The requestor found some lyrics for this. My issues was I was searching for the wrong title 😅Here's the link for anyone wanting to check it out lyricstranslate.com/en/scarlet-alibi-eternal-absence-proof.html It appears to be quite introspective about the notion of doing right in the face of difficult decisions and being able to find yourself on the other side of the "correct" choice. It's about finding light within the darkness and taking action when you feel paralyzed. Some of this does shine through in the music and explains the duality between the heavier verse and the brighter chorus.
Ugh, I dropped the ball by sending those lyrics so late, rather than from the beginning. Still listening to reaction. . . Well, TH-cam apparently has my other comment in moderation (which is kind of funny, since it was pretty moderate). I will add here that I think your take on the vocals shows an insensitivity to their expressiveness. If everything is largely focused on the vocals, as you have said (and as I agree), it would make sense to let them take the lead in indicating the mood of the song. You aren't picking up on the intensity, the urgency, and the general sense of the movement of thought and feeling that is expressed in them.
@@rudymeixell3426 I went back and listened specifically to the vocals and I didn't really get a sense of intensity nor urgency from the performance. In many sections they're the most reserved instrument regarding drive and momentum. No worries about the late lyrics, I still got to put my thoughts somewhere regarding them. And I'm not sure about the message that YT ate, I don't have anything from you in my "pending review" section.
I think this is one of Ringo's best compositions for the band in a while and despite a reasonably complex arrangement I feel like it all comes together seamlessly, but then as Rudy alluded to, maybe there's something there as far as familiarity. It's very Tokyo Jihen for anyone who knows the band, and for me is just a good example of Ringo writing for (Phase 2 of) the group. I think in particular it's a good showcase for the style of Hata, the drummer. I appreciate the effort from requester and reviewer alike.
I would love to see your reaction to any of Ringo's solo work, her debut album is probably the most popular for reactions but her new music video is quite popular and also associated with an anime which might drive some traffic. She is really a fascinating musician
Loved hearing your thoughts on the scarlet alibi! Please to Tokyo Jihen's Himitsu next!! th-cam.com/video/oqOsEdi-NC8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=w0H_zG0BAOVPEy9p I think the band had a lot more chaotic energy in their early days which is quite lovely. Plus shina ringo's voice is himitsu is unbelievably sexy, i cannot even
If you haven’t heard of them yet, Moses Yoofee Trio is doing absolute wonders right now in the jazz space. They’re definitely a different vibe & well worth your time. Moses Yoofee Trio’s live official live performance of OCEAN or ON THAT SIDE would make a great video. As always, I’m stoked to see anything Jazz / Fusion / Funk related on the channel.
Thought you would be able to do a lot more with that, since there is so much that it does extremely well. I expected some complaints about how the outro fits with the rest of the song, but I wasn't expecting you to find the connection of parts in the first portion confusing or problematic. I don't hear the first chorus as just upbeat, I hear it as an increase in urgency. Maybe I have just learned Shiina Ringo's musical "language" after 23 years of listening to her and Tokyo Jihen. I kind of wish I had just given you a link to lyrics, from the start, without even mentioning Detective Conan! This is a Tokyo Incidents song in addition to being written for that movie. More later. (I will probably just update this comment.)
I don't have that much more to add much more after all. I think Tokyo Jihen is a major band, and deserved better. Plus they are my favorite rock band of the last twenty years or so. (And what is probably my second favorite is also from Japan, but very different: Boris.) I do feel this reaction was relatively phoned in compared to many that you do, and that you didn't really engage with the vocals (which I have started to notice happens a lot in your videos, actually). For instance, you never noted the way Ringo's vocal coloring relates to the instrumental timbers (e.g., and especially, the way she adds grit to her singing right before Kameda's distorted bass solo). The funny thing about your objection that the sections don't flow into one another well is that I thought you would appreciate how well everything flows up to the break for the outro, which is another matter. I sometimes think I would enjoy the outro more if it built on the themes present in the first part of the song. To my ears, it doesn't really do that. Given that the band had only recently reunited when this track was released, the outro is partly just a way of saying "we're back," to me. There is some lyrical warrant for it though, since the last line of the song is: "Where is the original real me?" It could make sense that the answer to that takes us to something non-verbal, since our earliest conscious experience would be pre-verbal. That line also reminds me of the various zen koan variations that go something like: what was your face before you were born? But I am not sure that is intentional, since the wording doesn't seem that similar. It's always easy to make too much of what little one knows about a foreign culture and use it as an interpretative tool where it doesn't really belong. I also was hoping for more music theory explanation of the way one of the key piano motifs comes and goes. It seems unusual to me, but I don't have the vocabulary to describe it. I agree that the "jazz" here isn't very improvisatory, if at all. It's more like the way Steely Dan would use jazz soloing. I don't think of Tokyo Jihen as particularly improvisatory, although they are certainly adventurous about re-envisioning songs, performing the same tunes in drastically different arrangements, etc. Incidentally, I do think this song might contain a quote from some famous theme music, as the reaction speculated, but I have been unable to identify it. I am not much of a movie or TV person, though, so there is probably someone else who can ID it. It could just be that Ringo went for a certain detective type sound and did it so effectively that it sounds like a familiar melody, but I suspect she lifted something from somewhere. After all, she stole from Bach for the opening of one of her solo songs.
More really fun Japanese rock/pop with some funk/jazz leanings. Didn't love this quite as much as the Gacharcic Spin we heard the other day, but still really good stuff. Especially appreciated the groovy bass throughout this, and I though the jazzy bridge was the highlight.
You might enjoy this jazzy/funky song, Himitsu, from the debut album of this lineup of Tokyo Jihen (commonly referred to as Phase II, but that's not actually part of the band name). In the video version of the song, one guitar solo is replaced by something else--I won't give it away--but on the album, there is an actual guitar solo: th-cam.com/video/oqOsEdi-NC8/w-d-xo.html I think this song/video was my first exposure to Shiina Ringo.
Olá, espero que esteja bem! Meu nome é Jadson, moro no Brasil, mas adoro a banda alemã de metal gótico Lacrimosa. Hoje tenho 34 anos e desde os 14 anos suas músicas fazem parte da minha vida, nunca saíram da playlist do meu dispositivo móvel. Se puder analisar Ich Bin Der Brennende Komet ou Lichtgestalt, com certeza a comunidade gótica do mundo vai se reunir aqui para saber de sua análise. Parabéns pelo trabalho sobre apreciação musical!
Its actually different, you can check their other song Tokyo jihen - sounan Tokyo jihen - himitsu Tokyo jihen - shuraba Tokyo jihen - zettai zetsumei Tokyo jihen - reverberation Sheena ringo - yami ni furu ame Sheena ringo - stem Sheena ringo - gips Sheena ringo - ringo no uta
@@fidhoz4401 Those are excellent suggestions, especially the first four. I had thought about requesting the Dynamite Out! version of Sounan (which I consider definitive). Glad you didn't mentioned the overrated "Killer Tune."
The requestor found some lyrics for this. My issues was I was searching for the wrong title 😅Here's the link for anyone wanting to check it out lyricstranslate.com/en/scarlet-alibi-eternal-absence-proof.html
It appears to be quite introspective about the notion of doing right in the face of difficult decisions and being able to find yourself on the other side of the "correct" choice. It's about finding light within the darkness and taking action when you feel paralyzed. Some of this does shine through in the music and explains the duality between the heavier verse and the brighter chorus.
Ugh, I dropped the ball by sending those lyrics so late, rather than from the beginning. Still listening to reaction. . .
Well, TH-cam apparently has my other comment in moderation (which is kind of funny, since it was pretty moderate). I will add here that I think your take on the vocals shows an insensitivity to their expressiveness. If everything is largely focused on the vocals, as you have said (and as I agree), it would make sense to let them take the lead in indicating the mood of the song. You aren't picking up on the intensity, the urgency, and the general sense of the movement of thought and feeling that is expressed in them.
@@rudymeixell3426 I went back and listened specifically to the vocals and I didn't really get a sense of intensity nor urgency from the performance. In many sections they're the most reserved instrument regarding drive and momentum.
No worries about the late lyrics, I still got to put my thoughts somewhere regarding them. And I'm not sure about the message that YT ate, I don't have anything from you in my "pending review" section.
I think this is one of Ringo's best compositions for the band in a while and despite a reasonably complex arrangement I feel like it all comes together seamlessly, but then as Rudy alluded to, maybe there's something there as far as familiarity. It's very Tokyo Jihen for anyone who knows the band, and for me is just a good example of Ringo writing for (Phase 2 of) the group. I think in particular it's a good showcase for the style of Hata, the drummer. I appreciate the effort from requester and reviewer alike.
I would love to see your reaction to any of Ringo's solo work, her debut album is probably the most popular for reactions but her new music video is quite popular and also associated with an anime which might drive some traffic. She is really a fascinating musician
Her lyrics are insane actually
Loved hearing your thoughts on the scarlet alibi!
Please to Tokyo Jihen's Himitsu next!! th-cam.com/video/oqOsEdi-NC8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=w0H_zG0BAOVPEy9p
I think the band had a lot more chaotic energy in their early days which is quite lovely.
Plus shina ringo's voice is himitsu is unbelievably sexy, i cannot even
If you haven’t heard of them yet, Moses Yoofee Trio is doing absolute wonders right now in the jazz space. They’re definitely a different vibe & well worth your time. Moses Yoofee Trio’s live official live performance of OCEAN or ON THAT SIDE would make a great video.
As always, I’m stoked to see anything Jazz / Fusion / Funk related on the channel.
Thought you would be able to do a lot more with that, since there is so much that it does extremely well. I expected some complaints about how the outro fits with the rest of the song, but I wasn't expecting you to find the connection of parts in the first portion confusing or problematic. I don't hear the first chorus as just upbeat, I hear it as an increase in urgency. Maybe I have just learned Shiina Ringo's musical "language" after 23 years of listening to her and Tokyo Jihen.
I kind of wish I had just given you a link to lyrics, from the start, without even mentioning Detective Conan! This is a Tokyo Incidents song in addition to being written for that movie.
More later. (I will probably just update this comment.)
I don't have that much more to add much more after all. I think Tokyo Jihen is a major band, and deserved better. Plus they are my favorite rock band of the last twenty years or so. (And what is probably my second favorite is also from Japan, but very different: Boris.) I do feel this reaction was relatively phoned in compared to many that you do, and that you didn't really engage with the vocals (which I have started to notice happens a lot in your videos, actually). For instance, you never noted the way Ringo's vocal coloring relates to the instrumental timbers (e.g., and especially, the way she adds grit to her singing right before Kameda's distorted bass solo).
The funny thing about your objection that the sections don't flow into one another well is that I thought you would appreciate how well everything flows up to the break for the outro, which is another matter. I sometimes think I would enjoy the outro more if it built on the themes present in the first part of the song. To my ears, it doesn't really do that. Given that the band had only recently reunited when this track was released, the outro is partly just a way of saying "we're back," to me. There is some lyrical warrant for it though, since the last line of the song is: "Where is the original real me?" It could make sense that the answer to that takes us to something non-verbal, since our earliest conscious experience would be pre-verbal. That line also reminds me of the various zen koan variations that go something like: what was your face before you were born? But I am not sure that is intentional, since the wording doesn't seem that similar. It's always easy to make too much of what little one knows about a foreign culture and use it as an interpretative tool where it doesn't really belong.
I also was hoping for more music theory explanation of the way one of the key piano motifs comes and goes. It seems unusual to me, but I don't have the vocabulary to describe it.
I agree that the "jazz" here isn't very improvisatory, if at all. It's more like the way Steely Dan would use jazz soloing. I don't think of Tokyo Jihen as particularly improvisatory, although they are certainly adventurous about re-envisioning songs, performing the same tunes in drastically different arrangements, etc.
Incidentally, I do think this song might contain a quote from some famous theme music, as the reaction speculated, but I have been unable to identify it. I am not much of a movie or TV person, though, so there is probably someone else who can ID it. It could just be that Ringo went for a certain detective type sound and did it so effectively that it sounds like a familiar melody, but I suspect she lifted something from somewhere. After all, she stole from Bach for the opening of one of her solo songs.
More really fun Japanese rock/pop with some funk/jazz leanings. Didn't love this quite as much as the Gacharcic Spin we heard the other day, but still really good stuff. Especially appreciated the groovy bass throughout this, and I though the jazzy bridge was the highlight.
You might enjoy this jazzy/funky song, Himitsu, from the debut album of this lineup of Tokyo Jihen (commonly referred to as Phase II, but that's not actually part of the band name). In the video version of the song, one guitar solo is replaced by something else--I won't give it away--but on the album, there is an actual guitar solo:
th-cam.com/video/oqOsEdi-NC8/w-d-xo.html
I think this song/video was my first exposure to Shiina Ringo.
Olá, espero que esteja bem! Meu nome é Jadson, moro no Brasil, mas adoro a banda alemã de metal gótico Lacrimosa. Hoje tenho 34 anos e desde os 14 anos suas músicas fazem parte da minha vida, nunca saíram da playlist do meu dispositivo móvel. Se puder analisar Ich Bin Der Brennende Komet ou Lichtgestalt, com certeza a comunidade gótica do mundo vai se reunir aqui para saber de sua análise. Parabéns pelo trabalho sobre apreciação musical!
Do yourself a favor and listen to the "In The Dead Of Night" Suite on the UK debut album.
Sounds a bit like the Japanese version of Diablo Swing Orchestra...
Its actually different, you can check their other song
Tokyo jihen - sounan
Tokyo jihen - himitsu
Tokyo jihen - shuraba
Tokyo jihen - zettai zetsumei
Tokyo jihen - reverberation
Sheena ringo - yami ni furu ame
Sheena ringo - stem
Sheena ringo - gips
Sheena ringo - ringo no uta
@@fidhoz4401 Those are excellent suggestions, especially the first four. I had thought about requesting the Dynamite Out! version of Sounan (which I consider definitive).
Glad you didn't mentioned the overrated "Killer Tune."
@@rudymeixell3426 by coincidence... th-cam.com/video/ExdhoLS7vUo/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared