3. Desire Drive (TD)
6. UFO Romance in the Night Sky (UFO)
9. Emotional Skyscraper ~ Cosmic Mind (UFO)
7. Hartmann's Youkai Girl (SA)
7. Hartmann's Youkai Girl (SA)
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[01:24] <ProfessorPaul1290> Trojan Green Asteroid?
[01:26] <ProfessorPaul1290> You mean like this? : http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1923
[01:26] <Keine-tan> Title: SCP-1923 - The SCP Foundation (at www.scp-wiki.net)
[01:32] <Jana> SCP Wiki at Night!
[01:32] <Jana> My favorite extreme sport! \o/
[01:33] <ProfessorPaul1290> I don't know if it's "Trojan" but it's definitely a "Green Asteroid".
[01:33] <ProfessorPaul1290>Actually, it releases seeds that hook onto other asteroids, so I guess it is kind of "Trojan".[01:34] <Jana> Yeah, this is actually pretty fitting. :>[//quote]
I realise it's just odd zun art angling... but Renko looks like she's missing a leg. :V
We haven't heard from them in six years, right? Surely they've graduated from college by now.That is what you think.
hate for Hartmann's Youkai Girl
Hating Koishi is the new old hip thing to do. 8)
Hating Koishi is the new old hip thing to do. 8)
Oh, and is it just me or is ZUN's art-style becoming a lot less colorful and artistic? u.uWell we all know his art after UFO didn't really match up. But if you ask me, it's the attacks in Touhou that have become more noticeably bland, especially nonspells. Such a step back from UFO and GFW...
Hating Koishi is the new old hip thing to do. 8)I always hated Koishi and her theme. I think Kilga has too, though I didn't know Ammy was part of our "club." :P
Who knows, maybe Hartmann's won't be repetitive ear-bleeding nonsense!
No hate for Koi Koi, just her ear-ravaging theme. :VBetting that the new ZUN arrange of Hartmann's Youkai Girl will not sound the same playing backwards as well as forwards!!
Ear-bleeding? You people haven't heard Necrofantasia then. I almost thought I would go deaf.
No, it's being sold at Comic 1, which is on the 30th. Also, he dropped some hints on Twitter about how there is still remaining stock of 5.5 that may be sold at a certain music event sometime soon. Vague as usual, but he might be talking about the Nico event on the 29th or M3 on the 30th.
Ear-bleeding? You people haven't heard Necrofantasia then. I almost thought I would go deaf.
Must suck to have bad speakers.
Hating Koishi is the new old hip thing to do. 8)
I was hating Koishi before Gpop even discovered her.I was loving Koishi before you even hated her :V *inb4infiniteloop*
I was loving Koishi before you even hated her :V *inb4infiniteloop*
Also, Renko has one leg
No, she's striking an amazingly cool pose.
or posing for Cripple Girls.
I personally am looking forward the most to Hartmann and UFO Romance, as those are two of my favourites... and especially UFO Romance never got much love (at least I don't remember ANY remix that tried to do anything with the laughter in the original - if anyone knows one, that would be great)Does this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS1FmQQjKX0) count? It's more of a cover than a remix, but that laugh is AWESOME.
Also, the new originals will definitely be something nice. Final track sounds like it could be interesting~
I didn't know that Hartmann's Youkai Girl was so disliked. I love every single Extra/Phantasm boss theme there is, Koishi's is no exception. Also very much looking forward to the new cd.
Renko looks especially ZUNy on the cover art, I have to admit.
ZUN seems to have a problem balancing trumpets against other instruments. The levels on them are just way too high. Even in some of my favorite pieces of his, like Voyage 1969, he does this - the piano and drums will be just fine, and the piano in that song especially is really beautiful, but then the trumpets come in at like four times the levels they should be.Some people just love dem trumpets, though.
Mind you, this isn't a hard and fast rule. In songs of his that are all about the trumpets, like Wind God Girl, the horns are just fine. But he does have this tendency to mix his songs with "NEEDS LOUDER TRUMPETS!" in mind.
Not really been enjoying this weird 2D angle style myself. A lot of the portraits in TD made the characters look like they had 2x4s up their butts.This actually suits Yoshika well in regards to her physical condition.
Some people just love dem trumpets, though.Guilty. They're the best part of his newer songs in my opinion.
Some people just love dem trumpets, though.
I couldn't understand Hartmann haters until recently when I actually thought about it a bit.
As a song, it kind of sucks. As Koishi's "theme" - even more. Arguably. As background music for Koishi's fight, though, it is incredible.
I felt the same way about Emotional Skyscraper. When I first heard it, I laughed my ass off. I was like, "WTF is this? It sounds like the OP to a bad 90s mecha anime."Same here. For many post-IN themes, I didn't actually start liking them until I heard them in-game first, with Koishi's theme being no exception. Still, though, I'm interested in seeing how the arranges turn out. Though most of them in past music collections were essentially the same thing as the original, there were quite a few arranges that I really enjoyed due to the slightly more significant changes made to them.
Then I heard while fighting Byakuren, and it gave me goosebumps.
As a song, it kind of sucks. As Koishi's "theme" - even more. Arguably. As background music for Koishi's fight, though, it is incredible.
I love the trumpets, too - I'm talking about the levels he sets them at. They're often entirely too loud. Like, I love batter fried chicken, but I wouldn't love someone forcing giant chunks of chicken meat down my throat.
Same here. For many post-IN themes, I didn't actually start liking them until I heard them in-game first, with Koishi's theme being no exception.
I prefer to think of ZUN's trumpets as crack. No matter how much you sniff, you always crave more.
The problems arise when your body begins to adapt to the drug, causing each subsequent intake to be less pleasurable. In other words, the first time I heard "Necro Fantasy ~ A Maiden's Illusionary Funeral", I felt like I was listening to the voice of God. I had trouble restraining myself from replaying Ran's theme at least 10 times, or even just the one section with the epic brass blasts. Now, the song sounds like trumpets and pianos to me. Good ones, of course, but the initial ecstasy and excitement degraded into a more mature, nostalgic feeling.
On the other hand, songs like "Wind God Girl" lose their appeal faster because they rely only on the trumpets for energy. Indeed, ZUN's trumpets may be crack, but his pianos are LSD.
Random music opinion time strikes again.win
I feel the same about one of ZUN's most popular songs: "Love-colored Master Spark." I first heard the song while fighting Marisa, and the song sounded like two rainbows having sex with each other.
Probably because crack is meant to be smoked.
Yeah, for me it was the opposite. His mixing was so off that I was initially repelled by these songs, and later grew to enjoy them, or at least tolerate them.
Again, total opposite for me. The composition of Wind God Girl is so good that I keep hearing new things in it all the time.
Well, now I know. Or maybe I was typing so carelessly, I wasn't paying attention to my word choice. I suppose every time I (or anyone else) make a mistake, you'll be there to play grammarian.
I'm curious to know what motivated you to continue listening to a song after having a negative first impression. Perhaps by tolerate, you meant you had to listen to the songs while playing the game. I had the same problem with ZUN's music after Subterranean Animism, as multiple listens changed my opinion from bad to decent. However, I still love the songs I enjoyed the most at first listen.
I can't say I share your experience. Wind God Girl, from what I hear, is a very direct song which repeats the same catchy rhythm. I enjoyed the song very much on my first few listens, but over the course of months, other songs proved to be better for longer.
It's out now...It sounds more...I'd say floaty? Or spacey or something, but definitely a lot slower and I guess bubbly imo. So it actually sounds like a good song rather than a chaotic one to fit the mood while fighting Koishi. :V
I must say, I enjoy this rendition of Hartmann's Youkai Girl a lot more. The reduced speed really cuts down on the hectic and chaotic mood.
It sounds more...I'd say floaty? Or spacey or something, but definitely a lot slower and I guess bubbly imo. So it actually sounds like a good song rather than a chaotic one to fit the mood while fighting Koishi. :V
Also, let's play spot the difference with Cosmic MindI
Whoa whoa whoa.
Suddenly, every single copy of TGA's music has been deleted from Youtube. Apparently Shanghai Alice pulled a copyright claim...?! I thought this was just some asshole ruining everyone's fun, but it's gone from Nicovideo too! What the heck, did ZUN really do this...?
当然、CDを動画にしてアップするのは二次創作ではないので許可出来ないよん
Well, the CD was uploaded all over the place on video sites almost as soon as it came out. Is that normal for the music industry? (I'm a noob regarding such things)
Most of Symposium of Post Mysticism was uploaded to various places on the net in fragmented scans before the book literally officially went up for sale.
Assuming ZUN cares at all about money, I can't help but imagine all of that has to be just a tad bit annoying. Maybe he cares about money more than ever before now that he's married, too. A man's gotta support his family, after all.
Any news on the story of Trojan Green Asteroid? Er... if there is one.
Yep! (http://kafkafuura.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/trojan-green-asteroid/)
Kafka's on the ball.