Music in my veins

Since I have not been following the jpop/rock scene recently, I have decided to check the charts a little. I don't know what to make, but about half of the jpop chart was songs of kawaii girl groups singing in symphony pop and cheesy songs... I had to wonder how did those songs get up there in the rankings? who were the audiences? Possibly from fans who are girls of the same age? Or older men who might get some solace from listening to pretty young girls sing songs about puppy love? Sounds like a pretty good research topic for sociology studies hehe. Anyway I like songs like this better - this is called "Even Heaven" by Aimer

As I live in US, yesterday was a chaotic day for this country. Friends in my facebook were overwhelmed and were suffering from tremendous stress and other negative emotions. All because of the election turnout, that someone unexpected had won. I was feeling sick too. While waiting for the final results, I was trying to do everything "good", cleaning my room paying my bills saying sorry to those I have insulted or hurt. Because it must be that I did too many bad things in life, that's why my prayers were not heard. That someone that belittles women so much can still win the election. It is simply shameful. Anyway, more important than my ranting is that maybe we have gone too far, and forgot the word "humble". Maybe it was because that we insulted, shouted hate words, laugh maliciously, think ourselves better than anybody else, that resulted in the victory of the person that we looked down upon so much. Not anyone else, but us ourselves, brought forth this resu...

One of my favorite band is - Specialthanks A good and positive band name + a cute female vocalist with a cute voice + positive and rocking music. How better can it get? Recently I am really into this song - "Dou naru no?" In English that means "whats gonna happen next?" Somethin' like that. The way she sings it, it's like hmmm I wonder what's up next? What'll happen next? This is a question that we often ask in our everyday life. Isn't it so that the unexpectedness of real life makes it even more worthwhile to live? Specialthanks - Dounaruno

Have you been a fan of the jrock band "uplift spice" like me?? I sooo liked their songs, even though they didn't issue many albums. So one year or so ago, I went to their show one time, and then later found out they have disbanded! I was really sad, but happy that I went to see them once and heard my fav song "kanojo" (which I wrote a post before in this blog). Anyway, the latest news is that they have reformed a new band called MUSMUS!! I don't know if other members have changed, but the vocalist stays the same! yay!(sorry other guys) So then I immediately booked tickets for their new shows in Japan and saw them in Feb of this year. My favorite vocalist is still the same! So happy to hear them again. They performed mostly their old songs as Uplift Spice, I think for the sake of old fans like me. I really enjoyed their show. very contented now :) Here is their new music video called "binary" as THE MUSMUS. So good. As always.

I recently went to the concert of one of my favorite band The Pillows. They are like fatherly figure to the newer jrock bands. Most new Japanese bandmen must have heard their songs before. And I have to say, it was so good. The harmonious balance that only old bands can achieve is present. It was just good to listen to, and not "too much". They know what they are doing! The only thing is most of the songs they played I wasn't familiar with... Time to listen to more Pillows! My Foot - The pillows