Blackmore's Night

This is the 1st time I'm recommending a band ;-) & normally I don't like to put their picture because I feel it causes people to be biased or prejudiced. But then I thought it'd look nicer having a picture in the post rather than none, to introduce them, & I was looking for something that would give me the feel of blackmore's night. This was the closest to what I felt lol

They're a band specialising in the medieval kind of music. If you really want to know more, you can always search for it in wikipedia.


I recommend Ghost Of A Rose & Under A Violet Moon ^__^ I'd be very happy if you listened to it & told me what you thought, but the thoughts are not necessary because I don't have much opinion to voice out either other than the fact that it's nice & I like it lol

the guitar playing is good though, for those who appreciate it... & their style is pretty much the same if you listen to more of their songs, but I'm the kind of person who'd like a style, so if I like a certain artist, I tend to listen to all or most of their songs if their style doesn't change ;-D

my dad called me old for liking this group lol cos at their concerts, only older people attend (range from middle age to elderly). I couldn't think of anything to say in my defense haih

you see, because of my different taste in music, I wouldn't think of recommending any songs or people that I listen to, because I doubt that other people will like it, so there wouldn't be any point in recommending. but the few previous posts that I have done (I only remember two, one is gackt & the other is hyde lol) is more like a declaration of how strong my feelings were, & in a way, how much of a fan I am because of that.but I have quite strong feelings about this group too, when listening to their songs, & I felt the need to recommend them ;-P

& yes, my taste is different, once again, but I'd call this good music whereas the other music that I listen to which I enjoy, I wouldn't have the confidence of calling it good, I'd just say it's not bad, but then again, I'm not the kind to compliment ^^; so you know what it means when I'm complimenting this group ;-P but actually, it's again because of my father, if he didn't listen to it, I wouldn't have heard the songs at the same time, & because he thinks all the music (or most of it) that he listens to are good music, that's why I wouldn't hesitate to call it good, based on what he says ;-) but the reason why he says that the music he listens to are good is because lots (& I mean lots) of people love it, & they're normally the best selling famous songs.

This group is a bit unknown though, but well known in other parts also, so I thought I'd share ;-D hope you like it!

PS: btw, my results came out edi ;-( I failed 1 paper again, but at least it's not the same bloody paper anymore yay! lol

L'Arc~en~Ciel

This is my 1^st post for the year 2009. ^^; kinda late to blog, since it’s been more than 2 weeks since the new year.

I’ve been busy with the start of college & subjects, but in the back of my mind occasionally I’d think of blogging lol. As usual, the things that I thought I’d blog about I forgot already, but there were a few things I wanted to blog about in the hols, but because of the lousy connection at that time, I ended up not using the computer at all in Dec ;-(

One of the things I wanted to blog about was my latest obsession XD it’s kinda irritating when you’re obsessed, cos it could affect your sleep & all that, but on the other hand, there are moments when you are very, very, VERY happy ^______^

& since my blog is like my thoughts & all that, I thought I’d juz blog about it, since I’m CRAZY about it ;-P actually, in Dec I was crazy about it, & now, the feelings have been replaced by a mild obsession, which is close to obsession, but without the losing sleep part ;-)

Anyway, my obsession is this group called L’Arc~en~Ciel XD

They consist of a singer, a guitarist, a bassist & a drummer.

It’s kinda strange how I started liking them. The people who were near me in Dec would think there’s something wrong with me, because it’s as though I suddenly started liking them. But actually, it wasn’t as sudden as I thought. Thinking about it, I’ve liked them for quite a while, just that the liking increased a lot when I saw their music videos ^^; lol

You see, I heard a few songs of theirs quite long ago (around 2004), & I only had a few of their songs which I liked. But when it got easier to d/l music, then I found a whole page of their entire discography (in 2007), so I decided to collect all their songs ^__^ & around that time (also in 2007, not sure which came 1^st though, but the connection on my comp was quite good in 2007, so I d/led a lot that year) I started getting interested in music videos, & since it was easy to d/l, when I found a whole page of their music videos, I decided to d/l it as well. Other than that page of music videos, I don’t think I’ve seen a collection of more music videos from any other artists. L’Arc~en~Ciel had at least 40 music videos!!

The only other artist that I downloaded all his music videos was Gackt, & that was around 20, I think. But L’Arc~en~Ciel started since 1992, whereas Gackt started his solo career in 1999, so technically Gackt did more music videos than L’Arc~en~Ciel considering the time frame.

Anyway, back to how I liked them. Although I d/led their songs & music videos in 2007, I didn’t listen to or watch it because I didn’t have that much free time, & I was busy listening to Gackt at that time lol. So, I only started listening to them last year in 2008 (I think it was around March). & at first, I just thought their songs were ok, a few were nice, but I grew fond of the songs. & I saw a few of their performances (only 2 actually) in 2007, which probably was what made me decide to d/l their music videos (it’s mean to say this, but my principle of d/ling videos, or rather music videos, is that if the ppl in it are ugly, I don’t want to watch it ^^;). So, obviously I thought they looked not bad, & the vocalist, hyde, was the type that I like ;-D

Yes, I’m that kind of shallow person who likes ppl based on looks, but it seems that there were some singers that I like that are ugly, but I didn’t think they were ugly. Maybe they’re not so bad, & the person I was showing it to had higher standards or something, but I liked those singer’s songs first before I saw them. It was the same with L’Arc~en~Ciel actually, just that I don’t think I’d be obsessed with them if it wasn’t because I like hyde so much ^^;

Sadly, I don’t have any good pictures of hyde (altho I feel this pic is not bad, but I wouldn't like him very much if I saw this pic), so it’s obvious that I didn’t exactly like him because of his looks, but more because of how his personality is on TV. I mean, I like him the way I like to watch Johnny Depp. But he’s not even acting, so there’s actually not reason for me to like him just like that ^^;

This is from one of their music videos. Obviously, I print screen-ed it XD I guess that’s sth like the kind of look that I like, so if other ppl don’t like this picture, then it’s obvious that they don’t like that type of look lol ;-P but those who know me know that I like guys with longish hair, & I also tend to like guys that look a bit like girls, although to me, I'd never think of them being close to a girl, but lots of girls don't like girlish guys cos they don't look like guys basically, whereas I think it's obvious that they're still guys LOL

Anyway, I finally finished listening to their discography last Dec. & after listening to their discography, I decided to watch their music videos (since I had so much free time because I couldn’t use the computer ^^;). At first, I was just having fun laughing at hyde because of the way he’d perform in music videos (I’m not sure whether what he was doing could be called dancing, but it was amusing to watch).

But then, seeing the music videos made me grow fond of them, & especially hyde of course. Another thing was that in 2007 (around Aug), my dad accidentally taped their 15^th Anniversary Live for me (because he was taping other things). I think that that was also partly another reason why I liked them more, because it was nice seeing them perform, & the few songs that I knew were performed in it too ^__^

& that’s about it, my story on how I started liking them. Not sure whether it makes sense, because it’s a bit jumbled up, but that’s how my thoughts are ^^; sorry to bore you with my obsession, but even blogging about it makes me happy XD

& I only blog about my obsessions once anyway, so far the obsessions that I have had since I started blogging was gay comics (it’s still an obsession), love comics (I still like to read it, but there are less nice stories now ^^;), gackt (that post was even shorter, but I wasn’t that obsessed about him anyway, but I was pretty obsessed about him at one time, I’m quite sure I lost a bit of sleep because of him lol), & of course L’Arc~en~Ciel. Also, I still like Heath Ledger, even though he's dead, but I don't consider that an obsession, because I didn't even see all his movies ^^;

I don’t think I’ll be blogging about L’Arc~en~Ciel again because there’s nothing much that I could say about them without going into fangirl mode ^^; & I’m not really talking about them themselves, if ppl wanted to find out more about them, they can check them out at wikipedia.

Oh, but another thing I’d like to say about them is that they have their own solo projects even though they’re still a band. So obviously, I focused on hyde’s solo projects, but I haven’t listened to his songs yet or watched his videos, even though I d/led them ^^; I’ve decided to take it slow lol ;-)

PS: I’m going to China in CNY!!! XD I’m looking forward to that ^__^

& since this was sth I uploaded, if anyone is interested in L'Arc~en~Ciel, this was what they looked like when they sorta started out ^__^

http://www.4shared.com/file/76950137/638bccb9/Debut_-_Vivid_Colors.html

it's only 13 seconds of their debut at Music Station, & the ppl in the box at the bottom right of the video are L'Arc~en~Ciel. Lol hyde's reaction when he saw his own debut video was funny, obviously he was embarrassed, or else he wouldn't have laughed & covered his face with his hands ;-D

My new interest lately

I dun expect to blog for quite some time, so watever I feel like blogging, I'm gonna do it now... ;-)
however, there's a lotta stuff I wanted to blog, but forgot about it, so that's too bad... ^^;

this is a small update about what I'm mildly interested in lately...

basically, a little self-intro... again...

I like to listen to Japanese music. It started when I started watching anime, & in case you don't know what's anime, juz google it up or sth, I'm lazy to explain, or you can ask me by commenting, then I'll willingly explain to you... ;-) so, in anime, there's an opening & ending theme, & when I started listening to those, I started liking Japanese music...

so, I had to take extra effort to look for Japanese songs... not that it's so hard now, but it's not that easy either, so I dun take it for granted.

anyway, since now it's easier for me to download stuff (hooray XD), I started downloading PVs & MVs (not sure what's the difference, but oh well XP), but I also started downloading new Japanese artists to listen to, & this is the current one that I've been downloading from lately:

His name is Gackt, & I'm afraid I don't know much about him, except that he can ride horses, & has a good background in playing the piano (from what I remember reading, his parents made him practice a certain number of hours every day)... other than that, I dun really noe... but this is the best pic that I saw of him (I think it's him, but I'm not sure cos it's juz a cover of one of his latest singles)... ^__^

anyway, that's about it, cos all I wanted to do was show off this pic anyway... XP