Braindead Shithead
Sunday, August 06, 2006
J-Pop Sunday
Another amazing band that eludes description. Go!Go!7188 manages to incorporate elements of jazz, rock, blues and punk all with an Eastern flavor. Don't make the mistake that I did and judge them from their name, which just screams "high school girl band" to me. You'd be very much wrong. Quoting from the excellent ProjectJ again:
"It is hard not to get instantly gripped by this band's style from the get go. They are so playful, energetic, cute, retro, edgy... just to name a few. Regardless what branch of the enormous "rock" tree you swear by, GO!GO! has what you are looking for. Even if they still need to get over the foreign lyrics, J-Music uninitiated are more than likely to appreciate this band for its true worth."
To that description I'd add that their music has a distinctively impressionistic quality to it. Even without understanding the lyrics, powerful, not-quite-remembered images come to mind.
Hope you enjoy Go!Go!7188 as much as I have. I have several of their albums (which I've been listening to all day!) and the tunes that are available online do not do justice to their impressive catalog and range of style. What's represented here should give you a good taste of this trio and leave you wanting more.
Be sure to check out ProjectJ, as well as Rock of Japan's English fansite for more info.
Set List [links to English lyrics]: Ukifune, Thunder Girl, Aoi Hoshikuzu (I think this translates as Blue Stardust), C7, Tane (Seed), Otona no Himitsu (Adult Medicine), Punk, Polaroid, Tokyo [English, Romaji].
Note: I had to use vSocial's thing this time around since YouTube's playlists are no longer showing up on remote sites for me, and Bolt seems to have misplaced their 'add to album' feature after their recent "upgrade".
I see you gave up on YouTube jukebox thingy. That thing just hates loading up, doesn't it?
I love this band. The sound is just incredible. I realize some might find the lead singer's voice hard to take but I think it's just perfect.
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