I told you I would write 'bout Rurutia, but I'm actually writing 'bout savage genius
the reason is - I don't want to forget a fact I just learned.
however, let us proceed from the beginning of the discography to the end.
first we hear some very electro-rock-something indescribable. that is 'red' and so on
and then Aa remembers she's a cute girl and starts singing cute songs with cute names. I'll not list them 'cause they're so alike.
the only thing which pleased me on the initial stages of savage genius's creativity was 'spider girl' which was like 'acid' and IDK how to describe it in other words. I mean, it has that viperous mood. and there's also a nice canon in the middle of the song when the voice of Aa is joined again with the voice of hers singing a separate melody
then we proceed again to cute songs. some of them are cute enough to make me wince. however I managed to find some songs which are a little better than their cute brothers (or sisters?) like 'itsu ka tokeru namida' or 'take a chance'. there's also some rockish thing called 'still I love you' which is not much of a real rock of course, but is nice to hear 'cause the discography would be so sad without any change in the style
I hoped too much that songs with nice names would save the discography, but even 'die for you' and 'mikazuki dake' gave nothing to add to my playlist...
then we hear some change again, which brought 'aizome' to us. this was really a relief 'cause it has a little of some ethnic mood and the lyrics (wow!) happen to get along with the melody rather well.
the song I heard first among the others of savage genius was 'hikari no yukue'. I thought like 'wow they sound so Kajiura-like but they aren't Kajiura' and I was mistaken. they were Kajiura - just once. how do I know? well 'hikari no yukue' is a theme song from El Casador and Kajiura was a composer there. it's obvious the song was NOT composed by Takumi, though it is exactly what is written on different web-sites.
then there's the collab with Chino which is rather contradictory. though it is nice and full of energy I can't get rid of the feeling it's somewhat obsolete for the year of grace 2007. the b-side sounds obsolete as well, however the difference is - 'hayaku koi koi rekkaasha' was composed to sound obsolete, and Chino does much to make it sound like a real Japanese chanson. that's why I like the b-side much more, but I added 'mighty body' to the playlist to make it less boring and alike
well then we come to one of the best albums where we can find good songs like 'mou nido to' and 'Prometheus' and esp 'koishikute' and 'niji o wataru...' which are still in frames of the savage genius's style but offer a good original mood enough to distinguish them from the previous songs. speaking of the latter two songs I'd like to state they're even more outstanding 'cause there was a lucky decision of adding some IDK country? rock'n'roll? some sound never typical of savage genius before
then there came the time for Aa to part with Takumi-san and as I feared, it didnt't bring any good to savage genius.
let me now come to the important fact I mentioned. though my friend assured me of presence of a great song after the turning of the duet to Aa'a solo project I'm really disappointed with the 'maze'. it is a one more obsolete song, however it wasn't obviously done on purpose, or may have been done, but not completely, which prevents us, listeners, to believe it's on the right place. it does sound like those 'cheap' songs from 90's which were not very elaborate and didn't require much of composer's efforts to be created. it has a rather simple melody, a guitar solo to save the song from a complete boredom, a girls' duo to introduce some interesting pieces in terms of two-voice polyphony. however none of them made the song interesting for me. if the song tries to imitate the style of those composed 10 years before, it should follow the style till the end and completely. we can't hear the style implemented fully here.
what's essential here? the composer of the song is... Okui Masami-sama. and she composed the song as if for herself and then she as if decided to give it away to smb else. why should I come to such a conslusion? well, imagine Okui-sama singing the song with her beautiful, low and strong voice. what's the difference? she's the real girl from 90's, that's the thing that explains it all. she can make the song sound realistic. though some changes are also necessary in the background as well.
my conclusion is - don't try to create a song with a clearly understandable style and then invite a singer completely unsuitable for it. let the 90's style rest in peace. well, there are good examples of exceptions like tiaraway, however, but they are really following the style to the extreme.
the rest of the late songs of savage genius are so boring that they made no impression on my mind so that I'd like to ask you to let me keep silent 'bout them.
in the whole I'm not very pleased with the discography, but I have no regret either. there are some interesting pieces of art in it, but the fact only makes me even more confident in the conclusion I made some time ago - one shouldn't be a prostitute in music, singing everything he/she is told to. the success and quality of the song depends on the composer and his mood very much, so I kindly request composers to try hard to create something more unique, and singers I pray to choose properly a song which deserves their attention really.
the reason is - I don't want to forget a fact I just learned.
however, let us proceed from the beginning of the discography to the end.
first we hear some very electro-rock-something indescribable. that is 'red' and so on
and then Aa remembers she's a cute girl and starts singing cute songs with cute names. I'll not list them 'cause they're so alike.
the only thing which pleased me on the initial stages of savage genius's creativity was 'spider girl' which was like 'acid' and IDK how to describe it in other words. I mean, it has that viperous mood. and there's also a nice canon in the middle of the song when the voice of Aa is joined again with the voice of hers singing a separate melody
then we proceed again to cute songs. some of them are cute enough to make me wince. however I managed to find some songs which are a little better than their cute brothers (or sisters?) like 'itsu ka tokeru namida' or 'take a chance'. there's also some rockish thing called 'still I love you' which is not much of a real rock of course, but is nice to hear 'cause the discography would be so sad without any change in the style
I hoped too much that songs with nice names would save the discography, but even 'die for you' and 'mikazuki dake' gave nothing to add to my playlist...
then we hear some change again, which brought 'aizome' to us. this was really a relief 'cause it has a little of some ethnic mood and the lyrics (wow!) happen to get along with the melody rather well.
the song I heard first among the others of savage genius was 'hikari no yukue'. I thought like 'wow they sound so Kajiura-like but they aren't Kajiura' and I was mistaken. they were Kajiura - just once. how do I know? well 'hikari no yukue' is a theme song from El Casador and Kajiura was a composer there. it's obvious the song was NOT composed by Takumi, though it is exactly what is written on different web-sites.
then there's the collab with Chino which is rather contradictory. though it is nice and full of energy I can't get rid of the feeling it's somewhat obsolete for the year of grace 2007. the b-side sounds obsolete as well, however the difference is - 'hayaku koi koi rekkaasha' was composed to sound obsolete, and Chino does much to make it sound like a real Japanese chanson. that's why I like the b-side much more, but I added 'mighty body' to the playlist to make it less boring and alike
well then we come to one of the best albums where we can find good songs like 'mou nido to' and 'Prometheus' and esp 'koishikute' and 'niji o wataru...' which are still in frames of the savage genius's style but offer a good original mood enough to distinguish them from the previous songs. speaking of the latter two songs I'd like to state they're even more outstanding 'cause there was a lucky decision of adding some IDK country? rock'n'roll? some sound never typical of savage genius before
then there came the time for Aa to part with Takumi-san and as I feared, it didnt't bring any good to savage genius.
let me now come to the important fact I mentioned. though my friend assured me of presence of a great song after the turning of the duet to Aa'a solo project I'm really disappointed with the 'maze'. it is a one more obsolete song, however it wasn't obviously done on purpose, or may have been done, but not completely, which prevents us, listeners, to believe it's on the right place. it does sound like those 'cheap' songs from 90's which were not very elaborate and didn't require much of composer's efforts to be created. it has a rather simple melody, a guitar solo to save the song from a complete boredom, a girls' duo to introduce some interesting pieces in terms of two-voice polyphony. however none of them made the song interesting for me. if the song tries to imitate the style of those composed 10 years before, it should follow the style till the end and completely. we can't hear the style implemented fully here.
what's essential here? the composer of the song is... Okui Masami-sama. and she composed the song as if for herself and then she as if decided to give it away to smb else. why should I come to such a conslusion? well, imagine Okui-sama singing the song with her beautiful, low and strong voice. what's the difference? she's the real girl from 90's, that's the thing that explains it all. she can make the song sound realistic. though some changes are also necessary in the background as well.
my conclusion is - don't try to create a song with a clearly understandable style and then invite a singer completely unsuitable for it. let the 90's style rest in peace. well, there are good examples of exceptions like tiaraway, however, but they are really following the style to the extreme.
the rest of the late songs of savage genius are so boring that they made no impression on my mind so that I'd like to ask you to let me keep silent 'bout them.
in the whole I'm not very pleased with the discography, but I have no regret either. there are some interesting pieces of art in it, but the fact only makes me even more confident in the conclusion I made some time ago - one shouldn't be a prostitute in music, singing everything he/she is told to. the success and quality of the song depends on the composer and his mood very much, so I kindly request composers to try hard to create something more unique, and singers I pray to choose properly a song which deserves their attention really.
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