~After Dark~

You see… I love music. Especially rock music. But not heavy metal (however my bro loves it so apparently i hear heavy metal music from her stereo almost 24/6 yeah, 24/6 not 24/7, because on Sunday we don’t usually use our computers too much).

Now I’m currently watching two videos, one is “Here I am” by High & Mighty Color and the other one is “That’s What You Get” by Paramore. Their music style is really different, actually (western rock bands and japanese rock bands have different styles; though my mom never knows what’s the difference between the two of them, she thinks both are noisy) but we can see some similarities in both bands.

First, Here I am by High & Mighty Color. This is a Japanese Rock band and the song is really good. I like the tune and the lyrics, however Yuusuke might be singing too eagerly in some part of this song; it’s not a big problem actually but for people who are not used to Japanese Rock musics, it could be some sort of a bother. (For some reasons I’ve been thinking that this song is really suitable to be used as a theme song for mu story White Amethyst… Weird huh? I’m so imaginative that I sometimes can imagine things beyond imagination ^^) for detailed lyrics (in romaji, kanji, and also the translation) click here

Second, That’s What You Get by Paramore. For some people this song maybe has nothing special but i really like the tune of the intro and also the bridge. And the lyrics really suit my lovelife (T_T) anyway, this song is less ‘noisy’ then the first one, and also ‘easier’ to listen. (As in ‘easy listening’ musics, they’re way too easy for me; though I like some of them). I noticed that in this video Haley (the vocalist) sings quite cheerfully, as if mocking people who uses their heart way too much in a relationship and end up hurting themselves badly ^^ yeah, I’ll sing the lyrics to *beep* “That’s what you get when you let your heart win… Whoa…”

Okay, with the two videos being embed here, I can see a very ‘clear’ similarity between the two of them; both has female vocalist. Maki （マーキー） and Haley Williams are both female and both have very nice style. Both songs’ lyrics doesn’t have any ‘love’ word in it so they’re not sappy (I hate sappy love songs; most Indonesian songs are sappy and so plain. Yovie and the Nuno is not, actually; their music is good but their lyrics is SO corny that it barely compares to the good music. Ten to Five’s Eien no Ai is quite good, nice Japanese but I still think it’s corny, not poetic or somewhere near ‘artsy lyrics). Paramore’s lyrics is not poetic for sure but I like the way they write their skeptical point of view in a relationship. High and Mighty Color, in this case, shows off their ‘rebelling side’ with their lyrics. It’s close to something called ‘artsy lyrics’. In music, Paramore’s is simple but catchy; High and Mighty Color is rich but somehow, a bit noisy in some parts. Oh yeah, both bands have a male second vocalist, aside to their first female vocalist.

Overall, both have their own distinct style (in music and, yeah, fashion) and I like them both.

Talking about fashion *grins* I’m going to uni this August and going to uni (to me; aside from studying and get involved in many activities) means you get to express yourself with your style and nobody is going to shout these lines at you “Hey! You! Dye your brunette hair black! It’s against the rules!”, “Hey! You! Clean the nail polish you’re wearing!”, “Hey! You! Take off your accessories!”, “Hey! You!….” and so on. Since I like Maki and Haley’s fashion statement (for Haley, I like her red hair. I don’t really like her previous whitey blonde and orange hair. As for Maki, i’ve never seen her hair in any other hair color aside from brunette and black. So asian ^^), I think I’m gonna infuse both styles…

Do you think red hair and not-so-gothic-japanese-rock style will make a good combo? I think they will. LOL.