Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Fool's Mate July 07

5 Mucc Songs, as chosen by each member (each chosen song was commented on, but i only included some of the comments here):

Tatsurou:
1. 狂想曲 (he views it somewhat as the first original mucc song, and thus symbolizing the beginning of mucc. also the first time tatsu wrote the lyrics.)
2. つばさ
3. 流星
4. 溺れる魚 (tatsu feels he's injected a lot of what he wants to sing into this song. also a song that he especially likes to perform at a live.)
5. パノラマ (lyrics which are not trying to say "thanks for your hard work", but rather, "the form may change, but we'll still be working hard together from now on".)

Yukke:
1. あやとり (yukke heard it before he officially joined mucc, and he was stunned:"how can high school students make such an awesome song!?!" also the first time he got a taste of mucc's "folkie" music style.)
2. 夜 (first time yukke wrote the melody.)
3. 雨のオーケストラ (yukke's demo for this song was 'cheaply produced' in his own room, so he was really impressed by how the dramatic power of the song increased with the use of an orchestra.)
4. 優しい歌 (yukke feels both the band and himself have progressed because of this song, and that this song proves that language is no barrier in the world of music.)
5. フライト

Satochi:
1. 9月3日の刻印
2. 背徳のヒト (first time satochi wrote the melody)
3. 前へ
4. 優しい歌
5. キンセンカ (first time satochi tried writing lyrics. although it is difficult, satochi says he'd like to challenge himself in the future with more lyric-writing!)

Miya:
1. 断絶 (when miya made the song, it didn't hit him that much, but the first time he played it live, he was moved to tears. At that moment he understood the meaning behind making your own songs. he says: "自分の感情を演奏するって意味で、この曲がなかった今、ムックはないかもしれません。")
2. 謡声(ウタゴエ)
3. アカ (almost symbolic of mucc back then. some sort of retrofeel worldview demonstrated in this song.)
4. 娼婦 (miya believed many people got to know mucc back then because of this song. powerful, fast, yet with a mellow melody. it seemed like a new style then, only recently did he find out that the scales in the song are similar to those found in russian folk tunes.)
5. 我、在ルベキ場所

*****
Scenic's choices... (no particular order)
1. 断絶
2. 9月3日の刻印 (first song in a mucc live that hit me hard)
3. アカ
4. 廃
5. あやとり
...it's too hard to just pick 5 though!

What are your choices? :)

ps. many thanks to BH for helping me purchase this issue! and for listening me out in other matters.. by treating my problems as if they are hers! (in tax-speak, we call it "domestic interest"! XD)

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Comments:
hmm very interesting...it's really cool that Tatsurou remembers one of the most forgotten muccs song like Oboreru Sakana...but if he likes so much to perfom it, why he doesnt do it usually! XD. As for Yukke's elections...he must be the only person in the world that would pick Flight in a Top mucc songs XDD, Satochi looks to be the more "old school" member of the band, and Miya surprises me choosing Utagoe...(by the way, somewhere i read that danzetsu was about a car accident that miya has with his father when he was young, do you know if that is right? ...though now i doubt if that was about Danzetsu or Kugatsu... Finally i have to say that the list i more agree is the yours XDD

My choices would be...hmm too difficult XD, i'm sure about three (Danzetsu, Kugatsu and Ayatori) the others two would depend of my mood...if i had a funky XD day Mae e and Suisou...in a sad day Hakanaku Tomo and Suna no Shiro...in a day i'd like to hear "hard" music Isho and Akatsuki Yami should be there there...so impossible to choose XDDD
doing this kind of list is when you realise of how much good and how much differents songs mucc have :)
 
gosh, thx for translating this piece ^^ I ordered the June FM issue but not the July one...*sobbing*

my choice would be:
1.家路
2.最終列車
3.溺れる魚
4.ガーベラ
5.砂の城
LOL...it IS hard to pick only 5...
 
BH's selection
- Hana
- Shoufu
- Orugooru
- Hakanakutomo
- Danzetsu

its hard to select 5 songs really.
 
1. メディアの銃声 ~ ガーベラ
2. スイミン
3. 絶望 (first song I've heard from them)
2. アカ
5. 名も無き夢, キンセンカ or 9月3日の刻印... I don't know.

That is interesting. I love Sato's choices. \o/
 
Grr! i posted a comment last night which didn't appear! >< What's with Blogger!!?

Anyway...

Anonymous-san,
hihi, may i know who you are? :)

Yup indeed it's difficult to pick just 5! >< And i suppose besides a few songs which stay put on the list, the rest may change as time goes by...

Quite interesting to see which songs are of particular signifiance to each member! Didn't expect Yukke to choose Ayatori and to read his comment about it :) And even though i've read before in an old interview Miya's comments about Danzetsu, it's really cool to see him reflect upon it again and talk about its impact on him. Talking of old interviews, nowadays whenever i read an old article about the band, i keep thinking as i am reading, hey, during that time the band had NO IDEA what they were going to be like x years down the road... like hey, at that time Miya hadn't written kugatsu yet... or hey, they haven't come up with the songs from 'Gokusai' yet... nor performed in europe and china yet...

Geez. This is making me all nostalgic! XD

Josu,
断絶 is indeed Miya's story, but more so about how a child deals with the death of an adult that was important to him, as Miya lost his dad when he was very young.

Anyway i think your suggestion of mucc songs for different moods is more fitting, cos their songs are so varied! Hey maybe we should think up a slogan for them, something like : "A Mucc For Every Mood!" :D XD
 
Hello, Ive been following this blog for a while and I finally have a comment to add~
5 songs only? World conquest would be easier
1) Ryuusei (no song can move me like it. To me this is a perfect song)
2) Hakujitsu/Hakubi ? my kanji sucks. (I wonder why this song is overlooked by many MUCC fans. I find it Insanely powerful and moving)
3) Saishuu Ressha
4) Zutazuta
5) Nageki no Kane
Arrgh. I cant just pick 5! Honorable mentions; Zetsubou, Isho Danzetsu and Gokusai.

Some of the band member choices scare me a little...Fright and Yasashii Uta?
 
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