[quote="Kozumou"]And I honestly didn't like the song too much. It just didn't do it for me.[/quote]
I really don't understand why that song was a single. It's grown on me (I used to really dislike it), but there were definitely better options from the Num-Heavymetallic era.

I'm not a huge fan of Urban Guitar Sayonara, either (the B-sides make up for it, though, which is not really the case for I don't know).. and it's the same situation; I can think of a lot of far superior songs from Sappukei that would've worked better as singles.

Yeah, like jedi said, you should start with School Girl Bye Bye. Generally, with Number Girl, earlier = more accessible (although.. that might not be the case with Sappukei and Num-Heavymetallic).

Anyway, Shibuya Rocktransformed Joutai is one of the best live albums I've ever heard.

Personally, I think School Girl Distortional Addict would be the best album to start with.

When I first heard Num-Heavymetallic I wasn't that into it, except for Num Ami Dabutz, but lately I've been listening to that album a lot.

[quote="overAmped"]Personally, I think School Girl Distortional Addict would be the best album to start with.[/quote]
Yeah, either way, really. I got into SGBB and SGDA at the same time, so...

And Num-Heavymetallic is amazing.

Sappukei's the way to start.

Okie. I'll try looking for some of that stuff some point in the not too distant future, probably.

I liked NumHeavymettalic

When was this band around?

[quote="BadRedOx"]When was this band around?

[/quote]

August '95 - November '02

I had come to accept that the I don't know PV was just really weird.. However, my initial belief was that it must've come from a movie or TV show (I think I mentioned this to either jedi or Tatsu).. Well, turns out it [i]is[/i] from a movie.

http://www.nikkatsu.com/oldmovie/gaichu/

The title is Gaichuu (害虫). You can watch the trailer there ("音楽/ナンバーガール" comes up on the screen while I don't know plays). I found some information about Number Girl's connection to the project on a serarate site:

ナンバーガール、向井秀徳が撮影現場に足を運び、作詞作曲した楽曲「I'don't know」を提供。
この他に、インスパイアされて作られたインスト２曲も特別収録のサウンドトラックCD。
爆裂するギターサウンドにのせ、サチ子の疾走は加速してゆく。

I guess the entire I don't know single was used in the film. Makes sense.. a movie about a school girl + titles like "Thirteen" and "Chuugaku Ichinensei."

Mystery solved.

Good find.

I'm super mad at the Touch video. How come they always have to rough up inazawa in every video he acts in? He gets dragged out of a private room in some club by two dudes in suits in the cibicco-san video, and gets slapped in the mouth by another guy in this one.

See for yourself.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmBGdrsae04[/url]

I first heard the song Sasu-You like 6 months ago and I liked it a lot...

I finally got Sappukei and it's alright, but it doesn't really put lead in my pencil...

Maybe I have just overwhelmed myself with music in languages that I can't understand...

It took me a while to enjoy all the songs on sappukei. I'd say i didn't start enjoying all of the album until a month ago. Some people who listen to this album are turned off because Mukai screams a lot more than usual. Albums that are really meaningful and intricately composed are hard to enjoy at first because it's almost too much to take in at one time.

Lately I've been listening to rock transformed joutai cause i'm trying to tab up samurai and nichi jyo ni ikiru shoujo. I bought a capo last week for the exact same reason.

Sappukei is one of those albums that you really have to listen to. I used to ignore the album except for trampoline girl, but now it seems like some of their best work.

[quote="skoolyardpuck"]i'm trying to tab up samurai[/quote]
YES! That'd be great. One of my favorite songs, and I can't figure a lot of it out..

Yeah, Sappukei took me the longest to appreciate. If you can get over Mukai's screaming (try to look at it as more passion than angst), then it's a pretty flawless album.

The Touch video is awesome! I don't think I've ever seen it..

Today I discovered what an amazing song "Makkuro Kekke no Umi" is.