Sunday, September 23, 2007

Best-est Female Vocalist ~ BH's pick

EVERYTIME I need to get down to doing some adult like serious stuff eg preparing for that presentation or writing some board paper, I end up doing something totally unrelated.

Nyek……..was spending some time going through my storage procedure for the huge amount of CDs. You see, I had once upon a time packed them in alphabetical order, then I created a subcategory of “all time favourite CDs within easy reach”, subsequently I started another anime related category……..then everything became a mess la, coz I simply forgot where which one belonged to. Neeways, was going through the drawers of CDs and decided to do a BEST-est of BEST Female vocalist ranking! ( Oh ya, and I decided to start a Ah Lao and Potential Ah Lao sub-category as well)

BH’s pick of BEST-est of best female vocalist ranking

1) 椎名林檎
Looks, Voice, Talent, Character – she has what it takes.
Anyone tried singing her songs at Karaoke? You will know what I mean. Its damn difficult. She can sound mellow and screechy at the same time, HAIR STAND lor.
つよし (in my humble biased opinion) is easily one of the better singers and when he did a cover of ここでキスして…. It was disastrous.

2) 黒猫
Vocalist of 陰陽座. Her voice is so crystal clear and her stamina is so good, when she hits the solo portion and if you happen to blast your 3D surround sound system, you cannot even hear her breathing. Powerful lungs, but looks she lacks la. And the songs she writes are somehow not as good as those written by the rest of the members in 陰陽座。 

陰陽座's live perf of 妖花忍法帳(one of their bestest hits after debut! Anyone who can sound that good in a crappy livehouse must be good la!)
Oh, someone told me 黒猫 starting to look good these days. Aha.....able to afford their own make-up artists lei! Check out 黒衣の天女PV ( although I think the song is not that great. Their recent releases are quite faggot la.)

3) 中村由利―Garnet Crow
I like由利, it comes as a surprise to many. I like the way she performs on stage, totally bochap and quirky. But oh-how-powerful her vocals are esp in hitting the low notes. Her style needs getting used to. Usually she starts a song like she cannot be bothered, but when she hits the chorus, she becomes unstoppable. Much of my liking for Yuri is also because Garnet Crow itself as a band is so lovable. Furui (keyboardist) is one of the most highly paid music arrangers in Japan. (read the credits of other CDs and you will see his name pop up all the time). Garnet Crow’s guitarist is also a darling – he can sing, but usually he just leaves the limelight to Yuri.

If only garnet crow on a whole can improve on their dress sense!

Clip contains VARIOUS segments of the 2006 Twilight tour。I think it really showcases 由利's versatility.

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

東京ダイアモンド

算是小树很早期很红的一首成名曲。词曲由the baby stars的田中明仁提供。小树和the baby stars颇有渊源,是熟都不能熟的哥儿们。(the baby stars 就是唱红one piece动画的那个团)。小树从很早期的live到后来窜红的时期,support都是由the baby stars帮手。

词不怎样,不过曲子好玩, 转音和假音很绝。小树又是很芭辣的一个人,看那个只有70年代摇滚乐手才会摆的“手拿mike stand外加后腿直伸前腿半弯" 的pose。。。。。完全没有一点现代感, 简直是小老头!爆笑!不过我就是很萌他这个大刺刺的样子,很粗俗,很自然。有另外一首歌,是小树和rockahulla goose合作,完全描写了他来东京的心情。那首东西很强,至少词的部分让我有点感慨。下次吧!这次还是看看这首他唱了2年多的live定番东西。听后也踊跃给点意见吧!