Luna Sea covers

mwahahah i'm practically salivating right now listening to the just released Luna Sea Memorial Album - Re:Birth by various jrock/jpop artistes. apart from that i'm also orgasming in my pants for this Monday's concert (in Tokyo, duh) which i'm sure will be HOT.

anyway, haven't yet found a working link to the album. imeem doesn't have the complete tracklist, but i'll find the album sooner or later. uhuhuhuhuhu *skips around in circles gleefully*

--edit; i leeched a link off some LJ comm :P here's what i think about the cover songs and how the bands scored:

1. Dejavu - MUCC
verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. haha Tatsurou's a Luna Sea fan! The song doesn't run astray much at all from the original. :D

2. Sweetest Coma Again - abingdon boys school
verdict: At first I didn't understand why a.b.s. would use a song from Lunacy (not one of Luna Sea's best albums I tell ya)... But holy smokes~ It's more of a remake rather than a cover song. SASUGA a.b.s DESU!! SPANKING RAW RIFFS that totally shows how truly talented they are. This earns a full 5 stars score! Or maybe I'm just biased.

3. Storm - Nami Tamaki
verdict: Aha. Now I know how this Nami Tamaki sound like. Eh sorry lah, she sooo ruined this song. Her voice is so effing whiny. A real shame cos the re-arrangement with the violins and synths are cool. 1.5 stars for this saving grace.

4. Precious... - merry
verdict: 2.5 stars. I can't remember how their own songs are like but.. OK lah~ so so only. Precious by Luna Sea was fun while this one is er.. too kawaii for my taste. Are they oshare? Or is the audio just bad?

5. Rosier - HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR
verdict: 2 stars. Hmm. Somehow the edge from Luna Sea's most mind-blowing and heaviest song has been punked up but it manages to still become nice. The vocalist is so lembik...

6. I For You - Juichi Morishige (ZIGGY)
verdict: 3.5 stars. A ballad for a ballad :) Wonderfully done piano re-arrangement. He brings out a different emotion from the original. If Ryu was mellow, this guy is emo.

7. In My Dream (with Shiver) - LM.C verdict: 3 stars. Ehm. Disco-fied like crazy. It's sadly similar to Wonder Girl's Tell Me. lol. Are they only singing the chorus? I can't differentiate the different stanzas. Nyeh. They could've done better.

8. End Of Sorrow - YU-KI & DJ KOO from TRF
verdict: She sounds familiar wei but don't think I've listened to TRF before. Anyway, phroar! They made my favoritest song into a tasteful dance track. They get 4 stars.

9. Love Song - kannivalism
verdict: 4.5 stars woh! Wow. Why didn't Luna Sea just turn the song into this instead of the original's unforgivable sappiness? Same arrangements, just a different beat ;)

10. Shine - Marty Friedman VS LEGEND feat. SHINICHIRO SUZUKI
verdict: 5 stars. Niiice. Dunno how to comment. It's just.. NICE.

11. Wish by SID
verdict: 5 stars. They also totally rawked this song like a.b.s. I know only a few people like the original so I hope this will change their mindset.

12. Moon by Masami Tsuchiya
verdict: Haha a veteran rocker doing a Luna Sea song? So random. 3 stars ;)

=> Final verdict? Hmm. I think I'll delete the Nami Tamaki and H&MC song. Annoying leh. The album is after all.. a tribute album. I guess I shouldn't compare and understand the complete meaning of how these bands are/were influenced greatly by Luna Sea (mwahaha).

I'm disappointed that an earlier uncomfirmed tracklist didn't quite make the cut (Gazette!! UVERworld!!). And now there's only 12 songs T_T

1.LUNA SEA -Special Medley-／YU-KI & DJ KOO from TRF
2.TONIGHT／Mihimaru Gt
3.TRUE BLUE／HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR

4.BELIEVE／UVERworld
5.Dejavu／ムック (MUCC)
6.END OF SORROW／メリー (Merry) -- eh why they changed song?
7.DESIRE／Gazette-- ARGH i wanted them to participate too
8.SHINE／土屋アンナ (Anna Tsuchiya)
9.STORM／玉置成実 (Tamaki Nami)
10.IN SILENCE／WaT -- er, scrapped because too Jpop?
11.gravity／土屋昌巳 (Tsuchiya Masami)
12.MOTHER／坂本龍一＆坂本美雨 (Sakamoto Ryuuichi & Sakamoto Miu)

13.I for You／Mr.Children
14.ROSIER／abingdon boys school
15.WISH／Special...