Sound of Silence:

Kappei Yamaguchi - Sound Of Silence (Japanisch) Video - Godaime - MyVideo

From the Japanese movie "Platonic Sex"

I should probably venture back through this thread some but I want to listen to a few J-Rock type bands if anyone knows of some that they could recommend me that would be awesome.

Glay (Pure Soul), L'Arc~En~Ciel (the Ray and Ark albums), Luna Sea (Lunacy), Dir-En-Grey (a comp will do), Malice Mizer (though they're more "goth" than "J-Rock")

avoid Ars Nova like the plague, though

you know because you said avoid Ars Nova, I HAVE to give them a listen right?

people telling me not to do something gives me the urge to do it.

yes it's a bit childish but so what :P

I will PRESS the damn red button!

you would hate it - it's prog-metal - pretentious people like me ought to like it but I don't - they churn out stuff which sounds like Jap RPG battle music

if I want Jap RPG battle music, I'd rather listen to my Final Fantasy 8 4-disc complete soundtrack

say what!?

Jap RPG battle music? I'm sold. Checking them out right now!

sigh! I'm wrong then, here you go:-



suddenly I have a craving to play the SNES/Super Famicom

yeah i'm already 4 mins in. I looked it up on youtube myself :tramp:

A minute in - Nothing interesting, nothing bad. Yet.

Ooh, first change, first guitar part...This could be very good actually. Liking this flute line.

Drums are building...

SYNTH AND GUITAR YERRR

Ouch, midi brass...captain comedown has arrived.

Oh good its gone, replaced by quite good progression...this guitar needs to get doing some more though...

Hmmm....quiet bit...didn't feel as though it built up enough to really need a comedown like this, lets see where it goes... a piano break...with flamenco feel? Waaaat?

GUITARS COME BACK IN HELL YES! OMINOUS NOISES! CLASHING! WHAMMY SCREAMS! YAY!

OK now its trying to sound imperious but its failing because of their samples limitations...more guitar...very baroque here. Breaking down into...

Synth part in 6/4...not tremendously interesting and these low rent samples are starting to bug me...

nothing interesting going on just more buildup... more buildup... etc. I am now at 5:22

More imperiousness, not very big sounding compared to what came before so the effect is largely lost.

FINALLY! Some faster bits! The tempo was ruining my day!

And then nothing, and back to the same tempo...why didn't that part last longer? It was the best bit so far! More boring synth rubbish!

Drums kick back in...not really doing anything for me here... guitar solo is weakly produced... that awful midi brass is back...

UGH, and the ULTIMATE COPOUT - ENDING ON A FADE INSTEAD OF FINISHING THE SONG.

Overall - 6/10 composition, 3/10 production.

Would not illegally stream again.