[quote="MrkJulio"]Someone should upload the single [/quote]

I will if you tell me how to get rid of this DRM from iTunes Japan.

it says protected m4p file.

[quote="zorahk"][quote="MrkJulio"]Someone should upload the single [/quote]

I will if you tell me how to get rid of this DRM from iTunes Japan.

it says protected m4p file.[/quote]
There are programs for removing DRM protection, but it's often a pain in the neck and I get tired of searching google for the good ones. A simple method is to just burn the protected songs to a CD-r via iTunes and then just rip it as you would any CD. I gave up and used this method when I purchased something off "mora" recently.

http://www.mediafire.com/?sd4765w6hifeya3

Courtesy of me and the boyfriend.

I'll post the lyrics and translation for Hiking later, but I can't understand any of Blockhead so I'm not going to bother posting the lyrics for that.

I understood about a quarter of Blockhead on shitty laptop speakers.

Anyways, the single, from my first cursory listen, sounded pretty good. I'll listen with some good headphones a bit later.

Awesome. Can't wait to listen to the B-sides.

Blockhead sounds like Sawao is singing with a bunch of mashed potates in his mouth. I'm liking the other b-side though.

Blockhead has a terrible chorus. Musically, it's out there and kinda cool though.

Hiking is great. Heavy on the Tedious Man influence, and that's fine by me.

Thanks for the link Raccoon

[quote="Brye916"]Thanks for the link Raccoon [/quote]

That ^

I'm about to listen to them.

Welcome


Also, I have to agree with that jerk. Hiking came out of no where. I listened to it and had to do a double take on my comp screen.
"Is this the pillows wat. M-Manabe?!"
I can get the booklet's english lyrics to BLOCKHEAD sometime today.
I'm finding that energiia and Hiking only get better and better with each listen.

ハイキング by Yamanaka Sawao

心のトゲが抜ける日を
ずっと待っている
笑えるし眠れるよ ある程度
何を期待してるんだろう
思い知ったのに
みんなどうしてるの 鈍い痛みを
今夜はキミの夢が見たいな
見るよ
夢の中で寄り添ってさ
夢を見るんだ
独りぼっちは平気でも
好きなわけじゃない
雨の日曜日は寂しいな
同じ言葉を話すのに
通じない人も
もう慣れたはずだよ さあ出かけよう
誰かが僕を探していたら
良いな
その人の待つ曲がり角
曲がらないまま
今夜はキミの夢が見たいな
見るよ
夢の中で寄り添ってさ
夢を見るんだ

Thanks a lot, Racoon. Shame they don't put the singles on the US iTunes.

Have only given a quick listen so far. Blockhead sounds like it would be good, if only Sawao's Engrish wasn't completely killing the melody.

Has his Engrish somehow gotten [i]worse[/i]? Or is it just me because of something like when English songs were fairly rare it was an appealing gimmick, and now that we're long past Subhuman etc, it's just old and horrifying? Or maybe his Engrish didn't use to interfere with the flow/melody/rhythm/etc of the song as much?

He used to have his brother help him with his english pronunciation on the older tracks, the quality sharply declined after he stopped.

After Gazelle City, iirc?