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Old 07-25-2010, 07:27 PM   #1
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Visual Kei music

What do you think of Visual Kei music? I love Dir En Grey, personally.
What do you guys think?
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Old 07-31-2010, 12:57 PM   #2
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I prefer my J-rock not so visual, heh. I feel like most visual kei bands have no 'soul' in their music... Not substancial enough, or something like that. Also, too many bands have music way too similar - when the music isn't even good.
It seems to me that japanese men think that all it takes to be a good band is turning into, well, sparkling tranvestites. No offense intented to Mana, I really like his music. lol
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Old 07-31-2010, 02:47 PM   #3
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I love the aesthetics of the culture as well as the videos but I agree sometimes the music doesn't seem as important as the image..I still have a profound respect for visual kei as a fashion I find it tremendously beautiful and individual and expressive!
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Old 07-31-2010, 03:47 PM   #4
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I like some older visual kei music quite a bit. Anything by Malice Mizer is very nice in particular. 'Kind of a hybrid of classical, rock, and video game music.

I agree with Nihil: Mana-sama is an outstanding composer. In my opinion, Malice Mizer/Moi Dix Mois defines "Goth".
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Old 08-01-2010, 10:23 AM   #5
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But are goth and visual kei the same thing? I think they have similar tastes, but I think Visual Kei goes places goth would not.
And yes, it seems Visual Kei does focus a lot of the look, but then again, what's so wrong with that?
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Old 08-01-2010, 11:00 AM   #6
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Well, there's nothing wrong with focusing on the look. Unless the look is all the band cares about, it's quite nice to see the styles they come up with.
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