I don’t wanna feel Blue anymore...
I've heard about it a lot, but I never really had a look. Until this year that is. The first person to recommend it to me was Veronica, but after one obligatory Youtube click I was left unimpressed. It wasn't until a few weeks later that I got to listen to them properly. I think it was when I decided to watch all of the PS Carvival 2005 to get acquainted with other bands. Kagrra, was the first to perform and I found myself liking Satsuki and Chikai no Tsuki. There was one more reason but that shall be explained alter. After that it went as usual: downloading songs, watching PV etc. Fast enough I was drawn into their magical world.
The thing that really makes this band stand out is their authenticity. They didn't succumb to the popular trends but kept to their own style, staying a Japanese rock band in its truest sense. They're the only J-Rock band I know that doesn't use any English in their lyrics and even in titles. I also read the lyrics are in the style of Heian era poetry. That makes them a lot harder to understand and I can't really remember song titles well, but I really respect them for it. And I think everyone in the industry also really admired them. Their music has a distinct sound of traditional rhythms woven into rock. In terms of instruments they also use koto fairly often. After all, Kagura means 'ancient Shinto music'.
To me they became a band that sort of defined this season. This Autumn I began taking calligraphy classes and became generally interested in Japanese traditional arts and culture. I guess I understood that for Japan the past and present are very tightly intervened and you can't understand the modern without the ancient. So to me it seems that I had to mature enough to like both Kagrra's music and traditional arts.
I'm kinda glad I got into them after all the drama. It would have been really hard to live through. I'm really scared that something may happen to one of my beloved artists since there are so many of them. I don't know much about them as people, but Isshi seemed like a really nice person. I wouldn't call him attractive, but he had this kind gentle aura about him. I do feel a little sad about how things turned out, but I don't see it as something tragic. Rather than that, somehow it's like the traditional Japanese tales where death is just an ending. Didn't they ask to consider their disbandment a demise? It almost seems like Isshi completed his mission and left soon after.
Kagrra, has left a beautiful legacy, created it's own world of music and colourful imagery painted with bright colours and as much as I don't want to sound corny, they already captured a small corner in my heart.
+Bonus: 楓弥
The thing that really makes this band stand out is their authenticity. They didn't succumb to the popular trends but kept to their own style, staying a Japanese rock band in its truest sense. They're the only J-Rock band I know that doesn't use any English in their lyrics and even in titles. I also read the lyrics are in the style of Heian era poetry. That makes them a lot harder to understand and I can't really remember song titles well, but I really respect them for it. And I think everyone in the industry also really admired them. Their music has a distinct sound of traditional rhythms woven into rock. In terms of instruments they also use koto fairly often. After all, Kagura means 'ancient Shinto music'.
To me they became a band that sort of defined this season. This Autumn I began taking calligraphy classes and became generally interested in Japanese traditional arts and culture. I guess I understood that for Japan the past and present are very tightly intervened and you can't understand the modern without the ancient. So to me it seems that I had to mature enough to like both Kagrra's music and traditional arts.
I'm kinda glad I got into them after all the drama. It would have been really hard to live through. I'm really scared that something may happen to one of my beloved artists since there are so many of them. I don't know much about them as people, but Isshi seemed like a really nice person. I wouldn't call him attractive, but he had this kind gentle aura about him. I do feel a little sad about how things turned out, but I don't see it as something tragic. Rather than that, somehow it's like the traditional Japanese tales where death is just an ending. Didn't they ask to consider their disbandment a demise? It almost seems like Isshi completed his mission and left soon after.
Kagrra, has left a beautiful legacy, created it's own world of music and colourful imagery painted with bright colours and as much as I don't want to sound corny, they already captured a small corner in my heart.
+Bonus: 楓弥
