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Koakuma Heaven by Gackt
Just when I thought that I have seen the weirdest parts of Gackt, be it 3 day curries or falling asleep during talk shows... I have seen something else to raise the weirdness bar higher. Its called Koakuma Heaven. Here. His talk show promotion of his new single. I nearly died. Its hilarious. Completely hilarious. Gackt doing a dance with 6 girls. Its some para-ish looking thing. The best part? These girls are in stilettos. Dressed in candy coloured dresses. And yet they still dance better than Gackt. I'm serious. Gackt, in all black, looks... Err. Incoherent on the stage. His voice is the same. The lyrics are superbly corny. Perverted as usual. Available here. I have never seen anyone who adds emoticons to their lyrics. But like I said, ignore how cute it looks. Its perverted. Yeah, hot blooded Japanese male thing as usual. I think its as perverted as Vanilla, if not more so because of the candy tune. And the 'girl' on the DEARS only cover is Gackt. Yes. Lets all go back to the cross dressing days. We all love hot guys in pink dresses, curled hair and pretty nails. Anyway, its suppose to be from the perspective of a prostitute. Bar hostess. Whatever euphemism you wish to use. Like many of his songs, the underlying meaning and the sound of the song is often related. Think candy lifestyle with how lonely it is. Irony. Melancholic some when you understand, but chock full of meaning on multiple levels. HOMG, the purpose, tone and theme can give you a headache. A more condensed version is available here. Anyway Koakuma Heaven is only the first of his 10 albums. The next one up is Faraway, with an equally provocative cover. Its all available at Wikipedia. After that its Lost Angels. Then Flower. Believe me when I tell you I cant wait. Gackt is great at stuff like this. I have to hand it to him. Never a dull moment when he wants to be in the news.
Next up is VAMPS. My dear hyde and K.A.Z. has been on magazines, the news and doing lots of singles plus album promotion recently. Hmm. Sad to say that I think their VAMPS album is just mediocre. I like Evanescent, Time Goes By, Trouble and Red Rum. The rest I just... Err. Not in my top 10 songs list. I like Sex Blood Rock n Roll simply because of the way hyde shouts/sings the 4 words of the title. Other than that... Nothing much. Very disappointing actually, considering how much I like hyde. The music is great, but there seems to be something severely lacking in the lyrics. Just because the band is called VAMPS does not mean every song has to be about blood. Maybe he could explore other aspects of the supposed properties of vampirism other than blood-drinking. Say, do they feel claustrophobic is their coffins? How does it feel like to never be able to see the sun again? What about the immortality? Coming out into the open? These can branch out into perfectly philosophical topics. *nods* I think I ought to go back to school. My brain is about to be fried from lack of utilisation. Hence the weird rhetorical questions.
Watched Dance! Subaru yesterday. Watching a movie alone is a new experience. Not unpleasant. It was rather intersting in fact. You dont have to make small talk with anyone. You dont have to think about what the person next to you thinks about your reaction to what you're both watching. You dont have to discuss anything after that. Rather... relaxing. Precisely what I was trying to do. Rest and relaxation. I deserve a break after all that I have been through these few months. Its frustrating to not be able to leave Singapore, but at least I wont suffer. HAHA. It was a pretty feel good kind of movie. Semi-brainless. Sad in how virtually everyone important to Subaru dies. Grimy, but uplifting at the same time. I like Kohei. He has the suffering unrequited love feel down pat. Quite different when he was the one dumping pink Nana in NANA as her boyfriend Shoji. I was surprised to learn that he was in Waterboys as well. Waterboys was a great movie, if any movie can ever be considered truly good.
My new laptop is great. My dear Bento. Its slick. Silver. Sony. Sibilant alliteration. Oh well. I had fun updating all the album covers for my iTunes. Album covers are so very pretty. Some are plain, and others are crazily elaborate, but all are amazingly cool. My current favourite? Ikemen Samurai. Simply because I see Atobe, Yukimura, Sanada in the traditional samurai garb. Traditional attire rocks. It gives a greater depth to the bishies I know and love. In second place is Face. Because Kato Kazuki has the guts to distort his face for his album cover. I respect that. Third is... Yeah. Koakuma heaven. Simply because. Yeah. Love him or hate him, Gackt is one talented guy. Yes. He is a guy!
Koakuma Heaven by Gackt
Just when I thought that I have seen the weirdest parts of Gackt, be it 3 day curries or falling asleep during talk shows... I have seen something else to raise the weirdness bar higher. Its called Koakuma Heaven. Here. His talk show promotion of his new single. I nearly died. Its hilarious. Completely hilarious. Gackt doing a dance with 6 girls. Its some para-ish looking thing. The best part? These girls are in stilettos. Dressed in candy coloured dresses. And yet they still dance better than Gackt. I'm serious. Gackt, in all black, looks... Err. Incoherent on the stage. His voice is the same. The lyrics are superbly corny. Perverted as usual. Available here. I have never seen anyone who adds emoticons to their lyrics. But like I said, ignore how cute it looks. Its perverted. Yeah, hot blooded Japanese male thing as usual. I think its as perverted as Vanilla, if not more so because of the candy tune. And the 'girl' on the DEARS only cover is Gackt. Yes. Lets all go back to the cross dressing days. We all love hot guys in pink dresses, curled hair and pretty nails. Anyway, its suppose to be from the perspective of a prostitute. Bar hostess. Whatever euphemism you wish to use. Like many of his songs, the underlying meaning and the sound of the song is often related. Think candy lifestyle with how lonely it is. Irony. Melancholic some when you understand, but chock full of meaning on multiple levels. HOMG, the purpose, tone and theme can give you a headache. A more condensed version is available here. Anyway Koakuma Heaven is only the first of his 10 albums. The next one up is Faraway, with an equally provocative cover. Its all available at Wikipedia. After that its Lost Angels. Then Flower. Believe me when I tell you I cant wait. Gackt is great at stuff like this. I have to hand it to him. Never a dull moment when he wants to be in the news.
Next up is VAMPS. My dear hyde and K.A.Z. has been on magazines, the news and doing lots of singles plus album promotion recently. Hmm. Sad to say that I think their VAMPS album is just mediocre. I like Evanescent, Time Goes By, Trouble and Red Rum. The rest I just... Err. Not in my top 10 songs list. I like Sex Blood Rock n Roll simply because of the way hyde shouts/sings the 4 words of the title. Other than that... Nothing much. Very disappointing actually, considering how much I like hyde. The music is great, but there seems to be something severely lacking in the lyrics. Just because the band is called VAMPS does not mean every song has to be about blood. Maybe he could explore other aspects of the supposed properties of vampirism other than blood-drinking. Say, do they feel claustrophobic is their coffins? How does it feel like to never be able to see the sun again? What about the immortality? Coming out into the open? These can branch out into perfectly philosophical topics. *nods* I think I ought to go back to school. My brain is about to be fried from lack of utilisation. Hence the weird rhetorical questions.
Watched Dance! Subaru yesterday. Watching a movie alone is a new experience. Not unpleasant. It was rather intersting in fact. You dont have to make small talk with anyone. You dont have to think about what the person next to you thinks about your reaction to what you're both watching. You dont have to discuss anything after that. Rather... relaxing. Precisely what I was trying to do. Rest and relaxation. I deserve a break after all that I have been through these few months. Its frustrating to not be able to leave Singapore, but at least I wont suffer. HAHA. It was a pretty feel good kind of movie. Semi-brainless. Sad in how virtually everyone important to Subaru dies. Grimy, but uplifting at the same time. I like Kohei. He has the suffering unrequited love feel down pat. Quite different when he was the one dumping pink Nana in NANA as her boyfriend Shoji. I was surprised to learn that he was in Waterboys as well. Waterboys was a great movie, if any movie can ever be considered truly good.
My new laptop is great. My dear Bento. Its slick. Silver. Sony. Sibilant alliteration. Oh well. I had fun updating all the album covers for my iTunes. Album covers are so very pretty. Some are plain, and others are crazily elaborate, but all are amazingly cool. My current favourite? Ikemen Samurai. Simply because I see Atobe, Yukimura, Sanada in the traditional samurai garb. Traditional attire rocks. It gives a greater depth to the bishies I know and love. In second place is Face. Because Kato Kazuki has the guts to distort his face for his album cover. I respect that. Third is... Yeah. Koakuma heaven. Simply because. Yeah. Love him or hate him, Gackt is one talented guy. Yes. He is a guy!
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