" 4. "WEEKEND" 5. "Kimi Tsuresaru Toki no Otozure o" 6. "A crown" 7. "wonder land" It's not that I hate the ones at the bottom. I just love the ones at the top too much.

1. "Holy ground" 2. "Love is a bird" 3. "Kimi Tsuresaru Toki no Otozure o" 4. "wonder land" 5. "A crown" 6. "Marude Koi Suru Koto Shika Dekinai Mitai na" I basically love all six of these, so choosing was incredibly hard~

>605 I messed up. Number 4 is "WEEKEND."

I tallied the songs everyone put in their top three (through >605, including >600). 1st: "A crown" — 6 votes 2nd: "Holy ground," "Kimi Tsuresaru Toki no Otozure o," "WEEKEND," and "Love is a bird" — 5 votes 6th: "wonder land" and "Marude Koi Suru Koto Shika Dekinai Mitai na" — 2 votes Looks like "Marude Koi Suru~" isn't very popular either.

>590 1. "A crown" 2. "Holy ground" 3. "Kimi Tsuresaru Toki no Otozure o" 4. "wonder land" 5. "Marude Koi Suru Koto Shika Dekinai Mitai na" 6. "Love is a bird" 7. "WEEKEND" If you made me rank every song by how much I like it, "wonder land" would be pretty high.

>590 1. "Holy ground" 2. "A crown" 3. "Kimi Tsuresaru Toki no Otozure o" 4. "WEEKEND" 5. "Love is a bird" 6. "wonder land" 7. "Marude Koi Suru Koto Shika Dekinai Mitai na"

>607 Huh~ I keep my folder split into album tracks, A-side singles, and B-sides. Since I sort alphabetically, I always skip the first album track, "A crown." I often go back and listen to the first B-side, "Argentina," though. As an album closer, I like "Love is a bird." In that vein, what about "Crier Girl & Crier Boy ice cold sky RIP TRAP REMIX"? Though I guess not many people like that one.

■Wednesday, March 25, 2009 New album "THANX" confirmed for release!! Rina Aiuchi, who will celebrate her ninth anniversary on March 23 next month and enter her tenth year, brings you an album packed with gratitude. The first-run limited edition A comes with the "RINA MATSURI 2008" live DVD, which fans have been asking for. First-run limited edition B comes with music clip DVDs for the singles "Kimi to no Deai ~good bye my days~," "Friend," and "Ai no Kotoba." □ "THANX" [Regular Edition] (GZCA-5182, ¥2,800) [Tracklist] 01. THANX 02. Sugao no Mama 03. Friend 04. Mother 05. Ai no Kotoba 06. Natsu no Maboroshi 07. Kimi to no Deai ~good bye my days~ 08. Melodies 09. little star 10. Change 11. Feel you 12. thankful for the birthday □ "THANX" [First-Run Limited Edition A] (GZCA-5180, ¥5,000) The above tracklist plus the "RINA MATSURI 2008" live DVD (20 songs, approximately 100 minutes). □ "THANX" [First-Run Limited Edition B] (GZCA-5181, ¥3,300) The above tracklist plus music clip DVDs for "Kimi to no Deai ~good bye my days~," "Friend," and "Ai no Kotoba."

Desidesi—

The 06 title overlaps.

Huh? Wrong thread?

I found a girl today who looked exactly like Yurippe. Her voice was different, though, and she looked exactly like Yurippe in her twenties (around the first album). Same hairstyle and hair color too. Maybe I'll go see her every now and then...

>614 It's a plug for Rina Aiuchi's new album, which includes a song called "Natsu no Maboroshi."

Maybe it's just a straight cover.

>607 If we're ranking favorite music videos, "Marude Koi Suru~" is in a league of its own at number one lol

I wonder who's better at piano, Yurippe or Nana-sama.

I dreamed they released a new song. It was a ballad called "WAVE" where you couldn't tell which part was the chorus.

If that were an original song, "Mutual Kill"—are you sane?

>621 It was a dream, after all. If you're asking whether it was sane... probably not.

Yurippe's panties are pale pink, right?

>584 GARNET will probably transfer there eventually too, right?

Why does Being have so many pointless companies in the first place?

>624 GC is a Kansai band.

Well, as long as they stay in Kansai, they're not going to get any bigger.

I don't think moving to a Tokyo agency would change anything.

Kuraki's transfer was to revitalize Northern, wasn't it?

Nana-san seems like the type who'd say, "If we're going to Tokyo, I'm quitting," so they'll probably stay in Kansai forever.

>630 She really might say that lol

Besides, Furui-cchi is a local boy lol

Yurippe and Nana-sama definitely aren't going to Tokyo! They're so stereotypically Kansai that they even took the booklet photos on a Nankai train lol

Isn't it just a budget issue...

>14 Is there somewhere I can read Mochi's Rockin'On interview? I want the details. Has GARNET ever been interviewed there?

>625 Is there anything in this world more pointless than your existence?

VERMILION B'z's private label B-Gram ZARD's private label Under B-Gram: A label company with Mai Kuraki and others. GIZA (mainly based in Osaka) Naifu, GARNET CROW, and others.

I don't think B-Gram was strictly ZARD's private label, though... There used to be other artists active there too, right? Isn't it just that ZARD was the only one left?

>638 Ohguro and others were there. Back in the day, I'd get DMs after filling out surveys and stuff.

>639 GIZA sent them too. I haven't gotten any lately, so I wouldn't know.

I only started listening recently, but is "Marude Koi Suru~" a live recording?

I wonder if there's a site or blog with scans of the newsletters.

My wife and I are both type B, so we'll have to live our whole lives carrying this inferiority complex. Poor us. It was a relief that our kid is type A. I don't want them growing up with an inferiority complex too.

>641 No. They just made the ending sound live.

If you had to pick a top three from "Saigo no Ritou," "Mou Ichido Waratte," "doubt," "Futari," "Mr. Holiday," "The first cry," and "Love is a bird," which would you choose? I'd pick "doubt," "Mr. Holiday," and "Love is a bird."

>645 "The first cry" "Mr. Holiday" "Love is a bird"

>645 "Mr. Holiday" "The first cry" "Love is a bird" I guess.

I got the order wrong. It's "Mr. Holiday," "doubt," then "Ai Tori."

This is such a shitty thread every time I come here.

>649 Says the tsundere with "sky" in their ID.

"The first cry" "Futari" "Love is a bird"

"sky" is a masterpiece, isn't it?

>645 1. "Love is a bird" 2. "The first cry" 3. "doubt"

"Thg first cry" "Love is a Bird" "Futari"

1. "Mou Ichido Waratte" 2. "Futari" 3. "The first cry"

>649-650 That made me laugh lol

Midway results (through >655): 1st: "The first cry" and "Love is a bird" — 6 votes 3rd: "Futari" and "Mr. Holiday" — 3 votes 5th: "doubt" — 2 votes 6th: "Mou Ichido Waratte" — 1 vote 7th: "Saigo no Ritou" — 0 votes ...Hang in there, "Saigo no Ritou"! Voting is still open!

"The first cry" "doubt" "Futari"

"Mou Ichido Waratte" is a good song in itself, so I guess it's the singing style that's the problem. It's fine once you get used to it, though.

There's a poll here: GARNET CROW popularity poll http://changi.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/vote/1170067607/

On the sixth, the four aces are "Futari," "Mr. Holiday," "The first cry," and "Love is a bird." They're golden songs that just keep growing on you.

For some reason I can't get into "Mr. Holiday." It sounds like an aiko song...

If aiko actually released it as a single, it would sell perfectly well as an aiko song.

Since you're doing this, could you include your impressions or take on the songs too? Just knowing everyone's rankings is kind of pointless.

"Saigo no Ritou"... It's refreshing, but I feel like that's all it has. It's missing something. "Mou Ichido Waratte"... Neither good nor bad. Not a song that makes me want to listen to it over and over. "doubt"... Way too cool. It reminded me that GARNET is good at this kind of thing too~ "Futari"... The cool arrangement paired with cute lyrics feels fresh~ "Mr. Holiday"... I fell for it the first time I heard it. A song that makes you want to skip along. "The first cry"... It has a similar feel to "WEEKEND" and "Hyaku-nen no Kodoku." Songs like this are essential. "Love is a bird"... A grower. The arrangement is unbelievably beautiful. My top three: 1. "Mr. Holiday" 2. "doubt" 3. "Love is a bird"

1. "Futari" Yurippe's voice is cute. 2. "Mou Ichido Waratte" Yurippe is cute in the PV. 3. "Ubugoe" Just a solid good song.

1. "Mou Ichido Waratte" The old fans don't seem to like it, but I think it's easily the best song. The lyrics are (･∀･)GOOD! 2. "Love is a bird" I started liking it after hearing it live. 3. "Saigo no Ritou" Nothing in particular.

>662 I like aiko, so I like "Mr. Holiday" too (・ω・`) But these lyrics are definitely Nana's.

GARNET CROW lololol So damn lame lol Graduate from your middle-school phase already by listening to this trash music lol

The level is way too low lol

I beat the crap out of some loser who said GARNET songs made him cry lol I smashed his front teeth, and he was bleeding all over while babbling "Yurippe-tan" lol What a freak lol If GARNET can make you cry, then shouldn't an old guy giving his seat to an old lady make you cry too? lol Are you stupid? lol

I beat some pathetic GARNET otaku named Katsuiki senseless with Omega, and he said, "Arajihou, Raji♪" lol He was bleeding from the nose and moaning the same thing while I beat him, then he called and said, "I'm going to the police, so you know what to expect" lol He was 65 and got completely beaten by me at 20; I smashed his 70,000-yen French glasses and shoved his face into a toilet while he moaned "Arajihou, Raji♪" What a miserable life for that piece of trash. He might as well die lol Katsuiki is just a pathetic, disgusting garbage human being lol

Thinking about the dancing at the live makes me grin whenever I hear "Mr. Holiday."

Someone earlier said the fourth album was good, but if you haven't watched the YouTube video for "Wasurezaki," you're a total newbie. ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=JP&hl=ja&v=KyNegNThR0U&feature=related I love the scene starting around 3:50!!

When is the LOCKS LIVE DVD coming out?

What do you all think of "Kyou no Kimi to Ashita o Matsu"? I love it enough to put it in my top five GARNET songs of all time.

>676 I like the part in the second half where it goes from "Can You hear me~" into the big final chorus.

>676 It gets way too pumped-up for an album opener. The B section sounds like nothing but one of those songs you hear all the time in car commercials. I don't dislike it, but it's just an ordinarily good song. Honestly, that's how I feel. But somehow I still end up looping it anyway (´・ω・｀)

>678 Which song is the one you hear all the time in commercials? Details, please.

>679 Sorry, I don't know the song title. It had English lyrics and sounded like female backing vocals. I think it was from quite a while ago.

>680 Thx. That was quite a while ago... maybe it's not available anymore.

>676 I love it.

>676 I listened to the third album while running a virus scan yesterday. I love it~! The falsetto is beautiful.

Is it a degraded mass-produced song or a polished one?

When you say car commercials, I think of the Cranberries. ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9AE8QQfx_E But it's probably not the one >678 was talking about.

・It was played in a car commercial a while back. ・The melody is similar to the B section of "Kyou no Kimi to Ashita o Matsu." ・English lyrics. ・Female backing vocals. Is there a song that fits all that?

Does anyone have a song where they think, "They really didn't need to make this a single"? For me, it's "Hare-dokei."

>687 "Rai Rai Ya."

>680 I don't remember if it was a car commercial, but could it be "The NeverEnding Story"? ↓This is sung by a man, but the commercial had a woman singing it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3khTntOxX-k The part around 46 seconds isn't unlike the "walking close together~" bit.

>687 "Yume☆Hanabi."

>690 How dare you do that to Nana-san's favorite song!

>689 I'd like to check, but I'm somewhere without a computer right now, so I can't (´・ω・｀) sorry. Even if it's similar, it's only the opening that's a little alike, so don't worry about it too much. I don't dislike "Kyou-Ashita."

Okay, let's do this: 1. "This really didn't need to be a single." 2. "Why wasn't this song made a single?" 3. "I hate this song!" Answer one song for each! Mine are: 1. "Rai Rai Ya" 2. "Kyou no Kimi to Ashita o Matsu" 3. None.

New song: "NORA."

Source: Okamoto's radio show.

What does NORA mean, nora?

>696 He said it's a warm-feeling ballad. Maybe it means "stray," as in a stray cat.

>697 thx

381 ：名無しさん＠お腹いっぱい。：2009/02/15(日) 19:48:44 ID:oMcGCTVx0 As usual, no new-song news is coming from the radio. I guess they aren't even allowed to speak freely on their own radio show. 382 ：名無しさん＠お腹いっぱい。：2009/02/15(日) 19:57:37 ID:2u3/2Rlt0 There probably won't be any new-song news on the radio. It'll start with an FC email. 383 ：名無しさん＠お腹いっぱい。：2009/02/15(日) 20:12:21 ID:oMcGCTVx0 >382 The fan club hasn't even gotten an email yet. Then I guess there isn't anything. Thanks. So the FC had already been notified? I rushed to post this and now I look like an idiot orz

Nora [nr] [noun] A woman's name; a short form of Eleanor, Honora, or Leonora. Nora The heroine of Ibsen's play "A Doll's House." She gives up her position as a wife who is merely a cute doll to her husband, leaves her husband and children, and runs away from home. She is considered a classic example of the modern woman who awakens to her individual self and seeks independence.

>700 That sounds like something Nana-san would do lol

To live a life of idleness without working. Also, a person like that: a lazybones, a profligate, a loafer.

The song from >697 sounds like a warm ballad that brings "Nora-chan" to mind, but if you listen closely to the lyrics in >700, they're surprisingly dark. Maybe that's a classic GARNET pattern.

>703 Maybe it'll be like "in little time."

>693 1. "Wasurezaki" 2. "Rhythm" 3. "Rai Rai Ya" (I don't hate it, but it's not really my thing.)

>705 "Rhythm" and "Ukiyo" were originally supposed to be singles, right?

1. "Yume・Hanabi" 2. "Only Stay" 3. The one I can't get into is "Please, forgive me."

Huh, what about the Guntank?

I can't be the only one reminded of "Sorairo no Neko" by "NORA" and "not being able to tell where the chorus is." I wonder what kind of song it'll actually be~ I hope it's a soothing one like "Kanata Made Hikari o" or "Float world." Still, it's unusual for them not to have put out an upbeat song lately. Maybe because they released so many on LOCKS.

Personally, I'd like to hear a sweaty, high-energy song like "Tiamo" soon lol 1. "Kurige, Nake Nakana" I know I'll get a lot of pushback, but the timing was bad since they were doing catchy songs like "Yume Mita" and "Spiral." 2. "Ameagari no Blue" It practically screams tie-in song. 3. "Timing" I still can't really get into it.

This is the first single with an alphabet title since "Timeless Sleep" lol Japanese titles are fine for GARNET CROW, but for some reason the English spelling gives me a clearer image, so I prefer it. What will the new song's title be? "NORA" "Nora" "nora" "NoRa" "nOrA" "NOLA" "Nola" "nola" "NoLa" "nOlA" (and so on) Personally, I think all-caps "NORA" has the most impact.

"Nora" is better. All caps isn't stylish. It looks like the name of some English conversation school.

Even songs I initially think are kind of meh gradually grow on me when I listen to them a lot... Is that normal?

>713 GARNET songs are especially strong on that grower quality...

>711 On the radio they said, "N, A, R, A." Hopefully it's NORA.

>715 That spells Nara lol

>716 ??? Nara is correct, isn't it?

>717 Isn't it supposed to be "nora"?

Nara, huh lol That'd be pretty impactful in its own way.

I got it wrong. It was supposed to be: "N, O, R, A." My mistake.

>719 It made me think of some weird character with horns...

NARA would be nice. Set it in a park.

Want some deer crackers?

They'd shoot the promo in Nara Park.

Sorry for bumping the thread so much. An outdoor live at a temple in Nara...

What if a GARNET member appeared in a drama?

>726 Then Neo Drama should make a comeback on TV Asahi. Have them star in it and do the theme song.

Even when their song is used as a theme, sales aren't that great~

>693 1. "Maboroshi" It would've been better as an album track than as a single. 2. "wish★" If it had gotten a Conan tie-in, I have no doubt it would've been a hit. It seems like the kind of song the general public would love. 3. None.

>727 What kind of drama would it be?

About the song title—could it be an acronym made from the first letters of words? I can't think of any words that NORA could stand for, though lol

Nakamura Okamoto Reader Azuki

Poor old guy... Reader...

The Thursday 8 p.m. drama "Kyoto District Prosecutor's Woman" starts in April, but there's no way it'll get a theme song, right?

I tried imagining a drama starring the GARNET CROW members lol Starring: Hitoshi Okamoto lol

<Traits of GARNET CROW fans> ○ Their rooms are messy, but once they start cleaning, they clean obsessively. ○ They try to keep public places clean, and even tidy up their friends' houses. ○ They heat up easily and cool down easily; once they lose interest, they quit even if they've barely started. ○ Basically unmotivated, but weird things make them bizarrely passionate. ○ They don't put clean laundry away; when going out, they pick something at random from the pile. ○ The second they get home, they take off whatever they were wearing. ○ In the middle of the night, they remember their painfully embarrassing past self and go aaaaaaaa. ○ They listen sympathetically to other people's problems but never talk about their own. ○ They're weak to sentimental stories but don't really like situations where they have to interact with people. ○ They become weirdly conscious of how change is handed back at convenience stores. ○ Even when they weren't asleep, sometimes they use "Sorry, I fell asleep" as an excuse.

>736 Whoa! Everything except the change thing applies to me...＾＾；

The Barnum effect.

>736 That fits way too well, I'm dying lol Is this an AB-type personality?

>739 I'm type A, though.

I'm type A. Everything except the laundry thing applies to me.

>736 This has been posted on the ZARD thread and all kinds of other threads. Don't take the bait. For the record, four of them apply to me. I'm type B, though people say I seem like type O.

>742 Oh, really? I almost took the bait. I'm type O and everything except the change thing and remembering my painfully embarrassing past self at night applies to me.

It was "Nora." Not Nara. After Doraemon, I guess it's stray cats.

Tie-in confirmed. Way too weak... It's only airing in Kansai.

The new song "Nora," a warm but slightly bittersweet acoustic-sounding song told from a stray cat's perspective, has been chosen as the theme song for ABC Broadcasting's "Family Lesson" (scheduled to air in March 2009)! ABC Broadcasting's "Family Lesson" is a series of five short films airing on five consecutive nights, centered on family and created by top creators from Dentsu. It will only air in the Kansai area, but if you can watch it, be sure to check it out!

>746 Nice work. Was this from the fan club email?

The tie-in is way too weak. They should swap it with Naifu lol

>747 It was from the fan club email. The important release date hasn't been announced yet lol Apparently it'll be available early on the ABC mobile site and Being GIZA Studio starting February 26.

>749 Thx.

This tie-in feels way too weak. "Mou Ichido Waratte" → a cat "Nora" → a stray cat

Is Garnet-chan going to appear?

>736 Eight of them apply to me ^_^ I'm type A, by the way.

>736 Not many of them apply to me. Does that mean I'm disqualified from being a GARNET CROW fan? (´・ω・｀) *sigh*

Which GARNET CROW fan is famous for doing embarrassing things?

koba

This site is writing something like GARNET fanfiction... http://x70.peps.jp/garnetnana/nbbs/?cn=7

?

I thought GARNET fans wouldn't discriminate based on blood type...

There's a blood-type drama on today, so let's watch it.

"Nogare no Machi" isn't very good, is it?

>736 >The second they get home, they take off whatever they were wearing. That applies to me, but what's wrong with it? I'm completely in loungewear right now. >759 I don't think blood type has anything to do with personality. Any blood type is fine.

>761 Well, everyone likes different things.

03/18 Chicago Poodle (single) 03/25 Rina Aiuchi (album/+DVD/3 editions), Natsuki Morikawa (album) 04/08 BREAKERZ (single/+DVD), Chie Mimoto (mini album) 04/15 Mai Kuraki (double A-side single/Conan), Ai Takaoka (single), Nori Shiraishi (mini album) Releases are probably around here, right? Late March to early April?

Next thread: http://mamono.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/musicjg/1234525228/

If you had to pick ten B-sides and make an album, what would you include? Mine would be: "Mikansei na Neiro" "Jewel fish" "whiteout" "Yuudachi no Niwa" "Float World" "Yasashii Ame" "over blow" "Mawarimichi" "Kanata Made Hikari o" "Clockwork" There are a lot of relatively recent songs in there.

>637->639 Keiko Utoku is still active.

>766 "in little time" "Hosekiuo" "whiteout" "Mawarimichi" "over blow" "Ukiyo" "Yuudachi no Niwa" "Cried a little" "Argentina" "Circle Days"

"Kuraga" "Ukiyo" "Yofuke" "in little time" "Circle Days" "Clockwork" "Secret Path" "Mawarimichi" "Yuudachi no Niwa" "Matsuri no Jikan"

Come to think of it, I performed Ibsen's "A Doll's House" in a play when I was a student. It was a pretty crazy work... I wonder if this new song is also a story like "A Doll's House."

>770 "Nora," a warm but slightly bittersweet acoustic-feeling new song told from a stray cat's perspective.

So they're working with Dentsu now?

>766 I've already made my own B-side best-of lol It didn't fit into ten songs, though lol If I had to narrow it down... "in little time" "Hosekiuo" "Trans Trap" "Kuraga" "Yuudachi no Niwa" "Float world" "Natsu no Owari no Nagai Ame" "Cried a little" "Mawarimichi" "Clockwork"

>771 Ahh, so it means the stray cat side of things lol

>761 That's one of my top three favorite songs...

This is a shitty thread every time I come here.

>776 Thanks for coming all the way to this shitty thread.

http://www41.tok2.com/home/unkoumaka/index.php There's a Tales version of "flying" in the games section.

Whoa lol I thought it was impossible, but it's another cat-themed thing!? Between the tie-in, the song, and the timing, could "Nora" be a download-only release? After a six-month silence, I have a bad feeling we're getting an unusually low-key song.

Now we're looping our personal best-of songs again? The great cycle of reincarnation. Yurippe is a virgin.

>778 Nope.

>781 Use the left and right keys to move through the list. >779 Does the tie-in decision mean it's an unreleased song?

>782 Found it lol Typing is hard.

Does that mean it'll be an album track and not released as a single?

Download-only.

I bought the DVD today, only to find the old guitarist singing my favorite "Atsumeru"! Give me my money back!!!!

Was there something similar to "Family Lesson" last year too? I looked it up and aiko did the theme song.

So they're releasing a new song. This is a must-buy. I can work even harder starting tomorrow—or today, technically. But a short film running for five consecutive nights is seriously too short.

>786 Wasn't it listed on the packaging? That's a shame. I think you should contact the company instead of posting here.

I'd vaguely suspected it for a while, but that embarrassing dance in "Mr. Holiday" really wasn't Yurippe's original: ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN62PAKoBfE

Yurippe's outfit at last year's live was a dress with a rather short hem. Didn't the people in the front row accidentally see up her skirt? The stage was so high that I was genuinely worried about it...

Why do GARNET otaku like using kanji titles like the ones in >768? Does Float World mean "Ukiyo"? lol It gets the meaning across, but still.

>792 I end up hunting around without knowing what song it is lol

What happens if GARNET CROW breaks up?

Mochi becomes homeless.

Everyone starts solo careers.

The old guy and Nana will be fine. Yurippe could probably make a living composing too. Mochi, though...

The old guy and Mochi don't get royalties, so breaking up probably wouldn't change anything for them, right? Though the old guy probably has the better salary lol Nana-sama seems like the type who'd have some mysterious assets even if she lost her job lol Yurippe seems like the type who'd marry a rich guy if she lost her job lol

Yurippe will marry Nana, so she'll be fine.

Okamoto seems like he could become a TV personality. Maybe on a local Kansai show or something.

Changing the subject, but somehow you end up liking all of GARNET CROW's songs. I used to dislike things like "Yuzukuyo" and "Endless~," but I like them now.

There's an opening on 4/15. Mai Kuraki was moved to 4/1.

I joined the fan club!!! Got my member card too, but how do I sign up for the fan club newsletter?

It says so at the end of the newsletter lol Don't panic lol

ノ!|木寸ｸ､志さんの仕業ですｗＷｗ

April 15. The opening theme for Dragon Ball Kai: B'z. Maybe that's what it is.

>794 What are we going to do? I think it'll be a shock on the level of Sakai-san's death.

"Toki wa Itsuka wa ~ Taisetsu na Mono~"

Does anyone know the tracklist for the 2008 live?

01. "Saigo no Ritou" 02. "Natsu no Maboroshi" 03. "Mou Ichido Waratte" 04. "call my name" 05. "Mizu no Nai Hareta Umi e" 06. "wish★" 07. "Endless Desire" 08. "Wasurezaki" (Hitoshi Okamoto) 09. "The first cry" 10. "Mawarimichi" 11. "Yume no Hitotsu" 12. "Mr. Holiday" 13. "Namida no Yesterday" 14. "Maboroshi" 15. "Holy ground" 16. "Love is Bird" 17. "Yume Mita Ato de" 18. "Sekai wa Mawaru to Iu Keredo" 19. "Futari no Rocket" 20. "Kimi no Omoiegaita Yume / Atsumeru HEAVEN" 21. "Argentina" 22. "Koyoi Eden no Katasumi de" Encore: 23. "Himawari no Iro" 24. "Futari" 25. "Spiral" I love the song so much—it's one of my favorites from GARNET CROW!

>810 Thanks. I really want to hear tracks 06–08. And "Mr. Holiday," "Himawari," and "Futari" too. Honestly, this setlist is god-tier to me.

Last year's setlist was truly amazing. Tracks 9 and 10 were incredible. Release it on DVD already...

>810 Tracks 04–07 alone are worth hearing. The encore is a god-tier setlist too.

☆A tie-in for an unreleased song has been confirmed!☆ What does that mean?

It means an as-yet-unreleased song.

It means a tie-in has been confirmed for a song that hasn't appeared on a CD yet. In other words, the new song's tie-in has been decided.

Usually they say things like "New single release confirmed!" or "Tie-in confirmed!" So there's a chance "Nora" is a B-side or a download-only release.

>810 Huh? Wasn't GARNET Shopping at a different venue? lol I was kind of looking forward to it.

Oh, GARNET Shopping was only on the second day in Tokyo, right?

>810 It's a shame "doubt" isn't on there, but I'm really looking forward to it.

I still want to hear "doubt" with a live band sound.

Can't they land a drama theme song?

Are there really more GARNET CROW fans in Kansai?

>818-819 GARNET Shopping was on the second day in Tokyo.

Apparently a lot of fans who quit after the Ninnaji live lived outside Kansai and were fed up with, "Why don't they do it in Kanto too?"

Is there even a Ninnaji in Kanto?

How about "Ninnaji Live in Tokyo"?

Meiji Shrine would work.

Or "Dazaifu Tenmangu Live in Fukuoka."

If you had to pick three favorites from "Anywhere," "Rusty Rail," "Kakurenbo," "Himawari no Iro," "Marginal Man," "Yellow Moon," "Mou Chotto Sagashite Mimashou," "Haru Matsu Hana no You ni," and "WEEKEND," which would you pick? My picks are "Himawari no Iro," "Haru Matsu Hana no You ni," and "WEEKEND." I'll tally the results and announce them.

If you had to pick three favorites from "Anywhere," "Rusty Rail," "Kakurenbo," "Himawari no Iro," "Marginal Man," "Yellow Moon," "Mou Chotto Sagashite Mimashou," "Haru Matsu Hana no You ni," and "WEEKEND," which would you pick? My picks are "Himawari no Iro," "Haru Matsu Hana no You ni," and "WEEKEND." I'll tally the results and announce them.

"Rusty Rail," "Kakurenbo," and "Haru Matsu Hana no You ni." "Rusty Rail" is a masterpiece.

>830 "Rusty Rail," "Marginal Man," and "WEEKEND." I had a hard time choosing between "WEEKEND" and "Haru Matsu Hana no You ni." "Rusty Rail" is just too good.

"Haru Matsu," "WEEKEND," and "RUSTY."

>825 That's the artist's choice. Anyone who thinks artists are obligated to cherish their fans is misunderstanding things to an absurd degree.

Same as 834. "Kakurenbo" is my runner-up.

>805 Don't come over here.

This is a shitty thread every time I come here.

>825 The whole point was that they did it at Ninnaji, right? I think it's weird to demand that they do the same thing elsewhere.

>823 Tokyo live tickets sell out immediately, but Osaka tickets take forever to sell out. The Tokyo fan event sold out right away. In Amagasaki, tickets were left over and they put covers over the seats. Without a doubt, the number of fans is Kanto > Kansai.

Why do they call the old guy Goldfinger?

>841 つ God Hand.

>839 They held it at Ninnaji because there happened to be a venue of exactly the right size. I think they could do it elsewhere if another region had a place that met the requirements. Though the cost might make it difficult to leave Kansai.

Is there a World Heritage site in Tokyo where they could hold a live?

Oh, right—they were hung up on it being a World Heritage site lol

>841 Lolol

Not enough votes came in, so forget the tally. Which GARNET songs are aimed at the general public? Maybe "Sky Blue" and "Mr. Holiday."

"Mysterious Eyes," "flying," "Natsu no Maboroshi," and "Yume Mita."

I read that as "I dreamed about Mysterious Eyes, flying, and Natsu no Maboroshi." What kind of dream is that...

>847 "Hare-dokei."

>847 You started getting carried away and running polls, so everyone backed off. Read the room a little.

I downloaded "Nora" right away. It gave me goosebumps. This kind of style really is the best.

⊂二二（　＾ω＾）二二⊃鳥になるお

"Spiraling" is the most mainstream, surely.

"Nora" has a nice early-GARNET kind of sound.

Atsumeru Heaven♪

Have you heard "Nora"? It's pretty good. I really hope they don't make it download-only.

I don't know if it'll be released as a single, but it'll definitely be on an album.

Can you make out the lyrics to "Nora"?

If GARNET CROW did a joint live with musicians from outside Being, who would be a good fit?

>860 GIRL NEXT DOOR. Because the group names are similar.

the brilliant green, maybe. Or have Utada as a guest.

>860 Madonna. A mirror-ball showdown.

>862 >Or have Utada as a guest. Utada fans would probably say "Crystal Gauge" is a ripoff of "Beautiful World."

For some reason, whenever I hear "doubt," it reminds me of "Ushinawareta Monogatari." Maybe because the instrumental break and ending sound similar?

globe. Similar member lineup: Female vocalist. Two people known as God Hands. A distinctive guitarist and a rapper.

>865 I totally get it. If I absentmindedly hum "doubt," it somehow turns into "Ushinawareta Monogatari."

>867 I'm relieved someone else gets it. Lately Tochigi TV has been showing "Patapata Hikousen."

Yurippe = striker, Nana-sama = playmaker, old guy = defensive midfielder. That's what Mochi said, right?

Mocchi is a permanent benchwarmer, right?

What if we made Okamocchi deal with the cockroaches?

Mochi is perfect for sitting under the kotatsu, drinking beer and eating edamame while watching the game on TV.

At the last live, there was a guy shouting "Ohashi-san!" Do men think he's handsome too?

Uho...

I heard "Nora" in the tie-in preview, and it sounds really good. It genuinely feels like early GARNET CROW.

GIZA, you're still getting ready? lol

I heard that Saki Fujita, the voice inside Hatsune Miku, likes GARNET CROW, so I got a little interested too. I actually listened to them recently, and I do think the songs are good, but the sound quality is so cheap. That's a bit much. Even amateurs are using better equipment these days, so why are they still like this...

>877 Even this is after the sound quality improved.

ttp://hisazin-up.dyndns.org/up/src/89568.mp3 A crisp, sharply articulated singing style.

>877 You have some nerve coming into the GARNET thread. I'll MikuMiku you (AA omitted).

>877 Go die.

>877 But doesn't the sound fit the songs? Try listening to "pray" or "Kyou no Kimi to~."

>877 Maybe you listened to their indie-era songs?

But yeah, GIZA's sound quality itself isn't that great.

The songs themselves are distinctive and good (the lyrics too), but you shouldn't expect great sound from GIZA.

>881 You're the only one who went straight for the jugular lol

I'm making an album for someone who doesn't know GARNET CROW, and I want to use it as an introduction, so here's my question: From "Naked story," "Towa o Kakenukeru~," "Marude Koi Suru~," "Argentina," "Saigo no Ritou," "doubt," "Clockwork," and "Secret Path," pick three songs that would appeal to the general public!

I'm curious why you picked those songs. "Mainstream" and GARNET feel like polar opposites to me... You should just lend them a best-of.

>888 No, I want to make it fifteen songs... I've got twelve picked already, but I'm stuck on the last three...

>882 Are you saying, in a roundabout way, that GARNET's songs sound cheap? Huh?!

It's better to use the best-of than make a clumsy one yourself. I really think the song selection on that one is excellent.

>890 No lol I meant that it brings out the songs well lol

>887 "Towa o," "Marude Koi Suru," and "doubt" (or "Clockwork").

Could it be—could the seventh album finally be coming soon? Given the way "Nora" is described as an "unreleased song," it doesn't sound like it'll come as a single, so maybe it'll be on the album.

They've been coming roughly once a year, so it wouldn't be surprising if an album came soon. Hopefully it'll come out in May or June.

Maybe they'll do another live in the summer. There's a fan club event in the fall too.

>881 You go die—not "shinde" as a euphemism, actually die.

The next one will be their seventh album. I wonder if the members will be conscious of the number seven? I'm hoping it'll surpass everything they've released so far.

>893 Thx. Does everyone assume the album comes after the next single? Maybe they'll put out two more singles before the album.

If "Nora" isn't cut as a single, then even just the next single would give them enough songs to anchor an album, right?

I thought the new-song email had arrived ｷﾀ━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━! But it was just the broadcast date for "Noa."

GARNET isn't on the TV show that's airing right now.

Where the hell is ABC Broadcasting...? ...･ﾟ･(ﾉД`)･ﾟ･

The Kansai version of Asahi TV.

>901 Only Noa is real.

Yurippe at Ninnaji looked like a gorilla, lol Is Yurippe in the 2008 live DVD even more auntie-like...? Ugh ↓

>906 No, she was supposed to be cute at last year's live...

I mean... She was already an auntie to begin with...

I went to last year's live, and Yurippe was cute with a great figure. She was shockingly cuter in person than in photos or videos.

Sorry to derail, but what's the best B-side on a GARNET single? I can only download one, but there are so many that I don't know which one is good...

Yurippe is one of those rare women who look cuter in video than in photos.

>910 "Float world."

>910 "blue bird." It's a great song, and the single is hard to find because it's out of stock.

But you can hear most of the songs on Nico Nico Douga...

>909 Some people posted that they were shocked she'd turned into an auntie. Didn't you feel that way at all?

I don't understand why anyone would be shocked. It's not like she suddenly aged dramatically in a short time. Anyone saying that is probably a middle-schooler in real life. They should go follow an idol instead.

Well, GARNET is half idol too. There are probably plenty of people who got into them for the visuals.

Even if you got into them for the looks, once you fall for the music, you stop caring about whether they've aged.

You expect Yurippe and Nana-san to stay young forever, but seeing that they've actually aged a bit is kind of exciting too, I guess.

Once you've seen Yurippe in person, you can't say things like that. When I actually shook her hand, I thought I was going to die.

>877 A band that sells its amateurishness. Their guitar playing is second to none in how bad it is. A band that, at an actual live show, played the opening guitar strum too fast and said, "Sorry, from the beginning," before starting over. What is this, a school play? lol

There must be quite a few people who ask Mochi and the others for Yurippe's email address, or hit them up with, "Introduce me to her."

>921 That was staged, more than it was part of the script lol

>922 If anything, Mochi probably doesn't even know Yurippe's email address.

>915 Only a lolicon would think she's an auntie at that level.

>923 Yurippe looked like she was having a hard time holding back her laughter.

>921 If it had really been a mistake, Yurippe would probably have silently glared at Mochi.

When Nana makes lots of mistakes, she covers for them with a smile, though. "That was rehearsal lol"

Yurippe is best in person!

I'd pass out if I spotted GARNET at a ramen shop... If Yurippe were eating alone...

Give me a pair of chopsticks.

Nopeょ(´∀｀)

I kind of feel like AZUKI is going to get dumped by Nakamura.

I just noticed— is "Kyou no Kimi to Ashita o Matsu" a masterpiece? I was listening casually, then the melody at the end of the chorus gave me goosebumps. I was like, "What is this song?!"

How can you ask such a pointless question? If you think a song is good, then it's your own personal masterpiece.

>935 Calm down. Soon we'll be talking about whether "Nora" is any good.

>934 God-tier. >936 Your ID is about to become 50TA.

>935 Sorry lol No, this place has unusually much mutual back-patting for 2ch, so I wondered if it was okay to ask a question like that lol It really is 2ch after all. That reply actually reassured me.

>937 Even if it were 50TA, this is the Japanese music group board, so there's no use for it here.

Yuri's overall vibe somehow reminds me of Michiko Kichise. The way her mouth moves, for example.

>912 >913 Thanks. I'll try downloading "blue bird."

>941 Wait! You can hear it on Nico Nico Douga, so shouldn't you listen once before downloading it?

I couldn't wait and downloaded the ringtone from GIZA, but now I wish I'd held out a little longer and downloaded it from ABC Broadcasting. I wanted them to know there was demand for it.

There isn't an artist more difficult to pick a favorite song from than GARNET CROW.

That's because GARNET is all you know.

>945 No, I know lots of other bands too lol

>940 I can kind of see it. That cool, classy vibe at first glance, for example.

>940 They do look alike. >947 She also has a chatty, cheerful side.

I only know Gane, Kuraki, Aiuchi, Takui, Tanba, and Sanshi lol

It's March already? It's cold lol

It's March already. I'm going to my graduation ceremony listening to "Kono Te o Nobaseba." "Haru, Nagoribi."

Having to stare at the old guy's and Okamocchi's faces for the next month is a little rough. I can't wait for April.

>952 Poor old guy and Mochi. I'm moving in March, so I haven't even taken mine out of the box yet.

GARNET CROW part.205 http://mamono.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/musicjg/1235839922/ The thread with the weird subtitle has been added to the moderators' deletion list, so don't post there. If we make that one the next thread, once it's deleted we won't be able to follow the old thread anymore, so use this one instead.

I completely forgot about the calendar lol Being too precious about it isn't great either.

I wish the calendar were one size smaller. And we don't need two whole pages of the old guy and Mochi lol

But Nana-sama at the bottom of February looks incredibly cool—GJ. I'm keeping mine on February a little longer lol

>954 Nice work. >957 I don't really understand what kind of calendar it is, but can't you just cut out the date part?

>958 If you're only going to cut out the date part, you might as well use a different calendar lol >957 Mine is still on the cover.

Sorry, I forgot to sage.

>959 Well, I guess that's true lol

Mine is still the June calendar from last year, the one that's all Yurippe. This year's calendar is staying in storage.

So "Nora" is finally being announced on Paspara today. From the preview movie on ABC's site, the A section and chorus seem to follow a similar progression. There's a falsetto part too.

The calendar absolutely needs a two-shot of Yurippe and Nana. Honestly, they could've left out the old guy and Mochi. We don't need two pages of them.

Come to think of it, does anyone have the "Maboroshi edition"?

I think someone uploaded it here before.

>966 Oh, really? I'm insanely jealous. Could they upload it again?

Music... god-tier. Lyrics... shit, middle-school syndrome. Sound... trash. Performance... average, mediocre. Voice... gross. Suggested improvements: Have Yuri move behind the scenes and focus on composing. I'll write the lyrics. Leave the sound quality and playing to top overseas professionals, and have someone with a cuter voice sing. For example, someone with a moe voice like these: http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm6098707 http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm6214279

>968 Nana's lyrics are shit...? Are you stupid? Do you have no reading comprehension?

>968 You're saying that in a place full of people who think those "shitty lyrics" and "gross voice" are great, so it isn't going to get you anywhere. Still, I'm curious what kind of lyrics you can write. Try one for the famous "Yume Mita Ato de."

Do you know flumpool? http://c.2ch.net/test/-/musicjg/1235823587/i

Why can't you just ignore it?

How much do you think a compilation of the single PVs from "Mysterious Eyes" through "Hyaku-nen no Kodoku" would sell for on Yahoo Auctions? I collected them myself, so they're not official merchandise.

>973 Why not list it and see? I'll report you lol What if someone buys it, says, "This isn't an official product," and reports you with your personal information included? What then?

Can't you just set it cheap with a buy-it-now price? It'll sell quickly, and you can get it out of the way before it becomes an ethical issue, right?

"Nora" is incredible. I haven't cried over a song in ages.

>976 Is that the song that's playing right now?

I'm so jealous of everyone in Kansai lol

The sound quality is awful because I recorded it on my phone. I'm sure someone else will upload it to Nico Nico Douga or somewhere too. Enjoy, if you want. Same impression as >976. It made me cry. ttp://a-draw.com/uploader/upload.cgi?mode=dl&file=422 pass:nora

>978 I'm in a part of Kansai where I can't hear it either...orz

>980 How far away can you hear it?

>979 Much appreciated, but it doesn't work on mobile orz

The lyrics to "NORA" made me cry.

>979 You made me turn on my computer just for this lol

The lyrics paint a scene of the sun setting as the rain clears, the smell of dinner drifting down the street, and orange light in puddles with dragonflies passing by. The narrator imagines becoming a bird, carrying someone to Scorpio beneath a red star, while she tells stories of mischievous gods.

The song continues with memories of being held on someone's lap on chilly days and wrapped in a white scarf. Now that person is holding hands with a stranger; the narrator wishes they could stay by her side and keep her warm, but leaves without even saying goodbye, hoping to meet someone wonderful again. It ends with the narrator calling himself a capricious, free stray cat.

>979 What a beautiful piano sound. By the way, is that really "Nora"? lol

http://www.mediafire.com/?o2zwx5mxmwo Here you go.

>988 Got it, thanks.

I uploaded it to Nico Nico Douga. Please forgive the sound quality. http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm6305323

>988 Thanks �d

It's got a restrained, B-side-like arrangement. But that's what makes it good.

Can't you make it playable on mobile too?

Next thread: GARNET CROW part.205 http://mamono.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/musicjg/1235839922/

>992 It's been a while since a song in my preferred style came along.

>988 >990 God-tier. GJ. Nice work.

>990 Thanks, thx. I've only listened once so far, but the lyrics feel gentle too. I liked it.

>993 You can if you register for Nico Nico Douga, though it costs money.

If this gets to 999, I'll become a stray cat.

If this reaches 1000, GARNET CROW will be safe and sound.