BABYMETAL

Dublin Red Devil wrote: »

Apparently BABYMETAL weren't "Metal" enough for them.

I'd imagine it was locked in part because you were acting like a complete spammer, constantly bumping the thread.

Dublin Red Devil wrote: »

People on here just don't seem to get Babymetal.

I really, really don't think that it's just people not getting them. Look, I like Babymetal. I would've gone to the same gig at the drop of a hat had I the money, I'm sure the show was fantastic. The thing is that you're coming across like Robert De Niro in The Fan, and it's just downright weird. In fact, I'm not sure if you're taking the piss with all this or serious as a heart attack. Either way, weird...

Dublin Red Devil wrote: »

If only I could spend time with them.

Grayditch wrote: »

He's not really doing anything wrong, in fairness.

You'll have to get yourself a Babymetal buddy on here, Devil.

There's quite a few folks on boards who like Babymetal, myself (begrudgingly) included, but are either put off by the OP's obsessive posting style, or some of the aggressive nay-saying on the other thread. Some folks just want to listen to the music they like and maybe have a chat about it without having to justify whether it's 'metal' enough, or come across borderline obsessive/creepy comments, it's a double-whammy of offputting, so they might look at a thread and go "...eeeh! I'm leaving this one alone!"

Thing is, the OP ain't wrong about the musicians behind Babymetal, they are staggeringly talented.

Hell, wanna talk about obsessed? I absolutely ****ing love the guitarist Leda, he's hands down probably my biggest inspiration for playing guitar these days, I've got nearly everything he's done or been involved with, I've got both his guitar DVDs and if I was rich, I'd get his iconic signature guitar in a heartbeat. First knew of him when he played bass in Galneryus and went by the name of Yu-to, and then I heard something about his new band Deluhi (that's the band's name, not his surname like the OP thought) and I was just floored by them, I was an insta-fan and they've remained one of my favourite bands ever since. After Deluhi broke up, Leda went on to do his solo project Undivide with former Deluhi drummer Sujk, and then on Sujk's solo albums where he's supposedly just played on track 7, but you can totally tell he did all the guitars for that album. Sorry for the gushing fangirl display.





But anyway, the musicians behind Babymetal are indeed an incredibly talented bunch, and I'd even say that they're better than Babymetal. I'm partly sore that Leda doesn't do something else new, because his creativity doesn't quite come through in Babymetal, it's a bit generic. But I don't think he's really got much creative input into the group anywho.

I also recently took a trip to London to see Girugamesh live when they played in the O2 Academy, it was an incredible show, loved every minute of it. So yeah, I get obsessive. It's understandable, having passion for music is awesome. But you can be obsessive and stuff and still engage in a discussion, instead of acting like a spammer, constantly pimping your favourite band, you know? But yeah, I don't think the OP is doing anything wrong either, he's just going about it weird.

blastman wrote: »

I have to admit, I did get a giggle out of this, though.....

Yes, that's Gary Holt and KERRY F#&KING KING!!!

I raise you Bill & Jeff from Carcass :pac:

darkdubh wrote: »

Is it just me or does nearly every pop culture movement that comes from Japan involve underage looking Lolita type girls?Something a bit creepy about it all.

Not really the case, it's selection bias. If you want to see what's actually popular in Japan, the biggest selling album of all time in Japan is Utada Hikaru's First Love. She's one of the biggest selling artists.



However, the biggest selling artist of all time in Japan is B'z:



Pretty boring, eh? Inoffensive, radio-friendly pop rock. Not exactly the sort of craziness people seem to expect from Japan, is it? But stuff like that is popular.

Or we can look at a band that's absolutely huge outside of Japan, who do massive tours world wide, I'd even guess you've probably heard of them, L'Arc En Ciel:



You might look at something like Kyary Pamyu Pamyu and think that's the kind of crazy thing that everyone in Japan listens to, but it's not, her latest album really didn't sell all that well. She's mainly well known overseas, and simply because the above video went viral and got millions of hits, it's the kind of 'crazy weirdness' that people associate with Japan though.

That's not to say the likes of idol groups aren't popular too, they are, but they're far from 'every' pop culture movement from Japan. Japan is pretty damn normal tbh