a recent spew of new Jrock singles and albums (the GazettE, Kagrra, & Rentrer en Soi for instance), has revived a flame of passion in me which almost died in March/April last year. one downloaded album led to another and now i'm tracking down full discographies. that is if i can find working torrents who did i start listening to in the first place? well it's a looong story.. to cut the history lecture short i'll just shortlist my favorites:
[1998] L'Arc~en~Ciel; Rurouni Kenshin movie. Glay and Dir en grey; from Jrock Channel. Malice Mizer and Gackt, too. X Japan!
[1999] Luna Sea -Hyde (i want the old Hyde back!!). basically i just fell out because Kpop demanded so much from me.
suddenly, now that i'm older (and hopefully, maturer) i'm hopelessly lost amidst the whole download-every-show-follow-every-video mentality of Kpop fans. it's scary how the scale might tip at any time and unseat my Kpop-fan identity. i love Kpop, i really do. but i realise i don't like to collect every single thing (DVD, photobook schmuck) because i'm content just by listening to music. and break me or waive me, i am still a hardcore Jrock-fan at heart. before anyone counters and calls me an undignified fan, let me assure ya that i still keep Shinhwa and Hyoshin foremost in my heart. but anything/anyone other than them... i'd only manage to get bored with rather fast. ah, it's just me.. i fall in and out of love too easily.
Sunday, April 1, 2007
My walk down the old path
Labels:
Dir en grey,
Gackt,
hide,
Jrock,
Kpop,
L'Arc~en~Ciel,
life,
Luna Sea,
Park Hyo Shin,
Pierrot,
reminiscing,
Shinhwa,
SUGIZO,
X JAPAN
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
3 comments:
awwwww. you know what? i think its the season for reminiscence.
i was SO crazy over bong. and now lately its coming back. like SERIOUSLY. some bajillion years of not feeling such strong obsession/liking/loving for a gasoo. there was a short period for woohyuk though. a shorter period for heechul and hyuk XD
but seriously ._. i missed my husband...
The power of first love..
I think Mish's right. It's not just us. People around me are finding themselves back to their roots too.
Or is it because of Shinhwa's anniversary? They mentioned things from the past, and it gets passed on to us?
Anyway, it's good to connect back to our old selves, don't you think? ;D
hey unnie..it's been a long time since I've replied here..jongmal mianhaeyo ^^;..
when I saw ur post I just had to reply cause I've been thinking the same too..Last time, I've had the same mentality to download every show but not anymore nowadays..even after the rain craze..my heart still goes back to shinhwa..
just like farah unnie said..all of us are going back to the roots eh?..been missing them so much lately too!~..I guess maybe its a good thing afterall :)
til then, take care ^^
p/s - btw, its lisa here..too lazy to change to my account..hehe
Post a Comment