True Left

"The video doesn't play in my area. Sorry "

But now that I looked up the album's tracklist and searched Tracks 2 and 3 I can comment.

Track 2 (Sayonara no Memai) did seem more sincere and free, while Track 3 (Kinsei Densetsu) seemed more stiff with more SFX.

I think I see where you're getting. Thank you.

Nevermind.

But I hope to know if I'm understating your taste.

*Understanding.

I'm guessing I'm not.

"I don't care about lyrics in music."

That's another difference between us, then. Lyrics are very important to me. The same melody with different lyrics changes the effect of the song completely for me. The same lyrics put to different melodies also do not feel the same.

"two different music that are similarly high in spirit."

I'm not sure that it is quantifiable. It's like asking for "two similarly funny jokes".

@90sRetroFan I care about lyrics a lot too. I don’t really listen to instrumental music all that much, unless it’s really good or strikes a chord with me for whatever reason. But that might be partially because I have a weird relationship with music. I have maladaptive daydreaming, so I like to listen to music with lyrics that are relevant to whatever I’m thinking about or wanting to fantasize about at the time. It’s honestly a bad habit that I should probably shake off at some point, because there’s no use fantasizing about versions of myself that I’d like to be or places and events that I wish were real, when I could be spending all that extra time on making them closer to reality in the first place

Maladaptive daydreaming and music are so intertwined for me, that I feel like if I wasn’t a maladaptive daydreamer, I’d probably listen to music a lot less, or even stop entirely. Maybe that’s just my current brain telling myself that though, and I would just need to readjust if I were to give it up after all this time. It’s weird actually, because some of the earliest memories I have, are of me pacing around and fantasizing while music is playing. It’s something that I’ve done since I could walk, basically

This seems very deep. The music seemed majestic. Though I didn't really understand the lyrics, somehow the phonetics fit in with the melody. The monologue fit in too. I understand a lyrics' phonetic pronunciation isn't really as much appreciation as a lyrics' meaning (same with monologue) but if I understood the meaning (or if a song drama was in my language), I think I could understand your view. I may've not praised sound effects before, but in this case, it was simple and had representation. It enhanced the tone of the song drama.

"Song dramas fell out of fashion with the wider decline of radio as a whole by the end of the 90s."

Well at least there's podcasts or audiobooks that can hopefully revive it.

"Do you like duets?"

Why not? There's this song called 'Sekaiju no Dare Yori Kitto' and it had a great melody and composition I listened to it over and over again (including versions of other languages).

Even these Counterculture icons (Sammi Cheng and Andy Hui) made their own version of it calling it 'Only You are Irreplaceable' and it was beautiful:

"Yes, although this one was not written to be a duet, so it just sounds like two people harmonizing lyrics meant for one person."

Fine enough. I still like the song though.

"Here is a true Cheng-Hui duet (note how each singer has their own lyrical perspective)"

I noticed the lyrical perspectives as well as I could hear how, while singing different lyrics, they coincide due to their similar amount in syllables. If only I was born early enough to experience this sort of artistic creativity.

Also, would you ever put Cheng and Hui in:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/human-evolution/facial-aryanism/

or at least one of them? Hui, I could understand not, but I believe Cheng has some potential (though I wouldn't know who to boot).

"Note also the scenery elements used in the above MV, such as the bare concrete (0:00), sidewalk guards made of pipe (0:46), etc.."

I noticed it at 0:00. The lighting there was so cool and calming.

"(wire fences, pipe railings, plastic chairs, and lots of bare concrete)"

As any true minimalist should prefer.

"(peeling paint, bamboo scaffolding, rusted window frames, dried climbing plants - brilliant!)"

Though things like paint aren't that necessary in the first place, when they get worn out, it just reveals their true worth (which does make the aesthetic beautiful). I remember I used to peel the wallpaper (another unnecessary invention you mentioned here:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-right/western-civilization-is-ugly-48/msg4019/?topicseen#msg4019

) in my house as a child.

"MVs with this type of scenery are worth posting here for the visuals alone. I will try to find more over time!"

Hitler would be proud of those MVs. I know I am and this is coming from someone of non-Aryan ancestry (who has gladly volunteered not to reproduce). I hope you, 90sRF, become an example people can follow.