Love Psychedelico releases new song

I hate the stone slackers behind LP’s official site—smegheads do sporadic, infrequent news updates in Japanese and none in Chinese, Korean or English since December 2005. NONE! And oh, looks like Chinese and Korean are one and the same with English language now—the news pages are an identical triplet anyway. Employ new staff please!! Call out and you shall get tons and tons of multi-lingual volunteers fling themselves at ye!! Here is one enraged and unfortunately non-Japanese speaking fan throwing rotten tomatoes, for a start...

Hate/threat mail aside, latest news hot from the oven (it’s posted TODAY and I had a hunch to check just this instant. No, I don’t hover over the site everyday and no, they don’t have RSS.) So quote I:

新曲「Freedom」がNHKのMLB放送イメージソングに決定

6月発売予定のNEW ALBUMに収録される新曲「Freedom」が、NHKのメジャーリーグベースボール（MLB）放送のイメージソングとして使用されることが決定しました。

このイメージソングは、ベースボール発祥の地アメリカ、MLBという最高峰の舞台において活躍が期待される日本の選手たちに、LOVE PSYCHEDELICOが、“フリーダム＝自由”にのせて送る熱
いメッセージです。

Google translation sucks at this, the bot can’t handle a piece with too many punctuations still. So before a kind human soul translates this, I am gonna guess it said one or more of the following:

- LP’s new song Freedom is gonna come out.

- A new album is coming in June, (DAMN it's ABOUT TIME TO!!! Jumping and whooping in joy. Please tell me I didn’t get this one wrong!!) and it contains Freedom (yeah whatever...let me get over the previous sentence first).

- And LP is going to perform Freedom in some big deal baseball event. Japan is a baseball freak nation. XD

Anticipation!!

Happy Birthday, Elton!

It's Elton John's 60th birthday, and you can watch him live on the birthday show in New York as well as look at his long and immense career here.

The Misfits

Keeping in step with the "rediscovery" of all my favorite high school punk rock bands, I thought I'd do a little blurb on the hardcore "horror" punk rock band, The Misfits. This only refers to the original 1977 to 1983 lineup, not the resurrected 1995 band.

Forming in 1977, the Misfits were very close to the first wave of punk rock bands that included the Ramones, the Clash, the Buzzcocks, and the Sex Pistols. The lead singer and "creative director" Glen Danzig named the band after Marilyn Monroe's last movie of the same name. Their music was originally their music was more experimental and somber, but were soon influenced by the emerging punk scene by bands such as the Ramones and the Damned.


The most notable aspects of The Misfits sound was their fusion of 50's doo-wop, experimental rock, punk rock, and the creation of a "horror punk" sound. Glen Danzig's voice was very versatile, and I think he arguably has one of the best voices in rock&roll. Their early music was very melodic despite the thrashing punk guitars, and remained so until Earth A.D., which was much more "hardcore." Their lyrics were influenced by 50's B-horror and sci-fi flicks, littered with monsters, murder, and violence. Some songs can be kind of shocking if you take it seriously, like "Last Caress" and "Bullet." It can also catch one off-guard if you're taken in by Danzig's awesome voice.

The Misfits Samples:

They also adopted their most iconic images early their active years. The first was the "devilock", in which the hair is grouped towards the front of the head, like a reverse pony tail. The other was the use of the Crimson Ghost, a villain from the 1946 Hollywood movie serial of the same name. Members of the Misfits also dressed in black and often wore ghoulish makeup inspired by 1950's horror movies. These theatrics likely inspired modern acts like Marlyn Manson.



The Misfits released three albums and never did find much success before calling it quits in 1983. However, their recordings became more and more popular in the underground scene and bands like Metallica covered their songs and brought them into the light. Since 1983 unreleased tracks and compilation albums have been released and are highly recommended to any fan of rock music.

The Misfits had much more trials and tribulations that I cared to include in this blurb, but all can be read at wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Misfits.

The Misfits @ LastFM

Notable Misfits band members:
Glen Danzig (vocals)
Jerry Only (bass)
Manny Martinez (drums)
Franche Coma (guitar)
Jim Catania (drums)
ROBO (drums)

Misfits studio albums:
*Static Age (recorded 1978, released 1997)
*Walk Among Us (1982)
*Earth A.D. (1983)

lyrics contest - round 4 - OSTs

Alright, as the last two rounds turned out they were too damn difficult, we were just competing to get the other bald first (by pulling own hair out). So my second try would be themed and plentiful quoted if not hinted. zhu, you ready?

Theme: original soundtracks. All the songs have been featured in one or more films, tv series, anime, you get the idea...(zhu I think you have all of them, either the OST album or the songs by themselve, or at least heard of, and you should have seen most of them. Name the movie too if you so like. =D)

Difficulty: giveaway to obscure drive-you-mad stuff, in descending order.


31)
I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss
Well a few of the verses well they've got me quite cross
But the sun's been quite kind while I wrote this song
It's for people like you that keep it turned on

32)
You can live the life you like.
You can even marry Harry
But mess around with Ike.
And that's good, isn't it?

33)
Moonlight and love songs - never out of date
Hearts full of passion - jealousy and hate
Woman needs man - and man must have his mate
That no one can deny

34)
I stole ten thousand pounds,
ten thousand pounds to see you
I robbed convenience stores
'cause I thought they'd make it easier
I lived of rats and toads and I starved for you
I fought of giant bears and I killed them too

35)
All the leaves are brown
And the sky is gray
I've been for a walk
On a winter's day

zhu didn't have forrest gump, sobz. replacement is harder!

A satellite recalled your voice
Sent me round the world again
All the night you've dreamed away
Sent me round my heart again
One touch upon my lips
And all my thoughts are clear
I feel your smoky mist
Up to the stratosphere

(and i realize that basically, the first five are shameless giveaways..)

36)
Drink up one more time,
And I'll make you mine.
Keep you a part,
Deep in my heart,
Separate from the rest,
Where I like you the best,
And keep the things you forgot.

37) It blows in my eyes and makes me realize
The trouble that I'm in
That Carolina Wind
And the dirt beneath my heels in the road
Obeys command to me and serves me as I go

38) Photographers snip snap
Take your time she's only burning
This kind of experience
Is necessary for her learning

39) And now I tell you openly, you have my heart so don't hurt me.
You're what I couldn't find.
A totally amazing mind, so understanding and so kind;
You're everything to me.

40)
Cerf-volant
Volant au vent
Ne t'arrête pas
Vers la mer
Haut dans les airs
Un enfant te voit
Et dans la tourmente
Tes ailes triomphantes
N'oublie pas de revenir
Vers moi

(yeah, French. But that's really easy, like, how many French OST do we have in common?)

Lyrics Contest Round 3 (Chinese)

Easy one, no hints!

(21)
爱为何总填不满又掏不空

(22)
把酒高歌的男儿是北方的狼族

(23)
只看见沙漠 哪里有什么骆驼

(24)
我还没说可惜 你已经在叹气

(25)
留着相同的血 喝着相同的水

(26)
所有公允的景观之中，我都不存在

(27)
欢迎光临 你好吗

(28)
一个梦境的周围 散落花瓣十六枚

(29)
我的心情好像土拨鼠在挖洞

(30)
总觉得钞票一天比一天难赚

Lyrics Contest - Round 2

Round 1 isn't exactly concluded, but to reward the hard work of zhu the question setter: a premature release of Round 2. I have yet to type in hints, and that'll depend on feedback (i.e. grunts and complaints). Honestly, a lot of the stuff are quite a giveaway (IMO), too well known..we'll see. Don't bother checking my last.fm chart for hints cuz I didn't scrobble, but I know you wouldn't. That was a smug note to self. ^_*

- update: hints added by popular request. You can always demand more.


11) if lies you tell can make it better
and hopeless dreams can make your day

one of those bands that like a numerical in their names.

12) Jaded in anger
Love underwhelms you
No box of chocolates
Whichever way you fall

by a now inactive duo.

13) But as the embers of the summer lost their breath and disappeared
My heart went cold and only hollow rhythms resounded from within

title is indicative of a time of the year.

14) Soon there'll be candles
And prayers that are said I know

you don't have to name the original artist--though it'd be a bonus if you do--cuz it's one of those frequently covered classics. analyse the nouns.

15) Sure you were swift when the handsome Greek boys dropped by with gifts
You are suave thanks to the ribbons that open sesame

in these two lines a word echoes another title by the same artist.

16) Take another shot of courage
Wonder why the right words never come
You just get numb

title is shared by a cocktail, a film, an album, and of course, this song.

17) Take two people - romantic
Smoky nightclub situation
Your cigarette traces a ladder

song featured in a rock n' roll movie. pays tribute to Casablanca the film classic. (that's TWO hints.)

18) One says, he wants everlasting happiness
other says, he wants nothing
it's all one to me..

ooh you got this one, I thought it would be the first to go, too. ;-) I was going to say, 'a vertebrate and an invertebrate', haha.

19) To the brutes in the halls
My timid young fingers held a decent animal.

the name of the band is part of the body--human body, i am not sure how it's called in other mammals.

20) The game I used to play
I've always put my cards upon the table
Let it never be said that I'd be unstable

band on hiatus. country of origin is neighbor to that of the original artist(s) of lyrics (17).

Lyrics Contest

Round 1 - Questions by Zhu
Identify song title and artist, no cheating, no googling. Your brain and memory is your only tool! (plus fingers for typing)

Clues are given beside question number.

(1) The song title reminds me of bubble gum.
Plant a seed, plant a flower, plant a rose
You can plant any one of those

(2) Already disbanded.
Using symbols using words
Can be likened to a deep sea diver

(3) Clue's embedded below.
Don't slide

(4) The first BIG digital animation film.
I only need a little time
Perhaps a little hair

(5) Well, can't give clue for this coz it's too obvious.
He was a boy, she was a girl
Can I make it anymore obvious?

(6) Closer
Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to cry

(7) Let's get to the chorus.
Hello, you fool
I love you

(8) I posted the lyrics before in my blog (sorry, not a good clue, still a clue)
The people go forever descending
It's when we're all inside
That summer's on the way

(9) A flower
I wake in pain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand

(10) Coz we aren't old yet.
And it really doesn’t matter that we don’t eat
And it really doesn’t matter if we never sleep