Perfume - JPN

(^^ the chorus of 'World of Fantasy' -- it's a generic enough chord sequence but it's the same one from '1000 Knives')

comparing this to '1000 knives' is a serious stretch, i think

ha!

this is like when dominique's sole post on the shiina ringo was to indignantly protest someone comparing her vocal harmonies to freddy mercury

duly noted, Capsule is in bad taste I agree with you but it is the same chord sequence

you created your sandbox login just to say that didn't you

haha 'it is the same chord sequence'

The chorus (at least the vocal line) of WORLD OF FANTASY is almost note for note a Blondie song, which has been driving me crazy trying to work out which one it is, but that particular vocal leap is very very Debbie Harry.

I've found it, it is actually Rapture.

i kinda hear the 'rapture' in there, but if they wanted to rip a really banging blondie tune, they should've chosen 'atomic'

>haha 'it is the same chord sequence'

it is it totally is and therefore it is also just as good as both '1000 knives in bathtub with lamp' and blondie's awesome song 'rapture'

My Perfume<>YMO argument would rest more on songs like 'VOICE' on this very slow work day. admittedly Perfume is admittedly never, ever as weird as YMO.

I don't know what they're singing but I doubt it's on the level of 'this must be the ugliest piece of bread I've ever eaten wrapped in a tinfoil-like substance' or 'today, placenta, tomorrow' choruses

i was with you up to 'therefore'

you're a tough audience

Missed this whole sandbox thing and thus ilx suddenly devoting a thread to this group and my album of the year.

Anyway, someone said something about Nakata finding a certain style and sticking with it for JPN; which is totally true - and the same for his other projects. There's a "Kyary" sound now, and a more defined Capsule sound, where before a Capsule song could've become a Perfume song, and I think he talked about this in an interview when the Capsule album was releasd.

More impressive that he's managed to juggle the projects and write some of the most crystallized melodies and songs. It helps that the build-up to this album was so long and we knew it would be great based on _that_ singles run, of course.

Baffling part: It's still not available legaly digitally to western audiences. They made a big point of Kyary's stuff being released on itunes at once, but no Perfume. J-pop's got some way to go to catch up with k-pop in making this material available. They're on a Disney soundtrack, ffs, there's a market for it.

have never understood what the criterion are for western iTunes activation. Capsule I can almost understand, all the lyrics are in English, but if them why not Shiina

I understand why it never happened with physical CDs, which are so expensive in Japan that they had no interest in allowing other countries to sell them at prices that would still be cheaper after being imported. But now that it's all digital, they can lock out continents and set the market price, it's almost as if after having assimilated and hyper-modded the west's music, they're uninterested in re-exporting it

that being said, official channels are now officially besides the point

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FPayHjacAY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlylzVg7cqc&feature=related

been spinning JPN and esp that amazing live vid frpm above A LOT last week. thanking u, thread.

feel like there might be a little bit of the BLUE SKIED sega sound in this record but I also feel like I might be making that up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_fNLfjQZ14&feature=related